Albinegros de Orizaba
Some important factories were Santa Gertrudis Fábrica de Yute, which was founded and owned by Scottish Duncan Mac Comish Mac Donald and Thomas Hanghey, who had a long football background and so they decided along with other local factory owners to establish a local football league in 1886, having the first game played in the old "Campo El Yute".A few years later, Comish Mac Donald and Thomas Hanghey, along with English 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 and from the provinces.1902 Championship year [2] After this year the club folded and would not return till 1916 The club returned to action in 1916, this time in a local league Liga Amateur de Veracruz, and changed its name to "U-29", which represented a German submarine that fought in the World War I.[3] 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 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 goalkeeper Ernesto Herrera.After the 1948–49 tournament Albinegros suffered internal problems which caused the club to fold for the second time in its history having played 6 years in the Mexican Primera División.[4] Subsecquently the club would be relegated to the Tercera División de México and won the tournament in the 1971–72 season under the management of Miguel Ángel Lujan Mata.[5] As a tribute, Veracruz away kit is black and white, the characteristic colors of Albinegros de Orizaba.In the same year, the team was relegated to Serie B de México due to lack of adequate sports facilities, in the Clausura 2018, Orizaba won the championship.Liga de ascenso stats [6] Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply.
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