Wikipedia

Mineros de Zacatecas

This article is about the Mexican club. For the Spanish club, see CD Zacatecas (Spain).

Club Deportivo Mineros de Zacatecas is a Mexican football club based in Zacatecas (city), Zacatecas, Mexico. The club compete in the Mexican Liga de Expansión MX. They are currently managed by Nacho Castro.

Mineros de Zacatecas
Full nameClub Deportivo Mineros de Zacatecas
Nickname(s)Los Mineros (The Miners)
FoundedMay 28, 2014; 10 years ago (2014-05-28)
GroundEstadio Carlos Vega Villalba, Zacatecas, Zacatecas, Mexico
Capacity20,068
OwnerGrupo ISLO
ChairmanEduardo López Muñoz
ManagerMario García Covalles
LeagueLiga de Expansión MX
Apertura 2024Regular season: 6th
Play–offs: Quarter–finals
Websitehttp://mineroszacatecas.com/

History

edit

In December 2012, Grupo Pachuca purchased the Estudiantes Tecos franchise as they were relegated to the Ascenso MX. The team failed to gain promotion when they lost in penalties to Leones Negros de la U. de G. It was then that Grupo Pachuca decided to move the franchise from Zapopan to Zacatecas so as to not have four teams in Guadalajara. The city of Zacatecas had spent 11 years without an Ascenso team, since Real Sociedad de Zacatecas which were sold to Altamira in the summer of 2003.

The club's name was chosen to be Mineros (Miners) as the city of Zacatecas owes its existence to the discovering of silver mines in the late 16th century. The state of Zacatecas is one of the top producers of gold and silver in the world.[1][2]

Los Mineros were in their first season of professional soccer, taking 2nd place in the Ascenso MX, yet were left out of the semifinals by its rival Necaxa. The team demonstrated their immediate competitiveness, as in 2014, Gustavo Adrián Ramírez scored the fastest goal in league history (four seconds) against rivals Necaxa to open the season.[3]

In Clausura 2016, Mineros obtained their best achievement so far, in that tournament they reached the final of the tournament, in this series they were defeated against Necaxa by an aggregate of 0–2.[4]

In June 2020 Grupo Pachuca sold the club to local businessman Eduardo López Muñoz, this due to the intentions of the conglomerate to have less teams under its ownership.[5] With the new owner, most of the previously created structures were maintained, the new board was headed by López Muñoz, appointing Marco Iván Pérez as sports director and Omar Alexis Moreno as coach.[6]

Stadium

edit

The Estadio Carlos Vega Villalba has a capacity of 20,068 and is located in the city of Zacatecas. It was inaugurated in 1986 with a friendly match between the Leones Negros de la U. de G. vs. South Korea national football team.

Personnel

edit

Management

edit
Position Staff
Chairman   Eduardo López Muñoz
Vice-chairman   Eduardo López Villarreal
Director of football   Luis Gil
Director of academy   Luis Ángel Muñoz

Source: Liga MX

Coaching staff

edit
Position Staff
Manager Vacant
Assistant manager Vacant
Goalkeeper coach   Edgar Salcedo
Fitness coach   Víctor Belmont
Physiotherapist   Israel Quesnel
Team doctor   Sergio Ramos

Players

edit

Current squad

edit
As of 26 July 2024[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.

No. Pos. Nation Player
1 GK   MEX Leonardo Durán
4 DF   MEX Diego Marmolejo
5 DF   MEX Jorge Rodarte
6 DF   MEX Ricardo Peña
7 MF   MEX Diego Piñón
8 MF   MEX Brian Figueroa
9 FW   MEX Luis Razo
10 MF   MEX Christian Blanco
11 MF   MEX Andrés Ávila
14 DF   MEX Óscar Mazatán
15 DF   PER Anderson Villacorta
17 MF   COL Andrés Preciado
No. Pos. Nation Player
18 MF   MEX Andrés Mendoza
19 MF   MEX Kevin Magaña
20 FW   MEX Gerardo Padilla
21 DF   MEX Pablo Jáquez
22 MF   MEX José Clemente
23 DF   MEX Alonso García
24 FW   MEX Pablo Padilla
26 MF   MEX Cristhian Urbina
27 FW   COL Juan José Calero
30 MF   MEX Japheth Jiménez
33 GK   MEX Fernando Mata
For recent transfers, see List of Mexican football transfers summer 2021.

Reserve teams

edit
Mineros de Fresnillo F.C.
Affiliate team that plays in the Liga Premier – Serie A, the third level of the Mexican league system.[8]
Mineros de Zacatecas (Liga TDP)
Reserve team that plays in the Liga TDP, the fourth level of the Mexican league system.
Mineros Querétaro
Reserve team that plays in the Liga TDP, the fourth level of the Mexican league system.

Season to season

edit

|}

Managers

edit

References

edit
  1. ^ "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 14 March 2016. Retrieved 19 July 2014.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  2. ^ "History of Mexico – the State of Zacatecas".
  3. ^ Fastest goals in association football
  4. ^ Hernández, Jesús (7 May 2016). "Necaxa, campeón del Ascenso MX Clausura 2016". Milenio (in Spanish). Retrieved 14 June 2019.
  5. ^ Pinedo, Dayana (26 June 2020). "Grupo Pachuca oficializa venta de Mineros; Eduardo López es el nuevo dueño". Zacatecas en Imagen (in Spanish). Retrieved 15 November 2020.
  6. ^ "Marco Iván Pérez, nuevo director Deportivo de Mineros". Ecodiario (in Spanish). 22 July 2020. Retrieved 15 November 2020.
  7. ^ "Mineros de Zacatecas". Liga BBVA Expansión MX (in Spanish). Retrieved 12 January 2021.
  8. ^ "MINEROS DE ZACATECAS ADMINISTRARÁ A FRESNILLO". Liga Premier Magazine (in Spanish). 19 July 2021. Retrieved 21 July 2021.
edit
Retrieved from "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Mineros_de_Zacatecas&oldid=1259511331"