Fuertes de Fortín Fútbol Club was a football club that played in the

Liga TDP Liga TDP is a professional association football league in Mexico and the fourth level of the Mexican football league system. Formerly known as Tercera División de México (1967–2017). It has 223 participating clubs, divided into 17 regional gro ...

. It was based in the town of

Fortín de las Flores Fortín de las Flores is a city in the Mexican state of Veracruz. Fortín de las Flores is the municipal seat of Fortín municipality, which borders the municipalities of Córdoba, Naranjal and Ixtaczoquitlán. It stands on Federal Highways 190 ...

, Mexico.

History

The team was founded in August 2019 to return professional football to the town after more than 20 years without having a representative club of the town. For regulatory reasons, during the first season the club competed under the name Club Santos Córdoba, a franchise whose registration was used for the birth of the Fuertes. In 2020 the club got its own registration in the

Mexican Football Federation The Mexican Football Federation (), abbreviated as FMF is the official governing body of football in Mexico. It administers the men's and women's national teams with all its youth teams, the national teams of futsal and beach soccer, Liga MX wit ...

, so it was officially able to compete under the real name of the team. The club finished in second place in their group and therefore entered the promotion phase. In the promotion phase, the club eliminated the teams Lechuzas UPGCH, Halcones Negros,

Faraones de Texcoco Faraones de Texcoco is a Mexican football club that plays in the Liga Premier – Serie A. The club is based in Texcoco, State of Mexico. History The club was founded in August 2017 with the goal of having a team that represents Texcoco. Previo ...

to reach the Zone Semifinals against Aragón F.C., on June 19, 2021, the team achieved their promotion to the

Liga Premier de México Liga Premier is a professional association football league in Mexico and the third level of the Mexican football league system. Formerly known as Segunda División de México (1950–2017). It has 52 participating clubs, divided into two division ...

after defeating the capital's team in the penalty shootout by 4–5, after drawing 2–2 on the aggregate scoreboard. On June 26, 2021, the team won the South Zone championship after defeat

Toluca Toluca , officially Toluca de Lerdo , is the States of Mexico, state capital of the State of Mexico as well as the seat of the Municipality of Toluca. Toluca has a population of 910,608 as of the 2020 census. The city forms the core of the Grea ...

by 2–3 in the aggregate. Following this result, the team secured a place in the

Serie A de México The Serie A has 38 teams (5 Liga de Expansión MX Reserve Teams and 33 Serie A Teams) divided into three groups. For the 2024–25 season, it will be a return of a short tournament format (Apertura & Clausura) consisting of 11 group matches and 3 ...

. On July 3, 2021, the team won the national championship of the Liga TDP by defeating Club RC–1128 by 6–5 in the

penalty shootout The penalty shootout is a method of determining a winner in sports matches that would have otherwise been drawn or tied. The rules for penalty shootouts vary between sports and even different competitions; however, the usual form is similar to pe ...

, this after drawing at zero goals during the regular period of the match, the game was held at the

Estadio Azteca Estadio Azteca () (officially known as Estadio Banorte for sponsorship reasons) is a football stadium located in Coyoacán, Mexico City. It is the official home of football team Club América, as well as the Mexico national team. The stadium ...

in Mexico City. In July 2021 the team was sold to businessmen from

Orizaba Orizaba (, Otomi: ) is a city and municipality in the Mexican state of Veracruz. It is located 20 km west of its sister city Córdoba, and is adjacent to Río Blanco and Ixtaczoquitlán, on Federal Highways 180 and 190. The city had a ...

, who relocated it to their city and was renamed

Montañeses F.C. Montañeses Fútbol Club is a football club that plays in the Liga Premier de México – Serie A. It is based in Orizaba, Mexico. History On June 26, 2021, Fuertes de Fortín F.C., team from Fortín de las Flores, won promotion from the Liga TD ...

After that, Fuertes de Fortín was dissolved since it was not registered in the new season of the Liga TDP.

Stadium

Fuertes de Fortín played their home games at the Unidad Deportiva Eliezer Morales, a sports complex located in Fortín de las Flores, Veracruz. The soccer field has a capacity to host 2,000 fans.

Honors

Tercera División de México Liga TDP is a professional association football league in Mexico and the fourth level of the Mexican football league system. Formerly known as Tercera División de México (1967–2017). It has 223 participating clubs, divided into 17 regional gro ...

(1): 2020–2021

References

External links

*
Liga MX Official Profile
Football clubs in Veracruz 2019 establishments in Mexico Association football clubs established in 2019 {{Mexico-footyclub-stub