Deportivo Zitácuaro

The Club Deportivo de Fútbol Zitácuaro, commonly known as Zitácuaro, is a Mexican football club based in Zitácuaro. The club was founded in 1995, and currently plays in the Serie B of Liga Premier.^[1]

Zitácuaro

Full name	Club Deportivo de Fútbol Zitácuaro
Nickname(s)	Los Potros (The Colts) Los Guayaberos (The Guava producers) Guerreros (Warriors)
Founded	1995; 29 years ago (1995)
Ground	Estadio Ignacio López Rayón, Zitácuaro, Michoacán, Mexico
Capacity	10,000
Owner	Grupo Orihuela
Chairman	Ignacio Orihuela
Manager	Mario Alberto Trejo García
League	Liga Premier - Serie B
2023–24	12th
Home colours Away colours

History

The team was formed in 1995, being registered in the Third Division. In its first year the team won the category championship and promotion to the Second Division.^[2]

In the summer of 2001 the team was champion of the Second Division after defeating Cihuatlán. Later the team got its promotion to Primera División A after defeating Halcones de Querétaro in a promotion play-off. During that time the team was known as Potros Zitácuaro and was owned by Grupo Pegaso, making it a reserve team for Atlante F.C. so it had players like Federico Vilar and Luis Gabriel Rey.^[3] In 2002 the team was moved to Mexico City and renamed Potros DF, this due to administrative issues of the club's owner group.^[4]

Later the team was revived in the Third Division, in 2013 the team got its promotion to Liga de Nuevos Talentos. In 2015 this team disappeared due to poor sports results. In 2017 the team returned to compete in Serie B de México, but was renamed Atlético Zitácuaro.^[5] However, the team only participated in the 2017–18 season.

In 2019 the team competed again, but from that year it took the name Club Deportivo de Fútbol Zitácuaro,^[6] in 2021 the team paused its participation due to financial problems derived from COVID-19.^[7] In 2022 the team returned to compete.^[8]

Players

Current squad

As of January 13, 2024^[9]

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 Jonatan Mendoza 2 DF   MEX Víctor Rodríguez 3 DF   MEX Alejandro Ávalos 4 DF   MEX Carlos Loza 5 DF   MEX Diego Jiménez 6 MF   MEX Alan Esquivel 7 MF   MEX Zair Caballero 8 MF   MEX Mauricio Morales 9 FW   MEX Miguel Martínez 10 MF   MEX Juan Sánchez 11 MF   MEX Matteos Medeiros 13 MF   MEX Rafael Delgado

No. Pos. Nation Player 15 MF   MEX Albert Camacho 16 MF   MEX Juan Camacho 17 MF   MEX Carlos Castro 18 MF   MEX Gael Hernández 19 MF   MEX Iván Pérez 21 DF   MEX Erick Medina 22 DF   MEX Fernando Ortíz 24 DF   MEX Bryan Álvarez 25 MF   MEX Kevin González 26 MF   MEX Antonio Aguilar 27 MF   MEX Luis Naranjo 31 GK   MEX Axel López

Reserve teams

Deportivo Napoli Tabasco (Liga TDP)

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

References

1. . Segunda División de México. Archived from the original on August 14, 2014. Retrieved February 27, 2016.
2. Andrés, Juan Pablo; Toscano, Martín. "Mexico - List of Third Level Champions". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. Retrieved 9 September 2022.
3. "Zitácuaro en la primera división "A" del fútbol en México". Hoy Zitácuaro (in Spanish). 12 July 2020. Retrieved 9 September 2022.
4. Carrillo, Luis (5 September 2002). "Viven Potros caso singular en Primera A". REFORMA (in Spanish). Retrieved 7 November 2018.
5. "Presentan Atlético Zitácuaro de Segunda División Profesional". Quadratín Michoacán (in Spanish). 29 July 2017. Retrieved 9 September 2022.
6. "Es Oficial El Deportivo Zitácuaro Regresa A La Liga Premier Serie B". Deportivo Zitácuaro (in Spanish). 20 March 2019. Retrieved 9 September 2022.
7. "Deportivo Zitácuaro anuncia salida del futbol profesional". Ecos del Quinceo (in Spanish). 29 July 2021. Retrieved 30 July 2021.
8. "ZITÁCUARO ESTÁ DE VUELTA". Liga Premier Magazine (in Spanish). 5 July 2022. Retrieved 9 September 2022.
9. "Club Deportivo de Fútbol Zitácuaro". Liga BBVA MX. Retrieved 18 September 2020.

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