2009 Club Atlas season

Atlas

Full name	Fútbol Club Atlas
Nickname(s)	Zorros (Foxes) Los Rojinegros (The Red-blacks) La Academia (The Academy) Niños Catedráticos(Cathedral Children) Furia Rojinegra (Red and black fury)
Founded	August 15, 1916
Ground	Jalisco, Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico
Ground Capacity	56,700
Manager	Ricardo La Volpe
League	Primera División
Home colours Away colours Third colours

F.C. Atlas debuted the Apertura 2009 on July 25, 2009, with a 1-0 win over Pumas.

Summer Transfers

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

No. Position Player 7 MF Gerardo Espinoza (Loan return from Atlante) 27 DF Omar Trujillo (Loan from Morelia) 10 FW Daniel Osorno (Loan from Puebla) 14 DF Mario Pérez (Loan from Necaxa) 29 DF Mario Méndez (Loan from Toluca) 18 MF Miguel Zepeda (Loan from Santos Laguna) 7 FW Daniel Rios (From Toluca) 1 GK Mariano Barbosa (From River Plate)

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

No. Position Player 11 FW Bruno Marioni (Loan to Estudiantes) 7 MF Jorge Hernández (Loan to Morelia) -- MF Gregorio Torres (Loan to Pachuca) 17 FW Jorge Achucarro (Released) -- DF Christian Sánchez (Loan to Santos Laguna) -- DF Jaime Durán (Loan return to Morelia) 8 MF Lucas Ayala (Loan return to Tigres)

Current roster

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

No. Position Player 1 GK Mariano Barbosa 2 DF Ismael Fuentes 3 DF Néstor Vidrio 4 DF Luis Robles 5 DF Ricardo Jiménez 6 MF Gerardo Espinoza 7 FW Daniel Ríos 8 DF Jorge Torres Nilo 9 FW Gonzalo Vargas 10 MF Darío Bottinelli 11 FW Daniel Osorno 12 GK José Francisco Canales 14 DF Mario Pérez 15 MF Jesus Arturo Paganoni 16 DF Hugo Ayala (captain)

No. Position Player 17 DF Alonso Zamora 18 MF Miguel Zepeda 19 MF Saul Villalobos 20 FW Hebert Alférez 21 MF Sergio Vizcarra 22 MF Edgar Pacheco 23 DF Eduardo Rergis 24 GK Alejandro Gallardo 25 MF Carlos Alberto Gutiérrez 26 FW Flavio Santos 27 DF Omar Trujillo 28 MF Diego Campos 29 DF Mario Méndez 30 DF Dárvin Chávez 34 GK Florencio Morán

Statistics

Nat	No	Player	Pos	Starts	Apps	G	A
	2	Ismael Fuentes	DF	9	9	2	0	6	0
	3	Néstor Vidrio	DF	5	6	0	0	1	0
	4	Luis Robles	DF	9	9	0	0	1	0
	5	Ricardo Jiménez de Alba	DF	1	1	0	0	0	0
	6	Gerardo Espinoza	MF	8	11	2	0	3	0
	7	Daniel Ríos	FW	2	6	0	0	0	0
	8	Jorge Torres Nilo	DF	5	8	0	1	1	1
	9	Gonzalo Vargas	FW	7	9	0	0	2	0
	10	Dario Botinelli	MF	6	7	0	2	5	0
	11	Daniel Osorno	FW	11	11	0	3	2	0
	14	Mario Pérez	DF	1	6	0	1	0	0
	15	Jesus Arturo Paganoni	MF	0	0	0	0	0	0
	16	Hugo Ayala	DF	11	11	0	0	2	0
	18	Miguel Zepeda	MF	3	6	0	0	0	0
	20	Herbert Alferez	FW	2	4	0	0	1	0
	22	Edgar Ivan Pacheco	MF	8	8	2	1	1	0
	23	Eduardo Rergis	DF	0	0	0	0	0	0
	27	Omar Trujillo	DF	0	3	0	0	0	0
	28	Diego Campos	DF	0	1	0	0	0	0
	29	Mario Méndez	DF	11	11	0	0	3	0
	30	Darvin Chavez	DF	10	10	0	0	5	1
	43	Christian Diaz	DF	0	2	0	0	0	0

Goalkeepers

Nat	No	Player	Pos	Starts	Apps	GA	GAA	CS
	1	Mariano Barbosa	GK	4	4	4	1.0	1	1	0
	12	Jose Francisco Canales	GK	1	1	3	3.0	0	0	0

Mexican Apertura 2009

Atlas debuted the Apertura 2009 with a 1-0 victory over Pumas. Atlas showed a great performance in the first half. At the 45' minute marked the first goal of the game and season for Atlas, scored by Edgar Ivan Pacheco with a header, assisted by a long pass from Daniel Osorno. Apertura 2009 will be coached by Ricardo La Volpe.

Jornada 2, Atlas visited Monterrey. A poor performance by Atlas led them to lose to Monterrey 3-0. Goals scored by Monterrey were an own goal by Edgar Pacheco, Sergio Santana, and Humberto Suazo. Atlas' defense left many open spots in the defense which led Monterrey to shoot many shots. Canales was a huge factor in Monterrey's third, in which he came out and ended up leaving the goal, open.

Jornada 3, Atlas at home takes a 2-1 victory over Santos. Atlas with a much better improvements from last week. On Atlas' side, Ismael Fuentes scored the first on a corner, passed by Dario Botinelli. Gerardo Espinoza scored a very well goal. Dario Botinelli with a long pass for Daniel Osorno who makes a fast run for the ball and then re-passes the ball into the area where Espinoza gets the ball and shoots into the far angle of the goal. For Santos, Juan Carlos Mosqueda scored, but it wasn't enough for Atlas won.

Jornada 4, Atlas loses against the home team America. Atlas showed some poor performances on the defense. Now starting to show in need of a forward. Cabanas scored first for Club América with a very good goal, with errors by Hugo Ayala and Luis Robles. Atlas tied the game with a corner by Edgar Pacheco and Fuentes scores with a hard header and injures himself by bumping his head into Mosquera's head. Second Half, America again taking the lead. After a shot bounced off the crossbar, Beausejour picks up the ball and scores on Barbosa with a weak shot. Atlas had chances to score like a shot by Botinelli in which goalkeeper Guillermo Ochoa blocks and hits the crossbar. Another good opportunity by Pacheco which hits the crossbar as well.

Jornada 5, Atlas takes a loss at home against Morelia, 2-0. Sabah scored 2 goals for Morelia. Atlas, who showed great work on the field, but made few mistakes in which Morelia capitalized in.

Jornada 6, Atlas takes an away tie, 1-1 with Indios. It was a well-deserved result. Both sides gave their all and Pacheco scored a header, assisted by Mario Pérez. Indios scored a penalty, which was kicked by Edwin Santibanez.

Group standings

Group 1

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Toluca	6	4	0	2	14	11	+3	12
2	Atlas	6	2	1	3	5	9	−4	7
3	San Luis	5	1	3	1	6	4	+2	6
4	Guadalajara	5	1	1	3	9	12	−3	4
5	Querétaro	6	0	2	4	5	13	−8	2
6	Ciudad Juárez	5	0	2	3	1	8	−7	2

Top 3 Goalscorers

Rank	Player	Club	Goals
1	Ismael Fuentes	Atlas	2
1	Edgar Pacheco	Atlas	2
2	Gerardo Espinoza	Atlas	1