Correcaminos UAT

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Correcaminos UAT
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Full nameClub de Fútbol Correcaminos de la Universidad Autónoma de Tamaulipas
NicknamesCorrecaminos (Roadrunners)
El Corre
Short nameUAT
Founded24 August 1980;45 years ago (1980-08-24)
Ground Estadio Marte R. Gómez
Ciudad Victoria, Tamaulipas
Capacity10,520
Owner Universidad Autónoma de Tamaulipas
ChairmanArmando Arce Serna [1]
Manager Gustavo Díaz
League Liga de Expansión MX
Apertura 2025 Regular phase: 14th
Final phase: Did not qualify
Website www.cfcorrecaminos.com

Club de Fútbol Correcaminos de la Universidad Autónoma de Tamaulipas, simply known as Correcaminos UAT or Correcaminos, is a Mexican professional football club based in Ciudad Victoria, Tamaulipas. It competes in Liga de Expansión MX, the second level division of Mexican football, and plays its home matches at the Estadio Marte R. Gómez. Founded in 1980, the club represents the Universidad Autónoma de Tamaulipas (English: Autonomous University of Tamaulipas), named after the Greater Roadrunner native to the region, which is also the UAT's official mascot.

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History

The club was founded in 1980, represents the UAT as well as the city of Ciudad Victoria. It replaced the city's former team, Los Cuerudos, following the team's folding in 1978. The club joined the Segunda División de México in 1982 and played in the 1982–83 tournament. In the 1986–87 tournament, the club reached the championship final against UAQ, having to play a decisive third game in the Estadio Azteca where the club finally managed to beat UAQ in a penalty shootout and earning their first Promotion. The club did not fare so well in their first year in the Primera División de México finishing tied dead last with Atlético Potosino and only avoided being relegated by a goal difference. Before the 1988–89 tournament, the club managed to keep its category after buying the Deportivo Neza franchise and taking over their vacant spot. The club would go on to play 7 years in the Primera División before been relegated in 1995, this time they did not buy any franchise to save their status and instead accepted their fate of playing in the newly created Liga de Ascenso de México. In the summer 1997, the club reached its first final since joining the league only to lose it to Tigres UANL who would go on to be promoted to the Primera División having won the previous tournament as well. In the Apertura 2005 and Clausura 2006, the club had one of the strongest teams in the league finishing first in both tournament but losing in the round robin first to León and then to Indios de Ciudad Juárez in semi-finals.

Apertura 2011 Title

In the Apertura 2011, the club finished second in the league with 27 points, 7 wins, 6 draws, 2 defeats, scoring the most goals in the league with 33 and allowing 21 earning a round robin spot. In the quarter-finals, the club faced cross town rival Estudiantes de Altamira who they tied 2–2 after 2 games advancing for having finished with more points. In the semi-finals, the club would once again tie 3–3 this time against Toros Neza advancing once again because of their league position. In the final, the club would go on to face the league points leader La Piedad who was picked favorite by many to take the Apertura title home that year. The first match was played in the Estadio Marte R. Gómez where Correcaminos managed to take a 3–1 advantage. The second match was played in the Estadio Juan N. López where after 90 minutes the club had managed to beat La Piedad after almost 15 years with a score of 1–0 and claiming that tournaments title.

Honours

Domestic

TypeCompetitionTitlesWinning yearsRunners-up
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Top division
Copa MX 0 Apertura 2012
Promotion divisions Primera División A/Liga de Ascenso/Ascenso MX 1 Apertura 2011 Verano 1997, Clausura 2014
Campeón de Ascenso 0 2012
Segunda División 1 1986–87

Season to season

SeasonDivisionNotes
1982–83 2nd Division
1983–84 2nd Division
1984–85 2nd Division
1985–86 2nd Division
1986–87 2nd Division Champion
1987–88 1st Division Buys Deportivo Neza
1988–89 1st Division
1989–90 1st Division
1990–91 1st Division
1991–92 1st Division
1992–93 1st Division
1993–94 1st Division
1994–95 1st Division Relegated
1995–96 Primera A
Invierno 96 Primera A
Verano 97 Primera A Runner-up
Invierno 97 Primera A
SeasonDivisionPlace
Verano 98 Primera A
Invierno 98 Primera A
Verano 99 Primera A
Invierno 99 Primera A
Verano00 Primera A
Invierno 00 Primera A
Verano 01 Primera A
Invierno 01 Primera A
Verano 02 Primera A
Apertura 02 Primera A
Clausura 03 Primera A
Apertura 03 Primera A
Clausura 04 Primera A
Apertura 04 Primera A
Clausura 05 Primera A
Apertura 05 Primera A
Clausura 06 Primera A
SeasonDivisionPlace
Apertura 06 Primera A 8th
Clausura 07 Primera A 17th
Apertura 07 Primera A 2nd; Semi-final
Clausura 08 Primera A 15th
Apertura 08 Primera A 6th; Quarter-final
Clausura 09 Primera A 15th
Apertura 2009 Liga de Ascenso 13th
Bicentenario 2010 Liga de Ascenso 6th; Quarter-final
Apertura 2010 Liga de Ascenso 16th
Clausura 2011 Liga de Ascenso 7th; Quarter-final
Apertura 2011 Liga de Ascenso 2nd; Champion
Clausura 2012 Liga de Ascenso 7th; Semi-final and Promotion Final runner-up
Apertura 2012 Ascenso MX 8th
Clausura 2013 Ascenso MX 2nd; Semi-final
Apertura 2013 Ascenso MX 6th; Quarter-final
Clausura 2014 Ascenso MX 1st; Runner-up
Apertura 2014 Ascenso MX 3rd; Quarterfinals
SeasonDivisionPlace
Clausura 2015 Ascenso MX 6th; Semifinals
Apertura 2015 Ascenso MX 15th
Clausura 2016 Ascenso MX 7th; Quarterfinals
Apertura 2016 Ascenso MX 11th
Clausura 2017 Ascenso MX 15th
Apertura 2017 Ascenso MX 8th; Quarterfinals
Clausura 2018 Ascenso MX 12th
Apertura 2018 Ascenso MX 10th
Clausura 2019 Ascenso MX 11th
Apertura 2019 Ascenso MX 14th
Clausura 2020 Ascenso MX 2nd
Guardianes 2020 Liga de Expansión MX 16th
Guardianes 2021 Liga de Expansión MX 15th
Apertura 2021 Liga de Expansión MX 11th (Reclassification)
Clausura 2022 Liga de Expansión MX 14th
Apertura2022 Liga de Expansión MX 13th

On 26 September 2012 the club advanced to the semi-finals winning the game versus Tijuana with a remarkable score of 5–5 changing and advantage of losing 4–1. The game was defined in penalty kicks, having a glorious and historical victory winning the Correcaminos 7–6 in penalties.

Personnel

Management

PositionStaff
Chairman Flag of Mexico.svg Armando Arce Serna
Director of football Flag of Mexico.svg Ricardo Chávez Medrano

Source: Liga MX

Coaching staff

PositionStaff
Manager Flag of Uruguay.svg Gustavo Díaz
Assistant manager Flag of Uruguay.svg Sebastián Maz
Fitness coach Flag of Spain.svg Hernán Arezo
Physiotherapist Flag of Mexico.svg Omar Vidal
Team doctor Flag of Mexico.svg Abner Borrego

Players

First-team squad

As of 3 August 2025 [4]

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

No.Pos.NationPlayer
1 GK Flag of Mexico.svg  MEX Rubén Castellanos
2 DF Flag of Mexico.svg  MEX Walter Ortega
3 DF Flag of Mexico.svg  MEX Raymundo Rubio(on loan from Cruz Azul)
5 DF Flag of Mexico.svg  MEX Alex Monárrez(on loan from Necaxa)
6 DF Flag of Mexico.svg  MEX Juan Pablo Martínez
7 MF Flag of Mexico.svg  MEX Daniel Cisneros
8 MF Flag of Mexico.svg  MEX Fernando García
9 FW Flag of Mexico.svg  MEX Yair Delgadillo
11 MF Flag of Mexico.svg  MEX Héctor Uribe(on loan from León)
12 MF Flag of Mexico.svg  MEX Nahúm Gómez
13 MF Flag of Mexico.svg  MEX Gerardo Moreno
14 FW Flag of Mexico.svg  MEX César Sosa
No.Pos.NationPlayer
19 DF Flag of Mexico.svg  MEX Andrés Catalán
20 MF Flag of Mexico.svg  MEX Joaquín Estopier
21 MF Flag of Mexico.svg  MEX Ronaldo Prieto
22 DF Flag of Argentina.svg  ARG Alan Di Pippa
23 DF Flag of Mexico.svg  MEX Ricardo Galindo
24 GK Flag of Mexico.svg  MEX Édson Reséndez
25 MF Flag of Ecuador.svg  ECU Emanuel Torres
28 DF Flag of Mexico.svg  MEX Marco López
29 FW Flag of Mexico.svg  MEX Diego Pineda
31 FW Flag of Mexico.svg  MEX Fabián Salas
32 FW Flag of Argentina.svg  ARG Tomás Sandoval
33 MF Flag of Colombia.svg  COL Duván Mina

Reserve teams

Correcaminos UAT Premier
Reserve team that plays in the Liga Premier in the third level of the Mexican league system.
Correcaminos UAT (Liga TDP) [5]
Reserve team that plays in the Liga TDP, the fourth level of the Mexican league system.

Notable players

This list of former players includes those who received international caps while playing for the team, made significant contributions to the team in terms of appearances or goals while playing for the team, or who made significant contributions to the sport either before they played for the team, or after they left. It is clearly not yet complete and all inclusive, and additions and refinements will continue to be made over time.

Managers

References

  1. "Correcaminos UAT "desempolva" ex presidente; regresa Armando Arce a dirigir el club". La Afición (in Spanish). Milenio Diario. 20 October 2025. Retrieved 10 December 2025.
  2. "All Primera\Liga de Ascenso Tournaments played". Archived from the original on 31 May 2000.
  3. "rsssf.orgs Stats: All first division Tournaments played".
  4. "Correcaminos de la U.A.T." Liga BBVA Expansión MX (in Spanish). Retrieved 12 January 2021.
  5. "Presentan club de futbol Correcaminos". El Sol de San Juan del Río (in Spanish). 10 May 2021. Retrieved 29 November 2021.