Fútbol Club Atlas

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Atlas

Full name

Fútbol Club Atlas A.C.

Nickname(s)

Zorros
(Foxes)
Los Rojinegros
(The Redblacks)
La Academia
(The Academy)
Furia Rojinegra
(Red and Black Fury)

Founded

August 14, 1916

Ground

Jalisco,
Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico
(Capacity 62,384)

Manager

Miguel Ángel Brindisi

League

Primera División de México

Clausura 2007

Quarterfinals (playoffs)
6th (league)
3rd (group)





Home colours





Away colours

F.C. Atlas, also known as Atlas, is a Mexican professional football club. Atlas is one of three teams that plays in Mexico's second largest city, Guadalajara, in the Primera División de México. The club's home stadium is Estadio Jalisco, which is also the home venue for Guadalajara.

1 History
2 Current Squad
3 Squad changes during Clausura 2008 season
4 Honours
5 Notable Players
6 External links

History

The Atlas Football Club was founded after a nostalgic conversation in a cafe of Guadalajara, Mexico, where a few students of the upper class society were remembering their experience of playing football in British Universities' squads where they had spent the last few years. Alfonso and Juan José “Lico” Cortina, Pedro “Perico” and Carlos Fernández del Valle, the three Orendain brothers and Federico Collignon (who had studied in Berlin) finally decided in the summer of 1916, to set up a football team called "Club de fútbol Atlas". The club was founded in Tlaquepaque, outside the city of Guadalajara. The techniques that the "Atlistas" developed were so impressive that the squad was seen as a better team compared to local opponents, since the team was characterized by triangulations and the ability to skillfully avoid opponents' tackles. Atlas and Chivas have also been rivals because they are the oldest of all Mexican teams in their division, they are both known for their elicit histories, and because they play in the same city; the games they play against one another are known as the 'Clásico Tapatío'. Although Atlas has only won the league championship once, their training camps have been famous for developing national idols like Jared Borgetti, Daniel Osorno, José de Jesús Corona, Pavel Pardo, Oswaldo Sanchez, Rafael Marquez, and Andres Guardado. As of 2007, most teams in Mexico's Primera División have at least one player who started their career in CF Atlas. They are popularly known as Zorros del Atlas (the Foxes of Atlas), and their fans as La Fiel (the faithful) and La 51 (The 51).

Current Squad

No.	Position	Player
1	GK	Mario Rodríguez
2	DF	Omar Flores
3	DF	Diego Colotto
4	DF	Luis Enrique Robles
5	DF	Ricardo Jiménez de Alba
6	FW	Jorge Achucarro
7	MF	Emanuel Centurión
8	MF	Juan Carlos Medina
9	FW	Bruno Marioni (Captain)
10	MF	Gregorio Torres
11	MF	José Piña
12	DF	Gerardo Flores Zúñiga

No.	Position	Player
13	DF	Hugo Ayala Castro
14	DF	Néstor Vidrio
15	MF	Flavio Santos
16	FW	Ulises Mendívil
17	GK	Pedro Hernández
18	FW	Edgar Pacheco
19	MF	Eduardo Rergis
20	DF	Óscar Vera
26	MF	Christian Valdez
27	MF	Jorge Hernández
23	DF	Jorge Torres Nilo
24	DF	Roberto Vargas

Squad changes during Clausura 2008 season

In:

Jorge Achucarro - Transferred From Cerro Porteño
Emanuel Centurión - Transferred From Colón de Santa Fe
Gregorio Torres - Return From Cruz Azul

Out:

Hernán Encina Transferred To Rosario Central
Nicolás Olivera- Transferred To Puebla
Christian Sánchez- Transferred To Chiapas
Aarón Padilla- Transferred To Chiapas
Carlos Balcázar- Transferred To Chiapas
Juan Carlos Valenzuela- Transferred To Tecos
Lucas Barrios- Loaned To Colo-Colo

Honours

Mexican Championship: 1
- 1951
Segunda división Mexico: 3
- 1954-1955, 1971-1972, 1978-1979
Campeón de Copa (Mexican Cup): 4
- 1945-1946, 1949-1950, 1961-1962, 1967-1968
Campeón de Campeones (Mexican Super Cup): 4
- 1945-1946, 1949-1950, 1950-1951, 1961-1962