Pumas Soccer Team
Club Universidad Nacional,
also known as Universidad, UNAM, or Pumas, is a Mexican professional
football club. UNAM plays in the Primera División de
México. The club has won the Mexican league five times.
Pumas is the current Champion of the Mexican
league, and the only team to become back-to-back champion
in short tournaments. The team won the Clausura 2004 tournament
in June, 2004 by defeating Guadalajara and the Apertura 2004
tournament in December of the same year by defeating Monterrey
playing as visitors. Their home ground is the Estadio Olímpico
Universitario, which was the setting for the 1968 Summer Olympics.
The team enjoys wide support from Mexican youth,
especially from UNAM students and alumni. The club has developed
intense rivalries with América, Cruz Azul and Chivas.
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