# FC Juárez

Fútbol Club Juárez, also known as Bravos de Juárez or simply Juárez, is a Mexican football club based in the city of Ciudad Juárez, Chihuahua, that currently competes in Liga MX, the top division of Mexican football.

## History

Fútbol Club Juárez was founded in 2015 by a bi-national group of six families, two from the border city of El Paso, Texas, USA and four from Ciudad Juárez, Chihuahua, Mexico, making it one of the few clubs with foreign investors in Mexican football and marking the return of professional sports to Ciudad Juárez for the first time since 2012 after the previous franchise, Indios de Ciudad Juárez, was relegated from Liga MX, suffered from poor management, and was ultimately disbanded.
On June 7, 2015, it was officially announced by Ascenso MX officials that FC Juárez would compete in Ascenso MX, starting in the Apertura 2015 season.
On December 5, 2015, after a very successful beginning to the season, the team ended the 2015 campaign in second place, and FC Juárez captured its first Ascenso MX title after beating Atlante 3-1 on aggregate, thus gaining the right to play in the promotional final in the Ascenso MX. The failed to qualify for the Clausura 2016 liguilla and lost the promotional final against Necaxa.
The following season, Juárez failed to qualify for the liguilla. In the Clausura 2017 season, Juárez lost the final against Lobos BUAP with an aggregate score of 4–2.
For the 2017–18 Ascenso MX season, the league announced that Juárez was one of six Ascenso MX teams eligible for promotion to Liga MX the following season. In the Apertura 2017 season, Juárez lost their second consecutive final, against Alebrijes de Oaxaca, on penalties.
On June 11, 2019, Juárez replaced Lobos BUAP in Liga MX after the founding bi-national group purchased the struggling franchise, thus returning top-level football to Ciudad Juárez.
They have developed a friendly, cross-border rivalry with El Paso Locomotive of the USL Championship since that side began play in 2019.

## Stadium

FC Juárez play their home matches at the Estadio Olímpico Benito Juárez in Ciudad Juárez, Chihuahua. Stadium attendance is capped at 19,765, and it is owned by Universidad Autónoma de Ciudad Juárez. The stadium was opened October 1980, with an inaugural match between the Mexico national team and Atlético de Madrid.

## Personnel
### Management

| Position | Staff |
| Sporting Chairman | Andrés Fassi |
| Corporate Chairman | Luis Rodríguez |
| Director of football | Humberto Valdés |
| Director of academy | Ángel González |
Source: Liga MX

### Current technical staff

| Position | Staff |
| Manager | Martín Varini |
| Assistant managers | Marcos Villano |
| Assistant managers | Tomás Campos |
| Goalkeeper coach | Juan Stampone |
| Fitness coaches | Alejandro Souto |
| Fitness coaches | Cosme Barba |
| Fitness coaches | Néstor Ibarra |
| Physiotherapists | Kevin Ponce |
| Physiotherapists | Ramiro Cerruti |
| Team doctor | Álvaro Martínez |

### Managers

* Sergio Orduña (2015–2016)
* Miguel de Jesús Fuentes (2016–2018)
* Tomás Campos (Interim) (2018)
* Gabriel Caballero (2018–2020)
* Luis Fernando Tena (2021)
* Alfonso Sosa (2021)
* Ricardo Ferretti (2021–2022)
* Hernan Cristante (2022–2023)
* Diego Mejía (2023–2024)
* Mauricio Barbieri (2024)
* Martín Varini (2024–Present)

## Players
### First-team squad

    As of 29 August 2024
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 1 | GK | MEX | Sebastián Jurado |
| 2 | DF | COL | Jesús Murillo |
| 3 | DF | COL | Moisés Mosquera |
| 5 | MF | MEX | Denzell García |
| 6 | MF | MEX | Javier Salas |
| 7 | MF | COL | Diego Valoyes |
| 8 | MF | BRA | Guilherme Castilho |
| 9 | FW | BRA | Madson |
| 10 | MF | MEX | Dieter Villalpando |
| 11 | MF | PAN | José Luis Rodríguez (on loan from Red Star Belgrade) |
| 12 | GK | MEX | Arturo Delgado |
| 14 | MF | NGA | Saminu Abdullahi |
| 15 | DF | USA | Ralph Orquin (on loan from América) |
| 18 | MF | COL | Avilés Hurtado |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 19 | FW | COL | Óscar Estupiñán |
| 20 | MF | MEX | Jairo Torres |
| 21 | FW | MEX | César López (on loan from Necaxa) |
| 22 | MF | USA | Alex Mendez |
| 23 | MF | USA | Sebastian Saucedo |
| 24 | DF | MEX | Haret Ortega |
| 25 | MF | MEX | Jonathan González |
| 26 | DF | MEX | José Juan García |
| 27 | DF | MEX | Diego Campillo |
| 28 | DF | MEX | Christian Franco (on loan from Monterrey) |
| 29 | FW | MEX | Ángel Zaldívar |
| 31 | GK | USA | Benny Díaz |
| 33 | DF | MEX | Francisco Nevárez |

### Other players under contract

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 17 | MF | URU | Manuel Castro (injured) |
| — | DF | URU | Gonzalo Pelúa |

### Out on loan

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| — | DF | MNE | Andrija Vukčević (at Cartagena) |
| — | MF | MEX | Martín Barra (at Tepatitlán) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| — | MF | ARG | Agustín Urzi (at Huracán) |

### Reserve teams
#### FC Juárez (Liga TDP)

    Reserve team that plays in the Liga TDP, the fourth level of the Mexican league system.

## Honours
### National

FC Juárez honours :
| Type | Competition | Titles | Winning editions | Runners-up |
| Top division | Copa MX | 0 | – | Clausura 2019 |
| Promotion division | Ascenso MX | 1 | Apertura 2015 | Clausura 2017, Apertura 2017 |
| Promotion division | Campeón de Ascenso | 0 | – | 2015–16 |