Deportivo Zitácuaro

Mexican football club

Football club

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

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 A of Liga Premier.^[1]

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 July 31, 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	Hilario Aguirre
2	DF	MEX	Víctor Rodríguez
3	DF	MEX	Alejandro Ávalos
4	DF	MEX	Daniel Santillán
5	DF	MEX	Uriel González
6	MF	MEX	Xaciel Leyva
7	MF	MEX	Zair Caballero
8	MF	MEX	Mauricio Morales
9	FW	ARG	Ayrton Sisa
10	MF	MEX	Yovany Iglesias
11	MF	MEX	Arturo Iniestra


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
12	DF	MEX	Eduardo Arce
13	MF	MEX	Alfonso Hernández
14	FW	MEX	Abisai Cruz
15	MF	MEX	Jesús García
16	MF	MEX	Andrik Trejo
17	MF	MEX	Arturo Owen
19	MF	MEX	Joao Ávila
22	MF	MEX	Gael Hernández
24	DF	MEX	Carlos Loza
27	FW	MEX	Víctor Rico
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

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