Monarcas Morelia

Morelia

Full name

Club Atlético Monarcas Morelia

Nickname(s)

La Monarquía (The Monarchy)
Los Canarios (The Canaries)
Los Purépechas (The Purépechas)

Founded

21 November 1924

Ground

Estadio Morelos
Morelia, Michoacán

Capacity

35,000

Owner

Grupo Salinas

Chairman

Álvaro Dávila^[1]

Manager

Pablo Marini

League

Liga MX

Clausura 2016

Home colours

Away colours

Third colours

Club Atlético Monarcas Morelia is a Mexican professional football club based in Morelia, Michoacán, playing in Liga MX.^[2] The team is owned by Grupo Salinas and plays its home games in Estadio Morelos.

History

Club Atlético Morelia was founded November 21, 1924, as "Oro Morelia" in Morelia, Michoacán. In 1950, Club Deportivo Morelia was among the teams that founded the Segunda División. After the 1956–1957 season, in which they ended up in second place, they were officially promoted into the Primera División to replace Puebla. After an unsuccessful season, in 1968 Monarcas Morelia was relegated back to the Segunda División. During mixed 1968–1971 seasons, C.A. Morelia appointed Nicandro Ortiz as chairman. Ortiz acquired the team and strengthened its position in the league.

The 1978–1979 season thrust Morelia into contention for promotion; in 1980, Monarcas Morelia played under manager Diego Malta who helped his team towards the Mexico Championship and finally promotion to the Primera División in 1981.

In 1996 the major broadcast company TV Azteca bought the team. By the year 2000 the club were playing under the Monarcas moniker. In recent years Monarcas Morelia has been one of the main protagonists in the Primera División.

Although the team had played Mexican professional football for 70 years, it had never won a first division tournament until winter 2000, when the club raised the cup after beating Toluca on penalties. The team was crowned champions away in the Bombonera Stadium. The Morelos Stadium has never been the site of its team winning a final. On the day after the victory, a crowd that some estimate at 100 thousand people welcomed the team as it paraded along Morelia's main avenue, Avenida Madero on their way to the stadium where the crowd congregated as the team raised the cup and the fans congratulated the team for its first ever first division trophy.

Monarcas Morelia has played three other finals (Clausura 2002, Apertura 2003 and Clausura 2011) which they lost to Toluca, Monterrey and Pumas respectively.

After missing the playoffs for three consecutive tournaments, Morelia ended in third place in the general table in the Apertura 2009. Morelia defeated Santos Laguna in the first round, 4–2 on aggregate. Morelia was defeated by Cruz Azul in a semi-final that was filled with controversy because Cruz Azul player Joel Huiqui intentionally used his hand to hit the ball away and prevent Morelia midfielder Wilson Tíago from scoring. (Ironically, Huiqui now plays for Morelia.) With a 2–1 aggregate score, Morelia was eliminated. Morelia qualified for the 2010 Copa Libertadores by ending in third place in the classification phase. It was the second time that Morelia participated in the Copa Libertadores, the first being in 2002. Morelia was the Runner-up of the Clausura 2011, after a hard fought final. Pumas won this 3–2 on aggregate, taking the trophy home.

Morelia is the 2010 SuperLiga champion, with a 2–1 victory in the finals over the New England Revolution in which Miguel Sabah scored both Morelia's goals.

On November 5,2013 Monarcas Morelia won their first Copa MX in a 3–3 match that would take them to penalties and take the victory. This title also made them participate in the first Supercopa MX edition, which they won against Tigres UANL with a global score of 5–4.

After 15 years, the terrible 2014–15 campaign made Monarcas one of the last teams in the "average table." Which decides which team will be relegated. That's why Enrique Meza was chosen to be the coach for the current Apertura 2015 season. Meza already saved Morelia once, in the 1995–96 season (almost 20 years ago).

Badges

First badge 1924–1972
Second badge 1973–1982
Third badge 1983–1999

Kit

The club's colors are generated from the city's flag which are yellow and red, which are the same colors in the Spanish flag, because the city is a novohispana city.

In the club's beginnings the club went under the name of Oro and were known as the canarios (canary) until 1999 when the club changed its name to Monarcas, due to the 3 monarchs found in the city's flag, which has been used from its foundation.

First kit evolution 1924–1999^[3]

1924

1951

1964

1979

1981

1986

1988

1992

1993

1995

1997

1998

2000–present

2000–present

2000

2002

2003

2004

2005

2006

2007

2011

Stadium

Monarcas Morelia Stadium Estadio Morelos

Towards the end of the 1980s it was decided that their stadium (Estadio Venustiano Carranza) was lacking capacity and that a new stadium with a greater number of seats needed to be constructed. On April 9, 1989, after several construction delays, Stadium Jose Maria Morelos and Pavón (located on the outskirts of the Quinceo mountain) was opened, and the inaugural game was between Atlético Morelia and Club América (who are Morelia's main rivals). The stadium has an official capacity of 45,000, although on inauguration in 1989 it is estimated that more than 50,000 were in attendance. Morelia won the match with the score 2–1. In 2011, the stadium was given a new look, seeing as the FIFA U-17 World Cup was taking place in Mexico.

Players

Squad for season 2012.

Morelia has had some notable players in their history. Marco Antonio Figueroa is the club's all-time leading scorer with 130 goals. Adolfo Bautista, Rafael Márquez Lugo, Moisés Muñoz, Miguel Sabah, Joel Huiqui, Adrián Aldrete, Enrique Pérez, Édgar Lugo and Elias Hernandez, are some of the players that were called up to the Mexico national team while playing with the team.

First-team squad

As of 7 July 2016.^[4]^[5]

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No.	Position	Player
1	GK	Carlos Felipe Rodríguez
2	DF	Enrique Pérez (on loan from Atlas)
3	DF	José Antonio Olvera
4	DF	Hugo Rodríguez (on loan from Pachuca)
5	DF	Facundo Erpen (on loan from Atlas)
6	MF	David Cabrera (on loan from UNAM)
7	MF	Diego Mejía (on loan from Sinaloa)
8	MF	Juan Pablo Rodríguez (captain) (on loan from Santos Laguna)
9	FW	Raúl Ruidíaz
11	MF	Jorge Zárate
12	MF	Rodolfo Vilchis
14	MF	Cristian Penilla (on loan from Pachuca)
15	DF	Sebastián Vegas

No.	Position	Player
16	DF	Eduardo Chávez
17	DF	Emanuel Loeschbor (on loan from Cruz Azul)
18	FW	Luis Gabriel Rey (on loan from América)
19	MF	Diego Valdés
20	MF	Rodrigo Millar (on loan from Atlas)
21	GK	Jesús Urbina (on loan from UANL)
23	MF	Jefferson Cuero
27	FW	Miguel Sansores
28	DF	Carlos Adrián Morales
29	DF	Santiago Altamira
30	DF	Ignacio González
34	MF	César Escobedo
35	GK	Luis Malagón

For recent transfers, see List of Mexican football transfers winter 2016–2017.

Out on loan

No.	Position	Player
—	GK	Israel Villaseñor (loan to Puebla)
—	DF	Érick Aguirre (loan to Pachuca)
—	DF	Carlos Guzmán (loan to León)
—	DF	Joel Huiqui (loan to Tapachula)
—	DF	Éder Morales (loan to Belén)
—	MF	Julio Atilano (loan to UAT)
—	MF	Cristian Cruz (on loan to U. de C.)

No.	Position	Player
—	MF	Víctor Guajardo (loan to Zacatepec)
—	MF	Éder Guerrero (on loan to U. de C.)
—	MF	Hibert Ruíz (on loan to Chiapas)
—	MF	Armando Zamorano (on loan to Querétaro)
—	FW	Óscar Fernández (on loan to Tampico Madero)
—	FW	Éver Guzmán (loan to UAT)

Top Goalscorers

Monarcas Morelia
Rank	Player	Goals
1	Marco Antonio Figueroa	130 Goals
2	Alex Fernandes	71 Goals
3	Miguel Sabah	64 Goals
4	Carlos Miloc	59 Goals
5	Rafael Márquez Lugo	58 Goals

Players in bold are currently active with Monarcas Morelia.
Players in italic are still active but are not currently with Monarcas Morelia.
Does not include international competition goals.

Honours

Domestic

Liga MX: 1

Invierno 2000

Runner-up (3): Apertura 2002, Clausura 2003, Clausura 2011

Segunda Division: 1

1981

Copa MX: 1

Apertura 2013

Runner-up (1): 1964–65

Supercopa MX: 1

2014

Runner-up (1): 2015

Friendly Tournaments

Copa Pachuca: 1

2001

Runner-up (1): 1999

Copa Jalisco: 1

2012

Copa Nissan: 1

2015

International

Superliga: 1

2010

CONCACAF Champions' Cup: 0

Runner-up (2): 2002, 2003

Managers

Carlos Miloc (1979–80)
Antonio "Tota" Carbajal (1984–94)
Jesus Bracamontes (1989–90), (1991–93)
Carlos Miloc (1995–96)
Enrique Meza (Feb 24, 1996 – June 30, 1996)
Tomás Boy (Sept 6, 1996 – June 30, 1997)
Eduardo Solari (1997–98)
Tomás Boy (July 1, 1998 – June 30, 2000)
Luis Tena (July 1, 2000 – Oct 22, 2001)
Miguel Ángel Russo (Oct 27, 2001 – Feb 16, 2002)
Rubén Omar Romano (Feb 24, 2002 – Feb 22, 2004)

Antonio Mohamed (Feb 24, 2004 – June 30, 2004)
Eduardo Acevedo (2004–05)
Ricardo Ferretti (Jan 1, 2005 – Dec 31, 2005)
Sergio Bueno (Jan 1, 2006 – Feb 6, 2006)
Darío Franco (Feb 10, 2006 – June 30, 2006)
Hugo Hernández (July 1, 2006 – Sept 18, 2006)
Marco Antonio Figueroa (Sept 22, 2006 – June 30, 2007)
José Luis Trejo (July 1, 2007 – Oct 22, 2007)
David Patiño (Oct 22, 2007 – March 16, 2008)
Luis Tena (March 17, 2008 – Feb 19, 2009)
Tomás Boy (Feb 20, 2009 – June 30, 2012)

Rubén Omar Romano (July 1, 2012 – Feb 18, 2013)
Carlos Bustos (Feb 18, 2013 – Jan 26, 2014)
Eduardo de la Torre (Jan 27, 2014 – March 1, 2014)
R. Hernández (interim) (March 2, 2014 – March 10, 2014)
Ángel David Comizzo (March 10, 2014 – Sept 3, 2014)
José Guadalupe Cruz (Sept 3, 2014 – Dec 1, 2014)
Alfredo Tena (Dec 4, 2014 – Feb 15, 2015)
R. Hernández (interim) (feb 15, 2015 – May 8, 2015)
Enrique Meza (May 17, 2015–)

References

↑ http://www.fuerzamonarca.com/directiva
↑ http://www.soccerbox.com/blog/monarcas-morelia-an-overview/
↑ "Monarcas Morelia Football Jerseys". oldfootballshirts.com. Retrieved 27 July 2012.
↑ http://www.fuerzamonarca.com/plantel
↑ "Morelia squad". MedioTiempo.com. Retrieved 27 July 2010.

External links

Official site

Grupo Salinas

Corporate Directors	Gustavo Guzmán Esteban Moctezuma Pedro Padilla Ricardo Salinas Pliego Carlos Septién Mario San Román Adrian Steckel

Assets	Azteca América Banco Azteca Club Atlas Grupo Elektra KAZA-TV (25%) Monarcas Morelia Seguros Azteca todito.com Telecosmo Azteca Fundación Azteca

Revenue: 57.4 billion USD FY (2008) Employees: 68,000 Website: www.gruposalinas.com

Liga MX

2016–17 teams	América Atlas Chiapas Cruz Azul Guadalajara León Monterrey Morelia Necaxa Pachuca Puebla Querétaro Santos Laguna Tijuana Toluca UANL UNAM Veracruz

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