Club Zacatepec
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| Full name | Club de Fútbol Zacatepec Siglo XXI |
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| Nickname(s) | Los Cañeros (The Sugarcane Growers) |
| Founded | 1948 |
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Estadio Agustín "Coruco" Díaz Zacatepec, Morelos, Mexico |
| Capacity | 24,313 |
| Chairman | Rodolfo Davis Contreras |
| Manager | Carlos Gutiérrez |
| League | Ascenso MX |
| Apertura 2016 | 3rd (Quarterfinals) |
Club de Fútbol Zacatepec Siglo XXI is a Mexican football team based in Zacatepec, Morelos. They are nicknamed Cañeros (Sugarcane growers). Their colors are white and green (from sugar and sugarcane, respectively). Their uniform color is a white shirt with a big green line in the middle and white shorts and socks. Their greatest achievements were in the 1950s when Zacatepec won two titles in First Division. They won their first league title in the 1954–1955 season and their second title in the 1957–1958 season. Zacatepec won the Copa Mexico championship in the 1958–1959 season.
The head coach of Zacatepec during the 1950s was Ignacio Trelles, a former professional Mexican football player who became head coach of the Mexico national team in the 1962 FIFA World Cup in Chile and 1966 FIFA World Cup in England.
Nowadays, after the original franchise departure from Zacatepec in 2004, an association of fans has been organized since October 2005, The Promotora Deportiva Zacatepec, S.C., keeping alive the history and competitiveness of the "Futbol Cañero".
The Promotora Deportiva Zacatepec, S.C. has currently more than 470 associates and owns a franchise in the 3rd. Division of Mexican Professional League. The goal for summer of 2011 is to obtain the National Championship and promotion to 2nd. Division; or acquire a 2nd. Division franchise. All of this with the objective of reestablishing the historical venue of Zacatepec, Morelos to the higher levels it used to belong.
The club dates back to the early 1920s and was formed by local farmers and co-op members that operated the local sugar mill.
It was not until 1948 when Rodrigo Ampudia del Valle along with the sugar mill's coop membership, including the mill's superintendent and its chief chemist Gustavo de la Parra, founded Club Social y Deportivo Zacatepec who from its foundation sought to play in the professional division. A few years later the club would go on to win important things in the national level and international level.
It was in 1951 when future manager Ignacio Trelles took over the club. In the 1951 second division final they won, earning a promotion to the Primera División de México, taking over the spot left by Club San Sebastián de León who would never again return to the top division.
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