Atlante F.C.

Atlante Fútbol Club is a professional football club based in Mexico City. The club competes in Liga MX, the highest level of Mexican football, and plays its home matches at Estadio Azteca. Founded in 1916 as Sinaloa, the club was renamed as Lusitania, U-53 (in reference to a German submarine), and Atlántico (linked to the Atlantic Ocean). Due to widespread colloquial use, the club adopted its current name in 1921. It was one of ten founding clubs of the professional era of the Liga Mayor in 1943.