Lobos de la BUAP
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Club de Fútbol Lobos de la Benemerita Universidad Autónoma de Puebla is a Mexican
Football in Mexico
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 club based in Puebla
Puebla, Puebla
The city and municipality of Puebla is the capital of the state of Puebla, and one of the five most important colonial cities in Mexico. Being a planned city, it is located to the east of Mexico City and west of Mexico's main port, Veracruz, on the main route between the two.The city was founded...

, Mexico
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. The club represents the Autonomous University of Puebla
Autonomous University of Puebla
The Benemérita Universidad Autónoma de Puebla is the oldest and largest university in Puebla, Mexico...

. The club's history goes back to the early 1930 when the club was known as Preparatoria formed exclusively by players that attended the university. The club has played on and off since then. It was till the 1990s when the club made a serious comeback and has been playing in the inferior Mexican football divisions. In 2003 the club was awarded a spot in the Primera A
Liga de Ascenso
The Liga de Ascenso is the second professional level of the Mexican football league system. The champion of the competition is promoted to the Primera División de México ....

 a league where the club been playing ever since. The clubs makes its home in the Estadio Cuauhtémoc
Estadio Cuauhtémoc
Estadio Cuauhtémoc is a football stadium in Puebla, Puebla .The stadium, which has a capacity of 42,648 seats, is the home of Puebla F.C., it's one of the best and very historical football stadium in Mexico, being currently the fifth biggest stadium in Mexico in term of its capacity. It belongs to...

.

History

The clubs history dates back to 1930 when the club was known as Preparatoria formed exclusively by players that attended the university. It was until 1966 when the Mexican Football Federation allowed the club to join the third division the club played under the name CarolinosS U.A.P using the university as its badge.

In 1969 the owner was Rafael Moreno Valle who went on to leave the club and join the owners board of the other local Puebla club Puebla FC, leaving the club to the Deportment of Physical Studies of Puebla. The club failed to be sustained economically and folded.

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It was till the mid 1990s when the club made a return and idea pitch by Paul Moreno and Eduardo Rivera Hernandez to the university to buy a franchise in the Segunda División de México. The brothers Adolfo and Pedro Ayala join the owners board later with Adolfo Ayala as the Clubs executive President.

It was made clear that the clubs should only consist of Players attending the University. The club played its first game in the Estadio Ignacio Zaragoza
Estadio Ignacio Zaragoza
Estadio Olimpico Ignacio Zaragoza is an Olympic stadium where professional football and baseball have been played. It is located in Puebla, Puebla, Mexico . The stadium was built in 1952 and used by local professional baseball team Pericos de Puebla from 1952 to 1972...

 managed by a former Puebla FC player Gustavo Moscoso
Gustavo Moscoso
Gustavo Moscoso Huencho is a retired football player from Chile, who played as an attacking midfielder and/or striker. A player of Universidad Católica he represented Chile at the 1982 FIFA World Cup, wearing the number eleven jersey....

. Lobos was the first Second Division club ever to transmit its games on T.V on Televisa
Televisa
Televisa is a Mexican multimedia conglomerate, the largest mass media company in Latin America and in the Spanish-speaking world. It is a major international entertainment business, with much of its programming airing in the United States on Univision, with which it has an exclusive contract...

 Puebla
Puebla
Puebla officially Estado Libre y Soberano de Puebla is one of the 31 states which, with the Federal District, comprise the 32 Federal Entities of Mexico. It is divided in 217 municipalities and its capital city is Puebla....

. The Mexican federation congratulated the owners board for setting a good example on how a club should be run by doing so inspired otherSecond Division  clubs to do the same.

The club would fold 3 years later due to the clubs bad performance and the university not able and owners not willing to spend more money in a club that seem to go nowhere. The main economic support at the time came from a group of Engineers who decided to leave the club leaving the University without a football club for almost 2 years.

2 years later Alberto Ventosa Coglan managed to come with an agreement with first division club Necaxa
Necaxa
Necaxa is a Mexican football club and is based in the city of Aguascalientes. it plays in the Estadio Victoria. Necaxa is ranked seventh overall and 1st in ranking in Mexican football within the IFFHS Central and North America's Clubs of the Century in the CONCACAF behind CD Saprissa San Juan de...

 to have Lobos as a Second Division affiliated. Mario Marin the new Mayor of Puebla
Puebla
Puebla officially Estado Libre y Soberano de Puebla is one of the 31 states which, with the Federal District, comprise the 32 Federal Entities of Mexico. It is divided in 217 municipalities and its capital city is Puebla....

 helped the club as did Leopoldo Garcia former director of Televisa
Televisa
Televisa is a Mexican multimedia conglomerate, the largest mass media company in Latin America and in the Spanish-speaking world. It is a major international entertainment business, with much of its programming airing in the United States on Univision, with which it has an exclusive contract...

 Puebla
Puebla
Puebla officially Estado Libre y Soberano de Puebla is one of the 31 states which, with the Federal District, comprise the 32 Federal Entities of Mexico. It is divided in 217 municipalities and its capital city is Puebla....

 and is name as executive President.

In 1996 playing in the Second Division the club has a bad tournament failing to qualify in the playoffs .The next year the club has a better tournament battling for a spot in the playoffs against Águilas de la Universidad Popular Autónoma del Estado de Puebla a local private university in the state of Puebla
Puebla
Puebla officially Estado Libre y Soberano de Puebla is one of the 31 states which, with the Federal District, comprise the 32 Federal Entities of Mexico. It is divided in 217 municipalities and its capital city is Puebla....

. After this tournament the club folded again to due recruiting economical problems.

The club would make another comeback in 1999 when the university along with other associates buy club Truenos de Cuautitlán owned at the time by Alejandro Burill owner of first division club Atlante F.C.
Atlante F.C.
Club de Fútbol Atlante, is a Mexican professional football club, currently playing in the Mexican First Division League. The club is based in Cancún, Mexico as of the start of the 2007-08 season, when they relocated from Mexico City, and plays its home games in Estadio Andrés Quintana Roo.-Domestic...

.

The clubs plays is first year in the Primer A
Liga de Ascenso
The Liga de Ascenso is the second professional level of the Mexican football league system. The champion of the competition is promoted to the Primera División de México ....

 under manager Arturo Avilés whose lack of result is let go and substituted by Alejandro García who had a good squad with quality players Leopoldo Castañeda, Walter Fleita, Carlos Muñoz
Carlos Muñoz
Carlos Muñoz may refer to:*Carlos Antonio Muñoz Cobo , Spanish football player*Carlos Muñoz , Chilean football player...

 and Emmanuel Sacramento who combined managed to score 15 goals but fail to qualify to the playoffs. The following year the club signed good players Gerardo Espinoza and Luis Gabriel Rey
Luis Gabriel Rey
Luis Gabriel Rey Villamizar is a Colombian football striker, who currently plays for Jaguares de Chiapas on loan from Monarcas Morelia of the Primera División de México....

 who would later go on and win various championships with Atlante F.C.
Atlante F.C.
Club de Fútbol Atlante, is a Mexican professional football club, currently playing in the Mexican First Division League. The club is based in Cancún, Mexico as of the start of the 2007-08 season, when they relocated from Mexico City, and plays its home games in Estadio Andrés Quintana Roo.-Domestic...

. Despite good players the club once again failed to reach the playoff and so the owner decides to move the club to Oaxaca
Oaxaca
Oaxaca , , officially Estado Libre y Soberano de Oaxaca is one of the 31 states which, along with the Federal District, comprise the 32 federative entities of Mexico. It is divided into 571 municipalities; of which 418 are governed by the system of customs and traditions...

.

Lobos BUAP in modern times

In 2002 Enrique Doger Guerrero acting of the caretaker of the university decides to have a professional club representing its university and so revived the club under the name Lobos de la B.U.A.P. He would also help the university establish a better football team and other sports in the University.

The club enrolls once again in the second division, that club was managed by Evanivaldo Castro
Evanivaldo Castro
Evanivaldo Castro Silva, also known as Cabinho is a Brazilian former professional footballer, who gained his greatest professional fame in Mexico....

 a former Brazilian player who had played in the first division in the 70s - 90s with clubs Atlante F.C.
Atlante F.C.
Club de Fútbol Atlante, is a Mexican professional football club, currently playing in the Mexican First Division League. The club is based in Cancún, Mexico as of the start of the 2007-08 season, when they relocated from Mexico City, and plays its home games in Estadio Andrés Quintana Roo.-Domestic...

, Club León
Club León
Club León, is a Mexican professional football club based in the city of León, in the state of Guanajuato, Mexico. They currently play in the Liga De Ascenso formerly known as "Primera A", the second tier of football in Mexico since their relegation from the Primera Division in 2002.León has won...

 and Club Universidad Nacional
Club Universidad Nacional
Club Universidad Nacional A.C., more commonly known as Pumas de la UNAM, or just Pumas, is a Mexican professional football club based in Mexico City...

. The club failed to qualify that year and so replaced Evanivaldo Castro
Evanivaldo Castro
Evanivaldo Castro Silva, also known as Cabinho is a Brazilian former professional footballer, who gained his greatest professional fame in Mexico....

 with Victor Valdemar Marine to managed the following tournament. That year the clubs plays a good tournament and qualify but is eliminated in quarterfinals by Delfines de Coatzacoalcos That year the club played in a new field a in the Benito Juárez García field which was in San Baltazar Campeche where the club gain support and was unbeatable play its home games there. They also started broadcasting its home games now through a cable company MegaCable.

In 2003 the club had a great year winning almost all of its home games finishing first in the south zone and qualifying to the playoffs where they defeated Interplaya de Ciudad del Carmen and Jaguares de Villaflores. The club played that semi final in the Estadio Cuauhtémoc
Estadio Cuauhtémoc
Estadio Cuauhtémoc is a football stadium in Puebla, Puebla .The stadium, which has a capacity of 42,648 seats, is the home of Puebla F.C., it's one of the best and very historical football stadium in Mexico, being currently the fifth biggest stadium in Mexico in term of its capacity. It belongs to...

 against Club Deportivo Autlán who they also beat. The club would go on to win that tournament but was not promoted directly it had to face TUZOS del PACHUCA B in a match which the club would go on to lose. That same year Club Tijuana was not able to pay its players and folded which left a spot open, and this spot was awarded to Lobos for being runner up that year.

In the 2009 Liga de Ascenso Apertura the club had one of its most successful year to date finishing runner up in the league with a record of 8 wins,4 draws and losing 4 for a total of 28 points just 4 less than Irapuato FC.In quarterfinals the club played against Potros Neza.The first matched ended in a 2-1 victory for lobos match played in the Estadio Neza 86
Estadio Neza 86
Estadio Neza 86 is a football stadium in Ciudad Nezahualcóyotl, a commuter town located east of Mexico City in the State of Mexico. The stadium is located on the grounds of the main campus of the Universidad Tecnológica de Nezahualcóyotl.- History :...

.The second math ended in a 1-0 victory for Lobos who took the series and advance to the semifinals.iIn semifinals the club played against Necaxa
Necaxa
Necaxa is a Mexican football club and is based in the city of Aguascalientes. it plays in the Estadio Victoria. Necaxa is ranked seventh overall and 1st in ranking in Mexican football within the IFFHS Central and North America's Clubs of the Century in the CONCACAF behind CD Saprissa San Juan de...

 who had just recently been relegated.The first match was played in the Estadio Victoria
Estadio Victoria
Estadio Victoria is sports stadium located in the Mexican city of Aguascalientes, Aguascalientes. The stadium opened in the year 2003 and has a capacity of 25,000 seats...

 where Necaxa
Necaxa
Necaxa is a Mexican football club and is based in the city of Aguascalientes. it plays in the Estadio Victoria. Necaxa is ranked seventh overall and 1st in ranking in Mexican football within the IFFHS Central and North America's Clubs of the Century in the CONCACAF behind CD Saprissa San Juan de...

 came out with a 2-0 series lead.The second match was played in the Estadio Cuauhtémoc
Estadio Cuauhtémoc
Estadio Cuauhtémoc is a football stadium in Puebla, Puebla .The stadium, which has a capacity of 42,648 seats, is the home of Puebla F.C., it's one of the best and very historical football stadium in Mexico, being currently the fifth biggest stadium in Mexico in term of its capacity. It belongs to...

 where the club drew a 0-0 and so eliminating Lobos, Necaxa
Necaxa
Necaxa is a Mexican football club and is based in the city of Aguascalientes. it plays in the Estadio Victoria. Necaxa is ranked seventh overall and 1st in ranking in Mexican football within the IFFHS Central and North America's Clubs of the Century in the CONCACAF behind CD Saprissa San Juan de...

 would go on to win that tournaments title.

In the 2010 Liga de Ascenso Bicentenario
2010 Liga de Ascenso Bicentenario
The 2010 Liga de Ascenso Bicentenario is the second football tournament of the 2009–10 Liga de Ascenso season.-Stadia and locations:-General table:-Position by fixture:-Results:...

 the club just managed to qualify to the playoffs after finishing for 7th in the league with a record of 7 wins, 3 draws losing 6 for a total of 24 points.In quarterfinals the club played against Necaxa
Necaxa
Necaxa is a Mexican football club and is based in the city of Aguascalientes. it plays in the Estadio Victoria. Necaxa is ranked seventh overall and 1st in ranking in Mexican football within the IFFHS Central and North America's Clubs of the Century in the CONCACAF behind CD Saprissa San Juan de...

 a club who had just been relegated the yer before.The first match was played in the Estadio Cuauhtémoc
Estadio Cuauhtémoc
Estadio Cuauhtémoc is a football stadium in Puebla, Puebla .The stadium, which has a capacity of 42,648 seats, is the home of Puebla F.C., it's one of the best and very historical football stadium in Mexico, being currently the fifth biggest stadium in Mexico in term of its capacity. It belongs to...

 where thew clubs drew 0-0. The second match was played in the Estadio Victoria
Estadio Victoria
Estadio Victoria is sports stadium located in the Mexican city of Aguascalientes, Aguascalientes. The stadium opened in the year 2003 and has a capacity of 25,000 seats...

 where ecaxa managed to pull out a 1-0 victory, Necaxa
Necaxa
Necaxa is a Mexican football club and is based in the city of Aguascalientes. it plays in the Estadio Victoria. Necaxa is ranked seventh overall and 1st in ranking in Mexican football within the IFFHS Central and North America's Clubs of the Century in the CONCACAF behind CD Saprissa San Juan de...

 would later go to win the title again and would automatically earn its promotion to the Primera División de México
Primera División de México
The Primera División Profesional , known simply as the Primera División, is the top level of the Mexican football league system and is administered by the Mexican Football Federation. It was established in 1943 and as of 2011 has 18 clubs. Up to June 2011, it was divided into three groups competing...

 just a year later.

In the 2010 Liga de Ascenso Apertura
2010 Liga de Ascenso Apertura
The 2010–11 Liga de Ascenso season is the second season of the Liga de Ascenso, the second-level football league of Mexico. It consists of two separate tournaments, the Apertura and the Clausura. The winners of both tournaments will meet in a playoff to determine the team being promoted to the...

 under the care of Carlos Poblete
Carlos Poblete (footballer)
Carlos Alberto Poblete is a former Chilean Football player player. He is currently the head coach of Lobos de la BUAP in Mexico's Liga de Ascenso....

 the club managed to qualify to the quarterfinals with a record of 17 8 wins,3 Draws ans losing 6 for a total of 27.in quarterfinals the club played against Tiburones Rojos de Veracruz.The first game was played in Veracruz
Veracruz
Veracruz, formally Veracruz de Ignacio de la Llave officially Estado Libre y Soberano de Veracruz de Ignacio de la Llave , is one of the 31 states that, along with the Federal District, comprise the 32 federative entities of Mexico. It is divided in 212 municipalities and its capital city is...

, in the Estadio Luis de la Fuente where the clubs drew 1-1 score.The secund game was played in Puebla
Puebla
Puebla officially Estado Libre y Soberano de Puebla is one of the 31 states which, with the Federal District, comprise the 32 Federal Entities of Mexico. It is divided in 217 municipalities and its capital city is Puebla....

, in the Estadio Cuauhtémoc
Estadio Cuauhtémoc
Estadio Cuauhtémoc is a football stadium in Puebla, Puebla .The stadium, which has a capacity of 42,648 seats, is the home of Puebla F.C., it's one of the best and very historical football stadium in Mexico, being currently the fifth biggest stadium in Mexico in term of its capacity. It belongs to...

 where after 90 minuets Tiburones Rojos de Veracruz came out with a 1-0 victory and so advancing to semifinals.

Stadium

The club started of plying its home games in the Estadio Cuauhtémoc
Estadio Cuauhtémoc
Estadio Cuauhtémoc is a football stadium in Puebla, Puebla .The stadium, which has a capacity of 42,648 seats, is the home of Puebla F.C., it's one of the best and very historical football stadium in Mexico, being currently the fifth biggest stadium in Mexico in term of its capacity. It belongs to...

 in the late 1960s.By the early 1990s the club made the Estadio Ignacio Zaragoza
Estadio Ignacio Zaragoza
Estadio Olimpico Ignacio Zaragoza is an Olympic stadium where professional football and baseball have been played. It is located in Puebla, Puebla, Mexico . The stadium was built in 1952 and used by local professional baseball team Pericos de Puebla from 1952 to 1972...

 its home.In 1999 the club had a stadium for themselves right next to the Benemérita Universidad Autónoma de Puebla with a capacity of 9,000.Due to the stadiums capacity in 2007 the club was forced to move back to the Estadio Cuauhtémoc
Estadio Cuauhtémoc
Estadio Cuauhtémoc is a football stadium in Puebla, Puebla .The stadium, which has a capacity of 42,648 seats, is the home of Puebla F.C., it's one of the best and very historical football stadium in Mexico, being currently the fifth biggest stadium in Mexico in term of its capacity. It belongs to...

 in order to meet the FMF Liga de Ascenso
Liga de Ascenso
The Liga de Ascenso is the second professional level of the Mexican football league system. The champion of the competition is promoted to the Primera División de México ....

 requirements , which requires a clun to have a home stadium of at least 15,000

On October 2011 it was announced that the Estadio Olímpico de C.U.
Estadio Olímpico de C.U.
Estadio Olímpico de C.U. is an Olympic stadium that is currently under renovation and is set to open in January 2012.The stadium is located in Ciudad Universitaria Puebla, Puebla , Mexico.Lobos de la BUAP had used it from 1999-2007 and is set to play the Clausura 2011 Liga de Ascenso Mexican...

 would be finally have an expansion from 9,000 to 20,700, which is set to open on January 2011.

Kit evolution and rare kits

  • Home kit: White shirt with a blue sash, blue shorts and white socks.
  • Away kit: Blue shirt with a white sash, blue shorts and stocks.
  • Brand: Pirma
    Pirma
    Pirma is a Mexican sports apparel manufacturer. It began in 1990 in Mexico and has become an almost worldwide company. It sells all kind of clothing apparel from: football, basketball, athletics, Boxing, women's apparel, and urban clothing...

     (2011–present).
  • previous brands: Vento (1997–2002), Lotto
    Lotto Sport Italia
    Lotto Sport Italia is an Italian sports apparel manufacturer. Its products are now distributed in more than 60 countries.-History:Lotto was established in 1973 by the Caberlotto family in Montebelluna, northern Italy, the world centre of footwear manufacturing. In June 1973, Lotto made its debut...

    (2002), Pirma (2003), Cruzeiro (2004–2006), Lotto
    Lotto Sport Italia
    Lotto Sport Italia is an Italian sports apparel manufacturer. Its products are now distributed in more than 60 countries.-History:Lotto was established in 1973 by the Caberlotto family in Montebelluna, northern Italy, the world centre of footwear manufacturing. In June 1973, Lotto made its debut...

     (2007–08), Kappa
    Kappa (company)
    Kappa is an Italian company specialized at the manufacture of sporting clothes and accessories, that started as a sock and underwear manufacturer in 1916 in Turin.-Logo:...

     2009.


The clubs uniform has always been in the university coolers and throughout the years it has varied from Green, Yellow, Gold and blue. In 2007 after the club joined forces with Local First division club Puebla FC the club has used a sash that runs from the right shoulder to the left.

Past Jerseys

First kit evolution Home






First kit evolution away

First kit evolution away







Badge

The club's badge is a Wolf was taken from Melchor de Covarrubias family coats of arms. Melchor de Covarrubias helped found the university in 1587. In its early years the club used the university coats of arm which consists of a shield which has a phoenix rising from the asses symbol that was taken Melchor de Covarrubias family coats of arm. Throughout the years the cubs has used various Badges in the beginning using the university coats of arms. In present day the clubs uses a badge a wolf with the club's name.

Current roster

(Captain)

Notable players

Jorge Ariel Fernández
Jorge Ariel Fernández
Jorge Ariel Fernández Gerez is an Argentine footballer. He plays for Jumilla CF, in the Segunda División B in Spain.-External links:*...

 Ezequiel Medrán
Ezequiel Medrán
Ezequiel Luis Medrán is an Argentine football goalkeeper currently playing for Deportes La Serena in Chile, Medran is trained by Modesto Sandoval. He is the backup goalkeeper, with Diego Barreto usually being first choice....

 Mario Cáceres
Mario Cáceres
Mario Antonio Cáceres Gomez is a Chilean footballer who plays for Audax Italiano as a striker.During his career, he played for Colo-Colo on three different occasions , but also plied his trade in four different countries.-Club career:Cáceres made his debut for Colo-Colo in 1998, but spent the...

 Luis Gabriel Rey
Luis Gabriel Rey
Luis Gabriel Rey Villamizar is a Colombian football striker, who currently plays for Jaguares de Chiapas on loan from Monarcas Morelia of the Primera División de México....

 Luis Hernández
Luis Hernández (footballer)
Luis Arturo "El Matador" Hernández Carreón is a Mexican football striker, the fourth highest goalscorer of all-time for the Mexican national football team, and their highest goalscorer in World Cups...

 Raúl Rodrigo Lara
Raúl Lara
Raúl Rodrigo Lara Tovar is a retired Mexican football midfielder.-Career:Lara was a member of the Mexican national team at the 1998 FIFA World Cup, playing three games at the tournament.It is speculated that Televisa forced him on the squad, and two of his errors cost Mexico in the game versus...

 Luis Miguel Noriega
Luis Miguel Noriega
Luis Miguel Noriega Orozco is a Mexican footballer who currently plays for Monarcas Morelia in Mexico's First Division.-Club career :...

 Jesús Olalde
Jesús Olalde
Jesús Javier Olalde Ortiz is a former Mexican football player in striker role.-External links:* at National-football-teams.com* at MedioTiempo.com...

 Carlos Antonio Muñoz Cobo
Carlos Antonio Muñoz Cobo
Carlos Antonio Muñoz Cobo, simply Carlos , is a retired Spanish footballer who played as a striker.Known for his flair, in the molds of a pure goal-poacher, he represented five clubs in his professional career in his country – namely Real Oviedo – moving to Mexico well into his 30's, and continuing...

 Álvaro Fabián González
Álvaro Fabián González
Álvaro Fabián González Pintos is a Uruguayan footballer who plays for Danubio F.C. in the Uruguayan Primera División.-Club career:...

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