Club Calor

Mexican football club
Football club
Calor
Full nameClub de Fútbol Calor
Nickname(s)El Calor (The Heat)
Founded30 August 2001; 22 years ago (2001-08-30)
GroundInstituto Oviedo Náutico,
León, Guanajuato, Mexico
Capacity1,000[1]
OwnerStephen Tolman
ChairmanTimothy Tolman
ManagerVíctor Hugo Gómez
LeagueLiga Premier - Serie B
2023–2414th, Group I
Home colours
Away colours

The Club de Fútbol Calor, commonly known as Calor, is a Mexican football club based in León, Guanajuato. The club was founded in 2001, and currently plays in the Serie B of Liga Premier.[2]

History

The team was founded in 2001 under the name El Calor de San Pedro, based on San Pedro, Coahuila on Tercera División. The squad was created with the objective of training players from the Mexican-Canadian League, a local competition.[3] In 2012, the team obtained the sub-championship of the Third Division, losing to Real Cuautitlán, however, their position allowed the team to be promoted to the Second Division.[4]

In August 2012 the team debuted in the Liga de Nuevos Talentos, the second level of the Mexican Second Division, the team managed to maintain the category without many problems.

In July 2013 the club was moved to Gómez Palacio to stay in the category by not being able to meet the requirements at its original town, and its was renamed to Calor de Gómez Palacio, the club had as a new field the Unidad Deportiva Francisco Gómez Palacio.[5]

In the Torneo Clausura 2017, the team finished the competition as runner-up, after being defeated by the Yalmakán F.C.[6]

In 2018 the team was moved to Monclova, being its third change of venue in the history of the team,[7] also, the team was renamed as Club Calor. After the arrival of the club to its new city, the construction of a football stadium was planned.[8]

During the 2020–2021 season, the team requested a one-year hiatus to undergo a financial and sports restructuring, due to the problems caused by COVID-19 in the Mexican football sector, in addition to improving their situation to be eligible for a place in the Liga Premier – Serie A.

In Summer 2021 the team returned to compete, at the end of the Torneo Apertura Club Calor reached the championship final, where they were defeated by Aguacateros C.D. Uruapan.[9]

In the Apertura 2022, Club Calor won their first official championship by defeating Alebrijes de Oaxaca Premier by 3–2 on the aggregate.[10] In May 2023 the club was promoted to the Liga Premier – Serie A after obtaining the respective license to participate in that league.[11]

Honors

Apertura 2022

Players

Current squad

As of July 30, 2024[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 Mexico MEX Carlos Fuentes
2 DF Mexico MEX Miguel González
3 DF Mexico MEX Jorge Valencillo
4 DF Mexico MEX Marco Saavedra
5 DF Mexico MEX Eleazar Castro
6 MF Mexico MEX Héctor Uribe
7 MF Mexico MEX Sabino Vázquez
8 FW Mexico MEX Cristian Mayorga
9 FW Mexico MEX Carlos Vargas
10 MF Mexico MEX Javier González
11 FW Mexico MEX Gilberto Morales
12 GK Mexico MEX Diego Reyes
13 DF Mexico MEX Osvaldo Pérez
14 DF Mexico MEX Luis Carranco
15 FW Mexico MEX Marco Vargas
No. Pos. Nation Player
16 MF Mexico MEX Luis Saucedo
17 FW Mexico MEX Santiago Pérez
18 DF Mexico MEX Alan Gómez
19 FW Mexico MEX Rubén Blanco
20 FW Mexico MEX Salvador Velázquez
21 MF Mexico MEX Dylan Borjas
22 MF Mexico MEX Ricardo Calderas
23 MF Mexico MEX César Morales
24 GK Mexico MEX Marco Juárez
25 MF Mexico MEX Oscar Madrigal
26 FW Mexico MEX Javier Cano
27 FW Mexico MEX Carlos López
28 DF Mexico MEX José Navarrete
30 MF Mexico MEX Mario Montelongo

Reserve teams

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

References

  1. ^ "Club Calor". ligapremier-fmf.mx (in Spanish). Retrieved 18 October 2021.
  2. ^ "Equipo - Club Calor". Segunda División de México. Archived from the original on February 29, 2016. Retrieved February 27, 2016.
  3. ^ Rosas, Sergio (28 August 2003). "La fe y el futbol, unidos" (in Spanish). El Siglo de Torreón. Retrieved 8 May 2019.
  4. ^ "El Calor De San Pedro Es Sub-Campeón de la 3era. División del Fútbol Mexicano y Pasa A Segunda De Talentos – Cae 2 a 1 en el Global ante Real de Cuautitlán" (in Spanish). San Pedro de las Colonias. 26 May 2012. Retrieved 8 May 2019.
  5. ^ Rosas, Sergio (10 July 2013). "Regresa a Gómez el futbol de la Segunda División" (in Spanish). El Siglo de Torreón. Retrieved 8 May 2019.
  6. ^ García Varela, Carlos (8 May 2017). "¡YALMAKÁN FC, CAMPEÓN!" (in Spanish). Liga Premier Magazine. Retrieved 8 May 2019.
  7. ^ Rojas, Edson (17 August 2018). "Llega el Calor a Monclova" (in Spanish). Zócalo. Retrieved 8 May 2019.
  8. ^ Rodríguez, Sergio A. (12 November 2018). "Proyectan construir en Monclova estadio de 300 millones de pesos" (in Spanish). El Siglo Coahuila. Retrieved 8 May 2019.
  9. ^ "¡CAMPEONES!; Aguacateros CDU vence a Club Calor y es campeón de Liga Premier, Serie B". Ecos del Quinceo (in Spanish). 19 December 2021. Retrieved 6 March 2023.
  10. ^ "Club Calor es campeón". La Prensa de Coahuila (in Spanish). 12 November 2022. Retrieved 6 March 2023.
  11. ^ Rojas, Edson (1 June 2023). "Asciende Calor a la Serie 'A' - Zócalo". monclova.com (in Spanish). Retrieved 10 July 2023.
  12. ^ "Club Calor". Liga Premier FMF. Retrieved 5 February 2020.


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