Mazatlán F.C.

Not to be confused with Mazatlán Futbol Club Femenil.

Mazatlán

Full name	Mazatlán Futbol Club
Nickname(s)	Cañoneros (Gunners)
Founded	2 June 2020; 4 years ago (2020-06-02)
Ground	Estadio de Mazatlán Mazatlán, Sinaloa, Mexico
Capacity	25,000
Owner	Grupo Salinas
Chairman	Mauricio Lanz González
Manager	Víctor Manuel Vucetich
League	Liga MX
Apertura 2024	Regular phase: 14th Final phase: Did not qualify
Website	mazatlanfc.com
Home colours Away colours

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 Monarcas Morelia relocated to Mazatlán.^[1]

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.^[2]

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.^[3] The stadium was provisionally named as Estadio de Mazatlán (Mazatlán Stadium) and it reportedly cost 1.452 billion pesos.^[4]

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.^[5]

On 2 June, it was officially announced that Monarcas Morelia was moving to Mazatlán, and that it would be rebranded as Mazatlán Futbol Club, as a entirely separate football club.^[1] On 8 June, Mazatlán unveiled its crest and colours. The team colours are purple, black and white.^[6]

On 11 June, the club presented Francisco Palencia as their manager for the 2020–21 season.^[7] 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.^[8]

Personnel

Management

Position	Staff
Chairman	Mauricio Lanz González
Director of football	Carlos Vela
Director of academy	Christian Ramírez

Source: Liga MX

Coaching staff

Position	Staff
Manager	Víctor Manuel Vucetich
Assistant managers	Sergio Almaguer
	Carlos Barra
	Gilberto Adame
Goalkeeper coach	Armando Navarrete
Fitness coaches	Milton Graniolatti
	Carlos Tabares
Physiotherapist	Oscar Fernández
Team doctors	José Cedillo
	Joaquín Fernández
	Carlos Pérez

Players

First-team squad

As of 5 July 2024^[9]

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 Daniel Gutiérrez 3 DF  MEX Gustavo Sánchez (on loan from Monterrey) 4 DF  MEX Jair Díaz 5 DF  ARG Facundo Almada 6 DF  MEX Roberto Meraz 7 FW  PAR Luis Amarilla 8 MF  PAR Josué Colmán 9 FW  MEX Brian Rubio 10 MF  COL Nicolás Benedetti 11 MF  PAN Yoel Bárcenas 12 DF  MEX Salvador Rodríguez 13 GK  MEX Hugo González 14 MF  MEX Mauro Lainez

No. Pos. Nation Player 15 MF  MEX Bryan Colula 16 MF  MEX José Joaquín Esquivel 17 DF  MEX Alonso Escoboza 18 MF  MEX Alan Torres 19 DF  ARG Lucas Merolla 20 MF  MEX Ramiro Árciga 22 MF  MEX Rodolfo Pizarro 23 MF  ECU Jordan Sierra 27 DF  ECU Willian Vargas (on loan from Barcelona S.C.) 29 FW  MEX Raúl Camacho 30 FW  MEX Yostin Valadez 31 DF  USA Ventura Alvarado 34 MF  MEX Omar Moreno

For recent transfers, see List of Mexican football transfers summer 2023.

Other players under contract

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 35 MF  ECU Jefferson Intriago

Out on loan

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 — FW  ECU Stiven Plaza (at Venados)

Managers

•  Francisco Palencia (11 June 2020 – 3 October 2020)
•  Tomás Boy (5 October 2020 – 3 May 2021)
• Beñat San José (18 May 2021 – 2 March 2022)
• Gabriel Caballero (14 March 2022 – 29 January 2023)
• Ruben Omar Romano (4 February 2023 – 30 April 2023)
• Ismael Rescalvo (18 May 2023 – 8 April 2024)
• Víctor Manuel Vucetich (8 May 2024 – Present)

References

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

External links

• Official website
• Mazatlán F.C. at ESPN