Jaguares de Chiapas
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The Club de Fútbol Jaguares de Chiapas, is a Mexican football club now based in Tuxtla Gutiérrez
, in the state of Chiapas
. They currently play in Primera División de México
. They were bought moved in 2002 and now play their home matches in the Estadio Victor Manuel Reyna
, which was originally built in 1982 for local club teams with a capacity of 6,000, but which was enlarged in 2002 to a capacity of 31,100. On 1 November they announced that the names on the back of their shirts will be their Twitter online names, not their real names.
In 2002, the people who ran the Veracruz club had the gall to buy another club from Irapuoto and move the team to Veracruz and play as Veracruz in the first division, while the real Veracruz was in the 2nd division. They bought and moved the 1st division club CD Irapuato in early 2002, in between the Verano 2001 and Invierno 2002 half-seasons. For 19 games in 2002, there was a Veracruz in both the first and the second divisions (!?). So of course, the 2nd-division-Veracruz won promotion after the Invierno 2002. Management sold the formerly-Irapuato-now-Veracruz club to a group in Chiapas state. The original-Veracruz ended up being relegated back to the Primera División A (the 2nd division) after the Clausura 2008. A new club was created, in the 2nd division, for Irapuato for the 2002-’03 season. The club won promotion that season, and played in Primera Division in the 2003-’04 season, but were relegated in 2004. Irapuato were relegated again to the third division. 3 years later, Pachuca-B gained promotion to the second division, and the club was sold and moved to…Irapuato. Talk about full circle.
Much like American sports, owners can throw a wrench in relegation plans by moving teams all over the country and changing names. This seems to have been largely forgotten or ignored.
The club in its Chiapas reincarnation was "founded" on 27 June 2002. They played their first game on 3 August against Tigres de la UANL, losing 3–1, with Lucio Filomeno
scoring the club's first ever goal. The clubs first win came on 25 August, a 1–0 win over San Luis. They finished the Apertura 2002, with a record of three wins, seven draws, and nine defeats. In the Clausura 2005 they finished with six wins, four draws, and seven defeats, and the head coach José Luis Trejo
was sacked in the middle of the season. The club then named Antonio Mohamed
as manager, but poor results meant another change with Fernando Quirarte
taking over for the remainder of the season, bringing stability to the team and results improved. They won the Chiapas Cup in 2004 and on 16 July 2005, they won the Chiapas Cup for a second time, by defeating Club Necaxa at the Victor Manuel Reyna Stadium. In February 2008 Sergio Almaguer was named manager of Chiapas.
In the Clausara 2006, under new coach Eduardo de la Torre
, the club finished with the second best record over the regular season, and with it a place in the Play-Offs, where they lost in the Quarter-final to Club Deportivo Guadalajara.
(Vice-Captain)
(Captain)
Nery Cardozo Lucio Filomeno
Walter Jiménez
Damián Manso
Andre Luiz Danilinho
Didi
Everaldo Barbosa
Itamar Batista
Lenílson
Tiba
Cristián Álvarez Ismael Fuentes
Fernando Martel
Manuel Neira Oscar Rojas Guillermo Ramírez
Adolfo Bautista
Edgar Hernández
Luis Hernández
Rafael Márquez Lugo
Ulises Mendívil
Gilberto Mora
Carlos Ochoa
Omar Ortíz
Antonio Pedroza Oribe Peralta
Óscar Pérez
Antonio Salazar
Alejandro Vela
Salvador Cabañas
Pedro Sarabia
Tuxtla Gutiérrez
Tuxtla Gutiérrez is the capital and largest city of the Mexican state of Chiapas. It is considered to be the state’s most modern city, with most of its public buildings dating from the 20th century. One exception to this is the San Marcos Cathedral which began as a Dominican parish church built in...
, in the state of Chiapas
Chiapas
Chiapas officially Estado Libre y Soberano de Chiapas is one of the 31 states that, with the Federal District, comprise the 32 Federal Entities of Mexico. It is divided in 118 municipalities and its capital city is Tuxtla Gutierrez. Other important cites in Chiapas include San Cristóbal de las...
. They currently play in 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...
. They were bought moved in 2002 and now play their home matches in the Estadio Victor Manuel Reyna
Estadio Víctor Manuel Reyna
The Estadio Víctor Manuel Reyna is a football stadium located in Tuxtla Gutierrez, Chiapas, México. This facility has a capacity of 31,500 seats and was built in 2003. This sport facility is used mostly for football matches and is the home of football club Jaguares de Chiapas .It has been used...
, which was originally built in 1982 for local club teams with a capacity of 6,000, but which was enlarged in 2002 to a capacity of 31,100. On 1 November they announced that the names on the back of their shirts will be their Twitter online names, not their real names.
History
The history has not been fully explained by prior contributors....the sordid CD Irapuoto-to-ersatz Veracruz-to-Jaguares de Chiapas franchise movement.In 2002, the people who ran the Veracruz club had the gall to buy another club from Irapuoto and move the team to Veracruz and play as Veracruz in the first division, while the real Veracruz was in the 2nd division. They bought and moved the 1st division club CD Irapuato in early 2002, in between the Verano 2001 and Invierno 2002 half-seasons. For 19 games in 2002, there was a Veracruz in both the first and the second divisions (!?). So of course, the 2nd-division-Veracruz won promotion after the Invierno 2002. Management sold the formerly-Irapuato-now-Veracruz club to a group in Chiapas state. The original-Veracruz ended up being relegated back to the Primera División A (the 2nd division) after the Clausura 2008. A new club was created, in the 2nd division, for Irapuato for the 2002-’03 season. The club won promotion that season, and played in Primera Division in the 2003-’04 season, but were relegated in 2004. Irapuato were relegated again to the third division. 3 years later, Pachuca-B gained promotion to the second division, and the club was sold and moved to…Irapuato. Talk about full circle.
Much like American sports, owners can throw a wrench in relegation plans by moving teams all over the country and changing names. This seems to have been largely forgotten or ignored.
The club in its Chiapas reincarnation was "founded" on 27 June 2002. They played their first game on 3 August against Tigres de la UANL, losing 3–1, with Lucio Filomeno
Lucio Filomeno
Lucio Filomeno is an Argentine football forward who currently plays for Atlético de Rafaela. After growing up in Haedo, Buenos Aires, Filomeno played for a variety of clubs around the world and also for the Argentina U-16 National Team....
scoring the club's first ever goal. The clubs first win came on 25 August, a 1–0 win over San Luis. They finished the Apertura 2002, with a record of three wins, seven draws, and nine defeats. In the Clausura 2005 they finished with six wins, four draws, and seven defeats, and the head coach José Luis Trejo
José Luis Trejo
José Luis Trejo Montoya, is a Mexican football coach. He was fired from UAG Tecos in 2008. He is currently employed with the Mexican first division club Puebla F.C....
was sacked in the middle of the season. The club then named Antonio Mohamed
Antonio Mohamed
Antonio 'El Turco' Mohamed is a retired Argentine football striker, and soccer manager. He is given the nickname 'El Turco' due to his Syrian and Lebanese ethnicity. In Argentina the Arabs are usually mistakenly called Turks since they came to Argentina with Ottoman documents in the 1900s...
as manager, but poor results meant another change with Fernando Quirarte
Fernando Quirarte
Fernando Quirarte Gutiérrez is a Mexican former football player and manager.He played for the club Chivas and the Mexico national football team, earning 45 caps and scoring 5 goals, including two in the 1986 FIFA World Cup.Later he was the coach of Santos Laguna, Atlas, and Jaguares.On October 4...
taking over for the remainder of the season, bringing stability to the team and results improved. They won the Chiapas Cup in 2004 and on 16 July 2005, they won the Chiapas Cup for a second time, by defeating Club Necaxa at the Victor Manuel Reyna Stadium. In February 2008 Sergio Almaguer was named manager of Chiapas.
In the Clausara 2006, under new coach Eduardo de la Torre
Eduardo de la Torre
Eduardo de la Torre Menchaca is a former international Mexican footballer who was a notable player with Chivas de Guadalajara. He later became a manager of C.D...
, the club finished with the second best record over the regular season, and with it a place in the Play-Offs, where they lost in the Quarter-final to Club Deportivo Guadalajara.
Current squad
For recent transfers, see List of Mexican Football Transfers Summer 2011.(Vice-Captain)
(Captain)
Notable former players
Javier CámporaJavier Cámpora
Javier Edgardo Cámpora is an Argentine Footballer who plays for Huracán.- Career :He is a striker who has played professional football in Argentina, Uruguay, Chile, Mexico and Aris Thessaloniki FC in Greece....
Nery Cardozo Lucio Filomeno
Lucio Filomeno
Lucio Filomeno is an Argentine football forward who currently plays for Atlético de Rafaela. After growing up in Haedo, Buenos Aires, Filomeno played for a variety of clubs around the world and also for the Argentina U-16 National Team....
Walter Jiménez
Walter Jiménez
Walter Adrián Jiménez is an Argentine footballer. He currently plays as a midfielder for Puebla FC in the Primera División de Mexico.-Club:Santos Laguna* Primera División de México - Clausura 2008...
Damián Manso
Damian Manso
Damián Alejandro Manso, nicknamed Piojo is an Argentine footballer who plays midfield for Jaguares. He has passed through numerous club from a number of ranging countries, like France, Greece and Ecuador.-Early career:...
Andre Luiz Danilinho
Danilo Veron Bairros
Danilo Veron Barrios or simply Danilinho , is a Brazilian Attacking Midfielder. He currently plays for Tigres UANL.-External links:...
Didi
Sebastião Pereira do Nascimento
Sebastião Pereira do Nascimento , also known as Didi, is a retired professional Brazilian football player.In 1999, German Club VfB Stuttgart signed him for 2.2 million dollars, because they hoped he could fill the gap caused by Fredi Bobic, who had left Stuttgart for fellow German club Borussia...
Everaldo Barbosa
Everaldo Barbosa
Everaldo Vergne de Assis Barbosa is a Brazilian football midfielder. He currently plays for Necaxa.Everaldo has played for Guarani and Santa Cruz in the Campeonato Brasileiro, before moving to Mexico where he played for Jaguares de Chiapas and Necaxa.-References:...
Itamar Batista
Itamar Batista Da Silva
Itamar Batista da Silva, also known as "il bove", is a Brazilian football player. His previous clubs include Jaguares de Chiapas, Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma, Suwon Samsung Bluewings, Pohang Steelers, Chunnam Dragons and Tigres UANL...
Lenílson
Lenílson Batista de Souza
Lenílson Batista de Jesus or simply Lenílson is a Brazilian left midfielder.-External links:...
Tiba
José Damasceno
José Damasceno , also known as Tiba, is a Mexican-Brazilian footballer.-External links:...
Cristián Álvarez Ismael Fuentes
Ismael Fuentes
Ismael Ignacio Fuentes Castro is Chilean football defender, who currently plays for the Mexican club Jaguares de Chiapas.He began his career with Chilean club Rangers in 2001. He also spent one season with Colo-Colo....
Fernando Martel
Fernando Martel
Fernando Martel is a Chilean football offensive midfielder. He currently plays for Deportes Iquique of the first division in Chile.-Career:...
Manuel Neira Oscar Rojas Guillermo Ramírez
Guillermo Ramírez
Guillermo "El Pando" Ramírez Ortega is a Guatemalan football midfielder. He most recently played for C.D...
Adolfo Bautista
Adolfo Bautista
Adolfo "El Bofo" Bautista Herrera is an Attacking Midfielder/Forward who currently plays for Querétaro F.C. of Mexico.-Beginnings:...
Edgar Hernández
Édgar Adolfo Hernández
Édgar Adolfo Hernández Téllez is a Mexican footballer. He currently plays for Jaguares de Chiapas .-External links:...
Luis Hernández
Luis Hernández (footballer)
Luis Arturo "El Matador" Hernández Carreón is a Mexican football striker, the fourth highest goalscorer of all-time for the Mexican national football team, and their highest goalscorer in World Cups...
Rafael Márquez Lugo
Rafael Márquez Lugo
This article is about the Mexican footballer who currently plays for Morelia. For the New York Red Bulls defender, please see Rafael Márquez Álvarez. For the Mexican boxer, see Rafael Márquez ....
Ulises Mendívil
Ulises Mendivil
Ulises Mendevil is a Mexican footballer, currently playing for CD Irapuato on loan from Club Necaxa.-External links:...
Gilberto Mora
Gilberto Mora
Gilberto Mora Olaya is a Mexican midfielder who currently plays for the Mexican football club Xoloitzcuintles de Tijuana as a midfielder.-References:*...
Carlos Ochoa
Carlos Ochoa
Carlos Augusto Ochoa Mendoza is a Mexican footballer striker who currently plays for Santos Laguna.-Career:...
Omar Ortíz
Omar Ortíz
Omar Ortiz Uribe is a Mexican football goalkeeper. He made his debut in 1997 with Club de Fútbol Monterrey among others.He later spent several successful seasons at Atletico Celaya and Jaguares de Chiapas...
Antonio Pedroza Oribe Peralta
Oribe Peralta
Oribe Peralta Morones is a Mexican professional footbller who plays as a striker for Santos Laguna in the Primera Division.-Career:...
Óscar Pérez
Oscar Perez
Óscar Pérez may refer to:*Óscar Pérez Bovela , Spanish football player*Óscar Pérez Rojas , Mexican football player*Óscar Pérez Torres, Venezuelan politician*Óscar Alexander Pérez, Colombian road cyclist...
Antonio Salazar
Antonio Salazar (footballer)
Antonio Salazar Castillo is a Mexican professional footballer, currently playing as striker for CD Guadalajara....
Alejandro Vela
Alejandro Vela
Alejandro Vela is a Mexican football striker who currently plays for Cruz Azul in the Primera Division de Mexico, having previously played for Chivas de Guadalajara and Jaguares....
Salvador Cabañas
Salvador Cabañas
Salvador Cabañas Ortega is a Paraguayan football striker who plays for the Paraguayan national team. A prolific and natural goalscorer, he is known for his array of skills on the field such as excellent heading, accurate shooting with either foot, receptions in tight spaces, and a combination of...
Pedro Sarabia
Pedro Sarabia
Pedro Alcides Sarabia Achucarro is a Paraguayan football defender.Sarabia made his debut for the Paraguayan national team in 1995, and has got 47 caps. He represented Paraguay at the World Cups in 1998 and 2002....
Top goalscorers
| Pos | Player | Goals |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Salvador CabañasSalvador Cabañas Salvador Cabañas Ortega is a Paraguayan football striker who plays for the Paraguayan national team. A prolific and natural goalscorer, he is known for his array of skills on the field such as excellent heading, accurate shooting with either foot, receptions in tight spaces, and a combination of... |
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| 2 |  Carlos OchoaCarlos Ochoa Carlos Augusto Ochoa Mendoza is a Mexican footballer striker who currently plays for Santos Laguna.-Career:... |
28 |
| 3 |  Jackson MartínezJackson Martínez Jackson Arley Martínez Valencia is a Colombian footballer who plays striker for Jaguares de Chiapas in the Primera División de México.-Career:... |
22 |
| 4 | Adolfo Bautista Adolfo Bautista Adolfo "El Bofo" Bautista Herrera is an Attacking Midfielder/Forward who currently plays for Querétaro F.C. of Mexico.-Beginnings:... |
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| 5 |  Itamar BatistaItamar Batista Da Silva Itamar Batista da Silva, also known as "il bove", is a Brazilian football player. His previous clubs include Jaguares de Chiapas, Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma, Suwon Samsung Bluewings, Pohang Steelers, Chunnam Dragons and Tigres UANL... |
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| 6 | Danilinho Danilo Veron Bairros Danilo Veron Barrios or simply Danilinho , is a Brazilian Attacking Midfielder. He currently plays for Tigres UANL.-External links:... |
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| 7 |  Javier CámporaJavier Cámpora Javier Edgardo Cámpora is an Argentine Footballer who plays for Huracán.- Career :He is a striker who has played professional football in Argentina, Uruguay, Chile, Mexico and Aris Thessaloniki FC in Greece.... |
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| 8 | Lucio Filomeno Lucio Filomeno Lucio Filomeno is an Argentine football forward who currently plays for Atlético de Rafaela. After growing up in Haedo, Buenos Aires, Filomeno played for a variety of clubs around the world and also for the Argentina U-16 National Team.... |
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| 9 |  Oscar Emilio Rojas |
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| 10 | | Oribe Peralta Oribe Peralta Oribe Peralta Morones is a Mexican professional footbller who plays as a striker for Santos Laguna in the Primera Division.-Career:... |
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