Real Club España

Real España Club was a football team that played in mexican first division and that it had as soothes City of Mexico. España was one of the most popular equipment at the time "Romántica" of Mexican football. During the Amateur era would win 14 titles of League and 4 Glasses. More ahead, with the professionalisation of football, España would obtain other 2 titles, one of them would be Liga 44-45 being by above of Puebla F.C., whereas the other title would be the Glass 43-44 that I gain to Atlante by 6-2, with Rodolfo Muñoz being the trainer.

History

Beginnings

España club was founded 20 March, 1912, product of a separation of old Mexico FC founded on 1910 by Alfredo B. Cuellar, Jorge Gómez de Parada and Alberto Mountain range. In San Pedro of the Pines Cricket was the main sport, is why two years later, in order to play football, 6 young Spanish emigrants would undertake the project to create a new club and would form to the memorable equipment of España. Francisco Aryan, Ramon Lance, Pedro Batgay, Delio Bonet, Enrique Escalada and Francisco Gómez would be their founders.

Amateur era

España would begin to reap triumphs immediately, only the following year to the one of its foundation (1913), gained its first championship of league, equipment with which inciaria one of the first classic of the time amateur. In 1914 would already obtain the bichampionship repeating the feat, but it would not stop there since for 1943 when Liga becomes professional, España accumulated 14 titles of League and 4 Tower Glasses.

Professionalism

When the mexican first division settles down in 1943, Real España Club he is one of the first equipment in betting by her and decides to be united, like in the era amateur the power of the España equipment is let see immediately arriving at the end from the first season 1943-44, end that would play against Asturias F.C. because the 2 had been tied in points at the end of the match. Asturias would gain 4-1. The next year in the season 1944-45 would arrive the championship number 15, first in First division. Nevertheless, this title along with the Glass obtained in 1943 against the Atlante, would be the only trophies obtained by España in the professional era. For the year of 1951 España decides to retire of all professional competition and equipment does not return more to mexican first division.

Athletic Spanish

For the season 1971-72 Necaxa changes of hands to those of Spanish leaders. With the intention to remember the great equipment that was the España Club, they decide to change to the name of the equipment to the one of Athletic Spanish, even copying the colors of the uniform of the missing person equipment. When never obtaining total acceptance on the part of the liking nor obtaining protagonism in the league, it is later decided 10 years to change the name again to the original name, Necaxa.

Present time

At present Real España still it exists, their facilities continue in still on City of Mexico and is a club that offers the option to realise several sport activities like oar, tennis, among others. The football team has been in the past and they are only some fields, photographies and trophies to remember it.

Honours

Amateur

*League Amateur of the Federal District (14): 1913-14, 1914-15, 1915-16, 1916-17, 1918-19, 1919-20, 1920-21, 1921-22, 1923-24, 1929-30, 1933-34, 1935-36, 1939-40, 1941-42
*Mexico Cup (4): 1914-15, 1916-17, 1917-18, 1918-19
*Match "of the Centenario": 1921

Professional

*Mexican first division (1): 1944-45
*Mexico Cup (1): 1943-44
*Campeón de Campeones (2): 1944, 1945