Mineros de Zacatecas
| Full name | Club Deportivo Mineros de Zacatecas | |||
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| Nickname(s) | Los Mineros (The Miners) | |||
| Short name | MIN, ZTS | |||
| Founded | May 28, 2014 | |||
| Ground | Estadio Carlos Vega Villalba Zacatecas, Zacatecas, Mexico | |||
| Capacity | 20,068 | |||
| Owner | Grupo ISLO | |||
| Chairman | Eduardo López Muñoz | |||
| Manager | Mario García Covalles | |||
| League | Liga de Expansión MX | |||
| Clausura 2025 | Regular phase: 3rd Final phase: Semifinals | |||
| Website | http://minerosfc.com/ | |||
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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.
History
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]
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
| Position | Staff |
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| Chairman | Eduardo López Muñoz |
| Vice-chairman | Eduardo López Villarreal |
| Director of football | Luis Gil |
| Director of academy | Luis Ángel Muñoz |
Source: Liga MX
Coaching staff
| Position | Staff |
|---|---|
| Manager | Mario García |
| Assistant managers | Joacim Calderón Luis Ángel Muñoz |
| Fitness coach | José Olguín |
| Physiotherapist | Israel Quesnel |
| Team doctor | Sergio Ramos |
Players
Current squad
- As of 11 January 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.
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Out on loan
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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.
Season to season
| Season | Division | Place |
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| Apertura 2014 | Ascenso MX | 2 (semifinals) |
| Clausura 2015 | Ascenso MX | 8 |
| Apertura 2015 | Ascenso MX | 4 (semifinals) |
| Clausura 2016 | Ascenso MX | 6 (Runner up) |
| Apertura 2016 | Ascenso MX | 2 (semifinals) |
| Clausura 2017 | Ascenso MX | 1 (semifinals) |
| Apertura 2017 | Ascenso MX | 6 (quarterfinals) |
| Clausura 2018 | Ascenso MX | 1 (quarterfinals) |
| Apertura 2018 | Ascenso MX | 2 (quarterfinals) |
| Clausura 2019 | Ascenso MX | 2 (semifinals) |
| Apertura 2019 | Ascenso MX | 7th (quarter-finals) |
| Clausura 2020 | Ascenso MX | 1st (Cancelled) |
| Guardianes 2020 | Liga de Expansión MX | 7th (quarter-finals) |
| Guardianes 2021 | Liga de Expansión MX | 4th (semi-finals) |
| Apertura 2021 | Liga de Expansión MX | 10th (Reclassification) |
| Clausura 2022 | Liga de Expansión MX | 5th (Reclassification) |
| Apertura 2022 | Liga de Expansión MX | 7th (quarter-finals) |
| Clausura 2023 | Liga de Expansión MX | 17th |
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–)
References
- ^ "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 14 March 2016. Retrieved 19 July 2014.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) - ^ "History of Mexico – the State of Zacatecas".
- ^ Fastest goals in association football
- ^ Hernández, Jesús (7 May 2016). "Necaxa, campeón del Ascenso MX Clausura 2016". Milenio (in Spanish). Retrieved 14 June 2019.
- ^ Pinedo, Dayana (26 June 2020). "Grupo Pachuca oficializa venta de Mineros; Eduardo López es el nuevo dueño". Zacatecas en Imagen (in Spanish). Retrieved 15 November 2020.
- ^ "Marco Iván Pérez, nuevo director Deportivo de Mineros". Ecodiario (in Spanish). 22 July 2020. Retrieved 15 November 2020.
- ^ "Mineros de Zacatecas". Liga BBVA Expansión MX (in Spanish). Retrieved 12 January 2021.
- ^ "MINEROS DE ZACATECAS ADMINISTRARÁ A FRESNILLO". Liga Premier Magazine (in Spanish). 19 July 2021. Retrieved 21 July 2021.