Venados F.C.

This article is about the Mexican football club. For the Venezuelan club, see Estudiantes de Mérida.
Venados
Full name Venados Fútbol Club
Nickname(s) Los Venados (The Bucks)
Los Ciervos (The Deers)
Los Astados (The Horned)
Founded 2003 (2003)
Ground Estadio Carlos Iturralde Rivero,
Mérida, Yucatán, México
Ground Capacity 15,087
Owner Rodolfo Rosas Cantillo
Manager Marcelo Leaño
League Ascenso MX
Clausura 2014 9th (DNQ)
Website Club home page

Venados Fútbol Club is a Mexican football club based in Mérida, Yucatán. they are playing in the Liga de Ascenso, at 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]

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 Mérida F.C. is the Estadio Carlos Iturralde.[8]

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 Alan López (on loan from Atlas)
2 Mexico DF Bryan Colula (on loan from América)
3 Mexico DF César Saldívar (on loan from Veracruz)
4 Mexico DF Rodrigo Íñigo (on loan from Zacatecas)
5 Mexico DF Rodrigo González (on loan from América)
6 Mexico MF Emanuel Guzmán
7 Mexico MF Eduardo Fernández
8 Mexico DF Aldo Polo (captain)
9 Uruguay FW Adrián Luna
10 Argentina MF Luis Acuña
11 Mexico FW Mauricio Romero (on loan from Chiapas)
12 Argentina GK Luis Ojeda
13 Mexico DF Diego Barbosa (on loan from Atlas)
14 Mexico MF Juan de Dios Ramírez (on loan from Atlas)
15 Mexico MF Carlos Treviño (on loan from Atlas)
No. Position Player
16 Mexico MF Hugo Bueno (on loan from Chiapas)
17 Mexico MF Sergio Nápoles (on loan from Guadalajara)
18 Mexico FW Ulices Briceño (on loan from Monterrey)
19 Mexico FW Vladimir Suárez
20 Mexico MF Sergio Rodríguez (on loan from América)
21 Mexico MF José Trejo
22 Mexico DF Aldair Basto
23 Mexico MF Jesús Palacios (on loan from U. de G.)
24 Mexico DF Giovanni Marín (on loan from Cruz Azul)
25 Mexico GK Andrés Gudiño
27 Mexico DF Pedro Terán (on loan from Atlas)
29 Mexico MF Alberto Pindter (on loan from U. de G.)
31 Mexico MF Luis Sánchez (on loan from Veracruz)
32 Mexico DF Víctor Perales (on loan from Veracruz)
33 Colombia FW Julián Quiñones (on loan from UANL)

Club Honors

Clausura 2009
Apertura 2008

References

  1. 1 2 2010/11 Liga de Ascenso (Clausura 2011) results, table and explanation of team changes at RSSSF
  2. 1 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 June 30, 2009.
  4. "Los Venados regresan para quedarse, dice Arturo Millet Reyes" (in Spanish). Diario de Yucatán. 2008-06-17.
  5. "Certifican a los Venados" (in Spanish). Diario de Yucatán. 2008-11-11. Archived from the original on June 30, 2009.
  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.

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