Colima F.C.

Colima Fútbol Club is a Mexican professional football team based in Colima City, Colima, Mexico currently playing in Liga Premier – Serie A.

Colima F.C.

Full name	Colima Fútbol Club
Nickname(s)	Caimanes (Alligators)
Founded	12 March 2020; 3 years ago (2020-03-12)
Ground	Estadio Colima Colima City, Colima, Mexico
Capacity	12,000
Owner	Sergio Bueno^[1]
Chairman	Sergio Bueno
Manager	Juan Francisco Cordero (Interim)
League	Liga Premier – Serie A
Clausura 2023	4th, Group II
Website	Club website
Home colours Away colours

History

In December 2019 Loros UdeC was dissolved after the death of its owner, which left Colima City without a professional football team.^[2]

At the beginning of 2020, Sergio Bueno, a football manager born in the city, began a project to return football to the city with the aim of getting a promotion to higher categories of the Mexican Football Federation.^[3] On March 12, 2020, the club's registration with the Mexican Football Federation was made official, which is why it is considered as the founding date of Colima F.C.^[4] In June, an agreement was signed between the University of Colima and an association for the use of the Estadio Olímpico Universitario de Colima by a new football team.^[5]

On July 17, 2020, the team's participation in the Liga Premier de México was announced.^[6] On July 29 it was announced that the team will be part of Group 1 along with other teams from the northern and western areas of Mexico.^[7] On August 20, René Isidoro García was officially announced as the first coach in the club's history,^[8] the same day, it was announced that the club will seek to have a development area for youth footballers and a women's team.^[9]

On September 19, 2020, Colima F.C. played its first official match. The team defeated Gavilanes de Matamoros 2–0. Jorge Almaguer scored the first goal in the club's history.^[10]

Stadium

The Estadio Olímpico Universitario de Colima is a multi-use stadium in Colima City, Colima, Mexico. It is currently used mostly for football matches and is the home stadium for Colima Fútbol Club. The stadium has a capacity of 11,812 people and opened in 1994.

Since the 2023-24 season, the team has also used the Estadio Colima, which has a capacity for 12,000 spectators and was inaugurated in 1976.^[11]

Players

First-team squad

As of 6 January 2023^[12]

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player 1 GK   MEX Eduardo Ávalos 2 DF   COL Jhon Rubio 3 DF   MEX Bryan Alcázar 4 DF   MEX Julio Cruz 5 DF   MEX Raúl Bueno 6 MF   MEX Sahid Durán 7 MF   COL Orlando Ballesteros 8 FW   MEX José Alberto Martínez 9 FW   MEX Edgar Arellano 10 MF   MEX Ricardo López 11 MF   MEX Carlos Rodríguez 12 DF   MEX Agustín Ortíz 13 MF   MEX Sergio Bueno 14 MF   MEX Ángel Hernández

No. Pos. Nation Player 15 DF   MEX Pablo Cortés 16 MF   MEX Manuel Aguilar 17 FW   MEX Anderson Hernández 18 DF   MEX Hugo Román 19 DF   MEX Manuel Peralta 20 MF   USA Óscar Pérez 21 DF   MEX Armando Álvarez 22 MF   USA Jordy Verde 23 GK   MEX Kevin Cortina 24 DF   MEX Wilberth Martínez 26 DF   MEX Mario Solano 28 MF   MEX César Lázaro 33 GK   MEX Abraham Arana

Managers

•   René Isidoro García (2020–2022)
•   Ernesto Santana (2022)
•   Usiel Andrade (2022–2023)

References

1. Sarmiento, Raúl (3 September 2020). "Fútbol profesional en Colima". 24 Horas (in Spanish). Retrieved 12 December 2020.
2. "Loros desaparece del Ascenso MX y Tercera División". El Comentario (in Spanish). University of Colima. 27 December 2019. Retrieved 29 August 2020.
3. Morfín, Ulises (22 January 2020). "Sergio Bueno y JIPS dialogaron de temas de fútbol; equipos de UdeC utilizarían el Olímpico". AF Medios (in Spanish). Retrieved 29 August 2020.^{[permanent dead link]}
4. "¡CAIMANES DE MANTELES LARGOS!". Liga Premier Magazine (in Spanish). 12 March 2021. Retrieved 13 March 2021.
5. Morfín, Ulises (27 June 2020). . AF Medios (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 4 September 2020. Retrieved 29 August 2020.
6. "BIENVENIDOS COLIMA Y MAZORQUEROS". Liga Premier Magazine (in Spanish). Retrieved 18 July 2020.
7. Morfín, Ulises (29 July 2020). . AF Medios (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 19 September 2020. Retrieved 29 August 2020.
8. "PRESENTAN A "CAIMANES" COLIMA FUTBOL CLUB". Liga Premier Magazine (in Spanish). 21 August 2020. Retrieved 29 August 2020.
9. Morfín, Ulises (20 August 2020). "Colima FC, recibiría sábados a las 19:00 horas; buscan tener Fuerzas Básicas y femenil". AF Medios (in Spanish). Retrieved 29 August 2020.
10. "Colima Fútbol Club 2–0 Gavilanes de Matamoros". Liga BBVA MX. Retrieved 23 September 2020.
11. "Recibe Caimanes en nueva sede a Tritones de Vallarta". Diario de Colima (in Spanish). 29 September 2023. Retrieved 1 October 2023.
12. "Colima F.C." Liga BBVA MX (in Spanish). Retrieved 18 September 2020.

External links

• Liga MX profile