Zitacuaro CF
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Wikipedia - Deportivo Zitácuaro
The Club Deportivo de Fútbol Zitácuaro, commonly known as Zitácuaro, is a Mexican football club based in Zitácuaro. The club was founded in 1995, and currently plays in the Serie B of Liga Premier.
History
The team was formed in 1995, being registered in the Third Division. In its first year the team won the category championship and promotion to the Second Division.
In the summer of 2001 the team was champion of the Second Division after defeating Cihuatlán. Later the team got its promotion to Primera División A after defeating Halcones de Querétaro in a promotion play-off. During that time the team was known as Potros Zitácuaro and was owned by Grupo Pegaso, making it a reserve team for Atlante F.C. so it had players like Federico Vilar and Luis Gabriel Rey. In 2002 the team was moved to Mexico City and renamed Potros DF, this due to administrative issues of the club's owner group.
Later the team was revived in the Third Division, in 2013 the team got its promotion to Liga de Nuevos Talentos. In 2015 this team disappeared due to poor sports results. In 2017 the team returned to compete in Serie B de México, but was renamed Atlético Zitácuaro. However, the team only participated in the 2017–18 season.
In 2019 the team competed again, but from that year it took the name Club Deportivo de Fútbol Zitácuaro, in 2021 the team paused its participation due to financial problems derived from COVID-19. In 2022 the team returned to compete.
Klubben blev grundlagt i 1980 og har siden spillet i de lavere divisioner i det mexicanske fodboldsystem. I 2021 vandt klubben Serie B og blev dermed forfremmet til Serie A.
Zitacuaro CF's hjemmebane er Estadio Ignacio López Rayón, som har en kapacitet på 10.000 tilskuere. Klubbens farver er rød og hvid, og dens kaldenavn er "Los Monarcas".
Holdets mest berømte spillere er Edgar Castillo, der har spillet for Mexicos landshold, og Aldo de Nigris, der har spillet for Monterrey og Guadalajara.
Zitacuaro CF er et af de mest populære hold i Michoacán, og det har et stort tilhængerskare. Holdet har vundet flere lokale og regionale mesterskaber, og det er blevet kendt for sin aggressive spillestil og passionerede fans.