C.F. La Piedad

Club de Fútbol La Piedad is a Mexican football club based in La Piedad, Michoacán. The club currently plays in the Liga Premier de Ascenso de Mexico in the Liga Premier. Reboceros was founded in 1951 by football players from "Perros Bravos" neighborhood, most of them were craftsman working with leather and textile.

La Piedad
Full nameClub de Fútbol de La Piedad
Nickname(s) Los Reboceros (The Plasters)
Founded12 November 1951 (1951-11-12)
as Club La Piedad
GroundEstadio Juan N. López
La Piedad, Michoacán
Capacity13,356
OwnerPromotora Deportiva Valladolid
ChairmanJosé Alfredo Pérez Ferrer
ManagerJorge Guerrero López
LeagueLiga Premier - Serie A
2018–1912th, Group II
Playoffs: First Half
WebsiteClub website

History

First years of the club

The club was founded in 1951.[1] In 1952, the team won the Second Division and was promoted to Primera División, however, the squad was relegated in 1953.[2] After 1953 relegation, the team would spend several years playing in the Second Division and Primera División 'A'. In 2001 the club won the Verano 2001 championship defeating Toros Neza.[3] Later, La Piedad won the promotion to the First Division by winning Gallos de Aguascalientes in the promotion playoff.[4]

Return to Primera División and first disappearance of the club

La Piedad returned to Primera División in the Invierno 2001 tournament, the team finished in 18th place with 19 points. In Verano 2002 tournament, La Piedad finished the regular season in the first place of the general table. Being eliminated by Pumas UNAM in the quarterfinals, the team was managed by Víctor Manuel Vucetich.[5]

During the season, the team had to face criticism from own players, rival teams and the media, which accused the club and the city of not having the facilities or adequate urban infrastructure for the First Division.[6] Finally, the team was moved from La Piedad to Querétaro and was renamed as Gallos Blancos de Querétaro.[7]

The original La Piedad franchise disappeared in 2004, after the Mexican Football Federation (FMF) decided to reduce the number of participants in the First Division to 18 clubs. The FMF bought the Gallos Blancos franchise for the lack of transparency regarding the origin of its financial resources and decided to disappear it.[8]

Ascenso MX Teams

After original La Piedad team was moved to Querétaro, a new franchise arrived to the city: Tampico Madero adopted the name and colors of Reboceros on Invierno 2002 tournament.[9] The new La Piedad franchise arrived to the tournament final against Irapuato, finally, the Irapuato won the championship, in January 2003, La Piedad was moved to Celaya and was renamed as Cajeteros del Celaya.[10]

In 2004, Guadalajara moved its reserve squad to La Piedad and was named as Chivas La Piedad,[11] however the team only played for one season in the city, because they did not receive the support of local fans. In July 2005 the franchise was moved to Tepic.[12]

In June 2009, an Ascenso MX football club from the neighboring state of Guanajuato, Petroleros de Salamanca, relocated to La Piedad.[13] The club changed its name to Club de Fútbol La Piedad, and four years later the club was promoted to Liga MX after defeating Neza FC in a promotion play-off. The club had asked permission to relocate from La Piedad before the new season began.[14] The club was subsequently renamed when Fidel Kuri Grajales, the owner from Veracruz decided to liquidate the club to use its Liga MX license for their Ascenso MX team Tiburones Rojos de Veracruz.[15]

Segunda División Teams

La Piedad maintained a reserve team in Silao, this team played in Liga de Nuevos Talentos, the Reboceritos de La Piedad, this squad was relocated in La Piedad and became the main team in July 2013.[16]

In June 2016, La Piedad bought an expansion place in the Liga Premier de Ascenso.[17] The new team, officially called Club de Fútbol Reboceros was the product of an alliance between the City Council and football players Flavio and Duilio Davino.[18]

In 2017, the Davino brothers sold their participation in the club, which was acquired by José Trinidad Melgoza, a local businessman.[19] In Clausura 2018, La Piedad was a finalist of the championship, being defeated by Loros UdeC.[20]

In June 2018, new members arrived to the board that administers the club, the brothers Carlos Adrián and Ramón Morales.[21] Melgoza left the direction and took his project to Real Zamora, a team from the same region as La Piedad.[22]

Under the new directive, the team began to suffer economic problems,[23] finally in December 2018, Melgoza returned to Reboceros acquiring 90% of the team, the remaining 10% of the shares belong to the City of La Piedad.[24] With the second stage of Melgoza, Reboceros de La Piedad and Real Zamora went to share ownership, for this reason a collaboration between both clubs began, which consists mainly of the exchange of players and staff of the two teams with the aim of creating an project to promote regional football.[25]

Honors

National
Verano 2001, Apertura 2012
  • Campeon de Ascenso: (2)
2001-02, 2012–13
  • Segunda División Profesional: (1)
1951-1952
  • Segunda División "B": (2)
1984-1985, 1993-1994

Current squad

First-team squad
As of January 31, 2020[26]

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
1 GK  MEX Irving Rodríguez
2 DF  MEX Anferny Rebollar
3 DF  MEX José Jesús Ruíz
6 MF  USA Aroon Molina
8 MF  MEX Carlos Campos
9 FW  MEX Gonzalo Gutiérrez
11 FW  MEX Emilio Gaspar
13 MF  MEX Carlos García
16 MF  MEX Michel Navarro
17 MF  MEX Luis Alberto Torres
18 DF  MEX Iván Reyes
20 MF  MEX Diego Rincón
No. Pos. Nation Player
24 MF  MEX Claudio Celis
25 MF  MEX Alfredo Jardón
26 MF  MEX Alejandro Torres
28 GK  MEX Francisco Carreón
28 GK  MEX Gonzalo Zambrano
30 DF  COL Santiago Giraldo
31 MF  MEX José Espinoza
34 DF  MEX Héctor Ramírez
35 GK  MEX Marco Jácome
37 MF  MEX Diego Valenzuela
— GK  USA Pablo Villar

Reserve teams
La Piedad (Liga TDP)
Reserve team that plays in the Liga TDP, the fourth level of the Mexican league system.

Notable players

Managers
  • Jorge Enrique Correa (July 2010–Aug 10)
  • Antonio Ascencio Meza (Sept 2010–Dec 10)
  • Marco Trejo (Jan 2011–March 11)
  • Cristóbal Ortega (July 2011–May 13)
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References
  1. "CF Reboceros de La Piedad: Summary". Soccerway. Global Sports Media. Retrieved 24 April 2012.
  2. Sierra Rangel, Yoshio Axel (14 November 2017). "Reboceros de La Piedad festeja 66 años de historia". Cambio de Michoacán (in Spanish). Retrieved 14 April 2019.
  3. López, Willy (28 May 2001). "Reboceros de La Piedad, digno Campeón". Mediotiempo (in Spanish). Retrieved 14 April 2019.
  4. Pelayo, Alejandro (7 June 2001). "Primera División A: ¡Piedad, Piedad!". Diario El Norte (in Spanish). Retrieved 14 April 2019.
  5. "Termina La Piedad como superlíder del torneo". El Universal (in Spanish). 27 April 2002. Retrieved 14 April 2019.
  6. "Reboceros de La Piedad". History Liga MX (in Spanish). 26 November 2018. Retrieved 14 April 2019.
  7. "Equipo mexicano La Piedad cambiará de nombre". Emol (in Spanish). 21 May 2002. Retrieved 14 April 2019.
  8. "Gallos Blancos también desaparece…Serán 18 equipos y ya están listos los 3..." Mediotiempo (in Spanish). 26 June 2004. Retrieved 14 April 2019.
  9. Cetto, Franzelle (21 August 2002). "Primera "A": Sorprenden dos equipos". Mediotiempo (in Spanish). Retrieved 14 April 2019.
  10. "Por problemas extracancha, TM se muda a La Piedad para el invierno 2002, ese torneo llegaron a la final y la perdieron con Irapuato". Twitter: @History_LigaMX (in Spanish). 10 April 2017. Retrieved 14 April 2019.
  11. Guzmán, Raúl (26 June 2004). "Habrá Chivas en La Piedad". ESPN Deportes (in Spanish). Retrieved 14 April 2019.
  12. "Tepic será la casa del nuevo equipo de Chivas en Primera "A"". Mediotiempo (in Spanish). 6 July 2005. Retrieved 14 April 2019.
  13. Alejos Balderas, Teresa (8 June 2009). "La Piedad, puede ser el destino final de Salamanca" [La Piedad may be the final destination of Salamanca] (in Spanish). El Sol de Salamanca.
  14. Marshall, Tom (21 May 2013). "Three teams to move in Liga MX". Goal.com.
  15. "Reales van a Chiapas y La Piedad a Veracruz". 28 May 2013.
  16. Ochoa, Mario (10 August 2013). "La Piedad regresa al fútbol profesional". VAVEL (in Spanish). Retrieved 14 April 2019.
  17. "Es oficial, el Club de Futbol Reboceros de La Piedad es de Liga Premier de Segunda División". Info Metrópoli (in Spanish). 16 June 2016. Retrieved 14 April 2019.
  18. "Toman cargo de logística". Periódico AM (in Spanish). 30 June 2016. Retrieved 14 April 2019.
  19. "¿Quién es Trino Melgoza?". Periódico La Redacción (in Spanish). 25 January 2018. Retrieved 14 April 2019.
  20. "Reboceros de La Piedad es Sub Campeón de la Liga Premier". Noticias Hoy SLP (in Spanish). 12 May 2018. Retrieved 14 April 2019.
  21. "Llegaron Carlos y Ramón Morales Reboceros, pero Trinidad Melgoza queda fuera". Periódico AM (in Spanish). 28 July 2019. Retrieved 14 April 2019.
  22. Sierra Rangel, Yoshio Axel (3 August 2018). "Franquicia de los Reboceros se muda a Zamora". Cambio de Michoacán (in Spanish). Retrieved 14 April 2019.
  23. "Amenazan jugadores de Reboceros con no jugar y no entrenar por falta de pagos". Periódico AM (in Spanish). 9 October 2018. Retrieved 14 April 2019.
  24. "Limpia en Reboceros, sólo se quedarán ocho jugadores". Periódico AM (in Spanish). 4 December 2018. Retrieved 14 April 2019.
  25. "Reestructura en "Reboceros" y "Chongueros"". Acueducto Online (in Spanish). 7 December 2018. Retrieved 14 April 2019.
  26. "Reboceros de La Piedad". Liga Premier FMF. Retrieved 5 February 2020.
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