🇲🇽 Mexico · Guadalajara (Jalisco)
Chivas de Guadalajara
Club Deportivo Guadalajara
Chivas, Rebaño Sagrado (Sacred Herd), Chivas Rayadas (Striped Goats), Rojiblancos (Red and Whites)
Club Deportivo Guadalajara, known as Chivas, was born on 8 May 1906 in Guadalajara as Unión Football Club, and wears red and white stripes inspired by the flag of Bruges.
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The club
- Name
- Chivas de Guadalajara
- Full name
- Club Deportivo Guadalajara
- Nickname
- Chivas, Rebaño Sagrado (Sacred Herd), Chivas Rayadas (Striped Goats), Rojiblancos (Red and Whites)
- Founded
- May 8, 1906
- City
- Guadalajara (Jalisco)
- Country
- Mexico
- Official website
- chivasdecorazon.com.mx
- Colors
- #C8102E, #FFFFFF, #0B2A6F
- Competitions
- Liga MX (since 1943)
- Campeón de Campeones (1957–2017)
- CONCACAF Champions Cup (1962–2025)
- Copa Libertadores (1998–2012)
- Copa Sudamericana (2007–2008)
- FIFA Club World Cup (2018)
- Leagues Cup (2023–2026)
- In the archive
- 1 crest · 3 shirts
Current crest
Since 2026
Shirts
Club history
Club Deportivo Guadalajara, known as Chivas, was born on 8 May 1906 in Guadalajara as Unión Football Club, and wears red and white stripes inspired by the flag of Bruges. It is famous for fielding only Mexican footballers since 1943 and has won 12 league titles. It has never been relegated, has twice won the CONCACAF club tournament (1962 and 2018) and was runner-up in the 2010 Copa Libertadores.
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## Unión, Bruges and a name for the city The club was born on 8 May 1906 in Guadalajara under the name Unión Football Club. Its driving force was the Belgian Edgar Everaert, who brought together employees of local shops along with the brothers Rafael and Gregorio Orozco; the name «Unión» was meant to reflect the friendship between Mexicans, Belgians and Frenchmen. At first the team played in white, until Everaert proposed the red and white stripes of the flag of Bruges, his home city. On 26 February 1908 the team was renamed Guadalajara Football Club, and since 1923, by then a multi-sport…
The fans
Its supporters identify with the nickname «Chivas» (goats), which was born in 1948 as a taunt from Atlas fans and ended up being adopted with pride. The great derby is against América, the «Clásico Nacional» or Súper Clásico, which pits the Rebaño's all-Mexican identity against the club from the capital. In its own city it plays the Clásico Tapatío against Atlas, one of the oldest derbies in the country. Its nickname «Campeonísimo» is also fondly remembered, linked by the fans to the golden era of the 1950s and 1960s.
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