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Dorados de Sinaloa

Full name	Club Social y Deportivo Dorados de Sinaloa [1]
Nickname(s)	Los Baldados (The Dorados) El Gran Pez (The Great Fish) [2]
Founded	9 August 2003; 20 years ago (2003-08-09)
Ground	Estadio Dorados
Capacity	20,108
Owner	Grupo Caliente
Chairman	José Antonio Núñez
Manager	Rafael García
League	Liga de Expansión MX
Apertura 2022	5th (Reclassification)
Website	Club website
Home colours Away colours
Current season

Dorados de Sinaloa, or Dorados, is a Mexican professional football club based in Culiacán, Sinaloa, Mexico.

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.

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

• Ascenso MX: 4
  • Apertura 2003, Clausura 2007, Clausura 2015, Apertura 2016
• Campeón de Ascenso: 2
  • 2004, 2015
• Copa MX: 1
  • Apertura 2012
• International Copa Ricardo:
  • Second Place

Personnel

Management

Position	Staff
Chairman	José Antonio Núñez
Director of football	Juan Pablo Santiago

Coaching staff

Position	Staff
Manager	Rafael García
Assistant managers	Rubén Duarte Casillas
	Carlos Heriberto Pinto
Goalkeeper coach	Daniel Zamora
Fitness coach	Hugo Carbajal
Physiotherapist	Manuel Morales
Team doctor	Hernando Casillas

Players

First-team squad

As of 24 June 2022 ^[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   MEX Sebastián Yanez (on loan from Tijuana) 4 DF   MEX Juan García Sancho 5 DF   MEX Abraham Flores (on loan from Tijuana) 6 MF   MEX Luis Gamíz 7 MF   MEX Alam Galindo 9 MF   MEX Antonio Nava 10 FW   MEX Gerson Vázquez 11 FW   COL Cristian Cañozales 13 GK   MEX Víctor Mendoza 14 DF   MEX Felipe Félix 15 FW   MEX Alfredo Ramírez 17 MF   MEX César Leyva

No. Pos. Nation Player 18 MF   MEX Christian Leyva 19 GK   MEX Jonathan Vaal (on loan from Tijuana) 20 DF   MEX David Osuna 26 FW   MEX Daniel López 27 MF   MEX Emilio Sánchez 28 DF   MEX Luis Ruiz 30 MF   MEX Kevin Lara 31 MF   MEX Aldieri Valenzuela 32 MF   MEX Marco González (on loan from Querétaro) 33 DF   MEX Derian Domínguez 34 DF   MEX Orlando Tirado 35 GK   MEX Luis Villegas

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

External links

• Official website