The Club de Fútbol Calor, commonly known as Calor, is a Mexican

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club based in

Monclova Monclova (), is a city and the seat of the surrounding municipality of the same name in the northern Mexican state of Coahuila. According to the 2015 census, the city had 231,107 inhabitants. Its metropolitan area has 381,432 inhabitants and ...

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. The club was founded in 2001, and currently plays in the

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History

The team was founded in 2001 under the name ''El Calor de San Pedro'', based on

San Pedro, Coahuila San Pedro (formally: San Pedro de las Colonias) is a city located in the southwestern part of the state of Coahuila in Mexico. San Pedro lies east-northeast of the city of Torreón and serves as the seat of the San Pedro Municipality, Coahuila, ...

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. The squad was created with the objective of training players from the Mexican-Canadian League, a local competition. In 2012, the team obtained the sub-championship of the Third Division, losing to Real Cuautitlán, however, their position allowed the team to be promoted to the

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. In August 2012 the team debuted in the Liga de Nuevos Talentos, the second level of the Mexican Second Division, the team managed to maintain the category without many problems. In July 2013 the club was moved to

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to stay in the category by not being able to meet the requirements at its original town, and its was renamed to ''Calor de Gómez Palacio'', the club had as a new field the

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. In the Torneo Clausura 2017, the team finished the competition as runner-up, after being defeated by the

Yalmakán F.C. The Yalmakán Fútbol Club, commonly known as Yalmakán, is a Mexican football club based in Chetumal. The club was founded in 2013, and currently plays in the Serie A of Liga Premier. History The club was founded in 2013. Final Apertura 2017 ...

In 2018 the team was moved to

, being its third change of venue in the history of the team, also, the team was renamed as ''Club Calor''. After the arrival of the club to its new city, the construction of a football stadium was planned. During the 2020–2021 season, the team requested a one-year hiatus to undergo a financial and sports restructuring, due to the problems caused by COVID-19 in the Mexican football sector, in addition to improving their situation to be eligible for a place in the

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. In Summer 2021 the team returned to compete, at the end of the Torneo Apertura Club Calor reached the championship final, where they were defeated by Aguacateros C.D. Uruapan. In the Apertura 2022, Club Calor won their first official championship by defeating

Alebrijes de Oaxaca Premier Alebrijes de Oaxaca UABJO, also and officially named Alebrijes de Oaxaca Fútbol Club Premier, was a Mexican football team based in the city of Oaxaca, state of Oaxaca. They played in the third tier of Mexican football league, Serie B de México ...

by 3–2 on the aggregate. In May 2023 the club was promoted to the

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after obtaining the respective license to participate in that league.

Honors

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Champions: 1 :: Apertura 2022

Players

Current squad

Reserve teams

;Calor Torreón :Reserve team 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 ...

, the fourth level of the Mexican league system.

References

External links

Association football clubs established in 2001 Football clubs in Coahuila 2001 establishments in Mexico Liga Premier de México {{Mexico-footyclub-stub