Dorados de Sinaloa
| Full name | Club Deportivo Dorados de Sinaloa[1] | ||
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| Nickname(s) | Dorados (The Dorados) El Gran Pez (The Great Fish)[2] El Aurinegro (The Black Aurine) | ||
| Short name | DOR | ||
| Founded | August 9, 2003 | ||
| Ground | Estadio Dorados Culiacán, Sinaloa, Mexico | ||
| Capacity | 20,108 | ||
| Owner | Grupo Caliente | ||
| Chairman | José Antonio Núñez | ||
| Manager | Cirilo Saucedo | ||
| League | Liga de Expansión MX | ||
| Clausura 2025 | Regular phase: 13th Final phase: Did not qualify | ||
| Website | www | ||
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Club Deportivo Dorados de Sinaloa, simply known as Dorados, is a Mexican professional football club based in Culiacán, Sinaloa. It plays in the Liga de Expansión MX, the second level division of Mexican football.
History
Dorados de Sinaloa was founded on August 9, 2003.[3] The Dorados was the youngest team to play on the Primera División de México, having joined the division for the first time for the Apertura 2004 tournament when the club was only one year old. The Dorados currently play in the Liga de Expansión MX, the second tier of the Mexican league.[4]
First promotion and relegation
On December 20, 2003, the Dorados won their first title in the Apertura 2003 tournament of the Primera División 'A' de México. Guadalupe Castañeda scored the goal, beating the Cobras de Ciudad Juárez. They finished as runners-up in the Apertura 2004, and won the play-off promotion beating León with a goal from Roberto Domínguez and winning the promotion to the Primera División de México just one year after the club was founded. The club was relegated to the Apertura in a 2006 tournament after playing for just two years in the top tier.
Return to Primera División
On July 27, 2015, the Dorados played their first game in the Primera División after 8 seasons in the Liga de Ascenso de México. The game was celebrated in the Banorte Stadium against Jaguares de Chiapas, with a 0–0 final score. Their first 3 points came in the second game of the season on July 31, against Xoloitzcuintles de Tijuana in the Caliente Stadium. Dayro Moreno scored for the North Californian team, but Mauricio Martín Romero scored the first goal of the Dorados in the 2015–16 Liga MX season. The Dorados played and won their first game in the Primera División in 9 years, 1–2. The previous game being on April 22, 2006, when the Dorados beat Jaguares de Chiapas 4–2, with goals from Andrés Orozco, Cristian Patiño, and Pep Guardiola.
Second relegation
On April 16, 2016, after losing 5–2 to Tigres UANL, the Dorados were demoted after just one season in the Primera División de México, finishing in last place in the relegation table of 2015–16 Liga MX season marking the second time the club was relegated to the Ascenso MX. There are currently no plans for the Dorados to be promoted to the Primera División a third time.
Rivalry with Club León
When the Dorados de Sinaloa arrived at Primera División A in 2003, a rivalry was born. When the franchise was first created in 2003, Dorados became champions in their first tournament, becoming the first team to ever accomplish this feat in Primera A. In their second tournament, Dorados made it to the final once again, falling to Club León. Despite losing this final, Dorados and León played the promotion game to Primera División de México where Dorados were victorious. Dorados and Leon have played a total of four finals, with each team winning two.
Since the relegation of Dorados to the Ascenso MX, the two sides have not played in a league match.
Honours
National
| Type | Competition | Titles | Winning editions | Runners-up |
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Top division |
Copa MX | 1 | Apertura 2012 | – |
| Promotion division | Primera División A/Ascenso MX | 4s | Apertura 2003, Clausura 2007, Clausura 2015, Apertura 2016 | Clausura 2004, Apertura 2007, Clausura 2008, Apertura 2012, Apertura 2018, Clausura 2019 |
| Campeón de Ascenso | 2s | 2004, 2015 | 2007, 2017 |
- Notes
- record
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Personnel
Management
| Position | Staff |
|---|---|
| Chairman | José Antonio Núñez |
| Director of football | Juan Pablo Santiago |
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Coaching staff
| Position | Staff |
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| Manager | Cirilo Saucedo |
| Assistant manager | Carlos Pinto |
| Goalkeeper coach | Daniel Zamora |
| Fitness coach | Jorge Hernández |
| Physiotherapist | Juan García |
| Team doctor | Hernando Casillas |
Players
First-team squad
- As of 11 January 2025[5]
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
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Reserve teams
- Dorados de Sinaloa (Liga TDP)
- Reserve team that plays in the Liga TDP, the fourth level of the Mexican league system.
Notable players
- Carlos Casartelli
- César Gradito
- Diego Latorre
- Pablo Gabriel Torres
- Milton Caraglio
- Gaspar Servio
- Gabriel Hachen
- Flavio Rogerio
- Iarley
- Lucas Silva
- David Henriquez
- Andrés Orozco
- Yimmi Chara
- Óscar Rojas
- Jefferson Montero
- Vinicio Angulo
- Segundo Castillo
- Walter Ayovi
- Miguel Becerra
- Everaldo Begines
- Jared Borgetti
- Omar Briceño
- Guadalupe Castañeda
- Jorge Iván Estrada
- Hugo García
- Carlos Alberto Hurtado
- Héctor López
- David Mendoza
- Aurelio Molina
- Luis Padilla
- Mario Padilla
- Christian Patiño
- Carlos Pinto
- Aldo Polo
- Sergio Quiróz
- Lorenzo Ramírez
- Jaime Ruiz
- Diego Mejia
- Alfredo Frausto
- Mario Osuna
- Javier Güemez
- Joel Sánchez
- Cirilo Saucedo
- Christian Valdéz
- Cuauhtémoc Blanco
- Fernando Arce
- Elio Castro
- Raúl Enríquez
- Moisés Velasco
- Roberto Nurse
- Pep Guardiola
- Joe Corona
- Sebastián Abreu
- Héctor Giménez
- Nelson Maz
- Jonathan Lacerda
Coaches
- Juan Carlos Chávez (2003–2004)
- Alexandre Guimarães (2004)
- José Luis Real (2004–2005)
- Carlos Bracamontes (2005)
- Juanma Lillo (2005–2006)
- Jose Luis Saldivar (2006)
- Jacques Passy (2006)
- Hugo Fernández (2006–2008)
- Jorge Almiron (2008–2009)
- Ricardo Rayas (2009–2011)
- Francisco Palacios (Interim) (2011)
- Robert Dante Siboldi (2012)
- Francisco Ramirez (2012–2014)
- Diego Torres (2014)
- Eduardo Fentanes (Interim) (2014)
- Carlos Bustos (2015)
- Omar Briceño (Interim) (2015)
- Luis Fernando Suarez (2015–2016)
- José Guadalupe Cruz (2016)
- Gabriel Caballero (2016–2017)
- Diego Ramirez (2017–2018)
- Francisco Ramírez (2018)
- Diego Maradona (2018–2019)
- José Guadalupe Cruz (2019)
- David Patiño (2020)
- Rafael García (2021–2024)
- Sebastián Abreu (2024–)
References
- ^ "Comunicado Oficial".
- ^ "Dorados de Sinaloa: Vinicio Angulo se olvida del Gran Pez y refuerza a club de Ecuador".
- ^ "Historia Dorados". Dorados official website. Retrieved 19 November 2020.
- ^ es:Dorados de Sinaloa
- ^ "Dorados de Sinaloa". Liga BBVA Expansión MX (in Spanish). Retrieved 12 January 2021.