Club de Fútbol Cobras de Querétaro was a Mexican

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club based in the city of

Querétaro Querétaro, officially the Free and Sovereign State of Querétaro, is one of the Political divisions of Mexico, 32 federal entities of Mexico. It is divided into Municipalities of Querétaro, 18 municipalities. Its capital city is Querétaro Cit ...

that participated in the

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History

Cobras was founded on May 12, 1980 as Club de Fútbol Cobras de Querétaro, which was owned by television company

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. In 1985, the club acted as América's

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, while also pitching its veterans. Also in that year, it was first promoted to the

after beating

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with a score of 3–1. However, their stay would only be short-lived, as the team was immediately relegated, after collecting 31 points in 40 matches. After Cobra's relegation, Alejandra de La Vega bought the club and moved it to

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, Chihuahua, thus renaming it Club de Fútbol Cobras de Ciudad Juárez, meeting immediate success as it reached the '' Liga de Ascenso de México'' final that year and beat León 1–0, in a game played at the ''

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'' on July 12, 1988, with Joaquín Mendoza as its manager. In 1994, after the readjustments made in the ''Primera División'', Cobras folded, not being able to cope with serious economic problems. Seven years later, again as a feeder club – now to

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– it was re-formed, playing and losing the 2003 promotion playoffs final, to

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Honors

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: 2 ::1985–86, 1987–88 ::Runner-up (1): 2002–03 * Mexican Cup: 1 ::1990–91

References

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Club info on Geocities
Defunct football clubs in Mexico Football clubs in Querétaro Association football clubs established in 1985 Ascenso MX teams 1985 establishments in Mexico Querétaro City {{Mexico-footyclub-stub