Pumas Tabasco, known simply as Tabasco, was a Mexican professional football club based in Villahermosa, Tabasco. Founded in 2020, Tabasco was the official reserve team of Club Universidad Nacional and was part of the Liga de Expansión MX, the second professional football division of the Mexican football league system. The team was dissolved on 25 May 2023 due to a restructuring of the Liga de Expansión MX scheduled for 2024.[1]
| Full name | Pumas Tabasco | ||
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| Founded | 24 June 2020 | ||
| Dissolved | 25 May 2023 | ||
| Ground | Estadio Olímpico de Villahermosa Villahermosa, Tabasco, Mexico | ||
| Capacity | 12,000 | ||
| Owner | Club Universidad Nacional | ||
| Chairman | Ramón Neme Sastré | ||
| League | Liga de Expansión MX | ||
| Apertura 2022 | 18th | ||
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History
editOn April 13, 2020, the owners of the Liga MX teams voted to transform the Ascenso MX into a development league, in which these clubs could create a branch team to give experience to youth players.[2] On May 9, the Club Universidad Nacional confirmed that it would have a branch team in the new league.[3]
On June 24, 2020, the arrival of an agreement to establish the team in Villahermosa was announced, the administration of the team is divided into two parts, the operational theme is carried out by local entrepreneurs, while the sports aspect is controlled by Club Universidad Nacional.[4] In addition, it was announced that the team was named Pumas Tabasco.[5] Subsequently, it was announced that the team will only play its matches in Villahermosa, training in Mexico City, in addition, the squad will be based on the Club Universidad Nacional Premier, team that played in Liga Premier de México.[6]
On 25 May 2023, Club Universidad Nacional announced the dissolution of Pumas Tabasco due to the Mexican football reform scheduled for 2024, which will see all Liga MX member clubs have an Under-23 team in the Liga de Expansión MX, in addition to low earnings financial that the team generated to the club.[1]
References
edit- ^ a b "Miguel Mejía Barón confirma desaparición de Pumas Tabasco". mediotiempo.com (in Spanish). 25 May 2023. Retrieved 25 May 2023.
- ^ Huerta, Héctor (13 April 2020). "Decisión dividida elimina el ascenso cinco años y un 'grande' lo definió". ESPN México (in Spanish). Retrieved 27 June 2020.
- ^ Bianchi, Nicole (9 May 2020). "Confirmado: Pumas tendrá filial en la Liga de Desarrollo". Bolavip (in Spanish). Retrieved 27 June 2020.
- ^ Cruz, Michel (24 June 2020). "Pumas jugará en la Liga de Expansión en Tabasco". Milenio Diario (in Spanish). Retrieved 27 June 2020.
- ^ "Se firmó el acuerdo para la participación de Pumas Tabasco en la Liga de Expansión". FOX Sports (in Spanish). 24 June 2020. Retrieved 27 June 2020.
- ^ Uzeta, Karla (25 June 2020). "Pumas: Filial entrenará en CDMX y viajará a Tabasco antes de cada juego". Diario Récord (in Spanish). Retrieved 27 June 2020.