Albinegros de Orizaba

Orizaba

Full name	Club Albinegros de Orizaba
Nickname(s)	Albinegros
Founded	1898
Ground	Estadio Luis Pirata Fuente (Temporary) (Capacity: 30,000)
Chairman	Fidel Kuri Grajales
Manager	Cristóbal Ortega
League	Segunda División Profesional
Home colours Away colours

The club Albinegros de Orizaba, is a football team of the city of Orizaba, Orizaba Athletic Club was founded in 1898, a sporting club who also practice Cricket among other sports in the city of Orizaba, Veracruz. The club was founded by Scottish migrant Duncan Macomish who owned a local steel company.The club had the honour of being Mexico's first ever Football champion in 1902 when the club played in the old Primera Fuerza. The club was among the first other to play in the Primera División de México in 1943 which was the first ever professional league in the nation history. The club has been playing in the Liga de Ascenso since 2009 after spending a few years playing in the Segunda División de México. The club has been playing its home games in the Estadio Luis de la Fuente sharing the stadium with crosstown rival Tiburones Rojos de Veracruz while its home stadium the Estadio Socum is being renovated. As of the 2011-12 season they will be playing in the Segunda División Profesional.

History

1890s-1920

In the 1880s numerous migrants from all over Europe were coming in the port of Veracruz and spreading around the states city's.Many company's were founded in does years mostly steel and fabric company's. migrants brought along a new sport from Europe which they started teaching g the locals and would go on to sponsor clubs made up by its workers to represent the company in friendly matches that started of in the early 1890s.Some important factory's were Santa Gertrudis Fabrica de Yutewhich was founded and own by Scottish migrants Duncan Macomish and Thomas Hanghey who had a long football background.and so they decided long with other local facotorys pwners to establish a local football league in 1886 havein the furst game played in the old 'Campo El Yute.

Orizaba Athletic Club was founded in 1898,A sporting club who also practice Cricket among other sports in the city of Orizaba, Veracruz. The club was founded by Scottish migrant Duncan Macomish who owned a local steel company.A few years later Duncan Macomish and Thomas Hanghey along with Englishmen migrant Percy C. Clifford a pioneer in the sport in Mexico City decided to form a semi professional league that would include clubs from the Capital in from Providence.

First Championship

In 1902 the Liga Mexicana de Football Amateur Association also known as Primera Fuerza was founded with 5 clubs Pachuca A.C, Mexico Cricket Club, Reforma AC and British Club.The league finished its first year successful with Orizaba Athletic Club been the first champion in Mexico's history.Right after the tournament ended there was internal problems with the club, and so Orizaba the first ever champion in Mexico decides to pull out of competition in the league.

Primera Fuerza

Club	Pos	GP	W	T	L	GS	GA	PTS
Orizaba AC	5	8	0	0	8	0	9	7
Reforma AC	2	4	2	2	0	11	5	6
British Club	3	4	2	0	2	7	3	4
Pachuca A.C	4	4	0	2	2	2	6	2
Mexico Cricket Club	5	4	0	1	3	3	16	3

1902 Championship year ^[1]

After the this year the club folded and would not return till 1916

Club's second stay

The club returned to action in 1916, this time in a local league Liga Amateur de Veracruz, and changed its name to and played under the name U-29, which represented a German submarine that fought in the Second World War. The club decided to change its name again because local native fell to identified themselves with the club. So on June 17, 1916 the club changed its name to Asociación Deportiva Orizabeña or simply known as A.D.O. A local Spanish migrant, Isidro Palou, came up with the name which was chosen over other names Orizaba Sporting Club and Club Deportivo de Futbol. And so that same year the club took part in the local league with new board of directors Ernesto Arzamendi, Mario Ojeda, Rafael Portas, Eduardo Ruiz, José Powel, Rafael Romero, José Sosa, Jurado y Carlos Namur.

1920-1930

Primera Fuerza return

In 1921 the club is once again invited to take part of a special tournament played in Mexico City to commemorate the nation's 100 year Independence anniversary. The club along with local clubs Veracruz Sporting Club and Iberia de Córdoba head down to Mexico City to face the clubs from Mexico City. The 3 local clubs fail to advance to the knockout round the eventual champion was Real Club España over Asturias F.C..After this tournament the Primera Fuerza league took a year off and when activity resume in 1922 the league decided to allow only clubs from Mexico City to participate and so clubs A.D.O , Veracruz Sporting Club and Iberia de Córdoba from Veracruz return to their league as did Pachuca A.C who return to play in an amateur league in the state of Hidalgo.

1929 Torneo Veracruzano

In 1929 the sate of Veracruz decide to held its own national Tournament inviting clubs Deportivo Toluca F.C., Pachuca A.C, Irapuato FC and clubs from Jalisco and Guanajuato among local clubs Veracruz Sporting Club and Iberia de Córdoba.A.D.O would reach the final and face off against a club From Mexico City made up of players from various clubs from the Primera Fuerza League. The club managed to win the first and only such tournament held in Veracruz. The club was composed of players like Mr. Neto, Pepón" Martínez, Roberto Guzmán, Abel Papicha Solar, Otto Neumayer, Marín El Mefisto and brothers Mario and José Campos, with the goalkeeper Ernesto Herrera.

1940-50

In 1943 along with newly founded club Tiburones Rojos de Veracruz which was formed from the merger of Veracruz Sporting Club and Iberia de Córdoba and with town rival Moctezuma de Orizaba, were invited to play in the newly form Professionalized league in Mexico. The club lost its first Match against Club America on October 1943 with a score of 6-1. The club went on to lose its second game against Jalisco powerhouse C.D. Guadalajara 5-1. The club managed to win its first league match against Club Atlas on November 4 of that same year with a score of 9-2. The club finished 9th overall. The following year under the club finished 7th to last under the management of John Hogg a legend in the institution who was part of the 1902-03 championship. In the 1946-47 tournament the club finished second to last tied with Club San Sebastián de León, Manger John Hogg left the club that year due to health problems.

In the 1947-48 tourniquet another legend in the institution took over as manager this time it was Byron Kennell who had also been part of that 1902-03 championship squad. That year Byron Kennell managed to finish 5th.the following year he managed once again to keep the club Betteann the 10 best clubs in the League. After the 1948-49 tournament the club once again had internal problems which caused the club to fold for the second time in its history having played 5 years in the Primera División de México.

Primera División de México Stats

Club debut in the first division in 1943

Year	Pos	GP	W	T	L	GS	GA	PTS
1943-44	9	18	5	2	11	37	54	12
1944-45	12	24	8	3	13	46	57	19
1945-46	7	30	14	4	12	49	52	32
1946-47	12	28	7	5	16	51	62	19
1947-48	5	28	13	5	10	68	66	31
1948-49	6	28	10	8	10	56	54	28

From 1943–49^[1]

After the 1948-49 season, A.D.O. folded . folded

Third Division come Back

In 1967 after almost 30 years of absent the club once again returns to action enrolling in the Tercera División de México.The club struggled in its first years till in the 1971-72 tournament under the management of Miguel Ángel Lujan Mata the club finishes first and was promoted to the Segunda División de México where the club would play a few years before once again folding due to lack of fan support and economical problems.

Present day

The club made another comeback in 2002 after the owner of Club Bachilleres de Guadalajara moved the club to Orizaba leaving behind the old club and riving The club this time under the name of Albinegros de Orizaba.The club also had an affiliate club in the second division. In 2002 the club became affiliated with first division club Pumas U.N.A.M. After having a bad year in the Primera A The owner sales the club and is relocated in Yucatán where it played under the name of Lagartos de Tabasco remaining the only affiliate second division team which remains as the city's club. The club played in the Segunda División de México till 2008 when the owner this time bought local club Tiburones Rojos de Coatzacoalcos who at the time played in the Primera A.The club has been playing in the newly form Liga de Ascenso since 2009.

Defunction

After the serious financial problems of its crosstown rival, Tiburones Rojos de Veracruz, the teams were unified with Albinegros disappearing and Veracruz continuing in the Liga de Ascenso. As a tribute, Veracuz away kit is black and white, the characteristic colors of Albinegros de Orizaba.

Year	Pos	GP	W	T	L	GS	GA	PTS
Clausura 2009	14	16	5	5	6	15	16	20
Apertura 2010	15	16	2	7	7	11	21	13

Liga de ascenso stats ^[1]

Kit evolution

First kit evolution

1902 Home 1902 Away

1916 Home 1916 Away

1929 Home 1929 Away

1930-43 Home 1930-43 Away

1994 Home 1994 Away

2002 Home 2002 Away

2008 Home 2008 Away

2009 Home 2009 Away

Badge

• 

  Badge from 1916.

Current roster

Note: Flags indicate national team as has been defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Position Player 1 GK Félix Alejandro Vega 5 DF Jorge Alberto Campos 12 MF Junior Roger Martínez 13 MF Ernesto Bravo 15 DF Juan Antonio Treviño 16 DF Víctor Manuel Hernández 17 DF Néstor Olguin

No. Position Player 18 MF Gustavo Anzaldo 20 MF Arturo Luna 22 DF Juan Antonio Huerta 23 MF José Eugenio Mares 27 FW Carlos Alberto Vela 99 FW Alberto Orozco

Titles

• Liga Mexicana de Football Amateur Association: 1

1902-03

• Tercera División: 1

1971-72

Top scorers

• 1902-03 John Hogg (5 Goals / 4 Games)

See also

• Football in Mexico
• Reforma Athletic Club
• British Club

External links

• official website
• fan page

References

1. ^ ^{a b c} "www.rsssf.coms Stats: All time Standings list from 1902". http://www.rsssf.com/tablesm/mexhist.html#ama.