Bucaneros de Zitácuaro

Bucaneros de Zitácuaro Fútbol Club is a Mexican professional football team based in Ciudad Hidalgo, Michoacán that competes in the Tercera División de México.

The team was founded in 2021 in Zitácuaro, Michoacán, being registered in the Amateur Section of Mexican Football, a semi-professional category, in 2022 the club won the championship known as the Cuarta División de México.^[3]

In the summer of 2023, the club purchased a franchise in the Tercera División de México, the fourth tier of the Mexican professional football system, so starting in the 2023–24 season the team began to compete professionally. However, in order to play in the Tercera División, the team was relocated to Maravatío due to the already existence of a professional team in Zitácuaro.^[4] In their first professional season the team qualified for the promotion play-offs, although they were eliminated in the round of 16.

In the summer of 2024, the board began a project to improve the club, which began with the announcement of the construction of its own stadium in Zitácuaro. Subsequently, the team obtained the franchise of the Real Zamora team from Zamora to be able to compete in the Liga Premier – Serie B, the third tier of Mexican football, starting in the 2024–25 season.^[5] Due to the demands of the new league and waiting to have its own stadium ready, the team had to look for another stadium in another city.^[6]

Although the team insisted on reporting its arrival to the third level of Mexican soccer, the league did not authorize the move, in addition to denying any type of relationship between Bucaneros F.C. and Real Zamora, so finally Real Zamora was the team registered to play in the Segunda División de México, although with management and players from Bucaneros.^[7]

In 2025, the team was relocated to Ciudad Hidalgo, Michoacán. Also that year, the agreement with Real Zamora ended, and Bucaneros once again became an independent team.^[8]

Estadio Municipal de Ciudad Hidalgo is a football stadium in Ciudad Hidalgo, Michoacán. The stadium seats 1,500 and is used mostly for football matches.

The team is building its own stadium in Zitácuaro, Michoacán, which will be called Estadio Perla Negra and will have a capacity for 10,000 spectators.^[6]

As of 13 January 2024^[9]

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