Inter de Tijuana

Inter de Tijuana
Full nameClub Inter de Tijuana
Nickname(s)Furia Amarilla
Founded1989
Dissolved1997
GroundEstadio del Cerro Colorado, Tijuana, Baja California, Mexico
Capacity12,000
LeagueDefunct

Club Inter de Tijuana was a Mexican football team that competed in Ascenso MX. They played in the Estadio del Cerro Colorado in Tijuana, Baja California, Mexico.

History

The team was founded in 1989 and began in the Segunda División de México, however, team was not victorious in the 1989–90 season final against Leon which they lost 4–1 on aggregate score. Notably, the second division club defeated the visiting German champions, Bayern Munich, in January 1990 by way of penalty shootout after a strong performance by their goalkeeper Hugo Guerrero.[1] The team included national team members such as Thomas Strunz, Jürgen Kohler, Klaus Augenthaler and Olaf Thon. For the 1994–95 season the league was renamed the Primera Division 'A'. For the Winter 1996 tournament they played one season under the name of Tijuana Stars and one tournament after, in Verano 1997 they played their last season under the new name Inter de Tijuana, being their last game in the stadium Cerro Colorado facing Marte, which they fell 1–0, dropping to the Segunda División de México.[2]

Stadium

The Estadio del Cerro Colorado hosted matches for Inter, Chivas Tijuana, Nacional and at the end for Trotamundos de Tijuana.

Statistics

Long Tournaments

Season Position GP W T L GF GA PTS
1989–90 1 38 19 13 6 50 32 63
1990–91 7 38 ND ND ND ND ND 51
1991–92 4 38 18 12 8 53 35 59
1992–93 6 38 15 9 14 56 47 49
1993–94 11 38 10 18 10 44 46 44
1994–95 5 28 11 8 9 35 28 30
1995–96 11 30 10 9 11 30 38 39

Short Tournaments

Season Position GP W T L GF GA PTS
Invierno 96 (*) 16 16 4 3 9 35 28 30
Verano 97 17 16 2 4 10 13 32 10

(*) as Tijuana Stars

References

  1. ^ Zamacona, Israel (25 June 2019). "El día que el Bayern empató contra un club de Segunda División de México" (in Spanish). juanfutbol.com. Retrieved 20 April 2020.
  2. ^ "El descenso del que casi no se habla" [The descent of which is almost not spoken] (in Spanish). Milenio. 4 August 2017.