Coras de Nayarit F.C.
Club Coras de Nayarit Fútbol Club commonly known as Coras is a football club that plays in the Mexican football league system Mexican Liga Premier (third-tier). The club was founded in the late 1950s as Deportivo Tepic and was based in Tepic, Nayarit, Mexico.
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Full name | Club Coras de Nayarit Fútbol Club | ||
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Nickname(s) | Los Coras (The Coras) El Tornado del País (The Tornado of the Country) | ||
Founded | 19 July 1959 | ||
Ground | Estadio Nicolás Álvarez Ortega Tepic, Nayarit, Mexico | ||
Capacity | 12,271 | ||
Owner | Jorge Aníbal Montenegro | ||
Chairman | Jorge Aníbal Montenegro | ||
Manager | Marco Díaz Ávalos (Interim) | ||
League | Liga Premier - Serie A | ||
2019–20 | 6th – Group I (Tournament abandoned) | ||
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History
The club was founded on July 19, 1959[1] by Francisco Mengibar Bueno and quickly joined the Segunda División de México. The club played mostly in the Mexican inferior division from 1960 to the 1980s. In 1986 the club was invited to play the Copa de Oro de Occidente with first and second division clubs based in the mid-western region of the country.
In 1994 the club was invited to play the first tournament in the newly created Primera A. The club struggled during its first year and was relegated back to the Segunda División de México after the 1995–96 tournament. In 2002 the club won the Apertura 2002 tournament in Segunda División de México. The club has been playing on and off ever since and recently built a new stadium[2] in order to rejoin the Ascenso MX for the Apertura 2012 tournament. They also played the Austin Posse in 2004.
In June 2017, owner Jose Luis Higuera confirmed the club would no longer exist after he bought a new club, Club Atlético Zacatepec. Coras disappeared for a month.
In July 2017, the Cuervos de Ensenada club management announced its move to Tepic, where it was renamed as Deportivo Tepic JAP.[3] However, this new team was highlighted by poor economic and administrative management that led to its disappearance in May 2018.[4]
Before the start of the 2018-19 season, it was announced the founding of a new team called Coras de Nayarit, current franchise, the new club arose from the purchase of the Acatlán F.C. license, team that was champion of the Third Division in 2017-18 season,[5] which could not promote by not meeting the requirements of Serie A. Coras de Nayarit is a team made up of local businessmen and the state government.[6]
Stadium
Coras Fútbol Club play their home matches at the Estadio Nicolás Álvarez Ortega in Tepic, Nayarit. The stadium capacity is 12,271 people. Its owned by State de Nayarit, and its surface is covered by natural grass. The stadium was opened in 2011.
Players
Current squad
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
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Season to season
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- Has Played 60 2nd Division Tournaments last in April 2018.
- Has Played 8 3rd Division Tournaments last in 2009.
- Has Played 8 Ascenso MX Tournaments last in Clausura 2017.
- Has Played 0 Mexican Primera División Tournaments in history.
- After the 1971–72 tournament the club played under the name Club Universidad de Nayarit till the 1975–76 .
- After the Clausura 2006 the club was sold to Chivas and was renamed Chivas Coras but a Deportivo Tepic club played in the Third Division.
- The club left the third division in 2009 and made a return in the Apertura 2011 in the second division.
Honours
- Segunda División de México (1) Apertura 2002
- Runner up (1) (1982–83)
- Tercera División de México (1) Apertura 2003
- Copa Mexico de Segunda División
- Runner up (1) 1961–2020
Footnotes
- "Clubs History" (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 2012-03-28.
- Clubs New Home Stadium Archived 2012-03-28 at the Wayback Machine
- García, Gabriel (7 July 2017). "Se van Cuervos a Nayarit" (in Spanish). El Vigía. Retrieved 17 April 2019.
- "Por esta razón Deportivo Tepic podría ser desafiliado de la Segunda División". Bolavip (in Spanish). 22 April 2018. Retrieved 17 April 2019.
- Rodríguez Castro, Javier (14 August 2018). "Por enésima vez, unos nuevos Coras" (in Spanish). Sentido Común. Retrieved 17 April 2019.
- Polanco, Eduardo (25 August 2018). "Se viene el debut de los Coras" (in Spanish). VAVEL. Retrieved 17 April 2019.