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{{short description|Association football club in Mexico City, Mexico}}
{{About|the men's professional association football team|the women's team associated to the same club|Pumas UNAM (women)|the American football team|Pumas CU}}
{{Distinguish|Pumas UNAH|UNAM F.C.}}
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{{Infobox football club
| clubname   = Club Universidad Nacional
| current    = 2024–25 Club Universidad Nacional season
| image      = Club Universidad Nacional logo.svg
| fullname   = Club Universidad Nacional, A.C.<ref name="Nacional">{{Cite web|url=https://pumas.mx/noticias/2018/06/01/el-club-universidad-nacional,-informa/|title=El Club Universidad Nacional, informa|website=Pumas.mx|access-date=2020-07-08|archive-date=2020-11-09|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201109004137/https://pumas.mx/noticias/2018/06/01/el-club-universidad-nacional,-informa/|url-status=dead}}</ref>
| nickname   = ''Pumas''<br>''Universitarios'' (Collegiates)<br>''Universidad'' (University)<br>''Auriazules'' (Gold-and-Blues)<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.sportingnews.com/ca/soccer/news/pumas-sign-erick-cubo-torres-from-houston-dynamo/16k4vm2liws0m1hry77bt6s7q5|title=Pumas sign Erick|website=www.sportingnews.com|date=25 January 2018 }}</ref><br>''El equipo del Pedregal'' (The Pedregal Team)<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://bolavip.com/concacaf/Pumas-que-fue-de-la-vida-de-Saul-Berjon-20200805-0112.html|title=Pumas: ¿qué fue de la vida de Saúl Berjón?|work=Bolavip |date=5 August 2020 }}</ref> 
| short name = UNAM, PUM
| founded    = {{start date and age|1954|8|2|df=y}}<br>(''as Club Deportivo Universidad'')<ref>{{cite web|title=Club Universidad, 61 años de historia|url=https://www.fundacionunam.org.mx/cancha-puma/club-universidad-61-anos-de-historia/|access-date=22 July 2020|language=Spanish}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.facebook.com/PumasMx/posts/2272513709445256 |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/iarchive/facebook/120174188012563/2272513709445256 |archive-date=2022-02-26 |url-access=limited|title=Pumas MX|website=www.facebook.com}}{{cbignore}}</ref>
| ground     = [[Estadio Olímpico Universitario]]<br>[[Coyoacán]], [[Mexico City]]
| capacity   = 72,000<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://ligamx.net/cancha/club/18/pumas|title=Liga MX - Página Oficial de la Liga Mexicana del Fútbol Profesional|website=ligamx.net}}</ref>
| owner = [[National Autonomous University of Mexico|UNAM]]
| chairman   = Luis Raúl González Pérez
| mgrtitle = Head coach
| manager    = [[Efraín Juárez]]
| website    = {{url|http://www.pumas.mx/|pumas.mx}}
| league     = [[Liga MX]]
| season     = [[2025–26 Liga MX season#Torneo Apertura|Apertura 2025]]
| position   = Regular phase: 10th<br>Final phase: Play-in round 
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'''Club Universidad Nacional, A.C.''', simply known as '''Pumas UNAM''' or '''Pumas''', is a Mexican professional [[Association football|football]] club based in [[Mexico City]]. It competes in [[Liga MX]], the top division of [[Mexican football league system|Mexican football]], and plays its home matches at the [[Estadio Olímpico Universitario]]. Founded in 1954 as Club Deportivo Universidad, the club represents the [[National Autonomous University of Mexico|Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México]] ({{Langx|en|National Autonomous University of Mexico}}). It is one of the most popular Mexican clubs and also considered one of the commonly called ''[[Big Four (Mexico)|Cuatro Grandes]]'' ({{Langx|en|Big Four of Mexico}}).<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.espn.com/soccer/liga-bancomer/22/blog/post/3568071/a-beginners-guide-to-watching-liga-mx|title=How to watch Liga MX: A beginner's guide|date=July 18, 2018|website=ESPN.com}}</ref><ref name="auto">{{Cite web|url=https://www.espn.com/soccer/mexican-liga-mx/22/blog/post/3350894/liga-mx-terminology-what-you-need-to-know-to-follow-soccer-in-mexico|title=Liga MX 101: The terms you need to know|date=January 17, 2018|website=ESPN.com}}</ref> Pumas UNAM is one of seven clubs that have [[List of unrelegated association football clubs|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<ref>{{Cite web |date=2021-03-07 |title=About |url=https://www.concacaf.com/champions-league/about/ |access-date=2022-04-13 |website=Concacaf}}</ref> and one [[Copa Interamericana]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://pumas.mx/palmares-page/|title=Palmarés|access-date=2020-08-09|archive-date=2022-11-26|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221126061724/https://pumas.mx/palmares-page/|url-status=dead}}</ref> 

The club has a long-standing rivalry with Club América in the ''[[Clásico Capitalino|derbi capitalino]]''.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.espn.com/soccer/mexican-liga-mx/22/blog/post/3082192/pumas-vs-club-america-clasico-capitalino-everything-you-need-to-know|title = Pumas vs. America: What you need to know|date = 16 March 2017}}</ref>
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 Arias|Manuel Negrete]], [[Luis Flores (Mexican footballer)|Luis Flores]], [[Miguel España]], [[Claudio Suárez]], [[Luis García Postigo|Luis García]], [[Alberto García Aspe]], [[David Patiño]], [[Jorge Campos]], [[Braulio Luna]], [[Gerardo Torrado]],
[[Francisco Fonseca]],
[[Efraín Juárez]], [[Héctor Moreno (footballer)|Héctor Moreno]], [[Pablo Barrera]], [[Israel Castro]], [[Eduardo Herrera (footballer, born 1988)|Eduardo Herrera]] and [[Jesús Gallardo]].

==History==
The dean of the university, [[Luis Chico Goerne]], made the first attempt to affiliate a representative of [[UNAM]] with the top football Mexican championship of the day, filing a petition to join the Liga Mayor de Fútbol Professional del Distrito Federal. The petition was rejected in favor of {{Interlanguage link|Club Marte|es}} de Morelos. Therefore, Pumas played 13 years in Mexicos Liga De Ascenso.

By the 1940s, the dean [[Gustavo Baz Prada]] assigned the task to prepare the UNAM team to [[Rodolfo Muñoz|Rodolfo "Butch" Muñoz]], then player of [[Club España]]. The new manager formed its new team with members of the student body of the many schools and faculties of the university. The UNAM team joined many university tournaments, with successful results, and "Butch" Muñoz went on to manage the team for 13 years. This prepared the team to complete its later transition to professional status.

===Establishment: 1950s===
In August 1954, the Club Universidad was accepted as a member of the Segunda División, in those days the second tier division of professional football in Mexico. This achievement was accomplished with the support of the dean [[Nabor Carrillo]] and [[Guillermo Aguilar Alvarez Sr.]], a benefactor of the club. [[Aguilar Alvarez]] was appointed by the dean as the chairman of the club.

On September 12, 1954 [[UNAM]] played its first professional game, an away match against [[C.F. Monterrey|Monterrey]]. After competing for three years, Club Universidad requested a one-year moratorium in its competing in Segunda División play to undergo a programme rebuilding process. Within that year, [[Héctor Ortiz (footballer)|Hector Ortiz]] was appointed as the new manager of the club, and a Board of Patrons was formed.

===The promotion: 1960s===
Pumas UNAM realized its objective of promotion from Segunda División to Primera División when Club Universidad won the home-played promotion match on January 9, 1962, by defeating [[Club Cataluña de Torreón]], 9–1. The match ended, the students rushed the pitch, and honored its team by carrying them off the field on their shoulders—this was the first step towards the consolidation of the club.

The following day, dean [[Ignacio Chávez Sánchez]] congratulated the team when he met with them: Octavio Vial (manager), and players: [[Homero Villar]], [[Raúl Chanes]], [[José Antonio Rodríguez (football)|José Antonio "La Espátula" Rodríguez]], Roberto Cuevas, [[Rafael Ramirez Jimenez]], [[Alfredo Echávarri]], José Ruiz, Carlos Gutierrez, [[Alfredo Zenteno|Alfredo "Tito" Zenteno]], [[José Luis Ledezma|José Luis "El Chango" Ledezma]], [[Antonio Sámano]], Jorge Gaitán, [[Guillermo Vázquez Sr.]], [[José Luis González Dávila|José Luis González "La Calaca"]], [[Lorenzo Garcia]], [[Carlos Calderón de la Barca]], [[Manuel Rodríguez (football)|Manuel "Manolo" Rodríguez]], [[Edmundo Pérez|Edmundo "El Poli" Pérez]], and [[Gustavo Cuenca|Gustavo "El Gato" Cuenca]].

The team established itself in the Primera División, the Board of Patrons prepared for the continuation of the team's success by establishing youth system to develop new players.

===The legend begins: 1970s===
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After two years under the management of [[Alfonso Portugal|Alfonso "El Pescado" Portugal]], the Spaniard [[Ángel Zubieta]] took the reins of the team. This enabled the program to identify "foreign" reinforcements, but rely on promoting from the youth system.

The first half of the decade was marked by the arrival of three of the most important foreign players in the existence of the club; the Peruvian [[Juan José Muñante]], the Serbian [[Bora Milutinović|Velibor "Bora" Milutinović]], and the Brazilian [[Evanivaldo Castro|Cabinho]]. They arrived to join a solid base of native-players such as [[Miguel Mejía Barón]], [[Héctor Sanabria (footballer born 1945)|Héctor Sanabria]], Arturo Vázquez Ayala, [[José Luis López (Mexican footballer)|José Luis "Pareja" López]], and [[Leonardo Cuellar]]. In the second half of the decade those same players would give the club its first titles in the top division.

In 1975 the club adopted a new administration consisting of an independent civil association that helped the university to support the club. In the 1974–75 season, Universidad won the [[Copa México]] and the [[Campeón de Campeones]]. In the 1976–77 season, Club Universidad became league champion for the first time in its history. That championship was followed by two sub championships. The culmination of a successful decade for Club Universidad came with the debut of [[Hugo Sánchez]]. In 1978, Club Universidad would signed [[Ricardo Ferretti|Ricardo "Tuca" Ferretti]], a player that will prove to be vital for the team in the coming decade.

===Consolidation: 1980s===
In the 1980–81 season, Universidad won its second league championship. That season was also the last season [[Hugo Sánchez]] played for the club. In the following season, the Pumas won the [[CONCACAF]] Championship and the [[Interamerican Cup]].

This decade also marked the national recognition of the work performed by the club, and the revolutionary and dynamic style of play that helped Mexican football overall. For the 1986 [[FIFA World Cup]], the Mexican Football Federation appointed the manager of Universidad, [[Bora Milutinović|Velibor "Bora" Milutinović]] as the manager of the [[Mexico national football team]]. Milutinović called numerous Pumas and former Pumas to the nation team, including Hugo Sánchez, Félix Cruz Barbosa, Rafael Amador, [[Raúl Servín]], [[Miguel España]], [[Manuel Negrete Arias|Manuel Negrete]] and [[Luis Flores (Mexican footballer)|Luis Flores]]. This generation of players gave great satisfactions not only to the followers of Pumas, but also to the Mexican football fans.

===Ups and downs: 1990s===
The decade began with one of the most celebrated championships in club history, the 1990–91 League Championship against arch-rivals [[Club América]] - the memorable winning goal via free kick from [[Ricardo Ferretti|Ricardo "Tuca" Ferretti]]. This will be the last game of Ricardo "Tuca" Ferretti due to retirement as a professional player. A new generation of players arrived, including [[Luis García Postigo|Luis García]], [[Jorge Campos]], [[Claudio Suárez]], [[Antonio Sancho]], [[Israel López (footballer)|Israel López]], [[Braulio Luna]], [[Rafael García Torres|Rafael García]], [[Jaime Lozano]], and [[Gerardo Torrado]]. This decade is, however, considered one of the least successful in terms of championships and development of players. Towards the end of the decade, Hugo Sánchez became manager of the club for the first time.

===Success: 2000s===
In 2004, Sánchez led the Pumas to their first championship in thirteen years. The Pumas were able to retain the championship later that year, becoming the first team since the Mexican league was split into two seasons to win back-to-back championships. As of summer 2012, they remain the only team to achieve this feat. Along with two domestic titles, the Pumas were also able to win both the Campeon de Campeones.

In 2005, the Pumas reached the [[Copa Sudamericana]] final, where they lost to [[Boca Juniors]] in a penalty shoot out when [[Roberto Abbondanzieri]] controversially stopped a penalty after having been forgiven a red card for handling the ball outside the penalty box denying a Pumas player a clear chance on goal. Domestically, the Pumas struggled after their 2004 success and, by 2006, were facing the threat of relegation. Ricardo Ferretti was appointed as manager that year in an effort to lead Pumas away from the relegation zone. The stability and discipline that Ferretti brought to the team paid off as the Pumas climbed out of the relegation zone and reached a final in 2007 against [[Atlante F.C.|Atlante]], which they lost 2–1 on aggregate. In 2009, Ferretti once again led the Pumas to a final, this time being victorious against [[C.F. Pachuca|Pachuca]] in extra time to claim the team's sixth championship.

===Rejuvenating the Club: 2010s===
[[File:Xolos_vs_pumas-20.jpg|thumb|right|300px|Pumas UNAM squad previous to a match against [[Club Tijuana|Tijuana]] in April 2012.]]
In 2011, Pumas became champions of Clausura 2011 tournament, winning their seventh championship against [[Atlético Morelia|Monarcas Morelia]].

After hard times at the club after the sacking of [[Guillermo Vázquez (footballer)|Guillermo Vasquez]] as head coach in 2012, he was re-hired as head coach in 2014. In Apertura 2015, Pumas made it to the tournament final against [[Tigres UANL|Tigres U.A.N.L.]] Tigres won the first leg of the Final with a home win of 3–0. Then in the second leg of the final Pumas managed to tie the game on the global scoreboard at home 4–1. A penalty-shootout had to be done and Tigres won the championship 4–2 at a penalty-shootout. Thus, making Pumas unable to gain its 8th title. After the club's inability to make it to the play-offs in Clausura 2016 and failing to reach the semifinal for Copa Libertadores 2016 Guillermo Vasquez was once again sacked as head coach in May 2016.

At the end of May 2016, Pumas hired [[Francisco Palencia]] as head coach making Palencia debut as his first team to manage. Once again, in Apertura 2016 Pumas made it to the play-offs against Tigres for quarter finals. In the first leg with Pumas hosting the home game both teams tied 2-2. In the second leg Tigres hosting the home game, Tigres won 5–0. Thus, in the global scoreboard Pumas lost 7–2, and was not able to go further throughout the play-off stage.

In the Clausura 2017, Pumas had signed the Chilean forward [[Nicolás Castillo|Nicolas Castillo]] to give more firepower to the team's attack. He scored 8 goals the first 2 months of the season before he was injured and was out for the rest of the season. Pumas then had a great streak of games the first half of the season. Starting gaming Game 14 they lost 4 straight games and were not able to score a goal. With these results they finished in 17th place and were the worst defensive team having 30 goals against and Nicolas Castillo missing out on the top scorer award by 1 goal to [[Raúl Ruidíaz|Raul Ruidiaz]], of Monarcas Morelia who scored 9 goals.

In the Apertura 2017, many key players were sold or loaned out the loan, such as [[Alejandro Palacios]], and long time captain [[Darío Verón|Dario Veron]], all with the purpose to make room for new, young players.

===2020s===
In the 2020 Apertura, Pumas reached the final, losing to [[Club León|Club Leon]] on a 3-1 Aggregate with coach [[Andrés Lillini|Andres Lillini]] after sacking [[Míchel (footballer, born 1963)|Michel]] the season prior. In 2022, Pumas reached the [[2022 CONCACAF Champions League Final|Champions League Final]], losing to [[Major League Soccer]] side [[Seattle Sounders FC]] on aggregate. After a poor 2023 Apertura, Lillini was sacked and was replaced with [[Rafael Puente Jr.]] After a poor start to the 2023 Clasura, Puente Jr. was sacked on March 20, 2023, with Pumas hiring [[Antonio Mohamed|Antonio "Turco" Mohamed]] to replace Puente shortly after. Mohamed's time on the bench did not last long as he resigned shortly after Pumas' elimination in the semifinals of the [[Apertura 2023 Liga MX final phase|2023 Apertura]] to [[Tigres UANL|Tigres]].<ref>{{Cite web |date=2023-12-12 |title='Turco' Mohamed deja a Pumas por 'temas personales' |url=https://espndeportes.espn.com/futbol/mexico/nota/_/id/12984442/pumas-antonio-turco-mohamed-deja-el-equipo-liga-mx |access-date=2023-12-18 |website=ESPNdeportes.com |language=es}}</ref> [[Gustavo Lema|Gustavo Alberto Lema]], Mohamed's former assistant succeeded him<ref>{{Cite web |title=Liga MX: ¿Quién es Gustavo Lema, el nuevo director técnico de Pumas? |url=https://www.tudn.com/futbol/liga-mx/liga-mx-quien-es-gustavo-lema-nuevo-director-tecnico-pumas |access-date=2025-01-13 |website=www.tudn.com |language=es}}</ref> until he was replaced by former UNAM player, [[Efraín Juárez]] in March of 2025.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Pacheco |first=Enrique |date=March 6, 2025 |title=For the Love of Pumas Efrain Juarez Turned Down Offers from Brazil MLS and Liga MX. |url=https://www.soyfutbol.com/en/en/news/For-the-Love-of-Pumas-Efrain-Juarez-Turned-Down-Offers-from-Brazil-MLS-and-Liga-MX-20250306-0018.html}}</ref>

==Stadium==

Their home ground is the [[Estadio Olímpico Universitario]], the main venue of the [[1968 Summer Olympics]]. It has a seating capacity of over 72,000. The stadium is situated within the campus which enables easy access by the students. The Pumas have training facilities within the campus but their main complex is the [[Cantera]], located nearby.

==Rivalries==
[[File:Afición_Puma_en_el_estadio_Olímpico.jpg|thumb|right|250px|Puma Hobby in CU]]
Universidad has strong rivalries with Club América and Cruz Azul. These games are passionate and followed by the whole city. There is also a small but historical rivalry UNAM has with Leones Negros

===Clásico Capitalino===
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[[File:BarraPumas.jpg|thumb|250px|Pumas UNAM fans in a match against [[Club América]]]]

The rivalry with [[Club América]] began during the 1960s, when Universidad won its promotion to the top flight. Both clubs are located in [[Mexico City]], creating a natural geographic rivalry. A few years later Club América bought Pumas UNAM idol [[Enrique Borja]], even though the player had made a public statement that he did not want to be sold to Club América. In the 1980s the rivalry grew when Club América defeated Universidad twice in the league finals, both times with controversial refereeing decisions.{{citation needed|date=March 2011}} The 1990s began with a "victory" of the Pumas over their rivals in the league finals, although it was actually a tie; the first leg was lost 3–2, and only the second leg was a 1–0 win. The aggregate score was 3–3, but Pumas UNAM scored two goals as the visiting team, giving them the edge. A new generation of players from the youth system grew up hating their adversaries; this decade is also marked by the birth of Las Barras Bravas, who supported both sides but had a much longer background story of rivalry. This rivalry is often referred to as the most violent of Mexico, with security measures exceeding those of any other game.

===Pumas UNAM vs. Cruz Azul===
The rivalry with [[Cruz Azul]] comes out of the fact that both clubs are located in Mexico City, and they have played many important matches, including two league finals, recently the name of this game is the "Clásico Metropolitano” or “Derby central" because both teams were born in states that are in the central part of Mexico

===Clásico Universitario===
Pumas UNAM and [[Leones Negros UdeG|Leones Negros]] are old rivals. Both clubs are historical rivals due to both clubs being founded by rival universities. One major encounter these two clubs have had with each other was in the [[1976–77 Mexican Primera División season|1976-77 Primera División]] final, when Pumas UNAM beat Leones Negros to achieve their first title. But over the years the rivalry has died down due to the Leones Negros going through a state of decline and relegated to the [[Ascenso MX|Segunda División]].

==Support==
The most recent survey from 2021 placed the club as the 4th largest fan base in [[Mexico]], with 9,7% or 12 million supporters.<ref>https://www.goal.com/es/noticias/que-equipo-liga-mx-mas-aficion/10k1uv6jb23io12ld1vigwi45b (in Spanish).</ref>
Historically, it was the third most popular club in Mexico, only behind [[Club América]] and [[CD Guadalajara]], according to surveys conducted by Grupo Reforma and Consulta Mitofsky, from 2013 to 2015. However, considering the same polling sources, it fell to fourth in 2015, behind [[Cruz Azul]].<ref>http://gruporeforma.reforma.com/graficohtml5/cancha/enc_equipo_favorito/default.htm (in Spanish).</ref><ref>https://web.archive.org/web/20150723051718/http://www.record.com.mx/articulo/noticias/3211411/futbol+futbol-nacional+america/america-el-equipo-mas-popular-de-mexico (in Spanish).</ref>

===Barra Brava===
Pumas has 2 supporters' group ([[Barra brava|barra bravas]]), [[La Rebel]] and [[La Plus]].<ref>https://barrabrava.net/club/pumas/ (in Spanish).</ref>

==Colors==
The team's blue and gold colors were selected as a tribute to the [[University of Notre Dame]], whose football coaches helped to develop an American-style football team at the university. The nickname was inspired by Roberto 'Tapatio' Mendez, who coached the team from 1946 to 1964 and whose motivational speeches often compared his players to [[Cougar|pumas]]. The nickname stayed with the public, and all the athletic teams representing the university have been called Pumas.

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==Honours==
===Domestic===
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!Type
!Competition
!Titles 
!Winning years
!Runners-up
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|rowspan="3"|[[File:Flag of Mexico.svg|20px]]<br>'''Top division'''
!scope=col|[[Liga MX|Primera División/Liga MX]]
|'''7'''
|[[1976–77 Mexican Primera División season|1976–77]], [[1980–81 Mexican Primera División season|1980–81]], [[1990–91 Mexican Primera División season|1990–91]], [[Primera División de México Clausura 2004|Clausura 2004]], [[Primera División de México Apertura 2004|Apertura 2004]], [[Primera División de México Clausura 2009|Clausura 2009]], [[2010–11 Mexican Primera División season#Torneo Clausura|Clausura 2011]]
|[[1967–68 Mexican Primera División season|1966–68]], [[1977–78 Mexican Primera División season|1977–78]], [[1978–79 Mexican Primera División season|1978–79]], [[1984–85 Mexican Primera División season|1984–85]], [[1987–88 Mexican Primera División season|1987–88]], [[Primera División de México Apertura 2007|Apertura 2007]], [[2015–16 Liga MX season#Torneo Apertura|Apertura 2015]], [[2020–21 Liga MX season#Torneo Guardianes 2020|Guardianes 2020]]
|-
!scope=col|[[Copa MX|Copa México]]
|'''1'''
|[[1974–75 Copa México|1974–75]]
|–
|-
!scope=col|[[Campeón de Campeones]]
|'''2'''
|[[1975 Campeón de Campeones|1975]], [[2004 Campeón de Campeones|2004]]
|[[2005 Campeón de Campeones|2005]]
|-
|rowspan="3"|'''Promotion division'''
!scope=col|[[Liga Premier de México|Segunda División]]
|'''1'''
|[[1961–62 Mexican Segunda División season|1961–62]]
|–
|-
!scope=col|Copa México de Segunda División
|0
|–
|1960–61
|-
!scope=col|[[Liga Premier de México#Campeón de Campeones de Segunda División|Campeón de Campeones de Segunda División]]
|0
|–
|1962
|}

===International===
{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="font-size:95%; text-align: center;"
|-
!Type
!Competition
!Titles 
!Winning years
!Runners-up
|-
|rowspan="1"|'''Intercontinental [[CONCACAF]]<br>[[CONMEBOL]]'''
!scope=col|[[Copa Interamericana]]
|'''1'''
|[[1981 Copa Interamericana|1981]]
|[[1990 Copa Interamericana|1990]]
|-
|rowspan="1"|[[File:Concacaf logo.svg|20px]]<br>'''Continental [[CONCACAF]]'''
!scope=col|[[CONCACAF Champions Cup|CONCACAF Champions Cup/Champions League]]
|'''3'''
|[[1980 CONCACAF Champions' Cup|1980]], [[1982 CONCACAF Champions' Cup|1982]], [[1989 CONCACAF Champions' Cup|1989]]
|[[2005 CONCACAF Champions' Cup|2005]], [[2022 CONCACAF Champions League|2022]]
|-
|rowspan="1"|'''Continental [[CONMEBOL]]'''
!scope=col|[[Copa Sudamericana|CONMEBOL Sudamericana]]
|0
|–
|[[2005 Copa Sudamericana|2005]]
|}

===Friendly===
* '''Torneo Pentagonal Juan Fernández Albarrán''': 1969
* '''Torneo Cuadrangular de Agosto''': 1971<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.rsssf.org/tablesm/mex-aug71.html|title=Torneo Cuadrangular de Agosto 1971 (Ciudad de México)|website=www.rsssf.org}}</ref>
* '''Coors California Cup''': 1985<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.rsssf.org/tablesc/coors85.html|title = Coors California Cup 1985}}</ref>
* '''[[Copa Pachuca]]''': 1994<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.rsssf.org/tablesp/pachucacuna.html|title=Pachuca Cuna del Fútbol Méxicano|website=www.rsssf.org}}</ref>
* '''Copa Universidades de América''': 2000<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.rsssf.org/tablesu/univamerica00.html|title=Copa Universidades de América 2000|website=www.rsssf.org}}</ref>
* '''Dallas Cup''': 2001<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.rsssf.org/tablesd/dallascup.html|title=Dallas Cup|website=www.rsssf.org}}</ref>
* '''[[Trofeo Santiago Bernabéu]]''': 2004
* '''Copa Chiapas''': 2008<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.rsssf.org/tablesc/chiapas03.html|title=Copa Chiapas|website=www.rsssf.org}}</ref>
* '''Club International Tournament''': 2012
* '''Trofeo Reto del Sol''': 2012
* '''Cotton Bowl Tournament''': 2012<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.rsssf.org/tablesd/detcotton2012.html|title = Cotton Bowl 2012 – Detroit}}</ref>
* '''Copa Feria de León''': 2017

==Personnel==
===Current technical staff===
{| class=wikitable
|-
! Position
! Staff
|-
| Head coach 
|{{flagicon|MEX}} [[Efraín Juárez]]
|-
| Assistant coaches 
| {{flagicon|MEX}} [[Luis Ernesto Pérez]]<hr>{{flagicon|SPA}} Alex Larrea
|-
| Fitness coach
| {{flagicon|MEX}} Guillermo Hamdan
|-
| Goalkeeping coach 
| {{flagicon|MEX}} [[Odín Patiño]]
|-
| Physiotherapist 
| {{flagicon|ARG}} Gustavo González
|-
| Club doctors
| {{flagicon|MEX}} Luis Sánchez<hr>{{flagicon|MEX}} Eduardo Acosta
|}
{{refbegin}}
*Last updated: May 4, 2024
*Source:
{{refend}}

===Management===
{| class=wikitable
|-
! Position
! Staff
|-
| President 
| Luis Raúl González Pérez
|-
| Vice President of Sporting
| [[Antonio Sancho]]
|-
| Executive Vice President 
| Enrique Sánchez González
|-
| Sporting Director
| [[Carlos Gutiérrez (footballer, born 1977)|Carlos Gutiérrez]]
|-
| Director of Academy 
| [[Raúl Alpizar]]
|}
{{refbegin}}
*Last updated: 
*Source:<ref>{{cite web|url=https://pumas.mx/directorio|title=Directorio|website=Club Universidad Nacional|access-date=13 November 2023}}</ref>
{{refend}}

==Players==

===Current squad===
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{{Fs player|no=1|pos=GK|nat=CRC|name=[[Keylor Navas]]}}
{{Fs player|no=2|pos=DF|nat=MEX|name=[[Pablo Bennevendo]]}}
{{Fs player|no=5|pos=DF|nat=ESP|name=[[Rubén Duarte]]}}
{{Fs player|no=6|pos=DF|nat=BRA|name=[[Nathan Silva|Nathan]]}}
{{Fs player|no=7|pos=MF|nat=MEX|name=[[Rodrigo López (footballer, born 2001)|Rodrigo López]]}}
{{Fs player|no=8|pos=MF|nat=COL|name=[[José Caicedo]]}}
{{Fs player|no=9|pos=FW|nat=MEX|name=[[Guillermo Martínez (footballer)|Guillermo Martínez]]}}
{{Fs player|no=11|pos=FW|nat=MEX|name=[[José Juan Macías]]}}
{{Fs player|no=13|pos=DF|nat=MEX|name=[[Pablo Monroy]]}}
{{Fs player|no=15|pos=MF|nat=MEX|name=[[Ulises Rivas]]}}
{{Fs player|no=17|pos=MF|nat=MEX|name=[[Jorge Ruvalcaba]]}}
{{Fs player|no=20|pos=MF|nat=MEX|name=[[Santiago Trigos]]}}
{{Fs mid|bg=172442|color=E9A916}}
{{Fs player|no=22|pos=MF|nat=MEX|name=[[Alan Medina]]|other=on loan from [[Querétaro F.C.|Querétaro]]}}
{{Fs player|no=26|pos=MF|nat=MEX|name=Ángel Rico}}
{{Fs player|no=28|pos=MF|nat=PAN|name=[[Adalberto Carrasquilla]]}}
{{Fs player|no=30|pos=FW|nat=CAN|name=[[Santiago López (soccer, born 2005)|Santiago López]]}}
{{Fs player|no=35|pos=GK|nat=MEX|name=[[Pablo Lara (footballer)|Pablo Lara]]}}
{{Fs player|no=45|pos=MF|nat=ECU|name=[[Pedro Vite]]}}
{{Fs player|no=77|pos=DF|nat=COL|name=[[Álvaro Angulo]]}}
{{Fs player|no=|nat=MEX|pos=DF|name=[[Tony Leone (footballer)|Tony Leone]]|other=on loan from [[C.F. Monterrey|Monterrey]]}}
{{Fs player|no=|pos=DF|nat=MEX|name=[[Jesús Rivas (footballer)|Jesús Rivas]]}}
{{Fs player|no=|nat=MEX|name=[[Jordan Carrillo]]|pos=MF|other=on loan from [[Santos Laguna]]}}
{{Fs player|no=|nat=MEX|pos=MF|name=[[César Garza]]|other=on loan from [[C.F. Monterrey|Monterrey]]}}
{{Fs player|no=|nat=Brazil|pos=FW|name=[[Juninho (footballer, born 1996)|Juninho]]}}
{{Fs end|bg=172442|color=E9A916}}
{{For|recent transfers|List of Mexican football transfers summer 2025}}

===Out on loan===
{{Fs start|nonumber=|bg=172442|color=E9A916}}
{{Fs player|no=|pos=DF|nat=MEX|name=Alonso Rosales|other=at [[Cancún F.C.|Cancún]]}}
{{Fs player|no=|pos=MF|nat=MEX|name=Miguel Ángel Carreón|other=at [[Club America|America]]}}
{{Fs mid|nonumber=|bg=172442|color=E9A916}}
{{Fs player|no=|pos=MF|nat=PER|name=[[Piero Quispe]]|other=at [[Sydney FC|Sydney]]}}
{{Fs player|no=|pos=FW|nat=ARG|name=[[Leonardo Suárez]]|other=at [[Estudiantes de La Plata|Estudiantes]]}}
{{Fs end|nonumber=|bg=172442|color=E9A916}}

===Reserves and Academy===
{{Main|Club Universidad Nacional Reserves|l1=UNAM Cantera}}

===World Cup players===
The following players have represented their country at the [[FIFA World Cup|World Cup]] whilst playing for Pumas UNAM:

{{div col|colwidth=22em}}
* {{flagicon|MEX}} [[Aarón Padilla Gutiérrez|Aarón Padilla]] ([[1966 FIFA World Cup squads|1966]], [[1970 FIFA World Cup squads|1970]])
* {{flagicon|MEX}} [[Luis Regueiro (Mexican footballer)|Luis Regueiro]] ([[1966 FIFA World Cup squads|1966]])
* {{flagicon|MEX}} [[Elías Muñoz]] ([[1966 FIFA World Cup squads|1966]])
* {{flagicon|MEX}} [[Enrique Borja]] ([[1966 FIFA World Cup squads|1966]], [[1970 FIFA World Cup squads|1970]])
* {{flagicon|MEX}} [[José Luis González Dávila|José Luis González]] ([[1970 FIFA World Cup squads|1970]])
* {{flagicon|MEX}} [[Mario Velarde (footballer, born 1940)|Mario Velarde]] ([[1970 FIFA World Cup squads|1970]])
* {{flagicon|MEX}} [[Francisco Castrejón]] ([[1970 FIFA World Cup squads|1970]])
* {{flagicon|MEX}} [[Arturo Vázquez Ayala]] ([[1978 FIFA World Cup squads|1978]])
* {{flagicon|MEX}} [[Enrique López Zarza]] ([[1978 FIFA World Cup squads|1978]])
* {{flagicon|MEX}} [[Hugo Sánchez]] ([[1978 FIFA World Cup squads|1978]])
* {{flagicon|MEX}} [[Leonardo Cuéllar]] ([[1978 FIFA World Cup squads|1978]])
* {{flagicon|PER}} [[Juan José Muñante]] ([[1978 FIFA World Cup squads|1978]])
* {{flagicon|MEX}} [[Miguel España]] ([[1986 FIFA World Cup squads|1986]])
* {{flagicon|MEX}} [[Félix Cruz]] ([[1986 FIFA World Cup squads|1986]])
* {{flagicon|MEX}} [[Luis Flores (Mexican footballer)|Luis Flores]] ([[1986 FIFA World Cup squads|1986]])
* {{flagicon|MEX}} [[Raúl Servín]] ([[1986 FIFA World Cup squads|1986]])
* {{flagicon|MEX}} [[Rafael Amador]] ([[1986 FIFA World Cup squads|1986]])
* {{flagicon|MEX}} [[Manuel Negrete Arias|Manuel Negrete]] ([[1986 FIFA World Cup squads|1986]])
* {{flagicon|MEX}} [[Jorge Campos]] ([[1994 FIFA World Cup squads|1994]], [[1998 FIFA World Cup squads|1998]], [[2002 FIFA World Cup squads|2002]])
* {{flagicon|MEX}} [[Claudio Suárez]] ([[1994 FIFA World Cup squads|1994]], [[1998 FIFA World Cup squads|1998]], [[2006 FIFA World Cup squads|2006]])
* {{flagicon|MEX}} [[Juan de Dios Ramírez Perales]] ([[1994 FIFA World Cup squads|1994]])
* {{flagicon|MEX}} [[Braulio Luna]] ([[1998 FIFA World Cup squads|1998]], [[2002 FIFA World Cup squads|2002]])
* {{flagicon|MEX}} [[Pablo Barrera]] ([[2010 FIFA World Cup squads|2010]])
* {{flagicon|MEX}} [[Israel Castro]] ([[2010 FIFA World Cup squads|2010]])
* {{flagicon|MEX}} [[Efraín Juárez]] ([[2010 FIFA World Cup squads|2010]])
* {{flagicon|PAR}} [[Darío Verón]] ([[2010 FIFA World Cup squads|2010]])
* {{flagicon|MEX}} [[Jesús Gallardo]] ([[2018 FIFA World Cup squads|2018]])
* {{flagicon|BRA}} [[Dani Alves]] ([[2022 FIFA World Cup squads|2022]])
{{div col end}}

==Managers==
{{div col|colwidth=22em}}
*{{flagicon|Costa Rica}} [[Rodolfo Muñoz|Rodolfo "Butch" Muñoz]] (Sep. 1954–Mar. 1955)
*{{flagicon|Mexico|1934}} [[Donato Alonso]] (Apr. 1955–1956)
*{{flagicon|Mexico|1934}} [[Héctor Ortiz Benítez]] (1958-1960)
*{{flagicon|Mexico|1934}} [[Octavio Vial]] (Sep. 1960–Aug. 62)
*{{flagicon|Brazil|1960}} [[Carlito Peters|Luis Carlos "Carlito" Peters]] (Aug. 1962) (interim)
*{{flagicon|Argentina}} [[Renato Cesarini]] (Aug. 1962–Dec. 1965)
*{{flagicon|Mexico|1934}} [[Ángel Papadópulos Ruiz]] (Jan. 1965–1966)
*{{flagicon|Mexico|1934}} [[Diego Mercado Marín]] (1966–67)
*{{flagicon|Peru}} [[Walter Ormeño]] (1967–68)
*{{flagicon|Hungary}} [[Árpád Fekete]] (1968–69)
*{{flagicon|Spain|1945}} [[Ángel Zubieta]] (1970–74)
*{{flagicon|Brazil|1968}} Luiz Carlos "Carlito" Peters (Jul.–Dec.1974)
*{{flagicon|Mexico}} [[Carlos Iturralde Rivero]] (Jan.–Apr. 1975)
*{{flagicon|Hungary}} [[Árpád Fekete]] (Apr. 1975–76)
*{{flagicon|Hungary}} [[György Marik|Jorge Marik]] (1976–77)
*{{flagicon|Yugoslavia}} [[Bora Milutinović|Velibor "Bora" Milutinović]] (1977–Dec. 1982)
*{{flagicon|Mexico}} [[Mario Velarde (footballer, born 1940)|Mario Velarde]] (Jan. 1983–Jun. 1987)
*{{flagicon|Mexico}} [[Héctor Sanabria (footballer, born 1945)|Héctor Sanabria]] (Jun. 1987–Jun. 1988)
*{{flagicon|Mexico}} [[Miguel Mejía Barón]] (Jul. 1988–91)
*{{flagicon|Brazil}} [[Ricardo Ferretti]] (1991–96)
*{{flagicon|Mexico}} [[Pablo Luna (footballer)|Pablo Luna]] (Jun.–Sep. 1996)
*{{flagicon|Mexico}} [[Luis Flores (Mexican footballer)|Luis Flores]] (Sep. 1996–97)
*{{flagicon|Mexico}} [[Enrique López Zarza]] (1997–98)
*{{flagicon|Argentina}} [[Roberto Saporiti]] (1998–99)
*{{flagicon|Mexico}} [[Rafael Amador]] (1999–00)
*{{flagicon|Mexico}} [[Hugo Sánchez]] (2000)
*{{flagicon|Mexico}} [[Miguel Mejía Barón]] (2001)
*{{flagicon|Mexico}} [[Hugo Sánchez]] (2001–05)
*{{flagicon|Mexico}} [[Miguel España]] (2005–06)
*{{flagicon|Mexico}} [[Guillermo Vázquez (footballer)|Guillermo Vázquez]] (2006)
*{{flagicon|Brazil}} [[Ricardo Ferretti]] (2006–10)
*{{flagicon|Mexico}} [[Guillermo Vázquez (footballer)|Guillermo Vázquez]] (2010–12)
*{{flagicon|Mexico}} [[Joaquín del Olmo]] (2012)
*{{flagicon|Mexico}} [[Juan Antonio Torres]] (2012)
*{{flagicon|Mexico}} [[Mario Carrillo]] (2012)
*{{flagicon|Mexico}} [[Juan Antonio Torres]] (2012–13)
*{{flagicon|Mexico}} [[José Luis Trejo]] (2013–14)
*{{flagicon|Mexico}} [[Guillermo Vázquez (footballer)|Guillermo Vázquez]] (2014–16)
*{{flagicon|Mexico}} [[Francisco Palencia]] (2016–17)
*{{flagicon|Argentina}} [[Sergio Egea]] (2017)
*{{flagicon|Mexico}} [[David Patiño]] (2017–19)
*{{flagicon|Argentina}} [[Bruno Marioni]] (2019)
*{{flagicon|Spain}} [[Míchel (footballer, born 1963)|Míchel]] (2019–20)
*{{flagicon|Argentina}} [[Andrés Lillini]] (2020–2022)
*{{flagicon|Mexico}} [[Rafael Puente Jr.]] (2022–2023)
*{{flagicon|Argentina}} [[Antonio Mohamed]] (2023)
*{{flagicon|Argentina}} [[Gustavo Lema]] (2024–2025)
*{{flagicon|Mexico}} [[Efraín Juárez]] (2025–Present)
{{div col end}}

==References==
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