C.F. Pachuca (women)

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 that competes in the Liga MX Femenil. The club has been the women's section of C.F. Pachuca since 2016.[3] The team plays its home games at the Estadio Hidalgo.

This article is about the women's association football team. For the men's association football club, see C.F. Pachuca.
Pachuca Femenil
Full nameClub de Fútbol Pachuca Femenil
Nickname(s)Las Tuzas[1]
Founded2016 (2016)
GroundEstadio Hidalgo,
Pachuca, Hidalgo, Mexico
Capacity30,000[2]
OwnerGrupo Pachuca
ChairmanArmando Martínez Patiño
ManagerJuan Carlos Cacho
LeagueLiga MX Femenil
Clausura 20235th (runners-up)
WebsiteClub website

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]

Pachuca Femenil players celebrating by holding the 2017 Copa MX Femenil
Pachuca Femenil players Karla Nieto and Fátima Arellano holding the 2017 Copa MX Femenil trophy.

Previous to the inaugural season of the Liga MX Femenil in the second half of 2017, Pachuca and other 11 teams participated in a preparation tournament organized by the Mexican Football Federation called the Copa MX Femenil.[7] During this tournament, Pachuca went undefeated and ended up winning the tournament by beating 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 ended up having a successful Apertura 2017 tournament by finishing the regular phase of the tournament in the 5th place of the general standings, classifying to the liguilla semi-finals. In the semi-finals Pachuca defeated favorites Tigres with an aggregate score of 4–3 to reach the final against Chivas. Pachuca ended up losing 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 of the team to take the position of sporting director of the club in late 2020. During her tenure, 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 of 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 and 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 end up losing the final once again against Chivas, with 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 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 again during the Clausura 2022 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.[4]

Grounds
Interior view of Estadio Hidalgo
Interior view of Estadio Hidalgo.

Estadio Hidalgo serves as the home ground of Pachuca Femenil. The first match that Pachuca played at this stadium was the Liga MX Femenil inaugural match against Pumas during the Apertura 2017 tournament.[9]

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 Pavillion 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
Position Staff
ChairmanMexico Armando Martinez Patino
Sporting directorMexico Alan Calleja

Coaching staff
Position Staff
ManagerMexico Juan Carlos Cacho
Assistant managerMexico Oscar Fernando Torres
Fitness coachArgentina Gastón Gualandra
Team doctorMexico Adriana Vivanco
Team doctor assistantMexico Fabiola Santander

Managerial history
Name Years
Mexico Eva Espejo2017–2020
Spain Toña Is2021
Mexico Jaime Correa2021
Mexico Octavio Valdez2022
Mexico Juan Carlos Cacho2022–present

Players

Current squad

As of 31 August 2023[22]

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 GK Mexico MEX Esthefanny Barreras
2 DF Mexico MEX Fernanda Canseco
3 DF Mexico MEX Janelly Farías
4 DF Nigeria NGA Osinachi Ohale
5 MF United States USA Vanessa Millsaps
6 MF Mexico MEX Karla Nieto
7 MF Mexico MEX Alice Soto
8 MF Costa Rica CRC Priscila Chinchilla
9 FW Mexico MEX Charlyn Corral
10 FW Spain ESP Jennifer Hermoso
11 MF Mexico MEX Mónica Ocampo (captain)
12 DF Mexico MEX Sofía Martínez
13 DF Mexico MEX Alexandra Godínez
14 MF Mexico MEX Nailea Vidrio
15 DF Mexico MEX Selene Cortés
No. Pos. Nation Player
16 DF Mexico MEX Vanessa Sánchez
17 DF Mexico MEX Yanín Madrid
18 MF Mexico MEX Blanky Serrano
19 DF Mexico MEX Giselle Espinoza
20 MF Mexico MEX Tamara Romero
21 MF Argentina ARG Nina Nicosia
22 DF Mexico MEX Valeria Miranda
23 GK Mexico MEX Paola Manrique
25 MF Panama PAN Marta Cox
27 MF United States USA Ella Sanchez
28 MF Mexico MEX Julia Valadez
29 FW Mexico MEX Elliana Ramirez
30 FW Mexico MEX Viridiana Salazar
33 GK Mexico MEX Stefani Jiménez
34 DF Mexico MEX Karen Díaz

Honours

National competitions
  • Copa MX Femenil

References
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