Foundation, foray into professionalism and promotion

The history of the club dates back to 1881. When it was a foreign mercantile society under the auspices of the English businessman Henry Gibbon. Fifty years later, on November 2, 1931, it became a Mexican cooperative society, with 192 founding members. On May 21, 1932, the then governor of the state of Hidalgo, Bartolomé Vargas Lugo, decreed the expropriation of Sociedad Cooperativa Manufacturera de Cemento Portland La Cruz Azul S.C.L. (La Cruz Azul).

On December 10, 1953, Guillermo Álvarez Macías assumed the position of president of the board of directors, and marked a fundamental step towards modernity, productivity, in order to provide the members, the workers, with social, sports, cultural, recreational and health welfare.

The Blue Blood (bar).

The club was founded in 1927 when the workers of Cooperativa La Cruz Azul S.C.L. wanted to participate in baseball and soccer. In the end they opted for soccer. Among the main promoters of this team were Guillermo Álvarez Macías and Carlos Garcés, general director of the Cooperativa Cruz Azul and director of social action, respectively, who made the team a regular participant in the national amateur championships representing the state of Hidalgo after winning the state title on numerous occasions.

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The light blue ones The club has its official cheerleaders club, which were included as part of the institution since 2004, since then, they act as cheerleaders in the club's performances at home games, before and at halftime. “Las Celestes” are part of the club. And they are the only Mexican team that has official cheerleaders as part of their squad. Nicknames La Liebre is the animal used to represent the team.Based on the multi-champion team of the 1970s, it was baptized as La Máquina, comparing it to a locomotive.Cruz Azul has a rich variety of nicknames throughout its history, listed chronologically: Cementeros: as a result of its affiliation to Cementera Cruz Azul, the first nickname refers directly to the company's workers, since the team was originally formed with them. Over the years, the concept was extended not only to those who worked in the cooperative, but to construction workers in general. Liebres: when the team was promoted to the first division in the mid-1960...

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