Petroleros de Salamanca C.F.C.

Petroleros de Salamanca C.F.C. is a Mexican football club based in Salamanca, Guanajuato, México which is playing in the Liga Premier de México.

History The club was founded in the 1950s and soon after, in 1958, the club joined the Segunda División de México and played under the name of Mapaches. The club played in the second division until 1961 when the club folded due to economic problems. In 1964 the club rejoined the second division; this time the club was owned by a local oil company which brought in big name players but never achieved a promotion to the first division. From 1964 the club would go on to play good to mediocre tournaments which finally came to an end once again in 1986 when the club folded and would not come this time for several years all time times playing under the name of Petroleros de Salamanca.

Awaited return In 2001 the same oil company that had owned the club in the 1980s started up several professional clubs, the first a basketball club in 2001 which played under the name of Petroleros de Salamanca. In 2004 the football club finally made its return, quickly joining the Primera A. In 2006 the club reached its first final in the Primera A only to lose it to Puebla FC in a Penalty shoot out. The club would go on to play six more tournaments before the club was sold and relocated in La Piedad, Michoacán, where it became C.F. La Piedad.

Failed return to Liga Premier In 2013 the team returned as Salamanca F.C., after spending several years in the Third Division of Mexico without winning promotion, on July 3, 2019 the team attempted to participate in the Liga Premier de México (Second Division) – Serie B, this after reaching an agreement with the Real Potosino's management, after the agreement, the team from San Luis Potosí had to move to Salamanca and be rebranded as Salamanca F.C. Finally on July 18, 2019 the Mexican Football Federation did not grant the guarantee for this change and Salamanca remained at Liga TDP, while Real Potosino stopped participating in Mexican football.

In 2020 due to financial problems, the club's board of directors rented its franchise to the Promotora Barajas Soccer, a soccer development center based in Tamazula de Gordiano, Jalisco. In 2021 the rental agreement was not renewed and the team officially ceased to participate.

In 2022 the team returned to participate in the professional leagues, being renamed C.F. Salamanca and based on the franchise Jaral del Progreso F.C. This team was dissolved at the end of the 2022–23 season due to the impossibility of competing with the new project that has arrived in the city.

Return to Liga Premier On January 27, 2023 Catedráticos Elite F.C. was relocated from Ameca, Jalisco to Salamanca, Guanajuato. The relocation of the club occurred after a merger with Petroleros de Salamanca, because the local oil sector was interested in having a professional team in the city, for this reason the team was unofficially called Catedráticos Petroleros. On June 30, 2023, the team officially recovered the name Petroleros de Salamanca, however, due to administrative issues the team was officially renamed as Petroleros de Salamanca Catedráticos F.C. In 2024, the club suffered severe financial difficulties, causing them to fold. However, they were re-founded on the 6th of June 2026.

Badge In the early 1950s clubs usually used their city's crest as their own, so Salamanca used the city crest from 1958-1961. In the early 1970s the club used a crest which had an oil rig along with a soccer ball. In 2004 the club returned with a brand new crest but kept the oil rig and the soccer ball along with the club's colors.

First kit evolution

Season to season

SeasonDivisionPlace 1958-592nd Division1959-60 2nd Division1960-61 2nd Division1961-64Did not participate 1964-652nd Division 1965-662nd Division1966-672nd Division1967-682nd Division1968-692nd Division1969-702nd Division1970-712nd Division1971-722nd Division1972-732nd Division1973-742nd Division1974-752nd Division1975-762nd Division1976-772nd Division1977-782nd Division1978-792nd Division1979-802nd Division1980-812nd Division1981-822nd Division1982-832nd Division1983-842nd Division1984-852nd Division1985-862nd DivisionSeasonDivisionPlace1986–2003Did not participate 1996-97Primera A Clausura 2004Primera A Apertura 2005Primera A Clausura 2006Primera A Apertura 2006Primera AClausura 2007Primera A Apertura 2007Primera AClausura 2008Primera AApertura 2008Primera A Clausura 2009Primera A Apertura 20092nd DivisionBicentenario 20102nd DivisionDisappeared after final of the season2013–143rd División2014–153rd División2015–163rd División2016–173rd División2017–183rd División2018–19Liga TDP2019–20Liga TDP2020–21Liga TDPFranchise Loan to Carfut Barajas Soccer2022–23Liga TDPUnder Jaral del Progreso F.C.Clausura 2023Liga PremierUnder Catedráticos Elite franchise

Has Played 28 Liga Premier Tournaments last in April 2023. Has Played 9 Primera A Tournaments last in 2009. Has Played 8 3rd División seasons last in April 2021.

Coaching staff Position StaffManager VacantAssistant managers Ana María ZavalaFitness coach Martín FonsecaTeam doctor Josué Julián Jurado

Players First-team squad

Reserve teams Catedráticos Elite Reserve team that plays in the Liga TDP, the fourth level of the Mexican league system.

Honours Professional Primera División A: (0) Runner-up (1): Apertura 2006

Segunda División: (1) Champion : 1951-1952

Segunda División "B": (2) Champion : 1984-1985, 1993-1994

Notable former players "CHAPULIN" Duran 62 Omar Jaime Luis "SCOOBY" Cano 44 Cesar Saldivar "PAJARO" Rios 63 "BOCHA" Dominguez Alejandro Meza 60 Damasceno "TIBA" 48 Carlos Regis 33 Raul "AMULETO" Enriquez 51 Everardo Begines Casanova "CASAGOL"

See also Estadio Sección XXIV

References

External links Official Club site