Puebla F.C.

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Puebla

Full name

Puebla Futbol Club

Nickname(s)

Los Camoteros, La Franja (The Stripe)

Founded

May 7, 1944

Ground

Cuauhtémoc
Puebla, Puebla
(Capacity 42,649)

Manager

Jose Luis Sánchez Solá

League

Primera División Mexicana

Apertura 2007

14th (league)





Home colours





Away colours

Puebla Futbol Club, also known as the Camoteros and La Franja (The Stripe), is a professional Mexican football club. Puebla FC recently ascended to the First National Division (05-26-07). The team's white home jersey features a blue sash, which crosses the chest diagonally from the right shoulder to the waist.

The team was formed as an amateur club in 1904, by Englishmen who integrated into the Mexican Football League. Between 1944 and 1949, Puebla FC gained one second place, one third, and three fourth-place finishes, plus their first Copa México in the 1944-45 season, thereby becoming one of the great football clubs in México. During the 1953-54 season they managed their second Copa México title. Puebla took home their first League Title in the 1982-83 season, after defeating Guadalajara on penalty kicks. Another Copa México was theirs after the 1987-88 season, and in the 1989-90 season they won both a Copa México and their second League Title after beating the Black Lions of the Universidad de Guadalajara. In 1991 they defeated Trinidad and Tobago for their first CONCACAF championship. Throughout more than sixty years of professional football, Puebla FC has counted on notable international players, mainly from Argentina, Brazil, Spain, Chile, Uruguay and other locations in Africa and Europe.

The team was relegated to the Mexican Primera A at the end of the Clausura 2005. The team won the "Apertura 2006" tournament in an exciting match against Salamanca. On May 26th, 2007, Puebla won back the right to play in Mexico's premier soccer league, by defeating Dorados de Sinaloa in the Cuauhtémoc stadium, packed with more than 45,000 fans. Celebrations all around Puebla city ensued, reminding of the celebrations in 1983 and 1990, when the team won the championship of the premier league. Puebla now has the opportunity to relive those former days of glory.

1 Championships
2 Year by Year standings
3 Current roster
- 3.1 Confirmed transfers
4 Notable Players
5 External links

[edit] Championships

Campeonato de Primera División: 1982-83, 1989-90
Campeonato de Ascenso 1970, 2007
Campeonato de Primera División "A" Apertura 2005, Apertura 2006
Copa México: 1945, 1953, 1988, 1990
Campeonisimo: 1990
Copa de Campeones de CONCACAF: 1991

[edit] Year by Year standings

[edit] First Division

Year	Pos	GP	W	T	L	GS	GA	PTS
1944-45	2	24	14	2	8	53	30	30
1945-46	3	30	17	4	9	85	48	38
1946-47	4	28	13	9	6	55	45	35
1947-48	3	28	15	5	8	40	34	35
1948-49	4	28	14	4	10	53	50	32
1949-50	7	26	11	3	12	51	54	25
1950-51	7	22	9	3	10	38	47	21
1951-52	8	22	6	7	9	30	47	19
1952-53	6	22	8	5	9	34	28	21
1953-54	3	22	8	9	5	31	29	25
1954-55	8	22	7	6	9	29	37	20
1955-56	13	26	6	4	16	35	64	16
Totals:		300	128	61	111	534	513	317

After this season, the team folded, being reformed in 1964.

[edit] Second Division

Year	Pos	GP	W	T	L	GS	GA	PTS
1964-65	4	30	14	9	7	49	31	37
1965-66	4	30	17	8	5	68	32	42
1966-67	4	30	17	7	6	69	37	41
1967-68	5	34	18	7	9	54	33	43
1968-69	3	34	15	12	7	44	28	42
1969-70	9	34	13	8	13	38	38	34
Total		192	94	51	47	322	199	239

In 1970 the First Division was expanded from 16 to 18 teams; the Second Division champion Zacatepec was promoted and a playoff was held for the remaining place. The teams competing for the place were Nacional, Naucalpan, Puebla and Union de Curtidores. Puebla won the playoff and was promoted.

[edit] First Division

Year	Position	Games played	Won	Tied	Lost	Goals Scored	Goals Against	Points	Postseason place
1970-71	11	34	11	10	13	43	49	32	Didn't qualify
1971-72	6	34	13	9	12	47	42	35	Didn't qualify
1972-73	8	34	12	9	13	46	46	33	Didn't qualify
1973-74	4	34	13	14	7	57	40	40	Semifinals
1974-75	9	38	14	12	12	49	48	40	Didn't qualify
1975-76	18	38	9	10	19	42	61	28	Didn't qualify
1976-77	10	38	13	11	14	49	49	37	Didn't qualify
1977-78	18	38	10	8	20	35	52	28	Didn't qualify
1978-79	7	38	14	14	19	53	49	42	Didn't qualify
1979-80	13	38	11	11	16	56	62	33	Didn't qualify
1980-81	11	38	12	13	13	57	59	37	Didn't qualify
1981-82	8	38	15	11	12	57	56	41	Didn't qualify
1982-83	3	38	15	15	8	53	39	45	CHAMPIONS
1983-84	13	38	12	10	16	53	58	34	Didn't qualify
1984-85	10	38	13	11	14	53	43	37	Quarterfinals
PRODE 85	??	??	??	??	??	??	??	??
Mexico 86	??	??	??	??	??	??	??	??
1986-87	6	40	15	12	13	61	48	42	Semifinals
1987-88	10	38	13	12	13	58	51	38	Quarterfinals
1988-89	1	38	20	13	5	73	31	53	Quarterfinals
1989-90	2	38	17	12	9	55	42	46	CHAMPIONS
1990-91	?	38	14	11	13	40	42	39	Semifinals
1991-92	7	38	14	13	11	44	42	41	Final
1992-93	9	38	?	?	?	58	56	43	Didn't qualify
1993-94	14	38	9	16	13	41	49	34	Didn't qualify
1994-95	7	36	12	16	8	45	41	40	Quarterfinals
1995-96	7	34	6	10	18	31	53	22	Didn't qualify
1995-96	7	34	6	10	18	31	53	22	Didn't qualify
Total	864	335	279	294	1198	1142	897	??

This last total does not include the 92-93 season.

[edit] Primera División

Year	Position	Games played	Won	Tied	Lost	Goals Scored	Goals Against	Points	Postseason place
Invierno 96	2	21	10	5	6	37	29	35	Semifinals
Verano 97	16	17	4	8	5	15	18	20	Didn't qualify
Invierno 97	17	17	5	4	8	20	27	19	Didn't qualify
Verano 98	10	19	4	6	8	25	33	18	Repechaje
Invierno 98	18	17	2	3	12	13	39	9	Didn't qualify
Verano 99	16	17	3	4	10	15	30	15	Didn't qualify
Invierno 99	16	17	3	4	10	15	30	15	Didn't qualify
Verano 2000	8	17	6	6	5	30	28	24	Didn't qualify
Invierno 2000	16	17	4	4	9	18	20	16	Didn't qualify
Verano 2001	5	17	7	6	4	21	17	27	Semifinals
Invierno 2001	10	17	5	8	5	22	22	23	Repechaje
Verano 2002	18	18	5	11	24	45	22	11	Didn't qualify
Apertura 2002	16	19	6	4	9	23	29	22	Didn't qualify
Clausura 2003	19	19	4	4	11	15	31	16	Didn't qualify
Apertura 2003	17	19	5	5	9	23	30	20	Didn't qualify
Clausura 2004	16	19	5	5	9	27	29	20	Didn't qualify
Apertura 2004	12	17	5	6	6	17	23	21	Didn't qualify
Clausura 2005	15	17	4	4	9	19	29	16	Didn't qualify
Apertura 2007	14	17	4	5	8	16	24	17	Didn't qualify
Clausura 2008	11	17	5	6	6	28	25	21	Didn't qualify

[edit] Current roster

No.	Position	Player
1	GK	Jorge Villalpando
3	DF	Javier Robles
4	DF	Adrián Sánchez
5	DF	Walter Vílchez
6	MF	Damián Zamogilny
7	MF	Sergio Rosas
8	MF	Fabián Peña
9	FW	Javier Cámpora
10	FW	Mario Ortiz
11	MF	Hugo Ruiz
12	DF	Melvin Brown
13	FW	Álvaro González
14	MF	Luis Miguel Noriega
15	MF	Felipe Ayala
18	MF	Nicolás Olivera

No.	Position	Player
19	FW	Isidro Sánchez
21	MF	Gilberto Mora
22	MF	Guillermo Rojas
23	DF	Joaquín Velázquez
24	DF	Sergio Pérez
27	MF	Pablo Aja
28	GK	José Guadalupe Martínez
29	GK	Jesús Santa Cruz
30	MF	Gerardo González
31	DF	Nazario Flores
33	GK	Erick Mentado
45	DF	Ricardo Jiménez
48	MF	Gustavo Anzaldo
53	MF	José Hiber Ruiz

[edit] Confirmed transfers

In:

			Paulo Serafín (transferred from Monterrey)
			Luis Gabriel Rey (transferred from Pachuca)
			Rafael Márquez Lugo (transferred from Pachuca)
			Álvaro Fernádez (transferred from Montevideo Wanderers)
			Miguel Ostersen (transferred from Coronel Bolognesi)