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1997–98 Primera División A Season
Primera División A ''(Méxican First A Division)'' is a Mexican football tournament. This season was composed of Invierno 1997 and Verano 1998 tournaments. Pachuca were the Invierno 1997 champions and Tigrillos UANL were the Verano 1998 champions. The promoted club was Pachuca after winning the Campeón de Ascenso final. Moves *Acapulco was bought by Toluca, the team was relocated to State of Mexico and renamed Atlético Mexiquense. * Atlético Hidalgo relocated to Querétaro and renamed Halcones de Querétaro. *Four new expansion teams: Unión de Curtidores, Chivas Tijuana, Tecos Colima and Cuautitlán. *Pachuca was relegated from Primera División. *Bachilleres UdeG was promoted from Segunda División. Stadiums and locations Invierno 1997 Group league tables Group 1 Group 2 Group 3 Group 4 General league table Results Liguilla Top scorers Verano 1998 Group league tables Group 1 Group 2 Group 3 Group 4 General league table Results Liguilla ...
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Ascenso MX
Ascenso MX, also known as Ascenso BBVA MX for sponsorship reasons, was a professional association football league in Mexico and the second level of the Mexican football league system. Formerly known as Primera División A de México (1994–2009) and also as Liga de Ascenso (2009–2012). The champions of the competition was promoted to Liga MX (top level), and the bottom team was relegated to Liga Premier (third level). In 2012, the league rebranded its name and competition format as Ascenso MX, the major changes (clubs do not need a FMF certification to be promoted and that the competition no longer used group stages). Ascenso MX was replaced by Liga de Expansión MX on April 17, 2020. History In 1994, the FMF upgraded the Segunda División de México to Primera División A de México to bring closer the level of play in the two divisions. The project was under the direction of José Antonio García Rodríguez, then president of the then top level Primera División. He en ...
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Real Cuautitlán
Club de Fútbol Real Cuautitlán was a Mexican football club that played in the Segunda División Profesional. The club was based in Cuautitlán, State of Mexico. History The club was founded in 1996 joining the Tercera División de México that same year the club managed to win the tournament and earned the promotion to the Segunda División Profesional and would join forces with Necaxa. In 1999 the club won the Invierno 1999 Championship defeating in the final Club Atlético Tapatío F.C. The club went on to play the promotion match against Club Deportivo Marte who had won the Verano 2000, which they lost. The club played in the Segunda División Profesional under the name Cocoleros de Cuautitlán. Past crests File:Cuatitlanfc1.png, 1996 File:C.F. Cuautitlán logo.png, 2nd Past Crest See also *Football in Mexico Players Current squad Most Recent Players * Luis Ernesto Pérez * Mario Pérez. * Diego Alfonso Martínez. * José Ramiréz * Alfredo "Chango" Moreno ...
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Cruz Azul Hidalgo
Club Deportivo Cruz Azul Hidalgo, also known as Cruz Azul Hidalgo, was a professional football club in Mexico who last played in the Liga Premier league of Mexico. Their stadium was the Estadio 10 de Diciembre located in Ciudad Cooperativa Cruz Azul (previously the name of the town was Jasso) in Hidalgo and was the affiliate team of Cruz Azul. The team dissolved in 2014 after Zacatepec 1948 bought their spot to remain in Ascenso MX. But had a team in the Liga Premier de Ascenso, replace Cruz Azul Jasso. History Early times The team began its professional activity in the Tercera División, in 1990 it achieved the runner-up in the category and managed to be promoted to Second Division "B". In 1994 the team won its promotion to the Segunda Division 'A', however, that year a remodeling of Mexican football was presented with the creation of the Primera División 'A', so Cruz Azul Hidalgo was invited to the new Segunda División, which became the third tier of the Mexican league ...
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Correcaminos UAT
Club de Fútbol Correcaminos de la Universidad Autónoma de Tamaulipas, simply known as Correcaminos UAT, is a Mexican professional football club based in Ciudad Victoria, Tamaulipas. It competes in Liga de Expansión MX, the second level division of Mexican football. Correcaminos played in the Primera Division De Mexico from the 1987–88 season to the 1994–95 season. They play in the Estadio Marte R. Gómez, which has a capacity of 10,520, the team is named after the Greater Roadrunner native to the region, which is also the Universidad Autónoma de Tamaulipas' official mascot. History The club was founded in 1980 and represents the UAT as well as the city of Ciudad Victoria. It replaced the city's former team, Los Cuerudos, following the team's folding in 1978. The club joined the Segunda División de México in 1982 and played in the 1982–83 tournament. In the 1986–87 tournament the club reached the championship final against the Universidad Autónoma de Queré ...
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Tampico Madero F
Tampico is a city and port in the southeastern part of the Mexican state of Tamaulipas. It is located on the north bank of the Pánuco River, about inland from the Gulf of Mexico, and directly north of the state of Veracruz. Tampico is the fifth-largest city in Tamaulipas, with a population of 314,418 in the city proper and 929,174 in the metropolitan area. During the period of Mexico's first oil boom in the early 20th century, the city was the "chief oil-exporting port of the Americas" and the second-busiest in the world, yielding great profits that were invested in the city's famous architecture, often compared to that of Venice and New Orleans.Dave Graham, "Crime-ridden state poses acid test for Mexican oil reform"
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Tigres UANL
Club Tigres de la Universidad Autónoma de Nuevo León, abbreviated as Tigres UANL and simply known as Tigres or internationally as Tigres de México, is a Mexican professional Association football, football club based in the Monterrey metropolitan area, Nuevo León, Mexico. Founded in 1960 as Club Deportivo Universitario de Nuevo León and then changed to its current name in 1967. The club has spent 60 years in Liga MX, the top division of Mexican football league system, Mexican football. They had their first major success in the 1975–76 season, becoming the first team from Nuevo León to win a trophy by conquering the Copa MX against Club América. Tigres have been league champions eight times, and have won the Copa MX three times. In international competitions, Tigres won a CONCACAF Champions League title in 2020 CONCACAF Champions League, 2020 (finishing as runners-up three times), and was the 2015 Copa Libertadores Finals runner-up to Club Atlético River Plate, River Pl ...
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Atlético San Francisco
Atlético San Francisco, (simply known as Brujos) is a Mexican professional football club. The club plays in the Serie B de México and is based in San Francisco del Rincón, Guanajuato, Mexico. It was established in 1966 and it has never played in the Primera División Profesional. History Atlético San Francisco was founded in 1966 and in that same year the club join the Segunda División. The club has never being able to play in the Primera División. In 1994, the club played in the inaugural season of the new second-tier Primera División A. In 1999, the club was relegated back to the Segunda División. Between 1999 and 2005 San Francisco played in Segunda División. The club ever since has been again relegated to the Tercera División de México and has played there between 2005 and 2019. On June 8, 2019, Atlético San Francisco defeated Aguacateros C.D.U. Uruapan in the semifinal of the 2018-19 season with this result the team won one of the two promotion place for the Li ...
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Club Atlético Zacatepec
Zacatepec Fútbol Club is a Mexican professional football club based in Zacatepec, Morelos, that competes in Liga Premier, the third level division of Mexican football. Founded in 1948 as Club Social y Deportivo Zacatepec by workers of the Mexican sugar mill called ''Emiliano Zapata''. Throughout its history it was also named as Promotora Deportiva Zacatepec SC, Zacatepec 1948, Zacatepec Siglo XXI and Club Atlético Zacatepec. The club was refounded on July 21, 2024 under its current name. Nicknamed ''Cañeros'' (sugarcane growers). Their colors are white and green (from sugar and sugarcane, respectively). Their uniform color is a white shirt with a big green line in the middle and white shorts and socks. The head coach of Zacatepec during the 1950s was Ignacio Trelles, a former professional Mexican football player who became head coach of the Mexico national team in the 1962 FIFA World Cup in Chile and 1966 FIFA World Cup in England. History The club dates back to the early ...
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Reboceros De La Piedad
Club de Fútbol La Piedad is a Mexican football club based in La Piedad, Michoacán. The club currently plays in the Liga Premier de Ascenso de Mexico in the Liga Premier. Reboceros was founded in 1951 by football players from "Perros Bravos" neighborhood, most of them were craftsman working with leather and textile. History First years of the club The club was founded in 1951. In 1952, the team won the Second Division and was promoted to Primera División, however, the squad was relegated in 1953. After 1953 relegation, the team would spend several years playing in the Second Division and Primera División 'A'. In 2001 the club won the Verano 2001 championship defeating Toros Neza. Later, La Piedad won the promotion to the First Division by winning Gallos de Aguascalientes in the promotion playoff. Return to Primera División and first disappearance of the club La Piedad returned to Primera División in the Invierno 2001 tournament, the team finished in 18th place with 19 ...
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Irapuato F
Irapuato is a Mexican city and municipality located at the foot of the Arandas Hill (in Spanish: ''Cerro de Arandas''), in the central region of the state of Guanajuato. It lies between the Silao River and the Guanajuato River, a tributary of the Lerma River, at above sea level. It is located at . The city is the second-largest in the state (only behind León), with a population of 342,561 according to the 2005 census, while its municipality has a population of 529,440. The municipality has an area of and includes numerous smaller outlying communities. Although it is now an important center for regional trade and transportation center as well the site of several automotive and chemical manufacturing plants, the city's main industry has historically been agriculture and it has long been known for its strawberries and industry of refried beans, also the raising of pigs and cattle. The fruits and flowers of Irapuato's luxurious gardens are well known throughout Mexico. History Pre ...
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Saltillo Soccer F
Saltillo () is the capital and largest city of the northeastern Mexican state of Coahuila and is also the municipal seat of the municipality of the same name. Mexico City, Monterrey, and Saltillo are all connected by a major railroad and highway. As of a 2020 census, Saltillo had a population of 879,958 people, while the Saltillo metropolitan area population was 1,031,779, making Saltillo the largest city in the state of Coahuila, and the 14th most populated metropolitan area in the country. Saltillo is considered the most competitive city in Mexico for cities with over one million inhabitants. Saltillo's success is due to its strong performance in the Urban Competitiveness Index (ICU), which is developed by the Mexican Institute for Competitiveness (IMCO). The ICU evaluates cities based on 35 indicators, including law, society, infrastructure, labor market, political system, and innovation. Saltillo is also the safest capital city in Mexico, according to INEGI data in 2025 Salt ...
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