Cañoneros F.C.
| Full name | Cañoneros Fútbol Club | ||
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| Nicknames | La Marina (The Navy) Los Cañoneros (The Gunners) | ||
| Founded | 1 June 2012 | ||
| Ground | Estadio Antonio M. Quirasco, Xalapa, Veracruz, Mexico | ||
| Capacity | 2,000 | ||
| Owner | Alfonso Enríquez[1] | ||
| Chairman | Alfonso Enríquez | ||
| Manager | Carlos Cazarín (Interim) | ||
| League | Liga Premier - Serie B | ||
| Clausura 2025 | Regular season: 6th Play–offs: Quarter–finals | ||
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The Cañoneros Fútbol Club, commonly known as Cañoneros Xalapa, is a Mexican football club based in Xalapa, Veracruz. The club was founded on 2012, and currently plays in Serie A in the Segunda División de México.[2]
History
The team was founded on June 1, 2012 by an agreement between the Mexican Secretariat of the Navy and amateur soccer league, Liga de Fútbol Torneo Central de Reservas. The creation of the team was made with the objective of creating a team to train the talents of the national navy and athletes who emerged in the amateur tournament. Between 2012 and 2020, this club was funded in part by the Mexican government by relying on a Federal Secretariat.[3]
From 2012 to 2018, the team participated in Tercera División de México. The team's greatest success came in the 2017-18 season, when it achieved the second place in the category, after being defeated by Acatlán F.C. in the final series.[4]
The condition as runner-up of the team allowed it to get promotion to the Serie B of the Liga Premier, because its rival did not meet the requirements to participate in this division.[5] Also, the club maintains a reserve team competing in the Tercera División. Before the start of the 2018–19 season the team was renamed Cañoneros Marina.
In the first season in Serie B, the team qualified for the playoffs. In the quarterfinals the team eliminated Mineros de Fresnillo by 6-2 in the aggregate. In semifinals, Marina tied with Atlético Saltillo Soccer, but advanced by his condition of best-seeded team. In the final, the navy defeated Deportivo CAFESSA 3-2 on aggregate, thus winning its first championship in history.[6]
In 2021, the team was renamed Cañoneros F.C. because the Secretariat of the Navy stopped providing financial and institutional support to the club, and therefore was no longer representative of the institution.[7]
On June 15, 2024, the team was relocated from Mexico City to Xalapa, Veracruz because the board received an offer with better conditions to move the team to that city.[8]
Players
Current squad
- As of August 25, 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
- Cañoneros F.C. (Liga TDP)
- Reserve team that plays in the Liga TDP, the fourth level of the Mexican league system.
Honors
- Serie B de México (1): 2018–2019
- Tercera División de México (0):
- Runner Up: 2017–2018
References
- ^ "¡XALAPA SERÁ LA CASA DE LOS CAÑONEROS FC EN LIGA PREMIER "B"!". Notiver (in Spanish). 20 August 2024. Retrieved 22 August 2024.
- ^ "SON 15 CLUBES EN SERIE B". Liga Premier Magazine (in Spanish). 18 July 2023. Retrieved 18 July 2023.
- ^ Pérez, Iván (2014). "Tus impuestos al servicio del fútbol" (in Spanish). Juanfutbol. Retrieved 10 August 2018.
- ^ Toledo, Jair (10 June 2018). "Acatlán FC es el nuevo campeón de la Tercera División". Los Pleyers (in Spanish). Retrieved 10 August 2018.
- ^ "Un solo grupo en la Serie B Premier". Liga Premier Magazine (in Spanish). Enascenso. 6 July 2018. Archived from the original on 10 July 2018. Retrieved 10 August 2018.
- ^ "Cañoneros, campeón" (in Spanish). Liga Premier Magazine. Retrieved 19 May 2019.
- ^ "CAÑONEROS FC PRESUME NUEVA PIEL". Liga Premier Magazine (in Spanish). 7 August 2021. Retrieved 8 August 2021.
- ^ "LLEGAN LOS CAÑONEROS". Impacto Deportivo Veracruz (in Spanish). 15 July 2024. Retrieved 16 July 2024.
- ^ "Cañoneros F.C." Liga BBVA MX. Retrieved 18 September 2021.