Bucaneros de Zitácuaro Fútbol Club is a Mexican professional football team based in

Zitácuaro Zitácuaro, officially known as Heroica Zitácuaro, is a city in the Mexican state of Michoacán. The city is the administrative centre for the surrounding municipality of the same name, which lies at the extreme eastern side of Michoacán and b ...

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that plays in Liga TDP.

History

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. In the summer of 2023, the club purchased a franchise in the

Liga TDP Liga TDP is a professional association football league in Mexico and the fourth level of the Mexican football league system. Formerly known as Tercera División de México (1967–2017). It has 223 participating clubs, divided into 17 regional gro ...

, 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

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due to the existence of a professional team in Zitácuaro. 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

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team to be able to compete in the Liga Premier – Serie B, the third tier of Mexican football, starting in the 2024–25 season. 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. 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

, so finally Zamora was the team registered to play in the Liga Premier although with management and players from Bucaneros.

Stadium

Unidad Deportiva Melchor Ocampo is a sports complex in

. The stadium seats 1,000 and is used mostly for

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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.

Players

First-team squad

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Bucaneros de Zitácuaro Association football clubs established in 2021 Football clubs in Michoacán 2021 establishments in Mexico