The Adecmac soccer league, also known as "Asociación Deportiva y Cultural de Ex alumnos del Colegio Madrid A.C." is an amateur

Amateur

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 soccer league, formed by former students of the Mexican

Mexico

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-Spanish republican high school

High school

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 "Colegio Madrid" in Mexico City

Mexico City

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History

The league was created in 1972 in the "Colegio Madrid" high school grounds. Later, in 1974-1978 the league became the SECMAC, and played in the grounds of the Club América

Club América

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. From 1978 to 1980 the league had to look for a new soccer field in Tepepan and finally the league ended up in some soccer fields in the Ajusco mountain in the outskirts of Mexico City.

Celebrities

The Adecmac amateur soccer league has distinguished from other Mexican leagues because it has had very important celebrities from the field of art as regular members such as the actors Diego Luna

Diego Luna

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, Gael García Bernal

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, Jose Maria de Tavira

José María de Tavira

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, Osvaldo Benavides, Martin Altomaro, the international famous artists Gabriel Orozco

Gabriel Orozco

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 and Ruben Ortiz Torres

Rubén Ortiz Torres

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, the architect Mauricio Rocha

Mauricio Rocha

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, etc, and soccer ex-professional players such as Felix Fernandez

Felix Fernández

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 and François Oman-Biyik.

Major teams

Major teams, both past and present, include:

• Club deportivo sahara
• Mixcoac
• El Cid
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• Andorra
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• San Sebastian
• Ibiza
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• Cabra
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• Cadiz
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• Celta de Vigo
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