Monarcas Morelia
Full name	Club Atlético Monarcas Morelia
Nickname(s)	Monarcas (Monarchs) La Monarquia (The Monarchy)
Founded	November 21st, 1924
Ground	Estadio Morelos Morelia, Michoacán, Mexico
Capacity	41,500
Chairman	Álvaro Dávila
Manager	Jose Luis Trejo
League	Primera División de México
Clausura 2007	10th (playoffs) 10th (league) 4th (group)
Home colours Away colours

Club Atlético Monarcas Morelia, also known as Monarcas Morelia or simply Monarcas, is a Mexican professional football club. Monarcas Morelia plays in the Primera División de México. The team is owned by the TV broadcasting company TV Azteca. Monarcas Morelia is based in Morelia, Michoacán, and plays its home games in Estadio Morelos. Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... The Estadio Morelos is so-called in honour of one of the most important mexican independence war leader: José María Morelos y Pavón. ... This article is about the city. ... Location within Mexico Country  Mexico Capital Morelia Municipalities 113 Government  - Governor Salvador Lopez Orduna (PAN)  - Federal Deputies PRI: 8 PAN: 4  - Federal Senators Marco Auerelio Rodriguez Sanchez (PRI) Jose Manuel Lopez Ortiz (PRI) Marko A. Cortés (PAN) Area Ranked 16th  - State 59,928 km²  (23,138. ... Rungnado May Day Stadium is the worlds largest football stadium. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Mexico. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Mexico. ... La Primera División del Futbol Mexicano (also known as La Liga) is the premier football championship established by the Federación Mexicana de Fútbol Asociación in the Mexican League System. ... Image File history File links Red border for left arm - football kit. ... Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... Image File history File links Red border for right arm - football kit. ... Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... socks of kit template File links The following pages link to this file: Arsenal F.C. Ajax Amsterdam AZ Alkmaar A.S. Roma Torino Calcio A.C. Milan ACF Fiorentina Bristol City F.C. Charlton Athletic F.C. Chievo Verona Chelsea F.C. England national football team Wikipedia:WikiProject Football... Image File history File links Red border for left arm - football kit. ... Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... Image File history File links Red border for right arm - football kit. ... Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... socks of kit template File links The following pages link to this file: Arsenal F.C. Ajax Amsterdam AZ Alkmaar A.S. Roma Torino Calcio A.C. Milan ACF Fiorentina Bristol City F.C. Charlton Athletic F.C. Chievo Verona Chelsea F.C. England national football team Wikipedia:WikiProject Football... A player (wearing the red kit) has penetrated the defence (in the white kit) and is taking a shot at goal. ... La Primera División del Futbol Mexicano (also known as La Liga) is the premier football championship established by the Federación Mexicana de Fútbol Asociación in the Mexican League System. ... TV Azteca is the second largest Mexican television network. ... This article is about the city. ... Location within Mexico Country  Mexico Capital Morelia Municipalities 113 Government  - Governor Salvador Lopez Orduna (PAN)  - Federal Deputies PRI: 8 PAN: 4  - Federal Senators Marco Auerelio Rodriguez Sanchez (PRI) Jose Manuel Lopez Ortiz (PRI) Marko A. Cortés (PAN) Area Ranked 16th  - State 59,928 km²  (23,138. ... The Estadio Morelos is so-called in honour of one of the most important mexican independence war leader: José María Morelos y Pavón. ...

Honours

• 2nd Division Championship: 1
  • 1981
• League Championships: 1
  • Invierno 2000
• CONCACAF Champions' Cup Runner Up: 2
  • 2002, 2003

History

Monarcas Morelia was founded on November 10 with "the Gold" name and later the one of "Gold Morelia". They played in the Morelia field of the avenue log of the city of Morelia, Michoacán, Mexico. In 1951, Morelia enters a professional league when The Second Division of Mexican Soccer is funded for the first time. In Season 56-67 with the resignation of the Club Puebla in the First Mexican division, it promotes them to the maximum circuit for the first time. In season 1967-68 they descended again to the Second Division. In 1973, with the acquisition of the team on the part of Nicandro Ortiz, the club was reconstructed and change the name of the club to Atletico Morelia S.A. of C.V. In season 1980-81, was when under the direction of Diego Malta, they were promoted again to the maximum circuit of Mexican Soccer.

Stadium

On the late years of the 80s it was decided that the old stadium Venustiano Carranza where the morelia hosted their home games was lacking capacity and that a new stadium with 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 inagurated, the inaugural game was between Atletico Morelia and Club America, which is at present time the archi-rival of the Monarcas. The Stadium has an official capacity for 45 thousand spectators, although on inaguaration day in 1989 it is estimated that more than 50 thousand people attended the event. is the 99th day of the year (100th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1989 (MCMLXXXIX) was a common year starting on Sunday (link displays 1989 Gregorian calendar). ...

In the year of 1996, the major broadcast company Tv Azteca bought the team. In 1999, the team changed its name to "Club Atletico Monarcas Morelia" or simply "Monarcas Morelia".

First title

Despite that the team had a history of 70 years playing in mexican professional soccer the Club Monarcas Morelia had never won a first division tournament. This changed on a day in Winter 2000, when the club raised the cup after beating the Club Toluca in a series of penalty kicks. Unfortunately and due to the fact that the final is played in two stadiums Morelia was coronated on the Bombonera Stadium and not in Morelia. The Morelos Stadium has never seem its team actually winning the final. The day after the victory a crowd which some estimate was of 100 thousand people welcomed the team as it parade it thorugh Morelias main avenue avenida Madero. Later they arrived to the stadium where the crowd congregated as the team raised the cup and all the fans congratulated the team for their first ever championship in first division.

Monarcas Morelia has played two other finals which they lost.

Copa Libertadores

In the edition of Copa Libertadores 2002, under the command of coach Rubén Omar Romano, they reach the semifinals. Their performance in the Copa Libertadores made them deserving of the title "Best Team in the World" granted in April 2002 by FIFA.

Apertura 2006

In the Apertura of 2006 with Coach Hugo Hernandez in charge but was later replaced by Marco Antonio Figueroa in the 10th game. The team occupied the 12th place in the general table for which made them unable to participate in the Liguilla.

The Monarcas have a sister team relationship with the Chicago Fire MLS team. A cooperative agreement that both partnership incorporates playing, coaching, and executive personnel, as well as sharing of business and development practices. Year founded 1997 League Major League Soccer Nickname La Maquina Roja, Men in Red, CF97 Stadium Toyota Park Bridgeview, IL Coach Juan Carlos Osorio[1] Owner AEG First Game Miami Fusion 0–2 Chicago Fire (Lockhart Stadium; March 21, 1998) Largest Win Kansas City Wizards 0–7 Chicago Fire (Arrowhead...

Current squad

No. Position Player 1 GK Miguel Ángel Fraga 2 DF Edgar Solano 3 DF Alejandro Pliego 4 DF Diego Martínez 5 MF Wilson Tiago Mathías 7 FW Márcio Antonio Batista 8 MF Ignacio Carrasco 9 FW Luis Ángel Landín 10 FW Wanderson da Silva Souza 11 MF Gonzalo Choy González 13 MF José Alberto Hernández 14 FW Ever Guzmán

No. Position Player 15 MF Fernando Arce 16 DF Adrian Aldrete 18 FW Alejandro Leyva 20 DF Hugo Sánchez Guerrero 22 MF Adrian Martínez 24 DF Alberto Lucio 23 GK Moisés Muñoz 26 DF Mauricio Martín Romero 25 DF Horacio Cervantes 27 DF Omar Trujillo 36 MF Mario Antonio Moreno 50 GK Emmanuel Turrubiates

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Squad Changes for Apertura 2007 season

In:

• Horacio Cervantes - Transferred From Necaxa
• Diego Martínez - Loan From Club Deportivo Guadalajara
• José Alberto Hernández -Loan From Club Deportivo Cruz Azul
• Wanderson da Silva Souza - Loan From CRB
• Márcio Antonio Batista - Loan From CRB
• Mauricio Martín Romero - Transferred From Club Atlético Lanús
• Gonzalo Choy González - Loan From Argentinos Juniors

Out: Image File history File links Flag_of_Mexico. ... Club Necaxa is a Mexican professional football club. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Mexico. ... Diego Alfonso Martínez Balderas (born February 15, 1981) in Mexico City, Mexico, is a football defender who currently plays for Club Deportivo Guadalajara (Chivas) in the Primera Division de Mexico. ... Club Deportivo Guadalajara, also known as Guadalajara and usually referred to by its nickname Chivas (Goats), also referred to as the All Mexican Team is a Mexican sports club. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Mexico. ... Club Deportivo Social y Cultural Cruz Azul, also known as Cruz Azul, is a popular Mexican professional football club. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Brazil. ... Clube de Regatas Brasil, or CRB as they are usually called, is a Brazilian football team from Maceió in Alagoas, founded on September 20, 1912. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Brazil. ... Clube de Regatas Brasil, or CRB as they are usually called, is a Brazilian football team from Maceió in Alagoas, founded on September 20, 1912. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Argentina. ... Mauricio Martín Romero (born 13 January 1983 in La Pampa) is an Argentine football defender. ... Club Atlético Lanús is an Argentinian football club founded in Lanús, Buenos Aires, in January 3, 1915. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Uruguay. ... Gonzalo Choy González (born November 11, 1981 in Montevideo, Uruguay) is a Uruguayan football midfielder currently playing for Argentinos Juniors in the Argentine Primera. ... Argentinos Juniors is an Argentine football team, founded in La Paternal, Buenos Aires, on August 15, 1904. ...

• Luis Gabriel Rey to CF Pachuca

• Rafael Márquez Lugo to CF Pachuca

• Mariano Trujillo Reyes to A.C Skoda Xanthi

Image File history File links Flag_of_Colombia. ... Luis Gabriel Rey Villamizar (born February 20, 1980 in Bucaramanga) is a Colombian football striker, who currently plays for CF Pachuca of the Primera División de México. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Mexico. ... Rafael Márquez Lugo (born November 2, 1981 in Mexico City, Mexico) is a Mexican football striker, who currently plays for CA Monarcas Morelia of the Primera División de México. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Mexico. ... Skoda Xanthi FC, officially Skoda Xanthi AO (Greek: Skoda Ξάνθη Αθλητικός Όμιλος - Skoda Xanthi Athlitikos Omilos), the Skoda Xanthi Athletic Club, is a Greek association football club based in the city of Xanthi, Greece. ...

Notable Players

• Adolfo Bautista
• Fernando Arce
• Ever Guzman
• Diego Martinez
• Adrian Aldrete
• Darío Franco
• Ángel David Comizzo
• Jorge Almirón
• Damian Alvarez
• Marco Antonio Figueroa
• Reinaldo Navia
• Mauricio Cienfuegos
• Roberto Palacios
• Carlos Pavón
• Luis Gabriel Rey

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External link

• Monarcas Morelia official website

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Miscellaneous
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