In its second year of existence the club finished runner-up to Monterrey, who achieved to promotion to the Mexican Primera División.

The first goal scored in the top division was by Felipe Negrete in a confusing play, although Mateo De la Tijera possibly should have been credited.

For the 1959–60 tournament the club showed little improvement, finishing 12th in the league with 12 points, leaving the relegation fight to Atletico Morelia and Zamora.

The club had started the tournament red hot but cooled when trainer Florencio Caffaratti left, elevating Gabriel Uñate who failed to win a single game.

In that relegated squad Quaglia, J. Mercado and Ismael Ferreyra were the few players who had a good year scoring 7, 5, and 4 goals in order.

All merging clubs brought a piece of their old identity into the new club: Atlético Cuernavaca offered its name; Celeste de Celaya offered their light blue colors and Atlético Español provided their mascot, the bull, engendering their nickname toros (bulls).

Atlético Celaya under Enrique Fernández Prado administration took the second-division position of their predecessors and immediately reached the top level.

They joined Primera División after winning the 1994–1995 Liga de Ascenso tournament where they managed to beat Pachuca.

In the final the club faced Necaxa, who had beaten Tigres UANL in the quarter-finals and América in the semi-finals.

In a controversial decision the league decided not to play extra time or a penalty shootout and awarded Necaxa the title for their away goal in Celaya.

This club was made up by well-known players Mauro Néstor Gerk, Antonio Lomelí, Felipe Robles, Luis Fernando "Scoponi" Sandoval, Nasa, Javier Chávez González, David Pacheco and Josemir Lujambio but the club folded yet again 2004.

Source: Liga MX Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply.