Full name | Cimarrones de Sonora Fútbol Club |
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Nickname(s) | Los Cimarrones (The Maroons) |
Founded | 2013 |
Ground |
Estadio Héroe de Nacozari Hermosillo, Sonora, Mexico |
Capacity | 18,747 |
Owner | Súper del Norte (70%) Grupo Empresarial Ángeles (through Grupo Imagen) (30%) |
Chairman | Servando Carbajal |
Manager | Vacant |
League | Ascenso MX |
Apertura 2016 | 7th (Quarterfinals) |
The Cimarrones de Sonora Fútbol Club is Mexican football club that plays in the Ascenso MX. The club is based in Hermosillo, Sonora. They currently play as an expansion team in the Ascenso MX.
The "Cimarrones de Sonora" born in 2013, when the "Rays" of Poblado Miguel Alemán FC achieved the championship of the Third Division of Mexico and thus realized their ascent to Second División 2. After the ascent to second and with the goal they reach the Liga de Ascenso of Mexico, employers and trustees of Hermosillo origin, led by Edmundo Ruiz, acquired the franchise as a whole, since this had an agreement with the Necaxa. After this happens, the Mexican Football Federation will communicate to employers that the franchise did not have approval to participate in the precinct Miguel Aleman, since it lacked the minimum infrastructure requirements, hospitality, transportation, etc. That's when managers decided to move the franchise to Hermosillo, renaming the club to "Maroons of Sonora" and having as coach Enrique Ferreira. That was how the 10 August the team played its first game in the second division at the Águilas Reales de Zacatecas, which ended with the score tied at 0–0. On August 30 the first recorded victory by defeating 2–1 Vaqueros de Ameca. As a result of his first tournament, the Apertura 2013, the team finished in 17th position in the overall standings. The next tournament ended again in the 17th position. In the 2014 Apertura tournament with Angel Monares as coach, the team improved significantly. He finished top of Group 1 of the Premier League and 4th place overall in the second division. Maroons played the final against the Potros UAEM. In the first leg 1–0 Maroons emerged victorious Estadio Hector Espino at full capacity, however, in the second leg they beat the Potros UAEM in Estadio Alberto "Chivo" Córdoba by a score of 2–0 in overtime, finishing as runners-up of the Maroons torneo. In the Clausura 2015 it was changed again technically and Jorge Humberto Torres came. The team finished in fourth place in the overall standings and were eliminated in the semi-finals by Loros de la Universidad de Colima.