Mineros de Zacatecas

Mineros de Zacatecas

Full name	Club Deportivo Mineros de Zacatecas
Nickname(s)	Los Mineros (The Miners) La Marea Roja (The Crimson Tide)
Founded	28 May 2014 (2014-05-28)
Ground	Estadio Carlos Vega Villalba, Zacatecas, Zacatecas, Mexico
Capacity	20,730
Owner	Grupo Pachuca
Chairman	Armando Martínez Patiño
Manager	Andrés Carevic
League	Ascenso MX
Clausura 2018	1st (Quarterfinals)
Website	Club website
Home colours Away colours Third colours

Club Deportivo Mineros de Zacatecas is a Mexican football club from Zacatecas that compete in the Mexican Ascenso MX. They are currently managed by Andrés Carevic.

History

In December 2012, Grupo Pachuca purchased the Estudiantes Tecos franchise as they were relegated to the Ascenso MX. 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 Zapopan to Zacatecas so as to not have four teams in Guadalajara. The city of Zacatecas had spent 11 years without an Ascenso team, since Real Sociedad de Zacatecas which were sold to Altamira 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.^[1][2]

Los Mineros were in their first season of professional soccer, taking 2nd place in the Ascenso MX, yet were left out of the semifinals by its rival Necaxa. The team demonstrated their immediate competitiveness, as in 2014, Gustavo Adrián Ramírez scored the fastest goal in league history (four seconds) against rivals Necaxa to open the season.^[3]

Stadium

The Estadio Carlos Vega Villalba has a capacity of 13,820 and is located in the city of Zacatecas. It was inaugurated in 1986 with a friendly match between the Leones Negros de la U. de G. vs. South Korea national football team.

Players

First-team squad

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Position Player 1 GK Sebastián Fassi (on loan from Pachuca) 3 DF Sergio Flores (on loan from Guadalajara) 4 DF Heriberto Aguayo 9 FW Guillermo Martínez (on loan from Pachuca) 11 MF Steven Almeida (on loan from Pachuca) 12 GK Antonny Monreal 13 DF Jonny Magallón (on loan from León) 14 DF José Partida 15 MF Héctor Mascorro (on loan from Pachuca) 16 MF Eduardo López 17 MF Sergio Vergara (on loan from Pachuca) 19 FW Éder Cruz (on loan from Pachuca) 20 FW Roberto Nurse 22 DF Francisco Santillán (on loan from Pachuca) 23 MF Francisco Rivera (on loan from América)

No. Position Player 32 FW Juan Carlos Enríquez 33 DF Óscar Suárez (on loan from León) 35 FW Saúl Acosta — GK Ángel Rascón (on loan from Pachuca) — DF Gabriel Báez — DF Ernesto Monreal (on loan from Pachuca) — DF Iván Pineda (on loan from León) — DF Fernando Ramírez (on loan from Pachuca) — DF Oscar Torres (on loan from Pachuca) — MF Diego Aguilar (on loan from Toluca) — MF Daniel Cisneros — MF David Ramírez (on loan from Pachuca) — MF Omar Soto (on loan from Pachuca) — FW Luis González (on loan from Pachuca) — FW Brayam Rochin (on loan from Pachuca) — MF Édgar Villegas

For recent transfers, see List of Mexican football transfers winter 2017–18.

Out on loan

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Position Player — GK Franco Torgnascioli (at Lorca) — GK Carlos Velázquez (at Oaxaca) — DF Óscar Becerra (at UdeC) — MF Marco Argüelles (at Zacatepec) — MF Julián Cardozo (at Murciélagos) — MF Israel Escobar (at Tecos) — MF Fernando Madrigal (at Atl. San Luis)

No. Position Player — MF Noé Maya (at Atl. San Luis) — MF Juan Neira (at Zacatepec) — FW Taufic Guarch (at Oaxaca) — FW Víctor Lojero (at Venados) — FW Gustavo Ramírez (at Sinaloa) – GK Rafael Ramírez (at Tecos F.C.)