Escorpiones Zacatepec Fútbol Club is a football club that plays in the Liga Premier de MéxicoSerie A. It is based in Zacatepec, Mexico.

Escorpiones Zacatepec
Full nameEscorpiones Zacatepec F.C.
Founded7 May 2021; 2 years ago (2021-05-07)
GroundEstadio Agustín "Coruco" Díaz
Zacatepec, Morelos, Mexico
Capacity24,313
OwnerJorge Enrique Núñez
ChairmanJorge Enrique Núñez[1]
ManagerMiguel Gutiérrez
LeagueLiga PremierSerie A
Clausura 20237th – Group III
WebsiteClub website

History edit

The team was founded on May 7, 2021, with the aim of recovering professional football in Cuernavaca,[2] a city that had been left without sports representation after the dissolution of Halcones de Morelos in 2018. In the presentation of the club, the team named Héctor Anguiano as their manager with the aim of creating a team in which local players had an important presence within the squad.[3][4]

The team was officially entered into soccer competitions on July 30, 2021, when its entry into the Liga Premier – Serie A was announced, the club was placed in Group 2 of this category.[5] After entering the league, the team met its first players: Sebastián Madrid, Francisco Córdova and Enzo Díez.[6]

On May 25, 2023, the team announced its relocation from Cuernavaca to Zacatepec to play at the Estadio Agustín "Coruco" Díaz, with the aim of returning professional football to that city that had been left without a team since 2020.[7] After the relocation of the team, it had a change in its graphic identity, for which it added the white and green colors, characteristic of the Zacatepec teams, eliminating the orange color that they had used between 2021 and 2023.[8]

Stadium edit

Estadio Agustín "Coruco" Díaz is a football stadium named in honour of a local player named Agustín "Coruco" Díaz.[9] It has a capacity of 24,313 seats[10] and it was home to the team Cañeros de Zacatepec (Sugar cane growers) until 2020, when it was dissolved.

Between 2021 and 2023 the team played its home games at the Estadio Centenario de Cuernavaca.

Players edit

As of January 13, 2024[11]

Current squad edit

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

No. Pos. Nation Player
1 GK   MEX Carlos Reza
2 DF   COL Carlos Hinestroza
3 MF   MEX Gerson García
4 DF   MEX Suker Estrada
5 MF   MEX Henox Roque
6 MF   MEX Mario Huerta
7 FW   ARG Leonardo Herrlein
8 MF   MEX Jesús Núñez
9 FW   MEX Bryan Silva
10 MF   MEX Iván Zamora
11 MF   MEX Luis David Castillo
12 GK   MEX Arturo Gatica
13 DF   MEX David Gómez
14 MF   MEX Jonatan Vázquez
15 MF   MEX Alfonso Razo
16 FW   MEX Jared Salinas
17 MF   MEX Whitmer Padilla
18 MF   MEX Rogelio Iturbe
19 DF   MEX Sebastián Vega
20 MF   MEX Gabriel Sosa
21 DF   MEX Luis Galindo
No. Pos. Nation Player
22 DF   MEX Emiliano Álvarez
23 DF   MEX Ángel Hernández
24 DF   MEX Jesús Pérez
25 MF   USA Mauro Tovar
26 MF   MEX David Jiménez
27 MF   MEX David Sánchez
29 DF   MEX Jorge Nakamura
30 FW   MEX Enrique Ávalos
32 FW   MEX Giovanni Calzada
33 MF   MEX Kevin Díaz
34 DF   MEX Jonathan de la Vega
35 GK   MEX Jorge Lima
40 DF   MEX Geovanni Campos
41 MF   MEX Axel Chagoya
43 DF   MEX Johnny Méndez
44 MF   MEX Usiel González
45 DF   MEX Daniel Valdez
46 DF   MEX Francisco Blanco
47 MF   MEX Pablo Gutiérrez
48 DF   MEX Luis Orona

Reserve teams edit

Jaime Correa
Reserve team that plays in the Liga TDP, the fourth level of the Mexican league system.

References edit

  1. ^ "ESCORPIONES CON PRESENTACIÓN OFICIAL". Liga Premier Magazine (in Spanish). 15 September 2021. Retrieved 15 September 2021.
  2. ^ Saldaña, Salvador (8 May 2021). "Nace Escorpiones FC de la Segunda División". La Unión de Morelos (in Spanish). Retrieved 6 August 2021.
  3. ^ Mixcoac, Roger (8 May 2021). "Llegan los escorpiones al estadio centenario". El Sol de Cuautla (in Spanish). Retrieved 6 August 2021.
  4. ^ "ESCORPIONES NO SERÁ DEBUT Y DESPEDIDA: ANGUIANO". Liga Premier Magazine (in Spanish). 1 August 2021. Retrieved 6 August 2021.
  5. ^ "¡YA ESTÁN LOS GRUPOS!". Liga Premier Magazine (in Spanish). 31 July 2021. Archived from the original on 1 August 2021. Retrieved 1 August 2021.
  6. ^ "PACO CÓRDOVA Y ENZO DIEZ, LLEGAN A ESCORPIONES". Liga Premier Magazine (in Spanish). 4 August 2021. Retrieved 6 August 2021.
  7. ^ "ESCORPIONES FC ANUNCIA PLANES". Liga Premier Magazine (in Spanish). 25 May 2023. Retrieved 25 May 2023.
  8. ^ "¡ESCORPIONES A LA SELVA CAÑERA!". Liga Premier Magazine (in Spanish). 26 May 2023. Archived from the original on 27 May 2023. Retrieved 27 May 2023.
  9. ^ "¿Quién fue Agustín 'Coruco' Díaz?". AS México (in Mexican Spanish). 7 May 2018. Retrieved February 15, 2021.
  10. ^ www.fussballtempel.net
  11. ^ "Escorpiones F.C." ligapremier-fmf.mx (in Spanish). Retrieved 15 September 2021.