Azores de Hidalgo Fútbol Club was a Mexican professional football team based in

Tula de Allende Tula de Allende (Otomi: Mämeni) is a town and one of the 84 municipalities of Hidalgo in central-eastern Mexico. The municipality covers an area of , and as of 2010, the municipality had a total population of 103,919. The municipality includes nu ...

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that played in Liga Premier de México.

History

The team was founded in 2017, since that year it has participated in various competitions in the amateur sector of Mexican football. In 2019,

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, a club that participated in the

Liga Premier de México The Liga Premier is the third tier of Association football, football in Mexico within the Mexican football league system that governs Serie A de México, Serie A and Serie B de México, Serie B leagues/group competitions. They compete from the fa ...

, decided to put its franchise on hiatus for a season to improve its sports facilities and thus be able to compete in better conditions. However, a year later the team had to look for a new location when the improvement of its

stadium A stadium ( : stadiums or stadia) is a place or venue for (mostly) outdoor sports, concerts, or other events and consists of a field or stage either partly or completely surrounded by a tiered structure designed to allow spectators to stand o ...

was not achieved. In 2020, due to the problem with its facilities, the Real Zamora franchise was used so that Azores de Hidalgo could compete in the Liga Premier de México. On July 29, the club's participation in the league was confirmed, being placed in Group 2 along with other teams from the central and southern areas of Mexico. On August 7, Samuel Ponce de León was presented as the team's coach for the new stage. On September 19, 2020, the club played its first official game. Azores de Hidalgo was defeated 2–1 against Deportivo Dongu. Carlos Calderón scored the first goal in the club's history. On January 23, 2021, Azores de Hidalgo announced its withdrawal from the Liga Premier de México due to institutional problems, in addition, the Azores board of directors returned the license to

owners, who agreed to start a new project with

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, a club that began to play in its place in the league, however, officially the team was called Azores de Hidalgo for the rest of the season.

Stadium

The Estadio de la Asociación Deportiva Tula A.C. is a stadium located in Tula, Hidalgo, Mexico, the venue has a capacity to hold 1,500 spectators. Since November 2020 it became the club's field. Originally, the team played in the Unidad Deportiva Ángel Losada, a sports complex located in

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, Hidalgo, Mexico. It has a football stadium with a capacity for 2,500 spectators, which was opened in 2019.

References

External links

Liga MX Profile
Football clubs in Hidalgo (state) Association football clubs established in 2017 2017 establishments in Mexico Liga Premier de México {{Mexico-footyclub-stub