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Club Deportivo Guadalajara
Club Deportivo Guadalajara, also known as Guadalajara or by its nickname Chivas (goats), is a Mexican football club that plays in the Primera División (the first division of Mexican football). Chivas de Guadalajara was the first club to obtain 10 national championships; it is also the only soccer club in Mexico that fields only Mexican players; however, the coach does not have to be Mexican. José Manuel de la Torre is the coach of Club Deportivo Guadalajara.
Guadalajara plays its home games at Estadio Jalisco, the third largest Mexican football stadium behind Estadio Azteca and Estadio Olímpico Universitario. This facility is located in Guadalajara and has a capacity of 69,000 people. Club América is the main rival of Chivas de Guadalajara and their matches constitute the national derby or “el clásico” (similar to Real Madrid-Barcelona, Manchester United-Arsenal, Boca Juniors-River Plate, FC Inter-AC Milan, Celtic-Rangers or Deportivo Saprissa-Liga Deportiva Alajuelense).
Chivas was founded in 1906 as Club Unión by Edgar Everaert, a Belgian shopkeeper but became Club Deportivo Guadalajara in 1908. During the early days of the club, a cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church blessed the team and dubbed them “El Rebaño Sagrado”, which means “The Sacred Flock.” Some of the current players of Chivas de Guadalajara are: Oswaldo Sánchez, Gonzalo Pineda, Juan Pablo Rodriguez, Omar Bravo, Alberto Medina, Ramón Morales, Manuel Sol, Sergio Santana, Alfredo Talavera and Adolfo Bautista.
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