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Club de Futbol Atlante
The Iron Colts
Club de Fútbol Atlante, also known as Atlante, play in the Primera division in Mexico. The Potros de Hierro(Iron Colts) as they are called play their home games at the 22,000 capacity Estadio Quintana Roo which is located in Cancun.
The CFAtlante home soccer jersey is blue with red vertical stripes and blue sleeves. The CFAtlante away football shirt is is white with red sleeves.
Club History
The club was formed as Sinaloa in 1916 making the club one of the oldest in Mexico. Although the team now plays in Cancun their original base was in Mexico City.
Atlante were also one of the founder member of the professional league in Mexico. The most successful period in CFAtlante’s history have been in the 1920’ as amateurs and in the late forties early fifties as a professional outfit.
One of the clubs claim to fame is that they have proven very difficult to beat by foreign opposition. And we don’t mean any old foreign opposition. Some of the great names in world soccer have played CFAtlante and been sent home with their tails between their legs.
In 1929, the club defeated the powerful Sabaria of Hungary 3-1. In 1930, the Iron Colts 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, CFAtlante 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.
Domestic 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
International Honours
CONCACAF Champions' Cup: 1
1983
If you would like more up to the date information on the club visit the
Official Atlante Website.
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