Cancún F.C.

Cancún
Full nameCancún Fútbol Club
NicknamesIguanas
Toloks
La Ola Negra de Quintana Roo (The Black Wave of Quintana Roo)
Short nameCAN, CFC
Founded26 June 2020 (2020-06-26)
GroundEstadio Andrés Quintana Roo
Cancún, Quintana Roo
Capacity18,844
OwnerNegocios en Fútbol Profesional S.A. de C.V.[1]
ChairmanJeff Luhnow[2]
ManagerMiguel Bravo
LeagueLiga de Expansión MX
Apertura 2025Regular phase: 2nd
Final phase: Quarterfinals
Websitehttp://cancunfc.com/

Cancún Fútbol Club, simplified as Cancún FC, is a Mexican professional football club based in Cancún, Quintana Roo. It competes in Liga de Expansión MX, the second level division of Mexican football, and plays its home matches at the Estadio Andrés Quintana Roo. Founded in 2020, after the Cafetaleros de Chiapas franchise was moved from Tuxtla Gutiérrez to Cancún.[3]

History

In June 2020, a possible move of Atlante began to be speculated, the team played at home in Cancún, Quintana Roo. On June 26, the relocation of that club back to Mexico City became official.[4] The same day, the relocation of Cafetaleros de Chiapas was announced, and the team was moved from Tuxtla Gutiérrez, Chiapas to Cancún, Quintana Roo and renamed as Cancún F.C.[5]

On June 30 2020, the club appointed Christian Giménez as its first manager.[6]

In January 2022, the team was bought by an investment fund headed by Mexican-American businessman Jeff Luhnow. However, due to regulatory issues, José Luis Orantes remained in the presidency until the end of the 2021–22 season.[2] On June 1, 2022, the sale was approved by the owners of the Liga de Expansión MX clubs, making the entry of the new owner official.[7]

Personnel

Management

Position Staff
Chairman Jeff Luhnow
Director of football Alejandro Vela

Source: Liga MX

Coaching staff

Position Staff
Manager Miguel Bravo
Assistant managers Omar Andrade
Gabriel España
Goalkeeper coach Jesús Carbajal
Fitness coach Jorge Álvarez
Physiotherapist David Rubio
Team doctor Efraín Rangel

Players

First-team squad

As of 2 August 2025[8]

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
1 GK  MEX Christopher Andrade
2 DF  MEX Gustavo Guzmán (on loan from Mazatlán)
3 DF  MEX Jonathan Hernández
4 DF  MEX Rodrigo Reyes
5 MF  MEX Armando Chávez
6 MF  MEX Iván Ochoa
7 MF  MEX Johan Alonzo
8 MF  COL Francisco Melendre
9 MF  MEX Jorge Díaz
10 MF  MEX Paúl Uscanga (vice-captain)
11 FW  MEX Christopher Trejo
12 FW  COL José Rodríguez
No. Pos. Nation Player
14 MF  MEX Karel Campos
15 MF  MEX Marco Hernández
17 DF  MEX Even Padilla
18 DF  MEX Santiago Montiel
20 DF  MEX Alonso Rosales (on loan from UNAM)
22 DF  MEX Emiliano Soria
23 DF  MEX Benjamín Galindo
26 GK  MEX Edson Arce
27 FW  MEX Gael Gutiérrez
28 MF  MEX Aldo Solano
30 DF  BOL Leonardo Zabala

Reserve teams

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

Managers

Honours

Domestic

Type Competition Titles Winning years Runners-up
Promotion division Liga de Expansión MX 1 Apertura 2023
Campeón de Campeones de Liga de Expansión MX 1 2024

References

  1. ^ "Inicia nueva era en el Cancún FC, cambia de propietarios y anuncian ambiciosos planes". galucomunicacion.com (in Spanish). 10 June 2022. Retrieved 11 June 2022.
  2. ^ a b "Jeff Luhnow becomes the new owner of Cancun Football Club". Mexicanist (in Spanish). 14 January 2022. Archived from the original on 28 June 2022. Retrieved 2 June 2022.
  3. ^ "¡El primer cambio! Cancún FC, el equipo que sustituirá al Atlante en Liga de Expansión". Mediotiempo.com (in Spanish). 26 June 2020. Archived from the original on 6 February 2021. Retrieved 27 June 2020.
  4. ^ "Atlante regresa a la CDMX y jugará en el Estadio Azul". El Financiero (in Spanish). 26 June 2020. Archived from the original on 28 June 2020. Retrieved 27 June 2020.
  5. ^ Moreno, Marcos (26 June 2020). "Cafetaleros se muda a Quintana Roo y nace Cancún FC". Radio Fórmula (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 28 June 2020. Retrieved 26 June 2020.
  6. ^ "Chaco Giménez, anunciado como nuevo DT de Cancún FC". Mediotiempo.com (in Spanish). 30 June 2020. Archived from the original on 1 July 2020. Retrieved 1 July 2020.
  7. ^ "Acuerdos de Asamblea Ordinaria en la LIGA BBVA Expansión MX". Liga BBVA Expansion MX (in Spanish). 1 June 2022. Archived from the original on 1 June 2022. Retrieved 2 June 2022.
  8. ^ "Cancún FC". Liga de Expansión MX. Archived from the original on 3 April 2022. Retrieved 21 August 2020.