Club Deportivo Mineros de Zacatecas, is a professional football club based in Zacatecas. The club competes in Liga de Expansión MX, the second level of Mexican football, and plays its home matches at Estadio Carlos Vega Villalba. Founded in 2014, after the franchise of Estudiantes Tecos was moved from Zapopan to Zacatecas.
History 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, Jalisco to the city of Zacatecas, Zacatecas, so as to not have four teams in Guadalajara. The city of Zacatecas had spent 11 years without an Ascenso team, after Real Sociedad de Zacatecas was moved to Altamira, Tamaulipas 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 were in their first season of professional soccer, taking 2nd place in the Ascenso MX, yet were left out of the semifinals by its rival Necaxa. The team demonstrated their immediate competitiveness, as in 2014, after the relocation of Águilas Reales de Zacatecas to Pachuca, Hidalgo to merge with the reserves team of Pachuca (which was later relocated to the city of Taxcala, Tlaxcala giving birth to a new team, Tlaxcala F.C.), Gustavo Adrián Ramírez scored the fastest goal in league history (four seconds) against rivals Necaxa to open the season.Fastest goals in association football
In Clausura 2016, Mineros obtained their best achievement so far, in that tournament they reached the final of the tournament, in this series they were defeated against Necaxa by an aggregate of 0–2.
In June 2020, Grupo Pachuca sold the club to local businessman Eduardo López Muñoz, this due to the intentions of the conglomerate to have less teams under its ownership. With the new owner, most of the previously created structures were maintained, the new board was headed by López Muñoz, appointing Marco Iván Pérez as sports director and Omar Alexis Moreno as coach.
Stadium The Estadio Carlos Vega Villalba has a capacity of 20,068 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.
Personnel Management
Coaching staff Position StaffManager Luis Ángel MuñozAssistant managers Joacim Calderón Isaác MartínezFitness coach José Olguín Physiotherapist Israel QuesnelTeam doctor Sergio Ramos
Players Current squad
Out on loan
Reserves Mineros de Fresnillo Affiliate team that competes in the Liga Premier.
Mineros de Zacatecas TDP Reserve team that competes in the Liga TDP.
Mineros CDMX Reserve team that competes in the Liga TDP.
Mineros Carranza CDMX Reserve team that competes in the Liga TDP.
Season to season SeasonDivisionPlaceApertura 2014Ascenso MX2 (semifinals)Clausura 2015Ascenso MX8Apertura 2015Ascenso MX4 (semifinals)Clausura 2016Ascenso MX6 (Runner up)Apertura 2016Ascenso MX2 (semifinals)Clausura 2017Ascenso MX1 (semifinals)Apertura 2017Ascenso MX6 (quarterfinals)Clausura 2018Ascenso MX1 (quarterfinals)Apertura 2018Ascenso MX2 (quarterfinals)Clausura 2019Ascenso MX2 (semifinals)Apertura 2019Ascenso MX7th (quarter-finals)Clausura 2020Ascenso MX1st (Cancelled)Guardianes 2020Liga de Expansión MX7th (quarter-finals)Guardianes 2021Liga de Expansión MX4th (semi-finals)Apertura 2021Liga de Expansión MX10th (Reclassification)Clausura 2022Liga de Expansión MX5th (Reclassification)Apertura 2022Liga de Expansión MX7th (quarter-finals)Clausura 2023Liga de Expansión MX17th
Managers Pablo Marini (2014–2015) Joel Sánchez (2015–2016) Ricardo Rayas (2016–2017) Efraín Flores (2017) Andrés Carevic (2017–2019) Óscar Torres (2019–2020) Omar Alexis Moreno (2020–2023) Nacho Castro (2023–2024) Mario García Covalles (2025) Luis Ángel Muñoz (2025–)
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