Coras FC

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Coras Fútbol Club commonly known as Coras de Tepic is a football club that plays in the Mexican football league system Mexican Liga Premier (third-tier). The club was founded in the late 1950s as Deportivo Tepic and is based in Piedras Negras, Coahuila, Mexico.

Coras F.C.
Full nameCoras Fútbol Club
Nickname(s)Los Coras (The Coras)
El Tornado del País (The Tornado of the Country)
Founded19 July 1959; 64 years ago (1959-07-19)
GroundEstadio Sección 123
Piedras Negras, Coahuila, Mexico[1]
Capacity6,000
OwnerNoé Quintanilla
ChairmanNoé Quintanilla[1]
ManagerElias Mdahuar
LeagueLiga Premier - Serie A
2023–2417th, Group I

History

The club was founded on July 19, 1959[2] by Francisco Mengibar Bueno and quickly joined the Segunda División de México. The club played mostly in the Mexican inferior division from 1960 to the 1980s. In 1986 the club was invited to play the Copa de Oro de Occidente with first and second division clubs based in the mid-western region of the country.

In 1994 the club was invited to play the first tournament in the newly created Primera A. The club struggled during its first year and was relegated back to the Segunda División de México after the 1995–96 tournament. In 2002 the club won the Apertura 2002 tournament in Segunda División de México. The club has been playing on and off ever since and recently built a new stadium[3] in order to rejoin the Ascenso MX for the Apertura 2012 tournament. They also played the Austin Posse in 2004.

In June 2017, owner Jose Luis Higuera confirmed the club would no longer exist after he bought a new club, Club Atlético Zacatepec. Coras disappeared for a month.

In July 2017, the Cuervos de Ensenada club management announced its move to Tepic, where it was renamed as Deportivo Tepic JAP.[4] However, this new team was highlighted by poor economic and administrative management that led to its disappearance in May 2018.[5]

Before the start of the 2018-19 season, it was announced the founding of a new team called Coras de Nayarit F.C., the new club arose from the purchase of the Acatlán F.C. license, team that was champion of the Third Division in 2017-18 season,[6] which could not promote by not meeting the requirements of Serie A. Coras de Nayarit was a team made up of local businessmen and the state government.[7] In June 2020 this team was put on hiatus due to financial problems derived from COVID-19, so it did not participate in the 2020-21 season.[8]

In July 2021 the team was resumed to continue participating in Serie A, however, due to changes in the administration the club was renamed as Coras F.C.[9] In addition, the club created a reserve team to play in the Liga TDP.

On June 28, 2023 the Liga Premier team was relocated to Piedras Negras, Coahuila, however they provisionally kept the original name.[10] While the Liga TDP team remained in Tepic. The directive argued the lack of conditions to play in Tepic due to the poor condition of the Estadio Nicolás Álvarez Ortega and the problems to use the Estadio Olímpico Santa Teresita.[11]

Stadium

Since 2023 Coras F.C. plays its home games at Estadio Sección 123, located in Piedras Negras, Coahuila. The venue has a capacity to accommodate 6,000 people.[12]

Between 2021 and 2023 Coras Fútbol Club played their home matches at the Estadio Olímpico Santa Teresita in Tepic, Nayarit. The stadium capacity is 4,000 people. It is owned by the state of Nayarit, and its surface is covered by natural grass. The stadium was opened in 2014.

Alternatively, the team also played some matches in the Estadio Nicolás Álvarez Ortega in Tepic, Nayarit. The stadium capacity is 12,271 people. It is also owned by Nayarit, and its surface is covered by natural grass. The stadium was opened in 2011. It was the club's main stadium until 2020, however, in 2021 it was decided to stop using this field because it is far from the urban area of Tepic.

Players

Current squad

As of 13 January 2024[13]

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No.Pos. NationPlayer
14DF  MEXJaime Carrillo
17FW  MEXJosé Julián García
18MF  MEXLeonídas López
19FW  MEXJair Pérez
20FW  MEXElioth Mata
21GK  MEXDiego Casas
22DF  MEXCristopher Ramos
23GK  MEXJalil Rentería
24MF  MEXDiego Vázquez
25DF  MEXElko Betancourt
26MF  MEXRogelio Alemán (on loan from UdeG)
27MF  MEXIgnacio Muñoz (on loan from UdeG)

Reserve teams

Coras F.C. (Liga TDP)
Reserve team that plays in the Liga TDP, the fourth level of the Mexican league system.

Managers

Season to season

SeasonDivisionPlace
1980–812nd Division
1981–822nd Division
1982–832nd Division
1983–842nd Division
1984–852nd Division
1985–862nd Division
1986–872nd Division
1987–882nd Division
1988–892nd Division
1989–902nd Division
1991–922nd Division
1992–932nd Division
1993–942nd Division
1994–95Primera A
1995–96Primera A
Invierno 962nd Division
Verano972nd Division
Invierno 972nd Division
Verano 982nd Division
SeasonDivisionPlace
Invierno 982nd Division
Verano 992nd Division
Invierno 992nd Division
Verano 002nd Division
Invierno 002nd Division
Verano 012nd Division
Invierno 012nd Division
Verano 022nd Division
Invierno 022nd Division
Verano 032nd Division
Clausura 032nd Division
Apertura 042nd Division
Clausura 042nd Division
Apertura 052nd Division
Clausura 20052nd Division
Apertura 20063d Division
Clausura 20063d Division
Apertura 20073d Division
Clausura 20073d Division
SeasonDivisionPlace
Apertura 20083d Division
Clausura 20083d Division
Apertura 20093d Division
Clausura 20093d Division
Apertura 20112nd Division
Clausura 20122nd Division
Apertura 20122nd Division
Clausura 20132nd Division
Apertura 20132nd Division5th (Quarterfinal)
Clausura 20142nd Division2nd (Quarterfinal)
Apertura 2014Ascenso MX1st ("Runner-Up")
Clausura 2015Ascenso MX
Apertura 2015Ascenso MX
Clausura 2016Ascenso MX
Apertura 2016Ascenso MX
Clausura 2017Ascenso MX
Apertura 20172nd Division
Clausura 20182nd Division
2018–192nd Division

  • Has Played 60 2nd Division Tournaments last in April 2018.
  • Has Played 8 3rd Division Tournaments last in 2009.
  • Has Played 8 Ascenso MX Tournaments last in Clausura 2017.
  • Has Played 0 Mexican Primera División Tournaments in history.
  • After the 1971–72 tournament the club played under the name Club Universidad de Nayarit till the 1975–76 .
  • After the Clausura 2006 the club was sold to Chivas and was renamed Chivas Coras but a Deportivo Tepic club played in the Third Division.
  • The club left the third division in 2009 and made a return in the Apertura 2011 in the second division.

Honours

See also

Footnotes