Tlaxcala Fútbol Club, commonly known as Coyotes de Tlaxcala, is a Mexican football club based in Tlaxcala (city), Tlaxcala, Mexico. The club was founded in 2014, and currently plays in the second tier, Liga de Expansión MX. Tlaxcala won automatic promotion to Ascenso MX in the 2016–17 season, but their promotion was put on hold until the 2018–19 season as their stadium failed to meet league requirements.[2] However, in 2020 the club was invited to the Liga de Expansión, the new second-level league and thus promoted category.

Tlaxcala
Full nameTlaxcala Fútbol Club
Nickname(s)Los Coyotes (The Coyotes)
Founded5 September 2014; 9 years ago (2014-09-05)
GroundEstadio Tlahuicole,
Tlaxcala City, Tlaxcala, Mexico
Capacity11,135[1]
OwnerGrupo Pachuca
Grupo Providencia
ChairmanRafael Torre Mendoza
ManagerPaco Ramírez
LeagueLiga de Expansión MX
Apertura 202214th

History edit

The team was founded on 5 September 2014, after the merger of the Club Águilas Reales de Zacatecas and the Tercera División team of C.F. Pachuca, the Zacatecan team gave up their rights to participate in the Segunda División while Pachuca contributed the sports part of the organization.[3] Previously in Summer 2014, Tlaxcala City had been left without football due to the move of Linces de Tlaxcala to Acapulco, where the team was renamed as Internacional de Acapulco, while Águilas Reales de Zacatecas became a secondary team due to the arrival of Mineros de Zacatecas, a team that shared ownership with Tlaxcala F.C. until 2020.

Tlaxcala won automatic promotion to Ascenso MX after winning the two season tournaments against Irapuato during the 2016–17 season, but their promotion was put on hold until before the 2018–19 season as their stadium failed to meet league requirements. They played in Serie B for 2017–18 season so they can met requirements to play in Ascenso MX but their spot was revoked after the stadium was not completed at the deadline to meet the requirements, so they moved to Serie A for 2018–19 season. In 2018–19 season, the team played as local at Unidad Deportiva Próspero Cahuantzi at Chiautempan, for 2019–20, they moved to the Unidad Deportiva José Brindis in Nanacamilpa awaiting the end of the construction works of the Estadio Tlahuicole.

In July 2020, Tlaxcala F.C. was invited to the new Liga de Expansión MX, which became the second category of Mexican football instead of the Ascenso MX, with this the team occupied its place in the division after three years of having achieved sports promotion.[4] On 19 August 2020, the club debuted in the Liga de Expansión, defeating Mineros de Zacatecas 1–2.[5] On 2 September, Tlaxcala received Celaya F.C. in its first home game, which had to be played in Nanacamilpa because the Tlahuicole Stadium was not yet ready to host professional football matches,[6] finally, on 15 September, Tlaxcala was able to return to its stadium in the match against Leones Negros UdeG, which was won by the Guadalajara team.

Personnel edit

Coaching staff edit

Position Staff
Manager   Paco Ramírez
Assistant manager   Jorge García
Fitness coach   Juan Paciullo
Goalkeeper coach   Carlos Trejo
Physiotherapist   Gregorio Palacios
Team doctor   Nery Luna

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. Nation Player
1 GK   MEX Emiliano Palomo
2 DF   MEX Fernando Ramírez
3 DF   MEX Francisco Santillán
4 DF   MEX Cristian González
5 DF   MEX Ernesto Reyes
6 DF   MEX Luis Carrillo
7 MF   MEX Jesse Zamudio
8 MF   MEX Diego Aguilar
9 FW   MEX Paolo Ríos
10 MF   MEX Juan Pablo Rangel
11 MF   MEX Kevin Esquivel (on loan from Atlas)
12 DF   MEX Miguel Lozano
14 MF   MEX Jhory Celaya
15 MF   MEX Gabriel Sánchez (on loan from Atlético San Luis)
No. Pos. Nation Player
17 MF   MEX Aldo Serna
18 MF   USA Damián Germán
19 MF   MEX Óscar Millán
20 FW   MEX Javier Hernández
21 GK   MEX Gerardo Ruiz
22 DF   IRQ Yohan Zetuna
23 DF   MEX Irving Márquez
25 DF   MEX Dennys Navarrete
26 DF   MEX Rodrigo Lajud
27 FW   URU Bruno Barja
28 MF   USA Pedro Santos
29 GK   MEX Ricardo Rodríguez (on loan from Mazatlán)
31 DF   MEX Roger Hernández

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. Nation Player
MF   VEN José Serrano (at San Jose Earthquakes II)

Managers edit

Badge edit

Honours edit

References edit

  1. ^ "Cumple el Tlahuicole, con aforo para Liga de Expansión".
  2. ^ "Equipo - Tlaxcala F.C." Segunda División de México. Retrieved 27 February 2016.
  3. ^ "¿Cómo llegó Coyotes de Tlaxcala al Ascenso? Estadio, plantilla e historia". Goal (in Spanish). 19 August 2020. Retrieved 28 February 2021.
  4. ^ "Comunicado de la LIGA MX sobre la LIGA de Expansión". Liga BBVA MX (in Spanish). 17 July 2020. Retrieved 28 February 2021.
  5. ^ "Coyotes venció a Mineros, a quien trolleó por preguntar '¿dónde está Tlaxcala?'". mediotiempo.com (in Spanish). 19 August 2020. Retrieved 28 February 2021.
  6. ^ "Liga de Expansión: Afición de Tlaxcala observa juego vs Celaya sin medidas sanitarias". RÉCORD (in Spanish). 2 September 2020. Retrieved 28 February 2021.
  7. ^ "Tlaxcala F.C." Liga BBVA Expansión MX. Retrieved 12 January 2021.

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