San Luis F.C.

Football club infobox
clubname = San Luis F.C.


fullname = San Luis Futbol Club
nickname = Gladiadores, Tuneros, Tribu Real
founded = September 23, 1957
ground = Alfonso Lastras
capacity = 35,000
chairman = Eduardo del Villar Cervantes
manager = flagicon|Mexico Raul Arias
league = Primera División
season = Clausura 2008
position = Semifinals
4th (league)
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San Luis F.C., known more commonly as San Luis, is a Mexican professional football (soccer) club from the city of San Luis Potosí. The team's nickname of "Tuneros" is a reference to the tuna fruit, which has been changed to Gladiadores as a mascot. The nickname "Tribu Real" is a reference to the fact that the team was once named "Real San Luis". Another nickname recently given to the team is the name of "El Equipo del Milagro" (The Miracle team) because of the last minute miracle to stay in the highest division. San Luis play their home games at Alfonso Lastras Ramirez stadium. They formerly played at Plan de San Luis stadium (named after a military plan proposed by Francisco I. Madero at the height of the Mexican Revolution of 1910).

History

Club San Luis was reestablished in 1999 and soon after the team was bought out by Televisa in 2001 and transformed into a minor league affiliate for its first division team, América. One year later, San Luis qualified for the Primera División A playoffs and later won a promotion to the Primera División de México. Without much success, the team descended back to the Primera División A in 2004. It did not take the team long to return and by 2005, under the leadership of their former coach Carlos Reinoso, San Luis won their second promotion. With decent success the team was able to barely avoid relegation in the 2005-2006 season, a time when they became known as the "equipo de la buena suerte" (good luck team), and continued in the highest division of the land. By having Club San Luis in the first division team Televisa owns a total of 3 teams: Club San Luis, Club America, and Necaxa. These three teams are known as "brothers" in the league with San Luis being the baby brother, although having more success than the other two teams the 2006 season. San Luis is also known for their fans support, La Guerrilla. La Guerrilla is San Luis' official Cheering squad or barra (in Spanish) which is one of the most loyal barras in Mexico, supporting the Club in any division they play in. One of their best players so far is Alfredo Moreno because he known to score goals. San Luis finished 5th place in Apertura 2007. In Clausura 2008 the team finished 4th place in the league table which was their best in club history.

Estadio Alfonso Lastras

The current stadium where Club San Luis plays ,is the Estadio Alfonso Lastras in the city of San Luis Potosi. Previously the team played at the Estadio Plan de San Luis. Its facilities include lighting, bathrooms, seats (positioned so that the stadium is blue and yellow), dressing rooms for 2 teams, gym, parking, boxes, platforms for cameras and a small shopping area which consists of a shop Officers who sells equipment and food shops. Previously, the stadium was used by another team potosino, but lower category, Atletico San Luis, and San Luis FC (formerly Real San Luis) was playing in Stadium Plan of San Luis.

Players

Current Team

Honours

National

*flagicon|Mexico Primera División A: 2
* Verano 2002, Apertura 2004
*flagicon|Mexico Segunda División de México:
* 1970-71, y 1975-76

International Cups

Copa Sudamericana 2008 - In progress

Club Records

* Seasons in 1st: 10
* Seasons in 2nd: 4
* Most Goals in Favor: 6-3 vs UNAM (27-Oct-2002)
* Most Goals Against: 1-6 vs América (31-Oct-1971)
* Best Position in Table: 4º (Clausura 2008)
* Worst Position in Table: 19º
* Best Scorer: flagicon|BRA Edson Marcelo de Faria (27 Goals)
* GK with less goals against: flagicon|MEX Adrian Martinez
* Most Games Played: flagicon|MEX Adrian Martinez (117 Games)

Notable Players

Mexico
*flagicon|MEX Adrian Martinez
*flagicon|MEX Braulio Luna
*flagicon|MEX Mario Pérez Zúñiga
*flagicon|MEX Octavio Valdez
*flagicon|MEX Israel Martínez
*flagicon|MEX Carlos Sánchez
*flagicon|MEX Alfredo González Tahuilán
*flagicon|MEX Leonel Olmedo
*flagicon|MEX Oscar Rojas
*flagicon|MEX Héctor Altamirano
*flagicon|MEX Jesús Mendoza
*flagicon|MEX Nery Castillo
*flagicon|MEX Rodolfo Salinas
*flagicon|MEX Hugo Pineda
*flagicon|MEX Omar Dominguez
*flagicon|MEX Angel Reyna
*flagicon|MEX Adrian García Arias
*flagicon|MEX Jose Milán
*flagicon|MEX José Luis Montes de Oca
*flagicon|MEX Edwin Santibáñez
*flagicon|MEX Manuel Virchis
*flagicon|MEX José Enrique García
*flagicon|MEX Luis Francisco Noyola
*flagicon|MEX Christian Patiño

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Argentina
*flagicon|ARG Alfredo Moreno
*flagicon|ARG Eduardo Coudet
*flagicon|ARG Pablo Lavallén
*flagicon|ARG Juan Pablo Avendaño

Brazil
*flagicon|BRA Edson Marcelo de Faria
*flagicon|BRA Irenio Soares
*flagicon|BRA José Aílton da Silva
*flagicon|BRA Argemiro Veiga

Chile
* Reinaldo Navia

Colombia
* Tressor Moreno
* Jairo Patiño
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Costa Rica
* Harold Wallace

Peru
* Jorge Soto
* Roberto Silva
* Flavio Maestri

Uruguay
* Marcelo Guerrero
* Sebastian Abreu
* Víctor Piríz
* Andrés Silva
* Martín Rodríguez
* Ronald Ramírez
* Sergio Blanco
* Martín Ligüera

USA
* Michael Orozco

External links

* [http://www.sanluisfutbol.com.mx/ Official site]
* [http://www.laguerrilla.com.mx/ Hinchas Web]