Catedráticos Elite Fútbol Club is a football club that plays in the

Liga TDP The Liga TDP is Mexico's fourth tier in the Mexican League System. The Liga TDP is divided into 17 groups. For the 2009/2010 season, the format of the tournament has been reorganized to a home and away format, which all teams will play in their ...

. It is based in the town of

Etzatlán Etzatlán is a town and municipality, in Jalisco in central-western Mexico. The municipality covers an area of 306.27 km2. As of 2005, the municipality had a total population of 17,564. It is home to the world’s largest crochet canopy ...

, Mexico.

History

The team was founded in 2018 participating in the

under the name Real Victoria Carmen and based in

Tlaquepaque Tlaquepaque (), officially San Pedro Tlaquepaque, is a city and the surrounding municipality in the Mexican state of Jalisco. Geography During the 20th century, it was absorbed by the outward spread of the state capital, and is now a fully in ...

. In 2019 the team was relocated to

, Jalisco, a municipality located 90 kilometers from its original location. In the 2020–21 season the team reached the promotion stage of the

for the first time, however it was eliminated in the round of 16 in its region by the Club RC–1128. In July 2021 the team signed an alliance with Club RC-1128, to participate in the

Liga Premier de México The Liga Premier is the third tier of football in Mexico within the Mexican football league system that governs Serie A and Serie B leagues/group competitions. They compete from the fall to spring each season, promotion and relegation between eac ...

, finally, on July 30 the incorporation of the team to this league was announced taking part in Group 1 of

Serie A de México The Serie A has 33 teams (1 Liga MX Reserve Team, 3 Liga de Expansión MX Reserve Teams and 29 Serie A Teams) divided into two groups. For the 2022–23 season, it will be a return of two short tournaments consisting of 10 total matches played hom ...

, Due to entry into a higher league, the team was relocated to

Ameca, Jalisco Ameca ( nah, Amecatl "string of water") is a city and municipality, in Jalisco in central-western Mexico. The municipality covers an area of 685.73 km². The city is bisected by the Ameca River which drains to the Pacific Ocean near Puer ...

. On January 27, 2023 the main team was relocated from

Salamanca, Guanajuato Salamanca ( Otomi: ''Xidoo'' "Place of Tepetate") is a city in the Mexican state of Guanajuato. Founded January 1, 1603 as 'Villa de Salamanca' by the Viceroy Gaspar de Zuniga and Acevedo, fifth Earl of Monterrey, who was originally from Salam ...

. The relocation of the club occurred after a merger with

Petroleros de Salamanca Salamanca F.C. is a Mexican football club based in Salamanca, Guanajuato, México which is playing in the Tercera División de México. History The club was founded in the 1950s and soon after, in 1958, the club joined the Segunda División de ...

, because the local oil sector was interested in having a professional team in the city, for this reason the team was unofficially called ''Catedráticos Petroleros''. Finally, on June 30, 2023, the team officially recovered the name Petroleros de Salamanca, however, due to administrative issues the team was officially renamed as Petroleros de Salamanca Catedráticos F.C. After the change to Petroleros de Salamanca, Catedráticos Elite remained through the Liga TDP franchise, which became the main squad for Catedráticos Elite, although as a Petroleros reserves team.

Players

First-team squad

Managers

* Enrique Arce (2018–2019) * Jorge Humberto Torres (2019–2022) * Juan Carlos Ascensio (2022–2023) * Juan Manuel Camacho Piña (2023–)

References

Football clubs in Jalisco 2018 establishments in Mexico Association football clubs established in 2018 {{Mexico-sport-team-stub