Tlaxcala F.C.

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Tlaxcala
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Full nameTlaxcala Fútbol Club
NicknameCoyotes
Short nameTLX
Founded5 September 2014;11 years ago (2014-09-05)
Ground Estadio Tlahuicole
Tlaxcala
Capacity15,600 [1]
OwnerGrupo Providencia
ChairmanRafael Torre Mendoza
Manager Marco Fabián Vázquez
League Liga de Expansión MX
Apertura 2025 Regular phase: 12th
Final phase: Did not qualify

Tlaxcala Fútbol Club, simplified as Tlaxcala FC, and also known as Coyotes de Tlaxcala, is a Mexican professional football club based in Tlaxcala. It competes in Liga de Expansión MX, the second level division of Mexican football, and plays its home matches at the Estadio Tlahuicole. Founded in 2014, after the merger of the Club Águilas Reales de Zacatecas and a reserve team of Pachuca in the Tercera División (current Liga TDP).

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Tlaxcala won automatic promotion to the Ascenso MX in the 2016–17 season, but their promotion was put on hold until the 2018–19 season as their stadium failed to meet league requirements. [2] However, in 2020 the club was invited to the Liga de Expansión, the new second-level league and thus promoted category.

History

The club was founded on 5 September 2014, after the merger of the Club Águilas Reales de Zacatecas and the reserve team of CF Pachuca in the Tercera División, the Zacatecan team gave up their rights to participate in the Segunda División while Pachuca contributed the sports part of the organization. [3] Previously in Summer 2014, Tlaxcala City had been left without football due to the move of Linces de Tlaxcala to Acapulco, where the team was renamed as Internacional de Acapulco, while Águilas Reales de Zacatecas became a secondary team due to the arrival of Mineros de Zacatecas, a team that shared ownership with Tlaxcala F.C. until 2020.

Tlaxcala won automatic promotion to Ascenso MX after winning the two season tournaments against Irapuato during the 2016–17 season, but their promotion was put on hold until before the 2018–19 season as their stadium failed to meet league requirements. They played in Serie B for 2017–18 season so they can met requirements to play in Ascenso MX but their spot was revoked after the stadium was not completed at the deadline to meet the requirements, so they moved to Serie A for 2018–19 season. In 2018–19 season, the team played as local at Unidad Deportiva Próspero Cahuantzi at Chiautempan, for 2019–20, they moved to the Unidad Deportiva José Brindis in Nanacamilpa awaiting the end of the construction works of the Estadio Tlahuicole.

In July 2020, Tlaxcala F.C. was invited to the new Liga de Expansión MX, which became the second category of Mexican football instead of the Ascenso MX, with this the team occupied its place in the division after three years of having achieved sports promotion. [4] On 19 August 2020, the club debuted in the Liga de Expansión, defeating Mineros de Zacatecas 1–2. [5] On 2 September, Tlaxcala received Celaya F.C. in its first home game, which had to be played in Nanacamilpa because the Tlahuicole Stadium was not yet ready to host professional football matches, [6] finally, on 15 September, Tlaxcala was able to return to its stadium in the match against Leones Negros UdeG, which was won by the Guadalajara team.

Personnel

Coaching staff

PositionStaff
Manager Flag of Mexico.svg Marco Fabián Vázquez
Assistant manager Flag of Mexico.svg Juan Martínez de Escobar
Fitness coach Flag of Mexico.svg José Gutiérrez
Physiotherapist Flag of Mexico.svg José Rodríguez
Team doctor Flag of Mexico.svg Nery Luna

Players

Current squad

As of 3 August 2025 [7]

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 Fernando Mata
2 MF Flag of Mexico.svg  MEX Pablo González
3 DF Flag of the United States.svg  USA Leonel Palma
4 DF Flag of Brazil.svg  BRA Fábio Erins
5 MF Flag of Portugal (official).svg  POR Facu Esnáider
6 DF Flag of Mexico.svg  MEX David González
7 MF Flag of Brazil.svg  BRA Leandro Carvalho
8 MF Flag of Mexico.svg  MEX José Plascencia
9 FW Flag of Brazil.svg  BRA Christian
10 MF Flag of Brazil.svg  BRA Alejandro Viniegra
11 FW Flag of Equatorial Guinea.svg  EQG Salomón Obama
12 DF Flag of Mexico.svg  MEX Juan Lázaro
13 GK Flag of Mexico.svg  MEX Víctor Mendoza
14 MF Flag of Mexico.svg  MEX Jonatan Vázquez
15 MF Flag of Mexico.svg  MEX Duilio Tejeda
16 MF Flag of Mexico.svg  MEX Édgar Solís
No.Pos.NationPlayer
17 MF Flag of Mexico.svg  MEX Ernesto Castillo
18 DF Flag of Mexico.svg  MEX Franco Buganza
19 DF Flag of Mexico.svg  MEX Said Castañeda
20 MF Flag of Mexico.svg  MEX Alan Godínez
21 MF Flag of Mexico.svg  MEX Adán Zaragoza
22 FW Flag of Mexico.svg  MEX Héctor Guerrero(on loan from Necaxa)
23 DF Flag of Mexico.svg  MEX Julio Barragán
24 FW Flag of Mexico.svg  MEX Érick Robles
25 MF Flag of Mexico.svg  MEX Hugo Rojas
27 MF Flag of the United States.svg  USA Fabián Partida
28 DF Flag of Mexico.svg  MEX Leonardo Becerra(on loan from Necaxa)
30 GK Flag of Mexico.svg  MEX Abraham Nuño(on loan from Juárez)
31 DF Flag of Mexico.svg  MEX Jordan Silva
33 MF Flag of Mexico.svg  MEX Shaid Martínez
34 FW Flag of Mexico.svg  MEX Alan Morales
35 GK Flag of Mexico.svg  MEX Andrey Luna

Managers

Badge

Honours

Domestic

TypeCompetitionTitlesWinning yearsRunners-up
Promotion division Segunda División 2Apertura 2016, Clausura 2017Apertura 2015
Campeón de Campeones de Segunda División 12017

References

  1. "Cumple el Tlahuicole, con aforo para Liga de Expansión".
  2. "Equipo - Tlaxcala F.C." Segunda División de México. Archived from the original on 24 August 2015. Retrieved 27 February 2016.
  3. "¿Cómo llegó Coyotes de Tlaxcala al Ascenso? Estadio, plantilla e historia". Goal (in Spanish). 19 August 2020. Retrieved 28 February 2021.
  4. "Comunicado de la LIGA MX sobre la LIGA de Expansión". Liga BBVA MX (in Spanish). 17 July 2020. Retrieved 28 February 2021.
  5. "Coyotes venció a Mineros, a quien trolleó por preguntar '¿dónde está Tlaxcala?'". mediotiempo.com (in Spanish). 19 August 2020. Retrieved 28 February 2021.
  6. "Liga de Expansión: Afición de Tlaxcala observa juego vs Celaya sin medidas sanitarias". RÉCORD (in Spanish). 2 September 2020. Retrieved 28 February 2021.
  7. "Tlaxcala F.C." Liga BBVA Expansión MX. Retrieved 12 January 2021.