Deportiva Venados

Not to be confused with Venados F.C..

Deportiva Venados is a football club that plays in the Liga Premier de México – Serie A. It is based in the city of Mérida, Mexico.

Deportiva Venados

Full name	Deportiva Venados
Founded	2014; 10 years ago (2014)
Ground	Estadio Alonso Diego Molina Tamanché, Mérida, Yucatán, Mexico
Capacity	2,500 ^[1]
Manager	Alfredo García Salmones
League	Liga Premier - Serie A
Clausura 2023	6th, Group III
Home colours Away colours

History

The team was founded in 2014 to recover the tradition of teams that had previously represented Mérida in Mexican soccer such as Atlético Yucatán and Venados de Yucatán, because the main team of the region had adopted the name of Mérida,^[2] although during its first season it was registered as a subsidiary team of Mérida F.C.

In 2015 the team officially adopted the name Deportiva Venados.^[3]

In the 2021–22 season the team was promoted to the Liga Premier de México – Serie A after defeating C.D. Avispones de Chilpancingo in the promotion playoff.^[4] Previously the team had eliminated clubs Álamos, Inter Playa del Carmen, Caballeros de Córdoba and Delfines UGM. However, the team failed to win the national championship as it was defeated in the final by Mazorqueros F.C.^[5]

Stadium

Deportiva Venados plays its home games at Estadio Alonso Diego Molina located in the town of Tamanché, belonging to the city of Mérida, Yucatán. It has a capacity to hold 2,500 spectators.^[6]

Players

First-team squad

As of 13 January 2024^[7]

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 Obeth Rojas 2 DF   MEX Eduardo García 3 DF   MEX Alan Maeda 4 DF   MEX Aldair Mengual 5 DF   MEX Christian Agosto 7 FW   MEX Martín Abundis 8 MF   MEX Jonatan Becerril 9 FW   COL Yerson Rivas 10 MF   MEX Osvaldo Ríos 11 MF   MEX José Cantú 12 MF   MEX Manuel Martínez 13 GK   MEX Lothar López 14 DF   MEX Diego Sánchez 15 MF   MEX Carlos Mauri 16 MF   MEX Joshua Blanco 17 MF   MEX Alan Acosta 18 MF   MEX Felipe Hermosillo 19 FW   ECU Santiago Micolta

No. Pos. Nation Player 20 MF   MEX Cristian García 21 MF   MEX Brayan Bahena 22 FW   MEX Enrique Ávalos 23 MF   MEX Timoteo Méndez 24 DF   MEX Juan Ramírez 25 DF   MEX Jesús Molina 26 FW   MEX Eliseo Toledo 27 FW   MEX Jesús Dorado 28 GK   MEX Mauricio Peniche 29 MF   MEX Brian Torres 30 FW   MEX Edwin Mendoza 31 DF   MEX Henry Acosta 32 DF   MEX Axel Benavides 33 DF   MEX Lucca Benavides 34 MF   MEX Roberto Fuentes 35 FW   MEX Armando Maya 36 MF   MEX Efraín Hernández

Reserve teams

Deportiva Venados (Liga TDP)

Reserve team that plays in the Liga TDP, the fourth level of the Mexican league system.

References

1. "Méritos de equipo" (in Spanish). Diario de Yucatán. 15 December 2022. Retrieved 24 May 2022.
2. "Venados para el recuerdo". Diario de Yucatán (in Spanish). 4 May 2020. Retrieved 24 May 2022.
3. "Deportiva Venados 2015–16 season" (in Spanish). Retrieved 24 May 2022.
4. "Deportiva Venados asciende en La Liga Premier A a Segunda División". Por esto (in Spanish). 2 July 2022. Retrieved 28 May 2022.
5. "¡Mazorqueros FC, Campeón de Campeones 2021-2022!". 3radivision.net (in Spanish). 3 June 2022. Retrieved 4 July 2022.
6. "Estadio Alonso Diego Molina". BeSoccer (in Spanish). Retrieved 24 May 2022.
7. "Deportiva Venados". Liga BBVA MX (in Spanish). Retrieved 24 May 2022.