Real de Arteaga Fútbol Club was a Mexican professional football team based in

Querétaro City Santiago de Querétaro (; Otomi: Dähnini Maxei), known simply as Querétaro City ( es, Ciudad de Querétaro), is the capital and largest city of the state of Querétaro, located in central Mexico. It is part of the macroregion of Bajío. It is n ...

Querétaro Querétaro (), officially the Free and Sovereign State of Querétaro ( es, Estado Libre y Soberano de Querétaro, links=no; Otomi language, Otomi: ''Hyodi Ndämxei''), is one of the Political divisions of Mexico, 32 federal entities of Mexico. I ...

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that played in Liga Premier de México.

History

The team was founded in May 2022 to be registered in the Liga Premier. On July 1, 2022, the team's entry into the league was officially announced, being placed in the

Serie A de México The Serie A has 33 teams (1 Liga MX Reserve Team, 3 Liga de Expansión MX Reserve Teams and 29 Serie A Teams) divided into two groups. For the 2022–23 season, it will be a return of two short tournaments consisting of 10 total matches played hom ...

. After confirming the entry, the team announced

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as the team's first coach. The team announced its intention to settle for young people from schools in the city in addition to establishing an agreement with

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. The team had poor sports results and attracted little interest from the public, so its owners decided to sell the franchise. On June 13, 2023, the purchase of the team was announced by businessmen and footballers based in the Monterrey area, finally the new owners moved the team to that region and renamed it Real Apodaca F.C. ending the history of Real de Arteaga.

Stadium

The Estadio Olímpico de Querétaro, also called ''Estadio Olímpico Alameda'', is a multi-use

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. It is currently used mostly for

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matches and

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. The stadium has a capacity of 4,600 people, was opened in 1939 and renovated in 2021.

External links

Liga MX Profile

References

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