As part of its institutional premises, Chivas' youth academy always works to produce home-grown talent and provide it to the Liga MX's squad. The records of the Apertura 2021 and Clausura 2022 show that El Rebaño Sagrado is really commited to do so: it's a fact that it gives the most opportunities to its home-grown players... by far!
Guadalajara has used the most home-grown players in Liga MX with 23, ahead of Pumas and Pachuca, who accumulate 20 and 16 respectively.
In fact, Chivas also leads Liga MX in home-grown players participation during the last 2 seasons, in which it has played 33 matches to date: 19,525 minutes have been played by footballers grown in La Cantera Rojiblanca.
It is worth remarking that there are 4,000 minutes between Chivas and the second place, Pachuca, whose home-grown ones register 15,410 minutes played.
TOP 5 of the red and white home-grown players with the most minutes in Liga MX during 2021-22:
1. Sergio Flores 2034
2. Raúl Gudiño 1890
3. Luis Olivas 1752
4. Ángel Zaldívar 1536
5. Fernando Beltrán 1519
The 23 home-grown players of Chivas that have participated during the 2021 and 2022 seasons:
Sergio Flores, Raúl Gudiño, Luis Olivas, Ángel Zaldívar, Fernando Beltrán, Gilberto Sepulveda, Alejandro Mayorga, Eduardo Torres, Carlos Cisneros, Miguel Ponce, Jesús Sánchez, César Huerta, Miguel Jiménez, Antonio Rodríguez, Gilberto Orozco, Sebastián Pérez Bouquet, Jesús Godínez, José Juan Macías, Juan de Dios Aguayo, Pavel Pérez, Deivoon Magaña, Alejandro Organista, Sebastián Martínez.
