Club Tijuana

Tijuana
Full nameClub Tijuana Xoloitzcuintles de Caliente
Nickname(s)Los Xolos[1]
El Xolaje (The Xolos-Crowd in Mexican Spanish)
La Jauría[2] (The Pack)
FoundedJanuary 14, 2007; 17 years ago (2007-01-14)
GroundEstadio Caliente
Tijuana, Baja California, Mexico
Capacity29,333
OwnerGrupo Caliente
ChairmanJorge Hank Inzunsa
ManagerJuan Carlos Osorio
LeagueLiga MX
Clausura 2023Regular phase: 15th
Final phase: Did not qualify
WebsiteClub website
Current season

Club Tijuana Xoloitzcuintles de Caliente, commonly known as Tijuana, or simply as Xolos, is a Mexican professional football club based in Tijuana, Baja California, that competes in Liga MX. The team plays its home games at the Estadio Caliente.[3][4] The club was founded on 14 January 2007 as Club Tijuana Xoloitzcuintles de Caliente. The club's badge is the founder's (Jorge Hank) hairless xoloitzcuintle, Hermoso.[5]

After winning the 2010 Apertura Tournament of the Mexican Promotion League, the club obtained the right to play in the promotion final against C.D. Irapuato, which it defeated to obtain promotion to play the 2011 Apertura Tournament. The team won the first title in its history in the 2012 Apertura Tournament of Liga MX.[6][7]

  1. ^ "Liga MX: Know the Teams". 2 July 2021.
  2. ^ "Liga MX 101: The terms you need to know". 17 January 2018.
  3. ^ "Tijuana".
  4. ^ "LIGA MX - Página Oficial de la Liga Mexicana del Fútbol Profesional".
  5. ^ "The Legend Behind the Badge: Xolos de Tijuana". Alfalfa Studio. 2019-07-17. Retrieved 2022-04-25.
  6. ^ "Xolos, campeones del Apertura 2012". 12 February 2012.
  7. ^ "¡Historia de Éxitos!".