Tlaxcala F.C.
| Full name | Tlaxcala Fútbol Club | ||
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| Nickname(s) | Coyotes | ||
| Short name | TLX | ||
| Founded | September 5, 2014 | ||
| Ground | Estadio Tlahuicole | ||
| Capacity | 15,600[1] | ||
| Owner | Grupo Providencia | ||
| Chairman | Rafael Torre Mendoza | ||
| Manager | Marco Fabián Vázquez | ||
| League | Liga de Expansión MX | ||
| Clausura 2025 | Regular phase: 12th Final phase: Did not qualify | ||
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Tlaxcala Fútbol Club, also known as Coyotes de Tlaxcala, is a Mexican professional football club based in Tlaxcala. The club was founded in 2014, and currently plays in the Liga de Expansión MX, the second level division of Mexican football. Tlaxcala won automatic promotion to Ascenso MX in the 2016–17 season, but their promotion was put on hold until the 2018–19 season as their stadium failed to meet league requirements.[2] However, in 2020 the club was invited to the Liga de Expansión, the new second-level league and thus promoted category.
History
The team was founded on 5 September 2014, after the merger of the Club Águilas Reales de Zacatecas and the Tercera División team of C.F. Pachuca, the Zacatecan team gave up their rights to participate in the Segunda División while Pachuca contributed the sports part of the organization.[3] Previously in Summer 2014, Tlaxcala City had been left without football due to the move of Linces de Tlaxcala to Acapulco, where the team was renamed as Internacional de Acapulco, while Águilas Reales de Zacatecas became a secondary team due to the arrival of Mineros de Zacatecas, a team that shared ownership with Tlaxcala F.C. until 2020.
Tlaxcala won automatic promotion to Ascenso MX after winning the two season tournaments against Irapuato during the 2016–17 season, but their promotion was put on hold until before the 2018–19 season as their stadium failed to meet league requirements. They played in Serie B for 2017–18 season so they can met requirements to play in Ascenso MX but their spot was revoked after the stadium was not completed at the deadline to meet the requirements, so they moved to Serie A for 2018–19 season. In 2018–19 season, the team played as local at Unidad Deportiva Próspero Cahuantzi at Chiautempan, for 2019–20, they moved to the Unidad Deportiva José Brindis in Nanacamilpa awaiting the end of the construction works of the Estadio Tlahuicole.
In July 2020, Tlaxcala F.C. was invited to the new Liga de Expansión MX, which became the second category of Mexican football instead of the Ascenso MX, with this the team occupied its place in the division after three years of having achieved sports promotion.[4] On 19 August 2020, the club debuted in the Liga de Expansión, defeating Mineros de Zacatecas 1–2.[5] On 2 September, Tlaxcala received Celaya F.C. in its first home game, which had to be played in Nanacamilpa because the Tlahuicole Stadium was not yet ready to host professional football matches,[6] finally, on 15 September, Tlaxcala was able to return to its stadium in the match against Leones Negros UdeG, which was won by the Guadalajara team.
Personnel
Coaching staff
| Position | Staff |
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| Manager | Marco Fabián Vázquez |
| Assistant managers | Vacant Sergio Pérez |
| Fitness coach | Vacant |
| Physiotherapist | José Rodríguez |
| Team doctor | Nery Luna |
Players
Current squad
- As of 10 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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Managers
- Pablo Sabater (2014–2015)
- Silvio Rudman (2016–2018)
- Miguel Gómez (2018)
- Isidro Sánchez (2018–2019)
- Lorenzo Sáez (2019–2020)
- Irving Rubirosa (2020–2021)
- Silvio Rudman (2021)
- Juan Antonio Torres (2021–2022)
- Jorge Villalpando (2022–2023)
- Javier Contreras (2023)
- Paco Ramírez (2024)
- Luis Orozco (2025)
- Marco Fabián Vázquez (2025–)
Badge
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2016–2019
Honours
National
| Type | Competition | Titles | Winning editions | Runners-up |
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| Promotion division | Segunda División | 2 | Apertura 2016, Clausura 2017 | Apertura 2015 |
| Campeón de Campeones de la Segunda División | 1 | 2017 | – |
References
- ^ "Cumple el Tlahuicole, con aforo para Liga de Expansión".
- ^ "Equipo - Tlaxcala F.C." Segunda División de México. Archived from the original on 24 August 2015. Retrieved 27 February 2016.
- ^ "¿Cómo llegó Coyotes de Tlaxcala al Ascenso? Estadio, plantilla e historia". Goal (in Spanish). 19 August 2020. Retrieved 28 February 2021.
- ^ "Comunicado de la LIGA MX sobre la LIGA de Expansión". Liga BBVA MX (in Spanish). 17 July 2020. Retrieved 28 February 2021.
- ^ "Coyotes venció a Mineros, a quien trolleó por preguntar '¿dónde está Tlaxcala?'". mediotiempo.com (in Spanish). 19 August 2020. Retrieved 28 February 2021.
- ^ "Liga de Expansión: Afición de Tlaxcala observa juego vs Celaya sin medidas sanitarias". RÉCORD (in Spanish). 2 September 2020. Retrieved 28 February 2021.
- ^ "Tlaxcala F.C." Liga BBVA Expansión MX. Retrieved 12 January 2021.