C.D. Muxes

C.D. Muxes

Full name	Club Deportivo Muxes A.C.
Nickname(s)	Muxes
Founded	December 2018;6 years ago (2018-12)
Ground	Campo 1 Ciudad Deportiva Magdalena Mixhuca, Mexico City, Mexico
Capacity	500
Chairman	Gerardo Ramírez Gandarilla [1]
Manager	Arturo Viche
League	Liga TDP - Group IV
2020–21	5th – Group IV (round of 16)
Website	https://clubdeportivomuxes.org/
Home colours Away colours

Club Deportivo Muxes is a Mexican football club that plays in the Liga TDP, the Mexican third division. The club is based in Venustiano Carranza, Mexico City. It is the first professional Mexican football club declared as LGBT. ^{[2] [3]}

History

The team was founded in 2018 with the aim of representing the LGBT community that until then had not had a representative club, in addition to generating spaces for the visibility of these groups. ^[4] In its origins, the team competed in amateur leagues in Mexico City. ^[5]

In 2020 the team joined the Mexican Football Federation, Subsequently, the club registered in the Liga TDP, being placed in Group IV with other teams from the Greater Mexico City. ^[6]

On 25 September 2020, the team played its first official match. Muxes defeated FC Politécnico by a score of 0–4. Pablo de la Rosa scored the club's first goal in its history in professional competition. ^[7]

Players

First-team squad

As of 8 October 2021 ^[8]

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. Nation Player 1 GK   MEX Isaac Olguín 2 DF   MEX Jorge Estrada 3 DF   MEX Mario Mares 4 DF   MEX Kevin Benítez 5 DF   MEX Oscar Benítez 6 MF   MEX Javier Jiménez 8 FW   MEX Héctor Cibrián 9 FW   MEX Johan Colorado 10 FW   MEX Alan Delgado 11 MF   MEX Marconi Picazo 12 DF   MEX Donovan Rodríguez 13 MF   MEX Pablo Vizcaya 14 MF   MEX Miguel Salazar 15 FW   MEX Eder Villanueva 16 MF   MEX Alan Calzada 17 MF   MEX Miguel Ávila 18 MF   MEX Héctor Suárez

No. Pos. Nation Player 19 FW   MEX Esau Gaona 20 MF   MEX Eric Moreno 21 MF   MEX Eduardo Mayen 22 DF   MEX Ariel Calzada 23 GK   MEX Erick González 24 MF   MEX Atlaí Maraver 25 DF   MEX Carlos Ortega 26 DF   MEX Aldo Delgado 27 FW   MEX Sebastián Zendejas 28 MF   MEX Jonathan Martínez 29 DF   MEX Isaac Hernández 30 MF   MEX Eddie Torres 31 GK   MEX Jhonatan Benavides 32 DF   MEX Jesús Ramírez 33 MF   MEX Fernando Sánchez 34 MF   MEX Diego Román

See also

• Futbol in Mexico
• Mexico City
• Tercera División de México

References

1. "Llega a la Presidencia de Club Muxes Gerardo Ramírez Gandarilla". C.D. Muxes on Facebook (in Spanish). 4 October 2021. Retrieved 8 October 2021.
2. Magallán, Ricardo (12 September 2020). "Club Deportivo Muxes, primer equipo profesional representativo de comunidad LGTB en futbol mexicano". As México (in Spanish). Retrieved 6 October 2020.
3. "Club Deportivo Muxes es el primer equipo que representa a la comunidad LGBT en el futbol mexicano". Sinembargo.mx (in Spanish). 12 September 2020. Retrieved 6 October 2020.
4. Sánchez, Montserrat (12 November 2019). "Muxes buscan golear a la homofobia". Reporte Índigo (in Spanish). Retrieved 6 October 2020.
5. González, Fernanda (2 October 2020). "Club Deportivo Muxes: lo que importa es lo que dice el balón". The Line Breaker (in Spanish). Retrieved 6 October 2020.
6. De la Cruz, Luis (2 October 2020). "Liga MX: Club Muxes, primer equipo inclusivo hace su debut en la Tercera División". Soy Fútbol (in Spanish). Retrieved 6 October 2020.
7. "Fútbol Club Politécnico 0 – 4 Club Deportivo Muxes". Liga BBVA MX (in Spanish). Retrieved 6 October 2020.
8. "Club Deportivo Muxes". Liga BBVA MX (in Spanish). Retrieved 6 October 2020.

External links

• C.D. Muxes on Facebook
• C.D. Muxes on Twitter
• Liga MX Profile