Venados F.C.

Venados Fútbol Club is a Mexican football club based in Mérida, Yucatán. The team are currently playing in the Liga de Ascenso, the second tier of the Mexican football league system. For the Clausura 2011 season they became the filial team of Atlante, whilst until that point they had been the subsidiary team of Monarcas Morelia.[1]

This article is about the Mexican football club. For the Venezuelan club, see Estudiantes de Mérida.
Venados
Full nameVenados Fútbol Club
Nickname(s)Los Venados (The Bucks)
Founded1988 (1988)
GroundEstadio Carlos Iturralde,
Mérida, Yucatán, Mexico
Capacity15,087
OwnerRodolfo Rosas Cantillo
ChairmanRodolfo Rosas Cantillo
ManagerCarlos Gutiérrez
LeagueLiga de Expansión MX
Guardianes 202011th (Reclassification)
WebsiteClub website

History

Origins and first Merida franchise

Mérida F.C. was founded in 2003 by the brothers Arturo and Mauricio Millet Reyes, who obtained the franchise of Nacional de Tijuana.[2]

Loss of franchise in 2005 and continuation at lower levels

After the Clausura 2005 tournament, the Millet brothers announced that they would be selling the team to Irapuato FC due to economic problems, citing lackluster attendance and poor support from the local government. Nevertheless, the brothers formed a team that participated in an amateur league in Yucatán and also opened a training facility in Argentina to scout local talent. Mérida F.C. returned to the professional ranks when they participated in the Tercera División in 2006/07. During 2007, the brothers oversaw the construction of a training facility located at the Unidad Deportiva Tamanché. By the 2007/08 season Mérida was participating in the Segunda División.[2]

Return of second level franchise with Morelia

On June 16, 2008, Arturo Millet Reyes announced that he had acquired the filial team of Morelia.[3] Millet Reyes has stated that his intention is to maintain the team in Mérida for an extended period of time, unlike in previous years. He also received a guarantee that if the Venados were to be promoted to the Primera División that the team would remain in Mérida.[4]

On November 11, 2008, the Federación Mexicana de Fútbol Asociación (FMF) granted the club the certification required to be promoted to the Primera División.[5]

In the Clausura 2009 season Mérida defeated Club Tijuana 1–0 on aggregate to win the Clausura title. Mérida lost the subsequent promotion play-off for the Primera Division de Mexico, after a defeat by Querétaro FC on penalties.

Sale of franchise to Atlante

On 4 December 2010 the brothers Arturo and Mauricio Millet Reyes announced that Mérida F.C. would no longer form part of the Liga de Ascenso and that Monarcas Morelia would decide if a team would stay in the city, but that talks were also underway with Atlante F.C. regarding the creation of a link with them.[6]

The Mérida franchise was subsequently sold to Atlante and they became that team's filial team for the Clausura 2011, whilst the original Atlante filial team (Atlante UTN) swapped franchises to become the subsidiary team for Morelia.[1]

Ascenso MX Changes 2015 and Rebranding

The Mexican Football Federation said the Apertura 2015 tournament will be 16 teams who play the Ascenso MX instead of 14, as it was in recent tournaments. In addition, two clubs change city and state to the next season.

Estudiantes de Altamira will become Cafetaleros of Tapachula, whose headquarters will be the Olympic Stadium in Tapachula, in Chiapas; while Irapuato become Murcielagos FC and will play in Los Mochis, Sinaloa at the Estadio Centenario.

In addition to these changes, there will be two new franchises, that of Cimarrones de Sonora, located in Heroes de Nacozari Stadium de Hermosillo. As the FC Juárez will use Benito Juarez Olympic Stadium.

Finally, FC Mérida now be changing logo and will be called Venados FC (keeping the venue in Mérida).[7]

This could mean that the Venados FC team is the "rebirth" of Venados de Yucatán franchise .

Stadium

The home stadium for Venados F.C. is the Estadio Carlos Iturralde.[8]

Atlético Yucatán
Atlético Yucatán
Full nameClub Deportivo Atlético Yucatán
Nickname(s)Venados
Founded1988
Dissolved1999
GroundEstadio Carlos Iturralde,
Mérida, Yucatán, México
Capacity24,050

Atlético Yucatán was a Mexican football club based in Mérida, Yucatán, México. The club played in the Primera A for most of their existence.

The club was founded in 1988 the same year it joined the Segunda División Profesional. In their first years in 1988–89, the club would reach the finals against Potros Neza. The clubs tied in the first two games 2–2. Neza would come out with a 3–0 victory in the third match.

In 1998 the club reached the final against Chivas Tijuana, where the club won 1–0 in Mérida.[9] In 1999, the club played their promotion match against Unión de Curtidores but lost 7–1.

Honors
1998
Runner-up (1): 1988–89
first badge

Personnel

Coaching staff
Position Staff
Manager Carlos Gutiérrez
Assistant managers Martín Reyna
Guillermo Gómez
Goalkeeper coach Alejandro Arredondo
Fitness coach César Souza
Physiotherapist José Narváez
Team doctor Santiago Dorantes

Players

First-team squad
As of 12 January 2021[10]

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 Santiago Ramírez (on loan from Puebla)
2 DF  MEX José Baldovinos
4 DF  MEX Jair Díaz (on loan from UANL)
5 DF  MEX Juan Pablo Martínez (on loan from UANL)
6 MF  MEX José Luis García (on loan from UANL)
7 FW  MEX Rafael Durán (on loan from UANL)
8 FW  MEX Khaled Amador
9 FW  MEX Luis Madrigal
10 MF  MEX Eduardo Fernández
11 FW  DOM Dorny Romero
12 GK  MEX Armando Navarrete
14 DF  MEX Ángel González
15 MF  MEX Jorge Enríquez
No. Pos. Nation Player
16 MF  MEX Raúl Torres (on loan from UANL)
17 DF  MEX Mario Trejo
18 MF  ARG Neri Cardozo
19 FW  MEX Lizandro Echeverría
20 MF  MEX Jhory Celaya (on loan from UANL)
21 GK  MEX Alejandro Dogre
22 MF  MEX Alexis Vázques
23 DF  MEX Alfonso Luna
24 DF  MEX Brayan Castrejón
25 MF  MEX Gustavo Núñez
26 FW  MEX Saúl Ramírez
27 DF  MEX Alberto Hernández
For recent transfers, see List of Mexican football transfers summer 2019.

Reserve teams
Cantera Venados
Reserve team that plays in the Liga TDP, the fourth level of the Mexican league system.
Progreso F.C.
Affiliate team that plays in the Liga TDP, the fourth level of the Mexican league system.[11]

Managers

Club Honors
Clausura 2009
Apertura 2008

References
  1. 2010/11 Liga de Ascenso (Clausura 2011) results, table and explanation of team changes at RSSSF
  2. Mario Peniche Gorocica (15 February 2008). "EL MÉRIDA FC, UNA ORGANIZACIÓN". Historia de los Venados del Mérida F.C. (in Spanish). Mape Sports. Retrieved 12 February 2011.
  3. "Retornan los Venados" (in Spanish). Diario de Yucatán. 2008-06-17. Archived from the original on 2009-06-30.
  4. "Los Venados regresan para quedarse, dice Arturo Millet Reyes" (in Spanish). Diario de Yucatán. 2008-06-17. Archived from the original on 2009-06-30.
  5. "Certifican a los Venados" (in Spanish). Diario de Yucatán. 2008-11-11. Archived from the original on 2009-06-30.
  6. Herbert O. Martínez Fuente (4 December 2010). "El Mérida FC no sigue en la Liga de Ascenso" (in Spanish). Yucatan.com.mx. Retrieved 13 February 2011.
  7. Espinosa, Eduardo (7 June 2015). "Confirman cambios en el Ascenso MX".
  8. "Mérida FC". Club. Footballdatabase.eu. Retrieved 4 March 2012.
  9. Calderón López, Miguel A. (6 May 2016). "Venados FC rendirán homenaje a Efraín Lugo Ricalde" (in Spanish). Diario de Yucatán.
  10. "Venados F.C." Liga BBVA Expansión MX (in Spanish). Retrieved 12 January 2021.
  11. "Nace Progreso FC en Tercera División". Venados F.C. (in Spanish). 20 August 2020. Retrieved 20 October 2020.
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