FC Juárez
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| Full name | Fútbol Club Juárez | ||
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| Nickname | Los Bravos (The fierce ones) | ||
| Short name | JUA, FCJ | ||
| Founded | 29 May 2015 | ||
| Ground | Estadio Olímpico Benito Juárez Ciudad Juárez, Chihuahua | ||
| Capacity | 19,703 | ||
| Owner | MountainStar Sports Group | ||
| Chairman | Andrés Fassi | ||
| Manager | Salvador Valero (interim) | ||
| League | Liga MX | ||
| Clausura 2026 | Regular phase: 12th Final phase: Did not qualify | ||
| Website | fcjuarez.com | ||
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Fútbol Club Juárez, simplified as FC Juárez, and also known as Bravos de Juárez, is a Mexican professional football club based in Ciudad Juárez, Chihuahua. The club competes in Liga MX, the top division of Mexican football, and plays its home matches at Estadio Olímpico Benito Juárez.
The club was founded in May 2015, competing in Ascenso MX. Four years later, Juárez secured a place in Mexico's top division by acquiring the Lobos BUAP franchise.[1]
History
[edit]FC Juárez, a professional association football club in Ciudad Juárez, Chihuahua, Mexico, was founded on 29 May 2015, by a group of businessmen led by Alejandra de la Vega. She previously managed Club de Fútbol Cobras, a now-defunct football team from Ciudad Juárez that was owned by her father, Federico de la Vega.[2] That same year, FC Juárez joined the Ascenso MX, Mexico's second-tier professional league, following the relegation and eventual disbandment of the previous local franchise, Indios de Ciudad Juárez.[3] They played their first match of the Apertura 2015 season they played against Lobos BUAP, whom they defeated 1–0.[4]
On 7 June 2015, it was officially announced by the Ascenso MX officials that FC Juárez would compete in the Ascenso MX, starting in the Apertura 2015 season.
On 5 December 2015, after a very successful beginning to the season, the team ended the 2015 campaign in second place, and FC Juárez captured its first Ascenso MX title after beating Atlante 3–1 on aggregate, thus gaining the right to play in the promotional final in the Ascenso MX.[5] They failed to qualify for the Clausura 2016 liguilla and lost the promotional final against Necaxa.
The following season, Juárez failed to qualify for the liguilla. In the Clausura 2017 season, Juárez lost the final against Lobos BUAP with an aggregate score of 4–2.
For the 2017–18 Ascenso MX season, the league announced that Juárez was one of six Ascenso MX teams eligible for promotion to the Primera División de México the following season.[6] In the Apertura 2017 season, Juárez lost their second consecutive final, against Alebrijes de Oaxaca, on penalties.[7]
On 11 June 2019, Juárez replaced Lobos BUAP in the Primera División after the founding bi-national group purchased the struggling franchise and relocated it to Ciudad Juárez, thus returning top-level football to Ciudad Juárez.[8][9]
They have developed a friendly, cross-border rivalry with El Paso Locomotive of the USL Championship since that side began play in 2019.[10]
FC Juárez recorded its best Liga MX performance in the Apertura 2025 season, finishing eighth in the league table.[11][12] The result qualified the club for the repechage play-in round, where it defeated CF Pachuca 2–1 at home to secure its first-ever appearance in the liguilla (playoffs).[13] Juárez was eliminated in the quarter-finals by Toluca, the defending champions, losing 1–2 on aggregate. FC Juárez lost the first leg at home 1–2 and drew 0–0 in the away match.[14] Toluca went on to win the tournament.[15]
Stadium
[edit]FC Juárez play their home matches at the Estadio Olímpico Benito Juárez in Ciudad Juárez, Chihuahua. Stadium attendance is capped at 19,765, and it is owned by Universidad Autónoma de Ciudad Juárez. The stadium was opened October 1980, with an inaugural match between the Mexico national team and Atlético de Madrid.
Personnel
[edit]Management
[edit]| Position | Staff |
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| Sporting Chairman |  Andrés Fassi |
| Corporate Chairman |  Luis Rodríguez |
| Director of football |  Fran Sánchez |
| Director of academy |  Gabino Amparán |
Source: Liga MX
Current technical staff
[edit]| Position | Staff |
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| Manager | Vacant |
| Assistant managers | José Belman |
 Pedro Malta | |
| Tomás Campos | |
| Goalkeeper coach | Edgar Salcedo |
| Fitness coaches | Jose Oliveira |
| Jose Dionisio | |
| Physiotherapist | Kevin Ponce |
| Team doctor | Álvaro Martínez |
Managers
[edit]- Sergio Orduña (2015–2016)
- Miguel de Jesús Fuentes (2016–2018)
- Tomás Campos (Interim) (2018)
- Gabriel Caballero (2018–2020)
- Luis Fernando Tena (2021)
- Alfonso Sosa (2021)
Ricardo Ferretti (2021–2022)- Hernan Cristante (2022–2023)
- Diego Mejía (2023–2024)
- Mauricio Barbieri (2024)
Martín Varini (2024–2025)- Pedro Caixinha (2025–2026)
Providers and sponsors
[edit]Current kit provider: Joma.
Current sponsors: Caliente.mx, Azteca Deportes, Tubi, Fox Deportes, S-Mart, Volaris, Peter Piper Pizza, UACJ, Hágalo Home Center, Ruba, Sporade, Water House, Superette, Pancake Paradise, Del Río and Productos Lácteos Zaragoza.
Players
[edit]First-team squad
[edit]Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
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Other players under contract
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Out on loan
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Honours
[edit]Domestic
[edit]| Type | Competition | Titles | Winning years | Runners-up |
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 Top division |
Copa MX | 0 | — | Clausura 2019 |
| Promotion division | Ascenso MX | 1 | Apertura 2015 | Clausura 2017, Apertura 2017 |
| Campeón de Ascenso | 0 | — | 2015–16 |
References
[edit]- ↑ "Liga MX hace oficial mudanza de Lobos BUAP a Juárez" (in Spanish). ESPN México. 11 June 2019.
- ↑ Morales, Javier (12 June 2019). "Un bravo a detalle". Once Diario (in Spanish).
- ↑ "Ciudad Juárez tendría equipo en la División de Ascenso". Azteca Deportes. Archived from the original on 10 June 2015. Retrieved 26 May 2015.
- ↑ Lugo, Erik Francisco (18 February 2021). "Mexico 2015/16". RSSSF.
- ↑ "Cambios en el ASCENSO MX" [Changes in ASCENSO MX] (in Spanish). 7 June 2017. Archived from the original on 23 September 2015. Retrieved 4 December 2017.
- ↑ "ASCENSO Bancomer MX Informa" (in Spanish). 20 July 2017. Archived from the original on 3 August 2017. Retrieved 4 December 2017.
- ↑ "Alebrijes se Coronó en el Apertura 2017" [Alebrijes crowned in the Apertura 2017] (in Spanish). 4 December 2017. Archived from the original on 8 January 2018. Retrieved 4 December 2017.
- ↑ "Liga MX Clausura 2019 Bravos de Juárez es nuevo equipo de la Liga MX tras la compra de Lobos BUAP" [Liga MX Clausura 2019 Bravos de Juárez is new Liga MX team after the purchase of Lobos BUAP]. Marca Claro (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 11 June 2019. Retrieved 11 June 2019.
- ↑ "Bravos de FC Juarez Joins Liga MX". KROD. 11 June 2019. Archived from the original on 11 June 2019. Retrieved 11 June 2019.
- ↑ Staff, El Paso Locomotive. "Friendly Rival On The Border". www.eplocomotivefc.com. Archived from the original on 25 June 2021. Retrieved 25 June 2021.
- ↑ Olvera García, Marcos (24 November 2025). "Liga MX: FC Juárez tardó estos torneos en poder jugar su primera Liguilla". Récord (in Spanish).
- ↑ "FC Juárez califica a la primera liguilla en su historia". La Jornada (in Spanish). 23 November 2025.
- ↑ Ortega, Enrique (23 November 2025). "FC Juárez consigue victoria histórica en el Play in ante Pachuca". ESPN Deportes (in Spanish).
- ↑ Simón, José Luis (29 November 2025). "Toluca consiente demás a Bravos, no lo derrota, pero es semifinalista". Agencia Amexi (in Spanish).
- ↑ R. Yu, Kevin (14 December 2025). "Toluca es bicampeón de Liga MX tras vencer a Tigres con penales cardíacos". TUDN (in Spanish).
- ↑ "FC Juárez". ligamx.net. Archived from the original on 24 February 2020. Retrieved 20 February 2020.
- ↑ "FC Juárez". Ascenso MX. Archived from the original on 18 July 2017. Retrieved 15 July 2018.
- ↑ "Pierden Bravos ante Xolos". El Mexicano. 15 July 2017. Archived from the original on 12 July 2018. Retrieved 15 July 2017.