Deportivo Pioneros de Cancún F.C. is a football team based in
Cancún
Cancún is the most populous city in the Mexican state of Quintana Roo, located in southeast Mexico on the northeast coast of the Yucatán Peninsula. It is a significant tourist destination in Mexico and the seat of the municipality of Benito J ...
, México that plays in the
Liga Premier
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The Malaysia Premier League was contested by 12 clubs. T ...
Serie A
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.
History
The club was founded on May 3, 1984, and in the same year joined the
Tercera División de México
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. It won its first cup after defeating Los Conejos, at the
Estadio Víctor Manuel Reyna
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Tuxtla Gutiérrez
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,
Chiapas
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. The following year, the club finished in third place and played in a promotional playoff with the Lobos and Aguilas B clubs. As a result, the club was promoted to the
Segunda B. Still, the owner decided to purchase a franchise in the
Segunda A, which allowed the club the chance to be promoted to the
Primera División de México
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.
When playing in the
Segunda A, the club failed its attempts to be promoted, and in the early 1990s, the city reduced resources, and the club once again fell into the lower divisions, and was later moved to the city of
Durango
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,
Durango
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and renamed
Alacranes de Durango
Club de Fútbol Alacranes de Durango, is a Mexican football club based in the city of Durango, Durango, Mexico and currently play in the third level of the professional Mexican football league system. Their colors are green, white with black trim ...
. In the mid-1990s, the club changed its name to Tucanes de Cancún but failed to gain popularity and was forced to change the name back to its original name Pioneros. It was not until 2006 when José del Carmen Vázquez Ávila bought the club and proposed a plan to have the franchise in the first division within a couple of years that the club regained local support.
Vázquez's project was made into action in 2007, when
Atlante F.C.
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Founded in 1916 as Sinaloa, also later named as Lusitania, then as U-53 ...
, a First Division team then, was moved from
Mexico City
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to
Cancún
Cancún is the most populous city in the Mexican state of Quintana Roo, located in southeast Mexico on the northeast coast of the Yucatán Peninsula. It is a significant tourist destination in Mexico and the seat of the municipality of Benito J ...
,
Quintana Roo
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, which led to Pioneros becoming the second team in the city. Finally, in 2009, the franchise was moved to
Acapulco
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,
Guerrero
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and sold to a new team called
Guerreros de Acapulco
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History
In 1987, Guerreros de Acapulco purchased the franchise from Iguala FC, permitting ...
. Pioneros maintained its Third Division team, and in the 2010-11 season, an alliance was formed with Atlante to form a development team called Pioneros Potros.
In August 2012, Pioneros were revived as a participating franchise in the
Liga de Nuevos Talentos. During
the 2013-14 season, Pioneros won the Apertura 2013 tournament, and as a result, the team reached the Final de Ascenso ''(Promotion Playoff)''.
On May 24, 2014, Pioneros defeated
Selva Cañera
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, and the team achieved its promotion to the
Liga Premier de Ascenso, the league in which the club currently competes. In January 2015, Pioneros moved to a new stadium and began playing at the
Estadio Andrés Quintana Roo
The Estadio Olímpico Andrés Quintana Roo is a 18,844 seat stadium in Cancún, Quintana Roo, Mexico. It is the home field of Liga de Expansión MX, Expansión MX’s Cancún F.C., and was formerly the home field of Ascenso MX's Atlante F.C. The ...
, with the
Estadio Cancún 86 becoming its alternative ground.
The Pioneros under-13 team participated in the 2019
CONCACAF Under-13 Champions League
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held in
Costa Rica
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.
In July 2022, Pioneros de Cancún became the reserves squad of
Cancún F.C.
Cancún Fútbol Club is a Mexican professional Association football, football club based in Cancún, Quintana Roo. It plays in Liga de Expansión MX, the second level division of Mexican football league system, Mexican football. The club was fou ...
because the Cancún City Council decided to hand over the administration of the team to the company that owns Cancún F.C.
In 2024, the agreement between the Cancún City Council and Cancún F.C. ended, so Pioneros became an independent team again.
Kit
* Home kit: Red and white vertical stripes shirt, red shorts and socks.
* Away kit: White with red neck and shoulders, white shorts and socks.
; First kit evolution
Players
Current squad
Honors
*
Segunda División de México
**Champions (1): 1985
*
Liga de Nuevos Talentos
**Champions (1): Apertura 2013
*
Ascenso to LP
**Champions (1): 2013–14
References
External links
Official Site*
*
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Football clubs in Quintana Roo
Association football clubs established in 1984
1984 establishments in Mexico
Sports clubs and teams in Cancún
Liga Premier de México