The Club Deportivo de Fútbol Zitácuaro, commonly known as Zitácuaro, is a Mexican

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club based in

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

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of the

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History

The team was formed in 1995, being registered in the

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. In its first year the team won the category championship and promotion to the Segunda División de México. In the summer of 2001 the team was champion of the Segunda División after defeating

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. Later the team got its promotion to the Primera División 'A' de México after defeating Halcones de Querétaro 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 Luis Gabriel Rey. 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 Tercera División, 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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, and 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 temporarily due to financial problems derived from the

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pandemic. In 2022 the team returned to compete.

Players

Current squad

Reserve teams

;Zitácuaro (Liga TDP) :Reserve team that plays 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 ...

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