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The Cimarrones de Sonora Fútbol Club is a Mexican football club that plays in the
Liga Premier de México Liga Premier is a professional association football league in Mexico and the third level of the Mexican football league system. Formerly known as Segunda División de México (1950–2017). It has 52 participating clubs, divided into two division ...
. The club is based in
Hermosillo, Sonora Hermosillo (), formerly called Pitic (as in ''Santísima Trinidad del Pitic'' and ''Presidio del Pitic''), is a city in the center of the northwestern Mexican state of Sonora. It is the municipal seat of the Hermosillo municipality, the state's ...
,
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History

The "Cimarrones de Sonora" were born in 2013, when the "Rays" of Poblado Miguel Alemán FC became the champions of the Third Division of Mexico and thus were promoted to Second División 2. After the ascent, with the goal of reaching the Liga de Ascenso of Mexico, employers and trustees of Hermosillo origin, led by Edmundo Ruiz, acquired the franchise as a whole, since this had an agreement with the
Necaxa Impulsora del Deportivo Necaxa S.A. de C.V. (); often simply known as Club Necaxa, is a Mexican professional Association football, football club based in Aguascalientes (city), Aguascalientes. It competes in Liga MX, the top division of Mexican ...
. After this happens, the Mexican Football Federation will communicate to employers that the franchise did not have approval to participate in the precinct Miguel Aleman, since it lacked the minimum infrastructure requirements, hospitality, transportation, etc. That's when managers decided to move the franchise to Hermosillo, renaming the club to "Maroons of Sonora" and having as coach Enrique Ferreira. That was how the team played its first game in the second division at the Águilas Reales de Zacatecas, which ended with the score tied at 0–0. On August 30 they recorded their first victory by defeating 2–1 the Vaqueros de Ameca. As a result of this first tournament, the Apertura 2013, the team finished in 17th position in the overall standings. The next tournament ended again in with the Cimarrones in the 17th position. In the 2014 Apertura tournament with Angel Monares as coach, the team improved significantly. He finished top of Group 1 of the Premier League and fourth place overall in the second division. Maroons played the final against the Potros UAEM. In the first leg 1–0 Maroons emerged victorious Estadio Hector Espino at full capacity, however, in the second leg they beat the Potros UAEM in Estadio Alberto "Chivo" Córdoba by a score of 2–0 in overtime, finishing as runners-up of the tournament. In the Clausura 2015 another coaching change was made, and Jorge Humberto Torres was hired. The team finished in fourth place in the overall standings and were eliminated in the semi-finals by
Loros de la Universidad de Colima Club de Fútbol Loros de la Universidad de Colima was Mexican football club that lastly played in the Ascenso MX, the second tier division of Mexican football. The club was based in Colima, Mexico. The team participated in the Ascenso MX during t ...
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Liga de Ascenso

The May 29, 2015, after announcing the expansion of the Liga de Ascenso, it was announced that the team would be promoted, beginning with the Clausura 2015 season, to the league. This marked the highest the Maroons had reached on the Mexican pyramid. The team has since made the quarterfinals of the Ascenso three times, never advancing beyond this round.


Liga de Expansión

In the summer of 2020, many financial problems of the member clubs of Ascenso MX caused the second level of Mexican football to become the
Liga de Expansión MX Liga de Expansión MX, also known as Liga BBVA Expansión MX for sponsorship reasons, is a professional association football league in Mexico and the second level of the Mexican football league system. It was founded in 2020 as part of the Mexi ...
, a new league focused on the development of footballers, so in exchange for financial support, promotion was eliminated for six years, Cimarrones was one of the founding teams of the new league. Cimarrones de Sonora achieved the league runner-up position in the Clausura 2022. Although Cimarrones was successful in terms of sports, the team was unable to attract the support of local fans, so in June 2024, the owners of the team sold their place to businessmen from
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, who wanted to move the franchise to
Tuxtla Gutiérrez Tuxtla Gutiérrez, or Tuxtla, (, ) is the capital and the largest city of the Mexico, Mexican southeastern state of Chiapas. It is the seat of the municipality of the same name, which is the most developed and populous in the state. A busy govern ...
to use it to refound Jaguares F.C. However, the new team had to be approved by the owner's assembly. On July 12, the vote was held, and the project was not approved by the partners, so the franchise was put on hiatus for the 2024–25 season.


Return to Liga Premier

Since its arrival in the Ascenso MX in 2015, Cimarrones de Sonora maintained a second team in the
Liga Premier de México Liga Premier is a professional association football league in Mexico and the third level of the Mexican football league system. Formerly known as Segunda División de México (1950–2017). It has 52 participating clubs, divided into two division ...
, the third tier of Mexican football, the team was known as Cimarrones de Sonora Premier. In June 2024 this squad became the club's main team to ensure the historical continuity of the Cimarrones, although playing in a lower category than they did between 2015 and 2024.


Stadium

Cimarrones de Sonora play their home matches at the Estadio Héroe de Nacozari in
Hermosillo Hermosillo (), formerly called Pitic (as in ''Santísima Trinidad del Pitic'' and ''Presidio del Pitic''), is a city in the center of the northwestern Mexican state of Sonora. It is the municipal seat of the Hermosillo municipality, the state's ...
,
Sonora Sonora (), officially Estado Libre y Soberano de Sonora (), is one of the 31 states which, along with Mexico City, comprise the Administrative divisions of Mexico, Federal Entities of Mexico. The state is divided into Municipalities of Sonora, 72 ...
. The stadium capacity is 18,747 people. Its surface is covered by natural grass. The stadium was opened in 1985.


Season to season


Personnel


Coaching staff


Players


First-team squad


Out on loan


Reserve teams

;Cimarrones de Sonora (Liga TDP) :Reserve team that plays 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 level of the Mexican league system.


Managers

* Enrique Ferreira (2013) * Ángel Monares (2013–14) * Jorge Humberto Torres (2015) * Javier López ''(interim)'' (2015) *
Héctor Medrano Héctor Medrano Abad (born March 29, 1967) is a Mexican Association football, football manager and former player. Career Medrano was born in Uruapan, Michoacán. He played for Correcaminos UAT, Club Atlas, Atlas, Puebla F.C., Deportivo Toluca a ...
(2016) * Juan Carlos Chávez (2016–2017) *
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(2017–2018) * Héctor Altamirano (2018) * Isaac Morales Domínguez (2019–2020) *  
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(2020–2022) * Roberto Hernández (2022–2024) * Valentín Arredondo (2024–present)


See also

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Football in Mexico The most popular sport in Mexico is association football, known as wikt:fútbol, fútbol in Mexico. The top professional leagues in Mexico are Liga MX for men and Liga MX Femenil for women. In Mexico, football became a professional men's spo ...


References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Cimarrones de Sonora Football clubs in Sonora Association football clubs established in 2013 2013 establishments in Mexico Ascenso MX teams