Bucaneros de Zitácuaro
| Full name | Bucaneros de Zitácuaro Fútbol Club | ||
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| Nickname(s) | Bucaneros | ||
| Founded | July 2021 | ||
| Ground | Unidad Deportiva Melchor Ocampo Maravatío, Michoacán, Mexico | ||
| Capacity | 1,000 | ||
| Owner | Armando Flores Martínez[1] | ||
| Chairman | María Luisa Frutis[2] | ||
| Manager | Vacant | ||
| League | Liga TDP | ||
| 2024–25 | Pre–season | ||
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Bucaneros de Zitácuaro Fútbol Club is a Mexican professional football team based in Zitácuaro, Mexico that plays in Liga TDP.
History
[edit]The team was founded in 2021, being registered in the Amateur Section of Mexican Football, a semi-professional category, in 2022 the club won the championship known as Cuarta División.[3]
In the summer of 2023, the club purchased a franchise in the Liga TDP, the fourth tier of the Mexican professional football system, so starting in the 2023–24 season the team began to compete professionally. However, in order to play the team was relocated to Maravatío due to the existence of a professional team in Zitácuaro.[4] In their first professional season the team qualified for the promotion play-offs, although they were eliminated in the round of 16.
In the summer of 2024, the board began a project to improve the club, which began with the announcement of the construction of its own stadium in Zitácuaro. Subsequently, the team obtained the franchise of the Real Zamora team to be able to compete in the Liga Premier – Serie B, the third tier of Mexican football, starting in the 2024–25 season.[5] Due to the demands of the new league and waiting to have its own stadium ready, the team had to look for another stadium in another city.[6]
Although the team insisted on reporting its arrival to the third level of Mexican soccer, the league did not authorize the move, in addition to denying any type of relationship between Bucaneros F.C. and Real Zamora, so finally Zamora was the team registered to play in the Liga Premier although with management and players from Bucaneros.[7]
Stadium
[edit]Unidad Deportiva Melchor Ocampo is a sports complex in Maravatío, Mexico. The stadium seats 1,000 and is used mostly for football matches.
The team is building its own stadium in Zitácuaro, which will be called Estadio Perla Negra and will have a capacity for 10,000 spectators.[6]
Players
[edit]First-team squad
[edit]- As of 13 January 2024[8]
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
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References
[edit]- ^ "Armando Flores Martínez: el dueño del Club Bucaneros que sueña con el ascenso". Mi Zitácuaro (in Spanish). 19 September 2023. Retrieved 9 July 2024.
- ^ "María Luisa Frutis, presidenta del Club Bucaneros de Zitácuaro, habla sobre el debut del equipo en la Tercera División". Mi Zitácuaro (in Spanish). 3 September 2023. Retrieved 9 July 2024.
- ^ "BUCANEROS DE ZITÁCUARO CAMPEÓN DE 4TA. DIVISIÓN ZONA A GANA 4 A 2 A CREMAS FC". El Clarín Diario (in Spanish). 11 July 2022. Retrieved 9 July 2024.
- ^ "Bucaneros de Zitácuaro relocation to Maravatío statement". Bucaneros de Zitácuaro (in Spanish). 25 August 2023. Retrieved 9 July 2024.
- ^ "Bucaneros se une a la Liga Premier Serie A". Tribuna de Poder (in Spanish). 8 July 2024. Retrieved 9 July 2024.
- ^ a b ""Es una realidad que el 'Perla Negra' va a estar funcionando este año": Presidenta Bucaneros de Zitácuaro". Ecos del Quinceo (in Spanish). 12 June 2024. Retrieved 9 July 2024.
- ^ "REAL ZAMORA EN EL JUAN N. LÓPEZ". Liga Premier Magazine (in Spanish). 22 August 2024. Retrieved 22 August 2024.
- ^ "Inter de Querétaro Fútbol Club". Liga BBVA MX. Retrieved 18 September 2021.