Mazatlán F.C.

Not to be confused with Mazatlán Futbol Club Femenil.

Mazatlán Futbol Club is a Mexican professional football club based in Mazatlán, Sinaloa, that competes in Liga MX, the top division of Mexican football. The club was established in June 2, 2020 after Monarcas Morelia was moved to Mazatlán.^[1]

Mazatlán

Full name	Mazatlán Futbol Club
Nickname	Cañoneros (Gunners)
Short name	MZN, MFC
Founded	June 2, 2020; 5 years ago (June 2, 2020)
Ground	Estadio de Mazatlán Mazatlán, Sinaloa, Mexico
Capacity	25,000
Owner	Grupo Salinas
Chairman	Mauricio Lanz González
Manager	Robert Siboldi
League	Liga MX
Clausura 2025	Regular phase: 16th Final phase: Did not qualify
Website	mazatlanfc.com
Home colours Away colours Third colours
Current season

History

In 2017, the government of Sinaloa decided to build a new football stadium in 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 June 30 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 be moved to Mazatlán for the 2020–21 season: Monarcas Morelia, Puebla and Querétaro.^[5]

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

On June 11, the club presented Francisco Palencia as their manager for the 2020–21 season.^[7] On July 27, 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	Jaime Ordiales
Director of academy	Christian Ramírez

Source: Liga MX

Coaching staff

Position	Staff
Manager	Robert Siboldi
Assistant managers	Francisco Rotllán
	Ricardo Cadena
	Guillermo Velázquez
Fitness coach	Jorge Graniolati
Physiotherapist	Héctor Tapia
Team doctor	José Cedillo

Players

First-team squad

As of 12 July 2025^[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 Ricardo Gutiérrez 2 MF  MEX Jorge García (on loan from Cruz Azul) 4 DF  MEX Jair Díaz 5 DF  ARG Facundo Almada 6 DF  MEX Roberto Meraz 7 FW  BRA Dudu 8 MF  MEX Sebastián Fierro (on loan from León) 9 FW  URU Anderson Duarte (on loan from Toluca) 10 MF  COL Nicolás Benedetti 11 MF  PAN Yoel Bárcenas 12 DF  MEX Salvador Rodríguez 13 GK  MEX André Alcaráz 14 DF  MEX Mauro Zaleta (on loan from Cruz Azul) 15 DF  MEX Bryan Colula 16 MF  MEX José Joaquín Esquivel

No. Pos. Nation Player 18 MF  MEX Alan Torres 19 DF  ARG Lucas Merolla 20 MF  MEX Mauro Lainez 22 MF  MEX Alberto Herrera (on loan from Puebla) 23 MF  ECU Jordan Sierra 25 MF  MEX Saíd Godínez 26 DF  MEX Ángel Leyva 27 MF  MEX Gilberto Adame 28 MF  MEX Jesús Hernández (on loan from Pachuca) 31 MF  MEX Ángel Saavedra 32 DF  MEX Christopher Castro 33 GK  MEX Ricardo Rodríguez 34 MF  MEX Omar Moreno 35 MF  ECU Jefferson Intriago 90 FW  BRA Fábio

For recent transfers, see List of Mexican football transfers summer 2025.

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 — GK  MEX Hugo González (at Toluca) — DF  MEX Gustavo Guzmán (at Cancún) — MF  MEX Alan Cota (at Atlético La Paz)

No. Pos. Nation Player — FW  MEX Raúl Camacho (at UdeG) — FW  PAR Luis Amarilla (at Cerro Porteño)

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 – 13 May 2025)
• Robert Siboldi (20 May 2025 – Present)

Honours

Friendly

• Copa del Pacífico: 2022, 2023
• Denso International Football Cup: 2025