Murciélagos Fútbol Club is a Mexican football club that plays in the

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. The club is based in Los Mochis,

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. From its beginnings, the club had the aim to turn into a model for Mexican football.

History

Founded in 2008 and with headquarters in Sinaloa's "Region of the Évora", Murciélagos is property of Grupo Faharo. Murciélagos FC broadcast their live games every Friday Nights at 10:00 pm central time in Mexico on the most interactive page of Internet of Mexican football 2 of Sinaloa are transmitted also by television opened by the channel. On January 23, 2010 Murciélagos made history for being the first team in the world to allow its fans to vote through the Web for their starting lineup, supported by

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. The game was won by Murciélagos 1–0 to Vaqueros de Tepic of the premier league of the second division supervised by Juan Manuel Romo being the first coach that made history with this novel system and, at the same time, having the largest number of auxiliary technical personnel in the world. In the electronic football called Juan Manuel Navarro was the first player that entered to the field under this novel method replacing Sergio Mejia in the change. The club was originally based in Guamúchil,

, but relocated to Los Mochis when it was announced on June 7, 2015, that they would participate in the second division, the

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, after they bought the Irapuato franchise. After its relocation, the team remained in Ascenso MX until Torneo Clausura 2018, when it was relegated to

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due to poor sports results. After two seasons, in 2020 the team decided to pause its participation in the Liga Premier as a result of the economic crisis derived from the coronavirus epidemic, in addition to the uncertainty of the board to continue participating in the competitions organized by the Mexican Football Federation due to the reform carried out in the Ascenso MX which was transformed into

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focused on the development of footballers over the promotion of teams to

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. Unlike other clubs, Murcielagos did not clarify its future as of the 2021–22 season.

Stadium

Murciélagos FC play their home matches at the

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in Los Mochis,

. The stadium capacity is 11,134 people. Its owned by Ayuntamiento de Ahome, and its surface is covered by natural grass. The stadium was opened in early 2003.

Current squad

Season to season

Managers

* Manuel Romo (April 2009–March 10) * Manuel Flores (March 2010–July 11) * Lorenzo López (July 2011–July 12) * Rubén "Ratón" Ayala (July 2012–Nov 12) * Roberto Sandoval (Nov 2012–Feb 13) * Lorenzo López (2nd Term; Feb 2013–Sept 13) *

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(2013–14) * Roberto Castro (2014–15) * Lorenzo López (3rd Term; June 2015–16) *

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(2016) * Adolfo Garcia (2016) * Aldo Da Pozzo (2016–2017) *

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(2017) * Luis Mendoza (2017) * Óscar Gil (2017–)

References

External links

Official website
(in Spanish) {{DEFAULTSORT:Murciélagos F.C. Football clubs in Sinaloa Association football clubs established in 2008 2008 establishments in Mexico Ascenso MX teams Los Mochis