Club Gorilas de Juanacatlán is a football club that plays in 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 ...

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. It is based in the city of

Juanacatlán Juanacatlán () is a town and ''municipio'' (municipality) in the central region of the Mexican state of Jalisco. Origin of name Juanacatlán gets its name from the Nahuatl word "Xonacatlan", which means ''place abundant in onions'' or ''onion p ...

History

The team was founded in 2016 with the aim of training professional players from neighboring towns: El Salto and

Jalisco Jalisco, officially the Free and Sovereign State of Jalisco, is one of the 31 states which, along with Mexico City, comprise the 32 Political divisions of Mexico, Federal Entities of Mexico. It is located in western Mexico and is bordered by s ...

. In the 2018–19 season, the team finished in third position of group X with 81 points. So Gorilas managed to qualify for the promotion playoff. On the Round of 32 Gorilas defeated Valle F.C. by 9–1 on the aggregate, however, in the Round of 16 the Juanacatlán team was eliminated by Orgullo Surtam on penalty series after drawing 2–2 in the aggregate. On May 25, 2025, the team was promoted to the

after defeating Deportivo Zamora F.C. in the regional semi–finals. The team had finished the regular season in first place in its group and had previously eliminated H2O Purépechas, Deportivo Etchojoa and Irritilas F.C.

References

{{Liga Premier de México (Serie B) teamlist Football clubs in Jalisco Association football clubs established in 2016 2016 establishments in Mexico