Club Puebla

At the final game on 25 June 1945, Puebla faced one of the most important clubs in Mexico América. Puebla came out in the first minute with the intention of winning the cup. They found themselves up 3–0 in the 26th minute, with 2 goals by Eladio Vaschetto and one from Arturo Chávez. América scored its first goal at the 43rd minute courtesy of Vial. The first half ended 3–1. In the second half, América came out to prove their status as an important club and went on the offense. With América looking for goals, Puebla found open spaces but they could not take advantage. In the 61st minute Manolo Alarcón scored a goal for America, and 3 minutes later Nicoluau scored another goal, and at the 69th minute Scarone scored yet another, reducing the deficit to a single goal. It seemed that América could achieve a historic comeback. But Puebla was a team with a lot of character and knew how to respond to América's 3 goals. In the 71 minute the legendary forward Miguel López scored for Puebla, giving them a comfortable 5–3 lead. Two minutes later Vial scored América's 4th goal bringing back the deficit to one goal. The last goal in the memorable final came in the 78 minute when Lupe Velázquez scored Puebla's 6th goal, which closed that spectacular game.

1953 Copa México

During the 1952–53

In 1953 the club managed to obtain its second Copa México title and the last title they would win for almost 30 years. After the 1955–56 league tournament the club's then-owner Manuel Hidalgo was abandoned by the other owners, and was not able to sustain the club. In 1956 his request to the Mexican federation for the club to take a year hiatus to better their economic situation was discouraged; Hidalgo was told that if the club took time off, they would have to return in the second division. The club folded in 1956 due to the loss of its stadium, the Parque El Mirador, which burned down due to a torch that was thrown into the wooden ramps. The total losses were 300 thousand pesos, which took the club out of action for 8 years.

1960s

After numerous attempts, Manuel Sánchez Gomez, Leonardo Ortiz and Rafael Durá succeeded in reforming the stripe club, and Puebla returned to professional football. On 19 February 1964^[4] The federation allowed the club to take part of the 1964–65 second division league tournament. Donato Alonso was coach of that squad and formed it with second division players, amateur Puebla players and veteran 1950s players. The first game was played in the estadio Ignacio Zaragoza against Ciudad Victoria which ended in a 2–2 draw. Roberto Torres y Francisco Escamilla scored for Puebla. The first victory was against Texcoco with a score of 4–1 and the club remained undefeated for the next 15 rounds, until they fell 1–0 to Ciudad Victoria in Ciudad Victoria. Puebla finished 6 in this tournament.

Puebla played 6 years in second division from 1964 to 1970 until a promotional series between Unión de Curtidores, Club Deportivo Nacional and Naucalpan. Puebla won their 3 matches played in Olímpico Universitario. The third and final match of the series was played against Naucalpán with a score of 1–0 that granted Puebla the promotion to first division. Gervasio Quiroz score the only goal in that game. The scores of the three games were 2–2 against Unión de Curtidores, 1–0 against Naucalpan, and 1–0 against Club Deportivo Nacional.

1970s

The first game played in first division after almost 20 years was against América, coach by Francisco González Gatica puebla felt 2–0 in the Estadio Azteca. The first draw was a 1–1 against Pumas UNAM in c.u. Their first victory was against Cruz Azul in Estadio Cuauhtémoc with a score of 2–0. In this tournament, Puebla obtained 11 victories, 10 draws and loss 13, finishing with 43 points occupying the 11 position of 18 in the leagues competition. With 2 games left, Puebla was in serious trouble of being regulated so the club replaced coach Francisco González Gatica for the Spaniard Ángel Zubieta. He managed to win the last 2 games and maintain the category.

In the 1971–72^[5] tournament the club finished 7 in the standings but failed to classify for the play-offs because Monterrey y Guadalajara finished with the same points but had a greater goal differential.

In the 1972–73 tournament, the club started with a strong style of playing that had them in second place in the standings with 6 matches left in the tournament. But Puebla lost 5 of the last 6 games, finishing 10th overall and failed to qualify once again.

In the 1973–74 tournament Puebla finally managed to qualify for the quarter-finals, after finishing in 4th place overall with 13 victories, 14 draws and only 7 losses. In the quarters they faced Cruz Azul. The away game ended in a 1–1 draw, but in the second match Cruz Azul beat Puebla with a score of 6–1, which eliminated them. Cruz Azul went on to win the final against Atlético Español.

In the 1975–76 tournament had a string of 11 games without a victory and the Puebla players received 25 red cards, Puebla was in danger of being relegated or forced to play a relegation match. Puebla avoided that scenario by finishing 18th overall and leaving that scenario to Atlante and Potosi who was relegation.

In the 1977–78 tournament Puebla once against had a terrible time and lost 20 games which once again put them in danger of relegation. But in the last round they managed to draw with Tigres in Monterrey and forced Atlas and Unión de Curtidores to contest relegation, with Unión de Curtidores who at the end was regulated to the second division. Silvio Fogel was the club's star player who scored 21 goals and help the club forget its relegation problems. Puebla finished 7th overall but failed to qualify for the play-offs, in the last round the club tied with América and combined with a win by Toluca, they missed the play-offs.

In the 1979–80 tournament the club finished 13 overall with 11 victories and 16 losses. So came to an end a decade where the club played mostly to avoid being relegated.

1980s

In the 1980–81 tournament the club finished 12 overall and obtained 37 points by means of 12 victories, 13 draws and 13 losses. The club scored 37 goals that tournament. In this tournament the Brazilian player Muricy Ramalho joined the club and scored 7 goals, becoming a player that would go down in history with the club. In this tournament, the club used the city as its badge.

In the 1981–82 tournament Puebla was placed in group 1, the club went on to finish 3rd^[6] with 41 points in 38 games played in which the club obtain 15 victories, 11 draws and 12 losses. The club scored 58 goals, but with all these points gained, the club still failed to qualify, finishing 10th in the league. Players who made up this squad were Moíses Camacho, Jesús Llangostera, Jesús Rico, Arturo Alvarez, Héctor Rosete, Miguel Angel Viveros, Fco. Thomsom, J. Benito Cucula, Carlos Gómez, Ignacio Ramirez (1 Goal), Juan Carlos Contreras, Jorge Saenz, Angel Ramos (2 goals), José Martínez Pirri (9 goals), Gustavo Béltran (5 goals), Juan

Manuel Rangel, Eusebio Martínez, Juan Manuel Asensi 11 goals, Juan Manuel Borbolla 7 goals, C. S. Idigoras 12 goals, Juan Alvarado 1 goal, Muricy Ramalho 11 goals and coached by Leonel Urbina.

1982–1983 title

At the start of the 1982 league championship, the few who believed Puebla could win included new coach Manuel Lapuente. Lapuente had played for Puebla for over five years and now had the chance to manage the club. He qualified the club with a record of 15 victories, 15 draws, and 8 defeats, for a total of 45 points with 53 goals for and 39 against. In the play-off they faced three clubs from Jalisco.^[7]

Their first opponent was

On 26 May 1988 Emilio Maurer acquired the club and his first action was to substitute coach Luis Enrique Fernández by Hugo Fernández. Hugo led the team to the 1988 league quarter-finals but was eliminated by America with a score of 6–2. For the 1988 Copa México, Puebla reinforced by signing Arturo Castañon, Wana Contreras, the Chilean defender Oscar Rojas and the forward Jorge Aravena. In the quarter-finals Puebla defeated Toluca in the Estadio Cuauhtémoc before more than 40 thousand fans in a night game that had not being played in Puebla for more than 3 years. In semi-finals, Puebla defeated Monterrey to advance to their fifth Copa México final, having won 2 and lost 2. In the final Puebla faced Cruz Azul. The first match ended with a 1–1 draw. Scoring for Puebla was the midfielder Marcelino Bernal, while Mojica scored the Cruz Azul goal. The second match ended with a 0–0 draw and Puebla was awarded the cup for the goal scored as visitant in the first match played in the Estadio Azteca. Puebla starting line up were Aguilar (goalkeeper), Torres, Gamal, Roberto Ruiz Esparza, Amador (Rosete) (defender), Marcelino Bernal, Cosío, Bartolotta (midfielders), Paúl Moreno, Ramos (Omar Mendiburu), Gustavo Moscoso (forwards).

Campeonismo 1989–90

In 1989 Lapuente led the club to a third place, finishing with 46 points by means of 17 victories, 12 draws and 9 losses, with 57 goals in favor and 42 against. In quarter-finals Puebla faced UAT. The first game was won by UAT by 3–1, while the second game was won by Puebla 3–1. In this way, the series ended even 4–4. However, Puebla advanced to quarter-finals because they had a better league standing than UAT In semi-finals Puebla faced Pumas UNAM. The first match finished tied 4–4. The second match was won by Puebla 4–2 in the Estadio Olímpico Universitario. In the final, Puebla faced

The 1992–93[10] championship marked the start of a difficult period in the club. The tournament started with problems with the Mexican Federation. The owner, Emilio Maurer Espinoza, was accused of irregularities in his administration and was stripped of the club and expelled from the league. That year Puebla finished 4th in group 2, with 43 points, and did not qualify.

In the 1993–94^[10] championship. Puebla finished third in group one with 34 points.

In the 1994–95 championship Puebla, after an irregular tournament, finishing in 3rd^[10] in group 3 with 40 points and managed to qualify to a knockout series against Veracruz. Puebla defeated Veracruz 1–0, but they were eliminated in quarter-finals by América with an overall score of 4–2.

In the 1995–96 championship Puebla changed owners and the brothers Abed came to power. The new owners had no respect for the club's history or tradition changing the club colors. That year was one of club's worst tournaments in Puebla's history and they finished in last place with 28 points by means of 6 victories, 10 draws, and 18 losses with 29 goals for and 54 against.

In 1997 Puebla welcomed the short tournament era in white an orange home kit, impulsed by the brothers Abed showing little interest in the club's tradition. Nonetheless, that tournament was a success and qualified to the quarter-finals after getting 31 points in group 2. In quarter-finals Puebla eliminated

After three years as owners of the club, the brothers Abed dismantled the club and sold it to Francisco Bernad Cid, who along with Francisco Regordosa made up the directors board. They brought back the traditional crest and colors. In that position, the coach Raúl Cárdenas did not ask for any players from the draft and brought five players from Yugoslavia which were a disappointment. This tournament was the worst in the club's history, with only 9 points in 2 victories, 3 draws, and 12 losses, with 13 goals in favor and 41 against. The club's lead scorer was Aleksandar Janjic with a couple of goals.

In the summer of 1999^[11] the story was not different from the prior years. Alfredo Tena took over as coach and brought some reinforcements as Martín Ubaldi, François Omam Biyik, Rubén Ruiz Díaz, and Miguel Pardeza. Puebla did not improve, and Tena was replaced by José Mari Bakero as coach. The team played worse, and in the last round, they tied against Monterrey and were relegated to the second division for the second time since 1964 when the club was formed. The numbers were 3 victories, 4 ties and 10 losses, with 15 goals for and 30 against, for a total of 13 points.

Unión de Curtidores purchase

When everyone thought that Puebla would play in second division, during the league's draft, the sale was announced of

Álvaro González winning the goal scoring title with 15. In quarter-finals they would face Pumas Morelos

, winning that series with a score of 4–3.

They advanced and faced

Álvaro González, and Carlos Casartelli for Dorados. The second game was played on Sunday 26 May 2007, in a packed Estadio Cuauhtémoc, with over 50000 fans, which the club later would be cited for being over-capacity.^[16]

Puebla defeated Dorados with a score of 3–2,

Álvaro González

scored 2 goals in the '8, and in the '45 Hugo Ruiz scored the second in the '26. Scoring for the Dorados were Mario Padilla and Lucas Silva. The promotion had finally come, after 2 years of first division absence.

Players who took part of this achievement in 2007 were:

Álvaro González, Jorge Damián el ruso Zamogilny and the captain Joaquín Velázquez

.

In the 2007 Apertura

Mateo Figoli

and Juan Quiroga. The starting line up: were Lupe "La Pantera Rosa",

Mateo Figoli

.

At the end off the Apertura 2007, Puebla FC was once again involved in scandal. Then a Mexican newspaper company stated that the club had been sold to a Brazilian businessman, Aurelio Almeida, owner of the Brazilian club Real Brazil. A day after this came to surface, owner Francisco Bernat held a conference where he stated that the club had not being sold, claiming that his signature had been forged. After weeks of speculations, it was on 21 November when it was decided that the contract and signatures were not valid.

In the 2008 Clausura,

Tiburones Rojos in Veracruz. In the 16th round the club officially avoided regulation after Veracruz had lost to Pumas UNAM. In the last game played in Puebla, the club faced Atlante

and drew 2–2, which kept them out of the play-off that year.

In the 2008 Apertura

Álvaro González and Joaquín Velázquez from the club, with the excuse of not attending a psychic reading

by his personal psychic Mama Tona. At the end of the tournament, both players were released, and weeks later, Mario Carrillo was replaced once again by José Luis Sánchez Solá.

In the Clausura 2009,[19] Puebla started out the off season by signing veteran players Daniel Osorno and Duilio Davino along with foreign players Ramón Núñez and Alejandro Acosta. The club started off the season by first falling 4–0 to Monterrey, in Monterrey, which concerned the fans and the owners. However, the players quickly adapted to their new teammates and went on to lose only one match in their next 10 matches. They finished the tournament with 26 points by means of 7 wins 6 draws and 6 losses. The club qualified to the quarterfinals for the first time since 2001 and faced Monterrey in their first match. Having Monterrey beat 4–0 in the first game of the tournament, no one gave Puebla a chance, but in the first match, Puebla surprised everyone by winning 3–1^[20] goals by Gerardo Galindo 4' (own goal), Alejandro Acosta in the 6' and Sergio Pérez in the 56', Humberto Suazo scored Monterrey's only goal in the 48'. In the second game held in the Estadio Tecnológico in Monterrey, the clubs drew a 2–2 draw, with a final score of 5–3 advancing Puebla to face Pumas in The semi-finals. In the first game played in a jam-packed Estadio Cuauhtémoc in Puebla, Puebla fell 2–1 in a last-minute goal scored by Marco Antonio Palacios. In the second game played in the Estadio Olímpico Universitario, Puebla came out strong scoring the 2 goals that would advance them to the finals but in the minute 89' Darío Verón scored for Pumas. The game ended in a 2–1^[21] victory for Puebla, but the final score was a 3–3 draw, which advance Pumas to the finals where they would eventually defeat Pachuca.

At the end of the tournament, having finished 5th overall along with

CONCACAF Champions League which was its own domestic tournament.^[22]

In the Apertura 2009,

Estadio Azul; the game ended in a 3–2 victory for Cruz Azul, where once again controversy occurred, when Cruz Azul scored its first goal that was a clear offside. Cruz Azul advanced and eventually made it to the final, which they lost to Monterrey

. And so it came to an end, with Puebla having qualified to 2 consecutive playoffs, not since the 1991–1992 tournament.

At the start of the 2010 year,

Estudiantes Tecos scored 3 consecutive goals and so qualifying to the 2010 Copa Libertadores

.

In the

Estudiantes Tecos on the road. The club would not fair to good having the 2nd worst defense in the league but tied third for the best offense, finishing 13 overall with a record of 5 wins 4 draws losing 8, a scoring 28 goals allowing 31 for a total of 19 points. Herculez Gomez led the club as well as the league in goals scored with ten. That tally earned him the goal scoring title in a tie with Javier Hernández. However, Herculez Gomez

had scored his 10 goals in fewer minutes played than the other two, scoring 6 of his goals coming in as a substitute.

A crisis came into the club with owner Ricardo Henaine, until he resigned, this caused the ninth spell of manager

José Luis Sánchez Solá

as puebla manager.

Crest

The first crest worn by the club was simply the city's

Copa México in 1945 and then in 1953. The club used this crest from 1944 to 1971. In 1972, the club introduced a new crest, the first one specifically designed for the team, featuring the now traditional sash. The club used this crest from 1974 to 1980. In 1981, the club used a commemorative crest celebrating the 450 anniversary of the city's foundation. In 1982, when the club obtained its first league title, the crest featured a simple blue football

with the club's name at the top and the country's name at the bottom. In 1983, the club started using the first design of the now traditional crest which has the club's name with a sash running from left to right inside a blue shield. The club used this crest design from 1983 to 1994. Initially it featured one star to represent the 1983 league title, but in 1990 an additional star was added to represent their second league title, obtained that year. In 1995, after the club changed ownership, the new administration changed the club's crest to a more simple design that featured the blue sash, with a new club's name at the top left La Franja (The Sash), a football at the bottom right, and two crowns at the top representing the two league titles. In 1996, the management changed the club's identifying color to orange, changing also the sash color in the crest. In 1998, after another change in ownership, the new administration reverted the color to blue and the crest to the pre-1995 design, although in a more stylized way. In 2016, a new crest was introduced due to legal problems related to the ownership of the brand and crest. The new crest featured a round design with elements taken from the city's coat of arms. In 2018 the current crest design was introduced, which features a modernized look of the 1983 design, after the resolution of the legal troubles that forced the change in 2016. The club has also used various commemorative crests celebrating anniversaries of the club's foundation.

• 
  Crest used from 1983 to 1990
• 
  Crest used from 1990 to 1994
• 
  Crest used from 1994 to 1995
• 
  Crest used from 1995 to 1998
• 
  Crest used from 1998 to 2017
• 
  Crest used from 2017 to 2018
• 
  Current Crest

Honours

Primera División Champions (2): 1982–83, 1989–90 Runner-up (2): 1944–45, 1991–92 Ascenso MX Champions (2): 1970, 2006–07 Runners-up: 2005–06 Copa MX Champions (5): 1944–45, 1952–53, 1987–88, 1989–90, Clausura 2015 Runner-up (2): 1971–72, Apertura 2014 Supercopa MX Champions: 2015 Campeón de Campeones Champions: 1990 Runners-up (3): 1945, 1953, 1988

International CONCACAF Champions' Cup Champions: 1991 Copa Interamericana Runners-up: 1991 Friendly Copa Manuel Hidalgo Champions: 1953 Copa Independencia Champions: 2006 Copa Heroica Puebla Champions: 2008 Copa Amistad Champions: 2009 Torneo Cuna Del Futbol Pachuca Champions: 2013 Trofeo Ciudad de Marbella Runners-up: 1981[25]

Torneo Cuna Del Futbol Pachuca

• Champions: 2013

Rivalries

Main article: El Clásico Del Sur

El Clásico Del Sur

Puebla had a long-standing rivalry with

Veracruz

, named El Clásico Del Sur, which is Southern Mexico's rivalry series. This regional rivalry dates back to the amateur era from the early 1930s, before both clubs had been admitted into the professional division in 1944.

In all Puebla and

Copa México. Puebla has the best record with 30 wins 15 draws and 23 losses with 108 goals scored and has allowed 97. Jorge Comas has the most goals scored in this derby with 8 followed by Puebla's Silvio Fogel

with 7.

In 2019, Veracruz faced economic issues and was later disaffiliated with the Liga MX, effectively dissolving the team and making the rivalry dormant.[26]

El Clásico Poblano

Puebla has also enjoyed another rivalry, with the other local football team in the city, Lobos BUAP, called El Clasico Poblano. Lobos had been in the second division of Mexico, and for that reason, they have not had that many encounters, until Lobos BUAP got promoted to Liga MX. The first Clasico Poblano in Liga MX was played on November 17, 2017, and was won by Lobos BUAP, which won 1-0 at Puebla. Prior to that, Puebla had not lost a Clasico Poblano. Their last official match was in the Liga MX Spring ‘19 season, at BUAP, which Puebla won 3-0.

In 2019, Lobos BUAP faced financial difficulty, and as a result, the team had to fold.

The team which would eventually be known as Bravos de Ciudad Juarez

bought the franchise, effectively giving Juarez a spot in Liga MX and leaving Puebla without a rival team.

Records & Statistics

Main article:

List of Puebla F.C. Records & Statistics

All time statistics from all tournaments and league divisions in which the club has taken part in the Mexican Football Federation and the CONCACAF since 1944.

Season to season

Season Division League Cup 1943–44 No participation No participation K.O Stage 1944–45 1st Division 2 Champion 1945–46 1st Division 3 Quarter-finals 1946–47 1st Division 4 Semi-finals 1947–48 1st Division 3 Quarter-finals 1948–49 1st Division 4 K.O Stage 1949–50 1st Division 7 K.O Stage 1950–51 1st Division 7 K.O Stage 1951–52 1st Division 8 Runner-up 1952–53 1st Division 6 Champion 1953–54 1st Division 3 Quarter-finals 1954–55 1st Division 8 K.O Stage 1955–56 1st Division 13 K.O Stage 1956–1963 no participation No participation No participation 1964–65 2nd Division 4 Quarter-finals 1965–66 2nd Division 4 K.O Stage 1966–67 2nd Division 4 K.O Stage 1967–68 2nd Division 5 K.O Stage 1968–69 2nd Division 3 Runner-up 1969–70 2nd Division 9 Runner-up 1970–71 1st Division 11 K.O Stage 1971–72 1st Division 6 Runner-up 1972–73 1st Division 8 not held 1973–74 1st Division 4 not held 1974–75 1st Division 9 not held 1975–76 1st Division 18 not held 1976–77 1st Division 10 not held 1977–78 1st Division 18 not held 1978–79 1st Division 7 not held 1979–80 1st Division 13 not held 1980–81 1st Division 11 not held 1981–82 1st Division 8 not held 1982–83 1st Division Champion not held 1983–84 1st Division 13 not held 1984–85 1st Division 10 not held Mexico 86 1st Division 1 not held Prode 85 1st Division 2 not held 1986–87 1st Division 6 not held 1987–88 1st Division 10 Champion 1988–89 1st Division 1 K.O Stage 1989–90 1st Division Champion Champion 1990–91 1st Division Semi-finals K.O Stage 1991–92 1st Division Final Quarter-finals 1992–93 1st Division 9 not held 1993–94 1st Division 14 not held 1994–95 1st Division Quarter-finals no participation 1995–96 1st Division 18 K.O Stage

Season Division Place Cup Invierno 96 1st Division Semi-finals not held Verano 97 1st Division 13 not held Invierno 97 1st Division 13 not held Verano 98 1st Division Round of 16 not held Invierno 98 1st Division 18 not held Verano 99 1st Division Relegated not held Invierno 99 1st Division 12 not held Verano 00 1st Division Quarter-finals not held Invierno 00 1st Division 16 not held Verano 01 1st Division Semi-finals not held Invierno 01 1st Division 10 not held Verano 02 1st Division 18 not held Apertura 02 1st Division 16 not held Clausura 03 1st Division 19 not held Apertura 03 1st Division 15 not held Clausura 04 1st Division 16 not held Apertura 04 1st Division 12 not held Clausura 05 1st Division Relegated not held Apertura 05 Primera A Champion not held Clausura 06 Primera A 20 not held Apertura 06 Primera A Champion not held Clausura 07 Primera A Promoted not held Apertura 07 1st Division 14 Not Held Clausura 08 1st Division 11 Not Held Apertura 08 1st Division 18 Not Held Clausura 09 1st Division Semi-finals Not Held Apertura 09 1st Division Quarter-finals Not Held Bicentenario 10 1st Division 13 Not Held Apertura 10 1st Division 13 Not Held Clausura 11 1st Division 14 Not Held Apertura 11 1st Division 12 Not Held Clausura 12 1st Division 12 Not Held Apertura 12 1st Division 16 K.O Stage Clausura 13 1st Division 12 Semi-finals Apertura 13 1st Division 13 K.O Stage Clausura 14 1st Division 16 K.O Stage Apertura 14 1st Division 15 Runner-up Clausura 15 1st Division 14 Champion Apertura 15 1st Division Quarter-finals K.O Stage Clausura 16 1st Division 12 *Copa Libertadores Apertura 16 1st Division 12 K.O Stage Clausura 17 1st Division 18 Semi-finals Apertura 17 1st Division 15 K.O Stage Clausura 18 1st Division 10 K.O Stage Apertura 18 1st Division 12 Round of 16 Clausura 19 1st Division 10 Quarter-finals Apertura 19 1st Division 18 Group stage

Season Division Place Cup Clausura 20 1st Division 10 Group stage Guardianes 20 1st Division Quarter-finals Group stage Guardianes 21 1st Division Semi-finals Not Held Grita Mexico 21 1st Division Quarter-finals Not Held Grita Mexico 22 1st Division Quarter-finals Not Held Apertura 22 1st Division Quarter-finals Not Held Clausura 23 1st Division Round of 16 Not Held Apertura 23 1st Division Quarter-finals Not Held

• During the Clausura 2016, Puebla did not play the Domestic Copa MX instead played the Copa Libertadores .

Return of Copa México 2012

Season	Pyramid Level	Apertura Pts	Playoffs 1	Clausura Pts	Playoffs 2	A. Cup 2012	CONCACAF	C. Cup 2013
2012–13	1st Division	13	Did not qualify	12	Did not qualify	Group Stage	Did not qualify	Semifinals

Overall Record

Tournament	GP	W	D	L	GS	GA	DIF	PTS	Cups
Mexican Primera División	1708	586	503	619	2368	2436	−68	1778	2
Segunda División de México	192	92	51	47	322	199	+123	239	0
Copa México	136	55	39	42	233	201'	+32	152	5
Supercopa MX	1	1	0	0	1	0	+1	3	1
Primera A	72	33	17	22	117	87	+30	114	2
CONCACAF Champions League	6	3	1	2	8	3	+5	7	1
InterLiga	4	2	0	2	9	6	+3	6	0
Campeón de Campeones	3	0	0	3	2	9	−7	n\a	1
North American SuperLiga	3	2	0	1	5	3	+2	6	0
Copa Interamericana	2	0	0	2	2	7	−5	n\a	0
Leagues Cup	2	0	1	1	1	5	−4	1	0

• Has Played 6
  2nd Division
  Tournaments last in 1969.
• Has Played 4
  Primera A
  Tournaments last in 2007.
• Has Played 65
  Mexican Primera División
  Tournaments last in 2011.

All time top goalscorers

Since the 1950s, when

Veracruz. Ricardo Alvarez

left a record of 86 goals in 125 games through a career that spanned 5 years. Half a century later, the name of "La Changa" Alvarez is still the best goal scorer ever in the history of Puebla FC in first division. Even with the club's constancy in first division, playing a total of 54 championships, no other player has reached Alvarez's number of goals scored and only one player has obtained the league goal scoring title in 1996.

It was the Spanish

Carlos Muñoz

placed himself in the list of the best goal scorers in the club's history but still far from the 86 scored by Ricardo Alvarez. Two players were close to beat Alvarez's record:

Veracruz

.

All time Goal Leaders Position Player Goals Years *1 Ricardo Álvarez 87 1945–50 *2 Silvio Fogel 84 1975–83 *3 Carlos Poblete 83 1986–96 *4 Álvaro González 75 2006–10 *5 Jorge Aravena 66 1988–91 *6 Guadalupe Velásquez 61 1943–49 *7 Matias Alustiza 64 2012-16 *8 Muricy Ramalho 57 1979–85 *9 Paul Rene Moreno 45 1982-89 *10 Carlos Muñoz 33 1996–98

Goal Scoring Champions Year Player Goals Tournament 1944–45 Ricardo Álvarez 15 Copa México 1952–53 Edwin Cubero 10 Copa México 1972–73 Rafael Borja 5 Copa México 1987–88 Daniel Bartolotta 5 Copa México 1987–88 Jorge Aravena 5 Copa México Invierno 1996 Carlos Muñoz 15 Primera División Apertura 2006 Álvaro González 19 Primera A Clausura 2007 Álvaro González 22 Primera A Clausura 2010 Herculez Gomez 10 Primera División

Personnel

Management

Position	Staff
Chairman	Manuel Jiménez García
General Director	Gabriel Saucedo Torres
Director of football	Vacant
Director of football development	Carlos Poblete
Director of academy	Albert Espigares
Director of insitutional relations	Juan Manuel Vega

Source: Liga MX

Coaching staff

Position	Staff
Manager	Andrés Carevic
Assistant managers	Mario Acosta
	Luis Miguel Noriega
	Isaac Moreno
Goalkeeper coach	Ignacio Sánchez
Fitness coaches	Mariano Filippi
	Erik Roqueta
Physiotherapists	Sebastián Giavino
	Jesús Romero
Team doctor	Arturo Alcalde

Players

First-team squad

As of 1 July 2023^[27][28]

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player 1 DF  MEX Fernando Navarro 2 DF  BRA Gustavo Ferrareis 3 DF  PAR Sebastián Olmedo 4 DF  MEX Efraín Orona 5 DF  MEX Diego de Buen 6 MF  MEX Pablo González 7 MF  MEX Daniel Álvarez 9 FW  CAN Lucas Cavallini 11 MF  ARG Gabriel Carabajal (on loan from Santos) 12 MF  URU Facundo Waller 13 DF  MEX Ivo Vázquez 14 MF  URU Lucas de los Santos 16 MF  MEX Alberto Herrera 17 FW  PER Santiago Ormeño (on loan from Guadalajara) 18 MF  MEX Luis García

No. Pos. Nation Player 19 FW  MEX Ángel Robles 20 MF  COL Kevin Velasco (on loan from Deportivo Cali) 21 DF  URU Gastón Silva 22 MF  MEX Carlos Baltazar 23 MF  MEX Daniel Aguilar 24 MF  MEX Diego Zago 25 GK  MEX Miguel Fraga 26 DF  COL Brayan Angulo 27 FW  MEX Miguel Sansores (on loan from Mazatlán) 28 FW  MEX Martín Barragán 29 FW  MEX Emiliano García 30 GK  MEX Jesús Rodríguez 31 GK  MEX Juan Pablo Gómez 32 MF  BRA Vinícius Côrtes

For recent transfers, see List of Mexican football transfers summer 2023.

Out on loan

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player — GK  MEX Daniel Espinosa (at Atlético Morelia) — DF  URU Emanuel Gularte (at Querétaro)

No. Pos. Nation Player — FW  MEX Samuel González (at Cancún)

Reserve teams

Main article:

Puebla Reserves and Academy

Managers

• Isidro Lángara (1952–54)
• Carlito Peters (1977)
• Juan Ricardo Faccio (1977–78)
• Manuel Lapuente (1978–84)
• Hugo Fernández (1985–87)
• Pedro García Barros
  (1988–89)
• Manuel Lapuente (1988–93)
• Ignacio Trelles (1990–91)
• Jorge Vieira (1990–92)
• Muricy Ramalho (1993)
• Alfredo Tena (1993–95)
• Hugo Fernández (1995–96)
• Aníbal Ruiz (1996–97)
• Julio González
  (1997–98)
• Alfredo Tena (1 January 1999 – 5 April 1999)
• José Mari Bakero (1 July 1999 – 27 September 1999)
• Miguel Mejía Barón (2000)
• Mario Carrillo (16 September 2000 – 31 December 2001)
• Tomás Boy (1 January 2002 – 25 March 2002)
• Alejandro Domínguez (interim) (6 April 2002 – 12 April 2002)
• Tomás Boy (interim) (25 April 2002 – 30 June 2002)
• Ignacio Ambríz (1 July 2002 – 30 June 2003)
• Víctor Vucetich (16 September 2002 – 3 March 2003)
• Hugo Fernández (2003)
• Mario Carrillo (1 July 2003 – 31 December 2003)
• Roberto Saporiti (18 March 2005 – 30 June 2005)
• Jorge Aravena
  (1 July 2005 – 31 December 2005)
• César Luis Menotti (2006)
• José Luis Sánchez
  (1 July 2006 – 16 September 2008)
• Mario Carrillo (17 September 2008 – 31 December 2008)
• José Luis Sánchez
  (1 January 2009 – 23 August 2010)
• Eduardo Fentanes (24 August 2010 – 13 September 2010)
• José Luis Trejo (14 September 2010 – 15 February 2011)
• Héctor Hugo Eugui (15 February 2011 – 30 June 2011)
• Sergio Bueno (1 July 2011 – 31 December 2011)
• Juan Carlos Osorio (1 January 2012 – 21 March 2012)
• Daniel Bartolotta (21 March 2012 – 18 August 2012)
• Daniel Guzman (20 August 2012 – 30 October 2012)
• Carlos Poblete (30 October 2012 – 31 December 2012)
• Manuel Lapuente (1 January 2013 – 14 August 2013)
• Rubén Omar Romano (14 August 2013 – 24 August 2014)
• José Luis Sánchez
  (25 August 2014, 30 June 2014)
• José Guadalupe Cruz (8 December 2014 – 18 May 2015)
• Pablo Marini (30 May 2015 – 18 April 2016)
• Ricardo Valiño (19 April 2016 – 30 January 2017)
• José Cardozo (30 January 2017 – 30 July 2017)
• Rafael García
  (1 August 2017 – 18 October 2017)
• Enrique Meza (20 October 2017 – 3 February 2019)
• José Luis Sánchez
  (6 February 2019 – 17 August 2019)
• Juan Reynoso
  (25 August 2019 – 5 December 2020)
• Nicolás Larcamón (10 December 2020 – 9 November 2022)
• Eduardo Arce (18 November 2022 – 24 August 2023)
• Ricardo Carbajal (25 August 2023 – 24 February 2024)
• Fernando Aristeguieta (Interim) (25 February 2024 – 11 March 2024)
• Andrés Carevic (12 March 2024 – Present)

Footnotes

1. ^ "Estadio Cuauhtémoc – StadiumDB.com".
2. ^ Puebla FC cambiará de escudo y de nombre; se llamará Club Puebla, Diario Cambio, 11 May 2016
3. ^ Clubs participation in 1915
4. ^ ^{a b} Carlos Moreno. "Articole club's history from 1944–1969" (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 8 July 2011.
5. ^ Carlos Moreno. "Articole club's history from 1970s" (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 8 July 2011.
6. ^ "1981 season" (in Spanish). Blogspot by Carlos Morenastats from 1981. Archived from the original on 8 July 2011.
7. ^ "1982 champion". Archived from the original on 8 July 2011.
8. ^ "1989 champion". Archived from the original on 8 July 2011. Retrieved 8 September 2009.
9. ^ "1990 copa mexico". YouTube. Archived from the original on 20 April 2016. Retrieved 28 November 2016.
10. ^ ^{a b c} Moreno, Carlos. "Clubs stats and starting line up from 1992–1995" (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 8 July 2011.
11. ^ Carlos Moreno. "Clubs stats and starting line up from 1998–1999" (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 10 December 2010.
12. ^ Carlos Moreno. "Clubs stats and Unión de Curtidores purchase from 1999–2000" (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 10 December 2010.
13. ^ Carlos Moreno. "Clubs stats and starting line up from 2004–2005" (in Spanish).
14. ^ 2006 primera A champion
15. ^ ^{a b} Carlos Moreno. "Clubs stats and starting line up from 2007–2008" (in Spanish).
16. ^ 2007 promotion final
17. ^ Carlos Moreno. "Clubs stats and starting line up from Apertura 2009 2008" (in Spanish).
18. ^ Carlos Moreno. "Clubs stats and starting line up from Apertura 2008" (in Spanish). Retrieved 18 June 2008.
19. ^ "Clubs stats and starting line up from Clausura 2009". Medio tiempo stats. Archived from the original on 11 April 2009.
20. ^ "Youtube video puebla vs Monterrey 2009 match". YouTube (in Spanish).
21. ^ "Youtube video puebla vs pumas 2009 match". YouTube (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 12 December 2021.
22. ^ "Article where Pueblas involvement in the Copa Sudamerica is mentioned" (in Spanish). Retrieved 1 July 2009.
23. ^ Carlos Moreno. "Clubs stats and starting line up from Clausura 2008" (in Spanish).
24. ^ "Clubs stats and starting line up from the Bicentenario 2020" (in Spanish). Retrieved 1 January 2010.
25. ^ "Stats from all the Trofeo Ciudad de Marbella tournaments. All time Standings list from 1902".
26. ^ "LIGA MX - Página Oficial de la Liga Mexicana del Fútbol Profesional".
27. ^ "LIGA MX - Página Oficial de la Liga Mexicana del Fútbol Profesional".
28. ^ "León anuncia la llegada de Omar Fernández como refuerzo". ESPN. 9 June 2021. Retrieved 18 June 2021.

External links

• Official Website
• Puebla F.C. at Soccerway