Pumas UNAM
| Full name | Club Universidad Nacional, A.C. | |||
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| Nicknames | Pumas Universitarios (Collegiates) Universidad (University) Auriazules (Gold-and-Blues) El equipo del Pedregal (The Pedregal Team) | |||
| Short name | UNAM, PUM | |||
| Founded | 2 August 1954 (as Club Deportivo Universidad) | |||
| Ground | Estadio Olímpico Universitario Coyoacán, Mexico City | |||
| Capacity | 72,000 | |||
| Owner | UNAM | |||
| Chairman | Luis Raúl González Pérez | |||
| Head coach | Efraín Juárez | |||
| League | Liga MX | |||
| Apertura 2025 | Regular phase: 10th Final phase: Play-in round | |||
| Website | pumas.mx | |||
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Club Universidad Nacional, A.C., simply known as Pumas UNAM or Pumas, is a Mexican professional football club based in Mexico City. It competes in Liga MX, the top division of Mexican football, and plays its home matches at the Estadio Olímpico Universitario. Founded in 1954 as Club Deportivo Universidad, the club represents the Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (English: National Autonomous University of Mexico). It is one of the most popular Mexican clubs and also considered one of the commonly called Cuatro Grandes (English: Big Four of Mexico). Pumas UNAM is one of seven Mexican clubs that have never been relegated.
Domestically, Pumas UNAM has won 7 Liga MX titles, one Copa MX and two Campeón de Campeones. Internationally, it has won 3 CONCACAF Champions Cup titles and one Copa Interamericana.
The club has a long-standing rivalry with Club América in the derbi capitalino. Their chant is, “¡Goya! ¡Goya! Cachún, Cachún, ¡Ra! ¡Ra!” 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.