Lobos de la Universidad Latina de México is a 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 ...

–

Serie A The Serie A (), officially known as Serie A Enilive in Italy and Serie A Made in Italy abroad for sponsorship reasons, is a professional association football league in Italy and the highest tier of the Italian football league system. Establish ...

. It is based in the city of

Celaya Celaya (; Otomi: ) is a city and its surrounding municipality in the state of Guanajuato, Mexico, located in the southeast quadrant of the state. It is the third most populous city in the state, with a 2005 census population of 310,413. The muni ...

, Mexico.

History

On March 12, 2021, an agreement was signed between

Celaya F.C. Celaya Fútbol Club is a Mexican professional football club based in Celaya, Guanajuato, that plays in the Liga de Expansión MX, the second level division of Mexican football. The club was founded in 1954, then changed its name to Real Celaya in ...

and the Universidad Latina de México with the objective of establishing a football team that would participate in the

, which would bear the name of the university but would be based on the franchise that the club already had in that league. As part of the agreement, Celaya provided the soccer players, the coaching staff, the stadium and the training facilities, while the ULM contributed with the identity and the financial part, in addition to offering university education for the players incorporated into the team. In April 2021, the university board made official the project to build a stadium to host the institution's soccer and football games, which will have a capacity to hold 1,200 spectators. The team was officially entered into soccer competitions on July 30, 2021, when its entry into the Liga Premier –

was announced, the club was placed in Group 2 of this category. On August 3, Rowan Vargas was announced as the club's first manager. The following day the first players of the team were announced: Alejandro Padua, Ricardo Chávez, Rafael Rodea and Rogelio Calixto. In June 2025, Lobos ULMX became an independent team from the Celaya F.C. sports structure, becoming a separate club with full rights as a Liga Premier participant, including the possibility of promotion.

Stadium

The team plays its home games in the

Estadio Miguel Alemán Valdés The Estadio Miguel Alemán Valdés is a multi-use stadium in Celaya, Guanajuato. Mexico. It is currently used mostly for football matches and is the home stadium of Club Celaya. The stadium holds 23,369 people and opened in 1954. It is named f ...

, that is the Celaya F.C. ground and is used by Lobos ULMX due to its status as an affiliated team, this stadium has a capacity for 23,182.

Players

Current squad

Managers

* Rowan Vargas (2021–2025) *

Aquivaldo Mosquera Aquivaldo Mosquera Romaña (born 22 June 1981) is a Colombian former professional footballer who played as a defender. He also holds Mexican citizenship. Club career Mosquera made his debut in 2000 playing for Atlético Nacional. He would ma ...

(2025–)

References

Association football clubs established in 2021 Football clubs in Celaya 2021 establishments in Mexico Liga Premier de México Football clubs in Guanajuato {{Mexico-footyclub-stub