Atlético Capitalino Fútbol Club is a Mexican professional football team based in Mexico City, Mexico currently playing in

Liga de Balompié Mexicano Liga de Balompié Mexicano is one of the professional football leagues in Mexico. It is the first division of the league system of the National Association of Mexican Football (ANBM in Spanish). The league is an alternate to Liga MX, which i ...

History

In June 2020, the Liga de Balompié Mexicano announced the existence of a project called Atlético Capitalino which would seek to lead a team representing the Mexican capital in this new competition. On June 29, the hiring of Eduardo Bacas as manager was announced. On July 3 the official foundation of the club was announced, in addition to being accepted as a franchise member of the Liga de Balompié Mexicano. On May 16, 2022 Atlético Capitalino was expelled from the LBM for not complying with the rules of the competition.

Stadium

The Estadio Municipal de Atitalaquía is a multi-use

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. It is currently used mostly for

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matches. The stadium has a capacity of 1,500 people and hosts

and amateur soccer matches. Previously, the club played its home matches in stadiums Jesús Martínez "Palillo" and

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, both located in

Mexico City Mexico City ( es, link=no, Ciudad de México, ; abbr.: CDMX; Nahuatl: ''Altepetl Mexico'') is the capital and largest city of Mexico, and the most populous city in North America. One of the world's alpha cities, it is located in the Valley o ...

Players

First-team squad

References

Atlético Capitalino Association football clubs established in 2020 2020 establishments in Mexico Football clubs in Mexico City Liga de Balompié Mexicano Teams {{Mexico-footyclub-stub