Club San Sebastián de León

The Club San Sebastián de León was a Mexican football club that was founded in 1944. The club name is the ancient name of the city of León, which she wore at that time when the entire region was still called Nueva España. With respect to the " Saint Sebastian " the nickname of the club was: Santos ( Saints ).

San Sebastian was founded in 1945 as the second División club in the city of León in the Primera, the highest division of Mexico taken after the league had been increased from 13 to 16 teams. In the same for a year had been with the neighboring Club León. After 1950/51 the national second division was introduced, there was from the summer of 1951, each a promoted to the premier league and relegated to the second division. San Sebastian had that year - occupies the last place and was the first team, who had to leave the first division for sporting reasons - as mentioned already in the year, as this remained without consequences. Until then, there had been only retreats different nature. Although the club was in the years to come twice runner-up, but remained the promotion to the top flight the respective champions (1952 La Piedad, 1954 Irapuato ) reserved. For San Sebastian, this was the beginning of the end.

Known player

  • Raul Cordoba ( World Cup qualifiers 1950)
  • Former Mexican football club
  • León ( Mexico)
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