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Deportivo Irapuato
Club Deportivo Irapuato is a professional football club, based in Irapuato, Guanajuato, Mexico. They are currently playing in the Serie A in the Liga Premier. Irapuato has mostly played in the Promotion League of Mexico (formerly Primera División A or Ascenso MX. From 2000 to 2004, the team briefly rose to prominence in the Liga MX reaching the playoffs. Historically, Irapuato has spent over 26 years in the Primera División, never quite excelling to challenge for the title. The team was relegated from the Primera División in 2004 but not because of their on-field performance, but because of financial irregularities. In 2013, the team then took a turn for the worse being relegated to Liga Premier, the Third Division of Mexico for a year. The team briefly returned to Ascenso MX in May 2014 when Ballenas Galeana, decided to move to Irapuato, and also change their name to Club Irapuato, once again giving Irapuato a football team. But that team was relegated too after a c ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Estadio Sergio León Chávez
Estadio Sergio León Chávez is a Multi-purpose stadium in the city of Irapuato. It is currently used mostly for football matches. The stadium holds 25,000 people. The stadium was built in 1967 and hosted three matches in group C of the FIFA World Cup in 1986. History Before the stadium was built Irapuato had the Estadio Revolución which was home to Irapuato FC. The stadium broke ground in 1967 and construction lasted two years. It was founded on 23 May 1969, simply as ''Estadio Irapuato'', gaining its actual name on 4 January 1990, in honour of the former club's president. in October 1968 even before the stadium was completed Irapuato FC invited Spain to play a friendly against them in preparation for the 1968 Summer Olympics its first game played in the stadium, Spain would win the match 1–3. the first person to score in the new stadium was Juan Manuel Asensi from Spain. on 24 May 1970 the Brazil national football team played a friendly vs Irapuato FC in that match the B ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
