Chivas Celebrates 117th Anniversary with Playoff Hopes Alive

MEXICO CITY, May 8 (EL UNIVERSAL).- It is May 8, a special day in Jalisco, in many corners of the country and even in other parts of the world, as Chivas are wearing long tablecloths for their 117th anniversary.

Founded in 1906 under the name of Unión Football Club, little by little Club Deportivo Guadalajara took on a Mexican identity, which continues to this day and which has seen titles, stars and moments of drama, but which together form the history of one of the most popular and important clubs in national football.

And these celebrations for the rojiblancos come in the midst of the illusion and present that the Guadalajara team lives, which will play the Liguilla, after having qualified directly, in this Clausura 2023.

Those led by Veljko Paunovic finished the regular MX League tournament with 31 points in third place, so they skipped the playoffs and settled directly in the quarterfinals.

And with the winning teams in the reclassification, Chivas knows that they will face Atlas in the first instance of the Fiesta Grande, with the aim of beating their rival from the Clásico Tapatío and continue dreaming of the long-awaited title 13 in their history.

Chivas’ league titles in the professional era

These are the 12 league titles that Chivas have won in the professional era of Mexican soccer:

1956-57 season

1958-59 season

1959-60 season

1960-61 season

1961-62 season

1963-64 season

1964-65 season

Season 1969-70

1986-87 season

summer 1997

Opening 2006

Closing 2017

Chivas, the champion of Mexican soccer

One of the nicknames that has been given to Deportivo Guadalajara throughout history is ‘Championship’. The team was named after the golden age they lived between 1957 and 1970, where they achieved trophies such as:

8 league titles

2 cup titles

6 titles of the champion of champions

1 CONCACAF titles