Mazatlán F.C.

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Mazatlán
Mazatlán F.C. logo.svg
Full nameMazatlán Futbol Club
Nickname(s)Cañoneros (Gunboats)
Founded2 June 2020; 21 months ago (2020-06-02)
GroundEstadio de Mazatlán
Mazatlán, Sinaloa, Mexico
Capacity25,000[1]
OwnerGrupo Salinas
ChairmanMauricio Lanz González
ManagerGabriel Caballero
LeagueLiga MX
Apertura 202113th
WebsiteClub website

Mazatlán Futbol Club is a Mexican professional football team based in Mazatlán, Sinaloa currently playing in Liga MX. The club was established in June 2020 after the Monarcas Morelia franchise announced that it would be moving to the city of Mazatlán.[2]

History[]

In 2017, the Government of Sinaloa decided to build a new football stadium in the city of Mazatlán as part of a project that intended to build and improve several sport venues in the state. One of the goals of this project was to have a professional football team playing in Mazatlán.[3]

In 2020, works were accelerated in order to have the stadium completed before 30 June and ahead of the start of the 2020–21 season with the aim of looking for a professional team to move to the newly built stadium.[4] The stadium was provisionally named as Estadio de Mazatlán (Mazatlán Stadium) and it reportedly cost 1.452 billion pesos.[5]

The Government of Sinaloa together with a group of businessmen from Mazatlán lobbied with a few Liga MX teams. Three franchises were rumored as potential candidates to move to Mazatlán for the 2020–21 season: Morelia, Puebla and Querétaro.[6]

On 2 June, it was officially announced that Monarcas Morelia was moving to Mazatlán and that it would be rebranded as Mazatlán Futbol Club.[2] On 8 June, Mazatlán unveiled its crest and colours. The team colours are purple, black and white.[7]

On 11 June, the club presented Francisco Palencia as their manager for the 2020–21 season.[8] On 27 July Mazatlán played their first official match, in which they were defeated against Puebla with a score of 1–4: the club's first official goal was scored by César Huerta.[9]

Personnel[]

Management[]

Position Staff
Chairman Mexico Mauricio Lanz González
Director of football Mexico Mario Alejandro Ruiz

Source: Liga MX

Coaching staff[]

Position Staff
Manager Mexico Gabriel Caballero
Assistant managers Mexico Gerardo Mascareño
Mexico Christian Giménez
Mexico Luis Arce
Goalkeeper coach Brazil Mauro Machado da Silva
Fitness coach Mexico Carlos García
Physiotherapist Mexico Oscar Fernández
Team doctors Mexico José Cedillo
Mexico Joaquín Fernández

Players[]

First-team squad[]

As of 22 July 2021[10]

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

No. Pos. Nation Player
2 DF Brazil BRA Ygor Nogueira
3 DF Mexico MEX Néstor Vidrio
4 DF Chile CHI Nicolás Díaz
5 DF Mexico MEX Carlos Vargas
6 MF Mexico MEX Roberto Meraz
7 MF Mexico MEX Iván Moreno (on loan from América)
8 MF Uruguay URU Gonzalo Freitas
9 FW Argentina ARG Gonzalo Sosa
10 MF Colombia COL Nicolás Benedetti (on loan from América)
11 MF Mexico MEX Marco Fabián
14 DF Mexico MEX Oswaldo Alanís
15 MF Mexico MEX Bryan Colula (on loan from América)
16 MF Mexico MEX Emilio Sánchez (on loan from América)
No. Pos. Nation Player
18 MF Colombia COL Richard Ríos (on loan from Flamengo)
19 DF Mexico MEX Raúl Sandoval
20 MF Mexico MEX Jorge Zárate
21 MF Venezuela VEN Eduard Bello
22 DF Mexico MEX Jesús Zavala
23 FW Mexico MEX Brian Rubio
25 FW Mexico MEX Miguel Sansores
27 GK Uruguay URU Nicolás Vikonis (captain)
28 DF Mexico MEX Jorge Padilla
32 GK Mexico MEX Ricardo Rodríguez
33 GK Mexico MEX Daniel Gutiérrez
34 FW Mexico MEX Raúl Camacho (on loan from Pachuca)
35 MF Ecuador ECU Jefferson Intriago
For recent transfers, see List of Mexican football transfers summer 2021.

Out on loan[]

No. Pos. Nation Player
— DF Mexico MEX Andrés Catalán (at Celaya)
— MF Mexico MEX Orlando Botello (at Cancún)
No. Pos. Nation Player
— MF Mexico MEX Eduardo Del Ángel (at Celaya)
— MF Mexico MEX Daviz Junco (at UAT)

Managers[]

References[]

  1. ^ "Conoce el nuevo estadio del Mazatlán FC". El Universal (in Spanish). 3 June 2020. Retrieved 9 June 2020.
  2. ^ a b Marshall, Tom (2 June 2020). "Liga MX club Morelia officially moves to Mazatlan". ESPN. Retrieved 9 June 2020.
  3. ^ "New Mazatlan Soccer Stadium advances". The Mazatlan Post. 10 February 2020. Retrieved 9 June 2020.
  4. ^ Flores Aldana, Omar (26 May 2020). "Aceleran los trabajos en el estadio de Mazatlán". ESPN.com.mx (in Spanish). Retrieved 9 June 2020.
  5. ^ Collazo, Jonathan (26 May 2020). "Gobierno de Sinaloa gasta 1,452 mdp en estadios, como el mazatleco para Liga MX". Mediotiempo.com (in Spanish). Retrieved 9 June 2020.
  6. ^ Medrano, David (22 May 2020). "Morelia, Puebla y Querétaro, opciones de Primera para Mazatlán". Récord (in Spanish). Retrieved 9 June 2020.
  7. ^ "Mazatlán FC presenta su escudo y colores". AS.com (in Spanish). 8 June 2020. Retrieved 9 June 2020.
  8. ^ "Mazatlán FC anuncia a Paco Palencia como el primer entrenador de su historia". Mediotiempo.com (in Spanish). 11 June 2020. Retrieved 11 June 2020.
  9. ^ "Mazatlán FC vs. Puebla - Resumen de Juego - 27 julio, 2020". ESPN (in Spanish). Retrieved 28 July 2020.
  10. ^ "LIGA MX - Página Oficial de la Liga Mexicana del Fútbol Profesional".
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