Colima Fútbol Club is a Mexican professional football team based in
Colima City,
Colima, Mexico currently playing in
Liga Premier
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Serie A.
History
In December 2019
Loros UdeC was dissolved after the death of its owner, which left Colima City without a professional football team.
At the beginning of 2020,
Sergio Bueno, a football manager born in the city, began a project to return football to the city with the aim of getting a promotion to higher categories of the
Mexican Football Federation. On March 12, 2020, the club's registration with the
Mexican Football Federation was made official, which is why it is considered as the founding date of Colima F.C. In June, an agreement was signed between the
University of Colima
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and an association for the use of the
Estadio Olímpico Universitario de Colima
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by a new football team.
On July 17, 2020, the team's participation in the
Liga Premier de México was announced. On July 29 it was announced that the team will be part of Group 1 along with other teams from the northern and western areas of Mexico. On August 20, René Isidoro García was officially announced as the first coach in the club's history, the same day, it was announced that the club will seek to have a development area for youth footballers and a women's team.
On September 19, 2020, Colima F.C. played its first official match. The team defeated Gavilanes de Matamoros 2–0.
Jorge Almaguer scored the first goal in the club's history.
Stadium
The Estadio Olímpico Universitario de Colima is a multi-use
stadium
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in
Colima City,
Colima,
Mexico. It is currently used mostly for
football
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matches and is the home stadium for Colima Fútbol Club. The stadium has a capacity of 11,812 people and opened in 1994.
Since the 2023-24 season, the team has also used the Estadio Colima, which has a capacity for 12,000 spectators and was inaugurated in 1976.
Players
First-team squad
Managers
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René Isidoro García
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(2020–2022)
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Ernesto Santana (2022)
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Usiel Andrade (2022–2023)
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Juan Francisco Cordero (Interim) (2023–2024)
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Sergio Bueno (2024–)
References
External links
Liga MX profile
Football clubs in Colima
Association football clubs established in 2020
2020 establishments in Mexico
Liga Premier de México
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