Puebla A.C.
Puebla Athletic Club was a former Mexican football club from the city of Puebla. Its football team played in the Primera Fuerza prior to the professionalization and development of the Primera División de México in 1943.
| Full name | Puebla Athletic Club |
|---|---|
| Founded | 1898 |
| Ground | Campo Velódromo, Puebla |
| League | Primera Fuerza |
| 1906–07 | 3° |
History
"Puebla Athletic Club" was founded in 1895 by the English immigrants that lived in the city of Puebla at that time. The club mostly practiced tennis until July 19, 1902,[1]) when the club started playing football. Puebla A.C.'s venue was "Campo Velódromo" which was also use for the practise of baseball.[1])
In 1904 the Puebla football squad joined the Primera Fuerza league, which was at the time the only organized football league in Mexico, having been founded in 1902. Most of Primera Fuerza teams were from Mexico City.
In their first tournament in 1904–05 Puebla lost all games and didn't score a goal in the 8 matches played, therefore finishing last. In the 1905–06 season, the club struggled and managed to score its first and only goal in that tournament, finishing last with no wins, 1 draw and 7 losses, and 20 goals against.
For the 1906–07 season Puebla finished third with 3 wins, 3 losses and 2 draws for a total of 9 points with 8 goals scored and 6 against. This tournament was the club's last in the league mostly due to the lack of interest from the people of Puebla with the native Mexican crowd not supporting an English only football club.
The City of Puebla would not see Football for 8 years until 1915,[2] when a new football club was founded by the Spaniards living in Puebla. Due to the lack of opponents, having only one with neighboring town San Martín Texmelucan, the club would be forced to go Orizaba, Veracruz to find competition where they participated for a few years in the old "Liga Veracruzana de Fútbol". Another club was founded this time mostly by Mexican in 1917 under the name of "Reforma". Other clubs would soon be formed by French and German immigrants which only lasted a few years. It wasn't till 1944 –a year after the first professional football league was established in Mexico– that the city finally had a professional club Puebla FC which was founded on May 7, 1944.
Primera Fuerza
| Year | Pos | GP | W | T | L | GS | GA | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1904–05 | 5 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 9 | 0 |
| 1905–06 | 3 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 1 | 20 | 1 |
| 1906–07 | 3 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 6 | 9 |
From 1904–07[3]
After the 1906–07 season, Puebla A.C. folded
References
- Juan Cid y Mulet: El Libro de Oro Del Futbol Mexicano I-IV (Futbol Polbano Pagina 210), S. 11
- Clubs participation in 1915
- "stats from all season Puebla has played in first division – All time Standings list from 1902".