Coras F.C.

Coras
Full name Coras Fútbol Club
Nickname(s) Los Coras de Tepic (The Coras of Tepic)
El Equipo del Pueblo (The People's Team)
El Tornado del País (The Tornado of the Country)
Founded 19 July 1959 (1959-07-19)
Ground Estadio Arena Cora
Tepic, Nayarit, Mexico
Ground Capacity 12,271
Owner José Luis Higuera
Manager Hernán Cristante
League Ascenso MX
Clausura 2015 8th

Coras Fútbol Club commonly known as Coras de Tepic is a football club that plays in the Mexican football league system Mexican Ascenso MX (second-tier). The club was founded in the late 1950s as Deportivo Tepic and currently is based in Tepic, Nayarit, Mexico.

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.

Players

First-team squad

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

No. Position Player
1 Mexico GK Luis Manuel García (on loan from Querétaro)
3 Brazil DF Fernando Fonseca
4 Mexico DF Sergio Quiróz (on loan from Sinaloa) (vice-captain)
5 Mexico DF Mario Orozco (on loan from Guadalajara)
7 United States FW César Romero
8 Mexico MF Jorge Kalú Gastélum (on loan from Querétaro) (captain)
9 Argentina FW Pablo Bastianini
10 Argentina FW Juan Neira
11 Mexico MF Jorge Echavarría (on loan from Querétaro)
12 Mexico MF Juan Carlos López (on loan from Querétaro)
13 Mexico DF Patricio Arana
14 Mexico DF Luis Solorio (on loan from Guadalajara)
No. Position Player
15 Mexico DF Abraham Coronado (on loan from Guadalajara)
16 Mexico DF Sergio Amaury Ponce (on loan from Atlas)
18 Mexico FW Daniel Ríos (on loan from Guadalajara)
21 Mexico MF Gabriel Velasco (on loan from Toluca)
22 Brazil FW Mateus Gonçalves
23 Mexico GK Víctor Hugo Hernández (on loan from Guadalajara)
24 Mexico MF Sergio Flores (on loan from Guadalajara)
25 Mexico FW Roberto Ramírez (on loan from UNAM)
26 Mexico DF Carlos Esparza (on loan from Guadalajara)
28 Mexico MF Alan Jaramillo (on loan from Guadalajara)
30 Mexico MF Víctor Guajardo (on loan from Morelia)
31 Mexico GK Alejandro Arana (on loan from Querétaro)

Reserve teams

Coras B
Reserve team that plays in the Segunda División in the third level of the Mexican league system.

Season to season

Season Division Notes
1959–60 2nd Division
1960–61 2nd Division
1961–62 2nd Division
1964–65 2nd Division
1965–66 2nd Division
1966–67 2nd Division
1967–68 2nd Division
1968–69 2nd Division
1969–70 2nd Division
1970–71 2nd Division
1971–72 2nd Division
1971–72 2nd Division
1973–74 2nd Division
1974–75 2nd Division
1975–76 2nd Division
1976–77 2nd Division
1977–78 2nd Division
1978–79 2nd Division
1979–80 2nd Division

Season Division Place
1980–81 2nd Division
1981–82 2nd Division
1982–83 2nd Division
1983–84 2nd Division
1984–85 2nd Division
1985–86 2nd Division
1986–87 2nd Division
1987–88 2nd Division
1988–89 2nd Division
1989–90 2nd Division
1991–92 2nd Division
1992–93 2nd Division
1993–94 2nd Division
1994–95 Primera A
1995–96 Primera A
Invierno 96 2nd Division
Verano97 2nd Division
Invierno 97 2nd Division
Verano 98 2nd Division

Season Division Place
Invierno 98 2nd Division
Verano 99 2nd Division
Invierno 99 2nd Division
Verano 00 2nd Division
Invierno 00 2nd Division
Verano 01 2nd Division
Invierno 01 2nd Division
Verano 02 2nd Division
Invierno 02 2nd Division
Verano 03 2nd Division
Clausura 03 2nd Division
Apertura 04 2nd Division
Clausura 04 2nd Division
Apertura 05 2nd Division
Clausura 2005 2nd Division
Apertura 2006 3d Division
Clausura 2006 3d Division
Apertura 2007 3d Division
Clausura 2007 3d Division

Season Division Place
Apertura 2008 3d Division
Clausura 2008 3d Division
Apertura 2009 3d Division
Clausura 2009 3d Division
Apertura 2011 2nd Division
Clausura 2012 2nd Division
Apertura 2012 2nd Division
Clausura 2013 2nd Division
Apertura 2013 2nd Division 5th (Quarterfinal)
Clausura 2014 2nd Division 2nd (Quarterfinal)
Apertura 2014 Ascenso MX 1st ("Runner-Up")
Clausura 2015 Ascenso MX

Honours

See also

Footnotes

  1. "Clubs History" (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 2011-08-03.
  2. Clubs New Home Stadium

External links

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