Atlético Reynosa Fútbol Club was a Mexican football club based in Reynosa, Tamaulipas founded in 2012 as Reynosa Fútbol Club, and was later rebranded in 2017 as Atlético Reynosa. The team played in the Liga Premier – Serie A of the Segunda División de México between 2012 and 2020. From 2020, the team went into hiatus due to economic and financial difficulties and stopped participating in Mexican football indefinitely, but without being dissolved. In 2022, the team's license was moved to Tampico, Tamaulipas and sold to C.D.S. Tampico Madero, so any possibility of the return of Atlético Reynosa was eliminated.
History The team was established in 2012 with the name Reynosa F.C., at first, the franchise was planned to play in the Liga de Ascenso de México, however, it was finally placed in the Liga Premier de Ascenso (third level) because it did not find a place in the second category, the first match of the club was a friendly played on August 14, 2012 against Dorados de Sinaloa. Their first seasons were played at the Estadio Adolfo López Mateos, and later the team started to build a new stadium.
On September 27, 2013, the team's new stadium was inaugurated, located in the Unidad Deportiva Solidaridad.
On June 19, 2017, Reynosa F.C. was acquired by new owners who changed their name to Atlético Reynosa, and the colors of the club were changed, from red, green and white to blue and white.
In 2020, the team began the process to join the new Liga de Expansión MX, which became the second league in Mexican football system. However, finally the participation of Atlético Reynosa in the league was rejected due to several economic problems with its stadium and that is why the club had to remain in the Segunda División de México, after this the team went on hiatus due to financial difficulties caused by the loss of sponsors that would support the club as long as it got a place in the Liga de Expansión.
Between 2012 and 2015, the club had a team affiliated in Liga de Nuevos Talentos called Topos de Reynosa, which was moved and sold to Chetumal, Quintana Roo to become Tigrillos de Chetumal.
Season to season SeasonDivisionPlaceApertura 20123. Segunda División de México8th Group I (round of 16)Clausura 20133. Segunda División de México7th Group I (round of 16)Apertura 20133. Segunda División de México13th Group IClausura 20143. Segunda División de México16th Group IApertura 20143. Segunda División de México7th Group IClausura 20153. Segunda División de México1st Group I (semifinals)Apertura 20153. Segunda División de México5th Group IClausura 20163. Segunda División de México2nd Group I (semifinals)Apertura 20163. Segunda División de México5th Group I (quarterfinals)Clausura 20173. Segunda División de México9th Group IApertura 20173. Liga Premier Serie A13th Group IClausura 20183. Liga Premier Serie A6th Group I (semifinals)
Players
Current squad .
Player records
All-time top scorers
RankingNationalityNameYearsGoals1Pablo Hütt García2012112Hilario Tristán Martínez2012-201393Francisco Portela Renteral2012–84Óscar Eduardo Uscanga Gutiérrez201355Hugo Alfonso Espude Marín201246Gustavo Daniel Rodríguez González2013-47Julio Adrián Reyes Hernández201338Jaime Ayala Jain201229Eduardo Becerra Hernández2012210Fernando Cabello Larreta2013-2
Managers Franco Zúñiga Gómez (Apr 2012 – Aug 2012) Mario Pérez Guadarrama (Aug 2012 – Nov 2012) Franco Zúñiga Gómez (Nov 2012 – Nov 2013) Cristóbal Cubilla Delgadillo (Nov 2013 – Mar 2014) Rubén Alejandro Tanucci (Mar 2014 – Apr 2014) Carlos Reinoso, Jr. (Apr 2014 – Sep 2014) Ramón Villa Zevallos (Sep 2014 – Jul 2017) Esteban Mejía (Jul 2017 – Jul 2018) Alejandro Pérez Macías (Jul 2018 – Jun 2019) Gastón Obledo (Jul 2019 – Jun 2020)
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