CD Oro
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Club Deportivo Oro is a football club that plays in the second division. It is based in the city of Guadalajara
Guadalajara
Guadalajara may refer to:In Mexico:*Guadalajara, Jalisco, the capital of the state of Jalisco and second largest city in Mexico**Guadalajara Metropolitan Area*University of Guadalajara, a public university in Guadalajara, Jalisco...

. The club was one of five clubs from the state of Jalisco
Jalisco
Jalisco officially Estado Libre y Soberano de Jalisco is one of the 31 states which, with the Federal District, comprise the 32 Federal Entities of Mexico. It is located in Western Mexico and divided in 125 municipalities and its capital city is Guadalajara.It is one of the more important states...

 to play in the Mexican first division. It only won one league title, back in 1962, and was runner-up five times in 1947, 1953, 1955, 1960 and 1964. After four years of absence the club was reformed and plays now in the second division.

Origins

The club's history dates back to 1923, when a group of jewelers got together and founded the club to promote their company. The club joined the old Liga Occidental De Jalisco
Liga Occidental De Jalisco
Liga Amateur de Jalisco was a former football league in Mexico founded by Federación Deportiva de Occidente de Aficionados , where clubs from the city of Guadalajara played from 1908 to 1943.The league folded in 1943 when the Primera División de México the first professional league in Mexico was...

. Albino Ruvalcaba and Felipe Martínez Sandoval were the ones that really took on the idea of making this club worthy of playing in the first division.

Back then there was no national league, but instead numerous amateur leagues across Mexico. Liga Amateur de Jalisco was one of the best at the time. It consisted of clubs such as Club Deportivo Guadalajara, Atlas de Guadalajara, Club Nacional de Guadalajara, Club Marte, Club Latino, Club Colón and Club Oriente. It would take Club Oro a few years to establish a higher level of play, thus it was considered a weak team in the early 1930s. On July 20, 1930 the club inaugurated its new field Parque Oro, o Parque Oblatos in a friendly match against Mexico City
Mexico City
Mexico City is the Federal District , capital of Mexico and seat of the federal powers of the Mexican Union. It is a federal entity within Mexico which is not part of any one of the 31 Mexican states but belongs to the federation as a whole...

 club Necaxa
Necaxa
Necaxa is a Mexican football club and is based in the city of Aguascalientes. it plays in the Estadio Victoria. Necaxa is ranked seventh overall and 1st in ranking in Mexican football within the IFFHS Central and North America's Clubs of the Century in the CONCACAF behind CD Saprissa San Juan de...

.This new football field was used by most of the clubs at that time and was considered to be the best field in the state of Jalisco
Jalisco
Jalisco officially Estado Libre y Soberano de Jalisco is one of the 31 states which, with the Federal District, comprise the 32 Federal Entities of Mexico. It is located in Western Mexico and divided in 125 municipalities and its capital city is Guadalajara.It is one of the more important states...

 .

By 1933 there were 9 clubs in the league and different categories were formed. There was the An "A" and a "B" Division that weres similar to a first and second division. The "A" was composed by Club Deportivo Guadalajara, Atlas de Guadalajara, Club Nacional de Guadalajara, Club Marte and Club Latino, The "B" by Club Colón, Oriente, Imperio and CD Oro due to the inferior level of these teams compared to those in the "A" Division.

Professional Era

In 1943 when the professional football era began in Mexico, CD Oro missed the opportunity to join the league, however other teams in the Guadalajara metropolitan area region such as Club Deportivo Guadalajara, Atlas de Guadalajara did get an invitation that year. CD Oro saw this events as a wake-up call to get an invitation into the professionalism.
CD Oro was finally invited to take part of the 1944-45 tounament along with Puebla FC and Club León
Club León
Club León, is a Mexican professional football club based in the city of León, in the state of Guanajuato, Mexico. They currently play in the Liga De Ascenso formerly known as "Primera A", the second tier of football in Mexico since their relegation from the Primera Division in 2002.León has won...

, both teams had been taking part in other amateur leagues in Mexico.
At the end of the 1948 tournament the club finished tied in first place along with Club León
Club León
Club León, is a Mexican professional football club based in the city of León, in the state of Guanajuato, Mexico. They currently play in the Liga De Ascenso formerly known as "Primera A", the second tier of football in Mexico since their relegation from the Primera Division in 2002.León has won...

 and so a series was played in order to determine the 1948 champion.The first match ended up in a 0-0 draw, the second match was won by Club León
Club León
Club León, is a Mexican professional football club based in the city of León, in the state of Guanajuato, Mexico. They currently play in the Liga De Ascenso formerly known as "Primera A", the second tier of football in Mexico since their relegation from the Primera Division in 2002.León has won...

 who took their first league title with a 2-0 victory.

1948 Runner-up squad under management of Coach "Pablotas" González:
Luis Bernabé Heredia, Agapito Perales, “Negro” Barba, Manuel “Molestias” Núñez, Santiago Piola Mendoza, Florentino Palma, Antonio “Roque” Ruiz Pizano, Chepe Naranjo, Roberto “Chango” Zárate, Delfino Vázquez and Benjamín “Bailarina” Méndez.

At the end of the 1956 tournament CD Oro and Club León
Club León
Club León, is a Mexican professional football club based in the city of León, in the state of Guanajuato, Mexico. They currently play in the Liga De Ascenso formerly known as "Primera A", the second tier of football in Mexico since their relegation from the Primera Division in 2002.León has won...

 finished tied once again at first place and so a championship series was played. CD Oro kicked off the game by scoring a goal in the 2 minute of play by Vigo but Leon's Marcos Aurelio managed to tie up the game. CD Oro managed to take a 2-1 lead before half-time when Chepe Naranjo scored. The second half was dominated by Club León
Club León
Club León, is a Mexican professional football club based in the city of León, in the state of Guanajuato, Mexico. They currently play in the Liga De Ascenso formerly known as "Primera A", the second tier of football in Mexico since their relegation from the Primera Division in 2002.León has won...

 they scored 3 goals and won the title once again.

CD Oro 1956 Runner-up squad: Raúl Córdoba, Narciso “Chicho” López, Ramón “Cepillo” Soto, Jesús “Tejón” García, Sabino “Sabú” Morales, Evelio Alpizar, Luis “Negro” Vázquez, José “Chepe” Naranjo, Walter Meneses, José Vigo and Rafael Valek.

First Title 1962

The club managed to win its first and only league title in the 1962-63 tournament over Club Deportivo Guadalajara and managed to snap a 4 year streak of winning the league title.In the final game of the tournament it would be as if it was set up to be with this two clubs to meet each other.Club Deportivo Guadalajara would only have to tie in order to take that title having a one point advantage on Oro.The final and decisive match was played on December 20 1962 at Estadio Jalisco
Estadio Jalisco
The Estadio Jalisco is a football stadium located in Guadalajara, Mexico. It is the third largest Mexican football stadium behind Estadio Azteca and Estadio Olimpico Universitario...

 which was inaugurated just a few years before. The game ended-up 0-0 at half time. The second half continued tough until the minute 70 when the Brazilian player "Neco" from Club Oro scored the only goal in the macth, giving CD Oro its first title.

1962 Championship Squad: Antonio "Piolín" Mota; Germán "Tamal" Ascensio, Adhemar Barsellos, Víctor Chavira, Rogelio González Navarro, Felipe "El Pipis" Ruvalcaba, Jorge "Tepo" Rodríguez, Amaury Epaminondas, Manoel Tabares "Neco", Nicola Gravina y José Luis "Zurdo" Pérez.

Relegation 1970s

In 1969 the clubs finishined last in the league tied with Jabatos de Nuevo León
Jabatos de Nuevo León
Jabatos de Nuevo León is a former Mexican football club. The club was founded n 1957 in the second division.The club played in the first division among various inferior divisions from 1957-90 when the club was sold due to lack of fan support having 2 other professional clubs to compete with in the...

. A 2 games series was pladed and after 180 minutes the score stayed at 0-0 and so a final third game was played to untie relgation.In that third games the clubs seemed tired and it was until the end of the match when Bernardino Brambila scored the only game in the match for Oro, thus Oro avoided relegation.

The following year the club once again finished last this time avoiding relegation due to the Mexican Football Federation decided to increase the number of clubs in the first division from 18 to 20 and so Club Oro was spared, Puebla FC and Zacatepec
Zacatepec
Zacatepec is a Mexican football team based in Zacatepec, Morelos. They are nicknamed Cañeros . Their colors are white and green . Their uniform color is a white shirt with a big green line in the middle and white shorts and socks. Their greatest achievements were in the 1950s when Zacatepec won two...

 were promoted from the second division.

In 1970 the club was sold due to financial problems and the new owners changed the name of the club to Club Social y Deportivo Jalisco
Club Jalisco
Club Social y Deportivo Jalisco was a former Mexican football team. that was founded in 1970 and played in the city of Guadalajara, in the Jalisco Stadium along with clubs C.D. Guadalajara, F.C...

.Club Social y Deportivo Jalisco but kept the club yellow and blue colors.

The club began activities in 1970 playing its first game under the name Club Social y Deportivo Jalisco.The club finished 2nd just 5 points behind the eventual champions Deportivo Toluca F.C..In the 1971-72 tournament the club failed to qualify to the playoffs with just 9 points in the 8th place.In the 1972-73 the club fished last in its group. In the 1973-74 and 1975-76 the club finished last in the table.

In the 1976-1977 season the club finished 12th overall 7 points behind Club de Fútbol Laguna
Club de Fútbol Laguna
Club de Fútbol Laguna, was a Mexican professional football. The club played in the Primera División de México and its was base in Torreón, Coahuila.-History:...

 who earned the last playoffs spot. The club won 10 games tied 14 and lost 14 out of 38, scoring 58 and allowing 59 finishing with 44 points. The Chile
Chile
Chile ,officially the Republic of Chile , is a country in South America occupying a long, narrow coastal strip between the Andes mountains to the east and the Pacific Ocean to the west. It borders Peru to the north, Bolivia to the northeast, Argentina to the east, and the Drake Passage in the far...

an Osvaldo Castro led the club with 17 goals score.

In the 1977-1978 the club once againg failed to qualify finishing 12th overall just 4 points behind Atlético Español
Atlético Español
Atlético Español was a football team which played between 1971 to 1982 they played in the Primera División de México. They played out of México City.- History :...

 who earned the last playoff spot.The club had a record of 5-29-4 only scoring 19 goals and allowing only 18.

In the 1978-79 the club finished 17th overall with 39 poinst 6 more than the last place Toros Neza
Toros Neza
Neza FC, also known as Toros Neza is a Mexican football team that plays in the city of Nezahualcóyotl. The club returned for the 2011 Clausura Liga de Ascenso tournament, taking the place of Atlante UTN who had been purchased by Monarcas Morelia...

 with a record of 5 wins 24 draws and 9 losses scoring 25 goals and allowing 34.

In the 1979-80 tournament the club finished tied in the last place along with Unión de Curtidores
Unión de Curtidores
Unión de Curtidores is a Mexican football team, nicknamed Curtidores. The club was founded on August 15, 1928. The club plays in the Segunda División Profesional in el Estadio La Martinica in the city of León . Due to the club's long history and tradition it has many followers, not just in the city...

 and so the clubs had to play a relegation series; Unión de Curtidores
Unión de Curtidores
Unión de Curtidores is a Mexican football team, nicknamed Curtidores. The club was founded on August 15, 1928. The club plays in the Segunda División Profesional in el Estadio La Martinica in the city of León . Due to the club's long history and tradition it has many followers, not just in the city...

 came out with a 4-3 victory keeping its place in the Mexican First Division
CD Oro ended relgated and hasn't been able to come back to the Mexican First Division ever since.

1980s-Present

The clubs played in the second division during most of the 80s coming close to promotion in 1984 when they lost the final to Zacatepec
Zacatepec
Zacatepec is a Mexican football team based in Zacatepec, Morelos. They are nicknamed Cañeros . Their colors are white and green . Their uniform color is a white shirt with a big green line in the middle and white shorts and socks. Their greatest achievements were in the 1950s when Zacatepec won two...

.

During 1995-1998 Arq. Rodríguez along with the support of syndicate of cañeros de Jalisco managed to revive the club once again in the second division renaming the team to Oro Jalisco coming close to promotion after losing the final to Cachorros de la UdeG
Club Universidad de Guadalajara
Club Deportivo Universidad de Guadalajara is a football club that currently plays in the Liga de Ascenso.- History :The Universidad de Guadalajara football club, nicknamed "Leones" was founded the 19th of August, 1970 and started in the tercera división in the Mexican professional league, where...

.

In 2004 the club once again was revived in the second division playing under the name Club Deportivo Oro but was later sold to Jorge Vergara who would moved to club to San Rafael were they played under the name Chivas San Rafael.

In 2008 The club once again rejoin the Second division after ex-oros players Sergio Villalobos, Ariel Villalobos Domínguez bought the club. There were rumors about CD ORO to join the Liga de Ascenso
Liga de Ascenso
The Liga de Ascenso is the second professional level of the Mexican football league system. The champion of the competition is promoted to the Primera División de México ....

 in 2011 or 2012.

Pass Kits

The clubs colors are Yellow
Yellow
Yellow is the color evoked by light that stimulates both the L and M cone cells of the retina about equally, with no significant stimulation of the S cone cells. Light with a wavelength of 570–590 nm is yellow, as is light with a suitable mixture of red and green...

 which represents Gold
Gold
Gold is a chemical element with the symbol Au and an atomic number of 79. Gold is a dense, soft, shiny, malleable and ductile metal. Pure gold has a bright yellow color and luster traditionally considered attractive, which it maintains without oxidizing in air or water. Chemically, gold is a...

, White
White
White is a color, the perception of which is evoked by light that stimulates all three types of color sensitive cone cells in the human eye in nearly equal amounts and with high brightness compared to the surroundings. A white visual stimulation will be void of hue and grayness.White light can be...

 which represents Silver
Silver
Silver is a metallic chemical element with the chemical symbol Ag and atomic number 47. A soft, white, lustrous transition metal, it has the highest electrical conductivity of any element and the highest thermal conductivity of any metal...

 and Blue which represents the state of Jalisco
Jalisco
Jalisco officially Estado Libre y Soberano de Jalisco is one of the 31 states which, with the Federal District, comprise the 32 Federal Entities of Mexico. It is located in Western Mexico and divided in 125 municipalities and its capital city is Guadalajara.It is one of the more important states...

.This colors have been use since 1923 even tho the clubs have had several owners and has despaired several times but has always maintaining the main colors.

First kit evolution




Year by Year Statistics

This are the year by year statistics the club played in the first division from 1944-1980. In 1970 the club changed its name to Club Jalisco.

First division

Year Pos GP W T L GS GA PTS
1944–45 13 24 4 4 16 38 71 12
1945–46 3 30 17 4 9 83 61 38
1946–47 8 28 10 6 12 51 62 26
1947–48 1 28 16 4 8 80 49 36
1948–49 12 28 8 7 13 45 58 23
1949–50 11 26 8 7 11 64 72 23
1950–51 8 22 10 0 12 40 53 20
1951–52 8 22 6 7 9 30 47 19
1952–53 8 22 7 5 10 30 41 19
1953–54 2 22 12 1 9 57 45 25
1954–55 8 22 8 4 10 42 41 20
1955–56 1 26 17 3 6 49 32 37
1956–57 7 24 9 5 10 38 49 23
1957–58 9 26 8 6 12 41 53 22
1958–59 8 26 10 4 12 48 57 24
1959–60 7 26 9 7 10 44 53 25
1960–61 2 26 14 4 8 37 24 32
1961–62 4 26 13 5 8 41 32 31
1962–63 1 26 15 6 5 55 35 36
1963–64 7 26 9 7 10 53 49 25
1964–65 2 30 16 6 8 60 40 38
1965–66 14 30 6 12 12 36 50 24
1966–67 11 30 9 9 13 38 44 27
1967–68 14 30 5 11 14 35 57 21
1968–69 15 30 7 7 16 33 44 23
1969–70 11 30 7 13 41 58 54 27
Mexico 1970/1 5 14 6 2 6 15 18 14
Mexico 1970/2 8 14 2 3 9 10 21 7

Goal Scores Champions

  • 1951–52 :   Adalberto López (16 goals)
  • 1953–54 :   Juan Carlos Carrera (21 goals)
  • 1955–56 :   Héctor Hernández
    Héctor Hernández
    Héctor Hernández is a Mexican football forward who played for Mexico in the 1962 FIFA World Cup. He also played for C.D. Guadalajara.-External links:*...

     (25 goals)
  • 1962–63 :   Amaury Epaminondas (19 goals)
  • 1964–65 :   Amaury Epaminondas (21 goals)

Professional Era

  • Primera División de México
    Primera División de México
    The Primera División Profesional , known simply as the Primera División, is the top level of the Mexican football league system and is administered by the Mexican Football Federation. It was established in 1943 and as of 2011 has 18 clubs. Up to June 2011, it was divided into three groups competing...

    : 1
1962–63
Runner-up (5): 1947–48, 1953–54, 1955–1956, 1960–61, 1964–65

  • Campeón de Campeones: 1
1963

  • Copa de Oro de Occidente: 1
1958

  • Copa Mexico
    Copa México
    The Copa México was a Mexican football cup competition that existed from 1907 to 1997. It consisted of both professional and amateur stages. It was the first official tournament that included teams from different parts of Mexico, and it was an important and prestigious tournament, especially during...

    : 0
Runner-up (1): 1947

Other Cups

  • Copa Jalisco: 1949
  • Trofeo General Brig. García Barragán
  • Festival Estadio Olímpico
  • Copa Suiza
  • Copa Gacela
  • Trofeo Polillas 1938
  • Trofeo Reyes Primera Fuerza
  • Campeón de Intermedia: 1941
  • Trofeo Serie Latino-Atlas-Oro: 1936
  • Campeón Cultura Física del Estado: 1943
  • Campeón Intermedia B: 1952
  • Trofeo Oro-La Piedad: 1930
  • Torneo Relámpago Reservas: 1950
  • Campeón Tercera Fuerza: 1935
  • Campeón Cuarta Fuerza: 1936
  • Copa Río Blanco Cuarta Fuerza: 1936
  • Campeón Juvenil: 2 1926, 1943
  • Campeón Juvenil de 21 años: 1952
  • Campeón Juvenil de 18 años: 1951–52
  • Campeón Infantil: 2 1929, 1949
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