Querétaro FC
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Querétaro Fútbol Club, is a Mexican professional football
club based in the city of Querétaro, Mexico
. Queretaro plays in the Primera División
of Mexican football league system, after being promoted at the end of the 2008-2009 season from the Primera División A. Their colors are blue, black and white and the team mascot is a rooster.
, Toluca
, Morelia
and La Piedad
as the founders of the Segunda División.
The team's official foundation is July 8, 1950. Later journalist Herrera "periquín" Pozas bestowed the nickname of Gallos Blancos (White Roosters) based on the club's "willingness to fight for every ball" and their characteristic white uniforms. The team quickly developed a large local fanbase. Querétaro F.C. has come close to promotion on many occasions; one of the most memorable was in 1976 when they reached the Second Division Final and played against Atlante FC.
would be paid. Then Armando Presa decided that although the team was in the right way it was necessary the hand of a more experienced manager, so current manager Antonio Ascencio stepped down and Antonio Carbajal
took the team with a great offering if the team reached Primera División
.
It came the day back on June 22, 1980 when "Atletas Campesinos" would face Osos Grises at the Segunda División final game (Osos got a valuable tie at Municipal stadium, former ground of Querétaro's teams) which was the favorite team, but Campesinos gave a great surprise winning with a 2-1 score (goals made by Carlos Cerritos and Jorge Gaspar). Antonio Carbajal was carried off on the shoulders of the crowd, Antonio Ascencio and their boys wept of happiness. They could not believe it, finally they were the champions.
The Atletas Campesinos team got into the hearts of the people since they gave them a satisfaction that no team had done before: give to the city of Querétaro a Primera División team. The Atletas Campesinos were already at the maximum circuit with the idea of making a combination of a team with the best men already at the league and make a great campaign, but it didn't happen: the team started to lose their games and finally it was sold to the "Sindicato de Petroleros de Ciudad Madero". Then during the 1982–1983 season Querétaro
lost the Atletas Campesinos team and it became the Tampico Madero team.
the team's rights of management and became the UAQ Gallos Blancos. This team became a "golden breed" of players like René Montalvo, Salvador "zurdo" Ochoa and José de Jesús Torruco. In fact, the "UAQ Gallos Blancos" arrived to another Segunda División final in 1987, now against the Correcaminos UAT
, but after playing the first game of the series at the Estadio Marte R. Gómez
with a 0-0 result), the team suffered an accident while returning from Ciudad Victoria
to Santiago de Queretaro
, where three very important players lost their lives. Even though the final match was moved a month, the team lost the series on a third match in the Estadio Azteca
.
During the next days, the team became a youth/reserve squad of Cruz Azul, providing many players that later became Primera División
soccer stars. Later, after many failures in order to get into the Primera División, the Autonomous University of Querétaro
went into an economic crisis which caused it to sell the team to a north group of business men from Hermosillo
, Sonora
and in this way Querétaro lost again one of their most loved and memorable teams.
stadium in the middle eighties, one of the most important Mexican TV broadcasters decided to manage a Segunda División
team who received the name of "Cobras de Querétaro". This team obtained the Primera División category by the hand of Jorge "coco" Gómez back in 1986 but they lasted only one season because at the end of the 86-87 season they went back to Segunda División and the team was moved to Ciudad Juárez
.
, Sergio Bueno
, Miguel Herrera
, Sergio Almaguer
and many more, all of them under the direction of Ricardo Antonio Lavolpe.
The team made a modest season and was sold to a group of business men from Querétaro who, despite all of their efforts, lost their category and in 1994 and finally went back into Segunda División
. Then in 1994, because of the problems of Antonio Peláez Pier with the administration of Tamaulipas
stadium, the Tampico Madero team moved to Querétaro
under the name of T.M. Gallos Blancos but that same season the team was relegated to Segunda División under the hand of José Camacho and Juan de Dios Castillo
.
Back in 1998 "Club Querétaro" and "UAQ Gallos Blancos" merged into one club and formed a team that played for three years with the original name of "Gallos Blancos de Querétaro" (White Roosters of Queretaro) until 2002.
team, CF La Piedad, had to move from the city of La Piedad
to play in Santiago de Queretaro
, where the team stayed for two years under the name "Querétaro F.C.". The team had a modest performance during four seasons; then in 2004 the F.M.F.
decided to reduce the number of teams in the Primera División from twenty to eighteen, and decided to eliminate two teams with the worst financial situation: Querétaro F.C. and Club Irapuato
. That same year, Querétaro F.C. bought the franchise of a Primera A
defunct team: Zacatepec
.
In 2005 Querétaro F.C. won the Primera A
"Torneo de Clausura" and played the promotion game against San Luis F.C.. The game at San Luis Potosí
resulted in a defeat with a 3-2 score. The suspicious way this game was conducted and the violence suffered by Querétaro's fans in hands of San Luis fans resulted in a fierce rivalry with this team.
On May 28, 2006, Querétaro F.C. was promoted to Mexico's Primera División
, after beating Puebla F.C. in the Clausura 2006 tournament and the 2005/2006 Primera A
promotion play-off by a 5-1 final score. But on April 29, 2007 the "Gallos Blancos" were relegated after failing to achieve 6 out of 9 points in the final 3 games in a fierce fight with Santos Laguna
. A combination of their defeat in the final game against Atlas
and a victory of Santos Laguna
against Cruz Azul caused their relegation to Primera A.
After a 2007–2008 season to forget in Primera A
when the team couldn't make it to the play-offs, things changed in the Apertura 2008 tournament. Querétaro F.C. became the most dangerous offensive (including best striker: Mauro Néstor Gerk
) and got the most points since their return to Primera A
. After beating Correcaminos UAT
and Club Tijuana
, Querétaro FC won their third Championship against Club Irapuato
(which was the most effective defense of the tournament) by a 2-0 score. After their championship and a season filled with ups and downs, Querétaro F.C. played against Mérida F.C. (the current champion) the Promotion Play-off game which determines which team will play in Primera Division. After winning their first game against Mérida F.C. 2-1, the team played their second game at Mérida
and lost but tied on aggregate. The teams went into extra time and eventually into penalty shots. Everyone scored and goalkeeper José Guadalupe Martínez
stopped one of the Mérida F.C. shots. Winning the game on penalties the team acquired the right to play the next tournament in Primera División
.
Querétaro F.C. play their home games at La Corregidora stadium in Santiago de Querétaro
. This facility has a capacity of 45,547 seats and is located in the outskirts of the Cimatario hill. It is mostly used for football (soccer) games. The stadium hosted the Football World Cup 1986.
Built in 1985 in a German and Mexican collaboration, it is considered one of the most beautiful stadiums in Mexico and one with the best designs allowing the stadium to be from completely full to completely empty in less than 15 minutes.
and now is one of the bests among Mexico's football league.
, there has always been rivalries with teams like Club Irapuato
, Club Celaya and Salamanca F.C.
. However, the fiercest rivalries are with Club León
, Club Atlas and specially, San Luis F.C..
First kit evolution
Players in Italic are active players, but that don´t play in Queretaro
Players in Bold are active players that play in Queretaro
Carlos Casartelli
Mauro Gerk
Ariel González Gustavo Moriconi Rubén Romano
Cristian Traverso
Luciano Emilio
Roberto Cartes
Iván Hurtado
Isaac Acuña
Héctor Altamirano
Miguel Becerra
Joaquin Beltran
Eder Borelli
Erubey Cabuto Pedro Cortez Carlos de los Cobos
Jorge Díaz de León
Missael Espinoza
Luis Hernández
René Montalvo Julio Nava
Carlos Ochoa
Salvador Ochoa Edgar Solís
Silvano Tellez Alfredo Tena
Sergio Blanco
Mateo Figoli
Sergio Orteman
Santiago Ostolaza
Adrián Romero
Ignacio Schneider
(2010) Carlos Alberto Torres
(1999) Carlos Reinoso
(2009–10) Luis Alvarado
Antonio Carbajal
Carlos de los Cobos
(1993–94) Enrique Meza
Salvador Reyes Alfredo Tena
(2003–04) Héctor Medrano
(2008–09) Carlos Jara Saguier
(2005)
General fan sites www.gallos-blancos.com Unofficial website www.resistencia.com.mx Fan site www.somosgallos.com Fan site
Football (soccer)
Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a sport played between two teams of eleven players with a spherical ball...
club based in the city of Querétaro, Mexico
Mexico
The United Mexican States , commonly known as Mexico , is a federal constitutional republic in North America. It is bordered on the north by the United States; on the south and west by the Pacific Ocean; on the southeast by Guatemala, Belize, and the Caribbean Sea; and on the east by the Gulf of...
. Queretaro plays in the Primera División
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...
of Mexican football league system, after being promoted at the end of the 2008-2009 season from the Primera División A. Their colors are blue, black and white and the team mascot is a rooster.
Foundation
In 1949, the Mexican Soccer Federation proposed the idea of creating a "Segunda Division" to expand interest in the game and to create a development program for the first division. Querétaro was one of the cities that received an invitation to participate. Alfonso "pachín" Niembro, then president of the Asociación Queretana de Fútbol, and Raúl Ayala, who represented Querétaro at the national level, with help from large numbers of locally based amateurs, decided to organize a tournament, the winner of which would represent the city of Queretaro in the new division. The tournament was won by a team named "Los Piratas", who became "Club Querétaro A.C." They joined Irapuato, ZacatepecZacatepec
Zacatepec is a Mexican football team based in Zacatepec, Morelos. They are nicknamed Cañeros . Their colors are white and green . Their uniform color is a white shirt with a big green line in the middle and white shorts and socks. Their greatest achievements were in the 1950s when Zacatepec won two...
, Toluca
Toluca
Toluca, formally known as Toluca de Lerdo, is the state capital of Mexico State as well as the seat of the Municipality of Toluca. It is the center of a rapidly growing urban area, now the fifth largest in Mexico. It is located west-southwest of Mexico City and only about 40 minutes by car to the...
, Morelia
Morelia
Morelia is a city and municipality in the north central part of the state of Michoacán in central Mexico. The city is in the Guayangareo Valley and is the capital of the state. The main pre-Hispanic cultures here were the P'urhépecha and the Matlatzinca, but no major cities were founded in the...
and La Piedad
La Piedad
La Piedad de Cavadas is a city and its surrounding municipality located at in the north-west of the Mexican state of Michoacán, bordering Jalisco and Guanajuato. The original colonial name was San Sebastián. It is bordered by the town of Santa Ana Pacueco, Guanajuato. Both towns straddle the...
as the founders of the Segunda División.
The team's official foundation is July 8, 1950. Later journalist Herrera "periquín" Pozas bestowed the nickname of Gallos Blancos (White Roosters) based on the club's "willingness to fight for every ball" and their characteristic white uniforms. The team quickly developed a large local fanbase. Querétaro F.C. has come close to promotion on many occasions; one of the most memorable was in 1976 when they reached the Second Division Final and played against Atlante FC.
The Atletas Campesinos era
It was in the middle 70's when the foundation of Estudiantes took place, a team composed mostly by students that wanted to gain a name in the Mexican league and that also became a good rival to Gallos Blancos; but then in 1977 Armando Presa bought both teams and changed their name to Atletas Campesinos, getting a well-groomed composition of young players with a dream of a future in the professional soccer and very experienced players; that same year they showed a notable performance. But it was the next season when the team became a "maquinita de jugar fútbol" (soccer-playing-machine) with a combination of experience and youth well stimulated economically; as the scores were better, the better theywould be paid. Then Armando Presa decided that although the team was in the right way it was necessary the hand of a more experienced manager, so current manager Antonio Ascencio stepped down and Antonio Carbajal
Antonio Carbajal
Antonio Félix "Tota" Carbajal Rodríguez is a Mexican former football goalkeeper. He was also called "El Cinco Copas", in reference to his record of five World Cups played.-Pro career:...
took the team with a great offering if the team reached Primera División
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...
.
It came the day back on June 22, 1980 when "Atletas Campesinos" would face Osos Grises at the Segunda División final game (Osos got a valuable tie at Municipal stadium, former ground of Querétaro's teams) which was the favorite team, but Campesinos gave a great surprise winning with a 2-1 score (goals made by Carlos Cerritos and Jorge Gaspar). Antonio Carbajal was carried off on the shoulders of the crowd, Antonio Ascencio and their boys wept of happiness. They could not believe it, finally they were the champions.
The Atletas Campesinos team got into the hearts of the people since they gave them a satisfaction that no team had done before: give to the city of Querétaro a Primera División team. The Atletas Campesinos were already at the maximum circuit with the idea of making a combination of a team with the best men already at the league and make a great campaign, but it didn't happen: the team started to lose their games and finally it was sold to the "Sindicato de Petroleros de Ciudad Madero". Then during the 1982–1983 season Querétaro
Querétaro
Querétaro officially Estado Libre y Soberano de Querétaro de Arteaga is one of the 31 states which, with the Federal District, comprise the 32 Federal Entities of Mexico. It is divided into 18 municipalities and its capital city is Santiago de Querétaro....
lost the Atletas Campesinos team and it became the Tampico Madero team.
The UAQ Gallos Blancos era
In the early 80's it was given to the Autonomous University of QuerétaroAutonomous University of Queretaro
The Autonomous University of Queretaro is a Mexican public university based in the city of Santiago de Querétaro, Querétaro, but with campuses around the state...
the team's rights of management and became the UAQ Gallos Blancos. This team became a "golden breed" of players like René Montalvo, Salvador "zurdo" Ochoa and José de Jesús Torruco. In fact, the "UAQ Gallos Blancos" arrived to another Segunda División final in 1987, now against the Correcaminos UAT
Correcaminos UAT
Correcaminos de la Universidad Autónoma de Tamaulipas is an association football team from Ciudad Victoria, Tamaulipas that currently plays in the Primera Division A. The team was founded in 1980, Correcaminos played in the Primera Division De Mexico in the 1986-1987 season. They play in the Marte R...
, but after playing the first game of the series at the Estadio Marte R. Gómez
Estadio Marte R. Gómez
Estadio Marte R. Gomez is a multi-use stadium in Ciudad Victoria, Tamaulipas, Mexico. It is currently used mostly for football matches and is the home stadium for Correcaminos UAT. The stadium has a capacity 11,000 people and opened in 1938.-External links:...
with a 0-0 result), the team suffered an accident while returning from Ciudad Victoria
Ciudad Victoria
Ciudad Victoria , is the capital city of the Mexican state ofTamaulipas. It is located in the western-central region of the state. Ciudad Victoria is also the municipal seat of the surrounding Victoria Municipality, which covers an area of 1,638 km²...
to Santiago de Queretaro
Santiago de Querétaro
Santiago de Querétaro is the capital and largest city of the state of Querétaro, located in central Mexico. It is located 213 km northwest of Mexico City, 96 km southeast of San Miguel de Allende and 200 km south of San Luis Potosí...
, where three very important players lost their lives. Even though the final match was moved a month, the team lost the series on a third match in the Estadio Azteca
Estadio Azteca
Estadio Azteca is a stadium in Santa Ursula, Mexico City, Mexico. It is the official home stadium of the Mexico national football team and the Mexican team Club América.The stadium was the venue for football soccer in the 1968 Summer Olympics....
.
During the next days, the team became a youth/reserve squad of Cruz Azul, providing many players that later became Primera División
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...
soccer stars. Later, after many failures in order to get into the Primera División, the Autonomous University of Querétaro
Autonomous University of Queretaro
The Autonomous University of Queretaro is a Mexican public university based in the city of Santiago de Querétaro, Querétaro, but with campuses around the state...
went into an economic crisis which caused it to sell the team to a north group of business men from Hermosillo
Hermosillo
Hermosillo is a city and municipality located centrally in the northwestern Mexican state of Sonora. It is the capital and main economic center for the state and region. It contains almost all of the state's manufacturing and has thirty percent of its population...
, Sonora
Sonora
Sonora officially Estado Libre y Soberano de Sonora is one of the 31 states which, with the Federal District, comprise the 32 Federal Entities of Mexico. It is divided into 72 municipalities; the capital city is Hermosillo....
and in this way Querétaro lost again one of their most loved and memorable teams.
The Cobras de Querétaro era
Later after the construction of the Estadio La CorregidoraEstadio La Corregidora
Estadio Corregidora is a stadium in Querétaro, Mexico. Named for Mexican War of Independence heroine Josefa Ortiz de Domínguez , has a capacity of 34,130 and is located on the outskirts of the city of Queretaro, north Mexico City. This venue is used mostly for football games...
stadium in the middle eighties, one of the most important Mexican TV broadcasters decided to manage a Segunda División
Segunda División
The Segunda División is the lower tier of the two professional football leagues in Spain. From the season 2008-09 onwards, the name of the league is Liga Adelante.-History:...
team who received the name of "Cobras de Querétaro". This team obtained the Primera División category by the hand of Jorge "coco" Gómez back in 1986 but they lasted only one season because at the end of the 86-87 season they went back to Segunda División and the team was moved to Ciudad Juárez
Ciudad Juárez
Ciudad Juárez , officially known today as Heroica Ciudad Juárez, but abbreviated Juárez and formerly known as El Paso del Norte, is a city and seat of the municipality of Juárez in the Mexican state of Chihuahua. Juárez's estimated population is 1.5 million people. The city lies on the Rio Grande...
.
The Club Querétaro era
In 1988 another team was created in the city, named "Club Querétaro". Quickly became a fierce rival to the "UAQ Gallos Blancos". These two teams were playing on the Second Division. After many unsuccessful seasons, soccer man José Antonio García bought the Tampico Madero franchise and put it into the Corregidora stadium under the name of "Club Querétaro". During this season the team had one of the most remarkable roster which included Rubén Omar RomanoRubén Omar Romano
Rubén Omar Romano Cachia is an Argentine-Mexican coach and former football player.Romano played in Argentina for Club Atlético Huracán before leaving for Mexico in 1980 to play for Club América. He played in other 7 Mexican clubs: León, Necaxa, Puebla, Querétaro, Cruz Azul and Atlante and Veracruz...
, Sergio Bueno
Sergio Bueno
Sergio Bueno is a Mexican football manager and current manager of Puebla FC of the Primera División de México.- Player:Sergio Bueno started of his professional football career with Deportivo Neza in the 1983-84 tournament against Puebla FC where he came in as substitute in the 88 minute...
, Miguel Herrera
Miguel Herrera
Miguel Ernesto Herrera Aguirre is a retired football defender and the head coach of Club América. He was born in Cuatepec, Hidalgo, México.-Club career:...
, Sergio Almaguer
Sergio Almaguer
Sergio Almaguer Treviño is a Mexican coach and former defender and Striker. Almaguer made his professional debut with former Mexican club Ángeles de Puebla on May 16, 1987...
and many more, all of them under the direction of Ricardo Antonio Lavolpe.
The team made a modest season and was sold to a group of business men from Querétaro who, despite all of their efforts, lost their category and in 1994 and finally went back into Segunda División
Segunda División
The Segunda División is the lower tier of the two professional football leagues in Spain. From the season 2008-09 onwards, the name of the league is Liga Adelante.-History:...
. Then in 1994, because of the problems of Antonio Peláez Pier with the administration of Tamaulipas
Tamaulipas
Tamaulipas officially Estado Libre y Soberano de Tamaulipas is one of the 31 states which, with the Federal District, comprise the 32 Federal Entities of Mexico. It is divided in 43 municipalities and its capital city is Ciudad Victoria. The capital city was named after Guadalupe Victoria, the...
stadium, the Tampico Madero team moved to Querétaro
Querétaro
Querétaro officially Estado Libre y Soberano de Querétaro de Arteaga is one of the 31 states which, with the Federal District, comprise the 32 Federal Entities of Mexico. It is divided into 18 municipalities and its capital city is Santiago de Querétaro....
under the name of T.M. Gallos Blancos but that same season the team was relegated to Segunda División under the hand of José Camacho and Juan de Dios Castillo
Juan de Dios Castillo
Juan de Dios Castillo Gonzalez is a football coach, who most recently coached CD Motagua of Honduras. He has been head coach of the youth Mexican National Team in the FIFA World Youth Championship cup in Australia in 1993 finishing in 5th place...
.
Back in 1998 "Club Querétaro" and "UAQ Gallos Blancos" merged into one club and formed a team that played for three years with the original name of "Gallos Blancos de Querétaro" (White Roosters of Queretaro) until 2002.
The Querétaro F.C. (2002-Present)
In 2002, a Primera DivisiónPrimera 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...
team, CF La Piedad, had to move from the city of La Piedad
La Piedad
La Piedad de Cavadas is a city and its surrounding municipality located at in the north-west of the Mexican state of Michoacán, bordering Jalisco and Guanajuato. The original colonial name was San Sebastián. It is bordered by the town of Santa Ana Pacueco, Guanajuato. Both towns straddle the...
to play in Santiago de Queretaro
Santiago de Querétaro
Santiago de Querétaro is the capital and largest city of the state of Querétaro, located in central Mexico. It is located 213 km northwest of Mexico City, 96 km southeast of San Miguel de Allende and 200 km south of San Luis Potosí...
, where the team stayed for two years under the name "Querétaro F.C.". The team had a modest performance during four seasons; then in 2004 the F.M.F.
Federación Mexicana de Fútbol Asociación
The Mexican Federation of Football is the governing body of association football in Mexico. It administers the Mexican national team, the Mexican league and all affiliated amateur sectors, and is in charge of promoting, organizing, directing, spreading, and supervising competitive football in Mexico...
decided to reduce the number of teams in the Primera División from twenty to eighteen, and decided to eliminate two teams with the worst financial situation: Querétaro F.C. and Club Irapuato
Club Irapuato
The Club Deportivo Irapuato, is located in Irapuato, Mexico. That has mostly played in the second tier of Mexican football . From 2000 to 2004, the team briefly rose to prominence and to the first division reaching the playoffs or liguilla...
. That same year, Querétaro F.C. bought the franchise of a Primera A
Primera A
Primera A can refer to multiple first or second division football leagues:*in CONMEBOL **Categoría Primera A, Colombia**Primera Categoría Serie A, Ecuador*in CONCACAF...
defunct team: Zacatepec
Zacatepec
Zacatepec is a Mexican football team based in Zacatepec, Morelos. They are nicknamed Cañeros . Their colors are white and green . Their uniform color is a white shirt with a big green line in the middle and white shorts and socks. Their greatest achievements were in the 1950s when Zacatepec won two...
.
In 2005 Querétaro F.C. won the Primera A
Primera A
Primera A can refer to multiple first or second division football leagues:*in CONMEBOL **Categoría Primera A, Colombia**Primera Categoría Serie A, Ecuador*in CONCACAF...
"Torneo de Clausura" and played the promotion game against San Luis F.C.. The game at San Luis Potosí
San Luis Potosí
San Luis Potosí officially Estado Libre y Soberano de San Luis Potosí is one of the 31 states which, with the Federal District, comprise the 32 Federal Entities of Mexico. It is divided in 58 municipalities and its capital city is San Luis Potosí....
resulted in a defeat with a 3-2 score. The suspicious way this game was conducted and the violence suffered by Querétaro's fans in hands of San Luis fans resulted in a fierce rivalry with this team.
On May 28, 2006, Querétaro F.C. was promoted to Mexico's Primera División
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...
, after beating Puebla F.C. in the Clausura 2006 tournament and the 2005/2006 Primera A
Primera A
Primera A can refer to multiple first or second division football leagues:*in CONMEBOL **Categoría Primera A, Colombia**Primera Categoría Serie A, Ecuador*in CONCACAF...
promotion play-off by a 5-1 final score. But on April 29, 2007 the "Gallos Blancos" were relegated after failing to achieve 6 out of 9 points in the final 3 games in a fierce fight with Santos Laguna
Santos Laguna
Club Santos Laguna is a Mexican football club. They represent the urban area of Comarca Lagunera, which is made up of Torreón, Gomez Palacio, and Lerdo. Santos Laguna currently plays in the Primera División. The club was founded in 1982, and reached Mexico's top division after buying the franchise...
. A combination of their defeat in the final game against Atlas
Atlas
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and a victory of Santos Laguna
Santos Laguna
Club Santos Laguna is a Mexican football club. They represent the urban area of Comarca Lagunera, which is made up of Torreón, Gomez Palacio, and Lerdo. Santos Laguna currently plays in the Primera División. The club was founded in 1982, and reached Mexico's top division after buying the franchise...
against Cruz Azul caused their relegation to Primera A.
After a 2007–2008 season to forget in Primera A
Primera A
Primera A can refer to multiple first or second division football leagues:*in CONMEBOL **Categoría Primera A, Colombia**Primera Categoría Serie A, Ecuador*in CONCACAF...
when the team couldn't make it to the play-offs, things changed in the Apertura 2008 tournament. Querétaro F.C. became the most dangerous offensive (including best striker: Mauro Néstor Gerk
Mauro Néstor Gerk
Mauro Néstor Gerk Larrea , is an Argentine-Mexican football Striker who currently plays for Club Tijuana in the Primera División de México....
) and got the most points since their return to Primera A
Primera A
Primera A can refer to multiple first or second division football leagues:*in CONMEBOL **Categoría Primera A, Colombia**Primera Categoría Serie A, Ecuador*in CONCACAF...
. After beating Correcaminos UAT
Correcaminos UAT
Correcaminos de la Universidad Autónoma de Tamaulipas is an association football team from Ciudad Victoria, Tamaulipas that currently plays in the Primera Division A. The team was founded in 1980, Correcaminos played in the Primera Division De Mexico in the 1986-1987 season. They play in the Marte R...
and Club Tijuana
Club Tijuana
Club Tijuana Xoloitzcuintles de Caliente is a Mexican football team from Tijuana, Baja California, Mexico. Tijuana plays in the Primera División de México It was founded in January 2007. The colors that identify the club are red and black.-History:...
, Querétaro FC won their third Championship against Club Irapuato
Club Irapuato
The Club Deportivo Irapuato, is located in Irapuato, Mexico. That has mostly played in the second tier of Mexican football . From 2000 to 2004, the team briefly rose to prominence and to the first division reaching the playoffs or liguilla...
(which was the most effective defense of the tournament) by a 2-0 score. After their championship and a season filled with ups and downs, Querétaro F.C. played against Mérida F.C. (the current champion) the Promotion Play-off game which determines which team will play in Primera Division. After winning their first game against Mérida F.C. 2-1, the team played their second game at Mérida
Mérida, Yucatán
Mérida is the capital and largest city of the Mexican state of Yucatán and the Yucatán Peninsula. It is located in the northwest part of the state, about from the Gulf of Mexico coast...
and lost but tied on aggregate. The teams went into extra time and eventually into penalty shots. Everyone scored and goalkeeper José Guadalupe Martínez
José Guadalupe Martínez
José Guadalupe Martinez Álvarez is a Mexican Goalkeeper for the Mexican team Puebla F.C.. He is the reserve goalkeeper behind Jorge Villalpando. He made his debut with the club Tecos UAG in 2002. Now playing for Querétaro FC....
stopped one of the Mérida F.C. shots. Winning the game on penalties the team acquired the right to play the next tournament in Primera División
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...
.
Stadium
At the very beginning the team played at the Municipal stadium, that had a capacity of little more than 10,000 seats. In this facility the team spent about 35 years and lived many glorious moments; now is mostly used by the youth squad and football local teams.Querétaro F.C. play their home games at La Corregidora stadium in Santiago de Querétaro
Santiago de Querétaro
Santiago de Querétaro is the capital and largest city of the state of Querétaro, located in central Mexico. It is located 213 km northwest of Mexico City, 96 km southeast of San Miguel de Allende and 200 km south of San Luis Potosí...
. This facility has a capacity of 45,547 seats and is located in the outskirts of the Cimatario hill. It is mostly used for football (soccer) games. The stadium hosted the Football World Cup 1986.
Built in 1985 in a German and Mexican collaboration, it is considered one of the most beautiful stadiums in Mexico and one with the best designs allowing the stadium to be from completely full to completely empty in less than 15 minutes.
Supporters
Querétaro F.C. has always been a family based supported team, which includes several "porras" like "Esperanza Blanca", "Tradicional" and "La Corregidora". But recently one of the fastest growing "barras" has been the Resistencia Albiazul, formerly known as "Rebeldía Queretana", whose chants or "porras" have become a powerful encourager to the team and a classic background of La Corregidora stadium. It was the best "barra" of Primera APrimera A
Primera A can refer to multiple first or second division football leagues:*in CONMEBOL **Categoría Primera A, Colombia**Primera Categoría Serie A, Ecuador*in CONCACAF...
and now is one of the bests among Mexico's football league.
Rivalries
Because of the short distance between the cities in the area known as el BajíoBajío
The Bajío is a region of Central Mexico that includes the plains south of the Sierra de Guanajuato, in the state of Guanajuato, as well as parts of the states of Querétaro and Michoacán .In general parlance, it is usually associated with the States of Guanajuato and Querétaro, although it only...
, there has always been rivalries with teams like Club Irapuato
Club Irapuato
The Club Deportivo Irapuato, is located in Irapuato, Mexico. That has mostly played in the second tier of Mexican football . From 2000 to 2004, the team briefly rose to prominence and to the first division reaching the playoffs or liguilla...
, Club Celaya and Salamanca F.C.
Salamanca F.C.
Salamanca F.C. is a Mexican football club based in Salamanca, Guanajuato, México which currently plays in the Liga primer de ascenso, the third tier of the Mexican football league system.-Current squad:-External links:*...
. However, the fiercest rivalries are with 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...
, Club Atlas and specially, San Luis F.C..
Kit evolution and rare kits
- Home kit: Black and blue teriped shirt with black shorts and socks.
- Away kit: White shirt with black shorts and white socks.
First kit evolution
All Time Goal Scorers in First Division
| Place | Player | Nationality | Goals |
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| 1.- | Carlos Bueno Carlos Bueno Carlos Heber Bueno Suárez is an Uruguayan footballer who plays for Querétaro F.C. in Mexico, as a striker.-Club career:... |
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| 2.- | Felipe del Ángel Malibrán |  MéxicoMexico The United Mexican States , commonly known as Mexico , is a federal constitutional republic in North America. It is bordered on the north by the United States; on the south and west by the Pacific Ocean; on the southeast by Guatemala, Belize, and the Caribbean Sea; and on the east by the Gulf of... |
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| 3.- | Mauro Nestor Gerk Mauro Néstor Gerk Mauro Néstor Gerk Larrea , is an Argentine-Mexican football Striker who currently plays for Club Tijuana in the Primera División de México.... |
Argentina Argentina Argentina , officially the Argentine Republic , is the second largest country in South America by land area, after Brazil. It is constituted as a federation of 23 provinces and an autonomous city, Buenos Aires... |
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| 4.- | Robson Da Silva Robson da Silva Robson Caetano da Silva is the most successful Brazilian sprinter to date. He participated in four consecutive Olympic Summer Games and won the bronze medal over 200 metres in the 1988 Seoul Olympics as well as in the 4×100 m relay in the 1996 Atlanta Olympics.Possibly Da Silva's greatest... |
 BrazilBrazil Brazil , officially the Federative Republic of Brazil , is the largest country in South America. It is the world's fifth largest country, both by geographical area and by population with over 192 million people... |
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| 5.- | Sergio Almaguer Sergio Almaguer Sergio Almaguer Treviño is a Mexican coach and former defender and Striker. Almaguer made his professional debut with former Mexican club Ángeles de Puebla on May 16, 1987... |
México Mexico The United Mexican States , commonly known as Mexico , is a federal constitutional republic in North America. It is bordered on the north by the United States; on the south and west by the Pacific Ocean; on the southeast by Guatemala, Belize, and the Caribbean Sea; and on the east by the Gulf of... |
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| 6.- | Carlos Alberto Seixas | Brazil Brazil Brazil , officially the Federative Republic of Brazil , is the largest country in South America. It is the world's fifth largest country, both by geographical area and by population with over 192 million people... |
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| 7.- | Carlos Casartelli Carlos Casartelli Carlos Casartelli is an Argentine footballer, currently playing for Merida FC in Mexico.Casartelli made his professional debut for Textil Mandiyú in 1994... |
Argentina Argentina Argentina , officially the Argentine Republic , is the second largest country in South America by land area, after Brazil. It is constituted as a federation of 23 provinces and an autonomous city, Buenos Aires... |
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| 8.- | Carlos Ochoa Carlos Ochoa Carlos Augusto Ochoa Mendoza is a Mexican footballer striker who currently plays for Santos Laguna.-Career:... |
México Mexico The United Mexican States , commonly known as Mexico , is a federal constitutional republic in North America. It is bordered on the north by the United States; on the south and west by the Pacific Ocean; on the southeast by Guatemala, Belize, and the Caribbean Sea; and on the east by the Gulf of... |
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| 9.- | Josemir Lujambio Josemir Lujambio Josemir Lujambio Llanes is a Uruguayan football striker. Who most recently played for Atlético Tucumán.-Club career:... |
Uruguay Uruguay Uruguay ,officially the Oriental Republic of Uruguay,sometimes the Eastern Republic of Uruguay; ) is a country in the southeastern part of South America. It is home to some 3.5 million people, of whom 1.8 million live in the capital Montevideo and its metropolitan area... |
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| 10.- | Ruben Omar Romano Rubén Omar Romano Rubén Omar Romano Cachia is an Argentine-Mexican coach and former football player.Romano played in Argentina for Club Atlético Huracán before leaving for Mexico in 1980 to play for Club América. He played in other 7 Mexican clubs: León, Necaxa, Puebla, Querétaro, Cruz Azul and Atlante and Veracruz... |
Argentina Argentina Argentina , officially the Argentine Republic , is the second largest country in South America by land area, after Brazil. It is constituted as a federation of 23 provinces and an autonomous city, Buenos Aires... |
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Players in Italic are active players, but that don´t play in Queretaro
Players in Bold are active players that play in Queretaro
Honours
- Primera División A: 3
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- Clausura 2005, Clausura 2006, Apertura 2008
- Promotion play-off winners: 2
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- 2005-06, 2008-09
- Primera División A: 0
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- Runner-up: 1976-77, 1986-87
Current squad
For recent transfers, see List of Mexican Football Transfers Summer 2011.Notable former players
Carlos BossioCarlos Bossio
Carlos Gustavo Bossio is an Argentine football goalkeeper who currently plays for Querétaro FC of the Mexico....
Carlos Casartelli
Carlos Casartelli
Carlos Casartelli is an Argentine footballer, currently playing for Merida FC in Mexico.Casartelli made his professional debut for Textil Mandiyú in 1994...
Mauro Gerk
Mauro Néstor Gerk
Mauro Néstor Gerk Larrea , is an Argentine-Mexican football Striker who currently plays for Club Tijuana in the Primera División de México....
Ariel González Gustavo Moriconi Rubén Romano
Rubén Omar Romano
Rubén Omar Romano Cachia is an Argentine-Mexican coach and former football player.Romano played in Argentina for Club Atlético Huracán before leaving for Mexico in 1980 to play for Club América. He played in other 7 Mexican clubs: León, Necaxa, Puebla, Querétaro, Cruz Azul and Atlante and Veracruz...
Cristian Traverso
Cristian Traverso
Cristian Alberto Traverso is a retired Argentine footballer who played for a number of clubs both in Argentina and Latin America, including Argentinos Juniors, Boca Juniors and Puebla....
Luciano Emilio
Luciano Emilio
Luciano Emílio is a Brazilian footballer, currently playing for Toros Neza in the Liga de Ascenso.-Early career:...
Roberto Cartes
Roberto Cartes
Roberto Rodrigo Cartes Contreras , commonly known as Roberto Cartes, is a Chilean footballer who plays as Midfielder for Lota Schwager in Chile's Second Division.-External links:* * *...
Iván Hurtado
Iván Hurtado
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Isaac Acuña
Isaac Acuña
Isaac Acuña Sánchez is a Mexican-American soccer player who currently plays for América.-Club América:...
Héctor Altamirano
Héctor Altamirano
Héctor "El Pity" Altamirano Escudero is a Mexican footballer. He usually plays the position of right midfielder...
Miguel Becerra
Miguel Becerra
Miguel Becerra González is a Mexican football goalkeeper who currently plays for Santos Laguna.-Playing career:...
Joaquin Beltran
Joaquin Beltran
Joaquín Beltrán Vargas is a Mexican professional football defender, currently will play for Querétaro FC.Beltran has spent most of his career with Pumas UNAM...
Eder BorelliEder Borelli
Eder Nicolas Borelli is a Mexican football Defender, who is currently playing for Tigres in the Primera División de Mexico.-Club career:...
Erubey Cabuto Pedro Cortez Carlos de los Cobos
Carlos de los Cobos
Carlos de los Cobos Martínez is a Mexican former football player. He last coached the Chicago Fire in Major League Soccer.-Playing career:...
Jorge Díaz de León
Jorge Díaz de León
Jorge Alberto Díaz de León Luque is a Mexican football Goalkeeper, who is currently playing for Tigres in the Primera División de Mexico.-Queretaro FC:...
Missael Espinoza
Missael Espinoza
Eduardo Missael Espinoza Padilla is a retired Mexican football midfielder. He obtained a total number of 41 caps and 4 goals for the Mexican national team between 1990 and 1995, and was a squad member at the 1994 FIFA World Cup, albeit without playing a game.- References :* at National Football...
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...
René Montalvo Julio Nava
Julio Nava
Julio Cesar Nava Garcia is a Mexican professional footballer, currently playing as striker or attacking midfielder for C.D. Guadalajara. He made his debut in a 1–1 tie for Chivas on August 5, 2007 against UNAM Pumas....
Carlos Ochoa
Carlos Ochoa
Carlos Augusto Ochoa Mendoza is a Mexican footballer striker who currently plays for Santos Laguna.-Career:...
Salvador Ochoa Edgar Solís
Edgar Solís
Edgar Iván "Tepa" Solís is a Mexican professional footballer, currently playing as a midfielder for Club Deportivo Guadalajara. He made his debut on August 28, 2005 against Club Santos Laguna. A game which resulted in a 3-0 victory for Santos over Chivas. He has scored 3 goals in his whole career...
Silvano Tellez Alfredo Tena
Alfredo Tena
Alfredo Tena Garduño , also known by his nickname Capitán Furia , is a Mexican football coach and former player. Tena, a symbol for Club América, is the current manager for the team. Tena is a one-club man...
Sergio Blanco
Sergio Blanco
Sergio Blanco is a Uruguayan football Striker, who is currently playing for Necaxa.-External links:* *...
Mateo Figoli
Mateo Figoli
Mateo Figoli Martínez is an Italian-Uruguayan footballer playing for the Mexican club Dorados de Sinaloa on loan from Club Leon since June 2011.In June 2008 he was signed by Triestina.-External links:*...
Sergio Orteman
Sergio Orteman
Sergio Daniel Órteman Rodríguez is a Uruguayan footballer, who is currently playing for Club Olimpia.-Career:...
Santiago Ostolaza
Santiago Ostolaza
Santiago José Ostolaza Sosa is an Uruguayan former football midfielder and current manager. Among others clubs, he was manager for Nacional of Uruguay and Ecuadorian ESPOLI....
Adrián Romero
Adrián Romero
Adrián Marcelo Romero González is an Uruguayan football defender currently playing for Club Olimpia in the Paraguayan Primera Division.-Club career:...
Ignacio Schneider
Notable former managers
Ricardo La Volpe (1990–91) Miguel Marín Ángel ComizzoÁngel Comizzo
Ángel David Comizzo Leiva is a retired Argentine football goalkeeper.Comizzo was born in Reconquista, and began his career at Talleres in the Primera Division Argentina. In 1988 he joined River Plate where he was loaned to UANL Tigres of Mexico in 1990–1991...
(2010) Carlos Alberto Torres
Carlos Alberto Torres
Carlos Alberto Torres is a former Brazilian footballer, one of the most highly regarded defenders of all time. He captained Brazil to victory in the 1970 World Cup and is a member of the World Team of the 20th Century, as well as the U.S...
(1999) Carlos Reinoso
Carlos Reinoso
Carlos Enzo Reinoso Valdenegro is a Chilean football coach. He played in the 1970s and 1980s, most notably as a member of the Club América Mexican team. He is one of the best foreigner who played in Mexico, and the best that ever played at Club América.-Player:He began his career in his home...
(2009–10) Luis Alvarado
Luis Alvarado
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Antonio Carbajal
Antonio Carbajal
Antonio Félix "Tota" Carbajal Rodríguez is a Mexican former football goalkeeper. He was also called "El Cinco Copas", in reference to his record of five World Cups played.-Pro career:...
Carlos de los Cobos
Carlos de los Cobos
Carlos de los Cobos Martínez is a Mexican former football player. He last coached the Chicago Fire in Major League Soccer.-Playing career:...
(1993–94) Enrique Meza
Enrique Meza Enriquez
Enrique Meza Enríquez is a long-standing Mexican football coach and technical manager. Prior to being coach, he was a professional footballer, playing as the goalkeeper for Cruz Azul, retiring in 1976. Popularly nicked-named "Ojitos" because of his sharp eyes, he was the substitute for Miguel...
Salvador Reyes Alfredo Tena
Alfredo Tena
Alfredo Tena Garduño , also known by his nickname Capitán Furia , is a Mexican football coach and former player. Tena, a symbol for Club América, is the current manager for the team. Tena is a one-club man...
(2003–04) Héctor Medrano
Héctor Medrano
Héctor Medrano is a Mexican football manager and former player. He is currently the coach of Club Universidad de Guadalajara.-Career:...
(2008–09) Carlos Jara Saguier
Carlos Jara Saguier
Carlos Jara Saguier is a former football player who is currently working as a coach, born in Paraguay on 25 August 1956. Carlos is one of the seven Jara Saguier brothers that played professional football in Paraguay....
(2005)
External links
Official website www.clubqueretaro.com Official club websiteGeneral fan sites www.gallos-blancos.com Unofficial website www.resistencia.com.mx Fan site www.somosgallos.com Fan site