History
The club dates back to the early 1920s and was formed by local farmers and coop members that operated the local sugar mill.
It was until 1948 when Rodrigo Ampudia del Valle along with the sugar mill's coop membership, including the mill's superintendent and its chief chemist Gustavo de la Parra, founded Club Social y Deportivo Zacatepec who from its foundation sought to play in the professional division. Nobody would imagine that a few years later the club would go on to win important things in the national level and international level.
It was in 1951 when future manager Ignacio Trelles took over the club. In the 1951 second division final they won, earning a promotion to the Primera División de México, taking over the spot left by Club San Sebastián de León who would never again return to the top division.
The club finished runner-up in 1953. In 1955, the club won its first league title, becoming the first club in the state of Morelos to achieve that achieve that, Which made the locals celebrate in the streets thing that had no been seen before. The following year the club won the 1956-57 Copa Mexico against Club Leon for the first time.
The club won the 1957 league title just ahead of Deportivo Toluca F.C. once ageing under the care of Ignacio Trelles who would go on to win titles with other clubs in the league becoming one of the best managers in the league history. The following tournament the club finished third 4 points behind runner-up Club Leon and 6 points behind before C.D. Guadalajara who would go on to win the next 6 out of 7 titles from 1958 to 1965. The club would also go on to loss the 1957-58 Copa Mexico to Club Leon.
In the following years the club would struggle, finishing 10th in the 1959-60, 6th in 1960-61 and it was finally in 1961 when the club played its worst tournament, finishing last and being relegated to the second division
That club from the 1950s is still remembered as one of the best in the club's history. The club played some importation international friendlies in the 1950s against some of the best clubs from around the world. The club defeated Club Nacional de Football who had used won the Campeón Mundial de Clubes and would also go on to beat Manchester United F.C. in a friendly game.
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