The Tuzos de la Universidad Autónoma de Zacatecas, commonly known as Tuzos UAZ, or just UAZ, is a Mexican

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club based in

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. The club was founded in 1990, and currently plays in the

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History

The team was established in 1990 having intermittent appearances in the Second and Third Division leagues of Mexico. In 2009 the team was refounded and registered in the Liga de Nuevos Talentos, currently Serie B de México, in the 2009–10 season the team was based in Fresnillo, and remained in the league until 2013. In 2013 the team was promoted to the Liga Premier de Ascenso, current Serie A de México, because UAZ bought the

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franchise. In 2017 the team was returned to Serie B de México because it did not meet the requirements to participate in Serie A. In the 2018–19 season, the team returned to Serie A after meeting the participation requirements. At the end of the tournament, the team was runner-up in the league after being defeated by

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. The team won its first official championship in the 2022 Apertura Tournament after defeating

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by an aggregate score of 2–3.

Crest

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Stadium

Tuzos UAZ plays its home games at the

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, located in

, with a capacity for 20,068 people. Occasionally the team also uses the Estadio Universitario Unidad Deportiva Norte, which has a capacity for 5,000 people, this field is the stadium used by the club's reserve team.

Players

Current squad

Honours

Serie A de México The Serie A has 38 teams (5 Liga de Expansión MX Reserve Teams and 33 Serie A Teams) divided into three groups. For the 2024–25 season, it will be a return of a short tournament format (Apertura & Clausura) consisting of 11 group matches and 3 ...

: ::Champion (1): Apertura 2022

Reserve teams

;Tuzos UAZ (Liga TDP) :Reserve team that plays in the

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, the fourth level of the Mexican league system.

References

External links

{{Liga Premier de México (Serie A) teamlist Association football clubs established in 1990 Football clubs in Zacatecas 1990 establishments in Mexico Liga Premier de México