Atlético San Luis

Atlético San Luis
Full name Atlético San Luis
Nickname(s) Los Tuneros (The Prickly Pears)
Los Auriazules (The Gold-and-Blues)
Los Potosinos (The Potosinos)
Founded May 28, 2013
Ground Estadio Alfonso Lastras
San Luis Potosí City, San Luis Potosí, Mexico
Ground Capacity 25,111
Owner Jacobo Payán Latuff
Chairman Jacobo Payán Espinosa
Manager Carlos Bustos
League Ascenso MX
Clausura 2015 1st (runners-up)
Website Club home page

Atlético San Luis, commonly known as San Luis or Atlético, is a Mexican Professional football club based in San Luis Potosi. It competes in the Ascenso MX, Founded on May 28, 2013.

The team originally played in the city of Veracruz, Mexico and was called Tiburones Rojos de Veracruz. On May 28, 2013 it was announced the team Tiburones was relocating to the city of San Luis Potosi and was renamed Atlético San Luis. The news came days before San Luis Potosi's Liga MX team San Luis FC was sold and relocated to Tuxtla, Gutiérrez.

History

Atlético San Luis was born from the San Luis F.C. moved to Chiapas to become Chiapas F.C., with this football disappear from San Luis Potosí. However, Jacobo Payán, owner of Estadio Alfonso Lastras and one of the largest employers of this state, acquired Tiburones Rojos de Veracruz from Ascenso, Mexico and in turn moved to the city of San Luis Potosí. This sale was achieved thanks to C.F. La Piedad, newly promoted team, change of venue to the city of Veracruz. Atlético is the successor of Club San Luis, has a new shield that keeps the traditional blue and gold colors of the State of San Luis Potosi and San Luis football, although darker hues. The Apertura 2013 was his first tournament in the Ascenso MX, in which they gained access to their first league finishing the regular season in seventh place in the overall standings, later to be eliminated by Club Necaxa in the quarterfinals. The first leg was held at the Estadio Alfonso Lastras Ramírez with a score of 2-0 in favor of Necaxa set, and back at the Victoria Stadium (Aguascalientes) with a score of 2-0 in favor of Necaxa, and so Atletico San Luis was eliminated for a total of 4-0.

Stadium

Atlético San Luis play their home matches at the Estadio Alfonso Lastras in San Luis Potosí City, San Luis Potosí. The stadium capacity is 25,111 people. Its owned by Jacobo Payán Latuff, and its surface is covered by natural grass. The stadium was opened in May 1999.

Players

First-team squad

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Position Player
1 Mexico GK Guillermo Iriarte (on loan from Puebla)
2 Mexico MF Juan Castro
3 Mexico DF Uriel Álvarez (on loan from Santos Laguna)
5 Mexico DF Diego Cervantes (on loan from BUAP)
6 Mexico DF Orlando Pineda (on loan from UNAM)
7 Mexico MF Diego Esqueda (on loan from Santos Laguna)
8 Mexico MF Diego Hernández (on loan from Guadalajara)
9 Mexico FW Othoniel Arce (on loan from Monterrey)
10 Mexico MF César Villaluz (on loan from Chiapas)
12 United States MF Marco Vidal (on loan from León)
14 Mexico MF Felipe Ponce
No. Position Player
16 Mexico MF Alexis Nuño
17 Argentina MF Sebastián Setti
18 Mexico DF Leonel Olmedo (captain)
19 Ecuador FW Vinicio Angulo
20 Mexico MF Miguel Guzmán
22 Spain DF Samuel San José
24 Paraguay FW Leonardo Villagra
25 Mexico GK Leonín Pineda (on loan from Veracruz)
29 Argentina FW Héctor Cuevas
32 Mexico MF Fernando Pérez
35 Mexico MF Diego Campos (on loan from U. de G.)

Reserve teams

Tepatitlán de Morelos
Reserve team that plays in the Segunda División in the third level of the Mexican league system.
Atlético San Luis B
Reserve team that plays in the Segunda División in the third level of the Mexican league system.

Managers

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