Mineros de Zacatecas

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
ManagerNacho Castro
LeagueLiga de Expansión MX
Apertura 20227th (Quarter–finals)
WebsiteClub website

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

PositionStaff
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

PositionStaff
Manager Nacho Castro
Assistant managers José Diego Meza
Joacim Calderón
Goalkeeper coach Edgar Salcedo
Fitness coach Víctor Belmont
Physiotherapist Israel Quesnel
Team doctor Sergio Ramos

Players edit

Current squad edit

As of 24 June 2022[7]

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

No.Pos. NationPlayer
1GK  MEXLeonardo Durán
2MF  MEXEmmanuel Quezada
5DF  MEXJorge Rodarte
6MF  MEXJosé Plascencia
8MF  MEXBrian Figueroa
9FW  MEXLuis Razo
10MF  MEXChristian Blanco
11MF  MEXAndrés Ávila
14DF  MEXÓscar Mazatán
15DF  PERAnderson Villacorta
17MF  COLAndrés Preciado
No.Pos. NationPlayer
18MF  MEXAndrés Mendoza
19MF  MEXKevin Magaña
20MF  PERDiether Vásquez
21DF  MEXPablo Jáquez
22MF  MEXJosé Clemente
23DF  ESPRuxi
26MF  MEXCristhian Urbina
27FW  COLJuan José Calero
30MF  MEXJapheth Jiménez
33GK  MEXFernando Mata

Out on loan edit

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

No.Pos. NationPlayer
DF  MEXJovani Sandoval (at UAZ)

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.

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