Pioneros de Cancún

Deportivo Pioneros de Cancún Fútbol Club, simply known as Pioneros de Cancún, is a Mexican professional football club based in Cancún, Quintana Roo, that plays in the Liga Premier, the third level division of Mexican football.

The club was founded on May 3, 1984, and in the same year joined the Tercera División de México.^[3] It won its first cup after defeating Los Conejos, at the Estadio Víctor Manuel Reyna in the city of Tuxtla Gutiérrez, Chiapas. The following year, the club finished in third place and played in a promotional playoff with the Lobos and Aguilas B clubs. As a result, the club was promoted to the Segunda División 'B' de México. Still, the owner decided to purchase a franchise in the Segunda 'A' de México, which allowed the club the chance to be promoted to the Primera División de México.

When playing in the Segunda División 'A' de México, the club failed its attempts to be promoted, and in the early 1990s, the city reduced resources, and the club once again fell into the lower divisions, and was later moved to the city of Durango, Durango and renamed Alacranes de Durango. In the mid-1990s, the club changed its name to Tucanes de Cancún but failed to gain popularity and was forced to change the name back to its original name Pioneros. It was not until 2006 when José del Carmen Vázquez Ávila bought the club and proposed a plan to have the franchise in the Primera División within a couple of years that the club regained local support.

Vázquez's project was made into action in 2007, when Atlante F.C., a Primera División team then, was moved from Mexico City to Cancún, Quintana Roo, which led to Pioneros becoming the second team in the city. Finally, in 2009, the franchise was moved to Acapulco, Guerrero and sold to a new team called Guerreros de Acapulco. Pioneros maintained its Tercera División team, and in the 2010-11 season, an alliance was formed with Atlante to form a development team called Pioneros Potros.

In August 2012, Pioneros were revived as a participating franchise in the Liga de Nuevos Talentos. During the 2013-14 season, Pioneros won the Apertura 2013 tournament, and as a result, the team reached the Final de Ascenso (Promotion Playoff).

On May 24, 2014, Pioneros defeated Selva Cañera, and the team achieved its promotion to the Liga Premier de Ascenso, the league in which the club currently competes. In January 2015, Pioneros moved to a new stadium and began playing at the Estadio Andrés Quintana Roo, with the Estadio Cancún 86 becoming its alternative ground.^[4]

The Pioneros under-13 team participated in the 2019 CONCACAF Under-13 Champions League held in Costa Rica.^[5]

In July 2022, Pioneros de Cancún became the reserves squad of Cancún F.C. because the Cancún City Council decided to hand over the administration of the team to the company that owns Cancún F.C.^[6]

In 2024, the agreement between the Cancún City Council and Cancún F.C. ended, so Pioneros became an independent team again.^[2]

• Home kit: Red and white vertical stripes shirt, red shorts and socks.
• Away kit: White with red neck and shoulders, white shorts and socks.

First kit evolution

As of August 25, 2025^[7]

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

• Liga Premier (Liga de Nuevos Talentos)
  • Champions (1): Apertura 2013
  • Runners-up (1): Clausura 2013
• Campeón de Campeones de Liga de Nuevos Talentos
  • Champions (1): 2013–14

• Official Site
• Pioneros de Cancún on Facebook
• Pioneros de Cancún on Twitter