Deportivo Zitácuaro
| Full name | Club Deportivo de Fútbol Zitácuaro | ||
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| Nicknames | Los Potros (The Colts) Los Guayaberos (The Guava producers) Guerreros (Warriors) | ||
| Founded | 1995 | ||
| Ground | Estadio Ignacio López Rayón Zitácuaro, Michoacán | ||
| Capacity | 10,000 | ||
| Owner | Grupo Orihuela | ||
| Chairman | Ignacio Orihuela | ||
| Manager | Mario Alberto Trejo García | ||
| League | Liga Premier (Serie A) | ||
| Clausura 2025 | Regular phase: 10th (Group III) Final phase: Did not qualify | ||
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Club Deportivo de Fútbol Zitácuaro, simply known as Zitácuaro, is a Mexican professional football club based in Zitácuaro, Michoacán, that plays in the Liga Premier, the third level division of Mexican football.[1]
History
The team was formed in 1995, being registered in the Tercera División de México. In its first year the team won the category championship and promotion to the Segunda División de México.[2]
In the summer of 2001 the team was champion of the Segunda División after defeating Cihuatlán. Later the team got its promotion to the Primera División 'A' de México 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 Tercera División, 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, and 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 temporarily due to financial problems derived from the COVID-19 pandemic.[7] In 2022 the team returned to compete.[8]
Players
Current squad
- As of August 22, 2025[9]
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
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Reserve teams
- Deportivo Lázaro Cárdenas (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.
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