Universidad Pedagógica Nacional Francisco Morazán, most commonly known as UPNFM or Lobos (''English: Wolves'') is a Honduran football club, based In

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, Honduras. The club currently plays in the

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History

The club was founded on August 10, 2010 as a sports club for the university. By coincidence, that very same year a place opened up in the Liga Nacional de Ascenso. Until that year, major Honduran teams had fielded affiliates that competed in the Liga de Ascenso. A reform in the league structure forced the withdrawal of those teams, and allowed UPNFM to move right into the spot. The club's roster was drawn from students at the university; here too, however, the withdrawal of the affiliated clubs worked in their favor. UPNFM was an attractive loan partner for reserve players at Olimpia and Motagua because they could pursue a university degree while playing. On 4 June 2017, the club claimed their first title by winning the Clausura of the 2016–17 Liga Nacional de Ascenso. Seven days later, they defeated

Lepaera F.C. Lepaera Football Club is a Honduran football club based in Lepaera, Honduras. The club currently plays in Honduran Liga Nacional de Ascenso Liga de Ascenso (Promotion League) is the second division of Honduran football; it was founded on 17 D ...

to earn promotion to the 2017–18 Honduran Liga Nacional franchise.Terra.cl – Universidad Pedagógica asciende a la Primera División en Honduras
– 11 June 2017 UPNFM finished 6th in the Apertura and 8th in the Clausura, finishing comfortably clear of relegation and earning a second season of top flight football.

Achievements

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::Winners (1): 2016–17 C ::Runners-up (1): 2014–15 A

Performance by year

Other departments

List of international participations by Lobos UPNFM in other areas of football.

Squad

: ''As of February 2019''

Former managers

Salomón Nazar José Salomón Nazar Ordóñez (born 7 August 1952) is a retired Honduran football goalkeeper who played for Honduras in the 1982 FIFA World Cup. Club career Nicknamed ''Turco'', Nazar played the majority of his career for Pumas UNAH, but also ...

(2011) *

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(2012) *

Nahúm Espinoza Nahún Alberto Espinoza Zerón (born 14 August 1964) is a retired Honduran football player and football manager, who currently is in charge of Club Deportivo Olimpia. Club career He started his career at Real España and also had a lengthy sp ...

(2012)

References

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