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Club de Fútbol Cobras

football club

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionMay 2, 2026
Entity authorityQ20807185 ↗
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Cobras Fútbol Premier was a Mexican football team that played in the Segunda División de México. They were held in the border town of Ciudad Juárez, Chihuahua.

History

The club was originally founded in the city of Querétaro, Querétaro under the name Cobras de Querétaro, that was run by Grupo Televisa to carry veteran and the basic forces players of América. In the 1985-86 season, they won promotion by defeating Pachuca 3-1 on aggregate, but only lasted a season in top flight, as in 1987, they fell along with León finishing with 31 points in 40 games.

After descending, Alejandro de la Vega bought the franchise and moved it to Ciudad Juárez, Chihuahua. They immediately had success by making it to the finals in their first season and were crowned champions after defeating León, by a score of 1-0 in a game played in the Estadio Azteca on July 12, 1988, with Joaquín Mendoza as the manager, achieving automatic promotion to the Primera División de México.

The first match played in the maximum circuit was an away game against Cruz Azul in the Copa MX. At home, they debuted in Olímpico Benito Juárez against Correcaminos. In the 1988-89 season, they had their first meeting against América that ended 0-0. At home, they debuted with a 3-0 victory over the Correcaminos. In their first league tournament, they ended at the 12th position overall and 3rd in group 4.

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Editorial reviewA concise reference frame for defining the subject, testing terminology and identifying the institution closest to the evidence. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—1985, 1987, 1988—that can be checked directly. The selected authority fields contribute no independent date. The account is most persuasive where Club, Fútbol and Cobras can be independently traced.
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This entry incorporates text from “Club de Fútbol Cobras” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.