The Deportivo CAFESSA Jalisco, commonly known as CAFESSA Jalisco, is a Mexican

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club based in

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. The club was founded in 2015, and currently plays in the

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History

Deportivo CAFESSA was founded in 2015 from a Third Division franchise called Cazcanes de Ameca, during its first season it kept the original name. In 2016 it took its current name. During its first two seasons, the team stayed in

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having as its ground the Núcleo Deportivo y de Espectáculos Ameca. In 2017 an agreement was reached with the municipality of

Tlajomulco de Zúñiga Tlajomulco de Zúñiga is a city and municipality in the state of Jalisco in central-western Mexico. It forms part of the Guadalajara metropolitan area, lying to the southeast of it. It covers an area of 636.93 km2. it had a population of ...

to move the team to that city. Before starting the 2017-18 season, it was announced that Deportivo CAFESSA acquired an expansion franchise in

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, the fourth professional category in Mexican soccer, at the same time, a reserve team was created to compete in the third division. From 2019-20 season, Deportivo CAFESSA created a new team which was moved to

Estadio Jalisco The Jalisco Stadium is a football stadium located in Guadalajara, Mexico. It is the third largest Mexican football stadium behind Estadio Azteca and Estadio Olímpico Universitario. The facility is located in the city of Guadalajara, Jalisco, 4 ...

and plays in Liga Premier –

. The team was able to move from the stadium, after signing an agreement with the

Club Jalisco Club Social y Deportivo Jalisco, A.C. is a Mexican Association football, football team. The team was founded on 1970 and returned on 2015. History In 1970 a group of sugar businessmen acquired C.D. Oro and renamed it as Club Jalisco. The team ...

, for this agreement, the club was renamed as Deportivo CAFESSA Jalisco. However, the club maintained Serie B (until 2020) and Liga TDP teams with the name CAFESSA Tlajomulco.

Players

Current squad

Reserve teams

;

Deportivo CAFESSA Tlajomulco The Deportivo CAFESSA, commonly known as CAFESSA or CAFESSA Tlajomulco, is a Mexican football club based in Guadalajara. The club was founded in 2015, and currently plays in the Liga TDP. Previously, the club maintained another Liga TDP team a ...

:Reserve team that plays in the

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, the fourth level of the Mexican league system.

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