Mineros de Zacatecas
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| Full name | Club Deportivo Mineros de Zacatecas |
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Los Mineros (The Miners) La Marea Roja (The Crimson Tide) |
| Founded | 28 May 2014 |
| Ground | Estadio Francisco Villa, Zacatecas City, Zacatecas, Mexico |
| Capacity | 13,820 |
| Owner | Grupo Pachuca Grupo Carso |
| Chairman | Armando Martínez Patiño |
| Manager | Ricardo Rayas |
| League | Ascenso MX |
| Clausura 2016 | 1st |
Club Deportivo Mineros de Zacatecas is a Mexican football club from Zacatecas that compete in the Mexican Ascenso MX. They are currently managed by Ricardo Rayas.
In December 2012, Grupo Pachuca purchased the Estudiantes Tecos franchise as they were relegated to the Ascenso MX. The team failed to gain promotion when they lost in penalties to Leones Negros de la U. de G.. It was then that Grupo Pachuca decided to move the franchise from Zapopan to Zacatecas so as to not have four teams in Guadalajara. The city of Zacatecas had spent 11 years without an Ascenso team, since Real Sociedad de Zacatecas which were sold to Altamira in the summer of 2003.
The club's name was chosen to be Mineros (Miners) as the city of Zacatecas owes its existence to the discovering of silver mines in the late 16th century. The state of Zacatecas is one of the top producers of gold and silver in the world.
The Mineros de Zacatecas club apart from all in his first season of professional football's rise MX 2nd place left out in the semi-finals by rival Necaxa team Mineros from the first days looked competitive team doing the fastest goal in Mexico through Gustavo Adrian Ramirez 4 seconds also to the team Necaxa.
The Francisco Villa stadium has a capacity of 13,820 and is located in the city of Zacatecas. It was inaugurated in 1986 with a friendly match between the Leones Negros de la U. de G. vs. South Korea national football team.
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
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