Deportivo Pioneros de Cancún F.C. is a football team based in Cancún, México that plays in the Liga Premier Serie A.

Pioneros de Cancún
Full nameDeportivo Pioneros de Cancún Fútbol Club
Founded3 May 1984; 39 years ago (1984-05-03)
GroundEstadio Andrés Quintana Roo,
Cancún, Quintana Roo, Mexico
Capacity17,289
OwnerNegocios en Fútbol Profesional S.A. de C.V[1]
ChairmanJeff Luhnow[1]
ManagerEnrique Vela
LeagueLiga Premier - Serie A
Clausura 20233rd (Semi–finals)
WebsiteClub website

History edit

The club was founded on May 3, 1984, and in the same year joined the Tercera División de México.[2] It won its first cup after defeating Los Conejos, at the Estadio Víctor Manuel Reyna in the city of Tuxtla Gutiérrez, Chiapas. The following year, the club finished in third place and played in a promotional playoff with the Lobos and Aguilas B clubs. As a result, the club was promoted to the Segunda B. Still, the owner decided to purchase a franchise in the Segunda A, which allowed the club the chance to be promoted to the Primera División de México.

When playing in the Segunda A, the club failed its attempts to be promoted, and in the early 1990s, the city reduced resources, and the club once again fell into the lower divisions. In the mid-1990s, the club changed its name to Tucanes de Cancun but failed to gain popularity and was forced to change the name back to its original name Pioneros. It was not until 2006 when José del Carmen Vázquez Ávila bought the club and proposed a plan to have the franchise in the first division within a couple of years that the club regained local support.

Vázquez's project was made into action in 2007, when Atlante F.C., then a First Division team, moved from Mexico City to Cancun, which led to Pioneros becoming the second team in the city. Finally, in 2009, the franchise was sold to a new team called Guerreros de Acapulco. Pioneros maintained its Third Division team, and in the 2010-11 season, an alliance was formed with Atlante to form a development team called Pioneros Potros.

In August 2012, Pioneros were revived as a participating franchise in the Liga de Nuevos Talentos. During the 2013-14 season, Pioneros won the Apertura 2013 tournament, and as a result, the team reached the Final de Ascenso (Promotion Playoff).

On May 24, 2014, Pioneros defeated Selva Cañera, and the team achieved its promotion to the Liga Premier de Ascenso, the league in which the club currently competes. In January 2015, Pioneros moved to a new stadium and began playing at the Estadio Andrés Quintana Roo, with the Estadio Cancún 86 becoming its alternative ground.[3]

The Pioneros under-13 team participated in the 2019 CONCACAF Under-13 Champions League held in Costa Rica.[4]

In July 2022 Pioneros de Cancún became the reserves squad of Cancún F.C. because the Cancun City Council decided to hand over the administration of the team to the company that owns Cancun F.C.[1]

Kit edit

  • Home kit: Red and white vertical stripes shirt, red shorts and socks.
  • Away kit: White with red neck and shoulders, white shorts and socks.
First kit evolution
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Home 1984
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
1985
 
 
 
 
 
 
2004
 
 
 
 
 
 
2006
 
 
 
 
 
 
2009
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
2013
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
2017–18 Third

Players edit

Current squad edit

As of January 13, 2024[5]

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

No. Pos. Nation Player
81 GK   MEX Lusiel Gómez
83 GK   MEX Jorge de la Rosa
84 DF   MEX Jonathan Hernández
85 MF   MEX Diego Oliva
86 DF   MEX Brayn Nieto
87 DF   MEX José González
88 MF   MEX Jaime Guzmán
90 FW   MEX Daniel Carpio
91 DF   MEX Edgar Hernández
92 MF   MEX Salvador Flores
93 MF   MEX Juan Pablo Calderón
94 MF   MEX Horacio García
95 MF   MEX Emiliano Martínez
96 MF   MEX Antonio López
97 FW   MEX Yoshua Alamilla
No. Pos. Nation Player
98 MF   MEX Diego Ramírez
100 MF   MEX Leonardo Sánchez
101 DF   POL Dylan Wojdyla
102 FW   MEX Ángel Mendoza
103 DF   MEX Paul Valle
104 FW   MEX Eduardo Erosa
105 DF   MEX Jorge Reynoso
107 MF   MEX Ernesto Corona
108 MF   MEX Enoc Márquez
109 FW   CMR Hubert Pouokam
110 DF   ARG Enzo Oruza
111 FW   MEX Diego Rodríguez
112 FW   MEX Humberto Marín
113 DF   MEX Cristopher Vázquez
115 FW   MEX Ricardo Martínez

Honors edit

References edit

  1. ^ a b c "Pioneros de Cancún pasan en comodato a dueños del Cancún FC". DRV Noticias (in Spanish). 29 June 2022. Retrieved 30 June 2022.
  2. ^ "Liga Premier: Los Pioneros de Cancún buscarán llegar a la Liga de Ascenso MX". La Verdad Noticias (in Spanish). 30 May 2018. Retrieved 24 February 2023.
  3. ^ "Our History". Pioneros Cancun FC. Retrieved 8 May 2019.
  4. ^ "Pioneros Sub-13 ya tiene rivales internacionales". La Verdad Noticias (in Spanish). 3 May 2019. Retrieved 24 February 2023.
  5. ^ "Pioneros de Cancún". Liga BBVA MX. Retrieved 18 September 2020.

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