Atlante F.C.

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'''Atlante Fútbol Club''', simplified as '''Atlante FC''', is a Mexican professional football club based in Mexico City. The club competes in Liga MX, the top division of Mexican football, and plays its home matches at Estadio Azteca.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2026-04-28 |title=Atlante y las claves de su nuevo proyecto en Liga MX: identidad, Azteca y una base competitiva |url=https://www.si.com/mx/futbol/atlante-las-claves-de-su-nuevo-proyecto-liga-mx-identidad-azteca-y-una-base-competitiva |access-date=2026-04-29 |website=SI Mexico |language=es-MX}}</ref>

Founded in 1916 in Mexico City as Sinaloa, the club later adopted the names Lusitania, U-53 (in reference to a German submarine), and Atlántico (linked to the Atlantic Ocean). Due to widespread colloquial use, it officially became Atlante in 1921. The club was one of ten founding members of the Liga Mayor, Mexico’s first professional national league.

Throughout its history, Atlante has experienced relegation on three occasions, the most recent occurring at the conclusion of the Clausura 2014 tournament. Following that setback, the club remained in the second division for twelve years. Its return to the top flight was ultimately secured through the acquisition of a first-division franchise previously belonging to Mazatlán.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Hernández |first=Alberto |date=2014-04-14 |title=Cuando ha descendido el Atlante, siempre ha regresado al año siguiente |url=https://www.espn.com.mx/noticias/nota?s=mex&id=2065985&type=story |access-date=2026-05-02 |website=ESPN.com.mx |language=es}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Reséndiz |first=Graciela |date=2026-02-17 |title=Atlante y los detalles de su retorno a la Liga MX |url=https://www.espn.com.mx/futbol/mexico/nota/_/id/16272575/atlante-regreso-liga-mx-venta-mazatlan |access-date=2026-05-02 |website=ESPN.com.mx |language=es}}</ref>

Domestically, Atlante has won three Primera División championships, two Copa México titles and one Campeón de Campeones. Internationally, it has won two CONCACAF Champions Cup/Champions League titles.

==History== ===The beginning=== [[File:Placa conmemorativa de la fundación del Atlante Fútbol Club.jpg|thumb|Commemorative plaque unveiled in 2016 about the founding of Atlante Fútbol Club on April 18, 1916. The plaque is located at the intersection of Valladolid and Durango streets, colonia Roma.]] Atlante was founded on April 18, 1916, with the name Sinaloa by a group of young Mexican football enthusiasts, led by Refugio "El Vaquero" Martínez. The team began playing in the ''La Condesa'' neighborhood in Mexico City. After changing its name to Lusitania and U-53, Refugio Martínez proposed the name Atlante, after the mighty battles fought at the Atlantic Ocean during World War I. During the 1920s, players such as the Rosas brothers, Manuel "Chaquetas" Rosas and Felipe "Diente" Rosas, as well as Juan "El Trompo" Carreño, helped Atlante to become one of the most popular teams, mostly among the working classes, which led to its most famous and legendary nickname, El Equipo del Pueblo, "People's team". Atlante's legend Juan Carreño scored Mexico's first goal in the Olympic Games in Amsterdam 1928, as well as Mexico national team's first ever goal in a FIFA World Cup during the inaugural match against France in Uruguay 1930.

Despite its popularity, the Federación Mexicana de Fútbol (FMF) did not allow the team to be involved in the Mexican championship, the Liga Mayor. In order for Atlante to be allowed into the league, it had to win several proof-matches against Toluca and América, two powerful football clubs. The duels were won by Atlante with scores of 7–2 and 2–1, respectively. Accepted within the Liga Mayor, Atlante formed a major rivalry against Necaxa, which became the first classic in Mexican football. The games between these two were furious battles, even drawing in points at the end of the 1931–32 tournament.

During the early years of football in Mexico, when famed foreign teams began to challenge the Mexican teams they swept most clubs except one: Atlante. What many do not recall today is that Atlante was the first Mexican team that acquired national fame by knocking down those foreign "giants". In 1929, Atlante defeated Sabaria of Hungary 3–1. In 1930, Atlante twice defeated Sportivo of Buenos Aires, 2–1 and 3–2. One of their more recalled feats was the 3–2 victory in 1931 over Bella Vista of Uruguay, which had three players from the team that won the first World Cup a year before in Montevideo.

In the 1940s, during the final years of World War II, Atlante's Horacio Casarín began being noticed for his tremendous skill and ability, which also led him to become a major figure in the Mexico national team.

Atlante's popularity, continued to grow after the team was portrayed on the big screen in many films of Mexico's golden era of cinema. Some of those films are "Los Hijos de Don Venancio", "Los Nietos de Don Venancio", "El Vividor", "El que con niños se acuesta", among many others. Players Horacio Casarín and Martí Ventolrà were even part of those films' casting.

===Professional era and first championship title=== In 1943, the Federación Mexicana de Fútbol founded the Professional League with six clubs of the Primera Fuerza of Mexico City, two clubs from the Liga Occidental (Western League) and two members from the Liga Veracruzana (Veracruz League), being Atlante one of those six clubs of Mexico City. Together, they all became what is known today as the Primera División de México.

After 4 tournaments, and with the aid of its owner General Jose Manuel Nuñez (a retired militar asked personally by former president Lázaro Cárdenas to watch over the team) as well as of its sensational player Horacio Casarín, the team obtained its first championship in the 1946–47 season. The final match against León was attended by 48,622 people, including President Miguel Alemán Valdés (he even got onto the field after the match in a famous photograph with the champions). Before that, in 1945, the team imposed the Latin American record for more goals in a single season with 121 goals in 30 matches (more than four goals per game). Atlante also became the first Mexican team to be crowned at the Champion of Champions cup (a ''super cup'' scheme championship) during the 1941–42 season.

After the first title, several other teams dominated the championship; nevertheless, Atlante remained as a powerful rival and still a popular team for the working classes, along with its runner-up in the Copa México and the Champion of Champions titles in the early 1950s. In 1966, General Jose Manuel Nuñez decided to sell the team to Fernando González, "Fernandón". Poor level and irregular campaigns proceeded the selling, which led Atlante to be relegated from the Primera División to the Segunda División de México in 1976.

===The IMSS era=== The team managed to return to the Primera División for the 1977–78 season. In October 1978, the Instituto Mexicano del Seguro Social (IMSS) acquired the team in a 100% ownership, promising to make the largest football club in the world with 22 million associates throughout the country. With the financial support of the governmental institution, the team experienced successful campaigns with reinforcements such as the old-time idol Horacio Casarín as head coach and the Mexican football's all-time top goalscorer Cabinho, who would become three-time champion striker with Atlante in 1980, 1981 and 1982. Its productive campaigns led them to the 1981–82 final championship match against Tigres UANL, and after regular and extra time, Atlante became runner-up at penalty kicks. Nevertheless, a year later Atlante won its first continental title with the CONCACAF Champions' Cup against Suriname's Robinhood.

Although the government still owned the team, another institution took over the management activities. The Departamento del Distrito Federal, DDF (the former body which controlled the Mexican Federal District) intended to propel the team with little results. After playing for several years at Estadio Azteca, the team even had to leave this venue and setting its new battleground at the Estadio Ciudad de los Deportes.

In 1989, the DDF sold the team to Jose Antonio García, a businessman owner of the sporting goods and apparel company Garcis. After a failed campaign at a new venue, this time at Querétaro's Estadio Corregidora, the team was relegated again to the Segunda División.

===Second championship=== Right from its ashes, and back to its homeground Estadio Ciudad de los Deportes, now re-baptized as Estadio Azulgrana, Atlante managed to make an incredible come back to the Primera División, after 3 games against Pachuca in the final series for the Segunda División Championship. After the series' end, which led to extra time, penalty kicks, and sudden death, Atlante's goalkeeper Félix Fernández scored the last penalty kick for a 9–8 final score.

In the 1992–93 season, and guided by Ricardo La Volpe, Atlante obtained its second championship title against Monterrey, with the final match played at Monterrey's stadium, Estadio Tecnológico. Atlante's new legends from that championship title included: 2011 U-17 champion coach Raúl Gutiérrez, Felix Fernández, former Atlante coaches Miguel Herrera, José Guadalupe Cruz, and René Isidoro García, Pedro Massacessi, Wilson Graneolatti, Roberto Andrade, Guillermo Cantú, and feared strikers Luis Miguel Salvador and Daniel Guzmán. The team was crowned as champion for the second time in 45 years. By winning the title, Atlante was again able to access the Concacaf Champions Cup, which they eventually lost against Cartaginés of Costa Rica in the final.

After winning the championship title, Atlante was eliminated for the next years from the play-off stage, even with important acquisitions such as Hugo Sánchez, Jorge Campos, Venezuelan player Gabriel Miranda, among others. Once again, the team faced relegation issues; therefore, Grupo Televisa decided to acquire Atlante and move it back again to the Estadio Azteca. With this boost, Atlante was able to be reinforced by notable players, such as Zague, Martín Felix Ubaldi, José Damasceno Tiba, and Luis García, as well as the renamed coach Miguel Mejía Barón, who just had a positive result coaching the national team at World Cup 1994. Despite having memorable campaigns, such as being the first all-championship leader for a short tournament (Invierno 1996), and qualifying for the play-offs in Verano 1997 and Invierno 1997, the team did not accomplish any major results, and even had disastrous moments such as the embarrassing play-off series against Toros Neza in Verano 1997, which was lost in a 9–2 global score.

===The third "relegation" era=== Several issues occurred in Atlante's history during the last years of the 20th century, those very issues that were going to define the team's future. Inexperienced head coaches (Zlatko Petricevic, Angel Cappa, Roberto Saporitti, and Eduardo Rergis) arriving to the team, weak and vain players, and even a short decision in changing the main uniform's colors of red and blue to orange, made the team and its followers to feel without identity. Fans began switching into other successful teams, and Atlante's local matches began to feel desolated. Awful and boring matches, poorish skill level and players without a real commitment to the team, led Atlante to face again relegation issues to the Segunda División, now transformed into the Primera División 'A' de México.

Manuel Lapuente, who had recently succeeded with the national team at the 1998 World Cup, had the responsibility to guide the team throughout the Verano 2001 tournament and save the team of an imminent relegation: at the end, Lapuente and his players did not accomplish the goal. However, a ray of light appeared, since the Federación Mexicana de Fútbol was looking to expand the Primera División with 2 new teams. After paying a 5 million dollar fee, Atlante was allowed to play a promotion series of matches against the Primera División 'A's runner-up, Tiburones Rojos de Veracruz. Atlante won the series 4–1, allowing them to remain in the top division as one of the new expansion teams.

===The rebirth of atlantismo=== A serious commitment has been taken since then by the directors' board. After breaking up its relationship with Televisa and Alejandro Burillo Azcárraga (owner of telecomm's company Pegaso) being the sole owner, the youth level program has been developed as the main philosophy, which has made Atlante the team with most youth debuts at the Primera División since 2000. First Carlos Reinoso, then Miguel Herrera, managed to build a spirited team with its own personality, and with fabulous players such as popular Sebastián "Chamagol" González, Luis Gabriel Rey, and emblematic goalie Federico Vilar, the team returned to the spotlight of the playoffs, arriving in three quarter-final and two semi-final stages. The team suffered a failed relocation to a different venue, this time to the Estadio Azulgrana Neza 86 in Ciudad Nezahualcóyotl, State of Mexico, and back again to the Estadio Azteca.

Former players (now head coaches) René Isidoro García and José Guadalupe Cruz struggled to maintain the spirit, strength, and skill of this Atlante's new era. The lack of attendance at their home matches remained as the major problem of the team, due to Mexico City teams' lack of attendance at local matches, as well as both the irregular football level and the lack of identity for the team.

===The third crown at Quintana Roo=== On May 14, 2007, Atlante officially left the Estadio Azteca because its games there were not profitable, largely due to poor attendance. They hoped that the relocation to the Estadio Andrés Quintana Roo in Cancún, Quintana Roo, would regrow its popularity and improve attendance. In a fantastic tournament, Atlante adapted quickly to its new venue and began winning important matches, either at home or visiting. Following a tough play-off against Cruz Azul and Guadalajara, Atlante faced Pumas UNAM for the title's final series. On December 9, 2007, only five months after arriving at its new venue, and after a great series of matches played by goalie Federico Vilar, as well as remarkable matches of Giancarlo Maldonado, Gabriel Pereyra, Javier Muñoz, José Joel "El Chicharo" González and Clemente Ovalle (who scored the championship goal, four minutes before the end of the game), Atlante earned its third championship, growing back its popularity nationwide and especially at its new home city, Cancún.

Atlante won the Apertura 2007 Championship and by doing so, it qualified to the CONCACAF Champions' Cup 2008, where they were eliminated by Costa Rican Saprissa in the quarter-finals. By winning its title, Atlante qualified as well to the SuperLiga 2008, where they were eliminated by the New England Revolution at the semi-final stage. Atlante joined Santos Laguna, Cruz Azul, and Pumas UNAM at the CONCACAF Champions League in its inaugural season 2008–09, where they reached the final match against Cruz Azul. Atlante won the series 2–0, thus being crowned as CONCACAF Club Champion and earning the right to play at the 2009 FIFA Club World Cup in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates.

===The return to international spotlight=== Along with the FIFA Club World Championship, Atlante was invited to replace Celtic at the Peace Cup in Andalucia, Spain, where it faced Málaga and Aston Villa. Atlante was soon eliminated with a single-goal difference against eventual champions Aston Villa.

Atlante acquired Santiago Solari to reinforce the team. He was the last major figure since Hugo Sánchez's acquisition in 1995, and joined a select group of major international players to play for the club: Grzegorz Lato, Ruben "Ratón" Ayala, Ricardo La Volpe, Cabinho, Miodrag Belodedici, Ilie Dumitrescu, and Faustino Asprilla.

At the 2009 FIFA Club World Cup, Atlante defeated Auckland City 3–0 at the quarter-final stage. For its next stop at semifinals, it faced Barcelona in a curious match featuring two Mexicans with the same name, Rafael Márquez Álvarez of Barcelona and Rafael Márquez Lugo of Atlante, and two teams with the same jersey colors. FIFA eventually ruled out Barcelona to play with the blue-and-red stripes over Atlante. Atlante led the match at the fourth minute, but the final score was a 3–1 defeat. For the third-place match, Atlante was defeated by Pohang Steelers in a penalty shootout, missing two of their four shots, and finishing in fourth place.

=== Relegation and promotion === Atlante entered the new decade burdened by relegation battles, a turbulent stretch that ultimately culminated in their drop to the Liga de Ascenso de México at the end of the Clausura 2014 tournament.<ref>{{Cite web |last= |first= |date=2014-04-13 |title=El fin de un histórico; Atlante desciende |url=https://www.milenio.com/deportes/el-fin-de-un-historico-atlante-desciende |access-date=2026-04-16 |website=Grupo Milenio |language=es}}</ref> Once there, however, the club rediscovered its ambition, reaching the finals in both the Apertura 2015 and Apertura 2016 tournaments.

In April 2020, the Liga de Ascenso was dissolved and replaced by the newly formed Liga de Expansión MX — a restructuring that eliminated the possibility of promotion to the top flight. Two months later, the club was relocated back to Mexico City, making Estadio Ciudad de los Deportes their new home.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Reséndiz |first=Graciela |date=2020-06-24 |title=Atlante iniciará mudanza a CDMX el próximo lunes |url=https://www.espn.com.mx/futbol/mexico/nota/_/id/7083714/atlante-anuncian-mudanza-regreso-ciudad-de-mexico-apertura-2020 |access-date=2026-04-16 |website=ESPN.com.mx |language=es}}</ref> In the Guardianes 2020 tournament, Atlante once again advanced to a final, where they fell to Tampico-Madero.

Over the following years, the club appeared in four finals, winning three championships — Apertura 2021, Apertura 2022, and Clausura 2024 — establishing themselves as the most successful side in the league.

In December 2024, Atlante was relocated for the fifth time, this time settling in Zacatepec, Morelos.<ref>{{Cite web |last= |first= |date=2024-12-07 |title=Atlante ya tiene ‘nueva casa’: Los ‘Potros de hierro’ se mudan a estadio en Zacatepec, Morelos |url=https://www.elfinanciero.com.mx/deportes/2024/12/06/atlante-fc-se-muda-a-zacatepec-morelos-nuevo-estadio-equipo-liga-expansion-mx/ |access-date=2026-04-16 |website=El Financiero |language=es}}</ref>

A year later, in December 2025, Atlante secured their return to the Primera División de México by acquiring Mazatlán’s franchise and taking its place in the league. The club will be moved to Mexico City once more, with the Estadio Azteca becoming their new home starting from the Apertura 2026 tournament.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Aldana |first=Omar Flores |date=2025-12-09 |title=Liga MX da visto bueno al proceso para el regreso del Atlante |url=https://www.espn.com.mx/futbol/mexico/nota/_/id/16065894/liga-mx-asamblea-autorizacion-regreso-atlante |access-date=2026-04-16 |website=ESPN.com.mx |language=es}}</ref>

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==Honours== ===Domestic=== {| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="font-size:95%; text-align:center;" |- !Type !Competition !Titles !Winning years !Runners-up |- |rowspan=3|20px<br>'''Top division''' !scope=col|Liga Mayor/Primera División/Liga MX |'''3''' |1946–47, 1992–93, Apertura 2007 |1945–46, 1949–50, 1950–51, 1981–82 |- !scope=col|Copa México/Copa MX |'''2''' |1950–51, 1951–52 |1942–43, 1943–44, 1945–46, 1948–49, 1962–63, Clausura 2013 |- !scope=col|Campeón de Campeones |'''1''' |1952 |1947, 1951 |- |rowspan=4|'''Promotion divisions''' !scope=col|Liga de Expansión MX |bgcolor="gold"|'''3''' |Apertura 2021, Apertura 2022, Clausura 2024 |Guardianes 2020, Apertura 2023 |- !scope=col|Campeón de Campeones de la Liga de Expansión MX |'''1''' |2022 |2023, 2024 |- !scope=col|Ascenso MX |0 |— |Apertura 2015, Apertura 2016 |- !scope=col|Segunda División |'''2''' |1976–77, 1990–91 |— |}

===International=== {| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="font-size:95%; text-align:center;" |- !Type !Competition !Titles !Winning years !Runners-up |- |rowspan=1|20px<br>'''Continental CONCACAF''' !scope=col|CONCACAF Champions Cup/Champions League |'''2''' |1983, 2008–09 |1994 |}

;Notes * {{legend|gold|record}}

===Amateur=== * '''Campeonato de Primera Fuerza/Liga Mayor''': 1931–32, 1940–41 * '''Copa México''': 1941–42 * '''Campeón de Campeones''': 1942

==International record== {| class="wikitable" |- ! Season ! Competition ! Round ! Club ! Home ! Away ! Aggregate |- |rowspan=4| 1983 |rowspan=4| CONCACAF Champions' Cup |rowspan=1| First Round |{{flagicon|GUA}} Comunicaciones | style="text-align:center; background:#dfd;"|2–0 | style="text-align:center; background:#ffd;"|2–2 | style="text-align:center; background:#dfd;"|4–2 |- |rowspan=1| Second Round |{{flagicon|USA}} New York Pancyprian-Freedoms | style="text-align:center; background:#dfd;"|3–2 | style="text-align:center; background:#ffd;"|1–1 | style="text-align:center; background:#dfd;"|4–3 |- |rowspan=1| Third Round |{{flagicon|GUA}} Suchitepéquez | style="text-align:center; background:#dfd;"|6–0 | style="text-align:center; background:#ffd;"|2–2 | style="text-align:center; background:#dfd;"|8–2 |- | style="background:#FFD700;"| Final |{{flagicon|SUR}} Robinhood | style="text-align:center; background:#dfd;"|5–0 | style="text-align:center; background:#ffd;"|1–1 | style="text-align:center; background:#dfd;"|6–1 |- |rowspan=4| 1994 |rowspan=4| CONCACAF Champions' Cup |rowspan=1| First Round |{{flagicon|SLV}} Firpo | style="text-align:center; background:#dfd;"|2–1 | style="text-align:center; background:#dfd;"|4–1 | style="text-align:center; background:#dfd;"|6–2 |- |rowspan=1| Second Round |{{flagicon|CRC}} Herediano | style="text-align:center; background:#dfd;"|3–1 | style="text-align:center; background:#ffd;"|3–3 | style="text-align:center; background:#dfd;"|6–4 |- |rowspan=1| Semi-finals |{{flagicon|SLV}} Alianza | colspan=3 style="text-align:center; background:#dfd;"|2–1 |- | style="background:#C0C0C0;"| Final |{{flagicon|CRC}} Cartaginés | colspan=3 style="text-align:center; background:#fdd;"|2–3 |- |rowspan=5| 2008 |rowspan=1| CONCACAF Champions' Cup |rowspan=1| Quarter-finals |{{flagicon|CRC}} Saprissa | style="text-align:center; background:#dfd;"|2–1 | style="text-align:center; background:#fdd;"|0–3 | style="text-align:center; background:#fdd;"|2–4 |- |rowspan=4| SuperLiga | rowspan=3| Group A | {{flagicon|USA}} Houston Dynamo |colspan=2 style="text-align:center; background:#fdd;"|0–4 |rowspan=3 style="text-align:center; background:#dfd;"|2nd |- |{{flagicon|USA}} D.C. United | colspan=2 style="text-align:center; background:#dfd;"|3–2 |- |{{flagicon|MEX}} Guadalajara | colspan=2 style="text-align:center; background:#dfd;"|2–0 |- |rowspan=1| Semi-finals |{{flagicon|USA}} New England Revolution | colspan=3 style="text-align:center; background:#fdd;"|0–1 |- |rowspan=9| 2009 |rowspan=6| CONCACAF Champions League |rowspan=3| Group C |{{flagicon|HON|1949}} Olimpia | style="text-align:center; background:#dfd;"|1–0 | style="text-align:center; background:#ffd;"|1–1 |rowspan=3 style="text-align:center; background:#dfd;"|1st |- |{{flagicon|CAN}} Montreal Impact | style="text-align:center; background:#dfd;"|2–1 | style="text-align:center; background:#ffd;"|0–0 |- |{{flagicon|TRI}} Joe Public | style="text-align:center; background:#dfd;"|2–0 | style="text-align:center; background:#fdd;"|0–1 |- |rowspan=1| Quarter-finals |{{flagicon|USA}} Houston Dynamo | style="text-align:center; background:#dfd;"|3–0 | style="text-align:center; background:#ffd;"|1–1 | style="text-align:center; background:#dfd;"|4–1 |- |rowspan=1| Semi-finals |{{flagicon|MEX}} Santos Laguna | style="text-align:center; background:#dfd;"|3–1 | style="text-align:center; background:#fdd;"|1–2 | style="text-align:center; background:#dfd;"|4–3 |- | style="background:#FFD700;"| Final |{{flagicon|MEX}} Cruz Azul | style="text-align:center; background:#ffd;"|0–0 | style="text-align:center; background:#dfd;"|2–0 | style="text-align:center; background:#dfd;"|2–0 |- |rowspan=3| 2009 FIFA Club World Cup | rowspan=1| Quarter-finals | {{flagicon|NZL}} Auckland City |colspan=3 style="text-align:center; background:#dfd;"|3–0 |- |rowspan=1| Semi-finals |{{flagicon|ESP}} Barcelona |colspan=3 style="text-align:center; background:#fdd;"|1–3 |- | style="background:#9acdff;"| Third Place |{{flagicon|KOR}} Pohang Steelers |colspan=3 style="text-align:center; background:#ffd;"|1–1 (3–4 p) |}

==Personnel== ===Management=== {{Fb cs header}} {{Fb cs staff|bg=#80FF40;|p=Chairman |s= {{flagicon|MEX}} Emilio Escalante}} {{Fb cs staff|bg=#80FF40;|p=Vice President |s= {{flagicon|MEX}} Emilio Escalante García}} {{Fb cs staff|bg=#80FF40;|p=Director of football|s={{flagicon|MEX}} Jorge Santillana}} {{Fb cs staff|bg=#80FF40;|p= Sporting coordinator|s={{flagicon|MEX}} Alfonso Rippa}} {{Fb cs staff|bg=#80FF40;|p= Director of academy |s={{flagicon|MEX}} Pascual Sandoval}} {{Fb cs footer|s= [http://ligamx.net/cancha/club/6/cruz-azul Liga MX]|date=May 2018}}

===Coaching staff=== {|class="wikitable |- ! Position ! Staff |- |- |Manager |{{flagicon|MEX}} Miguel Herrera |- |Assistant managers||{{flagicon|ARG}} Federico Vilar<hr>{{flagicon|MEX}} Ricardo Carbajal |- |Fitness coach||{{flagicon|MEX}} José Rangel |- |Goalkeeper coach||{{flagicon|MEX}} Diego Estrada |- |Physiotherapist||{{flagicon|MEX}} Sergio Rojas |- | Team doctors||{{flagicon|MEX}} Ramón Gómez<hr>{{flagicon|MEX}} Jesús González |}

==Players== ===First-team squad=== {{Updated|2 August 2025}}<ref>{{cite web |title=Atlante F.C. |url=http://www.ligabbvaexpansion.mx/cancha/club/2/atlante |website=Liga BBVA Expansión MX |access-date=18 August 2020 |archive-date=25 September 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200925113219/http://www.ligabbvaexpansion.mx/cancha/club/2/atlante |url-status=live }}</ref> {{Fs start|nonumber=|bg=090a3d|color=b80000|border=000000}} {{Fs player|no=1|nat=MEX|name=Roberto Barragán|pos=GK}} {{Fs player|no=3|nat=MEX|name=Diego Cruz|pos=DF}} {{Fs player|no=4|nat=MEX|name=Luis Olivas|pos=DF|other=on loan from Guadalajara}} {{Fs player|no=5|nat=MEX|name=Hardy Meza|pos=MF}} {{Fs player|no=6|nat=USA|name=Nico Carrera|pos=DF}} {{Fs player|no=7|nat=MEX|name=Marco García|pos=MF}} {{Fs player|no=8|nat=MEX|name=Ronaldo González|pos=MF}} {{Fs player|no=9|nat=MEX|name=Luis Puente|pos=FW|other=on loan from Pachuca}} {{Fs player|no=10|nat=MEX|name=Johan Alonzo|pos=MF}} {{Fs player|no=11|nat=MEX|name=Illian Hernández|pos=FW}} {{Fs player|no=13|nat=MEX|name=Maximiliano García|pos=MF}} {{Fs player|no=14|nat=MEX|name=Víctor Estrada|pos=MF}} {{Fs player|no=15|nat=ECU|name=Jairón Charcopa|pos=FW|other=on loan from LDU Quito}} {{Fs player|no=16|nat=MEX|name=José González|pos=FW|other=on loan from UNAM}} {{Fs player|no=17|nat=MEX|name=Leonardo Mejía|pos=MF}} {{Fs player|no=18|nat=MEX|name=Christian Bermúdez|pos=MF}} {{Fs player|no=19|nat=MEX|name=Samuel González|pos=FW}} {{Fs player|no=20|nat=MEX|name=Jonathan Tovar|pos=DF}} {{Fs mid|nonumber=|bg=090a3d|color=b80000|border=000000}} {{Fs player|no=21|nat=MEX|name=Javier Ibarra|pos=MF}} {{Fs player|no=22|nat=MEX|name=Luis Calzadilla|pos=MF}} {{Fs player|no=23|nat=MEX|name=Axl Padilla|pos=DF}} {{Fs player|no=24|nat=MEX|name=Eugenio Pizzuto|pos=MF|other=on loan from UANL}} {{Fs player|no=25|nat=MEX|name=Rubén Coubert|pos=FW}} {{Fs player|no=26|nat=MEX|name=Ronaldo Beltrán|pos=GK|other=on loan from Toluca}} {{Fs player|no=27|nat=MEX|name=Armando Escobar|pos=DF}} {{Fs player|no=28|nat=MEX|name=Santiago Aguirre|pos=MF}} {{Fs player|no=29|nat=MEX|name=Diego Pérez|pos=MF}} {{Fs player|no=30|nat=MEX|name=Emiliano Espinoza|pos=DF}} {{Fs player|no=31|nat=MEX|name=Benedit Bello|pos=DF}} {{Fs player|no=32|nat=MEX|name=Marco Millán|pos=GK}} {{Fs player|no=33|nat=MEX|name=Luis Basulto|pos=DF}} {{Fs player|no=34|nat=MEX|name=Édgar Jiménez|pos=MF}} {{Fs player|no=35|nat=MEX|name=Hugo Hernández|pos=DF}} {{Fs player|no=36|nat=MEX|name=Tristhan Jaimes|pos=DF}} {{Fs player|no=37|nat=MEX|name=Zamier Muñoz|pos=MF}} {{Fs player|no=38|nat=COL|name=Jefferson Tenorio|pos=MF}} {{Fs end|nonumber=|bg=b80000|color=090a3d|border=000000}} {{For|recent transfers|List of Mexican football transfers winter 2024–25}}

===Retired numbers=== {{main|Retired numbers in football (soccer)|l1 = Retired numbers in football}}

*<big>'''12'''</big>&nbsp;– {{flagicon|MEX}} Félix Fernández, Goalkeeper (1989–98, 1999–01, 2002–03)

==Goalscoring champions== {| class="wikitable" |- | {{flagicon|Mexico|1916}} Dionisio "Nicho" Mejía | 1927–28 |- | {{flagicon|Mexico|1916}} Juan Carreño | 1931–32 |- | {{flagicon|Mexico|1934}} Alberto "Caballo" Mendoza | 1939–40 |- | {{flagicon|Spain|1938}} Martí Ventolrà | 1941–42 |- | {{flagicon|Mexico|1934}} Bernardo "Manolete" Hernández | 1967–68 |- | {{flagicon|Brazil|1968}} Cabinho | 1979–80 |- | {{flagicon|Brazil|1968}} Cabinho | 1980–81 |- | {{flagicon|Brazil|1968}} Cabinho | 1981–82 |- | {{flagicon|Mexico}} Luis García | 1997 Invierno |- | {{flagicon|Colombia}} Luis Gabriel Rey | 2003 Apertura |- | {{flagicon|Peru}} Johan Fano | 2010 Bicentenario |- | {{flagicon|Chile}} Esteban Paredes | 2012 Apertura |- | {{flagicon|Venezuela}} Giancarlo Maldonado | 2014 Apertura |- | {{flagicon|Ecuador}} Carlos Garcés | 2015 Apertura |}

==Coaches== {{div col|colwidth=35em}} * {{flagicon|Hungary}} Árpád Fekete (1978–79) * {{flagicon|Mexico}} Horacio Casarín (1981–84) * {{flagicon|Argentina}} Juan Carlos Lorenzo (1982), (1983) * {{flagicon|Mexico}} Ignacio Trelles (1983–85) * {{flagicon|Mexico}} José Antonio Roca (1985–87) * {{flagicon|Argentina}} Ricardo La Volpe (1988–89) * {{flagicon|Mexico}} Rafael Puente (1989–90) * {{flagicon|Argentina}} Ricardo La Volpe (July 1, 1991&nbsp;– Jan 28, 1996) * {{flagicon|Mexico}} Javier Aguirre (Feb 1, 1996&nbsp;– June 30, 1996) * {{flagicon|Mexico}} Miguel Mejía Barón (1996–98) * {{flagicon|Argentina}} Juan Andrés Sarulyte (1998–99) * {{flagicon|Argentina}} Ángel Cappa (Jan 1, 1999&nbsp;– June 30, 1999) * {{flagicon|Mexico}} Eduardo Rergis (2000) * {{flagicon|Argentina}} Roberto Saporiti (Sept 21, 2000&nbsp;– Dec 31, 2000) * {{flagicon|Mexico}} Manuel Lapuente (Jan 1, 2001&nbsp;– June 30, 2001) * {{flagicon|Chile}} Carlos Reinoso (2001–02) * {{flagicon|Mexico}} Miguel Herrera (Feb 16, 2002&nbsp;– June 30, 2004) * {{flagicon|Mexico}} José Guadalupe Cruz (July 1, 2004&nbsp;– Sept 18, 2005) * {{flagicon|Argentina}} Pedro Monzón (Jan 1, 2005&nbsp;– June 30, 2005) * {{flagicon|Mexico}} Sergio Bueno (Sept 24, 2005&nbsp;– Dec 31, 2005) * {{flagicon|Mexico}} René Isidoro García (Jan 1, 2006&nbsp;– Dec 31, 2006) * {{flagicon|Mexico}} José Guadalupe Cruz (Jan 1, 2007&nbsp;– June 30, 2010) * {{flagicon|Mexico}} René Isidoro García (July 1, 2010&nbsp;– Sept 13, 2010) * {{flagicon|Argentina}} Eduardo Bacas (Sept 13, 2010&nbsp;– Dec 31, 2010) * {{flagicon|Mexico}} Miguel Herrera (Jan 1, 2011&nbsp;– Dec 31, 2011) * {{flagicon|Mexico}} Mario García (Jan 1, 2012&nbsp;– April 17, 2012) * {{flagicon|Mexico}} José Luis González ''(interim)'' (April 17, 2012&nbsp;– May 7, 2012) * {{flagicon|Argentina}} Ricardo La Volpe (July 1, 2012&nbsp;– Jan 28, 2013) * {{flagicon|Mexico}} Daniel Guzmán (Jan 30, 2013&nbsp;– June 30, 2013) * {{flagicon|Uruguay}} Wilson Graniolatti (July 1, 2013&nbsp;– Sept 2, 2013) * {{flagicon|Argentina}} Andrés Carevic ''(interim)'' (Sept 3, 2013&nbsp;– Sept 8, 2013) * {{flagicon|Uruguay}} Rubén Israel (Sept 9, 2013&nbsp;– Jan 12, 2014) * {{flagicon|Argentina}} Pablo Marini (Jan 13, 2014) * {{flagicon|Argentina}} Gabriel Pereyra / {{flagicon|Mexico}} Gaston Obeledo (2014–2015) * {{flagicon|Uruguay}} Wilson Graniolatti (2015) * {{flagicon|Mexico}} Eduardo Fentanes (2015–2017) * {{flagicon|Mexico}} Raúl Gutiérrez (2017) * {{flagicon|Mexico}} Eduardo Rergis ''(interim)'' (2017) * {{flagicon|Mexico}} Sergio Bueno (2017–2018) * {{flagicon|Argentina}} Gabriel Pereyra (2018–2019) * {{flagicon|Mexico}} Alex Diego (2019–2020) * {{flagicon|Mexico}} Mario García (2020–2023) * {{flagicon|Mexico}} Daniel Alcántar (2023–2024) * {{flagicon|Mexico}} Miguel de Jesús Fuentes (2025) * {{flagicon|Mexico}} Ricardo Carbajal (2026) * {{flagicon|Mexico}} Miguel Herrera (2026-) {{div col end}}

===Champion coaches=== {| |- |valign="top"| * {{flagicon|Hungary}} Luis Grocz (1946–47) * {{flagicon|Argentina}} Ricardo La Volpe (1992–93) * {{flagicon|Mexico}} José Guadalupe Cruz (Apertura 2007) |}

==References== {{reflist}}

==External links== {{commons category}} *{{in lang|es}} {{official website|http://www.atlantefc.com.mx/}}. {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120411163537/http://www.atlantefc.com.mx/ |date=2012-04-11 }}. *{{in lang|es}} [https://web.archive.org/web/20050320055918/http://www.femexfut.org.mx/PrimeraDivision/ Primera División] (archived 20 March 2005) *{{in lang|es}} [https://web.archive.org/web/20070311153207/http://ligaiaso.com/atl_ias.html IASO Team] (archived 11 March 2007)

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