Club Deportivo Mineros de Zacatecas, simply known as Mineros de Zacatecas, is a Mexican professional

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club based in

Zacatecas Zacatecas, officially the Free and Sovereign State of Zacatecas, is one of the Political divisions of Mexico, 31 states of Mexico. It is divided into Municipalities of Zacatecas, 58 municipalities and its capital city is Zacatecas City, Zacatec ...

, that competes in

Liga de Expansión MX Liga de Expansión MX, also known as Liga BBVA Expansión MX for sponsorship reasons, is a professional association football league in Mexico and the second level of the Mexican football league system. It was founded in 2020 as part of the Mexi ...

, the second level division of Mexican football. Founded in 2014, after the Estudiantes Tecos franchise was moved from

Zapopan Zapopan () is a city and municipality located in the Mexican state of Jalisco. Part of the Guadalajara Metropolitan Area, Zapopan is the largest city in the state. It's best known as the home of the Virgin of Zapopan, an image of the Virgin ...

to Zacatecas.

History

In December 2012, Grupo Pachuca purchased the

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franchise as they were relegated to the

Ascenso MX Ascenso MX, also known as Ascenso BBVA MX for sponsorship reasons, was a professional association football league in Mexico and the second level of the Mexican football league system. Formerly known as Primera División A de México (1994–2009 ...

. The team failed to gain promotion when they lost in penalties to Leones Negros de la U. de G. It was then that Grupo Pachuca decided to move the franchise from

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 ...

, so as to not have four teams in

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. The city of Zacatecas had spent 11 years without an Ascenso team, after Real Sociedad de Zacatecas was moved to Altamira,

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in the summer of 2003. The club's name was chosen to be Mineros (''Miners'') as the city of Zacatecas owes its existence to the discovering of silver mines in the late 16th century. The state of Zacatecas is one of the top producers of gold and silver in the world. The Mineros were in their first season of professional soccer, taking 2nd place in the

, yet were left out of the semifinals by its rival

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. The team demonstrated their immediate competitiveness, as in 2014,

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scored the fastest goal in league history (four seconds) against rivals

to open the season. In Clausura 2016, Mineros obtained their best achievement so far, in that tournament they reached the final of the tournament, in this series they were defeated against

by an aggregate of 0–2. In June 2020, Grupo Pachuca sold the club to local businessman Eduardo López Muñoz, this due to the intentions of the conglomerate to have less teams under its ownership. With the new owner, most of the previously created structures were maintained, the new board was headed by López Muñoz, appointing Marco Iván Pérez as sports director and Omar Alexis Moreno as coach.

Stadium

The Estadio Carlos Vega Villalba has a capacity of 20,068 and is located in the city of

. It was inaugurated in 1986 with a friendly match between the Leones Negros de la U. de G. vs.

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Personnel

Management

Coaching staff

Players

Current squad

Reserve teams

; Mineros de Fresnillo F.C. :Affiliate team that plays in the

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–

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, the third level of the Mexican league system. ;Mineros de Zacatecas (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 ...

, the fourth level of the Mexican league system. ;Mineros Querétaro :Reserve team that plays in the

, the fourth level of the Mexican league system.

Season to season

Managers

Pablo Marini Pablo Alejandro Marini (born 31 January 1967) is an Argentine football manager and former player who played as a forward. Career Born in Santa Fe, Argentina, Marini played professional football from 1987 to 2002, scoring 154 goals. He began ...

(2014–2015) * Joel Sánchez (2015–2016) * Ricardo Rayas (2016–2017) * Efraín Flores (2017) * Andrés Carevic (2017–2019) * Óscar Torres (2019–2020) * Omar Alexis Moreno (2020–2023) * Nacho Castro (2023–2024) * Mario García Covalles (2025–)

References

External links

* * * * * {{Liga de Expansión MX teamlist Zacatecas City Football clubs in Zacatecas Association football clubs established in 2014 2014 establishments in Mexico