Liga Amateur de Veracruz was a former football league in Mexico founded by local businessmen in the state of Veracruz, where clubs from the State of

Veracruz Veracruz (), formally Veracruz de Ignacio de la Llave (), officially the Free and Sovereign State of Veracruz de Ignacio de la Llave ( es, Estado Libre y Soberano de Veracruz de Ignacio de la Llave), is one of the 31 states which, along with Me ...

played from 1908 to 1943.The league folded in 1943 when the

Primera División de México The Liga MX, officially known as the Liga BBVA MX for sponsorship reasons, is the top professional Association football, football division in Mexico, holding 2 tournaments per year. The league is considered the strongest in North America, and amo ...

the first professional league in

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was founded. Important clubs came out of this club such as

Orizaba Orizaba () is a city and municipality in the Mexican state of Veracruz. It is located 20 km west of its sister city Córdoba, and is adjacent to Río Blanco and Ixtaczoquitlán, on Federal Highways 180 and 190. The city had a 2005 census ...

Veracruz Sporting Club Veracruz Sporting Club is a Mexican football team from Veracruz, Veracruz State, playing in the Tercera División de México. They were one of Liga MX's inaugural members. History The club was founded in 1908 by the native Spaniards living i ...

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Iberia de Veracruz Iberia de Veracruz was a former Mexican football team that played in the Liga Amateur de Veracruz prior to the professionalization and development of the Mexican first division. The club was established in 1915 and was dissolved in 1943. Liga Ama ...

, and Moctezuma.

History

As early as 1894era - LIGA DEL SUR
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were being founded and having friendly matches. The first clubs to be established in 1898 was

Albinegros de Orizaba Club Deportivo Albinegros de Orizaba was a football club of the city of Orizaba, in the state of Veracruz. Founded in 1898 as "Orizaba Athletic Club", it was founded by Scottish migrant Duncan Mac Comish Mac Donald who owned a local steel company ...

along with other clubs formed and sponsored by local factories. Most of the players who made up these clubs were workers and minors from the factories and mines around the city owned by Scottish and English men who had just arrived to the state. In 1915 an amateur league that would later be known as La Liga del Sur was established mainly due to the fact that the other closest league were

had taken part in 1902 winning the tournament that years was located in

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Amateur Era Occidental League Champions (1908–1943)

Champions Table

The total championships by each club are summarized in the following chart. CIDOSA = Compañia Industrial de Orizaba, S.A.

References

{{Reflist Defunct association football leagues in Mexico Football in Veracruz Sports leagues established in 1915