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Juárez

Full name	Fútbol Club Juárez
Nickname(s)	Los Bravos (The Braves)
Short name	JUA, FCJ
Founded	May 29, 2015; 9 years ago (2015-05-29)
Ground	Estadio Olímpico Benito Juárez
Capacity	19,703
Owner	MountainStar Sports Group
Chairman	Andrés Fassi
Manager	Martín Varini
League	Liga MX
Apertura 2024	Regular phase: 12th Final phase: Did not qualify
Website	fcjuarez.com
Home colours Away colours
Current season

Fútbol Club Juárez, also known as Bravos de Juárez or simply Juárez, is a Mexican football club based in the city of Ciudad Juárez, Chihuahua that currently competes in Liga MX, the top division of Mexican football.

Fútbol Club Juárez was founded in 2015 by a bi-national group of six families, two from the border city of El Paso, Texas and four from Ciudad Juárez, Mexico, making it one of the few clubs with foreign investors in Mexican football and marking the return of professional sports to Ciudad Juárez for the first time since 2012 after the previous franchise, Indios de Ciudad Juárez, was relegated from Liga MX, suffered from poor management, and was ultimately disbanded.^[1]

On June 7, 2015, it was officially announced by Ascenso MX officials that FC Juárez would compete in Ascenso MX, starting in the Apertura 2015 season.

On December 5, 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.^[2] The 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 Liga MX the following season.^[3] In the Apertura 2017 season, Juárez lost their second consecutive final, against Alebrijes de Oaxaca, on penalties.^[4]

On June 11, 2019, Juárez replaced Lobos BUAP in Liga MX after the founding bi-national group purchased the struggling franchise, thus returning top-level football to Ciudad Juárez.^[5][6]

They have developed a friendly, cross-border rivalry with El Paso Locomotive of the USL Championship since that side began play in 2019.^[7]

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.

Position	Staff
Sporting Chairman	Andrés Fassi
Corporate Chairman	Luis Rodríguez
Director of football	Humberto Valdés
Director of academy	Ángel González

Position	Staff
Manager	Martín Varini
Assistant manager	Tomás Campos
Goalkeeper coach	Juan Stampone
Fitness coach	Cosme Barba
Physiotherapists	Kevin Ponce
	Ramiro Cerruti
Team doctor	Álvaro Martínez

^[8]

• 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–Present)

As of 29 August 2024^[9][10]

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

No. Pos. Nation Player 1 GK  MEX Sebastián Jurado (on loan from Cruz Azul) 3 DF  COL Moisés Mosquera 5 MF  MEX Denzell García 6 MF  MEX Javier Salas 7 MF  COL Diego Valoyes 9 FW  COL Óscar Estupiñán 10 MF  MEX Dieter Villalpando 11 MF  BRA Guilherme Castilho 12 GK  MEX Arturo Delgado 13 MF  PAN José Luis Rodríguez (on loan from Red Star Belgrade) 14 MF  BRA Edson (on loan from Rukh Lviv) 18 MF  COL Avilés Hurtado 20 MF  MEX Jairo Torres 21 FW  MEX César López (on loan from Necaxa)

No. Pos. Nation Player 22 MF  USA Alex Mendez 23 MF  USA Sebastian Saucedo 24 DF  MEX Haret Ortega 25 MF  MEX Jonathan González 26 DF  MEX José Juan García 27 DF  MEX Diego Campillo 28 DF  MEX Christian Franco (on loan from Monterrey) 29 FW  MEX Ángel Zaldívar 31 GK  USA Benny Díaz (on loan from Tijuana) 32 DF  MEX Bryan Romer 33 MF  ESP Aitor García 34 DF  USA Ralph Orquin (on loan from América) 72 DF  MEX Carlos Salcedo

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

No. Pos. Nation Player 17 MF  URU Manuel Castro (injured)

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

No. Pos. Nation Player — GK  MEX Ramón Pasquel (at El Paso Locomotive) — DF  URU Gonzalo Pelúa (at El Paso Locomotive) — DF  MNE Andrija Vukčević (at Cartagena)

No. Pos. Nation Player — MF  MEX Martín Barra (at Tepatitlán) — MF  MEX Francisco Nevárez (at El Paso Locomotive) — MF  ARG Agustín Urzi (at Racing de Avellaneda)

FC Juárez (Liga TDP)

Reserve team that plays in the Liga TDP, the fourth level of the Mexican league system.

FC Juárez honours

Type	Competition	Titles	Winning editions	Runners-up
Top division	Copa MX	0	–	Clausura 2019
Promotion division	Ascenso MX	1	Apertura 2015	Clausura 2017, Apertura 2017
	Campeón de Ascenso	0	–	2015–16

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