Club Tijuana
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Club Tijuana Xoloitzcuintles de Caliente is a Mexican football team from Tijuana
, Baja California
, Mexico
. Tijuana plays in the Primera División de México
It was founded in January 2007. The colors that identify the club are red and black.
. Gallos Caliente was instituted in the summer of 2006, not long after the city's last club, Dorados, were relegated to the Segunda División de México.
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 24-year old eldest son of Jorge Hank Rhon
, is the President of the team. He announced several times that his short term goal and commitment was to get promoted to the Primera
.
They became the Apertura 2010 champions after defeating Veracruz 3-0 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.
Jorge Alberto Hank and Alberto Murguia Orozco
, 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.
. In both semifinal legs, the Xolos and Albinegros finished 0-0, with the global marker 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" surprised and won 0-2 in the Estadio Luis de la 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.
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 18th and it remained 0-0, with the second leg deciding what team was going to be promoted to the Primera División Mexicana. 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.
The business 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.
The stadium hosts home matches for the Mexican professional football team Club Tijuana, who play in the Primera División de México, Mexico's First Division.
The stadium was opened on November 2007, according to schedule. The stadium originally had a capacity of 13,333. On 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.
. The attendance was 13,333, the stadium capacity at the time.
For recent transfers, see List of Mexican Football Transfers Summer 2011.
(Captain)
Xolos U-17
Tijuana
Tijuana is the largest city on the Baja California Peninsula and center of the Tijuana metropolitan area, part of the international San Diego–Tijuana metropolitan area. An industrial and financial center of Mexico, Tijuana exerts a strong influence on economics, education, culture, art, and politics...
, Baja California
Baja California
Baja California officially Estado Libre y Soberano de Baja California is one of the 31 states which, with the Federal District, comprise the 32 Federal Entities of Mexico. It is both the northernmost and westernmost state of Mexico. Before becoming a state in 1953, the area was known as the North...
, Mexico
Mexico
The United Mexican States , commonly known as Mexico , is a federal constitutional republic in North America. It is bordered on the north by the United States; on the south and west by the Pacific Ocean; on the southeast by Guatemala, Belize, and the Caribbean Sea; and on the east by the Gulf of...
. Tijuana plays in the Primera División de México
Primera División de México
The Primera División Profesional , known simply as the Primera División, is the top level of the Mexican football league system and is administered by the Mexican Football Federation. It was established in 1943 and as of 2011 has 18 clubs. Up to June 2011, it was divided into three groups competing...
It was founded in January 2007. The colors that identify the club are red and black.
History
The club is the latest in a long line of league teams in the city of TijuanaTijuana
Tijuana is the largest city on the Baja California Peninsula and center of the Tijuana metropolitan area, part of the international San Diego–Tijuana metropolitan area. An industrial and financial center of Mexico, Tijuana exerts a strong influence on economics, education, culture, art, and politics...
. Gallos Caliente was instituted in the summer of 2006, not long after the city's last club, Dorados, were relegated to the Segunda División de México.
The team's name was later changed to Club Tijuana Xoloitzcuintles De Caliente. Team owner Jorge Hank Rhon
Jorge Hank Rhon
Jorge Hank Rhon is a Mexican politician, businessman and owner of Mexico's largest sports betting company, Caliente. An eccentric and controversial personality, he served from December 2004 to February 2007 as the president of the municipality of Tijuana. He is the son of former Mexico City mayor...
announced the construction of the Estadio Caliente
Estadio Caliente
The Estadio Caliente, is a multi-use stadium in Tijuana, Baja California, Mexico, that is mostly used for football matches.The stadium hosts home matches for the Mexican professional football team Club Tijuana, who play in the Primera División de México, Mexico's First Division. -Stadium:The...
, a new stadium with a capacity for 33,333 people near Grupo Caliente's Agua Caliente Racetrack
Agua Caliente Racetrack
The Agua Caliente Racetrack is a greyhound racing and former horse racing track in Tijuana, Baja California, Mexico. It opened in December 1929 at a cost of $2.5 million.One year before, the Agua Caliente Casino and Hotel opened in June 1928....
.
Jorge Alberto Hank, the 24-year old eldest son of Jorge Hank Rhon
Jorge Hank Rhon
Jorge Hank Rhon is a Mexican politician, businessman and owner of Mexico's largest sports betting company, Caliente. An eccentric and controversial personality, he served from December 2004 to February 2007 as the president of the municipality of Tijuana. He is the son of former Mexico City mayor...
, is the President of the team. He announced several times that his short term goal and commitment was to get promoted to the Primera
Primera División de México
The Primera División Profesional , known simply as the Primera División, is the top level of the Mexican football league system and is administered by the Mexican Football Federation. It was established in 1943 and as of 2011 has 18 clubs. Up to June 2011, it was divided into three groups competing...
.
They became the Apertura 2010 champions after defeating Veracruz 3-0 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.
Jorge Alberto Hank and Alberto Murguia Orozco
Alberto Murguia Orozco
Alberto Murguia Orozco is a Mexican businessman and politician. He is best identified as a partner of Jorge Hank Rhon in Grupo Caliente, one of Latin America's largest gaming corporations. Murguia first became elected to public office in 2006, when he was elected as a federal supplemental senator...
, 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
The team obtained its first title in the Apertura 2010 tournament, after having finished as general leader during the regular tournament, which gave them the direct pass to semi-finals. In semi-finals the Xolos faced Albinegros de OrizabaAlbinegros de Orizaba
The club Albinegros de Orizaba, is a football team of the city of Orizaba, Orizaba Athletic Club was founded in 1898, a sporting club who also practice Cricket among other sports in the city of Orizaba, Veracruz...
. In both semifinal legs, the Xolos and Albinegros finished 0-0, with the global marker 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" surprised and won 0-2 in the Estadio Luis de la 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.
Promotion to the Primera División Mexicana
The final of the Clausura 2011 of the Liga de AscensoLiga de Ascenso
The Liga de Ascenso is the second professional level of the Mexican football league system. The champion of the competition is promoted to the Primera División de México ....
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
Estadio Sergio León Chavez
Estadio Sergio León Chávez is a multi-use stadium in Irapuato, Mexico. It is currently used mostly for football matches. The stadium holds 24,000 people...
. 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 18th and it remained 0-0, with the second leg deciding what team was going to be promoted to the Primera División Mexicana. Played in Tijuana's Estadio Caliente
Estadio Caliente
The Estadio Caliente, is a multi-use stadium in Tijuana, Baja California, Mexico, that is mostly used for football matches.The stadium hosts home matches for the Mexican professional football team Club Tijuana, who play in the Primera División de México, Mexico's First Division. -Stadium:The...
, 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
Necaxa
Necaxa is a Mexican football club and is based in the city of Aguascalientes. it plays in the Estadio Victoria. Necaxa is ranked seventh overall and 1st in ranking in Mexican football within the IFFHS Central and North America's Clubs of the Century in the CONCACAF behind CD Saprissa San Juan de...
as the new Primera Division Team in Mexico.
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. This is because Grupo Caliente does not provide bets for the First Division A, the division the Club Tijuana is currently in.Institutional Vision
What first seemed like a hobby to the football aficionado Jorge Hank, has now been projected as a business and institution with many ambitious goals by his son Jorgealberto 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 business 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.
Stadium
The Estadio Caliente, is a multi-use stadium in Tijuana, Baja California, Mexico, that is mostly used for football matches.The stadium hosts home matches for the Mexican professional football team Club Tijuana, who play in the Primera División de México, Mexico's First Division.
The stadium was opened on November 2007, according to schedule. The stadium originally had a capacity of 13,333. On 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.
Inauguration
The stadium was officially inaugurated on November 11, 2007, in a game between Club Tijuana vs Pumas MorelosPumas Morelos
Pumas Morelos is a Mexican football club which plays in Coyoacán, Mexico City. They compete in the Liga de Ascenso division, and are the satellite team to Club Universidad Nacional.-Stadium:...
. The attendance was 13,333, the stadium capacity at the time.
Current squad
As of July 19, 2011.For recent transfers, see List of Mexican Football Transfers Summer 2011.
(Captain)
Reserve team
Xolos U-20- Reserve team that plays in the U-20 tournament coinciding with the regular season tournament. The games are held in Estadio CalienteEstadio CalienteThe Estadio Caliente, is a multi-use stadium in Tijuana, Baja California, Mexico, that is mostly used for football matches.The stadium hosts home matches for the Mexican professional football team Club Tijuana, who play in the Primera División de México, Mexico's First Division. -Stadium:The...
.
Xolos U-17
- Reserve team that plays in the U-17 tournament coinciding with the regular season tournament.
Coaching staff
| Position | Staff |
|---|---|
| Head Coach |  Antonio MohamedAntonio Mohamed Antonio 'El Turco' Mohamed is a retired Argentine football striker, and soccer manager. He is given the nickname 'El Turco' due to his Syrian and Lebanese ethnicity. In Argentina the Arabs are usually mistakenly called Turks since they came to Argentina with Ottoman documents in the 1900s... |
| Assistant first team coach | Gustavo A. Lerma |
| Assistant first team coach | Fabián Donelli |
| First team fitness coach | Claudio Kenny |
| Goalkeeper coach |  Oscar Resano |
| Physiotherapist | Raúl Alberto López |
| Medical director | Dr. Héctor Manuel Enciso |
| Reserve team manager | Ignacio Ruvalcaba |
| Youth team manager | Diego Alejandro Torres |
Top goalscorers
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Goals |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Raúl Enríquez Raúl Enríquez Raúl Enríquez Arambula is a Mexican professional footballer who currently plays for Club Tijuana.-External links:... |
|
73 |
| 2 | Valtencir Gomes |  |
22 |
| 3 | Mauro Gerk Mauro Néstor Gerk Mauro Néstor Gerk Larrea , is an Argentine-Mexican football Striker who currently plays for Club Tijuana in the Primera División de México.... |
|
20 |