Felinos 48 is a Mexican football club that plays in Group 1 in the
Tercera División de México
The Liga TDP is Mexico's fourth tier in the Mexican League System. The Liga TDP is divided into 17 groups. For the 2009/2010 season, the format of the tournament has been reorganized to a home and away format, which all teams will play in their ...
. The club is based in
Reforma, Chiapas,
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 ...
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The team's logo indicates that its origins are with the ''
Sindicato de Trabajadores Petroleros de la República Mexicana
The Sindicato de Trabajadores Petroleros de la República Mexicana (STPRM) is a trade union of oil workers in Mexico. It is the union for workers at the Mexican, state-run oil company Pemex.
History
The union signed its first collective bargaini ...
'', S.T.P.R.M, and its name "''de la 48,''" means that the team was formed from S.T.P.R.M.'s "Section 48" which is in Reforma, Chiapas.
The team was originally named Jaguares de la 48, being an affiliated squad of
Jaguares de Chiapas
Chiapas Fútbol Club, commonly known as Jaguares de Chiapas, was a football club based in Tuxtla Gutiérrez, Mexico, that played in the Mexican football league system Liga MX. The team played their home matches at the Estadio Víctor Manuel Re ...
, however, in 2017 the parent club was expelled from Mexican soccer and the team was renamed as Felinos 48.
See also
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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 ...
Football clubs in Chiapas
2006 establishments in Mexico
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