Club Tijuana

Club Tijuana
Full name Club Tijuana Xoloitzcuintles de Caliente
Nickname(s) Los Xolos "'El Xolaje (The Xolos-Crowd in Mexican Spanish)
La Jauría (The Pack of hounds)
Founded January 10, 2007 (2007-01-10)
Ground Estadio Caliente
Tijuana, Baja California, Mexico
Ground Capacity 25,439
Owner Grupo Caliente
Chairman Jorge Hank Inzunsa
Manager Miguel Herrera
League Liga MX
Apertura 2016 1st
Website Club home page

Club Tijuana Xoloitzcuintles de Caliente, commonly referred to as Xolos de Tijuana, or simply as Xolos, is a Mexican professional football club from Tijuana, Baja California, Mexico. Founded in January 2007, the club was promoted to Liga MX in 2011, where they have played since. They won their first title in the 2012 Apertura.

History

The club is the latest in a long line of league teams in the city of Tijuana. Gallos Caliente was instituted in the summer of 2006. The team's name was later changed to Club Tijuana Xoloitzcuintles de Caliente. Team owner Jorge Hank Rhon announced the construction of the Estadio Caliente, a new stadium with a capacity for 33,333 people near Grupo Caliente's Agua Caliente Racetrack. Jorge Alberto Hank, the 28-year-old son of Jorge Hank Rhon, is the President of the team. They became the Apertura 2012 champions after defeating Toluca 4–2 in a two-legged series.

The team advanced to the Primera División de México with a win at home over Irapuato, 2–1 on May 21, 2011.[1]

Jorge Alberto Hank and Gog Murguia Fernandez, the vice president, became the youngest executives in the history of Mexican professional football to be at the head of a club in the Primera División de México.

The First Title

Joaquín del Olmo promoted the club to Primera División de México in 2011.

The team obtained its first title in the Apertura 2010 tournament, after having finished as general leader during the regular tournament, which gave them a direct pass to the semi-finals. In the semi-finals the Xolos faced Albinegros de Orizaba. In both semifinal legs, the Xolos and Albinegros finished 0–0, with the aggregate score 0–0 too. The position that the Xolos had during the regular tournament permitted them to pass to the final against the Tiburones Rojos de Veracruz. In the first leg the "Xolos" had a surprise win 0–2 in the Estadio Luis "Pirata" Fuente in Veracruz, while in their field they won again 1–0 and this way Tijuana obtained half a ticket towards the Mexican football maximum circuit, the Primera División Mexicana.[2][3]

The Tijuana Xoloitzcuintles played their first game in Mexico's Primera Division "We've just started".
The stadium suffered changes in its capacity after the team promotion.

Promotion to the Primera División de la Federación Mexicana de Fútbol

The final of the Clausura 2011 of the Liga de Ascenso was between Tijuana and Irapuato. The first leg was played on Wednesday May 11 in Tijuana's stadium. The game finished 1–1. The second leg played was in Irapuato, in the Estadio Sergio León Chavez. Irapuato won the game 1–0, being crowned champion of the Clausura 2011 afterwards. With the Tijuana having won the Apertura 2010 title, the Promotion Final was going to be, yet again, Tijuana vs Irapuato. The first leg was played in Irapuato on Wednesday May 18 and it remained 0–0, with the second leg deciding what team was going to be promoted to the Primera División de la Federación Mexicana de Fútbol (now known as Liga MX).[4] Played in Tijuana's Estadio Caliente, the second leg saw the Club Tijuana being crowned champion of the Promotion Final with a result of 2–1. Thus Tijuana replaced the Necaxa as the new Primera Division Team in Mexico.[5]

Primera of Mexico Debut

Kicking off their inaugural season in the Primera Division, Tijuana signed José Sand,[6] Leandro Augusto, Fernando Arce, Egidio Arévalo[7] and Dayro Moreno would move to Tijuana for a fee of US$3.5 m.[8] during summer 2011.

Tijuana opened the 2011–12 season with a 2–1 home loss to Morelia. American Joe Corona scored the club's first top-flight goal in the defeat. They would earn their first victory as a top-flight club in a 3–1 victory at Santos Laguna on August 6; however, after five consecutive home matches without a victory manager Joaquin del Olmo was sacked and replaced by Antonio Mohamed.

After having finished the 2011 Apertura with just three wins against nine draws and five losses, Tijuana would have more success in the 2012 Clasura. Behind the league's top defense (allowing just eleven goals in 17 matches), Tijuana finished with seven wins and seven draws against just three defeats and earned their first playoff berth in the top flight, where they would fall to Monterrey.

Apertura 2012 Champions

Xolos would continue their strong defense in the 2012–13 Liga MX season. In the 2012 Apertura, Xolos allowed joint-fewest goals with 15 while finishing tied atop the table with Toluca. Seeded #2 in the play-offs, they would avenge the previous season's defeat to Monterrey before ralling from a 2–0 deficit against León in the semi-finals. They would win the Liguilla over Toluca with a 4–1 aggregrate victory, achieving the title in the shortest time after promotion to the top flight in Mexican history.[9]

Xolos would falter in the Clausura, finishing in 10th place, two points outside of Liguilla qualification. However, invited to Copa Libertadores, Tijuana would make a run to the quarter-finals before falling to Atlético Mineiro.

Stadium

Main article: Estadio Caliente

The Estadio Caliente, a multi-use stadium in Tijuana, Baja California, was officially inaugurated on November 11, 2007, in a game between Club Tijuana and Pumas Morelos. The attendance was 13,333, then the stadium capacity. In July 2009, the capacity was increased to 16,000. Stadium owner Jorge Hank Rhon's main reason for constructing the stadium was his wish to have a professional football club in the city. Because the Mexican Football Federation says that teams participating in the First Division must have a stadium with a capacity over 15,000, Club Tijuana officially became qualified for promotion to the Primera División de México when the capacity was increased. The construction of the stadium was planned in two parts. The first part finished the ground and lower sections of the stadium. In the second phase, the stadiums capacity was increased.[10] Club Xoloitzcuintles added 4,000 seats to its home field of Estadio Caliente, pushing its capacity to 20,000, according to the team’s management. The team also remodeled the players’ dressing rooms and resurfaced the dirt parking lot with a stone surface. Among the construction projects is the installation of stadium lights, which should not be an issue.[11]

A view inside Caliente Stadium in 2009.

Institutional vision

What first seemed to be a hobby to the football aficionado Jorge Hank, has now been projected as a business and institution with many ambitions by his son Jorge Alberto Hank Inzunza, President of Club Tijuana. The president has announced several times in press conferences that the project is far bigger than a stadium and a First Division team. The institutional plan involves football schools and clinics throughout the region, including San Diego and Los Angeles, professional football training, talent recruitment squads; 1st, 2nd, and 3rd division affiliates; foundations and green campaigns, and a heavily invested commercial complex.

Finances and ownership

Controversy surrounded the lease, because the team would have ties to a company whose major business is that of betting on sports events, including football. The case was presented to high authorities in the Mexican Football Federation, where it was ruled that no action would be taken against Xoloitzcuintles De Caliente or its parent company.

Kit manufacturers and shirt sponsors

Period Kit manufacturer Shirt partner Sponsors
2007 Ardex Caliente
2007–08 Atletica Casas GEO/Nissan/TVC Deportes/Mexicana
2008 Voit
2009–10 Atletica Casas GEO/Nissan
2011 Kappa Casas GEO/Nissan/TVC Deportes/Volaris
2011–13 Nike Casas GEO/ABC/Waldos
2013–14 Nike Boing!/Casas GEO/ABC/Calimax
2015– Adidas Boing!/Carls Jr/Calimax/Farmacias del Ahorro

Honours

Domestic competitions

Apertura 2012
Apertura 2010
Campeón de Ascenso 2010–11

Friendly competitions

2011, 2012, 2013
2013

International competitions

Copa Libertadores
YearPldWDLGFGAGDPtsStage
201310541138+513 Lost Quarter-finals
Total10541138+513
CONCACAF Champions League
YearPldWDLGFGAGDPtsStage
2013–149513158+710 Lost Semi-finals
Total9513158+710

Players

Current squad

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

No. Position Player
2 United States DF John Requejo
3 Mexico DF Yasser Corona
4 United States DF Greg Garza
5 Argentina MF Guido Rodríguez
6 Mexico DF Juan Carlos Valenzuela (on loan from Atlas)
7 Argentina FW Gabriel Hauche
8 Brazil MF Juninho
9 Argentina FW Milton Caraglio
10 Argentina MF Ignacio Malcorra
11 Mexico FW Henry Martín
12 Mexico GK Dilan Nicoletti
14 United States MF Alejandro Guido
15 Argentina DF Damián Pérez
No. Position Player
16 United States DF Michael Orozco
17 Colombia FW Dayro Moreno
18 Colombia MF Avilés Hurtado
19 Argentina DF Emanuel Aguilera
20 United States MF Paul Arriola
21 Mexico MF Kevin Gutiérrez (on loan from Querétaro)
22 Mexico DF Juan Carlos Núñez (captain)
24 Mexico MF Luis Chávez
25 Mexico GK Gibran Lajud
26 Mexico MF Juan Carlos Medina
28 United States FW Amando Moreno
30 Argentina MF Héctor Villalba (on loan from Atlanta United)

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

Out on loan

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

No. Position Player
Mexico GK Cirilo Saucedo (at Juárez)
Mexico GK Sergio Vega (at Celaya)
Mexico DF Jesús Chávez (at Necaxa)
Mexico DF Miguel Garduño (at Venados)
Mexico DF José Madueña (at Atlas)
Mexico DF Oliver Ortíz (at Sinaloa)
Mexico DF Rodrigo Salinas (at Atlas)
Mexico DF Christian Torres (at Sinaloa)
United States MF Fernando Arce, Jr. (at Sinaloa)
Mexico MF José María Cárdenas (at Sinaloa)
United States MF Joe Corona (at Sinaloa)
No. Position Player
Ecuador MF Brayan de la Torre (at Sinaloa)
Argentina MF Gonzalo Díaz (at Vélez Sarsfield)
Mexico MF Raúl Enríquez (at Juárez)
Mexico MF Alonso Escoboza (at Chiapas)
Nigeria MF Mark Tanko (at Sinaloa)
Ecuador FW José Ayoví (at Chiapas)
Mexico FW Alberto García (at Sinaloa)
Argentina FW Alfredo Moreno (at Celaya)
Colombia FW Humberto Osorio (at Independiente Santa Fe)
Argentina FW Maximiliano Romero (at Vélez Sarsfield)

Reserve teams

Tijuana Premier
Reserve team that plays in the Segunda División in the third level of the Mexican league system.

Personnel

Current technical staff

Position Staff
Head CoachMexico Miguel Herrera
Assistant CoachMexico Diego Ramírez
Assistant CoachMexico Álvaro Galindo
Fitness CoachMexico José Rangel
Goalkeeper CoachMexico José Torruco
Physiotherapist Mexico José Robledo
Medical Director Mexico Dr. Héctor Enciso
First Team Medic Mexico Dr. Carlos Rincón
First Team Medic Argentina Dr. Alejandro Dardano
U-20 Head Coach Mexico Raúl Chabrand
U-17 Head Coach Mexico Gilberto Mora
U-15 Head Coach Mexico Jesús Castro

Management

Position Staff
President Jorge Alberto Hank Inzunza
Vice-president Gog Murguia Fernandez
Administration Director Alejandro Serrano
Finance Director Pedro Panama
Operations Director Alejandro Torrontegui
Marketing Director Esteban De Anda
Communication Director Antonio Rodriguez
General Manager Ignacio Palou
Director of Soccer Operations Roberto Cornejo
Sporting Manager Gerardo Jiménez Cantú
Sporting Coordinator Paulo César Chávez Quirarte

Records

Raúl Enríquez, the Xolos top scorer of all time.
Most First Division Goals Scored
Rank Name Goals
1 Colombia Dayro Moreno 42
2 Argentina Darío Benedetto 21
3 Colombia Duvier Riascos 20
4 Argentina Alfredo Moreno 16
5 Mexico Richard Ruiz 15
Most goals scored
Rank Name Goals
1 Mexico Raul Enriquez 72
2 Colombia Dayro Moreno 45
3 Argentina Darío Benedetto 23
4 Colombia Duvier Riascos 22
5 Ecuador Fidel Martínez 21
6 Argentina Mauro Gerk 20
Most Appearances
Rank Name Matches
1 Argentina Javier Gandolfi 226
2 Mexico Juan Carlos Núñez 223
3 Mexico Richard Ruiz 219
4 United States Joe Corona 172
5 Mexico Raul Enriquez 171

Managers

Women's section

The club also fields a women's team of the same name, founded in 2014, that participates in the US-based Women's Premier Soccer League[12] in the summer and in the Liga Mayor Femenil in the winter. In their first year, they finished in the middle of the competitive Pac-South division of WPSL before becoming Mexican national champions.[13]

References

  1. Zamora, David (May 21, 2011). "Tijuana ya está en Primera División". Azteca Deportes. Retrieved May 21, 2011.
  2. "Xolos vence 2-0 a Veracruz y tiene la mitad del campeonato - Terra México". Terra.com.mx. Retrieved 2013-07-10.
  3. "Terra México - Noticias, Deportes, Entretenimiento y Estilo de Vida". Terra.com.mx. Retrieved 2013-07-10.
  4. "FUTBOL-Tijuana sube por primera vez a máxima categoría en México". Reuters. May 21, 2011.
  5. "Jose Sand Close To Join Tijuana". Club-Tijuana.com. 2011-06-30. Retrieved 2011-06-30.
  6. "Egidio Arevalo Close To Join Tijuana". Club-Tijuana.com. 2011-07-25. Retrieved 2011-06-25.
  7. "Dayro Moreno se va con sus goles a México". El Colombiano. Retrieved 2013-07-10.
  8. "Believe it: Tijuana Xolos are Mexican champs". UTSanDiego.com. 2012-12-02. Retrieved 2013-07-10.
  9. "SÍNTESIS SEMANAL: México, en alerta epidemiológica por brote de influenza porcina :: El Informador". Informador.com.mx. Retrieved 2013-07-10.
  10. http://www.noticiasmvs.com/noticias/deportes/FIFA-rechaza-a-Tijuana-como-sede-del-Sub-17.html
  11. "WPSL WELCOMES NEW TEAM FROM SOUTH OF THE BORDER". WPSL. October 7, 2014. Retrieved October 7, 2014.
  12. "XOLOS USA WIN NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP IN MEXICO". WPSL. December 29, 2015. Retrieved January 1, 2016.

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