Atlético Zacatepec
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Club Atlético Zacatepec was a Mexican
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 1920s and was formed by local farmers and co-op members that operated the local sugar mill.
It was not until 1948 when Rodrigo Ampudia del Valle along with the sugar mill's coop membership, including the mill's superintendent and its chief chemist Gustavo de la Parra, founded Club Social y Deportivo Zacatepec who from its foundation sought to play in the professional division. A few years later the club would go on to win important things in the national level and international level.[3]
It was in 1951 when [
The club finished runner-up in 1953. In 1955, the club won its first league title,
The club won the 1957 league title just ahead of Toluca once ageing under the care of Ignacio Trelles who would go on to win titles with other clubs in the league becoming one of the best managers in the league history.[citation needed] The following tournament the club finished third, 4 points behind runner-up León and 6 points behind Guadalajara who would go on to win the next 6 out of 7 titles from 1958 to 1965. The club would also go on to lose the 1957–58 Copa Mexico to León.
In the following years the club struggled, finishing 10th in 1959–60 and 6th in 1960–61, and it was finally in 1961 when the club played its worst tournament, finishing last and being relegated to the
That club from the 1950s is still remembered[by whom?] as one of the best in the club's history. The club played some importation international friendlies in the 1950s against some of the best clubs from around the world. The club defeated Nacional who had won the Campeón Mundial de Clubes and would also go on to beat Manchester United in a friendly game.
The club started the 1960s playing the top division but after a bad league tournament in 1961 the club was relegated to the
The club started the 1970s once again in the first division; in the 1970–71 tournament the club finished tied for second in Group Corsairs 5 points behind the group leader and league runner-up Toluca. In the 1971–72 tournament the club finished fifth in Group A 15 points behind leader and league champion Cruz Azul. In the 1972–73 tournament the club just barely avoided relegation and finished four points ahead of Pachuca. The club struggled the following year finish in eighth in group 8 Group A once again avoiding relegation. In the 1974–75 tournament the club's struggles continued once again finishing in the bottom five. In the 1975–76 the club once again avoided relegation finishing six points ahead of Atlante, who was relegated. It was finally in the 1976–77 tournament when the club could not avoid relegation after having a bad year, finishing with 27 points—fewest in the league.
It didn't take long for the club to return to the main stage after winning the 1977–78 second division title its third in its history. The club had a good year in the 1978–79 tournament qualifying to the play-off tournament, a short tournament where they finished last. In the 1979–80 the club once again qualify after finishing first in group 4 with 44 points but would again have a bad play-off tournament. And so the 1970s were over having the club struggles at the beginning of the decade and finishing with back-to-back play-off berths.
The club started the 1980s in the first division. In the 1980–81 tournament the club qualified to the playoff stage with 42 points by means of 17 wins, 8 draws, and 13 defeats. In the play-offs the club played out of group 1 where they finished second behind
After bouncing between the second and third tiers of Mexican football during the 2000s, Zacatepec finally found stability in 2013 when it was announced that their home stadium would receive a multimillion-dollar renovation.
Stadium
Agustín "Coruco" Díaz stadium is the home of Zacatepec. It was founded in November 1954. It was inaugurated by then president of Mexico Adolfo López Mateos. The stadium is nicknamed la selva cañera (the sugarcane jungle) due to Zacatepec's humid weather conditions.
Motto
Club Zacatepec's motto is "Hacer Deporte es Hacer Patria" which means doing sports is to be a patriot.
On 23 March 2013, Morelos governor announced the team would return to the Ascenso MX in August 2013, taking the place of Irapuato. Zacatepec was relegated after just 2 season in Ascenso MX, but bought Cruz Azul Hidalgo and will remain in the Ascenso MX for the Apertura 2014.
Past Crests
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Past kits
Home
- Home Kit white shirt with a green strip that runs across the chest with green shorts and white socks.
- Away Kit green shirt with a white strip that runs across the chest with white shorts and green socks.
- Third Kit white shirt with green strip that runs across chest white shorts and white socks.
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 1970
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 1980
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 2003
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Away
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 1955
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 1965
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 1970
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   1980
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 1996
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 2003
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- Has played 27.1st DivisionTournaments last in 1985.
- Has played 22 2nd Divisiontournaments last in Clausura 2013.
- Has played 13 Primera Atournaments last in Clausura 2020
- Has played 8 3rd Divisiontournaments last in Clausura 2011.
Honours
- Primera División
- Copa Mexico
- Campeón de Campeones
- Winners: 1958
- Ascenso MX
- Runners-up: Verano 1998, Invierno 1999, Apertura 2019
- Segunda División
- Champions (5): 1950–51, 1962–63, 1969–70, 1977–78, 1983–84
- Runners-up: 1968–69, 1991–92
Players
Managers
Ignacio Trelles (1950–51), (1954–58)
Guillermo Huerta (2013–2014)- Adrián Martínez (Interim) (2014)
- Ignacio Rodríguez (2014–2015)
- Joel Sánchez (2015)
- Carlos Gutiérrez(2015–2017)
- Marcelo Michel Leaño (2017–2018)
- Alberto Clark (2018)
Ricardo Valiño (2018–2020)
Footnotes
- ^ a b "Mexico - List of Final Tables". RSSSF. Retrieved 11 January 2018.
- ^ "Como llegar". Archived from the original on 29 March 2016.
- ^ "Zacatepec Early Years 1951–59" (in Spanish). 26 June 2009.
- ^ "1955–56 Championship year" (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 11 September 2011. Retrieved 21 September 2011.
- ^ "Brilla el 'Coruco'..." Retrieved 11 January 2018.[permanent dead link]
- ^ "Desaparece Zacatepec, se muda ahí Coras". 31 May 2017. Retrieved 11 January 2018.
- "Exclusiva: Cruz Azul Hidalgo Desaparece Para Convertirse En Zacatepec." Goal.com. 15 May 2014. Web. 17 May 2014.