Irapuato FC
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| Full name | Irapuato Fútbol Club |
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| Nickname(s) |
La Trinca(The Lashers) Los Freseros(The Strawberries) |
| Founded | 15 February 1911 |
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Estadio Sergio León Chavez Irapuato, Guanajuato, Mexico |
| Capacity | 25,000 |
| Chairman | José Juan Luna |
| Manager | Luis Padilla |
| League | Segunda División de México |
| Apertura 2016 | Runner-up |
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| Former names | Estadio Irapuato (1969–1990) |
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| Location | Irapuato, Guanajuato, Mexico |
Irapuato Fútbol Club is a professional football club, based in Irapuato, Guanajuato, Mexico. They are currently playing in the Liga Premier de Ascenso in the Segunda Division de Mexico.
Irapuato has mostly played in the Promotion League of Mexico (formerly Primera División A or Ascenso MX. From 2000 to 2004, the team briefly rose to prominence in the Liga MX reaching the playoffs. Historically, Irapuato has spent over 26 years in the Primera División, never quite excelling to challenge for the title.
The team was relegated from the Primera División in 2004 but not because of their on-field performance, but because of financial irregularities. In 2013, the team then took a turn for the worse being relegated to Liga Premier, the Third Division of Mexico for a year.
The team finally returned to Ascenso MX in May 2014 when Ballenas Galeana, decided to move to Irapuato, and also change their name to Club Irapuato, once again giving Irapuato a football team.
The club dates back to 1910 in the city of Irapuato where a club was founded under the name Club Mutualista Irapuatense by Pedro Garnu and by Diego Mosqueda who was an important person in the sports development in the city, and would later go on to establish the clubs rival Club León in the 1920s. In its first years many clubs were formed in order to create a futbol league in Guanajuato Deportivo Irapuato, Internacional, Club Marte, ISCO and Club León inaugurated the league in 1925.
The first tournament was won by Club Marte because the tournament was not finished due to problems between Irapuato and ISCO. In 1928 the club reached the final and played it against Deportivo Internacional; the club's squad was made up by Kurt Lenk as keeper Antonio Aguilar and José Núñez playing defender Julián Ramírez, Francisco Belman and Salvador Silva in the mid field and Antonio "El Gato" Baltazar, Crisoforo Juárez, Secundino Alvarado, Teofilo and Juan Aguilera playing as forwards. The club managed to come out with a 1–0 victory, winning its first league title. This club wore a white shirt with black shorts and socks.
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