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Mineros de Zacatecas
Mexican association football club From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Club Deportivo Mineros de Zacatecas, simply known as Mineros de Zacatecas, is a Mexican professional football club based in the city of Zacatecas, Zacatecas, that competes in Liga de Expansión MX, the second level division of Mexican football. Founded in 2014, after the Estudiantes Tecos franchise was moved from Zapopan, Jalisco to the city of Zacatecas.
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In December 2012, Grupo Pachuca purchased the Estudiantes Tecos franchise as they were relegated to the Ascenso MX. The team failed to gain promotion when they lost in penalties to Leones Negros de la U. de G. It was then that Grupo Pachuca decided to move the franchise from Zapopan, Jalisco to Zacatecas, Zacatecas, so as to not have four teams in Guadalajara. The city of Zacatecas had spent 11 years without an Ascenso team, after Real Sociedad de Zacatecas was moved to Altamira, Tamaulipas in the summer of 2003.
The club's name was chosen to be Mineros (Miners) as the city of Zacatecas owes its existence to the discovering of silver mines in the late 16th century. The state of Zacatecas is one of the top producers of gold and silver in the world.[1][2]
The Mineros were in their first season of professional soccer, taking 2nd place in the Ascenso MX, yet were left out of the semifinals by its rival Necaxa. The team demonstrated their immediate competitiveness, as in 2014, Gustavo Adrián Ramírez scored the fastest goal in league history (four seconds) against rivals Necaxa to open the season.[3]
In Clausura 2016, Mineros obtained their best achievement so far, in that tournament they reached the final of the tournament, in this series they were defeated against Necaxa by an aggregate of 0–2.[4]
In June 2020, Grupo Pachuca sold the club to local businessman Eduardo López Muñoz, this due to the intentions of the conglomerate to have less teams under its ownership.[5] With the new owner, most of the previously created structures were maintained, the new board was headed by López Muñoz, appointing Marco Iván Pérez as sports director and Omar Alexis Moreno as coach.[6]
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Stadium
The Estadio Carlos Vega Villalba has a capacity of 20,068 and is located in the city of Zacatecas. It was inaugurated in 1986 with a friendly match between the Leones Negros de la U. de G. vs. South Korea national football team.
Personnel
Management
Source: Liga MX
Coaching staff
Players
Current squad
- As of 3 August 2025[7]
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
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.
Reserve teams
- Mineros de Fresnillo F.C.
- Affiliate team that plays in the Liga Premier – Serie A, the third level of the Mexican league system.[8]
- Mineros de Zacatecas (Liga TDP)
- Reserve team that plays in the Liga TDP, the fourth level of the Mexican league system.
- Mineros Querétaro
- Reserve team that plays in the Liga TDP, the fourth level of the Mexican league system.
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Season to season
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Managers
Pablo Marini (2014–2015)
Joel Sánchez (2015–2016)- Ricardo Rayas (2016–2017)
- Efraín Flores (2017)
- Andrés Carevic (2017–2019)
- Óscar Torres (2019–2020)
- Omar Alexis Moreno (2020–2023)
Nacho Castro (2023–2024)- Mario García Covalles (2025–)
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