Lagartos de Tabasco were a Mexican

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team. The club was founded in 2002 in

Villahermosa Villahermosa ( , ; "Beautiful Town") is the capital and largest city of the Mexican state of Tabasco, and serves as the municipal seat (governing county) of the state. Located in Southeast Mexico, Villahermosa is an important city because of its ...

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, Mexico and it played a few tournaments in Primera A till 2006 when the club left the league due to financial problems.

History

The club's first match in the Primera A was against Nacional de Tijuana on 12 January 2003, the game was a 0–0 draw. The club was relegated to Group B along with clubs

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, Tapatío, and Jaguares de Tapachula. The club finished third in their division during their first tournament so qualified to the playoffs but fail to reach the final losing 5–2 to the eventual tournament champions

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. In 2006 the club played its last tournament match against

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on 22 April 2006 beating them 2–0. The club finished last in Ascenso with a record of 8 wins, 2 draws and 9 losses; scoring 22 goals and allowing 23. The club moved to

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and became a reserve team for Tiburones Rojos de Coatzacoalcos.

Notable players

Álvaro González – most goals scored 48 2004–06

References

Villahermosa Football clubs in Tabasco Defunct football clubs in Mexico Association football clubs established in 2002 Association football clubs disestablished in 2006 2002 establishments in Mexico 2006 disestablishments in Mexico Ascenso MX teams {{Mexico-footyclub-stub