The Club Atlético Angelópolis is a Mexican football club based in

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. The club was founded in 2020, and currently plays in the

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History

The team was founded in October 2020 as Atlético Rivadavia, having its field in

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, a municipality belonging to the Puebla metro area. Originally, the team participated in alternate leagues to those organized by the

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. In 2022, the team began procedures to join the FMF, finally in July the club was accepted into the

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, being placed in

, for which it began to compete in professional soccer in Mexico. The team announced Óscar Rojas as its first manager. This is the second professional football team in Puebla since the dissolution of

Lobos BUAP Club de Fútbol Lobos de la Benemérita Universidad Autónoma de Puebla were a Mexican football club based in Puebla, Mexico. The club represented the Benemérita Universidad Autónoma de Puebla. The club's history goes back to the early 193 ...

in the summer of 2019.

Players

First-team squad

References

External links

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