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| Full name | Club Deportivo Leones Negros de la Universidad de Guadalajara | |||
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| Nickname(s) | Leones Negros (Black Lions) | |||
| Founded | January 1, 1970; 55 years ago (January 1, 1970),as Venados UdeG | |||
| Ground | Estadio Jalisco Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico | |||
| Capacity | 56,713 | |||
| Owner | UdeG | |||
| Chairman | José Alberto Castellanos Gutiérrez | |||
| Manager | Alfonso Sosa | |||
| League | Liga de Expansión MX | |||
| Apertura 2024 | Regular season: 3rd Play–offs: Semi–finals | |||
| Website | www | |||
Club Deportivo Leones Negros de la Universidad de Guadalajara, abbreviated asLeones Negros UdeG, and simply known asLeones Negros orUdeG, is afootball club based inGuadalajara,Jalisco. The club currently plays in theLiga de Expansión MX, the second level division ofMexican football. The club was founded in 1970 asVenados UdeG, two years later it changed to its current name.
TheUniversidad de Guadalajara football club, nicknamedLeones Negros (Black Lions) started in theTercera División, where they played for two seasons after which they gained promotion toSegunda División.
They reached the top division by acquiring the Primera Division's franchise ofTorreón.
During their first years in the top flight they had several skilled Brazilian players, reason for which noted sports broadcaster Ángel Fernandez started to call them "Leones Negros" (the Black Lions), a nickname that stuck and remains part of the folklore of Mexican football.
In the seasons 1975–76, 1976–77 and 1989–90 the team achieved the runners-up in the Primera División.[1] In addition, in 1978 the club won theCONCACAF Champions' Cup together with the clubsComunicaciones F.C. fromGuatemala andDefence Force F.C. fromTrinidad and Tobago.[2]
After 20 years in top flight football the team was in decline, alleged questionable financial dealings, a very poor squad and hardly any local fans (who are loyal to more popular teams likeGuadalajara, better known as "Chivas" and to a lesser extent,Atlas) Leones Negros were acquired by theFederación Mexicana de Fútbol Asociación, to make way for the reduction in the number of teams in thePrimera División. Their last game was on May 27, 1994 against Atlas, in which they lost 2–1.
After the disappearance of the team by the Federación Mexicana de Futbol, the franchise maintained the third division reserve squad, that become the main team, the club obtained a title in the verano 1997 tournament, gaining promotion to the Primera División "A" where they stayed until the franchise was sold and moved to Orizaba in 2002. During this time the franchise was namedAtlético Bachilleres,[3] name it had since the 1970s when the reserve team was established.
Between 2002 and 2009 the team played asCachorros UdeG inSegunda División Mexicana in the Norte region and a few seasons back was close to gaining promotion to thePrimera División A, first losing the final against,Académicos and then losing to Chivas La Piedad. For the Apertura 2007 season they changed stadium to Estadio Municipal Santa Rosa deCiudad Guzmán,Jalisco, but have stated that some of their home games will still played at their traditional home in twice worldcup hostEstadio Jalisco. In 2009 Cachorros UdeG became the reserve team of the club, a situation that remained until 2014, when it becameLeones Negros UdeG Premier.[4]
For some time businessmen, among them Jorge Vergara, tried to return the team of Club Universidad de Guadalajara to the top divisions of football in Mexico, this was achieved through the purchase of the franchise ofPrimera División A'sCD Tapatio for $800,000 USD fromGuadalajara of whichCD Tapatio was a subsidiary.
On May 21, 2009 it was confirmed that team Club Universidad de Guadalajara entered thePrimera División A instead ofC.D. Tapatío, which disappeared completely.
In the Apertura 2013 tournament, Leones Negros finished 5th and entered the Liguilla, where they reached the final and ended as Champions beatingNecaxa 2–1, earning the right to compete in the Final de Ascenso and the possibility to be promoted to the 2014–15 Liga MX.
After a hard Clausura 2014 tournament, Leones Negros ended in 4th place, but lost in the quarterfinals against Oaxaca. However, as Apertura 2013 champions, they played the Final de Ascenso againstEstudiantes Tecos, who were the Clausura 2014 Champions.
After two very disputed games, both of them ended in a tie, the Promotion was defined in a penalty shoot-out, in which goalkeeperHumberto "Gansito" Hernández scored the final and decisive penalty, giving the Leones Negros the promotion and the right to play in the 2014–15 Liga MX season.
Club Universidad de Guadalajara was officially relegated after only one season in the Mexican top flight on May 9, 2015. Despite winning the match againstCruz Azul 2–0, relegation rivalsPuebla managed to obtain a 2–2 tie, thus giving them more percentage in the relegation table. As a result, UdeG returned to Ascenso MX. In theClausura 2018 tournament the team was close to returning to Liga MX, however, in the final of the championship the team was defeated byCafetaleros de Tapachula.
In June 2020, UdeG became a member of theLiga de Expansión MX when it replaced Ascenso MX.[5]
| Type | Competition | Titles | Winning editions | Runners-up |
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 Top division | Primera División | 0 | – | 1975–76,1976–77,1989–90 |
| Copa México | 1 | 1990–91 | 1974–75,1988–89 | |
| Promotion divisions | Liga de Expansión MX | 0 | – | Clausura 2024 |
| Ascenso MX | 1 | Apertura 2013 | Clausura 2018 | |
| Campeón de Ascenso | 1 | 2014 | – | |
| Segunda División | 0 | – | 1973–74 |
| Type | Competition | Titles | Winning editions | Runners-up |
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 ContinentalCONCACAF | CONCACAF Champions Cup | 1 | 1978 | – |
| Position | Staff |
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| Manager |  Alfonso Sosa |
| Assistant managers | Juan Carlos Chávez |
| Julio Herrera | |
| Goalkeeper coach | Roberto Hernández |
| Fitness coach | Sergio Hernández |
| Physiotherapist | Alan Fuentes |
| Team doctor | Eduardo Ortega |
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined underFIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
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Ignacio Jáuregui (1976–1978)Gustavo Peña (1978–1979)
Árpád Fekete (1979–1981)Ignacio Trelles (1986–1989)Alberto Guerra (1989–1992) Sergio Díaz (2009)
Belarmino de Almeida (2009–2010) Héctor Medrano (2010–2011)Alfonso Sosa (2011–2015), (2021–)Daniel Guzmán (2015–2016)Joel Sánchez Ramos (2016–2017)Jorge Dávalos (2017–2019), (2019–2021)Ricardo Rayas (2019)
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