Real Apodaca Fútbol Club is a Mexican professional football team based in Apodaca, Nuevo León 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 ...

History

In 2022, Real de Arteaga F.C. was founded in Querétaro City, this team played in the Liga Premier – Serie A during 2022–23 season, however, it failed to attract enough interest from the public and also had poor sporting results, so its owners decided to put it up for sale. On June 13, 2023, the purchase of Real de Arteaga was announced by businessmen and footballers like

Héctor Mancilla Héctor Raúl Mancilla Garcés (12 November 1980) is a Chilean former professional footballer and current manager. He also holds Mexican citizenship. During his playing career, Mancilla played as a striker, spending the bulk of his career in ...

and Julio César, who are based in the Monterrey area, finally the new owners moved the team to that region and renamed it Real Apodaca F.C. On June 30, 2023, the team was accepted into the Liga Premier - Serie A, being placed in Group 1. In February 2025, the club was involved in a match-fixing scandal involving betting, which resulted in the suspension of six Real Apodaca players for several years, although the team was able to continue participating normally.

Players

First-team squad

Managers

(13 June 2023 – 4 September 2023) * Omar Gómez (1 October 2023 – 29 May 2025) *

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(24 June 2025 – present)

Reserve teams

;Real Apodaca (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.

References

{{Mexico-footyclub-stub Football clubs in Nuevo León Liga Premier de México Association football clubs established in 2023 2023 establishments in Mexico