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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
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.

History

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]

Stadium

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

Management

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

Source: Liga MX

Current technical staff

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

^[8]

Managers

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)

Players

First-team squad

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
—	DF	COL	Jesús Murillo

Other players under contract

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)

Out on loan

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)

Reserve teams

FC Juárez (Liga TDP): Reserve team that plays in the Liga TDP, the fourth level of the Mexican league system.

Honours

National

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
Promotion division	Campeón de Ascenso	0	–	2015–16

References

^ "Ciudad Juárez tendría equipo en la División de Ascenso". Azteca Deportes. Archived from the original on June 10, 2015. Retrieved May 26, 2015.
^ "Cambios en el ASCENSO MX" [Changes in ASCENSO MX] (in Spanish). June 7, 2017. Archived from the original on September 23, 2015. Retrieved December 4, 2017.
^ "ASCENSO Bancomer MX Informa" (in Spanish). July 20, 2017. Archived from the original on August 3, 2017. Retrieved December 4, 2017.
^ "Alebrijes se Coronó en el Apertura 2017" [Alebrijes crowned in the Apertura 2017] (in Spanish). December 4, 2017. Archived from the original on January 8, 2018. Retrieved December 4, 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 June 11, 2019. Retrieved June 11, 2019.
^ "Bravos de FC Juarez Joins Liga MX". KROD. June 11, 2019. Archived from the original on June 11, 2019. Retrieved June 11, 2019.
^ Staff, El Paso Locomotive. "Friendly Rival On The Border". www.eplocomotivefc.com. Archived from the original on June 25, 2021. Retrieved June 25, 2021.
^ "FC Juárez". ligamx.net. Archived from the original on February 24, 2020. Retrieved February 20, 2020.
^ "FC Juárez". Ascenso MX. Archived from the original on July 18, 2017. Retrieved July 15, 2018.
^ "Pierden Bravos ante Xolos". El Mexicano. July 15, 2017. Archived from the original on July 12, 2018. Retrieved July 15, 2017.