Club Deportivo Tulancingo is a Mexican professional football team based in Tulancingo, Hidalgo that is currently playing in the Liga Premier de México since the 2022–23 season.

C.D. Tulancingo
Full nameClub Deportivo Tulancingo
FoundedMay 2022; 2 years ago (2022-05)
GroundEstadio Primero de Mayo
Tulancingo, Hidalgo, Mexico
Capacity2,500
OwnerArturo Sánchez[1]
ChairmanAlfonso Hill[2]
ManagerVacant
LeagueLiga Premier de MéxicoSerie A
Clausura 20238th, Group II

History edit

Football has been a popular sport in Tulancingo, highlighting the FC Satélites and Titanes de Tulancingo clubs, the latter team winning the Serie A de México twice.[3] However, no team has been able to establish itself for a long time in the city.

In May 2022, the C.D. Tulancingo to try to recover sports representation in the city. It was announced that they would seek to establish two teams, one in the Liga Premier de México and the other in the Liga TDP.[1][4]

The team was accepted into the Liga Premier on July 1, 2022, its integration into Group 2 of Serie A was announced on July 12.[5][6]

In the two tournaments of the 2022-23 season, Tulancingo had a poor to regular performance, in the Apertura 2022 tournament the team only got six points while in the Clausura 2023 they added 13, although they failed to attract enough local fans for their matches.

In July 2023, the team announced its departure from the city of Tulancingo after being relocated to Serie B de México.[7] However, the club failed to find a suitable new city for its matches, so it went on hiatus for the 2023–24 season.

Players edit

First-team squad edit

As of January 6, 2023[8]

Reserve teams edit

C.D. Tulancingo (Liga TDP)
Reserve team that plays in the Liga TDP, the fourth level of the Mexican league system.

References edit

  1. ^ a b "Club Deportivo Tulancingo: equipo de segunda división". El Sol de Tulancingo (in Spanish). 1 June 2022. Retrieved 15 July 2022.
  2. ^ "Directiva del CDTULANCINGO presenta a Luis Lugo como nuevo responsable del equipo de Liga Premier". Agenda Hidalguense. 15 September 2022. Retrieved 30 September 2022.
  3. ^ "Titanes de Tulancingo se Mantendrá en Segunda". Hidalgo Sport (in Spanish). 8 June 2012. Retrieved 7 November 2020.
  4. ^ Lozada, Iván (25 May 2022). "El Deportivo Tulancingo arrancó su campo de pruebas". Hidalgo Sport (in Spanish). Retrieved 15 July 2022.
  5. ^ "¡HAY CLUBES DE ESTRENO!". Liga Premier Magazine (in Spanish). 2 July 2022. Retrieved 2 July 2022.
  6. ^ "¡3 GRUPOS EN SERIE A!". Liga Premier Magazine (in Spanish). 13 July 2022. Retrieved 15 July 2022.
  7. ^ Riveros, José (6 July 2023). "Se queda Tulancingo, otra vez, sin Segunda División". El Sol de Tulancingo (in Spanish). Retrieved 23 August 2023.
  8. ^ "Club Deportivo Tulancingo". Liga Premier FMF. Retrieved 27 August 2022.