Club de Fútbol La Piedad is a Mexican football team who will be part of the inaugural year of the Liga de Ascenso

Liga de Ascenso

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. The club was founded on November 12, 1951. They reside in the city of La Piedad

La Piedad

La Piedad de Cavadas is a city and its surrounding municipality located at in the north-west of the Mexican state of Michoacán, bordering Jalisco and Guanajuato. The original colonial name was San Sebastián. It is bordered by the town of Santa Ana Pacueco, Guanajuato. Both towns straddle the...

, in the state of Michoacán

Michoacán

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History

In 1951, the two strongest teams in the local league, el Independencia y el Libertad United created a team in Segunda División Profesional with the name "La Piedad". In their first season in the Segunda División they were able to get promoted after a great result visiting the team San Sebastián de León in the last week of the season. The team just created with only local players were able to get promotion in the summer of 1952. Unfortionately with their inexperience they decided to "reinforce" the team with foreign players who didn't have the experience to compete in the Primera División. In their first season in top flight football they ended in the last position in the table only 2 points from América, becoming relegated back to Segunda División profesional. The players who founded the team in that distant 1951 were: Enrique Aguilar (goalkeeper), Trinidad el "Carpo" Rodríguez, Isidro la "Borracha" Ibarra, Héctor "La Cheta" Ibarra, Ernesto "La Peluda" Ibarra, Ramón "La Pini" Ibarra, Vicente "None" López, Salvador "Quiche" López, Cosme Vargas, Ramón "Moliano" Vargas, Luis "La Jirafa" Reyes, José "Joselillo" Ramírez, Francisco "La Moca" Montoya couched by Servando Vargas. During decades there were stuck in the second division until the summer of 2001 they once again returned to top flight football.

National

• Primera División A: 1

Verano 2001

• Campeon de Ascenso Primera División A: 1

2001

• Segunda División Profesional: 1

1951-52

• Segunda División "B": 2

1984-85, 1993-94

Stadium

Estadio Juan N. López is located in the west side of the city, in Avenida Tecnologico and has a capacity of 15,000 spectators.

Facts

Dato	Dato
First Playing Field	Juan n Lopez
League Start Date	23 de septiembre de 1951
Number of Teams	10
Championship Winners Day	27 de enero de 1952
Defeated Team	San Sebastián San Sebastián Donostia-San Sebastián is a city and municipality located in the north of Spain, in the coast of the Bay of Biscay and 20 km away from the French border. The city is the capital of Gipuzkoa, in the autonomous community of the Basque Country. The municipality’s population is 186,122 , and its...  de León León, Guanajuato The city of León, formally León de los Aldama is the sixth most populous city in Mexico and the first in the state of Guanajuato. It is also the seat of the municipality of León... , Guanajuato Guanajuato Guanajuato officially Estado Libre y Soberano de Guanajuato is one of the 31 states which, with the Federal District, comprise the 32 Federal Entities of Mexico. It is divided in 46 municipalities and its capital city is Guanajuato....
Match was played in:	La Martinica (Estadio Nou Camp Estadio Nou Camp The Estadio León, unofficially known as Nou Camp, is a mid-sized football stadium with a seating capacity of 33,943 built in 1967, and located in the city of León, Guanajuato, in the Bajío region of central Mexico. This sport facility is used mostly for football matches and is the home of the Club... )
Played in Third Division	1972
Relegation to Segunda División B	1983–84
Champions and Promotion to Segunda División A	1984–85
Relegation to Segunda División B	1992–93
Champions and Promotion to Segunda División A	1993–94
Guest Honour Invitation to Primera División A	1994
New Stadium Opener	28 de agosto de 1994
First Goal Scorer	Nieves Castro
Summer Champions	27 de mayo de 2001
Tournament Champions	3 de junio de 2001

Current roster

Notable players

Claudio Da Silva Pinto Felipe Flores

Felipe Flores

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 Rolando Fonseca

Rolando Fonseca

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 Óscar Emilio Rojas Iván Hurtado

Iván Hurtado

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 Francisco Fonseca

Francisco Fonseca

José Francisco "Kikin" Fonseca Guzmán is a Mexican football striker. He currently plays for Atlante F.C..-Career:...

 Rafael Medina

Rafael Medina

Rafael Medina Rodríguez is a Mexican professional footballer. He currently plays as a midfielder for Tecos UAG, wearing jersey #15. He made his debut July 22, 2001 with La Piedad against CD Guadalajara. A game which resulted in a 1-1 tie.-External links:*...

 Christian Patiño Daniel Rosello

External links

• Official site