Colibríes de Morelos

Colibríes de Morelos

Full name	Colibríes de Morelos
Nickname(s)	Colibríes
Founded	December 10, 2002[1]
Ground	Estadio Mariano Matamoros Xochitepec, Morelos, México (Capacity: 18.000)
Manager	Felipe de Jesús Ocampo
League	Tercera División de México
Home colours Away colours

Colibríes is a Mexican football team. They are nicknamed Los Colibríes(Honey bird). The club was founded in 2002 when the state of Morelos bought the Atlético Celaya franchise who at the time played in the top Mexican division. Colibris was the fifth professional club in the state of Morelos to play in the Primera División de México , Zacatepec been the first in 1948, followed by Marte, who moved from México City to Cuernavaca in 1953, Cuautla in 1955 and Oaxtepec in 1982. The club played only 1 year in the top league before been relegated in 2003.That same year the club was sold to Tijuana were it became Trotamundos Tijuana.The club currently plays in the Tercera División de México The state also represented by Club Universidad Nacional inferior squad Pumas Morelos.

History

Colibríes was a Mexican football team. They are nicknamed Los Colibríes (Honey birds). Their colors are a variate of blue and white. Their uniform color is a blue and white shirt that is split down the middle. Their greatest achievements were in the early 2000s when they played in the top division.The club was founded in 2002^[2] when Atlético Celaya was moved to Morelos where hey changed the clubs colors and badge.There were problems with the club from the begging when club Zacatepec protest with the city claiming that they did not want another club in the city who played in a superior division than them who played in the second division. Soon after there were problems with their stadium which was built near a rocky place which the federation implied the fans might just them as weapons.The clubs first matches were enterprisingly good wining their first 3 out of 4 matches, but soon more controversy came up when player and coaches alike claimed that their monthly paychecks had bounce.In 2003^[3] their stadium was finally approve by the federation an so they played their from 2002-2003^[4] season when they were relegated.

Relegation fight

With a poor tournament, the club found itself fighting neck to neck with Jaguares de Chiapas which was also playing it first year in the Primera División de México. In the round 17 ^[5] the last round of the tournament Colibris had a chance to avoid relegation with a victory over Cruz Azul but unfortuanally the club drew a 0-0^[6] draw and with a Jaguares de Chiapas last minute win over Tecos de la UAG the club future was sentience.Soon after the club was sold to Tijuana.

Statistics

Jersey worn by Claudio Puechagut during the 2002-2003 tournament

• years in top division : 1
• years in second division": 0
• Largest win: Colibríes 3 - Tecos 0
• largest deficit: Toluca 4 - Colibríes 1
• Top Goal scorer: Claudio Da Silva Pinto
• Fewest goals allowed goalkkeper: Rogelio Rodríguez Martínez 11 gols
• most gamesplayed: Miguel Ángel Pérez Sarmiento, Claudio Da Silva Pinto and Mario Darío Grana
• best game played: Colibries 1-1 Guadalajara
• Worst game played Colibirs 1-4 Toluca
• Most goals scored in first division Cluaudinho Da Silva (8)
• Most Games played in first division Cluaudinho Da Silva, Miguel Angel Perez(19)

Managers

• The managers for the club in the first division were:

• Carlos Leonel Trucco Medina (Since the clubs creation in December 2002 to January 7, 2003)
• Sergio Rubio (From round 1-10 in the clausura 2003)
• Zlatko Petricevic (Rounds 11 and 12 in the clausura 2003)
• Sergio Rubio (From rounf 13to 15 in the clausura 2003)
• Felipe de Jesús Ocampo Garcia y Rodolfo Sotelo Esparza (Together from rounds 16-19 in the apertura 2003)

Notable players

Mexico: Alexandro Alvarez Francisco Bravo Rogelio Rodríguez Martínez Javier Amozurrutia Guillermo Rergis Borja Salvador Vaca Cortés Jorge Omar Uribe Lazcano Roberto Antonio Nurse Anguiano Iván Navarro Sanabria Joao Batista Da Silva (Brazilian naturalize Mexican)

Argentina: Mario Darío Grana Claudio Ricardo Puechagut Jorge Adrián Jerez Terriaca Brazil: Claudio Da Silva Pinto Leandro Rodríguez Tavarés

Alao See

• Morelos
• Xochitepec
• Primera División de México
• Atlético Celaya

Footnotes

1. ^ "Articole Colibris history" (in Spanish). http://futbolneurona.wordpress.com/2009/04/14/colibries-de-cuernavaca/. Retrieved Abril 2009. 
2. ^ "News Paper Articole Nacen los Colibríes de Cuernavaca" (in Spanish). http://www.elsiglodetorreon.com.mx/noticia/12701.nacen-los-colibries-de-cuernavaca.html. Retrieved 2002. 
3. ^ "Articole in were it the clubs stadium is mention" (in Spanish). http://www.elsiglodetorreon.com.mx/noticia/16810.se-aprueba-el-estadio-de-los-colibries-de-mor.html. Retrieved 2003. 
4. ^ "All time list of relegated clubs from the Mexican football league" (in Spanish). http://www.mediotiempo.com/fmf/historico/descensos.php. Retrieved 2005. 
5. ^ "2003 statisticians from Medio Tiempo" (in Spanish). http://www.mediotiempo.com/equipo.php?id_equipo=334&id_liga=1. Retrieved 2003. 
6. ^ "Video report on the match held between Colibris and Cruz Azul in 2003" (in Spanish). http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hk9LNs6j40U. Retrieved 2003.