Club: Monterrey
Founded: 1945
City: Monterrey, Nuevo Leon
Stadium: Estadio Tecnologico
Manager: Victor Manuel Vucetich
Qualification method: 2010 Mexican Apertura champion
Previous CONCACAF Champions League appearances: 2010-11 (Champion)
Honors: Mexico league - 4 (1986, 2003, 2009, 2010); Copa Mexico - 1 (1991); CONCACAF Cup Winners Cup - 1 (1993); CONCACAF Champions League - 1 (2010-11)
Official website: http://www.rayados.com

Monterrey returns to the CONCACAF Champions League to defend its title. The Rayados defeated Real Salt Lake from Major League Soccer 3-2 on aggregate in April. However, Monterrey actually qualified for a second consecutive year by winning the Mexican Apertura in 2010, which was sparked by Chilean Humberto Suazo's return from Spain's Real Zaragoza. Monterrey plays at 32,000-seat Estadio Tecnologico, the second oldest stadium in Mexico after Estadio Azul. Plans are in the works for the club to move to Estadio de Futbol Monterrey in Guadalupe, a 50,000-seat stadium patterned after Wembley Stadium in England and the Aviva Stadium in Ireland. The team is owned by FEMSA, the largest beverage company in Mexico and Mexican Victor Manuel Vucetich is the manager, the team's 25th since 1962.