Tampico Madero

Club Deportivo y Social Tampico Madero is a Mexican professional football club based in Tampico, Tamaulipas that plays in the Liga Premier de Mexico. One of the oldest in the league; the club was founded on July 8, 1945 under the name Club Deportivo Tampico, was very successful in its beginnings, winning its first and only Mexican Primera Division title in 1952–53 tournament as well as two Copa Mexico titles in 1960 and 1961. The club spent most of the 1970s in the Segunda Division de Mexico after being relegated in the early 1960s. In 1977 the club bought out the Atletico Potosino franchise to move it to Tampico in order for the club to have once again first division action. The club played out the 1980s in the first division but was once again relegated in the early 1990s and has never again reached the top division.

History

The club was founded on July 8, 1945 under the name Club Deportivo Tampico soon after the club played a promotion match that would determine if the clubs acceptance in the Mexican Primera Division against Leon match that ended in a 3–2 victory for the club. The first squad was made up by Goalkeeper, Eduardo Delgado, Humberto Escamilla, Florencio Carranza, Ernesto Olivares, Victor Cardin, Teodulo Azuara, Fidel Menendez, Carlos Pego and the Argentinians Juan Jose Sosa, Teodolindo Mourin nickname Pibe and Ernesto Candia, with Jose Castro el viejo noy, been the first manager in the club's history The first board of directors was made out by President Carlos Gonzalez Avin and vice-president Alejandro Luna

It was on August 8, 1945 when the club officially join the Mexican Primera Division building that same year the Parque Espana stands now.