Montañeses Fútbol Club 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 ...

–

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. It is based in

Orizaba Orizaba (, Otomi: ) is a city and municipality in the Mexican state of Veracruz. It is located 20 km west of its sister city Córdoba, and is adjacent to Río Blanco and Ixtaczoquitlán, on Federal Highways 180 and 190. The city had a ...

, Mexico.

History

On June 26, 2021, Fuertes de Fortín F.C., team from

Fortín de las Flores Fortín de las Flores is a city in the Mexican state of Veracruz. Fortín de las Flores is the municipal seat of Fortín municipality, which borders the municipalities of Córdoba, Naranjal and Ixtaczoquitlán. It stands on Federal Highways 190 ...

, won promotion from the

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to the

after defeating

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in the regional final. Following this result, the team secured a place in the

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. A week later, the club won the national championship in that category. After being promoted, the Fuertes de Fortín board of directors began to receive offers from other cities such as

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and

Tuxtepec San Juan Bautista Tuxtepec (, "on the hill of rabbits"), or simply referred to as Tuxtepec, is the head of the municipality by the same name and is the second most populous city of the Mexican state of Oaxaca. It is part of the Tuxtepec District of ...

to relocate the club in those locations, due to the fact that the sports facilities of Fortín de las Flores did not comply with the requirements to participate in the Liga Premier. However, the team intended to continue in their hometown even though they could not promote. At the end of July, Orizaba's offer began to gain acceptance among the club's owners. On July 22, 2021 Fuertes de Fortín was sold to businessmen from Orizaba, who relocated it to their city and was renamed Montañeses F.C., after the originally proposed name, Academia Orizaba F.C., could not be used due to the disaffiliation of

Albinegros de Orizaba Club Deportivo Albinegros de Orizaba was a association football, football club of the city of Orizaba, in the state of Veracruz. Founded in 1898 as "Orizaba Athletic Club", it was founded by Scottish migrant Duncan Mac Comish Mac Donald who owned ...

, former club that played in Orizaba, which had the right to use the name of the city in Mexican football. On July 30, the club's participation in

was confirmed, being placed in Group 2.

Stadium

Estadio Socum (deriving from So-Cu-M, the short version of its full name ''Estadio de la Sociedad Cuauhtémoc Moctezuma'') is a

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stadium in

, Veracruz, Mexico and it has capacity for 7,000 people. The team also plays some of its matches at the Complejo Deportivo Orizaba Sur, a sports complex that has a soccer stadium which has an approximate capacity for 3,000 people.

Players

First-team squad

Managers

* Víctor Hernández (2021–2024) * Andrés Garza (2025) * Víctor Medina (2025–)

References

{{Liga Premier de México (Serie A) teamlist Association football clubs established in 2021 Liga Premier de México Football clubs in Veracruz 2021 establishments in Mexico