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|} Chivas Rayadas de Guadalajara (also known simply as Chivas or Guadalajara) is a Mexican football club from Guadalajara that play in the Primera División (the highest level of Mexican football). Their main rivals are Club América from the Mexican Federal District, also a widely supported club, and their meetings signal the national derby (similar to Boca Juniors- River Plate, Real Madrid- Barcelona or Celtic- Rangers).

The team was founded in 1906 by a Belgian shopkeeper, Edgar Everaert, as Club Unión, but became Club Deportivo Guadalajara in 1908. The uniform was modeled on that of the founder's favorite team, Club Brugge, which has however since changed its uniform.

The club was moderately successful in the amateur era of football in Mexico, but it was at the beginning of the professional era that it would get its famous nickname. In 1948 after winning a game the newspaper chronicle derisively said that the "goats" (chivas in Spanish) had won, this name, which started as an insult was embraced by the fans and is held with pride to this day.

Then, in 1956 the "Campeonísimo" run started. The team won eight national league titles and, combined with national and international cups, a total of 28 trophies in nine years, and became the backbone of the Mexico national football teamThe Mexico national football team the Tricolores or Tri for short- is the national team of Mexico and is controlled by the Federacion Mexicana de Futbol Asociacion. For most of the area's history, but especially in the 1990s they dominated the other CONCA that would go to the World Cup. Many of the players of those days became legendary.

With the advent of the 70's a Dark Ages of sorts came to the club, and fans had to wait until the 82-83 season to return to a Final, which was, appropriately, lost. In 1983-84 the Final was lost again, but finally in 1986-87 came the ninth title.

In the beginning of the 90's, the club was plagued by financial problems and a group known as "Promotora" took charge, cleaning the finances and bringing fresh air to the organisation. The league calendar was changed to two tournaments per year. During that decade, the team lost another three Finals but won the Torneo de Verano (summer championship) in 1997, bringing its league championships to 10, the most of any team in Mexico. Their last Final was in the Clausura 2004, where they lost against UNAM PumasThe UNAM Pumas are a Mexican football team. They have won the Mexican league 4 times. The current coach of the team is the famous football player Hugo Sanchez. Pumas is the current Champion of the Mexican league, after winning the championship 2004 defeat in a penalty shootout.

The team is perhaps best known for the fact that they have only ever fielded Mexican players ( Athletic BilbaoAthletic Club de Bilbao are a Spanish football team from Bilbao in Vizcaya. The club, which was founded by British expatriates in 1898, currently plays in the Primera Division where they have resided since the formation of Spain's national league in 1928. in Spain and Deportivo SaprissaDeportivo Saprissa is a Costa Rican football club, currently playing in the Primera Division. The team is most notable for its policy of only fielding Costa Rican players, and its tremendous on-field success. Saprissas was founded July 16, 1935 by Roberto of Costa Rica, the latter owned by Chivas' current owner Jorge Vergara, are the only other clubs in the world to follow a similar policy), and the team itself is almost a synonym of what it means to be Mexican.

Beginning in 2005, C.D. Chivas USAClub Deportivo Chivas USA is a Major League Soccer franchise, due to begin operation in the 2005 MLS season. The club is owned by Jorge Vergara, also the owner of the Mexican club Chivas de Guadalajara and Deportivo Saprissa of Costa Rica. The team will p, which is also owned by Vergara, will begin play in Major League SoccerMajor League Soccer MLS is the highest level soccer league in the United States sanctioned by the professional division of the United States Soccer Federation (USSF or U. Soccer), a member of Federation Internationale de Football Association (FIFA). The q.