Salamanca F.C.

Salamanca F.C. is a Mexican football club based in Salamanca, Guanajuato, México which is playing in the Tercera División de México.

C.F. Salamanca
Full nameClub de Fútbol Salamanca
Nickname(s)Los Petroleros (The Oilers)
Founded1958 (1958)
GroundEstadio Sección XXIV
Salamanca, Guanajuato,
Mexico
Capacity10,000
ChairmanSalvador González[1]
ManagerMarco Aurelio Ruiz Toledo
LeagueTercera División de México
2022–23Preseason

History

The club was founded in the 1950s and soon after, in 1958, the club joined the Segunda División de México and played under the name of Mapaches. The club played in the second division until 1961 when the club folded due to economic problems. In 1964 the club rejoined the second division; this time the club was owned by a local oil company which brought in big name players but never achieved a promotion to the first division. From 1964 the club would go on to play good to mediocre tournaments which finally came to an end once again in 1986 when the club folded and would not come this time for several years all time times playing under the name of Petroleros de Salamanca.

Awaited Return

In 2001 the same oil company that had owned the club in the 1980s started up several professional clubs, the first a basketball club in 2001 which played under the name of Petroleros de Salamanca. In 2004 the football club finally made its return, quickly joining the Primera A. In 2006 the club reached its first final in the Primera A only to lose it to Puebla FC in a Penalty shoot out. The club would go on to play six more tournaments before the club was sold and relocated in La Piedad, Michoacán, where it became C.F. La Piedad.

Failed Return to Liga Premier

After spending several years in the Third Division of Mexico without winning promotion, on July 3, 2019 the team managed to return to the Liga Premier de México (Second Division) with Serie B being their new category, this after reaching an agreement with the Real Potosino's management so that the team will move from San Luis Potosí City to Salamanca, adopt the name of the town and thus return second division football to the city of Salamanca.[2] Finally on July 18, 2019 the Mexican Football Federation did not grant the guarantee for this change and Salamanca remained at Liga TDP.

In 2020 due to financial problems, the club's board of directors rented its franchise to the Barajas Soccer Promoter, based in Tamazula de Gordiano, Jalisco.

In 2022 the team returned to participate in the professional leagues, being renamed C.F. Salamanca and based on the franchise Jaral del Progreso F.C.[3]

Return to Liga Premier

On January 27, 2023 Catedráticos Elite F.C. was relocated from Ameca, Jalisco to Salamanca, Guanajuato.[4] The relocation of the club occurred after a merger with Petroleros de Salamanca, because the local oil sector was interested in having a professional team in the city, for this reason the team was unofficially called Catedráticos Petroleros.[5]

Badge

In the early 1950s clubs usually used their city's crest as their own, so Salamanca used the city crest from 1958-1961. In the early 1970s the club used a crest which had an oil rig along with a soccer ball. In 2004 the club returned with a brand new crest but kept the oil rig and the soccer ball along with the club's colors.

  • First Badge 1958-61.
    First Badge 1958-61.
  • 1970s-1986
    1970s-1986
  • Only used in 2004
    Only used in 2004
  • 2005-2009
    2005-2009

First kit evolution
1944 home
1960 home
2004 home
2006 home
2007 home
2008 home
2009 home
2010 home

Season to season
club is known for the oil tower.
Season Division Place
1958-59 2nd Division
1959-60 2nd Division
1960-61 2nd Division
1961-64 Did not participate
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
1972-73 2nd Division
1973-74 2nd Division
1974-75 2nd Division
1975-76 2nd Division
1976-77 2nd Division
1977-78 2nd Division
1978-79
1979-80 2nd Division
1980-81 2nd Division
1981-82 2nd Division
1982-83 2nd Division
1983-84 2nd Division
1984-85 2nd Division
1985-86 2nd Division
Season Division Place
1986–2003 Did not participate
1996-97 Primera A
Clausura 2004 Primera A
Apertura 2005 Primera A
Clausura 2006 Primera A
Apertura 2006 Primera A
Clausura 2007 Primera A
Apertura 2007 Primera A
Clausura 2008 Primera A
Apertura 2008 Primera A
Clausura 2009 Primera A
Apertura 2009 2nd Division
Bicentenario 2010 2nd Division Disappeared after final of the season
2013–14 3rd División
2014–15 3rd División
2015–16 3rd División
2016–17 3rd División
2017–18 3rd División
2018–19 Liga TDP
2019–20 Liga TDP

Players

Current squad

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

No. Pos. Nation Player

Honours

Professional
Runner-up (1): Apertura 2006
Champion : 1951-1952
  • Segunda División "B": (2)
Champion : 1984-1985, 1993-1994

Notable former players

See also

References
  1. Manjarrez, Miguel (28 July 2022). "Presentan Club de Futbol Salamanca de Tercera División Profesional". El Sol de Salamanca (in Spanish). Retrieved 11 August 2022.
  2. Manjarrez, Miguel (3 July 2019). "Salamanca FC espera aval de la FMF para jugar en Liga Premier". El Sol de Salamanca (in Spanish). Organización Editorial Mexicana. Retrieved 8 July 2019.
  3. "CF Salamanca jugará temporada 2022-2023 en Grupo 11 de la Liga TDP". El Sol de Salamanca (in Spanish). 9 August 2022. Retrieved 11 August 2022.
  4. "Vuelve el futbol profesional a Salamanca con Catedráticos Elite FC". El Sol de Salamanca (in Spanish). 27 January 2023. Retrieved 27 January 2023.
  5. Cisneros, Fernando (27 January 2023). "Presentan Catedráticos Petroleros". El Sol de Irapuato (in Spanish). Retrieved 4 February 2023.
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