"both Athletic Bilbao and Athletic Madrid used to buy Blackburn Rovers' blue and white kits in England. In late 1909, Juanito Elorduy, a former player and member of the board of Athletic Madrid, went to England to buy kits for both teams but failed to find Blackburn kits to purchase; he instead bought the red and white shirts of Southampton (the club from the port city which was his embarkation point back to Spain). Athletic Madrid adopted the red and white shirt, leading to them being known as ""Los Rojiblancos"", but opted to keep their existing blue shorts whereas the"
"Sporting de Gijón Real Sporting de Gijón S.A.D., commonly known as Real Sporting, Sporting Gijón, RSG or simply Sporting (although in an international context this can lead to confusion with Sporting Clube de Portugal) is a Spanish football club from Gijón, Asturias. Founded on 1 July 1905, it plays in Segunda División. Known as ""Los Rojiblancos"" because of their red and white striped jerseys, their home ground is El Molinón stadium, the oldest professional football ground in Spain, in use since at least 1908. The club was established in 1905 with the name Sporting Gijonés, Anselmo López being the first"
"Colorados (Red Bugs)"", is one of the most prolific sources of football players in Argentina. Diego Maradona, Fernando Redondo and Juan Román Riquelme being some of the most famous players who began their career at the club. This ability to keep producing world class players has given them the nickname ""El Semillero"", meaning the Nursery or the ""Seed Garden"". Argentinos Juniors Asociación Atlética Argentinos Juniors is an Argentine sports club based in La Paternal, Buenos Aires. The club is mostly known for its football team, which currently plays in the Argentine Primera División, and was recognized as one of the"
"Adrián Ramírez scored the fastest goal in league history (four seconds) against rivals Necaxa to open the season. The Estadio Carlos Vega Villalba has a capacity of 13,820 and is located in the city of Zacatecas. It was inaugurated in 1986 with a friendly match between the Leones Negros de la U. de G. vs. South Korea national football team. 1.^https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fastest_goals_in_association_football Mineros de Zacatecas Club Deportivo Mineros de Zacatecas is a Mexican football club from Zacatecas that compete in the Mexican Ascenso MX. They are currently managed by Andrés Carevic. In December 2012, Grupo Pachuca purchased the Estudiantes Tecos franchise"
"in Argentine football such as Boca Juniors and River Plate. Arsenal de Sarandí Arsenal Fútbol Club (), usually referred as Arsenal de Sarandí , is an Argentine sports club from the Sarandí district of Avellaneda Partido, Greater Buenos Aires. The football team currently plays in Primera División, the top division of the Argentine football league system. The squad plays its home games at the Estadio Julio H. Grondona, named after one of the founders, which has a capacity of 16,000. It opened in 1964 but was not used in the First Division until 2004. The club's colours are red and"
"league game accompanied by his teammate Germán Villa, both players agreed to celebrate their next goal by imitating the ""Archer"" gesture. In the end, only Blanco did it, and jokingly reprimanded Villa for not keeping his word. However, the Chicago Fire official website claimed that Blanco celebrates scoring a goal by acting like the Prehispanic Tlatoani Aztec emperor Cuauhtémoc, ""in order to show respect for the Mexican people, and their indigenous Amerindian heritage"". In January 2015, Blanco registered as a Social Democratic Party candidate for the municipal presidential elections of the city of Cuernavaca, the capital of the Mexican state"
"above symbolizing ""grandeur, tradition, strength and hierarchy"". The colors of the team are derived from the flags of the Antioquia Department and the city of Medellín. The club's main nickname, ""Verdolagas"" (purslanes) was coined early in the club's history. This plant is endemic to the Paisa region since pre-Columbian times. The plant blooms a diminutive yellow, white or red flower; the white variety is the most common in the region, giving the color scheme to the team. It is also noteworthy that Antioquia has a great tradition regarding the planting of flowers, most notoriously during the Festival of Flowers. Atlético"
"Arsenal de Sarandí Arsenal Fútbol Club (), usually referred as Arsenal de Sarandí , is an Argentine sports club from the Sarandí district of Avellaneda Partido, Greater Buenos Aires. The football team currently plays in Primera División, the top division of the Argentine football league system. The squad plays its home games at the Estadio Julio H. Grondona, named after one of the founders, which has a capacity of 16,000. It opened in 1964 but was not used in the First Division until 2004. The club's colours are red and light blue, in honour of the traditional teams of Avellaneda"
"It was inaugurated by then president of Mexico Adolfo López Mateos. The stadium is nicknamed la selva cañera (the sugarcane jungle) due to Zacatepec's humid weather conditions. Club Zacatepec's motto is ""Hacer Deporte es Hacer Patria"" which means doing sports is to be a patriot. On 23 March 2013, Morelos governor announced the team would return to the Ascenso MX in August 2013, taking the place of Irapuato. Zacatepec was relegated after just 2 season in Ascenso MX, but bought Cruz Azul Hidalgo and will remain in the Ascenso MX for the Apertura 2014. Club Atlético Zacatepec Club Atlético Zacatepec"
"Club Atlético Huracán Club Atlético Huracán () is an Argentine sports club from the Parque Patricios neighbourhood of Buenos Aires. The club is notable for its football team, that currently plays in the Primera División, the top level of the Argentine football league system. Its home stadium is the Estadio Tomás Adolfo Ducó. Huracán was founded on 1 November 1908 in the Nueva Pompeya neighbourhood of Buenos Aires. The club's name and nickname (""Globo"", literally ""Balloon"") comes from the ""Huracán"" (""Hurricane"") balloon flown by Jorge Newbery in 1909. Its supporters are called ""los Quemeros"" (""the Burners"") because the stadium is"
"Bragaglia, Giovanni di Stefano, Alfredo Giuseppe Pane and Sacchi. Deportivo Italia in the 1960s soon became the most important Venezuelan Football Team, popularly called ""Los Azules"" (""Azzurri"") by the color of the team shirt inspired by the Italian national team. Indeed, the arrival in Venezuela of hundreds of thousands of Europeans after the Second World War became a reason, among other things, in creating football teams for the different ""colonies"" of immigrants. Thus the Italians had their ""Deportivo Italia"" (while the Portuguese the ""Deportivo Portugues"", the Spanish Gallegos the Deportivo Galicia, the Canarian immigrants their ""Unión Deportiva Canarias "", etc."
"Deportivo Armenio Club Deportivo Armenio is a football club from Ingeniero Maschwitz, Greater Buenos Aires, Argentina. The team currently plays in the Primera C, which is the regionalised fourth division of the Argentine football league system. The club was founded in 1962 under the name ""Club Armenio de Fútbol"" by the Armenian community in Argentina. It changed its name in 1968, and was affiliated to the Argentine Football Association two years later. The original colours were black and white, but first changed to green and white stripes and then again to red and white. Nowadays, home uniform is red, orange"
"CA Osasuna Club Atlético Osasuna () or simply Osasuna, is a Spanish football team based in Pamplona, Navarre. Founded in 1920, the club currently plays in Segunda División, holding home games at the 19,800-capacity El Sadar Stadium. The team tends to play in a red shirt with navy blue shorts, whereas the away kit differs from season to season. ""Los Rojillos"" is the club nickname, meaning ""The Reds"". The word """"osasuna"""" means ""health"" in Basque, used in a sense of ""strength"" or ""vigour"". For different reasons, rivalries exist between Osasuna and Real Zaragoza, Real Madrid, and other Basque clubs, particularly"
"Ciudad Deportiva Luis del Sol The Ciudad Deportiva Luis del Sol, is the training ground of the Spanish football club Real Betis. The centre which is named after the former Real Betis player Luis del Sol, is commonly nicknamed as ""La fábrica verdiblanca"". Occupying an area of 45,000 m², the complex is located on Avenida de Italia of Los Bermejales district in Seville, adjacent to Estadio Benito Villamarín; the home of Real Betis Balompie. The training centre was officially opened on 19 December 1997 by then-president of the club Manuel Ruiz de Lopera, accompanied by the Cardinal Priest Carlos Amigo"
"Vallejo the Archbishop Emeritus of Seville. Ciudad Deportiva Luis del Sol The Ciudad Deportiva Luis del Sol, is the training ground of the Spanish football club Real Betis. The centre which is named after the former Real Betis player Luis del Sol, is commonly nicknamed as ""La fábrica verdiblanca"". Occupying an area of 45,000 m², the complex is located on Avenida de Italia of Los Bermejales district in Seville, adjacent to Estadio Benito Villamarín; the home of Real Betis Balompie. The training centre was officially opened on 19 December 1997 by then-president of the club Manuel Ruiz de Lopera, accompanied"
"to create a new football club. At the time of Cerro's foundation the situation in Paraguay was tense with instability in the government caused by the fervent rivalries between the two leading political parties, the ""Partido Colorado"" (Colorado Party) and the ""Partido Liberal"" (Liberal Party). Because of the tensions, the founders of the club decided to use the colours of both parties, red (Colorados) and blue (Liberales), as the club's colours as a symbol of unity and friendship between Paraguayans. Later, white was used on the shorts to complete the colours of the Paraguayan flag. The club owes its name"
"and white team caused, soon received the slogan ""Glória de um Povo, orgulho de Uma Cidade"". ""(The glory of a people, proud of a city)"". Atlético rivals are Rio Branco and Juventus. Atlético Acreano Atlético Acreano is a Brazilian football club based in Rio Branco, Acre state. The club was founded in 1952, under the name """"Beirut"""" for Syrian-Lebanese traders. Among them are Augusto Hidalgo de Lima, Foch Jardim, Roberto Sanches Mubárac, Lourival Pinho, Pereira de Lima, Goldwasser Pereira Santos, Sílvio Ferrante, Mário D'Avila Maciel, Rufino Farias Vieira, Fernando Andrade Pessoa, among others. Several other families had an important passage"
"America Cup, in 1992, when it was 5th. Criciúma also won the Brazilian 2002 second series, and 2006 C series. Criciuma is currently playing Campeonato Brasileiro Série B, the Brazilian national second division. Figueirense FC black and white from Florianopolis. Its nickname is ""Figueira"" (Fig tree) and it is also known as ""O Furacão do Estreito"" (The Hurricane of Estreito). Its stadium is the Orlando Scarpelli, located in the Estreito neighborhood, in the continental part of the city. Figueirense is currently playing in the Campeonato Brasileiro Série B, the second division of Brazilian football. Avaí FC, blue and white from"
"by the nickname of """"Los Albañiles"""" (""bricklayers"" in Spanish), a reference to Cruz Azul's eponymous parent company, which is one of Mexico's major companies specializing in concrete and construction. Ever since América was bought by Emilio Azcárraga Milmo from Issac Bessudo in 1959, the club has had the unique distinction of being both the most popular and hated club in the country. An emphasis on heavy spending on Mexican and foreign players and managers in subsequent seasons, as well as success in domestic and international competitions, created an increasing sense of enmity from rival fans. The fact that Azcárraga Milmo"
"Deportiva Portuguesa FC would be located in Sector Los Malabares of the city of Araure. He has a fanaticada like all football teams in Venezuela The Barra Lanceros Rojinegros are fans of the Portuguesa fc who Sunday to Sunday accompany him in the southern tribune of the Mythical General Stadium Jose Antonio Paez President Generous Mazzocca Media and Press || Patricia Almao - Media Director Francisco Miliani - Media Assistant María Gabriela Almao - Social Networks Julio Rojas - Photographer Raiber Jiménez - Graphic Designer The radio that transmits the games of the pentacampeon set of Venezuela Portuguesa F.C. Portuguesa"
"(Independiente and Racing). Arsenal won its first Primera División championship in 2012. Until then, club's major title had been the Copa Sudamericana won in 2007. Apart from football, the club hosts other sports such as handball and field hockey. The club was founded in January 1957 by brothers Héctor and Julio Humberto Grondona. The club were founded near to where the country's military arsenal was housed, which inspired the name. The team's shirt colour is light blue with a diagonal red band (similar to the shirt used by River Plate). The colours were chosen as a combination of the two"
"Cruz Azul Cruz Azul Fútbol Club, A.C, or simply Cruz Azul () is a Mexican football club that plays in the top division of Mexican football, Liga MX. Originally from Hidalgo in the town of Jasso (now part of the ""city cooperative"" Ciudad Cooperativa Cruz Azul), south of Tula de Allende, the club moved to Mexico City in 1971. Estadio Azteca, the nation's largest sports venue, served as their home venue until 1996, when they moved to the Estadio Azul. After 22 years, however, the team returned to the ""Azteca"" at the conclusion of the 2017-18 Liga MX season. Its"
"five championships. The team's home colours consists of a shirt with navy blue and white vertical stripes, navy blue shorts and navy blue socks. Its away colours are not commonly used nor well established, playing sometimes in blue, white or green. During the month of October, as a tribute to the Lord of Miracles, patron of the team, the regular colours are switched to purple and white. The color purple is often associated with the religious image and its procession. Alianza Lima Club Alianza Lima is a Peruvian football club who plays at the Estadio Alejandro Villanueva in the La"
"2012, Lozano relocated the team to Texas, renamed them the Rio Grande Valley Flash, and the PASL. In July 2013, the team announced that Victor Fernandez had assumed ownership of the franchise and renamed it ""La Fiera FC"". Lozano returned to Monterrey and started a new Monterrey Flash with the intention of playing in both the LMFRPro and the PASL. The new Flash are one of three Mexico-based teams (along with Saltillo Rancho Seco and Toros Mexico) participating in the PASL for the 2013–14 season. Legendary Argentinian midfielder Walter Gaitán joined the Flash roster at the start of the season"
"at Estádio 20 de Janeiro, also known as Estádio Municipal do Maio, Onze Unidos, and clubs from other parts of the island play at the stadium. Its logo color is black based on Academica Coimbra's logo but with the fort on the bottom. Its uniform color are entirely black clothing for home games and a white T-shirt with black rims one the bottom part and the remainder black for away or alternate games. Its uniform colors up to 2016 were black with white stripes on its sleeves during home games, for away/alternate games, it was opposite with white and orange"
"Club Atlético Zacatepec Club Atlético Zacatepec is a Mexican football team based in Zacatepec, Morelos. They are nicknamed ""Cañeros"" (sugarcane growers). Their colors are white and green (from sugar and sugarcane, respectively). Their uniform color is a white shirt with a big green line in the middle and white shorts and socks. Their greatest achievements were in the 1950s when Zacatepec won two titles in First Division. They won their first league title in the 1954–1955 season and their second title in the 1957–1958 season. Zacatepec won the Copa Mexico championship in the 1958–1959 season. The head coach of Zacatepec"
"the Copa Libertadores along with important First Division matches. Since the 2007–08 season the Estadio Olímpico de la UCV will be used as the temporary home ground because of the expansion and redesign of Cocodrilos Sports Park which is being used as a training facility in the meantime. Caracas FC Caracas Fútbol Club is a Venezuelan football team based in Caracas. The club has won eleven First Division titles making it the most successful in Venezuelan football history. They are nicknamed ""Los Rojos del Ávila"", or the ""Reds from Ávila"". This refers to their red jerseys as well as Cerro"
"headquarters are in La Noria, a suburb within Xochimilco in the southern part of Mexico City. Cruz Azul has been the Primera División champion eight times, trailing Toluca's 10, C.D. Guadalajara's 12 and Club América's 13. Cruz Azul's six titles makes it the second most successful club in the history of the CONCACAF Champions League, the most prestigious international club competition in North American football, trailing Mexico City rivals, Club America. Cruz Azul was also the first CONCACAF team to reach the final of the Copa Libertadores, the most prestigious club competition in South American football (which invited top Liga"
"Moreira (also known as Parque Lami). Porto Alegre Futebol Clube Porto Alegre Futebol Clube, usually known simply as Porto Alegre, is a Brazilian football club from Porto Alegre, Brazil. It is owned by former footballer Roberto Assis, Ronaldinho's brother. The club was founded on June 10, 2003, as Lami Futebol Clube. In 2003, Lami won its first title, the Campeonato Gaúcho Third Level. In 2006, the club was bought by Roberto Assis and renamed to Porto Alegre Futebol Clube. Porto Alegre's colors are inspired by the two most popular Rio Grande do Sul football clubs, Grêmio and Internacional, and Spanish"
"followings, and larger payrolls than La Paz F.C. The team's motto is 'Plus Altus', meaning ""something higher"" a reference both to the team's aspirations as well as to the team's high altitude home. (The City of La Paz is located at an elevation of 3,600 meters above sea level and is the highest capital in the world.) The team colors are blue, red and white. Blue symbolizes the perennial cobalt skies over the City of La Paz and the loyalty of its fans; red symbolizes the passion and love of football; and white symbolizes the snow cap of Mt. Illimani"
"Hidalgo La Fiera Hidalgo La Fiera (also known as ""La Fiera FC"") was an American professional indoor soccer team based in Hidalgo, Texas. They played in the Southern Division of the Major Arena Soccer League (MASL). The team was founded in 2012 as the Rio Grande Valley Flash when the Monterrey Flash left the Liga Mexicana de Futbol Rápido Profesional to move to Texas and the Professional Arena Soccer League. The PASL was rebranded as the MASL in May 2014. The team fell into financial disarray and, unable to reorganize, resigned their membership in the MASL effective December 23, 2014."
"the club's nickname: ""Aurinegros"" (a compound word meaning gold and black). The club logo was changed in 2006 to give a younger, more fresh look. The club mascot has changed many times. It has been a yellow and black owl, a train, and most recently a robot. The crown symbolizes the ""royal status"" granted to the club by the King of Spain. This is noticeable in other clubs such as Real Madrid, Real Sociedad, Real Betis, Real Murcia, Real Valladolid and Real Zaragoza. Lotto is the team's official sportswear manufacturer. Real España plays their home matches at the Estadio Francisco"
"of the bar, where the used to hang out and dreamed about having their own club to be able to play in a league.In 2011, after returning to the national football scenario, Resolve hire foreign players to strengthen the team with the arrival of Carlos Augusto Aguiar and Fabricio Melillo, the team creates expectations in the crowd. La Luz F.C. La Luz Fútbol Club (often called La Luz) is a football club from Montevideo in Uruguay. Currently playing in the Uruguayan Segunda División Amateur. It all started in and around Faustino Fernández's bar, located in the village ""Aires Puros"", it"