Atlante FC
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| Full name | Atlante Fútbol Club S.A. de C.V. |
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| Nickname(s) |
Los Potros de Hierro (The Iron Colts) Los Azulgranas (The Blue-and-Garnets) El Equipo del Pueblo (The People's Team) |
| Founded | 18 April 1916 |
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Estadio Andrés Quintana Roo, Cancún, Quintana Roo, Mexico |
| Capacity | 17,289 |
| Owner | Alejandro Burillo Azcárraga |
| Chairman | Eduardo Braun Burillo |
| Manager | Eduardo Fentanes |
| League | Ascenso MX |
| Apertura 2016 | 6th (Runner-up) |
| Website | www |
Atlante Fútbol Club, is a Mexican football club based in Cancun, Quintana Roo. Founded in 1916, Atlante were original members of the Mexican professional league when it began in 1943.
Atlante has won three national league championships, two from their original home in Mexico City, and the most recent following their 2007 relocation to Cancún. They are also three-time winners of the Copa México, and twice winners of the CONCACAF Champions' Cup / CONCACAF Champions League.
Atlante currently compete in Mexico's second-tier Ascenso MX following relegation from Liga MX at the end of the 2013–14 season. They play their home matches at the Estadio Andrés Quintana Roo in Cancún.
Atlante was founded on April 18, 1916 with the name Sinaloa by a group of young Mexican football enthusiasts, led by Refugio "El Vaquero" Martínez. The team began playing at La Condesa neighborhood in Mexico City. After changing its name to Lusitania and U-53, Refugio Martínez proposed the name Atlante, after the mighty battles fought at the Atlantic Ocean during World War I. During the 1920s, players such as the Rosas brothers, Manuel "Chaquetas" Rosas, Felipe "Diente" Rosas, as well as Juan "El Trompo" Carreño, they all helped to propel Atlante in becoming one of the most popular teams, mostly among the working classes, which led to its most famous and legendary nickname, El Equipo del Pueblo, "People's team". Atlante's legend Juan Carreño scored Mexico's first goal in the Olympic Games in Amsterdam 1928, as well as Mexico national team's first ever goal in a FIFA World Cup during the inaugural match against France in Uruguay 1930.
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