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Ayense
Full nameClub Deportivo Ayense
Founded1988; 36 years ago (1988)
GroundEstadio Chino Rivas
Ayotlán, Jalisco, Mexico
Capacity4,000
OwnerClub Deportivo Ayense AC
Manager Conrado Castillo
League Liga PremierSerie B
2023–241st (Runner–up)

Club Deportivo Ayense, A.C. is a football club that plays in the Serie B de México. It is based in the city of Ayotlán, Mexico.

History

The team was founded for the first time in 1988, that year they achieved their first title and promoted to Second Division. In 1990 the team was relegated to Segunda División "B", but, in 1991 they won the divisional title and returned to Segunda División, in the same season, the Ayense was invited to the Primera División promotional playoff. [1] The team disappeared for the first time in the mid-2000s. [2]

In 2019 the team returned to professional football after an agreement between the municipal government and an entrepreneur located in United States. The club was enrolled in Third Division with the name Club Deportivo Ayense A.C. [3]

In the 2022–23 season, the team had its best performance since its refoundation in 2019. Ayense reached the North Zone semifinal, where they were defeated by C.D. Poza Rica in a penalty shootout. [4] Although the team failed to promote from the category, its good performance led to the club being invited to participate in the Liga PremierSerie B on June 15, 2023. [5]

Players

First-team squad

As of 13 January 2024 [6]

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

No. Pos. Nation Player
1 GK Mexico  MEX Leobardo Tapia
2 DF Mexico  MEX Julián Rodríguez
4 DF Mexico  MEX Jonatan Sánchez
5 DF Mexico  MEX Isaác Gómez
6 MF Mexico  MEX Roberto Ríos
7 FW Mexico  MEX Juan Reynosa
8 FW Mexico  MEX Edson Castro
9 FW Mexico  MEX Marco Rivera
10 MF Mexico  MEX Diego López
11 FW Mexico  MEX José del Río
12 MF Mexico  MEX Aldo Ávila
13 DF Mexico  MEX Luis Rosales
14 DF Mexico  MEX Luis Arellano
16 FW Mexico  MEX José Barrientos
17 MF Mexico  MEX Johan Morales
18 MF Mexico  MEX Ulíses Bravo
19 FW Mexico  MEX Diego Rea
No. Pos. Nation Player
20 MF Mexico  MEX Guillermo García
21 MF Mexico  MEX César Delgado
22 DF Mexico  MEX Ángel González
24 FW Mexico  MEX Raúl Magallón
27 FW Mexico  MEX Adrián Pérez
28 MF Mexico  MEX Joseph Zepeda
29 MF Mexico  MEX Cristian Gómez
30 GK Mexico  MEX Gonzalo Zambrano
31 MF Mexico  MEX Javier Ramírez
33 FW Mexico  MEX Eduardo López
36 MF Mexico  MEX Isaac Medina
38 MF Mexico  MEX Iván González
40 DF Mexico  MEX Oscar Arredondo
42 FW Mexico  MEX Fernando Zúñiga
49 MF Mexico  MEX Luis Ávila
50 GK Mexico  MEX Alan Santana

Honors

1990-91
1988-89

References

  1. ^ Lugo, Erik Francisco; Toscano, Martín. "Mexico 1990/91". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. Retrieved 2 October 2019.
  2. ^ "Club Ayense". Liga MX (in Spanish). Retrieved 2 October 2019.
  3. ^ García, Atemi (18 July 2019). "Regresa el histórico Ayense al fútbol profesional". Decisiones (in Spanish). Retrieved 2 October 2019.
  4. ^ "Regresa Poza Rica a la segunda división del fútbol mexicano". imagendelgolfo.mx (in Spanish). 14 May 2023. Retrieved 16 June 2023.
  5. ^ "Ayense es de Liga Premier; jugarán en Serie B". Deportivo Digital (in Spanish). 15 June 2023. Retrieved 16 June 2023.
  6. ^ "C.D. Ayense". Liga TDP (in Spanish). Retrieved 7 January 2022.