Club Halcones de Zapopan, formerly ''Club Deportivo Zap'', is a Mexican professional football team based in

Zapotlanejo Zapotlanejo is a town and municipality in the Mexican state of Jalisco. According to the 2020 census, there were 63,634 inhabitants in the municipality. The municipality has a territorial extension of 643.02 km2. Toponymy Zapotlanejo is a ...

Jalisco Jalisco (, , ; Nahuatl: Xalixco), officially the Free and Sovereign State of Jalisco ( es, Estado Libre y Soberano de Jalisco ; Nahuatl: Tlahtohcayotl Xalixco), is one of the 31 states which, along with Mexico City, comprise the 32 Federal En ...

, Mexico which originally played in the

Liga de Balompié Mexicano Liga de Balompié Mexicano is one of the professional football leagues in Mexico. It is the first division of the league system of the National Association of Mexican Football (ANBM in Spanish). The league is an alternate to Liga MX, which is ...

, and in July 2021 was affiliated into

Liga Premier de México The Liga Premier is the third tier of Association football, football in Mexico within the Mexican football league system that governs Serie A de México, Serie A and Serie B de México, Serie B leagues/group competitions. They compete from the fa ...

–

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History

In May 2020 the team began its registration to be part of the inaugural season of the Liga de Balompié Mexicano. On June 12 their incorporation into the new league was made official, in addition to announcing the Tres de Marzo Stadium as their stadium. On June 20, Jorge Hernández González was announced as the first team's manager. On July 18, Jesús Roberto Chávez was presented as the first player in the club's history. On December 30, 2020, the team withdrew from the season due to financial problems, planning to come back next season as long as the league had adjustments in its structure and had greater stability, however, on January 12, 2021 the team left the LBM due to lack of compliance with the league board and announced their goal of seeking to join another competition. On June 1, 2021, the club announced changes in its structure, the team was renamed Club Deportivo Zap and was relocated to

, 45 km from its original location, this with the aim of obtaining its affiliation to the Liga Premier de México, affiliated with the

Mexican Football Federation The Mexican Football Federation (; abbreviated as Femexfut or FMF) is the governing body of association football in Mexico. It adm the Mexico national team, the Liga MX and all affiliated amateur sectors, and controls promoting, organizing, direc ...

. On July 30, 2021, the team was confirmed as a member of the

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 ...

, being placed in Group 2. On May 25, 2022, the club returned to its original name, Halcones de Zapopan.

Stadium

The Estadio Miguel Hidalgo, is situated in

, a neighboring municipality of the

Guadalajara metropolitan area The Guadalajara metropolitan area (officially, in es, Zona Metropolitana de Guadalajara) is the most populous metropolitan area of the Mexican state of Jalisco and the third largest in the country after Greater Mexico City and Monterrey. It incl ...

. The stadium has a capacity of 1,700. In its history it has hosted matches of Primera División "A",

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and Third Division. Between 2006 and 2008 it was the field of

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, an Atlas F.C. reserves team that played in the Primera División "A".

Players

First-team squad

Reserve teams

;Halcones de Zapopan : 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

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