Dorados de Sinaloa

Dorados de Sinaloa, or Dorados, is a Mexican professional soccer club based on Culiacán, Sinaloa, Mexico.

Dorados de Sinaloa
Full nameClub Dorados de Sinaloa[1]
Nickname(s)Los Baldados (The Dorados)
El Gran Pez (The Great Fish)[2]
Founded9 August 2003 (2003-08-09)
GroundEstadio Dorados
Capacity20,108
OwnerGrupo Caliente
ChairmanJosé Antonio Núñez
ManagerRafael García
LeagueLiga de Expansión MX
Grita México 20211st (Semi–finals)
WebsiteClub website

History

Dorados de Sinaloa was founded on August 9, 2003.[3] The Dorados was the youngest team to play on First Division de México, having joined the division for the first time for the Apertura 2004 tournament when the club was only one year old. The Dorados currently play in the Liga de Expansión MX, the second tier of the Mexican league.[4]

First promotion and relegation

On 20 December 2003, the Dorados won their first title in the Apertura 2003 tournament of Primera División A. Guadalupe Castaneda scored the goal, beating the Cobras of Ciudad Juárez. They finished as runners- up in the Apertura 2004, and won the play-off promotion beating Club León with a goal from Roberto Dominguez and winning the promotion to Liga MX just one year after the club was founded. The club was relegated to the Apertura in a 2006 tournament after playing for just two years in the top tier.

Return to first Division

On July 27, 2015, the Dorados played their first game in the First Division after 8 seasons in the Second Division. The game was celebrated in the Banorte Stadium versus Jaguares de Chiapas, with a 0–0 final score. Their first 3 points came in the second game of the season on July 31, against Xoloitzcuintles de Tijuana in the Caliente Stadium. Dayro Moreno scored for the North Californian team, but Mauricio Martín Romero scored the first goal of Dorados in the 2015–16 Liga MX season. The Dorados played and won their first game in the first division in 9 years, 1–2. The previous game being on April 22, 2006, when the Dorados beat Jaguares de Chiapas 4–2, with goals from Andrés Orozco, Cristian Patiño, and Pep Guardiola.

Dorados de Sinaloa, playing against C.F. Monterrey at Estadio Banorte

Second relegation

On April 16, 2016, after losing 5–2 to Tigres UANL, the Dorados were demoted after just one season in Liga MX, finishing last in the relegation table of 2015–16 Liga MX season marking the second time the club was relegated to Ascenso MX.

Rivalry with Club León

When the Dorados de Sinaloa arrived at Primera División A in 2003, a rivalry was born. When the franchise was first created in 2003, Dorados became champions in their first tournament, becoming the first team to ever accomplish this feat in Primera A. In their second tournament, Dorados made it to the final once again, falling to Club León. Despite losing this final, Dorados and León played the promotion game to Primera División de México where Dorados were victorious. Dorados and Leon have played a total of four finals, with each team winning two.

Since the relegation of Dorados to the Ascenso MX, the two sides have not played in a league match.

Honours
Apertura 2003, Clausura 2007, Clausura 2015, Apertura 2016
  • Campeón de Ascenso: 2
2004, 2015
Apertura 2012
  • International Copa Ricardo:
Second Place

Personnel

Coaching staff
Position Staff
Manager Rafael García
Assistant managers Rubén Duarte Casillas
Gilberto Mora
Carlos Heriberto Pinto
Goalkeeper coach Daniel Zamora
Fitness coach Hugo Carbajal
Physiotherapist Kevin Ponce
Team doctor Hernando Casillas

Players

First-team squad
As of 27 July 2021[5]

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

No. Pos. Nation Player
2 DF  URU Gastón Aguirre
6 MF  MEX Jesús Vázquez
7 MF  MEX Giovanny León (on loan from Toluca)
8 MF  MEX José Lugo
11 MF  MEX Antonio Nava (on loan from Tijuana)
12 GK  MEX Luis López
13 GK  MEX Carlos Higuera (on loan from Tijuana)
14 DF  MEX Luis Félix
15 FW  MEX Alfredo Ramírez (on loan from Querétaro)
16 MF  MEX Adolfo Domínguez
17 MF  MEX Mario Osuna
18 DF  MEX Salvador Manríquez
No. Pos. Nation Player
20 DF  MEX Jesús Vega (on loan from Tijuana)
21 DF  MEX Arturo Cárdenas
22 MF  MEX Isaác Aguilar
24 MF  USA Jared Romero (on loan from Tijuana)
26 FW  COL José Raúl Zúñiga
27 FW  ECU Jonathan Betancourt (on loan from Querétaro)
28 FW  MEX Samuel López (on loan from Tijuana)
29 GK  MEX Julio Valenzuela (on loan from Tijuana)
30 DF  MEX Luis Hernández (on loan from Necaxa)
31 DF  MEX Aarón Mejía
32 MF  MEX Mirsha Herrera
33 DF  MEX Hiram Muñoz
For recent transfers, see List of Mexican football transfers summer 2021.

Reserve teams
Dorados de Sinaloa (Liga TDP)
Reserve team that plays in the Liga TDP, the fourth level of the Mexican league system.

Notable players

Coaches

References
  1. "Comunicado Oficial".
  2. "Dorados de Sinaloa: Vinicio Angulo se olvida del Gran Pez y refuerza a club de Ecuador".
  3. "Historia Dorados". Dorados official website. Retrieved 19 November 2020.
  4. es:Dorados de Sinaloa
  5. "Dorados de Sinaloa". Liga BBVA Expansión MX (in Spanish). Retrieved 12 January 2021.
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