club de futbol monterrey

Club de Ftbol Monterrey, also known as Monterrey, is a Mexican professional football club from Monterrey, Nuevo Len, in the northeast of the country. The team is popularly known as the Rayados and was founded in 1945. Their chief rivals are the UANL Tigres.

Honours

Professional Era

League Championships: 2

Mxico 1986, Clausura 2003

League Runner-Up: 2

1992-93, Apertura 2004

Mexican Segunda Divisin Championships: 2

1955-56, 1959-60

Mexico Cup Championship: 1

1991

Mexican Champion of Champions: 1

1992

CONCACAF Cup Winners' Cup: 1

1993

History

At the end of World War II, a group of industrial businessmen headed by Enrique Ayala Medina, Paul C. Probert, Rogelio Cant Gmez and Miguel Margn Zozaya, decided to create the Club de Futbol Monterrey, S. A. de C.V., which would play its first seasons in the Parque de Bisbol Cuauhtmoc. In its first professional game, played August 19, 1945 against San Sebastin de Len, Monterrey won by a score of 1-0, with Jos "Che" Gmez scoring the winner. On March 1, 1986, the Rayados won their first league title in the return leg of a series against Tampico-Madero in the Estadio Tecnolgico, to win by an aggregrate 3-2. The goals were scored by Brazilian Reinaldo Geldini, and Mexican Francisco Javier "El Abuelo" Cruz, who finished the season as the league leader in goals. Monterrey won its most recent title in the Clausura 2003 tournament, when on June 14, 2003 they defeated Monarcas Morelia by an aggregate of 3-1. Since 1965, the home uniform consists of vertical blue and white striped jerseys with blue shorts. Their main rivals are the UANL Tigres.