Club de Fútbol Laguna (nicknamed La Ola Verde) is a
football club. The club played in the
Mexican football league system Primera División de México and it was based in
Torreón
Torreón () is a city and seat of Torreón Municipality in the Mexican state of Coahuila. As of 2021, the city's population was 735,340. The metropolitan population as of 2015 was 1,497,734, making it the ninth-biggest metropolitan area in ...
,
Coahuila,
Mexico
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History
Club de Fútbol Laguna was founded in 1953 that same year the club join the
Segunda División Profesional where they played from 1953 to 1967. It was in 1968 when the club was promoted to the
Primera División de México with
Juan Ángel "Pito" Pérez coaching the club, who took the place of the regulated
Atletico Morelia. The club was merely a contender in the first division but gave the people of the region a chance to see first division action.
Club de Fútbol Laguna was sold in 1978 and the club was moved to
Mexico City
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and became Club Deportivo Coyotes Neza. In 1988 the club was once again sold and moved to
Tamaulipas
Tamaulipas (), officially the Free and Sovereign State of Tamaulipas ( es, Estado Libre y Soberano de Tamaulipas), is a state in the northeast region of Mexico; one of the 31 states which, along with Mexico City, comprise the 32 Federal Entiti ...
where it became
Correcaminos UAT
Club de Fútbol Correcaminos de la Universidad Autónoma de Tamaulipas, simply known as Correcaminos UAT, is a Mexican professional football club based in Ciudad Victoria, Tamaulipas.
It currently plays in the Liga de Expansión MX. The team wa ...
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Statistics
Statistics while in 1st Division:
Statistics while
Copa Mexico:
*GP – Games Played
*W – Won
*D – Draw
*L – Losses
*GF – Goals in Favor
*GA – Goals Against
*Pts – Points
*DIF -Difference in Goals
Club Honors
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Segunda División Profesional (1): 1967–1968
* Runner Up
Segunda División Profesional (1): 1966–1967
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Copa Mexico from the
Segunda División Profesional (1): 1954–1955
* Runner Up
Copa Mexico from the
Segunda División Profesional (2): 1955–1956, 1959–1960
See also
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Club de Fútbol Torreón, the predecessor club in the region
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Santos Laguna
Club Santos Laguna S.A. de C.V. (), commonly known as Santos Laguna or Santos, is a Mexican professional football club that competes in the Liga MX. It is located in northern Mexico and represents the urban area of La Comarca Lagunera, made up o ...
, the modern Liga MX club in the region
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Football in Mexico
Mexico's most popular sport is football (called fútbol in Mexico). , the top tier leagues in Mexico are Liga MX for the men and the Liga MX Femenil for women.
In Mexico, football became a professional men's sport in 1943. Since then, Mexic ...
External links
Articule clubs From La Laguna
Association football clubs established in 1953
Football clubs in Coahuila
1953 establishments in Mexico
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