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Aguacateros C.D. Uruapan

Aguacateros CDU
Full nameAguacateros Club Deportivo Uruapan
Nickname(s)Aguacateros (Avocado producers)
El Oro Verde (Green gold)[1]
Founded17 July 2018; 6 years ago (2018-07-17)
GroundUnidad Deportiva Hermanos López Rayón, Uruapan, Michoacán
Capacity6,000
OwnerGuillermo Verduzco Duarte
ChairmanGuillermo Verduzco Duarte
ManagerEdgar Tolentino
LeagueLiga Premier - Serie B
2023–242nd (Champions)

Aguacateros Club Deportivo Uruapan is a Mexican football club that plays in the Liga Premier de México. The club is based in Uruapan, Michoacán and was founded in 2018, after the merger between C.D. Uruapan and the Club Originales Aguacateros de Uruapan.

History

Origins

In 2015, C.D. Uruapan the team won the championship of Tercera División after defeating Sporting Canamy.[2] The team competed for a season in Liga de Nuevos Talentos after failing to meet the requirements to promote to Liga Premier de Ascenso. With the federative seat of CDU Uruapan, another team called Titanes de Saltillo was created, finally, the CDU Uruapan returned to Tercera División.[3]

Aguacateros C.D. Uruapan

In July 2018, the team was founded with the name Aguacateros Club Deportivo Uruapan after the merger of Club Deportivo Uruapan and the team Originales Aguacateros de Uruapan with the aim of creating a unified team that represents the city as well as looking for an economic saving, since instead of financing two clubs, it would be one. The new team occupied the federative position belonging to Originals Aguacateros, formed with players from both clubs and acquired the technical body of the CDU.[4]

Meanwhile, the CDU franchise was rented to a group of entrepreneurs who created another team called Futcenter, which was based in Tlalnepantla de Baz, State of Mexico. This club used the CDU Uruapan name as a registration in the Mexican Football Federation, but it was completely separate from the Michoacán-based team. In 2019 this team was dissolved.

On June 28, 2019, the team was accepted as a new member of the Liga Premier de MéxicoSerie B. In the 2020–21 season the team temporarily played in Liga PremierSerie A due to the league holding a one-off tournament as a result of COVID-19.

In the 2021–22 season the team returned to Serie B, in that cycle the club won the two tournaments of the season for which it got its promotion in a sporting way to the Serie A.[5] However, the team only stayed in Serie A for one year, since for the 2023-2024 season the club's board of directors decided to relocate the team to Serie B, due to the interest of the owners to increase the relationship of Aguacateros CDU with Atlético Morelia.[6]

In the 2023–24 season the team won Serie B again, achieving its third championship in this category, and returning to Serie A after a one-year absence.[7] In the summer of 2024, Aguacateros CDU became an affiliate team of Atlético Morelia, so an exchange of players between both teams began to take place, in addition to the Uruapan team started to being managed by the Morelia's board.[8]

Players

Current squad

As of September 7, 2024[9]

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

No. Pos. Nation Player
81 MF Mexico MEX José Pahua
85 DF Mexico MEX Zander Benítez
87 MF Mexico MEX Kevin Arias
88 MF Mexico MEX Joseph Zepeda
89 MF Mexico MEX Alejandro Anzar
90 DF Mexico MEX Ángel Plancarte
91 DF Mexico MEX Emmanuel Villa
92 DF Mexico MEX Brandon Guerrero
93 MF Mexico MEX Gael Moreno
94 MF Mexico MEX Edgar Sánchez
96 DF Mexico MEX Edwin Quezada
97 MF Mexico MEX Miguel Morice
98 FW Mexico MEX Jesús Silva
99 MF Mexico MEX Paulo Romero
No. Pos. Nation Player
100 DF Mexico MEX Uriem Castrejón
101 FW Colombia COL Jhan Rengifo
102 GK Mexico MEX Alfredo González
104 DF Mexico MEX Jahir Gutiérrez
106 DF Mexico MEX Cristopher Molina
108 MF Mexico MEX Salvador Flores
110 FW Mexico MEX Sergio Vázquez
111 MF Mexico MEX Luis Sandoval
113 GK Mexico MEX Bryan González
114 FW Mexico MEX Diego Chávez
115 FW Mexico MEX Hugo Ávila (on loan from Mazatlán)
116 FW United States USA Manuel Guzmán
117 MF Mexico MEX Abel Muñoz

Honours

Winners: Apertura 2021, Clausura 2022, 2023–24

See also

References

  1. ^ "EL ORO VERDE, ARRIBA". Liga Premier Magazine. 27 September 2021. Retrieved 9 March 2023.
  2. ^ Romero García, Gonzalo (6 June 2015). "Club Deportivo Uruapan asciende a segunda división profesional". Diario ABC de Michoacán (in Spanish). Retrieved 22 September 2018.
  3. ^ Romero García, Gonzalo (24 June 2016). "Club Deportivo Uruapan se va a préstamo con Titanes de Saltillo". Diario ABC de Michoacán (in Spanish). Retrieved 22 September 2018.
  4. ^ "Surge Aguacateros Club Deportivo Uruapan". Agencia Infomanía (in Spanish). 17 July 2018. Retrieved 22 September 2018.
  5. ^ Guerra, Frida (2 July 2022). "Se corona Aguacateros de Uruapan por segunda vez". El Sol de Morelia (in Spanish). Retrieved 21 May 2022.
  6. ^ "Mandan a Aguacateros Club Deportivo Uruapan a Serie B". Ecos del Quinceo (in Spanish). 18 July 2023. Retrieved 19 July 2023.
  7. ^ "¡AGUACATEROS CDU, CAMPEÓN!". Liga Premier Magazine (in Spanish). 12 May 2024. Retrieved 11 September 2024.
  8. ^ "Aguacateros CDU, filial de Atlético Morelia, participará en una nueva liga de formación". Ecos del Quinceo (in Spanish). 3 June 2024. Retrieved 11 September 2024.
  9. ^ "Aguacateros Club Deportivo Uruapan". Liga BBVA MX. Retrieved 18 September 2020.