Tepatitlán F.C.

The Tepatitlán Fútbol Club, commonly known as Alteños de Tepatitlán, or just Tepa, is a Mexican football club based in Tepatitlán. The club was founded in 1944, and currently plays in the Liga de Expansión MX.[1]

Tepatitlán FC
Full nameTepatitlán Fútbol Club
Nickname(s)Los Alteños (The Alteños)
El Tepa (The Tepa)
Founded1944 (1944)
GroundEstadio Gregorio "Tepa" Gómez,
Tepatitlán, Jalisco, Mexico
Capacity10,000
OwnerCarlos Martín del Campo
ChairmanVíctor Flores Cosío
ManagerPaco Ramírez
LeagueLiga de Expansión MX
Apertura 20202nd, Group I
Playoffs: Champions

Its beginnings were after a selection for Regional Tournament with the aim of reaching if they were victorious to the state championship. The Mission was appointed to Fausto Prieto, this team was called The People's Team.

The people's team

Some names of players that appear in the years of 1944-1946 are: Luis Veles, Miguel Escoto "El Mugres", Andrés González "The different", Max Prieto, Goyo Franco, Gregorio Gómez, Enrique Estrada, Roberto Estrada "El Rocha" , Elio Vázquez, Eleuterio Silva, "Tello Silva the face of a cock", Arnulfo de la Torre "El Casarín" and Rafael Martínez "El Piwe".

"We were 20 seconds away from being sad ... but we touched the back of the medal. And now only plan well what will be the next tournament and work as we have been doing with great enthusiasm to do something important and hopefully gave us a next championship to have the direct promotion, "said Enrique Lopez Zarza, a Reporter of the Premier League.

Final de Ascenso champions 2017–18

On May 19, 2018, Tepatitlán was proclaimed champion of the 2017-18 season of Serie A de México after defeating Loros UdeC by penalty shootout in the promotion final. However, they were not promoted to Ascenso MX and were forced to remain in Serie A after the Mexican Football Federation ruled the club did not meet the necessary requirements.[2]

New era

On June 15, 2020, the team was renamed as Tepatitlán F.C. and adopted the nickname Alteños, with the aim of representing the entire region, Los Altos de Jalisco.[3] in addition to a possible integration in the Liga de Expansión MX.[4] On July 17, Tepatitlán F.C. was accepted at Liga de Expansión as an expansion team.[5]

Personnel

Coaching staff
Position Staff
Manager Paco Ramírez
Assistant manager Ángel Monares
Goalkeeper coach Carlos Alberto Trejo
Fitness coaches Juan Pablo Paciullo
Team doctor Juan Casas

Players

Current squad
As of January 31, 2020[6]

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

No. Pos. Nation Player
5 MF  MEX Sergio Ceballos
7 MF  MEX Ángel Tecpanécatl
9 FW  MEX Humberto Guzmán
17 DF  MEX Fernando Ponce
18 DF  MEX Said Castañeda
19 FW  MEX Alonso Valadez
22 MF  MEX Alexis Juárez
23 FW  MEX Diego Medina
24 MF  MEX Brayan Villalobos
25 MF  MEX Sergio Rodríguez
30 GK  MEX Juan Camarena
— GK  MEX Jonathan Estrada (on loan from Atlas)
— GK  MEX Andrés Sánchez
— DF  MEX Daniel Aguiñaga
No. Pos. Nation Player
— DF  MEX Leopoldo Cortés (on loan from Guadalajara)
— DF  MEX Cristian González (on loan from Atlas)
— DF  MEX Rodrigo González (on loan from UNAM)
— DF  MEX Javi Medina
— MF  COL David Angulo
— MF  MEX Héctor González (on loan from UANL)
— MF  MEX Mauricio López
— MF  MEX Abraham Martín
— MF  MEX Darío Martínez (on loan from Atlas)
— MF  MEX Pavel Pérez (on loan from Guadalajara)
— MF  MEX Luis Robles
— FW  MEX Javier Hernández (on loan from Toluca)
— FW  MEX Édson Rivera

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

Honours
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References
  1. "Equipo - C.D. Tepatitlán de Morelos". Segunda División de México. Archived from the original on 2016-03-14. Retrieved February 27, 2016.
  2. "Tepatitlán de Morelos, otro campeón sin 'ascenso'" (in Spanish). estadiodeportes.mx. 20 May 2018. Retrieved 22 April 2020.
  3. "Liga de Expansión: "Paco" Ramírez renueva contrato como técnico del Club Tepa FC". Soy Fútbol (in Spanish). 16 June 2020. Retrieved 21 June 2020.
  4. "Confirmados 17 equipos para la Liga de Desarrollo". ESTO (in Spanish). Retrieved 21 June 2020.
  5. "Comunicado de la LIGA MX sobre la LIGA de Expansión". Liga BBVA MX (in Spanish). 17 July 2020. Retrieved 17 July 2020.
  6. "Club Deportivo Tepatitlán de Morelos". Liga Premier FMF. Retrieved 5 February 2020.
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