Club de Fútbol Potros de la Universidad Autónoma del Estado de México was a Mexican football team. They were nicknamed Potros (Broncos). Their uniform color was white and green, wearing a white and green vertical stripe shirt for their home games. The club was founded in 1970 when the Autonomous University of the State of Mexico register its football squad in to the

Tercera División de México 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 ...

under the name of Moscos de la UAEM. The club played in the Ascenso MX between 2016 and 2019. In December 2019, the team dissolved their Ascenso MX squad and only maintained 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 ...

team until the end of the season, after this, the second squad was dissolved.

History

Potros de la Universidad Autónoma del Estado de México' was a Mexican football team. They are nicknamed Los Potros (Colts). The club has played on and off in the

since 1970 when they were known as Moscos de la UAEM. In 1975 under the management of Javier Zea the club is promoted to the Segunda División Profesional. The club would disappear a couple of years later due to lack of fan support having

Deportivo Toluca F.C. Deportivo Toluca Fútbol Club S.A. de C.V. (), commonly known as Club Deportivo Toluca, is a Mexican football club, playing in the Primera División de México, the top-flight of Mexican football. Toluca's stadium, Estadio Nemesio Díez Riega ...

in the same city. The club made its return in 1990, Rector M. en C. Efrén Rojas Dávila were important people in having the club playing once again professional university level football joying the IX Juegos Deportivos Selectivos Universitarios. That first squad was made up of students attending the university. In 1999 the club earned promotion from the

to the Segunda División Profesional where they have been playing ever since. On May 15, 2016, the Colts would again have the opportunity to achieve promotion to the Ascenso MX on their second attempt against Tampico Madero, after the first leg in Alberto " Chivo " Cordova, the Colts went 1-0 at home as favorable for Tamaulipas in the second leg but they conclude by achieve 0-0 tie and move up in the Ascenso MX however both teams were promoted for the 2016–17 season by Tampico Madero will play as an expansion team and Estado de Mexico will play as a promotion team. On 7 December 2019, the team announced they would no longer be able to compete in Ascenso MX citing their financial inability to operate in the division. This was initially considered the end of the club, however, the board kept the reserve team competing in the

, this squad became the main team of the franchise, they competed until the end of the season.

Stadium

Potros UAEM play their home matches at the

Estadio Universitario Alberto "Chivo" Córdoba Estadio Universitario Alberto "Chivo" Córdoba is a multi-use stadium in Toluca, Mexico, on the campus of the Universidad Autónoma del Estado de México. The stadium seats 32,000 and is used mostly for association football, football matches. Hi ...

Toluca Toluca , officially Toluca de Lerdo , is the state capital of the State of Mexico as well as the seat of the Municipality of Toluca. With a population of 910,608 as of the 2020 census, Toluca is the fifth most populous city in Mexico. The city f ...

, State of Mexico. The stadium capacity is 32,603 people. Its owned by

UAEM The Universidad Autónoma del Estado de México (UAEM) (Autonomous University of Mexico State) is a public university in the State of Mexico, Mexico. It is the largest university institution in the state with over 84,500 students, with its centr ...

, and its surface is covered by natural grass. The stadium was opened in 1964.

Jerseys

;First kit evolution

Players

Current squad

Managers

* Omar Ramírez (2013–2017) *

Héctor Hugo Eugui Héctor Hugo Eugui Simoncelli (born 18 February 1947) is a Uruguayan football manager and former player. A forward, was a notably player with Deportivo Toluca. Club career Born in Mercedes, Eugui began playing football with Bristol de Merc ...

(2017–2018) * David Rangel (2018–2019)

Honours

* Segunda División de México Liga Premier de Ascenso: 2 ::Apertura 2014 ::Apertura 2015 *

: 1 ::1975 *Campeonas Estatales: 1 ::2007

Footnotes

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