Tlaxcala Fútbol Club, also known as Coyotes de Tlaxcala, is a Mexican professional

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club based in

Tlaxcala Tlaxcala, officially the Free and Sovereign State of Tlaxcala, is one of the 32 federal entities that comprise the Political divisions of Mexico, Federal Entities of Mexico. It is divided into Municipalities of Tlaxcala, 60 municipalities and t ...

. The club was founded in 2014, and currently plays in the

Liga de Expansión MX Liga de Expansión MX, also known as Liga BBVA Expansión MX for sponsorship reasons, is a professional association football league in Mexico and the second level of the Mexican football league system. It was founded in 2020 as part of the Mexi ...

, the second level division of Mexican football. Tlaxcala won automatic promotion to

Ascenso MX Ascenso MX, also known as Ascenso BBVA MX for sponsorship reasons, was a professional association football league in Mexico and the second level of the Mexican football league system. Formerly known as Primera División A de México (1994–2009 ...

in the 2016–17 season, but their promotion was put on hold until the 2018–19 season as their stadium failed to meet league requirements. However, in 2020 the club was invited to the Liga de Expansión, the new second-level league and thus promoted category.

History

The team was founded on 5 September 2014, after the merger of the Club Águilas Reales de Zacatecas and the

Tercera División Tercera División () was the fourth tier of the Spanish football league system. Until 1977, it was the third tier of the Spanish football league system. Founded in 1929, it was below the ''Primera División'' (also known as La Liga), the ''Segund ...

team of C.F. Pachuca, the Zacatecan team gave up their rights to participate in the

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while Pachuca contributed the sports part of the organization. Previously in Summer 2014, Tlaxcala City had been left without football due to the move of Linces de Tlaxcala to Acapulco, where the team was renamed as Internacional de Acapulco, while Águilas Reales de Zacatecas became a secondary team due to the arrival of

Mineros de Zacatecas Club Deportivo Mineros de Zacatecas, simply known as Mineros de Zacatecas, is a Mexican professional football club based in Zacatecas, that competes in Liga de Expansión MX, the second level division of Mexican football. Founded in 2014, after ...

, a team that shared ownership with Tlaxcala F.C. until 2020. Tlaxcala won automatic promotion to

after winning the two season tournaments against Irapuato during the 2016–17 season, but their promotion was put on hold until before the 2018–19 season as their stadium failed to meet league requirements. They played in Serie B for 2017–18 season so they can met requirements to play in Ascenso MX but their spot was revoked after the stadium was not completed at the deadline to meet the requirements, so they moved to Serie A for 2018–19 season. In 2018–19 season, the team played as local at Unidad Deportiva Próspero Cahuantzi at

Chiautempan Santa Ana Chiautempan is a city in Chiautempan Municipality in the south-central part of the Mexican state of Tlaxcala. The city serves as the municipal seat of the municipality, which covers an area of 66.21 km² (25.56 sq mi). At the 200 ...

, for 2019–20, they moved to the Unidad Deportiva José Brindis in Nanacamilpa awaiting the end of the construction works of the

Estadio Tlahuicole The Estadio Tlahuicole is a multi-use stadium in Tlaxcala City, Tlaxcala, Mexico. It is currently used mostly for association football, football matches and is the home stadium for Tlaxcala F.C. The stadium has a capacity of 11,135 people. In D ...

. In July 2020, Tlaxcala F.C. was invited to the new

, which became the second category of Mexican football instead of the Ascenso MX, with this the team occupied its place in the division after three years of having achieved sports promotion. On 19 August 2020, the club debuted in the Liga de Expansión, defeating

1–2. On 2 September, Tlaxcala received Celaya F.C. in its first home game, which had to be played in Nanacamilpa because the Tlahuicole Stadium was not yet ready to host professional football matches, finally, on 15 September, Tlaxcala was able to return to its stadium in the match against

Leones Negros UdeG Club Deportivo Leones Negros de la Universidad de Guadalajara, abbreviated and simply known as Leones Negros UdeG, is a Mexican professional football club based in Guadalajara, Jalisco, that currently plays in Liga de Expansión MX, the second l ...

, which was won by the Guadalajara team.

Personnel

Coaching staff

Players

Current squad

Managers

* Pablo Sabater (2014–2015) * Silvio Rudman (2016–2018) * Miguel Gómez (2018) * Isidro Sánchez (2018–2019) * Lorenzo Sáez (2019–2020) * Irving Rubirosa (2020–2021) * Silvio Rudman (2021) *

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(2021–2022) * Jorge Villalpando (2022–2023) * Javier Contreras (2023) * Paco Ramírez (2024) * Luis Orozco (2025–)

Badge

Image:Coyotes de Tlaxcala.png,

Honours

National

References

External links

Official site
{{Liga de Expansión MX teamlist Tlaxcala F.C., Sport in Tlaxcala Association football clubs established in 2014 2014 establishments in Mexico Liga Premier de México