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This article is about a men's football club in Mexico City. For other uses, see Cruz Azul (disambiguation). Club Deportivo Social and Cultural Cruise Azul Association S.A. D CV or simply Cruz Azul (pronounced [kɾus a'sul]) is a professional football club based in Mexico City, Mexico. It competes in the Liga MX, the top division of Mexican football. "Azul" means "blue" in Spanish, and the club traditionally wears a blue home kit. Cruz Azulu new escudo.svg Full name Club Deportivo Social and Cultural Cruz Azul Association S.A. D CV Surname La Macquina (machine) Los Celeste (The Sky-Blues) Los Cementoros (cement manufacturer) Los Librez (The Horse) Los de la Noria (La Noria people) Short name Kazi Established 22 May 1927; 94 years ago Land Estadio Azteca Capacity 87,000 [1]
Owner Cemento Cruz Azulu President Jaime Ordials Manager Juan Renoso Federation Liga MX Aperture 2021 8 (Reclassification) Website Club Website Home colors Color away The third color Current season Founded in Jasso, Hidalgo, the club officially moved to Mexico City in 1971, where it has a strong presence and activity since its inception. Estadio Azteca, the largest sports venue in the country, served as their home venue until 1996 when they switched to Estadio Azul. The team returned to Azteca 22 years later at the end of the 2017–18 Liga MX season. It is headquartered in La Noria, a suburb of Xochimilco, south of Mexico City. [2] Cruz Azul Toluca, C.D., is a 10-time nine-time Primara Division Champion. Guadalajara's 12, and Club America's 13. Cruz Azul's six titles CONCACAF became the second most successful club in Champions League history, the most prestigious international club competition in North American football, after Intercity rival Club America. Cruz Azul was the first CONCACAF team to reach the final of the Copa Libertadores in 2001, the most prestigious club competition in South American football (inviting top league MX clubs from 1998 to 2017) from Argentine football giants Boca Juniors. Defeated on penalty. During the 1968-69 season, Cruz Azul became the first CONCACAF club (and the third worldwide) to win the Mexican Primara Division Championship, the Copa Mexico National Tournament and the CONCACAF Champions League, and complete the Rare Continental Treble.
In the 2014 Club World Rankings, the International Federation of Football History and Statistics ranked Cruz Azul as the 99th best club in the world and the third best club in CONCACAF. [3] According to several published polls, Cruz Azul is the third most popular in Mexico. Team, CD Guadalajara and Club America only. [4] It is the second most supported team behind the US and PUMAS ahead of UNAM in its hometown of Mexico City. Edit history Edit background and foundation Carlos Garces Lopez is a footballer and athlete who represented Mexico in athletics and football at the 1924 and 1928 Summer Olympics, respectively. [5] As a midfielder, he was part of the founding team of Club America and was a key player in the dominance of Primara Forza in the mid - 1920s. [6] [7] Playing in the first series of Mexico's official international matches against Guatemala, Garces Lopez also became part of Mexico's first national football team in 1923. [8] [9] Since football was not a lucrative business in Mexico, Gars Lopez, a licensed dentist, worked for Cemento Cruz Azul, a cement company in the small town of Jasso in Hidalgo, which provided dental care to its employees. Medical services provided. He regularly travels from Jasso to Mexico City to train and play for the United States. [10] In 1925, Cemento Cruz Azul voted to form a company baseball team because the sport was popular in the city of Jasso. [11] However, Garc లోa L లోpez personally lobbied for several months to turn the official company sport into football. Garse Lopez, who initially received resistance from American employees, eventually persuaded company directors to hold a referendum to allow workers to vote on the company team's main game. A vote was taken on March 22, 1927, where the company decided to change the team sport from baseball to football.
[12] Cemento Cruz set up a football pitch on the company premises in place of the Azul baseball field, and the football team was officially established on May 22, two months later, where Garces Lopez was appointed head coach of the newly formed team. [10] [13] Amateur Age (1927–1960) Amendment Initially, Cemento Cruz played with teams representing the neighboring city of Jasso in local tournaments organized by Azul. For the next three decades the team was formed entirely with employees. The club was widely successful in amateur tournaments in the 30s and 40s, winning 15 state-level league titles in a row. Cooperative (1931–1934) established by amendment By 1931, Cemento Cruz Azul was facing many financial difficulties after the Great Depression. Due to demand and production losses of cement and other construction materials, Cemento Cruz Azul went bankrupt and was purchased by the cement company La Tolteca on March 1, 1931 for 1 million pesos. Liquidated, 192 workers of Cemento Cruz Azul sued company officials to prevent the transfer of assets to the company, scheduled for October 15 of that year. The Hidalgo government ruled in favor of the workers when it showed that La Tolteca was premeditated with the intention of liquidating. Workers took control of industrial facilities on November 2. On May 21, 1932, Governor Hidalgo, Bartholomew Vargas Lugo, ordered 192 workers in the Cemento Cruz Azul to use the prestigious domain as the collective owners of the plant. As part of the deal, a total of 192 workers who took charge of the plant agreed to pay Hidalgo State 1.3 million pesos over a 10-year period.
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