Full name | Asturias Football Club (then, "Centro Asturiano de México A.C.") | |
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Founded | 7 February 1918 | |
Ground | Parque Asturias, Mexico City, Mexico | |
Capacity | 25,000 | |
1949–50 | 5° | |
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Asturias F.C. (currently Centro Asturiano de México) was a sports club located in Mexico City, established in 1918. The squad played in the Liga Mexicana de Football Amateur Association, the first and main league prior to the professionalisation and development of the Primera División de México in 1943.
Asturias would overcome Real Club España, club along which were known as the "foreign legion (Legión extranjera)" in the 1943–44 season after finishing with a similar record. The first final in the Mexican professional league was won by Asturias after beating R.C. España by 4–1 and thus becoming the first champion in the professional era. The club was managed by Ernesto Pauler.
Besides having the honour of being the first champion in the professional league, Asturias also holds the record for most Copa Mexico wins with 8.