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C.F. Pachuca

Club de Fútbol Pachuca is a Mexican professional football club based in Pachuca, Hidalgo, that competes in Liga MX, the top division of Mexican football. Founded in 1892 as Pachuca Football Club, then changed its name to Pachuca Athletic Club in 1895, and the current franchise was refounded in 1960 under its current name. The club was founded by workers of the Mexican mining company called "Compañia Real del Monte y Pachuca", which had mostly British miners immigrants from Camborne and Redruth (Cornish diaspora), who were the first to introduce football to Mexico. Nicknamed "Tuzos", it pays tribute and refers to the history and mining heritage of the club and the city of Pachuca. It was the first football club founded in Mexico, and was one of the founding members of the Liga Mexicana de Football Amateur Association, which was the first amateur football league created in Mexico.

After several seasons participating between the second and first division, Pachuca was last promoted to the Primera División de México in 1998. Since then, it has been one of the most successful clubs in Mexico, winning 7 Liga MX titles, 6 CONCACAF Champions Cup titles, the 2006 Copa Sudamericana, the 2007 North American SuperLiga.

British miners from Cornwall in the south-west of England, working for the Compañía Real del Monte y Pachuca (English: Real del Monte and Pachuca Company) practiced football only as an unorganized hobby during their free time while working at the mines. Francis Rule and Alfred C. Crowle were the men who promoted the creation of the very first football club in Mexico, which was called Pachuca Football Club founded on November 1, 1892. The game rapidly spread in popularity and other clubs soon were established in surrounding states, including Orizaba, Puebla and Mexico City.

Pachuca FC merged with Pachuca Cricket Club and Velasco Cricket Club, for which it changed its name to Pachuca Athletic Club in 1895, because football and other sports could be practiced at the club.

In 1902, Pachuca AC joined Orizaba AC, Reforma AC, British Club and Mexico Cricket Club to found the Liga Mexicana de Football Amateur Association. The club's first match was a 3–3 draw at home against Reforma AC, on November 1, 1902. Pachuca AC won its first amateur title in the 1904–05 season and also won the Copa Tower twice (1907–08 and 1911–12). In the 1908 season, a Mexican born player, David Islas appeared for the first time in the ranks of the team. In 1915, most of the players on the team were Mexicans, winning two more amateur league titles (1917–18 and 1919–20), under the British coach Alfred C. Crowle.

Between 1920 and 1921, the mining company entered into crisis due to the effects of the Mexican Revolution, which is why the most of its players moved to Mexico City. Pachuca was invited to participate in the Torneo Centenario 1921 (English: 1921 Centennial Tournament) and also in the Copa Covadonga 1922, which was its last participation in the amateur era and later the club was dissolved.

The club was dissolved for 28 years (1922–1950) until its return in 1950 as one of the founding members of the Segunda División de México, however the club was dissolved again in 1952.

After the club was dissolved for 8 years (1952–1960), finally the club returned and was refounded in 1960, changing to its current name Club de Fútbol Pachuca and also changing its colors from black and white to start using the blue and white combination, that has remained since then.

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