Club Deportivo Cuautla is a Mexican

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club based in Cuautla,

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. Their home stadium is

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. The club plays in the Mexican

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in the

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History

The club's history dates back to 1952 when the club was founded in Cuautla,

and join the Segunda División Profesional. In 1953-54 the club finished runner-up. Due to the increased number of clubs in

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, the federation organized a promotional playoff series with: Cuautla; two teams from the 2nd Division ( Zamora and

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); and the last place two teams in

(

Atlante F.C. Atlante Fútbol Club, is a Mexican professional football club based in Mexico City, that competes in Liga de Expansión MX, the second level division of Mexican football. Founded in 1916 as Sinaloa, also later named as Lusitania, then as U-53 ...

and

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). The outcome: Atlante remained in 1st Division; Cuautla was promoted to the 1st Division; Querétaro remained in the 2nd Division; and Marte was demoted to 2nd Division. The club played 4 years in the First division until its relegation in the 1958-59 season. The club has come close to returning to the 1st Division on two occasions (first, 1971–72; second, 1978–79) when they lost to

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in promotional matches.

In modern times

The club has played intermittently in the Segunda División Profesional since its last first-division appearance in 1959.

Players

Current squad

Season to season

Club Honors

* Segunda División Profesional: 0 ::Runner-up (1): 1954 *Promotional Play-off: 1 ::1955

References

External links

All Mexican Clubs
{{Liga Premier de México (Serie B) teamlist Association football clubs established in 1952 Football clubs in Morelos Liga Premier de México