C.F. Monterrey

C.F. Monterrey

The Club de Fútbol Monterrey is a Mexican football club from Monterrey, Nuevo León, and the current champion of the CONCACAF Champions League. Founded on June 28, 1945, it is the oldest active team in the professional division from the northern part of Mexico.

The club is owned by FEMSA, Latin America's largest bottling company. Home games are played in the Estadio Tecnológico in Monterrey, Mexico, a stadium shared with the college American football team Borregos Salvajes from the Monterrey Institute of Technology and Higher Education.

The club has enjoyed success in recent years, winning 4 league titles in 1986, 2003, 2009 and 2010; a Copa México in 1991, and the CONCACAF Champions League in 2011 and 2012. Because of its home uniform, the team is commonly known as the Rayados (the striped ones). Its oldest rival is the Tigres of the Autonomous University of Nuevo León, against whom the local derby is played every season. Monterrey has counted on notable international players, mainly from Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Spain, Uruguay and other locations in Africa and Europe.

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