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| Full name | Club de Fútbol Cobras de Querétaro | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Nicknames | Cobras,Ofidios | ||
| Founded | 1982 | ||
| Dissolved | 1987 | ||
| League | Primera División de México | ||
Club de Fútbol Cobras de Querétaro was a Mexicanfootball club based in the city ofQuerétaro,Querétaro that participated in thePrimera División de México.
Cobras was founded on May 12, 1980, asClub de Fútbol Cobras de Querétaro, which was owned by television companyTelevisa. In 1985, the club acted asAmérica'sreserve team, while also pitching its veterans. Also in that year, it was first promoted to thePrimera División de México after beatingPachuca with a score of 3–1. However, their stay would only be short-lived, as the team was immediately relegated, after collecting 31 points in 40 matches.[1]
After Cobra's relegation, Alejandra de La Vega bought the club and moved it toCiudad Juárez,Chihuahua, thus renaming itClub de Fútbol Cobras de Ciudad Juárez, meeting immediate success as it reached theLiga de Ascenso de México final that year and beatLeón 1–0, in a game played at theEstadio Azteca on July 12, 1988, with Joaquín Mendoza as its manager.
In 1994, after the readjustments made in thePrimera División, Cobras folded, not being able to cope with serious economic problems. Seven years later, again as a feeder club – now toMonterrey – it was re-formed, playing and losing the 2003 promotion playoffs final, toDorados de Sinaloa.
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