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Delfines Fútbol Club was a Mexican
football Football is a family of team sports that involve, to varying degrees, kick (football), kicking a football (ball), ball to score a goal (sports), goal. Unqualified, football (word), the word ''football'' generally means the form of football t ...
club based in
Ciudad del Carmen Ciudad del Carmen or Carmen is a city in the southwest of the Mexican state of Campeche. Ciudad del Carmen is located at on the southwest of Carmen Island, which stands in the Laguna de Términos on the coast of the Gulf of Mexico. , Ciudad d ...
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Campeche Campeche, officially the Free and Sovereign State of Campeche, is one of the 31 states which, with Mexico City, make up the Administrative divisions of Mexico, 32 federal entities of Mexico. Located in southeast Mexico, it is bordered by the sta ...
. The team last played in the Liga de Ascenso de México, the second tier of the
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. The team played their home matches at the Estadio Unidad Deportiva Campus II de la UNACAR.


History

The team was founded on July 20, 2011 and originally played in the Segunda División de México, the third tier of the Mexican football league system. On May 20, 2013 it was announced that the team owner Grupo Delfines bought the
Ascenso MX Ascenso MX, also known as Ascenso BBVA MX for sponsorship reasons, was a professional association football league in Mexico and the second level of the Mexican football league system. Formerly known as Primera División A de México (1994–2009 ...
club
Pumas Morelos Pumas Morelos was a Mexican football club that played in the Segunda División in Cuernavaca, Morelos, Mexico. The Pumas Morelos team was affiliated to Pumas UNAM. The most goals scored were made by Alex Castañeda which were 36 in total. The te ...
and relocated the team from
Cuernavaca Cuernavaca (; , "near the woods" , Otomi language, Otomi: ) is the capital and largest city of the Mexican state, state of Morelos in Mexico. Along with Chalcatzingo, it is likely one of the origins of the Mesoamerica, Mesoamerican civilizatio ...
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Morelos Morelos, officially the Free and Sovereign State of Morelos, is a landlocked state located in south-central Mexico. It is one of the 32 states which comprise the Political divisions of Mexico, Federal Entities of Mexico. It is divided into Mun ...
to
Ciudad del Carmen Ciudad del Carmen or Carmen is a city in the southwest of the Mexican state of Campeche. Ciudad del Carmen is located at on the southwest of Carmen Island, which stands in the Laguna de Términos on the coast of the Gulf of Mexico. , Ciudad d ...
,
Campeche Campeche, officially the Free and Sovereign State of Campeche, is one of the 31 states which, with Mexico City, make up the Administrative divisions of Mexico, 32 federal entities of Mexico. Located in southeast Mexico, it is bordered by the sta ...
, thus creating the Delfines F.C. franchise. Due to the team's origin, the team's squad was made up of mostly former Pumas Morelos players and some members from the previous Delfines franchise who played in the
Segunda División The Campeonato Nacional de Liga de Segunda División, commonly known as Segunda División or La Liga 2, and officially known as LaLiga HyperMotion for sponsorship reasons, is the men's second professional association football division of the Spa ...
. The team only participated for one season in the Ascenso MX, since on May 30, 2014, it was disaffiliated by the FMF because its owner was subjected to criminal proceedings.


References


External links


Official site
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