CF Atlante
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Full name | Club de Fútbol Atlante, S.A. de C.V. |
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Nickname(s) | Potros de Hierro (Iron Colts) |
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Founded | 1916 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Ground | Estadio Azteca, Mexico City, DF, Mexico |
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Capacity | 114,600 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Chairman | José Antonio García Rodríguez | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Manager | José Guadalupe Cruz | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
League | Primera División de México | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Apertura 2006 | Did not qualify for playoffs 12th (league) 5th (group) |
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Club de Fútbol Atlante, also known as Atlante, is a Mexican professional football club. Atlante plays in the Primera División de México. The club plays its home games in Estadio Azteca, located in Mexico City.
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[edit] Honours
[edit] Professional Era
- League Championships: 2
- 1946-47, 1992-93
- CONCACAF Champions' Cup: 1
- 1983
[edit] History
Atlante was founded in 1916 with the name Sinaloa by a group of young Mexican football enthusiasts led by Refugio "El Vaquero" Martínez. The team played in the La Condesa neighborhood in Mexico City.
Since the professionalization of the Mexican league, Atlante has been champions twice, in the 1946-47 season, and the 1992-93 season. The club also won the CONCACAF Champions' Cup in 1983, and was runner-up in 1994 to C.S. Cartaginés.
[edit] Current roster
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[edit] Squad changes for Apertura 2006 season
In:
- Jesus Mendoza - Loaned From San Luis
- Rodolfo Espinoza - Loaned From Necaxa
- Gustavo Bizcayzacú - Loaned From CD Veracruz
- Martín Manuel Calderón - Loaned From CD Veracruz
- Hugo David Gutierrez - Free Agent
Out:
- Diego Ramírez - Loaned To CF Monterrey
- Osvaldo Lucas - Loaned To Necaxa
- Roberto Nurse - Loaned To Queretaro
- Jorge Collazo - Loaned To Queretaro
- Isaac Fierros - Transferred To Club Leon
- Hugo Sánchez Portugal - Retired
- Francisco Cati To N.A.
- Diego Héctor Garay - Transferred To Club Leon
- Ignacio Hierro To N.A.
- José María Cárdenas - Transferred To Club Leon
[edit] Feeder Teams
Atlante organizes a club in North Carolina called Atlante USA. AUSA play in a league ran by the Inter-American Sports Organization (IASO).
[edit] External links
- (Spanish) Official site
- (Spanish) Primera División
- (Spanish) IASO Team
Primera División de México |
América | Atlante | Atlas | Chivas | Cruz Azul | Jaguares | Morelia | Monterrey | Necaxa Pachuca | Queretaro | San Luis | Santos | Tecos | Tigres | Toluca | UNAM | Veracruz |