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Club de Futbol Cruz Azul S.A. de C.V., commonly known as Cruz Azul, is a Mexican professional football club based in Mexico City. The club competes in Liga MX, the top division of Mexican football, and plays its home matches at Estadio Azteca. Founded in 1927 in Jasso, Hidalgo, as Club Deportivo, Social y Cultural Cruz Azul, A.C., the club relocated to Mexico City in 1971. Its current legal name, Club de Futbol Cruz Azul S.A. de C.V., was adopted in the 1990s or early 2000s. Cruz Azul are one of only seven Mexican clubs to have never been relegated from the top flight.
Quick Facts
- Official name
- Estadio Ciudad de los Deportes (formerly Estadio Azul)
- Location
- Mexico City, Mexico
- Opened
- 1962
- Capacity
- Approximately 36,681
- Home team
- Cruz Azul FC
- Primary colour
- Blue (Azul)
- Notable feature
- All-blue seating and stands; the 'Cuarto Azul' ultras section
Lore & Background
Cruz Azul was founded in the late 1920s in Jasso, Hidalgo, where cement company Cooperativa La Cruz Azul fostered a connection with football. Carlos Garcés López, a footballer, athlete and dentist employed by the cooperative, advocated for football to become the company's official sport. After a referendum on 22 March 1927, football was selected, and the team was formally established on 22 May 1927, with Garcés López as its first manager. The club relocated to Mexico City in 1971.
Reader's Guide
Cruz Azul plays its home matches at Estadio Azteca. The club won 15 consecutive league titles in a local amateur league in Hidalgo between 1932 and 1943.
Did You Know?
- Cruz Azul has won six CONCACAF Champions Cup/Champions League titles, the second-most in the competition's history behind América's seven.
- The club achieved a continental treble in the 1968–69 season, becoming the first CONCACAF club and third worldwide to accomplish this feat.
- Cruz Azul was the second team from CONCACAF to reach the final of the Copa Libertadores, after América in 2000.
- The club has the most league runner-up finishes (12) in Mexican football.
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