Dorados de Sinaloa

Dorados de Sinaloa, or Dorados, is a Mexican professional football club based in Culiacán. The club plays its home games in Culiacán, Mexico. Dorados was the youngest franchise to play in the Primera División de México, having joined the division for the first time for the Apertura 2004 tournament, when the club was only one year old. Dorados currently plays in Liga de Expansión MX, the second tier of the Mexican league. The goalkeeper's primary colours are a red shirt and white shorts, and the secondary attire is all white.[1]

Dorados de Sinaloa
Full nameClub Social y Deportivo Dorados de Sinaloa
Nickname(s)Los Dorados (The Dorados)
El Gran Pez (The Great Fish)
Founded9 August 2003 (2003-08-09)
GroundEstadio Banorte
Culiacán, Sinaloa, Mexico
Capacity20,108
OwnerGrupo Caliente
ChairmanJosé Antonio Núñez
ManagerDavid Patiño
LeagueLiga de Expansión MX
Clausura 20182nd
WebsiteClub website

History

Dorados was founded on 9 August 2003, when Eustaquio de Nicolas and Valente Aguirre announced the creation of the Dorados.[2]

First promotion and relegation

On 20 December 2003, Dorados won their first title in the Apertura 2003 tournament of Primera División A. Guadalupe Castaneda scored the goal beating Cobras de Ciudad Juárez. They finished as runners up in the Apertura 2004 but they won the play-off promotion beating Club León with a goal from Roberto Dominguez and winning the promotion to Liga MX just one year after the club was founded. The club was relegated in the Apertura 2006 tournament after playing just two years in the top tier.

Return to first Division

On 27 July 2015, Dorados played their first game in the First Division after 8 seasons in the Second Division. The game was celebrated in the Banorte Stadium against Jaguares de Chiapas, with a 0-0 final score. Their first 3 points came on the second game of the season on July 31, against Xoloitzcuintles de Tijuana in the Caliente Stadium. Dayro Moreno scored for the North Californian team, but Mauricio Martín Romero scored the first goal of Dorados in the 2015–16 Liga MX season. At minute 71' the Chilean Héctor Raúl Mancilla scored the away team, making it 1-2 and winning their first game in the first division in 9 years. The last game the team won in the first division was on 22 April 2006, when Dorados beat Jaguares de Chiapas 4-2, with goals from Andrés Orozco, Cristian Patiño, and Pep Guardiola.

Dorados de Sinaloa, playing against C.F. Monterrey at Estadio Banorte

Second relegation

On 16 April 2016, after losing 5–2 to Tigres UANL, Dorados was relegated after just one season in Liga MX, finishing last in the relegation table of 2015–16 Liga MX season. This was the second time the club was relegated to Ascenso MX.

Rivalry with Club León

When Dorados de Culiacán's arrived at Primera División A in 2003, a rivalry was born. When the franchise was first created in 2003, Dorados became champions in their first tournament, becoming the first team to ever accomplish this feat in the Primera A. In their second tournament, Dorados made it to the final once again, falling to Club León. Despite losing this final, Dorados and León played the promotion game to Primera División de México where Dorados were victorious. Dorados and León have played a total of four finals, with each team winning two.

Since the relegation of Dorados to the Ascenso MX, the two sides have not played in a league match.

Honours
Apertura 2003, Clausura 2007, Clausura 2015, Apertura 2016
  • Campeón de Ascenso: 2
2004, 2015
Apertura 2012
  • International Copa Ricardo:
Second Place

Personnel

Coaching staff
Position Staff
Manager David Patiño
Assistant managers Ildefonso Mendoza
Carlos Heriberto Pinto
Goalkeeper coach Daniel Zamora
Fitness coach José Altieri
Physiotherapists Kevin Ponce
Team doctor Hernando Casillas

Players

First team squad
As of 21 January 2020

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

No. Pos. Nation Player
6 MF  MEX Pablo Jáquez (loan from UNAM)
8 FW  ARG Facundo Juárez
12 GK  MEX Luis López
15 DF  MEX Osciel de la Cruz (on loan from Tijuana)
25 MF  MEX José Lugo
26 FW  COL José Zúñiga
28 FW  MEX Samuel López (on loan from Tijuana)
29 MF  ECU Djorkaeff Reasco (on loan from LDU Quito)
30 DF  MEX Carlos Villanueva (on loan from Guadalajara)
87 MF  MEX Gabriel Zanatta
88 DF  MEX Luis Félix
118 FW  MEX Gonzalo Enríquez (on loan from Tijuana)
131 GK  MEX Ángel Tostado
No. Pos. Nation Player
— GK  MEX Víctor Mendoza (on loan from Tijuana)
— DF  MEX Rafael Fernández
— DF  MEX Salvador Manríquez
— DF  MEX Juan Martínez
— DF  MEX Víctor Torres
— MF  MEX Jonathan Martínez
— MF  MEX Antonio Nava (on loan from Tijuana)
— MF  ECU Jordan Rezabala (on loan from Tijuana)
— MF  MEX Martín Rodríguez
— MF  USA Pedro Santos
— MF  MEX Iván Tona (on loan from Tijuana)
— FW  MEX Daniel López (on loan from Tijuana)
For recent transfers, see List of Mexican football transfers summer 2019.

Reserve teams
Dorados de Sinaloa (Liga TDP)
Reserve team that plays in the Liga TDP, the fourth level of the Mexican league system.

Notable players

Coaches
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References
  1. es:Dorados de Sinaloa
  2. "Historia Dorados". Dorados official website. 5 April 2013.
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