The Club Deportivo de Fútbol Zitácuaro, commonly known as Zitácuaro, is a Mexican football club based in

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. The club was founded in 1995, and currently plays in the

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History

The team was formed in 1995, being registered in the Third Division. In its first year the team won the category championship and promotion to the

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. In the summer of 2001 the team was champion of the Second Division after defeating

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. Later the team got its promotion to

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after defeating

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in a promotion play-off. During that time the team was known as Potros Zitácuaro and was owned by Grupo Pegaso, making it a reserve team for

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so it had players like Federico Vilar and

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. In 2002 the team was moved to

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and renamed Potros DF, this due to administrative issues of the club's owner group. Later the team was revived in the Third Division, in 2013 the team got its promotion to Liga de Nuevos Talentos. In 2015 this team disappeared due to poor sports results. In 2017 the team returned to compete in

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, but was renamed Atlético Zitácuaro. However, the team only participated in the 2017–18 season. In 2019 the team competed again, but from that year it took the name Club Deportivo de Fútbol Zitácuaro, in 2021 the team paused its participation due to financial problems derived from COVID-19. In 2022 the team returned to compete.

Players

Current squad

Reserve teams

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in the fourth level of the Mexican league system.

References

External links

Association football clubs established in 1995 Football clubs in Michoacán 1995 establishments in Mexico Liga Premier de México {{Mexico-footyclub-stub