Tepatitlán Fútbol Club, commonly known as Alteños de Tepatitlán, or just Tepa, is a Mexican

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club based in

Tepatitlán Tepatitlán de Morelos is a city and municipality founded in 1530, in the central Mexican state of Jalisco. It is located in the area known as Los Altos de Jalisco (the 'Highlands of Jalisco'), about 70 km east of state capital Guadalajara, ...

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. The club was founded in 1944, and currently plays in the

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History

The people's team

Its beginnings were after a selection for Regional Tournament with the aim of reaching if they were victorious to the state championship. The Mission was appointed to Fausto Prieto, this team was called The People's Team. Some names of players that appear in the years of 1944-1946 are: Luis Veles, Miguel Escoto "El Mugres", Andrés González "The different", Max Prieto, Goyo Franco, Gregorio Gómez, Enrique Estrada, Roberto Estrada "El Rocha" , Elio Vázquez, Eleuterio Silva, "Tello Silva the face of a cock", Arnulfo de la Torre "El Casarín" and Rafael Martínez "El Piwe".

Championship Promotion Final 2017–18

On 19 May 2018, Tepatitlán was proclaimed champion of the 2017-18 season of

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after defeating

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by penalty shootout in the promotion final. However, they were not promoted to

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and were forced to remain in Serie A after the

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ruled the club did not meet the necessary requirements. ## ''"We were 20 seconds away from being sad ... but we touched the back of the medal. And now only plan well what will be the next tournament and work as we have been doing with great enthusiasm to do something important and hopefully gave us a next championship to have the direct promotion,"'' said

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, a Reporter of the Premier League.

New era

On 15 June 2020, the team was renamed as Tepatitlán F.C. and adopted the nickname ''Alteños'', with the aim of representing the entire region,

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. in addition to a possible integration in the

. On July 17, Tepatitlán F.C. was accepted at Liga de Expansión as an expansion team. On 19 August 2020 the team debuted in the new category, Tepatitlán drew with

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2-2. Mauricio López scored the club's first goal in the Liga de Expansión.

2021 Guardians Clausura Tournament Champion

For the Clausura 2021 tournament, the Alteña squad performed a regular tournament in which they finished in 6th. place of the general, already for the league he faced

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and

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. On May 15, 2021, the team was proclaimed champion of the

. Los Alteños won the title after drawing 2-2 as visitors against

, the club claimed their 1–0 victory in the first leg and thus won the championship.

Champion of Champions 2020-21

A week later, on May 22, the team won its ''second title by winning the 2020-21 Champion of Champions of the

'' after defeating

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in a series of penalties. The Alteños tied at two goals on aggregate after winning 2–0 at home and leveling the series, finally, in the series from eleven steps, the club won 5–3.

Players

Current squad

Out on loan

Personnel

Coaching staff

Reserve teams

Tepatitlán F.C. "B" (Liga TDP)

Reserve team that plays in the

Liga TDP 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 fourth level of the Mexican league system.

The Classic Alteño

In this division there is a great rivalry with the rival of the city the Club and the C.D. Aves Blancas, so it has become a classic; "The Classic Alteño" is the name given to the football matches that face each other, the two most representative teams from the city of Tepatitlán de Morelos, Jalisco, the Tepatitlán and the Aves Blancas. The sporting rivalry of both clubs is manifested through the numerous confrontations that throughout history, both in corresponding official matches of the Third Division; for several years it was the highest category for the city, hence a rivalry against the town's team was generated; in addition to state tournaments and local league.

Alteños Acatic F.C.

Reserve team that plays in the

, the fourth level of the Mexican league system.

Honours

Official tournaments

References

External links

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