Club Atlético Morelia

Beginnings

In 1950, "Oro Morelia" changed its name to Club Deportivo Morelia. Morelia was among the teams that founded the Segunda División de México. After the 1956–1957 season, in which they ended up in second place, they were officially promoted into the Primera División de México to replace Puebla which was relegated to the Segunda División. After an unsuccessful season, in 1968 Atlético Morelia was relegated back to the Segunda División. During mixed 1968–1971 seasons, Deportivo Morelia appointed Nicandro Ortiz as chairman. Ortiz acquired the team and strengthened its position in the league. The club later changed its name to Club Atlético Morelia in July 1974. The 1978–1979 season thrust Morelia into contention for promotion; Ortiz acquired the team and strengthened its position in the league, Nicandro Ortiz as chairman in 1980, Atlético Morelia played under manager Diego Malta who helped his team towards the Mexico Championship and finally promotion to the Primera División in 1981. In 1986, before the World Cup in Mexico, Atlético Morelia played friendlies against Germany losing 2-1 and against the USSR again losing 4-1. In 1996, the major broadcast company TV Azteca bought the team. Later, in 1999 the club started playing under the name of Monarcas Morelia. Although the team had played Mexican professional football for 70 years, it had not won a Primera División tournament until the winter of 2000, when the club raised the cup after beating Toluca on…

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