Club de Fútbol Pachuca Femenil, simply known as Pachuca Femenil or Pachuca, is a Mexican professional women's football club based in Pachuca, Hidalgo, that competes in Liga Femenil, the top women's division of Mexican football. It has been the women's section of Pachuca since 2016. The Estadio Hidalgo serves as the venue for the team home matches.

Pachuca Femenil is one of the most competitive teams in Liga MX Femenil, having reached the league final in four occasions, and winning one of them, being one of the five clubs that have clinched the league title since its creation in 2016. Pachuca Femenil is also the only women's football team to have won every official women’s football competition in Mexico by winning the league, the Copa MX Femenil and the Campeón de Campeonas.

History

Founding and first title Club de Fútbol Pachuca Femenil was founded on December 5, 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.

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 Federación Mexicana de Fútbol (FMF) called the Copa MX Femenil. 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.

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

Pachuca Femenil would end up having a successful Apertura 2017 tournament by finishing the regular phase of the tournament in 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 Guadalajara. Pachuca ultimately lost the final to Guadalajara with a 2–3 aggregate score.

2020–2023 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. As sporting director, Espejo appointed Spanish manager Toña Is as her successor.

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. 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. Pachuca once again lost the final against Guadalajara with a 4–3 aggregate score.

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

With Hermoso and Charlyn Corral, Pachuca Femenil 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). Pachuca finished the regular phase of the tournament in 5th place, three points away from the top of the table. In the liguilla, Pachuca defeated Guadalajara 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.

After a disappointing Apertura 2023 tournament, in which the team barely qualified to the playoffs, just to be eventually eliminated by América in the quarter-finals with a shocking 9–2 aggregate score, the club decided to sacked Juan Carlos Cacho as their manager. On November 30, 2023, the club announced that Cachos’ assistant, Oscar Torres, was being appointed as the new manager of the team.

First league title Pachuca Femenil returned to a league final during the Clausura 2024 tournament after having a successful regular phase campaign in which the team ended in second place of the standings. In the final, Pachuca faced América once again, but unlike the final both teams played two years prior, Pachuca this time was able to take advantage of their home ground by defeating América 3–0 in the first-leg of the final, which was a result América was unable to overcome in the second-leg, with the final aggregate score being 3–2 in favor of Pachuca and therefore giving Pachuca their first league title in history.

Stadium

The Estadio Hidalgo serves as the home venus of Pachuca Femenil. The first match played by Pachuca at this stadium was the Liga MX Femenil inaugural match against Pumas during the Apertura 2017 tournament.

Additionally, Pachuca Femenil also has an exclusive training facility, which is located within the larger Pachuca training complex. This facility, named the Malena Patiño Pavilion in honor of the mother of Grupo Pachuca's president, Jesús Martínez, was inaugurated in 2018 and it was the first training facility in Mexico built exclusively for a women's football team.

Personnel

Club administration

Position Staff Chairman Armando Martínez Patiño Sporting director Mónica Ocampo

Coaching staff Position StaffManager Montse Tomé Assistant manager VacantFitness coach VacantTeam doctor Elizabeth MartínezTeam doctor assistant Mariana Fuentes

Managerial history Name Years Eva Espejo 2017–2020 Toña Is2021 Jaime Correa2021 Octavio Valdez2022 Juan Carlos Cacho2022–2023 Oscar Fernando Torres2024–

Players

Current squad As of 31 July 2026

Honours National Liga MX Femenil Champions (1): Clausura 2025 Runners-up (3): Apertura 2017, Clausura 2022, Clausura 2023

Copa MX Femenil Champions (1): 2017

Campeón de Campeonas Champions (1): 2025

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