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 Pumas UNAM

Full name Club Universidad Nacional, A.C.
  • Club Universidad Nacional, A.C., often simply known as U.N.A.M. and their nickname Pumas, is a Mexican professional football club based in Mexico City.
  • Founded in 1954 as Club Deportivo Universidad, the club represents the National Autonomous University of Mexico (U.N.A.M.) and plays its home games at the Estadio Olímpico Universitario inside Ciudad Universitaria.
  • Domestically, Universidad Nacional has won 11 trophies: 7 Liga MX, 1 Copa MX, the Campeón de Campeones twice, as well as 1 Segunda División de México.
  • In international club football, the club has won 3 CONCACAF Champions Cups and 1 Copa Interamericana. The club has a long-standing rivalry with América in the derbi capitalino.
  • The club is one of the most popular clubs in Mexico.
  • Alongside in-city rivals, América, Cruz Azul and Guadalajara are considered to be the Cuatro Grandes in Liga MX.
  • The team is also known for its youth development system, which has produced international players such as Hugo Sánchez, Manuel Negrete, Luis Flores, Miguel España, Claudio Suárez, Luis García, Alberto García Aspe, David Patiño, Jorge Campos, Braulio Luna, Gerardo Torrado, Francisco Fonseca, Efraín Juárez, Héctor Moreno, Pablo Barrera, Israel Castro, Eduardo Herrera and Jesús Gallardo.
Nickname(s) Pumas (Cougars)
Los Universitarios (The Collegiates)
La Universidad (The University)
Los Felinos (The Felines)
Auriazules (Gold-and-Blues)
Los de Pedregal (The Guys from Pedregal)
Short name UNAM
Founded 2 August 1954; 69 years ago
as Club Deportivo Universidad
Ground Estadio Olímpico Universitario
Capacity 58,445
Owner UNAM
Chairman Leopoldo Silva Gutiérrez
Manager Andrés Lillini
League Liga MX
Clausura 2022 11th
(Reclassification)