Venados

Venados Futbol Club is a Mexican football club based in Merida, Yucatan. The team are currently playing in the Liga de Expansion MX, the second tier of the Mexican football league system. For the Clausura 2011 season they became the filial team of Atlante, whilst until that point they had been the subsidiary team of Monarcas Morelia.

History

Origins and first Merida franchise

Merida F.C. was founded in 2003 by the brothers Arturo and Mauricio Millet Reyes, who obtained the franchise of Nacional de Tijuana.

Loss of franchise in 2005 and continuation at lower levels

After the Clausura 2005 tournament, the Millet brothers announced that they would be selling the team to Irapuato FC due to economic problems, citing lackluster attendance and poor support from the local government. Nevertheless, the brothers formed a team that participated in an amateur league in Yucatan and also opened a training facility in Argentina to scout local talent. Merida F.C. returned to the professional ranks when they participated in the Tercera Division in 2006/07. During 2007, the brothers oversaw the construction of a training facility located at the Unidad Deportiva Tamanche. By the 2007/08 season Merida was participating in the Segunda Division.

Return of second level franchise with Morelia

On June 16, 2008, Arturo Millet Reyes announced that he had acquired the filial team of Morelia. Millet Reyes has stated that his intention is to maintain the team in Merida for an extended period of time, unlike in previous years. He also received a guarantee that if the Venados were to be promoted to the Primera Division that the team would remain in Merida.

On November 11, 2008, the Federacion Mexicana de Futbol Asociacion (FMF) granted the club the certification required to be promoted to the Primera Division.

In the Clausura 2009 season Merida defeated Club Tijuana 1–0 on aggregate to win the Clausura title. Merida lost the s

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