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Revision as of 16:22, 10 March 2007
| Club de Fútbol Atlante | |||
| Full name | Club de Fútbol Atlante, S.A. de C.V. | ||
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| Nickname(s) | Potros de Hierro (Iron Colts) | ||
| Founded | 1916 | ||
| Ground | Azteca, Mexico City, DF, Mexico | ||
| Capacity | 129,260 | ||
| 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 known as one of the oldest and most traditional teams of the Mexican professional football league. In 2005, ESPN decided to sponsor the team’s extensive history. Atlante plays in the Primera División de México. The club currently plays its home games in Estadio Azteca, located in Mexico City. The stadium was designed by Mexican architect Pedro Ramírez Vázquez, and was inaugurated on May 29, 1966. The Azteca is also the only stadium in history to host two World Cup finals.
Honours
- National League Championships: 5
- 1924-1925, 1925-1926, 1926-1927, 1931-1932, 1940-1941
- Professional Era Championships: 2
- 1946-1947, 1992-1993
- Runner-Up: 4
- 1945-1946, 1949-1950, 1950-1951, 1981-1982
- Cup Titles: 3
- 1941-1942, 1950-1951, 1951-1952
- Runner-Up: 4
- 1943-1944, 1945-1946, 1948-1949, 1962-1963
- Champion of Champions: 2
- 1941-1942, 1951-1952
- Runner-Up: 2
- 1946-1947, 1950-1951
- CONCACAF Champions' Cup: 1
- 1983
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. In the 1930´s, players of the stature of Horacio Casarín and Juan "el Trompo" Carreño* helped propel Atlante to become one of the most popular teams in all of Mexico and their popularity was even brought to the big screen in many films of the country’s cinematographic golden era. Some of those films are Los Hijos de Don Venancio, Los Nietos de Don Venancio, El Vividor, El que con niños se acuesta among many others. To this day, the rivalry between Necaxa and Atlante is the oldest in Mexican football. * Atlante’s mythical player Juan Carreño scored Mexico’s first goal in Olympic Games in Amsterdam 1928 and also scored Mexico’s first ever goal in a World Cup during the first match game against France in Uruguay 1930
Through the beginnings of the history of the football of Mexico, when foreign teams of fame, began to challenge the Mexican teams, they swept with most clubs except one team - Atlante. What today many do not recall is that Atlante was the first Mexican team that acquired national fame by knocking down to those foreign “giagiants”. In 1929, Atlante defeated the powerful Sabaria of Hungary 3-1. In 1930, Atlante defeated two times the Sportivo of Buenos Aires 2-1 and 3-2 along with their famous "Fiera" Bernabé Ferreyra, the most fearsome South American bomber of that epoch. And one of their more recalled feats was the victory conquered in 1931 over the Bellavista of Uruguay, 3 to 2 and who had eight players that won the first World Cup celebrated in Montevideo. Throughout it’s history, Atlante has managed to beat international adversaries such as Inter Milan, Barcelona, Independiente de Avellananeda, Ferncvarosi, Stuttgart, F.K., Gremio, Dynamo, Sochaux, Bayern Leverkusenlace, Nancy, Slovan Bratislava, Racing Avellaneda, among many others.
Atlante was one of the founders of the professional league in 1943 and it became the fourth team to win the championship in the 1946-1947 season. In 1945 the team imposed the Latin American record for more goals in a single season with 121 goals in 30 matches. That's more than four goals per game! Atlante also became the first Mexican team to be crown in the Champion of Champions tournament during the 1941-1942 season.
After finishing second place in 1982, Atlante won its first continental title with the CONCACAF Champions' Cup in 1983. A decade later, with players like Luis Miguel Salvador, Miguel Herrera, Felix Férnández, Daniel Guzmán, René Isidoro García, Ricardo la Volpe, and the present manager Jose Guadalupe Cruz, Atlante won its latest title in 1992-1993, and was runner-up in the 1994 CONCACAF Champions' Cup to C.S. Cartaginés.
Atlante has debuted 46 players in the past decade making it the team that has debuted the most players in the Mexican football league.
Current roster
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Squad changes for Clausura 2007 season
In:
Cristián Canío transferred from Universidad de Chile 
José Joel González return from CF Monterrey
Franco Mendoza transferred from Godoy Cruz
Out:
- Horacio Cervantes transferred to Necaxa
- Patricio Galaz transferred to ''Universidad de Chile
Goalscoring Champions
| Football Player | Season |
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| Nicho "Rabanito" Mejía | 1927-1928 |
| Juan "Trompo" Carreño | 1931-1932 |
| Alberto "Caballo" Mendoza | 1939-1940 |
| Martín "El Maestro Valtonra | 1941-1942 |
| Bernardo "Manolete" Hernández | 1967-1968 |
| Evanivaldo Castro Cabinho | 1979-1980 |
| Evanivaldo Castro Cabinho | 1980-1981 |
| Evanivaldo Castro Cabinho | 1981-1982 |
| Luis Garcia | Invierno 97 |
| Luis Gabriel Rey | Apertura 2003 |
Notable Players
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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).
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