C.F. Pachuca (women) explained

Nickname:Las Tuzas[1]
Owner:Grupo Pachuca
Ground:Estadio Hidalgo,
Pachuca, Hidalgo, Mexico
Capacity:30,000[2]
Clubname:Pachuca Femenil
Fullname:Club de Fútbol Pachuca Femenil
Chrtitle:Chairman
Chairman:Armando Martínez Patiño
Manager:Oscar Fernando Torres
League:Liga MX Femenil
Season:Clausura 2024
Position:2nd (semi-finals)
Website:https://tuzos.com.mx/webtuzos/2022/
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Club de Fútbol Pachuca Femenil, commonly known as Pachuca Femenil or simply Pachuca, is a Mexican professional women's football club based in Pachuca, Hidalgo, Mexico. The team competes in the Liga MX Femenil and has been the women's section of C.F. Pachuca since 2016.[3] Estadio Hidalgo serves as the venue for the team home matches.

Pachuca Femenil is one of the most competitive teams in Liga MX Femenil, having reached the league final in three occasions, but without winning any of them.[4] Pachuca was also the first women's football team in Mexico to win an official tournament when they won the now defunct Copa MX Femenil in 2017.[5]

History

Founding and first title

Club de Fútbol Pachuca Femenil was founded on 5 December 2016, the same day that Liga MX Femenil was announced to the public. Eva Espejo was appointed by the club as the first manager of the team in history in early 2017.[6] Prior to the inaugural season of the Liga MX Femenil in the second half of 2017, Pachuca and 11 other teams participated in a preparation tournament organized by the Mexican Football Federation called the Copa MX Femenil.[7] during this competition, Pachuca went undefeated and emerged as the champions by defeating Tijuana in the final with a 9–1 score. By winning this tournament, Pachuca became the first women's football team in Mexico to win an official tournament.[8]

First league tournament

Pachuca inaugurated Liga MX Femenil by playing the league's first match in history on 28 July 2017 against Pumas at Estadio Hidalgo as part of the Apertura 2017 tournament. The match ended in a 3–0 victory in favor of Pachuca.[9]

Pachuca would end up having a successful Apertura 2017 tournament by finishing the regular phase of the tournament in the 5th place in the general standings, classifying to the liguilla semi-finals. In the semi-finals, Pachuca defeated favorites Tigres with a 4–3 aggregate score to reach the final against Chivas. Pachuca ultimately lost the final to Chivas with a 2–3 aggregate score.[10]

2020 to present

After more than three years at the helm, Eva Espejo decided to step down as manager to take the position of sporting director of the club in late 2020. During her tenure as manager, Espejo led Pachuca to its first title and league final.[11] As sporting director, Espejo appointed Spanish manager Toña Is as her successor.[12]

In April 2022, Juan Carlos Cacho was appointed as manager of the team near the end of the regular phase of the Clausura 2022 tournament after the previous manager, Octavio Valdez, was dismissed by the club due to indiscipline.[13] [14] Cachos's appointment as manager was the fourth time the club had appointed a manager since Eva Espejo step down as manager in December 2020. Under Cacho, the team had rough patch in the final games of the regular phase of the Clausura 2022, but it was able to recover to have a successful run to the final in the liguilla phase, eliminating favorites América and Monterrey in the quarter-finals and semi-finals respectively.[15] [16] Pachuca once again lost the final against Chivas with a 4–3 aggregate score.[17]

Ahead of the Apertura 2022 tournament, Pachuca made the surprising signing of Spanish international player, Jenni Hermoso, who was previously at Barcelona.[18] Hermoso signing with Pachuca was considered by commentators to be a sign of the grow of Liga MX Femenil and women's football in Mexico in a relatively short period of time, as foreign players were allow to play in the league for the first time a year prior to Hermoso's arrival to Pachuca.[19]

With Hermoso and Charlyn Corral, Pachuca returned to a league final once more during the Clausura 2023 tournament. During this tournament, Pachuca broke the league's record of goals scored during the regular season of a tournament by scoring 53 goals, with 38 of the 53 goals being scored by Hermoso (18) and Corral (20).[20] Pachuca finished the regular phase of the tournament in the 5th place, three points away from the top of the table. In the liguilla, Pachuca beat Chivas and Monterrey in the quarter-finals and semi-finals to play the final against Club América. Pachuca once again ended up falling short in the final, losing to América by a 4–2 aggregate score.

Grounds

Estadio Hidalgo serves as the home venus of Pachuca Femenil. The first match played by Pachuca at this stadium was the Liga MX Femenil inaugural match against Pumas during the Apertura 2017 tournament.

Additionally, Pachuca Femenil also has an exclusive training facility, which is located within the larger C.F. Pachuca training complex. This facility, named the Malena Patiño Pavilion in honor of the mother of Grupo Pachuca's president, Jesús Martínez, was inaugurated in 2018 and it was the first training facility in Mexico built exclusively for a women's football team.[21]

Personnel

Club administration

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Chairman Armando Martinez Patino
Sporting director Alan Calleja

Coaching staff

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Manager Oscar Fernando Torres
Assistant managers Liliana Godoy
Sergio Santana
Fitness coach Gastón Gualandra
Team doctor Adriana Vivanco
Team doctor assistant Fabiola Santander

Managerial history

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Eva Espejo2017–2020
Toña Is2021
Jaime Correa2021
Octavio Valdez2022
Juan Carlos Cacho2022–2023
Oscar Fernando Torres2024–

Players

Current squad

As of 4 July 2024[22]

Honours

National competitions

Notes and References

  1. http://tuzos.com.mx/t1516/jornada-2-en-el-torneo-de-copa-de-la-ligamx-femenil-tuzas-6-2-morelia/
  2. Web site: Estadio Hidalgo, el huracán que se lleva todo a su paso. Medio Tiempo. es. 18 July 2019. 11 April 2021.
  3. Web site: 2016-12-06 . México tendrá Liga MX femenil a partir de 2017 . 2023-07-04 . El Financiero . es.
  4. Web site: Guzmán . Marcel . 2023-06-05 . Maldición Tuza: El Pachuca pierde su tercera final en la Liga MX Femenil . 2023-07-04 . ClaroSports . es-MX.
  5. Web site: g.carrillo . 2017-05-06 . Pachuca, primer Campeón del futbol Femenil . 2023-07-04 . Record.com.mx . es.
  6. Web site: 2021-12-21 . ¿Quién es Eva Espejo, la primera entrenadora en ganar el título de Liga MX Femenil? . 2023-07-19 . ESPNdeportes.com . es.
  7. Web site: 2017-04-25 . Realizarán sorteo para Copa MX Femenil . 2023-07-19 . ESPNdeportes.com . es.
  8. Web site: g.carrillo . 2017-05-06 . Pachuca, primer Campeón del futbol Femenil . 2023-07-19 . Record.com.mx . es.
  9. Web site: Giraudi . Matias . 2020-07-28 . Fiesta pa' ellas . 2023-08-24 . www.oncediario.com . es-ES.
  10. Web site: 2017-11-25 . Chivas, primer campeón de la Liga MX Femenil . 2023-08-24 . ESPNdeportes.com . es.
  11. Web site: 2021-06-10 . Relación entre Pachuca y Eva Espejo llega a su fin; será DT de Rayadas . 2023-09-08 . es-MX.
  12. Web site: Collazo . Jonathan . 2020-12-15 . Entrenadora campeona del Mundo ve a Liga MX Femenil al nivel de España . 2023-09-08 . Mediotiempo . es.
  13. Web site: Sorpresa en la Liga MX Femenil: Pachuca destituye a Octavio Valdez . 2023-09-08 . El Universal . es.
  14. Web site: Torres . Mauricio . 2022-04-11 . Juan Carlos Cacho es nuevo entrenador de Tuzas . 2023-09-08 . Diario AS . es-mx.
  15. Web site: Univision . Con golazo de Charlyn Corral, Pachuca vence y elimina al América en la Liga MX Femenil . 2023-09-08 . TUDN . spanish.
  16. Web site: 2022-05-17 . Así se jugará la Gran Final de la Liga BBVA MX Femenil . 2023-09-08 . Azteca Deportes . es.
  17. Web site: OnceDiario . Final Félix . 2023-09-08 . www.oncediario.com . es-ES.
  18. Web site: 2022-06-21 . Oficial: Jennifer Hermoso es fichada por el Pachuca Femenil . 2023-09-08 . ESPNdeportes.com . es.
  19. Web site: Rupinski . Eugene . 2022-06-21 . Jenni Hermoso signs with Pachuca . 2023-09-08 . FMF State Of Mind . en.
  20. Web site: OnceDiario . Tarde histórica . 2023-09-15 . www.oncediario.com . es-ES.
  21. Web site: ESTO . 2018-06-01 . Inauguran en Pachuca en Pabellón Malena Patiño . 2023-09-15 . ESTO . es.
  22. Web site: LIGA MX Femenil – Página Oficial de la Liga Mexicana del Fútbol Profesional . www.ligafemenil.mx.