Tritones Vallarta M 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

Puerto Vallarta Puerto Vallarta ( or simply Vallarta) is a Mexican resort city near the Bahía de Banderas on the Pacific coast of the Mexico, Mexican state of Jalisco. Puerto Vallarta is the second largest urban agglomeration in the state after the Guadalajara ...

and

Bahía de Banderas Bahía de Banderas (, Spanish language, Spanish for ''Bay of Flags'') is a bay on the Pacific Coast of Mexico, within the Mexican states of Jalisco and Nayarit, being the westernmost municipality in Nayarit. It is also the name of an administrati ...

, Mexico.

History

At the end of July 2021, it was reported about that a new soccer team would be located on the Mexican Pacific coast, without knowing the name or the city where it would be located, although it was mentioned that it would be led by Manuel Naya Barba. On July 30, it was officially announced that the new team will be called Tritones Vallarta M.F.C. and would be based in Puerto Vallarta, Jalisco. The team was created with the aim of forming a club that achieves identity in the city and its metropolitan area due to the absence of a representative club, in addition, the idea of seeking to reach 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 ...

in a period of two years. Following the announcement of its creation, the club announced its first players: Julián Barajas;

Sergio Rodríguez Sergio Rodríguez Gómez (; born 12 June 1986) is a Spanish former professional basketball player who played for 21 seasons, most notably in the EuroLeague, and for Real Madrid in the Spanish Liga ACB, but also had two short stints in the Nati ...

; Kevyn Montaño; César Landa; Alan Jaramillo; José Coronel and Bryan Álvarez. The team played its first official game on September 18, 2021, in the game Vallarta defeated Mineros de Fresnillo F.C. 0–1 and Julián Barajas scored the first goal in the team's history.

Stadium

Ciudad del Deporte San José del Valle is a sports complex located in

Nayarit Nayarit, officially the Free and Sovereign State of Nayarit, is one of the 31 states that, along with Mexico City, comprise the Political divisions of Mexico, Federal Entities of Mexico. It is divided in Municipalities of Nayarit, 20 municipalit ...

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. It has a soccer stadium which has the capacity to host 4,000 people. However, the club's board plans to build its own stadium in Puerto Vallarta in a period of approximately three years.

Players

Current squad

Managers

* Manuel Naya Barba (2021) * Ulises Sánchez (2021–2022) * Hugo Norberto Castillo (2022–2023) * Jesús Padrón Pérez (2023) * Juan Pablo Alfaro (2023–)

References

Football clubs in Jalisco Football clubs in Nayarit Association football clubs established in 2021 2021 establishments in Mexico Liga Premier de México Puerto Vallarta {{Mexico-footyclub-stub