CD Chivas de Guadalajara

CD Chivas de Guadalajara

Club Deportivo Guadalajara, universally known as Chivas (The Goats), was founded in 1906 in the city of Guadalajara in Jalisco and is uniquely distinguished by a decades-long policy of fielding only Mexican-born players of Mexican descent — a rule that makes every triumph a purely national achievement. The club plays at the purpose-built Estadio Akron in Zapopan (capacity 49,813), opened in 2010. Chivas have won 12 Liga MX titles and two CONCACAF Champions League crowns (1962, 2018), and produced Mexico's all-time leading international scorer Javier 'Chicharito' Hernández from their academy. Their fierce rivalry with Club América — El Súper Clásico — is the most-watched football match in Mexico and ranks among the great derbies in global football.