CD Imperio
| Club Imperio | |||
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| Basic data | |||
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| Surname | Club Deportivo Imperio | ||
| Seat | La Experiencia , Zapopan , Jalisco | ||
| founding | June 12, 1918 | ||
| Colours | Blue White | ||
| First soccer team | |||
| Venue | Campo Deportivo Imperio, Zapopan | ||
| Places | nb | ||
| league | Cuarenta División, Jalisco | ||
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The Club Deportivo Imperio shortened as Club Imperio called, is a Mexican sports club in the district of La Experiencia in Zapopan , Jalisco . Its most important section is the football department , which is of outstanding importance as a talent factory; because although the club was never involved in professional football , it has produced more than 100 players who were later active as professional footballers in the Mexican Primera División . Seven of them were World Cup participants and six of them even played at least one World Cup game.
history
The association was founded on June 12, 1918 by Antonio Santacruz Chávez in the industrial district of La Experiencia in the north of the city of Zapopan. The district itself was created in 1851 by the settlement of a spinning and weaving factory , which was named La Experiencia . The history of the district of the same name that was built around the factory and of the Imperio sports club founded in 1918 is closely linked to the industrialization of this region in the north-west of the greater Guadalajara region.
The site of the former factory, which, according to another source, was called Industrias Textilas de Occidente , is now divided into two areas: on one side there is a shoe factory and on the other side the Campo Deportivo Imperio , the sports field of the Club Imperio.
World Cup participant of Club Imperio
Well over 100 players from his junior division later made a career as a professional footballer. In addition, between 1950 and 1966 there was no football World Cup without the active participation of at least one player from the youth of the CD Imperio.
José "Chepe" Naranjo started in 1950 and was the first player from the offspring of the Imperialistas to be nominated for a World Cup. The offensive player played the Mexicans' second game against Yugoslavia (1: 4) and the third game against Switzerland (1: 2).
The most successful World Cup from the club's point of view was 1954 , when three of its former players played both games of the Mexican national team together . Naranjo (this time as captain ), Alfredo “Pistache” Torres and Raúl “Pina” Arellano were three of five attacking players who played against Brazil (0: 5) and France (2: 3). Three regular players from the junior division of an amateur club at a single World Cup should certainly be record breaking.
At the soccer world championships in 1958 and 1962, José “Jamaicón” Villegas played the Mexicans' first game: 1958 against hosts Sweden (0: 3) and in 1962 against the reigning world champion Brazil, who was successfully defending his title (0: 2). Villegas has also set a record that he shares with his former teammate Sabás Ponce : together they were eight times Mexican champions between 1957 and 1970 with their club Chivas Guadalajara . No other player in Mexico has so many championship titles.
Felipe "Pipis" Ruvalcaba also belonged to the Mexican squad at the 1962 and 1966 World Cups, but was not used. In contrast to Magdaleno Mercado and Ernesto "Tetos" Cisneros , who were also nominated in 1966 and played the last group game against Uruguay (0-0) after Mercado had already played in the first group game against France (1-1).
Web links
- The publication of the official website ( www-clubimperio.cjb.net ) was blocked by the spam filter and should therefore be treated with caution!
- Overview of the professional football players who emerged from CLUB IMPERIO (Spanish; it should be noted that the information is not correct. For example, some of the players named have fewer World Cup participations than stated.)
Individual evidence
- ↑ La Experiencia, Jalisco (photo show on YouTube with proof of foundation after 1:57 minutes)
- ↑ History of La Experiencia on the municipality's official website (Spanish; accessed December 20, 2010)
- ↑ La Experiencia, Jalisco (photo show on YouTube with the name of the factory after 1:28 minutes)
- ↑ La Experiencia, Jalisco (photo show on YouTube with proof after 1:42 minutes)