Liceo de Varones
Under the name Liceo de Varones ( German: Academy for young men ) entered a school team from the Mexican city of Guadalajara in the pioneering years of football in Jalisco. It was founded about 1906-1908 and existed until the closure of the school in 1914. Between 1908 and 1914 she participated in the League Amateur de Jalisco, which had been introduced in 1908 and existed until the introduction of professional football in 1943.
History
School
The Liceo de Varones was in his time one of the largest educational institutions in Jalisco. The building in which the school was located, was built at the beginning of the 18th century and initially housed the seminary of San José. 1861 here the Liceo de Varones de Guadalajara newly founded was housed. After its closure in 1914, was here in 1918, the Museo de Bellas Artes, the Museum of Fine Arts, furnished.
In school, the first sports gymnastics, fencing, riding and jumping were practiced. Some time later, was added by the English influence of football, which was played with growing enthusiasm in the schoolyard.
Football team
The Liceo de Varones was the first serious opponent of Guadalajara Football Club and their duels were fought with unrelenting hardness.
Both teams were in the first six seasons of the league amateur de Jalisco three times champion. Liceo won the championship in 1911, 1913 and 1914 respectively before the Guadalajara FC. In addition, the school team in 1910 and 1912, twice runner-up, each behind the Club Guadalajara.
The derby between the two teams were so intense that it sometimes even came to violent clashes after the games. Gregorio Orozco 's then President of the Club Guadalajara, even knew how to report that after a derby player of the Liceo had appeared in front of his house and there were pelted with stones.
With the closure of the school in 1914, the team was disbanded. The first rivalry in Guadalajara had an abrupt end and was soon replaced by the rivalry between the Club Guadalajara and Club, which was founded in 1916 Atlas.
- Former Mexican football club
- Sports (Guadalajara, Mexico)