Correcaminos UAT

Correcaminos

Full name	Club de Fútbol Correcaminos de la Universidad Autónoma de Tamaulipas
Nickname(s)	Los Correcaminos (The Roadrunners) El Corre (The Corre) Los Naranjas (The Oranges)
Founded	1 January 1980 (1980-01-01)
Ground	Estadio Marte R. Gómez Ciudad Victoria, Tamaulipas, Mexico
Ground Capacity	18,000[1]
Owner	UAT
Chairman	Francisco Filizola González
Manager	Ricardo Cadena
League	Ascenso MX
Apertura 2014	3rd (Quarterfinals)
Website	Club home page
Home colours Away colours Third colours

Club de Fútbol Correcaminos de la Universidad Autónoma de Tamaulipas is an association football team from Ciudad Victoria, Tamaulipas.

It currently plays in the Ascenso MX League of Mexico. The team was founded in 1980, Correcaminos played in the Primera Division De Mexico from the 1987–1988 season to the 1994–95 season. They play in the Marte R. Gomez stadium , which has a capacity of 13,500.

History

The club was founded in 1980 and represents the UAT as well as the city of Ciudad Victoria. The club joined the Segunda División de México in 1982 and played in the 1982–83 tournament. In the 1986–87 tournament the club reached the championship final against the Universidad Autónoma de Querétaro having to play a decisive third game in the Estadio Azteca were the club finally managed to beat Querétaro/Mi cola in a penalty shootout and earning their first Promotion.The club did not fare so well in their first year in the Mexican Primera División finishing tied dead last with Atletico Potosino and only avoided being relegated by a goal difference. Before the 1988–89 tournament the club managed to keep its category after buying the Deportivo Neza Franchisee and taking over their vacant spot. The club would go on to play 7 years in the first division before been relegated in 1995, this time they did not buy any franchise to save their status and instead accepted their fate of playing in the newly created Liga de Ascenso. In the summer 1997 the club reach its first final since joining the league only to loss it to Tigres de la UANL who would go on to be promoted to the first division having won the previous tournament as well. In the Apertura 2005 and Clausura 2006 the club had one of the strongest teams in the league finishing first in both tournament but losing in the round robin first to Club Leon and then to Indios de Ciudad Juárez in semifinals.

Apertura 2011 Title

In the Apertura 2011 the club finished second in the league with 27 points, 7 wins, 6 draws,2 defeats,scoring the most goals in the league with 33 ad allowing 21 earning a rod robin spot.In the Quarterfinals the club faced cross town rival Estudiantes de Altamira who they tied 2–2 after 2 games advancing for having finished with more points. In Semifinals the club would once again tie 3–3 this time against Toros Neza advancing once again because of their league position. In the final the club would go on to face the league points leader C.F. La Piedad who was picked favorite by many to take the Apertura title home that year. The first match was played in the Estadio Marte R. Gómez were Correcaminos managed to take a 3–1 advantage. The second match was played in the Estadio Juan N. López were after 90 minutes the club had managed to beat la piedad after almost 15 years with a score of 1–0 and claiming that tournaments title.

Season to season

• Has Played 5 2nd Division Tournaments last in 1987.
• Has Played 32 Primera A Tournaments last in 2011.^[2]
• Has Played 8 Mexican Primera División Tournaments last in 1995.^[3]

• After the 1987–88 tournament the club avoided relegation after buying the Deportivo Neza franchise.

On 26 September 2012 the club advanced to the semifinals winning the game versus Xolos of Tijuana city with a remarkable score of 5 to 5 changing and advantage of losing 4 to 1. The game was defined in penalty kicks, having a glorius and historical victory winning the correcamininos 7 to 6 in penalties.

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 GK Miguel Pinto (on loan from Atlas) 2 MF Alejandro García (on loan from Monterrey) 3 DF Daniel Duarte 4 DF Arturo Ledesma (on loan from Guadalajara) 5 MF Juan Pablo Orozco (on loan from Guadalajara) 6 MF Jorge Ocampo 7 MF Julio Gómez (on loan from Pachuca) 8 MF Lucas Ayala (on loan from Atlas) 9 FW Tatá 10 FW Diego Olsina 11 FW David Cortés 13 MF Gerardo Moreno (on loan from Monterrey)

No. Position Player 14 MF Ricardo Bocanegra (on loan from Atlas) 15 DF Manuel López (on loan from Querétaro) 16 DF Óscar García (on loan from Monterrey) 17 FW Eddie Hernández (on loan from Motagua) 18 DF Arturo Alvarado (on loan from Monterrey) 19 DF Hugo Sánchez (captain) 20 FW Roberto Saucedo 21 MF Pablo Arzú (on loan from Real Sociedad) 23 GK Daniel Vogel (on loan from UANL) 24 DF Alejandro Berber (on loan from Monterrey) 25 GK Humberto Martínez 26 FW Sinecio González

Notable players

This list of former players includes those who received international caps while playing for the team, made significant contributions to the team in terms of appearances or goals while playing for the team, or who made significant contributions to the sport either before they played for the team, or after they left. It is clearly not yet complete and all inclusive, and additions and refinements will continue to be made over time.

Club honors

• Liga de Ascenso: (1) Apertura 2011

Runner-Up: (1) Verano 1997

• Segunda División: (1) 1986–87

• Copa MX

Runner-Up: (1) Apertura 2012

References

External links

• Official site