Coras de Tepic
Tepic| Full name |
Deportivo Tepic F.C. |
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| Nickname(s) |
Los Coras (The Coras)
El Equipo del Pueblo (The People's Team)
El Tornado del País (The Tornado Country) |
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| Founded |
19 July 1959 (1959-07-19) |
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| Ground |
Estadio Arena Cora
Tepic, Nayarit, Mexico |
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| Ground Capacity |
12,945 |
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| Owner |
José Luis Higuera |
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| Chairman |
José Luis Higuera |
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| Manager |
Mauro Camoranesi |
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| League |
Ascenso MX |
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Deportivo Tepic F.C. 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 and currently plays 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.
Season to season
- Has Played 58 2nd Division Tournaments last in April 2014.
- Has Played 8 3rd Division Tournaments last in 2009.
- Has Played 4 Ascenso MX Tournaments last in Clausura 2015 (January to May).
- Has Played 0 Mexican Primera División Tournaments last in 2002.
- 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
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