C.F. Pachuca (women)

Club de Fútbol Pachuca Femenil was founded on 5 December 2016, the same day that Liga MX Femenil was announced to the public. Eva Espejo was appointed by the club as the first manager of the team in history in early 2017.[6]

Prior to the inaugural season of the Liga MX Femenil in the second half of 2017, Pachuca and 11 other teams participated in a preparation tournament organized by the Mexican Football Federation called the Copa MX Femenil.[7] during this competition, Pachuca went undefeated and emerged as the champions by defeating Tijuana in the final with a 9–1 score. By winning this tournament, Pachuca became the first women's football team in Mexico to win an official tournament.[8]

Pachuca inaugurated Liga MX Femenil by playing the league's first match in history on 28 July 2017 against Pumas at Estadio Hidalgo as part of the Apertura 2017 tournament. The match ended in a 3–0 victory in favor of Pachuca.[9]

Pachuca would end up having a successful Apertura 2017 tournament by finishing the regular phase of the tournament in the 5th place in the general standings, classifying to the liguilla semi-finals. In the semi-finals, Pachuca defeated favorites Tigres with a 4–3 aggregate score to reach the final against Chivas. Pachuca ultimately lost the final to Chivas with a 2–3 aggregate score.[10]

After more than three years at the helm, Eva Espejo decided to step down as manager to take the position of sporting director of the club in late 2020. During her tenure as manager, Espejo led Pachuca to its first title and league final.[11] As sporting director, Espejo appointed Spanish manager Toña Is as her successor.[12]

In April 2022, Juan Carlos Cacho was appointed as manager of the team near the end of the regular phase of the Clausura 2022 tournament after the previous manager, Octavio Valdez, was dismissed by the club due to indiscipline.[13][14] Cachos's appointment as manager was the fourth time the club had appointed a manager since Eva Espejo step down as manager in December 2020. Under Cacho, the team had rough patch in the final games of the regular phase of the Clausura 2022, but it was able to recover to have a successful run to the final in the liguilla phase, eliminating favorites América and Monterrey in the quarter-finals and semi-finals respectively.[15][16] Pachuca once again lost the final against Chivas with a 4–3 aggregate score.[17]

Ahead of the Apertura 2022 tournament, Pachuca made the surprising signing of Spanish international player, Jenni Hermoso, who was previously at Barcelona.[18] Hermoso signing with Pachuca was considered by commentators to be a sign of the grow of Liga MX Femenil and women's football in Mexico in a relatively short period of time, as foreign players were allow to play in the league for the first time a year prior to Hermoso's arrival to Pachuca.[19]

With Hermoso and Charlyn Corral, Pachuca returned to a league final once more during the Clausura 2023 tournament. During this tournament, Pachuca broke the league's record of goals scored during the regular season of a tournament by scoring 53 goals, with 38 of the 53 goals being scored by Hermoso (18) and Corral (20).[20] Pachuca finished the regular phase of the tournament in the 5th place, three points away from the top of the table. In the liguilla, Pachuca beat Chivas and Monterrey in the quarter-finals and semi-finals to play the final against Club América. Pachuca once again ended up falling short in the final, losing to América by a 4–2 aggregate score.[4]

As of 3 February 2024[22]

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

• Copa MX Femenil
  • Winners (1): 2017