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Tepatitlán Fútbol Club, also known as Alteños de Tepatitlán, is a Mexican professional
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club based in
Tepatitlán Tepatitlán de Morelos is a city and municipality founded in 1530, in the central Mexican state of Jalisco. It is located in the area known as Los Altos de Jalisco (the 'Highlands of Jalisco'), about 70 km east of state capital Guadalajara ...
,
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. It plays in
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, the second level division of Mexican football. The club was founded in 1944 as Club Deportivo Tepatitlán, then changed to its current name in 2020.


History


The people's team

Its beginnings were after a selection for Regional Tournament with the aim of reaching if they were victorious to the state championship. The Mission was appointed to Fausto Prieto, this team was called The People's Team. Some names of players that appear in the years of 1944–1946 are: Luis Veles, Miguel Escoto "El Mugres", Andrés González "The different", Max Prieto, Goyo Franco,
Gregorio Gómez Gregorio Gómez Álvarez (14 February 1927 – 24 March 2015), better known as ''El Tepa Gómez'', was a Mexican soccer player who played in the position of lateral defense right and later as central. He played for the C.D. Guadalajara, Atlas ...
, Enrique Estrada, Roberto Estrada "El Rocha" , Elio Vázquez, Eleuterio Silva, "Tello Silva the face of a cock", Arnulfo de la Torre "El Casarín" and Rafael Martínez "El Piwe".


Championship Promotion Final 2017–18

On 19 May 2018, Tepatitlán was proclaimed champion of the 2017–18 season of
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after defeating
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by penalty shootout in the promotion final. However, they were not promoted to
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and were forced to remain in Serie A after the
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ruled the club did not meet the necessary requirements. ## ''"We were 20 seconds away from being sad ... but we touched the back of the medal. And now only plan well what will be the next tournament and work as we have been doing with great enthusiasm to do something important and hopefully gave us a next championship to have the direct promotion,"'' said Enrique López Zarza, a Reporter of the Premier League.


New era

On 15 June 2020, the team was renamed as Tepatitlán F.C. and adopted the nickname ''Alteños'', with the aim of representing the entire region,
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. in addition to a possible integration in the
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. On July 17, Tepatitlán F.C. was accepted at Liga de Expansión as an expansion team. On 19 August 2020 the team debuted in the new category, Tepatitlán drew with
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2–2. Mauricio López scored the club's first goal in the Liga de Expansión.


2021 Guardians Clausura Tournament Champion

For the Clausura 2021 tournament, the Alteña squad performed a regular tournament in which they finished in 6th. place of the general, already for the league he faced
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,
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and
Mineros de Zacatecas Club Deportivo Mineros de Zacatecas, simply known as Mineros de Zacatecas, is a Mexican professional football club based in Zacatecas, that competes in Liga de Expansión MX, the second level division of Mexican football. Founded in 2014, after ...
. On May 15, 2021, the team was proclaimed champion of the
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. Los Alteños won the title after drawing 2-2 as visitors against
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, the club claimed their 1–0 victory in the first leg and thus won the championship.


Champion of Champions 2020–21

A week later, on May 22, the team won its ''second title by winning the 2020–21 Champion of Champions of the
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'' after defeating
Tampico Madero Club Jaiba Brava, formerly known as Tampico Madero, is a Mexican professional association football, football club based in Tampico and Ciudad Madero, Tamaulipas, that plays in Liga de Expansión MX, the second level division of Mexican football ...
in a series of penalties. The Alteños tied at two goals on aggregate after winning 2–0 at home and leveling the series, finally, in the series from eleven steps, the club won 5–3.


Instability and owners change

During 2023 and 2024, the club's board began to question the continuity of Tepatitlán F.C. due to financial problems derived from off-field situations and the constant changes in the team's roster as a result of the age limitations of the Liga de Expansión players. In May 2024, the Tepatitlán board received an offer to purchase the franchise from the owners of C.D.S. Tampico Madero, a team that was active in the Liga Premier and sought to ensure its return to the second tier in any way, a purchase agreement was reached, so the team was ready to change its name and location. On July 12, 2024, Tampico Madero was promoted to Liga de Expansión by invitation, however, the Tepatitlán franchise was purchased by the owners of
Racing de Veracruz Racing de Veracruz is a Mexican professional football team based in Boca del Río, Veracruz that plays in the Liga Premier de México – Serie A. History On 5 December 2019, the Veracruz metro area was left without representation in Mexican foo ...
, a team that plays in the Liga Premier – Serie A. With the purchase, the new owners of Tepatitlán planned to move the team to
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for the 2025–26 season. However, in February 2025, the board announced that the team would remain in Tepatitlán due to the limited chances of receiving the Liga de Expansión approval for the team's relocation to Veracruz. On the other hand, due to the operational instability of Tepatitlán F.C. and with the aim of ensuring the continuity of professional football in the city, a group of local businessmen bought the club Acatlán F.C. from Zapotlanejo, a team that plays in the Liga Premier – Serie A. The owners of Acatlán attempted to move the team to Tepatitlán, however, the management of Tepatitlán F.C. did not grant permission to do so. Finally, in October 2024 Acatlán was established in Arandas, Jalisco, after receiving support from the city council, so the project to create an alternative team for Tepatitlán was abandoned. In June 2025, Racing Sports Holding sold the team to businessman Gustavo García, owner of a motorsports company, thereby ending the existing alliance between Tepatitlán F.C. and Racing de Veracruz, in addition to ending the option of relocating the team to that city.


Players


Current squad


Personnel


Coaching staff


Reserve teams


Tepatitlán F.C. "B" (Liga TDP)

Reserve team that plays in the
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, the fourth level of the Mexican league system.


The Classic Alteño

In this division there is a great rivalry with the rival of the city the Club and the C.D. Aves Blancas, so it has become a classic; "The Classic Alteño" is the name given to the football matches that face each other, the two most representative teams from the city of Tepatitlán de Morelos, Jalisco, the Tepatitlán and the Aves Blancas. The sporting rivalry of both clubs is manifested through the numerous confrontations that throughout history, both in corresponding official matches of the Third Division; for several years it was the highest category for the city, hence a rivalry against the town's team was generated; in addition to state tournaments and local league.


Alteños Acatic F.C.

Reserve team that plays in the
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, the fourth level of the Mexican league system.


Honours


National


References


External links

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