Sports
Zacatepec de Hidalgo has a soccer team, named Zacatepec, nicknamed Cañeros (Sugarcane growers). Their colors are white and green. Their uniform color is a white shirt with a big green line in the middle and white shorts and socks. Their greatest achievements were in the 1950s when Club Zacatepec won two titles in First Division. They won their first league title in the 1954–1955 season and their second in the 1957–1958 season. They were runner-ups in the 1952–1953 season when they lost the league championship to Tampico. Zacatepec won the Mexican Cup in the 1958–1959 season.
The head coach of Zacatepec during the 1950s was the Mexican coach Ignacio Trelles, who later became head coach of the Mexican National Team in the 1962 FIFA World Cup in Chile and 1966 FIFA World Cup in England.
Nowadays the team plays in Third Division.
Agustin "Coruco" Diaz stadium is the home of Zacatepec. It was founded in November 1954. It was inaugurated by then president of Mexico Adolfo López Mateos. The stadium is nicknamed la selva cañera (the sugarcane jungle), due to Zacatepec's humid weather conditions.
Zacatepec's motto is “Hacer Deporte es Hacer Patria” which means doing sports is to be a patriot.
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