Cancún F.C.

Cancún

Full name	Cancún Fútbol Club
Nickname(s)	Marea Azul Iguanas
Founded	26 June 2020; 4 years ago (2020-06-26)
Ground	Estadio Andrés Quintana Roo Cancún, Quintana Roo, Mexico
Capacity	18,844
Owner	Negocios en Fútbol Profesional S.A. de C.V.[1]
Chairman	Jeff Luhnow[2]
Manager	Luis Arce
League	Liga de Expansión MX
Apertura 2024	9th
Website	http://cancunfc.com/
Home colours Away colours Third colours

Cancún Fútbol Club is a Mexican professional football club based in Cancún, Quintana Roo. The club currently plays in Liga de Expansión MX. The club was established in June 2020, after the Cafetaleros de Chiapas franchise announced that it would be moving to the city of Cancún.^[3]

History

In June 2020, a possible move of Atlante began to be speculated, the team played at home in Cancun. On 26 June, the relocation of that club to Mexico City became official.^[4] The same day, the relocation of Cafetaleros de Chiapas was announced, the team was moved to Cancún and renamed as Cancún F.C.^[5]

On 30 June 2020, the club appointed Christian Giménez as its first manager.^[6]

In January 2022, the team was bought by an investment fund headed by Mexican-American businessman Jeff Luhnow, however, due to regulatory issues, José Luis Orantes remained in the presidency until the end of the 2021–22 season.^[2] On 1 June 2022, the sale was approved by the owners of the Liga de Expansión MX clubs, making the entry of the new owner official.^[7]

Personnel

Management

Position	Staff
Chairman	Jeff Luhnow
Director of football	Alejandro Vela

Source: Liga MX

Coaching staff

Position	Staff
Manager	Luis Arce
Assistant managers	Franco Herrera Gabriel España
Goalkeeper coach	Jesús Carbajal
Fitness coach	Joel Dones
Physiotherapist	David Rubio
Team doctor	Efraín Rangel

Players

First-team squad

As of 26 July 2024^[8]

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

No. Pos. Nation Player 1 GK  MEX Christopher Andrade 2 DF  MEX Axl Padilla 3 DF  MEX Jonathan Hernández 4 DF  MEX Rodrigo Reyes 6 MF  MEX Andrés Iniestra 7 MF  MEX Johan Alonzo 8 FW  MEX Gael Rodríguez (on loan from UNAM) 9 MF  MEX Jorge Díaz 10 MF  MEX Paúl Uscanga (vice-captain) 11 FW  MEX Mauro Pérez 12 FW  COL José Gabriel Rodríguez 15 DF  MEX Óscar Villa (on loan from León)

No. Pos. Nation Player 17 MF  MEX Alan Rodríguez 18 GK  MEX Sergio Rubio 19 MF  MEX Carlos Prieto 20 MF  MEX Adán Zaragoza 21 GK  MEX Gustavo Gutiérrez 23 DF  MEX Benjamín Galindo 24 MF  SEN Jean Unjanque 25 MF  NGA Divine Obijuro 26 DF  MEX Hedgardo Marín 28 MF  GNB Junior Moreira 30 DF  BOL Leonardo Zabala 33 MF  MEX Zahid Muñoz

Reserve teams

Boston Cancún

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

Managers

• Christian Giménez (2020–2021)
• Federico Vilar (2021–2022)
• Iñigo Idiakez (2022–2023)
• Luis Arce (2023–present)

Honours

Cancún F.C. honours

Type	Competition	Titles	Seasons
Domestic	Liga de Expansión MX	1	Apertura 2023
	Campeón de Campeones (Expansión)	1^s	2023–24

•   record
• ^s shared record

References

1. "Inicia nueva era en el Cancún FC, cambia de propietarios y anuncian ambiciosos planes". galucomunicacion.com (in Spanish). 10 June 2022. Retrieved 11 June 2022.
2. "Jeff Luhnow becomes the new owner of Cancun Football Club". Mexicanist (in Spanish). 14 January 2022. Archived from the original on 28 June 2022. Retrieved 2 June 2022.
3. "¡El primer cambio! Cancún FC, el equipo que sustituirá al Atlante en Liga de Expansión". Mediotiempo.com (in Spanish). 26 June 2020. Archived from the original on 6 February 2021. Retrieved 27 June 2020.
4. "Atlante regresa a la CDMX y jugará en el Estadio Azul". El Financiero (in Spanish). 26 June 2020. Archived from the original on 28 June 2020. Retrieved 27 June 2020.
5. Moreno, Marcos (26 June 2020). "Cafetaleros se muda a Quintana Roo y nace Cancún FC". Radio Fórmula (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 28 June 2020. Retrieved 26 June 2020.
6. "Chaco Giménez, anunciado como nuevo DT de Cancún FC". Mediotiempo.com (in Spanish). 30 June 2020. Archived from the original on 1 July 2020. Retrieved 1 July 2020.
7. "Acuerdos de Asamblea Ordinaria en la LIGA BBVA Expansión MX". Liga BBVA Expansion MX (in Spanish). 1 June 2022. Archived from the original on 1 June 2022. Retrieved 2 June 2022.
8. "Cancún FC". Liga de Expansión MX. Archived from the original on 3 April 2022. Retrieved 21 August 2020.