C.D. Irapuato

Irapuato's first game in the México Primera División Against Puebla FC in 1954.

The club was one of the first clubs to inaugurate the Segunda División de México in the 1949–50 tournament where after 3 seasons the club won its first promotion. The club made its Primera División debut in the league on 22 August 1954 against Zacatepec who they beat 4–5. In the second round the club played at home in the Estadio Revolución stadium against Puebla FC who they also defeated 4-0. The club also revived its rivalry which had stopped in the late 1930s against Club Leon, that game ended in a 1–1 draw. The club's best tournament was the 1963–64 Mexican Primera División season where the club finished 4th with 32 points; Guadalajara finished with 33 points.

In the 1971-72 season the club found itself playing in group 2 with clubs Monterrey, Guadalajara, Puebla, Atlante, Pachuca, Pumas, Toluca and Torreón. At the end of the tournament the club finished last and had to play a relegation series against the other last place teams. The series was played against Torreón, Atlético Español, and Veracruz. the first match was played against Veracruz who defeated them 3–1 the first leg, the second leg ended in a 0-0 draw. The last game was played against Torreón in the Estadio Jalisco where Irapuato lost 1–0 and were relegated for the first time in 18 years to the second division .

Back in the Segunda División the club became a top club reaching the final in its first year back against Petroleros de Ciudad Madero. The first game was played in Irapuato which they won 1–0. It seemed the club would clinch its promotion having the second match at home but surprisingly Ciudad Madero came out with a 2–0 victory and so earning its promotion.

In the 1974-75 season, the club had its second opportunity when they once again reached the final this time playing against Tecos. The club would lose that final match 1–0. It took place in the Estadio Azteca in Mexico City.

The club would get a third opportunity to earn a promotion in 1978; this time against Zacatepec. This time a series was played. The first match ended in a 1–0 victory for Zacatepec. The second match ended in a 4–1 victory for Zacatepec and so the club would lose its third promotion series in 6 years.

In the 1980s the club had a streak of qualifying to the quarterfinals but not been able to reach the final. After four years the club finally reached the final in the 1984-85 tournament under the management of Diego Malta Solano against Pachuca . The first match was played in Irapuato where they took a 2–1 advantage. in the return match Irapuato came out with a win and finally earn the promotion after 13 years. Notable players from that club were Anselmo Romero, Rafael Lira, Jesús Montes, Eugenio Constantino and Teodoro Orozco.

In the 1990-91 season Irapuato got relegated to the second division for the second time. in 1994 Irapuato joined the newly formed Primera Division A and got the opportunity to return to the Primera División.

In the Invierno 99 season Irapuato faced Zacatepec in the Final, they beat them 3-1 in the first leg with goals from Cristián Ariel Morales, and Martín Rodríguez in the second leg things got complicated when Zacatepec tied the game but Morales and Rodriguez scored and they took the championship with an overall score of 5–3.

In the Verano 00 season the champion Irapuato made it to the Final again this time facing Cruz Azul Hidalgo if Irapuato would win they would be promoted to the Primera División, the first leg was played in Hidalgo and the score was 2–2 Martín Rodríguez and Jesús Gutiérrez scored the two goals for Irapuato. The second leg and Promotional Final was played in The Sergio León Chávez on 10 June 2000. The final score was 2–2 Cristián Morales and Martín Rodríguez scored for Irapuato, Alejandro Corona and James Owusu-Ansah scored for Cruz Azul Hidalgo. In extra time no one scored so they went to penalties, Cruz Azul Hidalgo's Pedro Resendiz, Josef Nemec, scored the penalties but Erik Marín, and Mario Ramírez missed. However Irapuato's Martín Rodríguez, Cristián Morales, Víctor Saavedra and Héctor Gómez scored the penalties the final score was 4–2 in penalties. Irapuato would return to the Primera División almost a decade after being relegated in 1991.

Suddenly on 26 December 2001 Grupo Pegaso announces Irapuato was sold to Veracruz for its spot in the Primera División and Irapuato was left without a team for the Verano 2002 season. And in the Invierno 2002 season or Apertura 2002 as it was now called, Querétaro a Second Division team moved to Irapuato under the name Real Irapuato. In their first season they made it to the final versus C.F. La Piedad and eventually win the Apertura 2002 championship in penalties.

For the Apertura 2002, Querétaro F.C. from the Primera Division A transferred to Irapuato when La Piedad dissolved in the Primera Division.

In the 2003 season Irapuato makes it to the 2002-03 promotional final against Clausura 2003 champions and arch rivals Club Leon. The first leg was played on 18 June 2003 Irapuato won the Clasico del Bajio and the first game in Leon's home 2–1 with a goal from Ariel González and an own goal from Gorsd, the second leg was played in Irapuato and in the last moments of the game Josias Ferreira scores a goal ending the game 1–0 and returning Irapuato to the Primera División.

After Clausura 2004, Irapuato with 6 wins, 8 ties and 5 losses with a total of 26 points. They announced the club was relocated to Colima. But the federation reduced the league from 20 to 18 teams, Irapuato join Querétaro to dissolved their teams.

Irapuato was the city without a soccer team for 1 year, but Mérida F.C. from the Segunda Division transferred to Irapuato for the Apertura 2005. After Clausura 2006 was playing for survival to stay in the league, but they relegated to Tercera Division after losing in a playoff against Delfines de Coatzacoalcos.

• Apertura 2008: Promoted from Segunda Division from Pachuca Juniors and renamed "Club Irapuato Por Siempre". They made all the way to the Final but lost to Querétaro on the road after tied 0–0 at their home turf.
• Clausura 2009: Bad Torneo, with 20 points (17th overall and 4th in Group 2).
• Apertura 2009: Changed format to one full standings from 3 groups from the federation and reduced the teams to 17. Clinched Homefield and 1st round bye with a first-place finish of a total of 32 points. They made all the way to the Final for the 2nd Time in 3 Torneos but lost to Necaxa in extra time at home after losses 1–0 on the road in the first leg.
• Bicentenario 2010: They maintain their roster but finished 11th with 20 points.
• Apertura 2010: Increased the teams to 18. They brought Cuauhtémoc Blanco to Irapauto for 1.5 seasons. They made all the way to the Final for the 3rd Time in 5 Torneos but lost to Veracruz (the top seed in the playoffs) in full-time on the road after tied 1–1 at their home turf in the first leg with their 26 points and finished in the top 4.

• 1 Adrián Martínez
• 2 Margarito González
• 8 Jorge Manrique
• 10 Cuauhtémoc Blanco
• 11 Ariel González  89'
• 13 Gandhi Vega
• 16 Arturo Alvarado
• 18 Esteban Alberto González  64'
• 21 José Luis López  88'
• 27 Gerardo Gomez
• 44 Juan Carlos Arellano

Substitutes

• 6 Francisco Razo  89'
• 7 Alejandro Castillo
• 45 José Cruz Gutiérrez  64'
• 23 Javier Saavedra
• 28 Luis Alberto Valdés
• 29 José Guadalupe Martínez
• 58 Efraín Cruz  88'
• 5 Ezequiel Brítez

After being crowned Champions of the Clausura 2011 season. Irapuato faced Tijuana the Apertura 2010 Champions again, for a spot in the Primera División. The First leg of the Promotional final was played at Irapuato on Wednesday May 18, 2011 4 days after winning the championship at home. Irapuato Were highly motivated to return to the Primera División after 7 years of absence, Tijuana on the other hand had never had Primera División experience. The 1st leg of the final was tied in a scoreless tie between the two teams.

Irapuato

Tijuana

GK 1 Adrián Martínez LB 13 Gandhi Vega  67' CB 16 Arturo Alvarado CB 6 Francisco Razo RB 2 Margarito González LM 45 José Cruz Gutiérrez  75' CM 27 Gerardo Gómez  63'  73' CM 8 Jorge Manrique  73' RM 21 José Luis López  64' CF 11 Ariel González (c) CF 10 Cuauhtémoc Blanco  87' Substitutions: RM 28 Luis Alberto Valdés  64' CM 23 Javier Saavedra  73' LM 18 Esteban Alberto González  75' Manager: Ignacio Rodríguez

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GK 25 Leonín Pineda RB 2 Richard Ruíz CB 3 Javier Gandolfi (c) CB 5 Joshua Abrego  86' CB 4 Miguel Almazán LB 13 Alejandro Molina  67' RW 28 Fernando Massiel Santana CM 16 Gerardo Galindo  61' CM 10 Raúl Enríquez  85' LW 22 Juan Carlos Núñez CF 11 Luis Orozco  74' Substitutions: CB 24 Javier Yacuzzi  67' CF 9 Mauro Gerk  74' CF 29 Armando Pulido  85' Manager: Joaquín del Olmo

3 days after the first match in Irapuato, the second leg of the Promotional final was played in Tijuana's Estadio Caliente stadium. Tijuana made several changes to their starting 11 players, replacing defender Miguel Almazán with a forward, and changing their formation from a 5-4-1 formation to a more attacking 4-2-2 formation. Irapuato made drastic changes as well; they changed to a 5-3-2 formation fortifying their defense with 5 players. During the Match Tijuana had various chances for goal and the first goal came from young prospect Joe Corona scoring a header in the first half. 3 minutes later Mauro Gerk scored. 5 minute after the second goal Irapuato scored after Alejandro Molina from Tijuana accidentally pushed the ball into the net from a free kick done by José Cruz Gutiérrez. The game ended in a 2-1 win for Tijuana. Tijuana got promoted to the Primera División while Irapuato remained in the Second Division.

21 May 2011

15:00 UTC−7

Tijuana	2–1	Irapuato
Joe Corona  29' Mauro Gerk  31'	Report	Alejandro Molina (own goal)  38'

Estadio Caliente, Tijuana, Mexico

Attendance: 33,333

Referee: Oscar Macias Romo (Mexico)

Tijuana

Irapuato

GK 25 Leonín Pineda RB 2 Richard Ruíz CB 3 Javier Gandolfi (c)  64' CB 13 Alejandro Molina  OG 38' LB 5 Joshua Abrego CM 16 Gerardo Galindo  50' CM 17 Félix Ayala  4'  71' RW 15 Joe Corona  29' AM 10 Raúl Enríquez LW 24 Javier Yacuzzi CF 9 Mauro Néstor Gerk  31'  60' Substitutions: CB 4 Miguel Almazán  64' CM 22 Juan Carlos Núñez  72' FW 11 Luis Orozco  60' Manager: Joaquín del Olmo

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GK 1 Adrián Martínez RB 16 Arturo Alvarado  74' CB 13 Gandhi Vega  65' CB 44 Juan Carlos Arellano CB 2 Margarito González LB 27 Gerardo Gómez CM 8 Jorge Manrique RW 58 Efraín Cruz  23'  33' LF 11 Ariel González (c)  55' LW 45 José Cruz Gutiérrez RF 28 Luis Alberto Valdés  47' Substitutions: LB 19 Jonathan Miramontes  74' LW 21 José Luis López  33' RF 7 Alejandro Castillo  5' Manager: Ignacio Rodríguez

After Clausura 2013, Irapuato finished in the bottom 5 of the standings and the team was moved to Zacatepec, Morelos and were rebranded to Zacatepec 1948. Union de Curtidores was rumored to be moving into the city of Irapuato to replace the dissolved franchise there, but the owner of Union decided to keep the team in Leon after getting approval to play their home games in Estadio Nou Camp. However, some time after a franchise from Querétaro FC was purchased to the team was revived in Segunda Division de Mexico playing in the Liga Premier for the Apertura 2013.

The franchise came to join the Copa de la Liga Premier de Ascenso Apertura 2013, where they reached the final against Cruz Azul Jasso and lost 1-0 on aggregate, so Irapuato was runner-up. At the end of the tournament the franchise returned to Querétaro, because of the restructuring that occurred in Grupo Delfines, which decided that the team that played in the Apertura 2013 at Estadio Sergio León Chávez as Irapuato, would return to their roots to play either at Estadio Corregidora or La Cañada.

On 29 May 2014, Enrique Bonilla, Sports CEO of Ascenso MX unveiled the emergence of Irapuato, instead of Ballenas Galeana, who had to relocate because of their economic problems, same which were resolved by guanajuatenses entrepreneurs which in turn called for the team to move to their state. Furthermore, circulated a letter from the President of the Civil Association Club Irapuato, J. Concepcion Director and Enrique Enriquez Bonilla, secretary general of Ascenso MX, where the AC are declared owners of the brand name and badge Irapuato equipment. Ballenas Morelos was sold and moved to Irapuato and named Club Irapuato.

On June 7, 2015, Irapuato was officially relocated from Irapauto to Los Mochis, Sinaloa and renamed to Murcielagos Los Mochis. They are now playing in the Segunda Division de Mexico after playing one season in the Ascenso MX.

From 2015, Irapuato reached three consecutive finals, losing all. Apertura 2016 and Clausura 2017 against Tlaxcala F.C. and Apertura 2017 against Club Tepatitlán.

On June 17, 2019. The team was renamed as Atlético Irapuato, but maintained the same shield design, colors and identity.[2]

On July 30, 2020, the club was renamed Club Deportivo Irapuato after Grupo Temachalco took possession of the franchise.[3]

• Irapuato vs. Leon

Irapuato's most fierce rivalry according to the fans is against León, named after both of the teams region "Clásico del Bajio".

• Irapuato vs. Celaya

Irapuato Also have other Rivals Such As Celaya and Salamanca both teams in Guanajuato.

As of January 31, 2021[5]

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 Marco Jácome 2 DF  MEX Diego Sánchez 3 DF  MEX Emmanuel Rivera 4 DF  MEX César Landa 5 DF  MEX Emmanuel Sánchez 6 DF  MEX Mario Cárdenas 7 DF  MEX César Ibáñez 8 MF  MEX Francisco Hurtado 9 FW  MEX Marco Granados 10 FW  MEX Armando González 11 GK  MEX Héctor Lomelí 12 DF  USA Jonathan Esparza 13 MF  MEX Mauro Andrade 14 MF  MEX Juan Ornelas 15 MF  MEX Mario Sánchez 16 MF  MEX Hugo Galván 17 MF  MEX Pablo Domínguez 18 DF  MEX Jesús González 19 FW  MEX Alfredo Frausto

No. Pos. Nation Player 20 MF  MEX Carlos Casas 21 MF  MEX Efren Mendoza 22 DF  MEX Ricardo Chávez 23 MF  MEX Noé Sánchez 24 FW  MEX Eduardo Martínez 25 MF  MEX Alan Roldán 26 MF  MEX Omar González 27 FW  MEX Christian Martínez 28 FW  MEX Alberto García 29 GK  MEX Jaime Patiño 30 DF  ARG Tomás Noya 31 FW  MEX Víctor Ramírez 32 MF  MEX Héctor Zárate 33 MF  MEX Luis Tosca (on loan from UNAM) 34 DF  USA Gabriel Báez 35 MF  MEX Diego Rodríguez (on loan from UNAM) 37 FW  COL Jaidivert Hurtado 38 MF  MEX Pablo Padilla (on loan from León)

• Ascenso MX: (4)

Champion : Invierno 1999, Verano 2000, Apertura 2002, Clausura 2011.

Runner-up (2): Apertura 2008, Apertura 2009

• Campeón de Ascenso: (2)

Champion : 2000, 2003

• Segunda División: (2)

Champion : 1953–54, 1984–85

• Copa México: (0)

Runner-up (1): 1955-56

• Copa Mexico Segunda División (2)

Champion : 1953, 1954

• Canpeonato Liga Mayor del Centro (11)

Champion : 1942, 1943, 1944, 1946, 1947, 1948, 1950, 1951, 1952, 1953, 1954

• Campeonato Estatal de Futbol (7)

Champion : 1919, 1924, 1925, 1931, 1933, 1936, 1938

• Campeonato Federacion Nacional de Futbol (4)

Champion : 1931, 1936, 1938, 1942

• Campeonato FMF para Asociaciones Afiliadas (3)

Champion : 1943, 1946, 1959

• Liga Amateur de Guanajuato (1)

Champion : 1928

• Copa de Oro de Occidente (4)

Champion : 1957, 1959.