Albinegros de Orizaba
Full name | Club Deportivo Albinegros de Orizaba | ||
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Nickname(s) | Los Albinegros (The White-and-Blacks) | ||
Founded | 1898 | ||
Dissolved | 18 December 2019 | ||
Ground | Estadio Socum | ||
Capacity | 7,000 | ||
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Club Deportivo Albinegros de Orizaba was a football club of the city of Orizaba, in the state of Veracruz. Founded in 1898 as "Orizaba Athletic Club", it was founded by Scottish migrant Duncan Mac Comish Mac Donald who owned a local steel company. In the beginning, the club hosted cricket among other sports.
The club had the honour of being Mexico's first ever football champion in 1903 when the club played in the old
On 18 December 2019. Orizaba was dissolved due to the disaffiliation of
History
1890s–1920
In the 1880s numerous immigrants from all over Europe were coming into the port of Veracruz and spreading around the state's cities. Many companies were founded in those years, mostly steel and fabric companies. Immigrants brought along a new sport from Europe which they started teaching the locals and would go on to sponsor clubs made up by its workers to represent the company in friendly matches that started off in the early 1890s. Some important factories were Santa Gertrudis Fábrica de Yute, which was founded and owned by Scottish Duncan Mac Comish Mac Donald and Thomas Hanghey, who had a long football background and so they decided along with other local factory owners to establish a local football league in 1886, having the first game played in the old "Campo El Yute".
The "Orizaba Athletic Club" was founded in 1898 as a sports club where cricket (among other sports) could be practiced. The club was founded by Comish Mac Donald, who owned a local steel company. A few years later, Comish Mac Donald and Thomas Hanghey, along with English Percy C. Clifford (a pioneer in the sport in Mexico City) decided to form a semi-professional league that would include clubs from the capital and from the provinces.
First Championship
In 1902 the "Liga Mexicana de Football Amateur Association", also known as Primera Fuerza, was founded with 5 clubs Pachuca A.C, Mexico Cricket Club, Reforma AC and British Club. The league finished its first year successful with Orizaba crowning the first champion in Mexico's history. Right after the tournament ended there were internal problems with the club, and as a result, Orizaba decided to leave the league.
1902 League standings
Club | Pos | GP | W | T | L | GS | GA | PTS |
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Orizaba AC | 5 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 9 | 7 |
Reforma
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2 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 11 | 5 | 6 |
British Club | 3 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 3 | 4 |
Pachuca | 4 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 2 |
Mexico Cricket | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 16 | 3 |
1902 Championship year [2]
After this year the club folded and would not return till 1916
Club's second stay
The club returned to action in 1916, this time in a local league Liga Amateur de Veracruz, and changed its name to "U-29", which represented a German submarine that fought in the World War I. The club decided to change its name again because local native fell to identified themselves with the club. So on 17 June 1916 the club switched to "Asociación Deportiva Orizabeña" or simply known as "A.D.O.". A local Spanish immigrant, Isidro Palou, came up with the name which was chosen over other names "Orizaba Sporting Club" and "Club Deportivo de Fútbol". And so that same year the club took part in the local league with new board of directors Ernesto Arzamendi, Mario Ojeda, Rafael Portas, Eduardo Ruiz, José Powel, Rafael Romero, José Sosa, Jurado y Carlos Namur.[3]
1920–1930
In 1921 the club is once again invited to take part of a special tournament played in
1929 Torneo Veracruzano
In 1929 the state of Veracruz decide to hold its own national Tournament inviting clubs
1940–50
In 1943 along with newly founded club
In the 1947–48 tournament, another legend in the institution, Byron Kennell (who had also been part of that 1902–03 championship squad) took over as manager. That year the team finished 5°. The following year, still with Kennell as manager, the club remains among the 10 best placed. After the 1948–49 tournament Albinegros suffered internal problems which caused the club to fold for the second time in its history having played 6 years in the Mexican Primera División.
Mexican Primera División stats
Year | Pos | GP | W | T | L | GS | GA | PTS |
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1943–44 | 9 | 18 | 5 | 2 | 11 | 37 | 54 | 12 |
1944–45 | 12 | 24 | 8 | 3 | 13 | 46 | 57 | 19 |
1945–46 | 7 | 30 | 14 | 4 | 12 | 49 | 52 | 32 |
1946–47 | 12 | 28 | 7 | 5 | 16 | 51 | 62 | 19 |
1947–48 | 5 | 28 | 13 | 5 | 10 | 68 | 66 | 31 |
1948–49 | 6 | 28 | 10 | 8 | 10 | 56 | 54 | 28 |
From 1943 to 1949[2] After the 1948–49 season, A.D.O. folded .
Orizaba F.C.
In 1959 the club made his returns to action under the name of "Orizaba F.C." enrolling in the
Present day
The club made another comeback in 2002 after the owner of Club Bachilleres de Guadalajara moved the club to Orizaba, this time under the name of Albinegros de Orizaba. The club also had an affiliate club in the second division. In 2002, the club became affiliated with first division club
Defunction
After the serious financial problems of its rival from the same state,
However, later, Veracruz converted the second team into Albinegros de Orizaba to recover his identity. Until 2017, Albinegros competed in the Liga Premier de Ascenso. In the same year, the team was relegated to Serie B de México due to lack of adequate sports facilities, in the Clausura 2018, Orizaba won the championship. For the 2018–19 season, the team returned to Serie A.
On 18 December 2019. Orizaba was dissolved due to the disaffiliation of Veracruz. Orizaba was the Veracruz reserve team and was registered with the same legal name as Veracruz.
Year | Pos | GP | W | T | L | GS | GA | PTS |
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Clausura 2009 | 14 | 16 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 15 | 16 | 20 |
Apertura 2010 | 15 | 16 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 11 | 21 | 13 |
Liga de ascenso stats [6]
Kit evolution
- First kit evolution
1902 Home
1902 Away
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1916 Home
1916 Away
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1929 Home
1929 Away
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1930–43 Home
1930–43 Away
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1994 Home
1994 Away
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2002 Home
2002 Away
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2008 Home
2008 Away
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2009 Home
2009 Away
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2017 Home
2017 Away
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2018 Home
2018 Away
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Players
Current squad
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
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Honors
- Clausura 2018
- 1902–03
- Tercera División(1)
- 1971–72
Top scorers
See also
- Football in Mexico
- Reforma Athletic Club
- British Club
References
- ^ "¡ADIÓS A ORIZABA SIN INTERVENCIÓN!". Liga Premier Magazine (in Spanish). 19 December 2019. Retrieved 19 December 2019.
- ^ a b "rsssf.orgs Stats: All time Standings list from 1902". Archived from the original on 2 April 2015.
- ^ Fong, Eric (21 April 2020). "ADO, el equipo con nombre de autobuses que se comenzó llamando como un submarino". Mediotiempo.com (in Spanish). Retrieved 25 July 2020.
- ^ "The teams of Segunda División de México from 1950-51 till 1993-94". Archived from the original on 29 January 2013. Retrieved 19 January 2011.
- ^ http://www.xeudeportes.com.mx/nota.cfm?id=315171 (Spanish)
- ^ "Liga De Ascenso Stats".