Acaxees de Durango Fútbol Club is a Mexican professional football team based in Durango City, Mexico currently playing in Liga de Balompié Mexicano.

Acaxees de Durango
Full nameAcaxees de Durango Fútbol Club
Founded17 July 2020; 3 years ago (2020-07-17)
GroundEstadio Francisco Zarco
Durango City, Durango, Mexico
Capacity18,000
ChairmanAlonso Rocha
ManagerFrancisco Calderón
LeagueLiga de Balompié Mexicano
2020–21Withdrew

History edit

In March 2020, a local businessman started the procedures for the entry of a local team in the Liga de Balompié Mexicano, a Mexican football competition independent of Femexfut.[1] On July 13, the project was officially announced, that day it was reported that the club would be called Acaxees de Durango, the team was named in honor of a local tribe.[2] On the 17th of the same month, the franchise's entry into the league was confirmed, becoming the fifteenth club in the competition.[3] Francisco Calderón was appointed as the team manager.[4]

On August 11, 2020, the Acaxees announced defender Patricio Araujo as their first official player.[5] In September 2020 the club announced the construction of its own stadium.[6]

On December 1, 2020, the club's franchise was put on hiatus by the LBM due to financial problems and the lack of a new board of directors that can provide financial support to the club. The team could return in the following season if it manages to improve its financial situation and complies with the guidelines of the competition.[7][8]

Stadium edit

The Estadio Francisco Zarco is a multi-use stadium in the Mexican city of Durango. The stadium holds 18,000 people. It is used mostly for football matches, and is the home stadium of Alacranes de Durango and the temporal stadium of Acaxees de Durango. The stadium is owned by the state of Durango.[9] Acaxees announced the construction of its own stadium in the medium term.

Players edit

First-team squad edit

As of 13 October 2020

References edit

  1. ^ "Lo que debes saber de la nueva liga de fútbol". El Universal (in Spanish). 29 March 2020. Retrieved 14 October 2020.
  2. ^ Rodriguez, Julio (13 July 2020). "La historia inicia para Acaxees en LBM". El Sol de Durango (in Spanish). Organización Editorial Mexicana. Retrieved 14 October 2020.
  3. ^ "Acaxees de Durango es nuevo equipo de la Liga de Balompié Mexicano". TUDN (in Spanish). 18 July 2020. Retrieved 14 October 2020.
  4. ^ Villalobos, Carlos (13 July 2020). "Oficialmente nació el nuevo equipo de la localidad". Periódico Victoria (in Spanish). Retrieved 14 October 2020.
  5. ^ Soto Mendoza, Christian (11 August 2020). "LBM: Patricio Araujo es el primer fichaje de Acaxees de Durango". Soy Fútbol (in Spanish). Retrieved 14 October 2020.
  6. ^ Rodríguez, Julio (4 September 2020). "Acaxees edificará su estadio". El Sol de Durango (in Spanish). Organización Editorial Mexicana. Retrieved 14 October 2020.
  7. ^ García González, Josué Leonardo (1 December 2020). "LBM: Cuatro equipos quedan fuera de la Liga de Balompié Mexicano por incumplimiento". Soy Fútbol (in Spanish). Retrieved 11 December 2020.
  8. ^ "LBM anuncia salida de CVF Tiburón, Durango, Los Cabos y San José". Agencia de Noticias RTV (in Spanish). Radiotelevisión de Veracruz. 2 December 2020. Retrieved 11 December 2020.
  9. ^ "Estadio" [Stadium] (in Spanish). Dorados de Villa. Archived from the original on 14 April 2015. Retrieved 8 April 2015.