Mazatlán Futbol Club is a Mexican professional

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club based in

Mazatlán Mazatlán () is a city in the Mexican list of states of Mexico, state of Sinaloa. The city serves as the municipal seat for the surrounding , known as the Mazatlán Municipality. It is located on the Pacific Ocean, Pacific coast across from th ...

, Sinaloa, that competes in

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, the top division of Mexican football. The club was established in June 2020 after Monarcas Morelia was moved to Mazatlán.

History

In 2017, the Government of Sinaloa decided to build a new football stadium in the city of

as part of a project that intended to build and improve several sport venues in the state. One of the goals of this project was to have a professional football team playing in Mazatlán. In 2020, works were accelerated in order to have the stadium completed before June 30 and ahead of the start of the 2020–21 season with the aim of looking for a professional team to move to the newly built stadium. The stadium was provisionally named as Estadio de Mazatlán (Mazatlán Stadium) and it reportedly cost 1.452 billion pesos. The Government of Sinaloa together with a group of businessmen from Mazatlán lobbied with a few

teams. Three franchises were rumored as potential candidates to be moved to Mazatlán for the 2020–21 season: Monarcas Morelia,

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and

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. On June 2, it was officially announced that Monarcas Morelia was being moved to Mazatlán, and that it would be rebranded as Mazatlán Futbol Club, as a entirely separate football club. On June 8, Mazatlán unveiled its crest and colors. The team colors are purple, black and white. On June 11, the club presented

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as their manager for the 2020–21 season. On July 27, Mazatlán played their first official match, in which they were defeated against Puebla with a score of 1–4: the club's first official goal was scored by César Huerta.

Personnel

Management

Coaching staff

Players

First-team squad

Other players under contract

Out on loan

Managers

(11 June 2020 – 3 October 2020) *

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(5 October 2020 – 3 May 2021) * Beñat San José (18 May 2021 – 2 March 2022) *

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(14 March 2022 – 29 January 2023) * Ruben Omar Romano (4 February 2023 – 30 April 2023) * Ismael Rescalvo (18 May 2023 – 8 April 2024) *

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(8 May 2024 – 13 May 2025) * Robert Siboldi (20 May 2025 – Present)

Honours

Friendly

* Copa del Pacífico: 2022, 2023

References

External links

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