History. The club was founded in 1954 as a student team, and is officially named the Club Universidad Nacional, or simply UNAM after the university. However, as is the case with many Mexican football clubs, they are more commonly referred to by their nickname, the 'Pumas'.

Patagonia has the highest density of Pumas in the world\n\n However, estimates vary between 50 and 200 pumas in this territory of 227.000 hectares. Studies conducted since 2008 in Patagonia National Park (Chile's Aysn region) show that there is a density of 3,44 pumas for every 10,000 hectares.