Goodbye Jardine: América boss leaves Liga MX giants
After a quarterfinal Liga MX exit and another failure to win the Champions Cup, André Jardine has departed as Club América head coach.
Club América has confirmed that André Jardine will not remain as Las Águilas head coach for the Liga MX’s upcoming Apertura 2026 tournament.
The decision was mutual: unable to align on future plans, Jardine and the front office have agreed to part ways after a first half of 2026 in which the team again fell short in the CONCACAF Champions Cup, and exited the domestic playoffs in the quarterfinals.
André Jardine concluye su exitosa etapa con el Club América.
— Club América (@ClubAmerica) June 3, 2026
Después de seis campeonatos con nosotros, incluyendo un histórico Tricampeonato, no nos queda más que agradecerte por todo el compromiso y el trabajo desarrollado en nuestra institución, André.
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A trophy-laden América stint
Jardine arrived in Coapa in mid-2023 from Atlético San Luis, surrounded by doubt and stepping into a hostile environment where the club had repeatedly come up short of its lofty expectations.
But the Brazilian quickly silenced the skeptics and achieved something unprecedented in Mexico’s short-tournament era: he opened his tenure with three straight Liga MX titles. Jardine’s historic three-peat burnished the legacy of the country’s most successful club and immediately placed him in the conversation among América’s greatest coaches.
In addition to those three league crowns, he also delivered the 2023/24 Campeón de Campeones, the Supercopa MX, and the 2024 Campeones Cup. Jardine’s total haul of six trophies makes him the most decorated manager in the history of Mexico’s winningest club.
After that high point in December 2024, however, the curve began to trend downward. The team entered a period of transition, one that initially suggested Jardine would lead the rebuild with full backing from the front office.
América lost the Clausura 2025 final, missing out on a potential fourth consecutive title. A week later, they fell to LAFC, squandering a chance to qualify for the FIFA Club World Cup via the play-in. What followed were consecutive Liga MX quarterfinal eliminations - first against Monterrey, then against Pumas.
The major asterisk on Jardine’s otherwise successful run remains the Champions Cup. On multiple occasions, the club identified the tournament as a top priority, yet fell short each time: a semifinal exit to Pachuca in 2024, a quarterfinal loss to Cruz Azul in 2025, and in 2026, another quarterfinal elimination - this time against Nashville, with the decisive match played at the Estadio Ciudad de México.
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