Catedráticos Elite F.C.

Catedráticos Elite Fútbol Club is a football club that plays in the Liga TDP. It is based in the town of Etzatlán, Mexico.

Catedráticos Elite

Full name	Catedráticos Elite Fútbol Club
Founded	August 2018; 5 years ago (2018-08)
Ground	Unidad Deportiva de Etzatlán Etzatlán, Jalisco, Mexico
Capacity	1,000
Owner	Juan Manuel Durán^[1]
Chairman	Juan Manuel Durán^[1]
Manager	Vacant
League	Liga TDP – Group 14
Clausura 2023	11th – Group II
Home colours Away colours

History

The team was founded in 2018 participating in the Liga TDP under the name Real Victoria Carmen and based in Tlaquepaque.^[2] In 2019 the team was relocated to Etzatlán, Jalisco, a municipality located 90 kilometers from its original location.^[3]

In the 2020–21 season the team reached the promotion stage of the Liga TDP for the first time, however it was eliminated in the round of 16 in its region by the Club RC–1128.^[4]

In July 2021 the team signed an alliance with Club RC-1128, to participate in the Liga Premier de México, finally, on July 30 the incorporation of the team to this league was announced taking part in Group 1 of Serie A de México,^[5] Due to entry into a higher league, the team was relocated to Ameca, Jalisco.^[6]

On January 27, 2023 the main team was relocated from Ameca, Jalisco to Salamanca, Guanajuato.^[7] The relocation of the club occurred after a merger with Petroleros de Salamanca, because the local oil sector was interested in having a professional team in the city, for this reason the team was unofficially called Catedráticos Petroleros.^[8] Finally, on June 30, 2023, the team officially recovered the name Petroleros de Salamanca, however, due to administrative issues the team was officially renamed as Petroleros de Salamanca Catedráticos F.C.^[9]

After the change to Petroleros de Salamanca, Catedráticos Elite remained through the Liga TDP franchise, which became the main team for this team, although associated with Salamanca.

Stadium

The Estadio Olímpico Sección XXIV is a multi-use stadium in Salamanca, Guanajuato, Mexico. It is currently used mostly for football matches and is the home stadium for Catedráticos Elite and Petroleros de Salamanca. The stadium has a capacity 10,000 people and opened in 1951.

Between 2021 and 2022 the team played at the Núcleo Deportivo y de Espectáculos Ameca is a multi-use stadium located in Ameca, Jalisco, Mexico.

Players

First-team squad

As of 6 January 2023^[10]

Managers

•   Enrique Arce (2018–2019)
•   Jorge Humberto Torres (2019–2022)
•   Juan Carlos Ascensio (2022–2023)

References

1. Sánchez Navarro, Jesús Alejandro (22 September 2020). "La Tercera; una división de fútbol no muy profesiona". UDG TV (in Spanish). Retrieved 1 August 2021.
2. "Real Victoria Carmen 2018–19 season". Liga BBVA MX (in Spanish). Retrieved 1 August 2021.
3. "Con gallardía y pasión, es como saldremos a la cancha para enorgullecer al corazón de la Region Valles, a nuestro nuevo hogar: ETZATLÁN". Catedráticos Elite at Twitter (in Spanish). 6 September 2019. Retrieved 2 August 2021.
4. "Catedráticos Elite 2020–21 season final stage". Liga BBVA MX (in Spanish). Retrieved 2 August 2021.
5. "¡YA ESTÁN LOS GRUPOS!". Liga Premier Magazine (in Spanish). 31 July 2021. Retrieved 1 August 2021.
6. "HABRA FUTBOL DE SEGUNDA DIVISIÓN PRIMER EN LA REGIÓN VALLES EN El MUNICIPIO DE AMECA, JALISCO!". Balompié MX (in Spanish). 26 July 2021. Retrieved 31 July 2021.
7. "Vuelve el futbol profesional a Salamanca con Catedráticos Elite FC". El Sol de Salamanca (in Spanish). 27 January 2023. Retrieved 27 January 2023.
8. Cisneros, Fernando (27 January 2023). "Presentan Catedráticos Petroleros". El Sol de Irapuato (in Spanish). Retrieved 4 February 2023.
9. "¡HAY CLUBES DE ESTRENO!". Liga Premier Magazine (in Spanish). 1 July 2023. Retrieved 2 July 2023.
10. "Catedráticos Elite F.C." ligapremier-fmf.mx (in Spanish). Retrieved 15 September 2021.