Estadio José López Portillo is a stadium in
Chetumal
Chetumal (, , ; yua, label= Yucatec Maya, Chactemàal , ) is a city on the east coast of the Yucatán Peninsula in Mexico. It is the capital of the state of Quintana Roo and the municipal seat of the Municipality of Othón P. Blanco. In 2020 ...
,
Quintana Roo
Quintana Roo ( , ), officially the Free and Sovereign State of Quintana Roo ( es, Estado Libre y Soberano de Quintana Roo), is one of the 31 states which, with Mexico City, constitute the 32 federal entities of Mexico. It is divided into 11 mu ...
,
Mexico
Mexico (Spanish: México), officially the United Mexican States, is a country in the southern portion of North America. It is bordered to the north by the United States; to the south and west by the Pacific Ocean; to the southeast by Guatema ...
. It is primarily used for soccer, and is the home field of
Yalmakán F.C.
The Yalmakán Fútbol Club, commonly known as Yalmakán, is a Mexican football club based in Chetumal. The club was founded in 2013, and currently plays in the Serie A of Liga Premier.
History
The club was founded in 2013.
Final Apertura 2017
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and
Deportivo Chetumal. It holds 6,600 people.
History
The stadium was opened on March 13, 1980, however, until 1982 it began to host official matches. Between 2008 and 2009 it was the field of the Potros Chetumal, a reserve team of
Atlante F.C.
Atlante Fútbol Club, is a professional football club based in Mexico City, Mexico. Founded in 1916, Atlante were original members of the Mexican Primera División when it began in 1943.
Atlante has won three national league championships, t ...
who played in the
Primera División 'A'.
In 2018 the stadium underwent a remodeling so that it could host matches of the Liga Premier de México, the third level of Mexican football, because from that year on it became the stadium of the Yalmakán, a team that competes in that league.
References
Sports venues in Quintana Roo
Football venues in Mexico
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