Montañeses Fútbol Club, is a professional football club based in Orizaba, Veracruz. The club competes in Liga Premier (Primera Premier), the third level of Mexican football, and plays its home matches at Estadio Socum. Founded in 2021, after the franchise of Fuertes de Fortín was moved from Fortín de las Flores to Orizaba.
History On 26 June 2021, Fuertes de Fortín, a club from Fortín de las Flores, Veracruz, won promotion from the Liga TDP to the Liga Premier de México after defeating Toluca in the regional final. Following this result, the team secured a place in the Liga Premier (Serie A). A week later, the club won the national championship in that category.
After being promoted, the Fuertes de Fortín board of directors began to receive offers from other cities such as Córdoba, Orizaba, Xalapa and Tuxtepec to relocate the club in those locations, due to the fact that the sports facilities of Fortín de las Flores did not comply with the requirements to participate in the Segunda División. However, the team intended to continue playing in their hometown even though they could not promote. At the end of July, Orizaba's offer began to gain acceptance among the club's owners.
On July 22, 2021, Fuertes de Fortín was sold to businessmen from Orizaba, who relocated it to their city and was renamed Montañeses F.C., after the originally proposed name, Academia Orizaba F.C., could not be used due to the disaffiliation of Albinegros de Orizaba, former club that played in Orizaba, which had the right to use the name of the city in Mexican football. On July 30, the club's participation in Serie A was confirmed, being placed in Group 2.
Stadium
The Estadio Socum (deriving from So-Cu-M, the short version of its full name Estadio de la Sociedad Cuauhtémoc Moctezuma) is a football stadium in Orizaba, Veracruz and it has capacity for 7,000 people.
Between 2021 and February 2023, the team played its matches at the Complejo Deportivo Orizaba Sur, a sports complex that has a football stadium which has an approximate capacity for 3,000 people.
Players First-team squad
Reserve teams Montañeses – Potros Casino Español (Liga TDP) Reserve team that plays in the Liga TDP, the fourth tier of the Mexican league system.
Managers Víctor Hernández (2021–2024) Andrés Garza (2025) Víctor Medina (2025–)
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