C.D. Guadalajara

Also known as Chivas del Guadalajara, CD Guadalajara, Las Chivas, Campeonísimo, Club Deportivo Guadalajara

Mexican association football club

Key facts

Full name: Club Deportivo Guadalajara S.A. de C.V.
Nicknames: Chivas (Goats), Chivas Rayadas (Striped Goats, Rebaño Sagrado (Sacred Herd), Rojiblancos (Red and Whites), Campeonísimo
Short name: GDL, CHI
Founded: 8 May 1906 ; 120 years ago ( 1906-05-08 ) , ( as Unión Football Club )
Ground: Estadio Akron , Zapopan , Jalisco
Capacity: 48,071
Owner: Grupo Omnilife
President: Amaury Vergara
Head coach: Gabriel Milito
League: Liga MX
Clausura 2026: Regular phase: 2nd, Final phase: Semifinals
Website: chivasdecorazon.com.mx

Article

Current season

Club Deportivo Guadalajara S.A de C.V., simplified as CD Guadalajara, and also known as Chivas de Guadalajara, is a Mexican professional football club based in the Guadalajara metropolitan area, Jalisco. The club competes in Liga MX, the top division of Mexican football, and plays its home matches at Estadio Akron. Founded in 1906 as Unión Football Club, the club changed its name to Guadalajara Football Club in 1908, and then changed to its current name in 1923. Nicknamed Chivas, it was one of ten founding members of the first professional and national league in Mexico, named Liga Mayor (current Liga MX). Guadalajara is one of seven Mexican clubs that have never been relegated.