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Full name | Club Universidad Nacional, A.C.[1] | ||
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Nickname(s) | Pumas Universitarios (Collegiates) Universidad (University) Auriazules (Gold-and-Blues)[2] Los de Pedregal (The Guys from Pedregal)[3] | ||
Founded | 2 August 1954 as Club Deportivo Universidad[4][5] | ||
Ground | Estadio Olímpico Universitario | ||
Capacity | 58,445[6] | ||
Chairman | Luis Raúl González Pérez | ||
Manager | Gustavo Lema | ||
League | Liga MX | ||
Clausura 2024 | Regular phase: 8th Final phase: Quarter-finals | ||
Website | Club website | ||
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Club Universidad Nacional, A.C., more commonly referred to as Pumas UNAM, is a professional football club based in Mexico City, Mexico. The club competes in the Liga MX, the top division in the Mexican football league system. They were founded in 1954 and play their home games at Estadio Olímpico Universitario, which seats over 72,000 spectators.
The club was founded as an amateur club of UNAM college students and later developed into a professional team. The Pumas are one of the most popular clubs in Mexico and considered to be one of the Cuatro Grandes of Mexican football, alongside Cruz Azul, Guadalajara, and Club América.[7][8]
Domestically, Pumas UNAM has won 11 trophies: 7 Liga MX, 1 Copa MX, the Campeón de Campeones twice, as well as 1 Segunda División de México. In international club football, the club has won 3 CONCACAF Champions Cups[9] and 1 Copa Interamericana.[10] The club has a long-standing rivalry with Club América in the derbi capitalino.[11]
The team is also known for its youth development system, which has produced international players such as Hugo Sánchez, Manuel Negrete, Luis Flores, Miguel España, Claudio Suárez, Luis García, Alberto García Aspe, David Patiño, Jorge Campos, Braulio Luna, Gerardo Torrado, Francisco Fonseca, Efraín Juárez, Héctor Moreno, Pablo Barrera, Israel Castro, Eduardo Herrera and Jesús Gallardo.