The Club de Fútbol Pachuca.
Along with the English architecture, and an unusual taste for pasties, Pachuca's foreign miners left an indelible mark
on Mexico's national imagination;
The Pachuca team has had its highs and lows throughout the development of football in Mexico,
but it is now one of the country's best teams.
Even the world's richest man, Mexico's Carlos Slim, knows a good thing when he sees it-
he owns 30% of Grupo Pachuca, the team's ownership group.
As the game's popularity grew among the townsfolk, it was decided that Pachuca needed a club, and so, in 1901,
the Club de Fútbol Pachuca was formed.
Most football fans agree that without the Pachuca club, Mexico might have never
formalised its love for kicking a ball around into the intense, competitive and adored sport it is today.