Deportivo CAFESSA Jalisco

The Deportivo CAFESSA Jalisco, commonly known as CAFESSA Jalisco, is a Mexican football club based in Guadalajara. The club was founded in 2015, and currently plays in the Serie A of Liga Premier.[1]

CAFESSA Jalisco
Full nameDeportivo CAFESSA Jalisco
Founded17 June 2019 (2019-06-17)
GroundEstadio Jalisco,
Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico
Capacity55,110
OwnerMartín Castañeda
ManagerJaime Durán
LeagueLiga Premier - Serie A
2019-20Current

History

Deportivo CAFESSA was founded in 2015 from a Third Division franchise called Cazcanes de Ameca, during its first season it kept the original name.[2] In 2016 it took its current name.

During its first two seasons, the team stayed in Ameca having as its ground the Núcleo Deportivo y de Espectáculos Ameca. In 2017 an agreement was reached with the municipality of Tlajomulco de Zúñiga to move the team to that city.[3]

Before starting the 2017-18 season, it was announced that Deportivo CAFESSA acquired an expansion franchise in Serie B, the fourth professional category in Mexican soccer, at the same time, a reserve team was created to compete in the third division.[4]

From 2019-20 season, Deportivo CAFESSA created a new team which was moved to Estadio Jalisco and will play in Liga Premier – Serie A.[5] The team was able to move from the stadium, after signing an agreement with the Club Jalisco, for this agreement, the club was renamed as Deportivo CAFESSA Jalisco.[6] However, the club maintans Serie B and Liga TDP teams with the name CAFESSA Tlajomulco.[7]

Players

Current squad
As of January 31, 2020[8]

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 Jonathan Estrada (on loan from Atlas)
2 DF Anwar Hernández
4 DF Pedro Terán
5 DF César Ibáñez
7 FW Miguel Nuño
8 DF Gerardo Escobedo (on loan from UANL)
9 FW Brandon Rosas
10 MF Benjamín Muñoz (on loan from Guadalajara)
11 MF David Ávalos (on loan from Guadalajara)
12 GK Jesús Montoya
13 DF Jaime González (on loan from Guadalajara)
14 DF Héctor Sandoval
15 MF Salvador Ojeda
16 MF Rodolfo González
No. Position Player
17 FW Jesús de Lucio
20 FW Carlos Valdespino
21 MF Germán Cota
22 MF Abraham Martín (on loan from Celaya)
23 MF Brian García
24 FW César González
25 DF Héctor Reynoso (on loan from Guadalajara)
27 GK Jorge Chávez
29 FW Gerardo Rangel
30 DF Alejandro Díaz (on loan from Tijuana)
32 MF Rubén Domínguez (on loan from Guadalajara)
33 FW Brayam López
34 FW José Gurrola (on loan from Guadalajara)
35 MF Herbert Robinson

Reserve teams
Deportivo CAFESSA Tlajomulco
Reserve team that plays in the Liga Premier, the fourth level of the Mexican league system.
Deportivo CAFESSA (Liga TDP)
Reserve team that plays in the Liga TDP, the fifth level of the Mexican league system.
Deportivo CAFESSA Tonalá
Reserve team that plays in the Liga TDP, the fifth level of the Mexican league system.

See also

References
  1. "Equipo - Deportivo CAFESSA". Segunda División de México. Retrieved February 27, 2016.
  2. "Fábrica de ilusiones futboleras" (in Spanish). El Informador. 27 February 2016. Retrieved 8 May 2019.
  3. "Gobierno Municipal de Tlajomulco y Deportivo Cafessa, firman convenio para jugar en el municipio" (in Spanish). Gobierno Municipal de Tlajomulco. 30 January 2017. Archived from the original on 8 May 2019. Retrieved 8 May 2019.
  4. García Varela, Carlos (30 June 2017). "'CAMPEONCITO' HERNÁNDEZ, DT DEL DEPORTIVO CAFESSA" (in Spanish). Liga Premier Magazine. Retrieved 8 May 2019.
  5. Figueroa, Juan Manuel. "Estadio Jalisco tendrá nuevo equipo en el fútbol mexicano". Mediotiempo (in Spanish). Retrieved 17 June 2019.
  6. Reos, Diego Alejandro (17 June 2019). "Cafessa, el nuevo inquilino del Estadio Jalisco". El Informador (in Spanish). Retrieved 20 June 2019.
  7. "CAFESSA sigue en Tlajomulco". Facebook Cafessa Jalisco. Retrieved 21 June 2019.
  8. "CAFESSA Jalisco". Liga Premier FMF. Retrieved 5 February 2020.


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