Club de Fútbol Nacional de Tijuana was a Mexican
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team that played in the
Primera Division 'A' of before their disappearance. They played their games in the city of
Tijuana
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,
Baja California
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,
Mexico
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.
They managed to be in the
Primera Division 'A' in the year 1999, which was composed primarily of Mexicans, something very representative since that year that most of the players were from
Tijuana
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who attempted to promote the team to
Primera Division.
History
After the relegation of
Colibríes from
Primera Division in
Clausura 2003, the team was possessed by the
Mexican Federation of Association Football
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because the team had not paid the fines imposed by Jorge Rodriguez Marié. The franchise was sold and became
Dorados de Tijuana, the eleventh before was known simply as ''Trotamundos Tijuana''. As the team was made by
Mexican Federation of Association Football
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the owners were forced to create another team in the same region and that was how the Nacional de Tijuana team emerged.
Before then, Nacional de Tijuana was the name of the successor of
Chivas Tijuana
Chivas Tijuana, was a Mexican professional football club and former affiliate of Chivas, was based in the city of Tijuana, in the state of Baja California, Mexico.
History
The club was founded in 1997 and was affiliated with Chivas from the fi ...
after the
Federación de Fútbol Mexicano decided in 1999 that there could not be two clubs called Chivas.
Then the team had a bad season and dragged the issue of the percentage of the old franchise, causing it to relegate to
Segunda División de México, soon to be gone from
Primera Division A' due to the increase in teams.
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Stadium
Previous Teams
The following teams were based in
Tijuana
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and disappeared due to their
franchise
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was bought or their relegation to
Segunda División de México:
* Club Tijuana: Changed owner and name to Dorados de Tijuana.
* Chivas Tijuana: Subsidiary of
Chivas.
* Trotamundos Tijuana: Converted to Trotamundos Salamanca.
* Tijuana Stars.
* Inter Tijuana.
External links
Sitio Web oficialPágina de la porra de Dorados
Footnotes
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