{{redirect|Zacatepec|other uses|Zacatepec (disambiguation)}} {{Use dmy dates|date=January 2018}} {{Infobox football club | clubname = Zacatepec | image = Zacatepec FC Logo Actual.png | upright = 0.84 | fullname = Zacatepec Fútbol Club | nickname = ''Los Cañeros'' (The Sugarcane Growers) | short name = ZAC | founded = {{start date and age|1948}}<br>(''as Club Social y Deportivo Zacatepec'')<br>{{start date and age|2024|7|21|df=y}}<br>(''refounded as Zacatepec Fútbol Club'') | dissolved = | ground = Estadio Mariano Matamoros<ref name="Xochitepec">{{cite web |title=Zacatepec confirma que saldrán del Estadio Agustín Coruco Díaz |url=https://www.record.com.mx/futbol-futbol-nacional-noticias/zacatepec-confirma-que-saldran-del-estadio-agustin-coruco-diaz |website=RÉCORD |access-date=13 January 2025 |language=es |date=13 January 2025}}</ref><br>Xochitepec, Morelos | capacity = 16,000<ref>{{cite web |title=Estadio Mariano Matamoros |url=https://el.soccerway.com/venues/mexico/estadio-mariano-matamoros/v17338/ |website=SoccerWay |access-date=13 January 2025 |archive-date=22 February 2025 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250222121355/https://el.soccerway.com/venues/mexico/estadio-mariano-matamoros/v17338/ |url-status=dead }}</ref> | owner = Jorge Enrique Núñez | chairman = Jorge Enrique Núñez | manager = Rowan Vargas | league = Liga Premier (Serie A) | season = 2025–26 | position = Regular phase:<br>3rd (Group II)<br>Final phase:<br>Quarterfinals | pattern_la1 = _greenborder | pattern_b1 = _greenhorizontal | pattern_ra1 = _greenborder | pattern_sh1 = | pattern_so1 = | leftarm1 = FFFFFF | body1 = FFFFFF | rightarm1 = FFFFFF | shorts1 = FFFFFF | socks1 = FFFFFF | pattern_la2 = _whiteborder | pattern_b2 = _whitehorizontal | pattern_ra2 = _whiteborder | pattern_sh2 = _whitebottom | pattern_so2 = | leftarm2 = 008000 | body2 = 008000 | rightarm2 = 008000 | shorts2 = 008000 | socks2 = 008000 }}
'''Zacatepec Fútbol Club''', simplified as '''Zacatepec FC''', is a Mexican professional football club based in Xochitepec, Morelos. It competes in Liga Premier (Serie A), the third level division of Mexican football, and plays its home matches at the Estadio Mariano Matamoros. Founded in 1948 as Club Social y Deportivo Zacatepec by workers of the Mexican sugar mill called ''Emiliano Zapata''. Throughout its history it was also named as Promotora Deportiva Zacatepec SC, Zacatepec 1948, Zacatepec Siglo XXI and Club Atlético Zacatepec. The club was refounded in 2024 under its current name. Nicknamed ''Cañeros'', their colors are white and green (from sugar and sugarcane, respectively). Their uniform color is a white shirt with a big green line in the middle and white shorts and socks.
Domestically, Zacatepec FC has won two Primera División titles, two Copa México titles and one Campeón de Campeones.
The head coach of Zacatepec during the 1950s was Ignacio Trelles, a former professional Mexican football player who became head coach of the Mexico national team in the 1962 FIFA World Cup in Chile and 1966 FIFA World Cup in England.
==History== The club dates back to the early 1920s and was formed by local farmers and co-op members that operated the local sugar mill.
It was not until 1948 when Rodrigo Ampudia del Valle along with the sugar mill's coop membership, including the mill's superintendent and its chief chemist Gustavo de la Parra, founded Club Social y Deportivo Zacatepec who from its foundation sought to play in the Primera División de México. A few years later, the club would go on to win important things in the national level and international level.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://lazetaweb.blogspot.com/2009/06/el-zacatepec.html|title=Zacatepec Early Years 1951–59|date=26 June 2009|language=es|access-date=21 September 2011|archive-date=26 December 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171226020651/http://lazetaweb.blogspot.com/2009/06/el-zacatepec.html|url-status=live}}</ref>
It was in 1951 when {{Who|date=November 2010}} future manager Ignacio Trelles took over the club. In the 1951 Segunda División final they won, earning a promotion to the Primera División de México, taking over the spot left by Club San Sebastián de León who would never again return to the top division.
The club finished runner-up in 1953. In 1955, the club won its first league title,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.bolavip.com/1031/zacatepec-el-equipo-de-la-gente/|title=1955–56 Championship year|language=es|access-date=21 September 2011|archive-date=11 September 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110911060400/http://www.bolavip.com/1031/zacatepec-el-equipo-de-la-gente/|url-status=dead}}</ref> becoming the first club in the state of Morelos to achieve that, which made the locals celebrate in the streets thing that had no been seen before. The following year the club won the 1956–57 Copa México against León for the first time.
The club won the 1957 league title just ahead of Toluca once ageing under the care of Ignacio Trelles who would go on to win titles with other clubs in the league becoming one of the best managers in the league history.{{Citation needed|date=November 2010}} The following tournament the club finished third, 4 points behind runner-up León and 6 points behind Guadalajara who would go on to win the next 6 out of 7 titles from 1958 to 1965. The club would also go on to lose the 1957–58 Copa México to León.
In the following years the club struggled, finishing 10th in 1959–60 and 6th in 1960–61, and it was finally in 1961 when the club played its worst tournament, finishing last and being relegated to the Segunda División de México.
That club from the 1950s was one of the most successful in the club's history. The club played some importation international friendlies in the 1950s against some of the best clubs from around the world. The club defeated Nacional who had won the Campeón Mundial de Clubes and would also go on to beat Manchester United in a friendly game.
The club started the 1960s playing the top division but after a bad league tournament in 1961 the club was relegated to the Segunda División de México where after one year in the lower league the club was promoted after winning the 1962–63 tournament and was once again in the Primera División de México, taking over the spot left by Jaibos Tampico Madero. The club struggle in its first years back and it was in their third year when the club once again finished last in the competition and was relegated to the Segunda División de México. The club allied in the second division from 1965 to 1970 when the club won its second Segunda División title and earning the promotion along with Puebla who had one a promotional play-off series with four other clubs that year in order to increase the numbers of clubs in the league.
The club started the 1970s once again in the first division; in the 1970–71 tournament the club finished tied for second in Group Corsairs 5 points behind the group leader and league runner-up Toluca. In the 1971–72 tournament the club finished fifth in Group A 15 points behind leader and league champion Cruz Azul. In the 1972–73 tournament, the club just barely avoided relegation and finished four points ahead of Pachuca. The club struggled the following year finish in eighth in group 8 Group A once again avoiding relegation. In the 1974–75 tournament, the club's struggles continued once again finishing in the bottom five. In the 1975–76 tournament, the club once again avoided relegation finishing six points ahead of Atlante, who was relegated. It was finally in the 1976–77 tournament when the club could not avoid relegation after having a bad year, finishing with 27 points—fewest in the league.
It didn't take long for the club to return to the main stage after winning the 1977–78 Segunda División title and its third in its history. The club had a good year in the 1978–79 tournament qualifying to the play-off tournament, a short tournament where they finished last. In the 1979–80 tournament, club once again qualify after finishing first in group 4 with 44 points, but would again have a bad play-off tournament. And so the 1970s were over having the club struggles at the beginning of the decade and finishing with back-to-back play-off berths.
The club started the 1980s in the Primera División. In the 1980–81 tournament the club qualified to the playoff stage with 42 points by means of 17 wins, 8 draws, and 13 defeats. In the play-offs the club played out of group 1 where they finished second behind Cruz Azul who would go on to lose the final against the winner of group 2 Pumas UNAM. In the 1981–82 tournament, the club once again qualified this time playing a series which they lost to Deportivo Neza 2–3 after two matches. In the 1982–83 tournament, the club tied for the worst record in the league with Atlético Morelia both only earning 30 points on 38 games. A relegation match was held where after two matches Atlético Morelia managed to keep the category winning the series after a penalty shootout. The club would play for the fifth time in the Segunda División, but it would only take them one year to return winning the 1983-84 Segunda División championship. After their 5th promotion the club would lose the category again in the 1984–85 tournament, being the last time the club played in the Primera División.
After bouncing between the second and third tiers of Mexican football during the 2000s, Zacatepec finally found stability in 2013 when it was announced that their home stadium would receive a multimillion-dollar renovation.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.diariodemorelos.com/article/brilla-el-%E2%80%98coruco%E2%80%99|title=Brilla el 'Coruco'...|access-date=11 January 2018}}{{Dead link|date=June 2020 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> After the 2017 Clausura season, Zacatepec owners decided to place the club in brief hiatus while the club would be restructured. Shortly after, franchise owner of Coras de Tepic José Luis Higuera received temporary permission to move his franchise from Tepic, Nayarit to Zacatepec for the football year along with temporary use of naming rights.<ref name="espn.com">{{cite web|url=http://espndeportes.espn.com/futbol/mexico/nota/_/id/3291620/coras-se-muda-a-zacatepec-y-se-convierte-en-nuevo-equipo|title=Desaparece Zacatepec, se muda ahí Coras|date=31 May 2017|access-date=11 January 2018|archive-date=11 August 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170811182621/http://espndeportes.espn.com/futbol/mexico/nota/_/id/3291620/coras-se-muda-a-zacatepec-y-se-convierte-en-nuevo-equipo|url-status=live}}</ref>
In the Apertura 2019, Zacatepec became runners-up in the Liga de Ascenso de México, after being defeated by Alebrijes de Oaxaca in the final series.<ref>{{cite web |title=Liga Ascenso MX ¡Alebrijes es campeón del Ascenso MX! |url=https://www.marca.com/claro-mx/futbol/liga-ascenso-mx/2019/12/07/5deb18e4268e3e36298b45d5.html |website=Marca Claro |access-date=19 December 2020 |language=es |date=6 December 2019 |archive-date=23 January 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210123201344/https://www.marca.com/claro-mx/futbol/liga-ascenso-mx/2019/12/07/5deb18e4268e3e36298b45d5.html |url-status=live }}</ref>
On June 26, 2020, Atlético Zacatepec was dissolved due to financial and economic problems and its franchise was relocated to Morelia, Michoacán to make room for Atlético Morelia, after Monarcas Morelia, a team from the Primera División, was relocated to Mazatlán, Sinaloa and renamed as Mazatlán F.C. in that same year.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.mediotiempo.com/futbol/gobierno-morelos-buscara-recuperar-atletico-zacatepec|title=Gobierno de Morelos buscará recuperar al Atlético Zacatepec|website=www.mediotiempo.com|date=27 June 2020|access-date=22 July 2024|archive-date=20 February 2025|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250220012010/https://www.mediotiempo.com/futbol/gobierno-morelos-buscara-recuperar-atletico-zacatepec|url-status=live}}</ref> Almost immediately, a parallel project was created to continue football in the city. The new team was called Lobos Zacatepec and played in the Liga de Balompié Mexicano after the relocation of the reserves team of Lobos BUAP, a parallel league to those organized by the Federación Mexicana de Fútbol (FMF). However, the club arose with financial and institutional problems, for which it was dissolved by the league in November 2020.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.mediotiempo.com/liga-de-balompie-mexicano/zacatepec-desafiliado-liga-balompie-mexicano-salcido-manda-mensaje|title=Zacatepec es desafiliado de la Liga de Balompié Mexicano. Salcido manda mensaje|trans-title=Zacatepec is disaffiliated from the Liga de Balompié Mexicano; Salcido sends a message|date=10 November 2020|accessdate=11 November 2020|language=es}}</ref>
In May 2023, Escorpiones F.C., a team from the Liga Premier – Serie A was relocated from Cuernavaca to Zacatepec due to the lack of fan support in its original city, returning football to Zacatepec after three years of absence.<ref>{{cite web |title=¡ESCORPIONES A LA SELVA CAÑERA! |url=https://www.ligapremiermagazine.mx/escorpiones-a-la-selva-canera/ |website=Liga Premier Magazine |access-date=27 May 2023 |language=es |date=26 May 2023 |archive-date=27 May 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230527032348/https://www.ligapremiermagazine.mx/escorpiones-a-la-selva-canera/ |url-status=dead }}</ref>
While new franchises were established in Zacatepec, a local project, known as Selva Cañera, had consolidated itself in the Tercera División de México, the last category of Mexican professional football. This team was managed by the "Promotora Deportiva Zacatepec", an independent organization that had retained the rights to the name and brand of the team, however, due to the lack of government support in Zacatepec, this team had played in different towns according to the support offers offered by the various town councils.
In July 2024, Escorpiones F.C. and the Promotora Deportiva Zacatepec reached an agreement to return Zacatepec to professional football, the team was refounded as Zacatepec F.C. and plays in the Liga Premier – Serie A since the 2024–25 season.<ref name="EZFC">{{cite web |title=¿Regresan los Cañeros? Zacatepec anunció un nuevo cambio de nombre |url=https://www.record.com.mx/futbol-futbol-nacional/regresan-los-caneros-zacatepec-anuncio-un-nuevo-cambio-de-nombre |website=Récord |access-date=23 July 2024 |language=es |date=22 July 2024 |archive-date=23 July 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240723042610/https://www.record.com.mx/futbol-futbol-nacional/regresan-los-caneros-zacatepec-anuncio-un-nuevo-cambio-de-nombre |url-status=live }}</ref>
However, Zacatepec's return to its hometown was only effective for six months, because in December 2024 Atlante was relocated from Mexico City to Zacatepec.<ref name="Atlante">{{cite web |title=Atlante deja la CDMX y se muda a Zacatepec para jugar como local en el Agustín Coruco Díaz |url=https://www.tudn.com/futbol/liga-de-expansion-mx/atlante-jugara-como-local-en-el-estadio-coruco-diaz-de-zacatepec |website=TUDN |access-date=21 November 2025 |language=es |date=6 December 2024}}</ref> Atlante's refusal to share the Estadio Agustín Coruco Díaz led to the sugarcane team being forced to relocate and reestablish its home field in Xochitepec, located about 25 kilometers from its original stadium.<ref name="Xochitepec" />
==Stadium== The Agustín "Coruco" Díaz stadium is the home of Zacatepec. It was founded in November 1954. It was inaugurated by then president of Mexico Adolfo López Mateos. The stadium is nicknamed la selva cañera (the sugarcane jungle) due to Zacatepec's humid weather conditions.
===Motto=== Club Zacatepec's motto is "Hacer Deporte es Hacer Patria" which means doing sports is to be a patriot.
On March 23, 2013, the governor of Morelos announced the team would return to the Liga de Ascenso de México in August 2013, taking the place of Irapuato. Zacatepec was relegated just after its second season in the Ascenso MX, but bought Cruz Azul Hidalgo and relocated it to the city to be able to remain in the Ascenso MX for the Apertura 2014.
==Past crests==
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==Past kits==
=== Home === * '''Home Kit''' white shirt with a green strip that runs across the chest with green shorts and white socks. * '''Away Kit''' green shirt with a white strip that runs across the chest with white shorts and green socks. * '''Third Kit ''' white shirt with green strip that runs across chest white shorts and white socks. {| | {{Football kit | pattern_la = | pattern_b = _zaca1| pattern_ra =h | leftarm =ffffff| body =ffffff| rightarm = FFFFFF| shorts = ffffff | socks = 009966| title = 1948 }} | {{Football kit | pattern_la = | pattern_b = _zaca3| pattern_ra =h | leftarm =ffffff| body =ffffff| rightarm = FFFFFF| shorts = ffffff | socks =006633| title = 1955 }} | {{Football kit | pattern_la = | pattern_b = _zaca5| pattern_ra =h | leftarm =ffffff| body =ffffff| rightarm = FFFFFF| shorts = ffffff | socks =006633| title = 1965 }} | {{Football kit | pattern_la = | pattern_b = _zaca7| pattern_ra =h | leftarm =ffffff| body =ffffff| rightarm = FFFFFF| shorts = ffffff | socks =006633| title = 1970 }} | {{Football kit | pattern_la =_zaca1| pattern_b = _zaca9| pattern_ra =_zaca1 | leftarm =ffffff| body =ffffff| rightarm = FFFFFF| shorts = ffffff | socks =006633| title = 1997 }} | {{Football kit | pattern_la = | pattern_b = _zaca17| pattern_ra = | leftarm =ffffff| body =ffffff| rightarm = FFFFFF| shorts = ffffff | socks =006633| title = 1980 }} | {{Football kit | pattern_la = | pattern_b = _zaca11| pattern_ra = | leftarm =ffffff| body =ffffff| rightarm = FFFFFF| shorts = ffffff | socks =006633| title = 2002 }} | {{Football kit | pattern_la = | pattern_b = _zaca13| pattern_ra = | leftarm =ffffff| body =ffffff| rightarm = FFFFFF| shorts = ffffff | socks =006633| title = 2003 }} | {{Football kit | pattern_la = | pattern_b = _zaca15| pattern_ra = | leftarm =ffffff| body =ffffff| rightarm = FFFFFF| shorts = ffffff | socks =006633| title = 2010 }} | |}
=== Away === {| | {{Football kit | pattern_la = | pattern_b = _zaca2| pattern_ra =h | leftarm =009966 | body =009966 | rightarm = 009966 | shorts = ffffff | socks = 009966 | title = 1948 }} | {{Football kit | pattern_la = | pattern_b = _zaca4| pattern_ra = | leftarm =006633 | body = 006633| rightarm = 006633| shorts = ffffff | socks = 006633| title = 1955 }} | {{Football kit | pattern_la = | pattern_b = _zaca6| pattern_ra = | leftarm =006633 | body = 006633| rightarm = 006633| shorts = ffffff | socks = 006633| title = 1965 }} | {{Football kit | pattern_la = | pattern_b = _zaca8| pattern_ra = | leftarm =006633 | body = 006633| rightarm = 006633| shorts = ffffff | socks = 006633| title = 1970 }} | {{Football kit | pattern_la =_zaca2 | pattern_b = _zaca10| pattern_ra = _zaca2 | leftarm =006633 | body = 006633| rightarm = 006633| shorts = ffffff | socks = 006633| title = 1980 }} | {{Football kit | pattern_la = | pattern_b = _zaca18| pattern_ra = | leftarm =006633 | body = 006633| rightarm = 006633| shorts = ffffff | socks = 006633| title = 1996 }} | {{Football kit | pattern_la = | pattern_b = _zaca12| pattern_ra = | leftarm =006633 | body = 006633| rightarm = 006633| shorts = ffffff | socks = 006633| title = 2002 }} | {{Football kit | pattern_la = | pattern_b = _zaca14| pattern_ra = | leftarm =006633 | body = 006633| rightarm = 006633| shorts = ffffff | socks = 006633| title = 2003 }} | {{Football kit | pattern_la = | pattern_b = _zaca16| pattern_ra = | leftarm =006633 | body = 006633| rightarm = 006633| shorts = ffffff | socks = 006633| title = 2010 }} | |}
==Names==
'''Club Social y Deportivo Zacatepec''': (1948–2003, 2006) Original name of the club at its foundation.
'''Promotora Deportiva Zacatepec SC''': (2007–2013) Name of the club founded by fans after the transformation of the previous Zacatepec into Socio Águias. It replaced the previous club until 2013, the year of Zacatepec's return, after which it continued to exist locally.
'''Zacatepec 1948''': (2013–2014) Name assumed after the acquisition of the sporting rights of Irapuato.
'''Zacatepec Siglo XXI''': (2014–2017) Name assumed after the acquisition of the sporting rights of Cruz Azul Hidalgo.
'''Club Atlético Zacatepec''': (2017–2020) Name assumed after acquisition by Coras.
'''Zacatepec FC''': (2024–present) Name assumed after the rebranding of Escorpiones Zacatepec F.C.
==Season to season== {| |valign="top" width=0%| {| class="wikitable" |- style="background:#f0f6fa;" ! Season ! Division ! Place ! Notes |- |style="background:#62A9FF;"|1950–51 |style="background:#62A9FF;"|Segunda División de México |style="background:#62A9FF;"|1st !style="background:#efefef;"|Promoted |- |style="background:#8FFF6F;"|1951–52 |style="background:#8FFF6F;"|Primera División de México |style="background:#8FFF6F;"|9th !style="background:#efefef;"| |- |style="background:#8FFF6F;"|1952–53 |style="background:#8FFF6F;"|Primera División de México |style="background:#8FFF6F;"|2nd !style="background:#efefef;"| |- |style="background:#8FFF6F;"|1953–54 |style="background:#8FFF6F;"|Primera División de México |style="background:#8FFF6F;"|9th !style="background:#efefef;"| |- |style="background:#8FFF6F;"|1954–55 |style="background:#8FFF6F;"|Primera División de México |style="background:#8FFF6F;"|1st !style="background:#efefef;"|First Title |- |style="background:#8FFF6F;"|1955–56 |style="background:#8FFF6F;"|Primera División de México |style="background:#8FFF6F;"|7th |style="background:#efefef;"| |- |style="background:#8FFF6F;"|1956–57 |style="background:#8FFF6F;"|Primera División de México |style="background:#8FFF6F;"|12th !style="background:#efefef;"| |- |style="background:#8FFF6F;"|1957–58 |style="background:#8FFF6F;"|Primera División de México |style="background:#8FFF6F;"|1st !style="background:#efefef;"|Second Title |- |style="background:#8FFF6F;"| 1958–59 |style="background:#8FFF6F;"|Primera División de México |style="background:#8FFF6F;"|3rd !style="background:#efefef;"| |- |style="background:#8FFF6F;"|1959–60 |style="background:#8FFF6F;"|Primera División de México |style="background:#8FFF6F;"|10th |style="background:#efefef;"| |- |style="background:#8FFF6F;"|1960–61 |style="background:#8FFF6F;"|Primera División de México |style="background:#8FFF6F;"|6th |style="background:#efefef;"| |- |style="background:#8FFF6F;"|1961–62 |style="background:#8FFF6F;"|Primera División de México |style="background:#8FFF6F;"|14th |style="background:#efefef;"|1st Relegation |- |style="background:#62A9FF;"|1962–63 |style="background:#62A9FF;"|Segunda División de México |style="background:#62A9FF;"|1st !style="background:#efefef;"|Champion |- |style="background:#8FFF6F;"|1963–64 |style="background:#8FFF6F;"|Primera División de México |style="background:#8FFF6F;"|6th |style="background:#efefef;"| |- |style="background:#8FFF6F;"|1964–65 |style="background:#8FFF6F;"|Primera División de México |style="background:#8FFF6F;"|13th |style="background:#efefef;"| |- |style="background:#8FFF6F;"|1965–66 |style="background:#8FFF6F;"|Primera División de México |style="background:#8FFF6F;"|16th |style="background:#efefef;"|2nd Relegation |- |style="background:#62A9FF;"|1966–67 |style="background:#62A9FF;"|Segunda División de México |style="background:#62A9FF;"|? !style="background:#efefef;"| |- |style="background:#62A9FF;"|1967–68 |style="background:#62A9FF;"|Segunda División de México |style="background:#62A9FF;"|? !style="background:#efefef;"| |- |style="background:#62A9FF;"|1968–69 |style="background:#62A9FF;"|Segunda División de México |style="background:#62A9FF;"|? !style="background:#efefef;"| |- |style="background:#62A9FF;"|1969–70 |style="background:#62A9FF;"|Segunda de México |style="background:#62A9FF;"|1st !style="background:#efefef;"|Champion |- |style="background:#8FFF6F;"|1970–71 |style="background:#8FFF6F;"|Primera División de México |style="background:#8FFF6F;"|2nd G.1 !style="background:#efefef;"| |- |style="background:#8FFF6F;"|1971–72 |style="background:#8FFF6F;"|Primera División de México |style="background:#8FFF6F;"|5th G.1 !style="background:#efefef;"| |- |style="background:#8FFF6F;"|1972–73 |style="background:#8FFF6F;"|Primera División de México |style="background:#8FFF6F;"|8th G.1 !style="background:#efefef;"| |- |style="background:#8FFF6F;"|1973–74 |style="background:#8FFF6F;"|Primera División de México |style="background:#8FFF6F;"|8th G.1 !style="background:#efefef;"| |} |valign="top" width=0%| {| class="wikitable" |- style="background:#f0f6fa;" !'''Season''' !'''Division''' !'''Place''' !'''Notes''' |- |style="background:#8FFF6F;"|1974–75 |style="background:#8FFF6F;"|Primera División de México |style="background:#8FFF6F;"|8th G.2 |style="background:#efefef;"| |- |style="background:#8FFF6F;"|1975–76 |style="background:#8FFF6F;"|Primera División de México |style="background:#8FFF6F;"|4th G.3 !style="background:#efefef;"| |- |style="background:#8FFF6F;"|1976–77 |style="background:#8FFF6F;"|Primera División de México |style="background:#8FFF6F;"|5th G.2 !style="background:#efefef;"|3rd Relegation |- |style="background:#62A9FF;"|1977–78 |style="background:#62A9FF;"|Segunda División de México |style="background:#62A9FF;"|1st !style="background:#efefef;"|Champion |- |style="background:#8FFF6F;"|1978–79 |style="background:#8FFF6F;"|Primera División de México |style="background:#8FFF6F;"|2nd G.4 !style="background:#efefef;"| |- |style="background:#8FFF6F;"|1979–80 |style="background:#8FFF6F;"|Primera División de México |style="background:#8FFF6F;"|1st G.4 !style="background:#efefef;"| |- |style="background:#8FFF6F;"|1980–81 |style="background:#8FFF6F;"|Primera División de México |style="background:#8FFF6F;"|2nd G.3 !style="background:#efefef;"| |- |style="background:#8FFF6F;"|1981–82 |style="background:#8FFF6F;"|Primera División de México |style="background:#8FFF6F;"|1st G.1 !style="background:#efefef;"| |- |style="background:#8FFF6F;"|1982–83 |style="background:#8FFF6F;"|Primera División de México |style="background:#8FFF6F;"|5th G.3 !style="background:#efefef;"|4th Relegation |- |style="background:#62A9FF;"|1983–84 |style="background:#62A9FF;"|Segunda División de México |style="background:#62A9FF;"|1st !style="background:#efefef;"|Champion |- |style="background:#8FFF6F;"|1984–85 |style="background:#8FFF6F;"|Primera División de México |style="background:#8FFF6F;"|5th G.4 !style="background:#efefef;"|5th Relegation |- |style="background:#62A9FF;"|1985–86 |style="background:#62A9FF;"|Segunda División de México |style="background:#62A9FF;"| !style="background:#efefef;"| |- |style="background:#62A9FF;"|1986–87 |style="background:#62A9FF;"|Segunda División de México |style="background:#62A9FF;"| !style="background:#efefef;"| |- |style="background:#62A9FF;"|1987–88 |style="background:#62A9FF;"|Segunda División de México |style="background:#62A9FF;"| !style="background:#efefef;"| |- |style="background:#62A9FF;"|1988–89 |style="background:#62A9FF;"|Segunda División de México |style="background:#62A9FF;"| !style="background:#efefef;"| |- |style="background:#62A9FF;"|1989–90 |style="background:#62A9FF;"|Segunda División de México |style="background:#62A9FF;"| !style="background:#efefef;"| |- |style="background:#62A9FF;"|1990–91 |style="background:#62A9FF;"|Segunda División de México |style="background:#62A9FF;"| !style="background:#efefef;"| |- |style="background:#62A9FF;"|1991–92 |style="background:#62A9FF;"|Segunda División de México |style="background:#62A9FF;"| !style="background:#efefef;"| |- |style="background:#62A9FF;"|1992–93 |style="background:#62A9FF;"|Segunda División de México |style="background:#62A9FF;"| !style="background:#efefef;"|Lost Promotion |- |style="background:#62A9FF;"|1993–94 |style="background:#62A9FF;"|Segunda División de México |style="background:#62A9FF;"| !style="background:#efefef;"| |- |style="background:#C98A4B;"|1994–95 |style="background:#C98A4B;"|Primera División 'A' de México |style="background:#C98A4B;"| |style="background:#efefef;"| |- |style="background:#C98A4B;"|1995–96 |style="background:#C98A4B;"|Primera División 'A' de México |style="background:#C98A4B;"| |style="background:#efefef;"| |- |style="background:#C98A4B;"|1996–97 |style="background:#C98A4B;"|Primera División 'A' de México |style="background:#C98A4B;"| |style="background:#efefef;"| |- |style="background:#C98A4B;"|1997–98 |style="background:#C98A4B;"|Primera División 'A' de México |style="background:#C98A4B;"| |style="background:#efefef;"| |} |valign="top" width=0%| {| class="wikitable" |- style="background:#f0f6fa;" ! Season ! Division ! Place ! Copa MX or Notes |- |style="background:#C98A4B;"|1998–99 |style="background:#C98A4B;"|Primera División 'A' de México |style="background:#C98A4B;"| |style="background:#efefef;"| |- |style="background:#C98A4B;"|1999–00 |style="background:#C98A4B;"|Primera División 'A' de México |style="background:#C98A4B;"| |style="background:#efefef;"| |- |style="background:#C98A4B;"|2000–01 |style="background:#C98A4B;"|Primera División 'A' de México |style="background:#C98A4B;"| |style="background:#efefef;"| |- |style="background:#C98A4B;"|2001–02 |style="background:#C98A4B;"|Primera División 'A' de México |style="background:#C98A4B;"| |style="background:#efefef;"| |- |style="background:#C98A4B;"|2002–03 |style="background:#C98A4B;"|Primera División 'A' de México |style="background:#C98A4B;"| |style="background:#efefef;"|1st defunct |- |style="background:#efefef;"|2003–04 |style="background:#efefef;"| |style="background:#efefef;"| |style="background:#efefef;"| |- |style="background:#efefef;"|2004–05 |style="background:#efefef;"| |style="background:#efefef;"| |style="background:#efefef;"| |- |style="background:#efefef;"|2005–06 |style="background:#efefef;"| |style="background:#efefef;"| |style="background:#efefef;"| |- |style="background:#C98A4B;"|2006–07 |style="background:#C98A4B;"|Primera División 'A' de México |style="background:#C98A4B;"| |style="background:#efefef;"|Return |- |style="background:#FF97CB;"|Apertura 2007 |style="background:#FF97CB;"|Tercera División de México |style="background:#FF97CB;"| |style="background:#efefef;"| |- |style="background:#FF97CB;"|Clausura 2008 |style="background:#FF97CB;"|Tercera División de México |style="background:#FF97CB;"| |style="background:#efefef;"| |- |style="background:#FF97CB;"|Apertura 2008 |style="background:#FF97CB;"|Tercera División de México |style="background:#FF97CB;"| |style="background:#efefef;"| |- |style="background:#FF97CB;"|Clausura 2009 |style="background:#FF97CB;"|Tercera División de México |style="background:#FF97CB;"| |style="background:#efefef;"| |- |style="background:#FF97CB;"|Apertura 2009 |style="background:#FF97CB;"|Tercera División de México |style="background:#FF97CB;"| |style="background:#efefef;"| |- |style="background:#FF97CB;"|Clausura 2010 |style="background:#FF97CB;"|Tercera División de México |style="background:#FF97CB;"| |style="background:#efefef;"| |- |style="background:#FF97CB;"|Apertura 2010 |style="background:#FF97CB;"|Tercera División de México |style="background:#FF97CB;"| |style="background:#efefef;"| |- |style="background:#FF97CB;"|Clausura 2011 |style="background:#FF97CB;"|Tercera División de México |style="background:#FF97CB;"| |style="background:#efefef;"| |- |style="background:#62A9FF;"|Apertura 2011 |style="background:#62A9FF;"|Segunda División de México |style="background:#62A9FF;"| !style="background:#efefef;"| |- |style="background:#62A9FF;"|Clausura 2012 |style="background:#62A9FF;"|Segunda División de México |style="background:#62A9FF;"| |style="background:#efefef;"| |- |style="background:#62A9FF;"|Apertura 2012 |style="background:#62A9FF;"|Segunda División de México |style="background:#62A9FF;"| !style="background:#efefef;"| |- |style="background:#62A9FF;"|Clausura 2013 |style="background:#62A9FF;"|Segunda División de México |style="background:#62A9FF;"| |style="background:#efefef;"| |- |style="background:#C98A4B;"|Apertura 2013 |style="background:#C98A4B;"|Liga de Ascenso de México |style="background:#C98A4B;"|15th !style="background:#efefef;"| |- |style="background:#C98A4B;"|Clausura 2014 |style="background:#C98A4B;"|Liga de Ascenso de México |style="background:#C98A4B;"|15th !style="background:#efefef;"|Relegated but bought Cruz Azul Hidalgo |- |style="background:#C98A4B;"|Apertura 2014 |style="background:#C98A4B;"|Liga de Ascenso de México |style="background:#C98A4B;"|8th !style="background:#efefef;"| |} |valign="top" width=0%| {| class="wikitable" |- style="background:#f0f6fa;" ! Season ! Division ! Place ! Copa MX or Notes |- |style="background:#C98A4B;"|Clausura 2015 |style="background:#C98A4B;"|Liga de Ascenso de México |style="background:#C98A4B;"|13th !style="background:#efefef;"| |- |style="background:#C98A4B;"|Apertura 2015 |style="background:#C98A4B;"|Liga de Ascenso de México |style="background:#C98A4B;"|14th !style="background:#efefef;"| |- |style="background:#C98A4B;"|Clausura 2016 |style="background:#C98A4B;"|Liga de Ascenso de México |style="background:#C98A4B;"|14th !style="background:#efefef;"| |- |style="background:#C98A4B;"|Apertura 2016 |style="background:#C98A4B;"|Liga de Ascenso de México |style="background:#C98A4B;"|3rd (quarterfinals) !style="background:#efefef;"| |- |style="background:#C98A4B;"|Clausura 2017 |style="background:#C98A4B;"|Liga de Ascenso de México |style="background:#C98A4B;"|7th (quarterfinals) !style="background:#efefef;"|Group stage |- |style="background:#C98A4B;"|Apertura 2017 |style="background:#C98A4B;"|Liga de Ascenso de México |style="background:#C98A4B;"|4th (quarterfinals) !style="background:#efefef;"|Round of 16<br />''Took over Coras Tepic'' |- |style="background:#C98A4B;"|Clausura 2018 |style="background:#C98A4B;"|Liga de Ascenso de México |style="background:#C98A4B;"|4th (quarterfinals) !style="background:#efefef;"|Semifinals |- |style="background:#C98A4B;"|Apertura 2018 |style="background:#C98A4B;"|Liga de Ascenso de México |style="background:#C98A4B;"|11th !style="background:#efefef;"|Round of 16 |- |style="background:#C98A4B;"|Clausura 2019 |style="background:#C98A4B;"|Liga de Ascenso de México |style="background:#C98A4B;"|3rd (quarterfinals) !style="background:#efefef;"|Round of 16 |- |style="background:#C98A4B;"|Apertura 2019 |style="background:#C98A4B;"|Liga de Ascenso de México |style="background:#C98A4B;"|5th (runners-up) !style="background:#efefef;"|Group Stage |- |style="background:#C98A4B;"|Clausura 2020 |style="background:#C98A4B;"|Liga de Ascenso de México |style="background:#C98A4B;"|4th !style="background:#efefef;"|2nd Defunct |} |}
* Has played 27<ref name="rsssf.com2">{{cite web|url=https://www.rsssf.org/tablesm/mexhist.html|title=Mexico - List of Final Tables|website=RSSSF|access-date=11 January 2018|archive-date=2 April 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150402011950/http://www.rsssf.com/tablesm/mexhist.html|url-status=live}}</ref> Primera División tournaments last in 1985. * Has played 22 Segunda División tournaments last in Clausura 2013. * Has played 13 Liga de Ascenso tournaments last in Clausura 2020 * Has played 8 Tercera División tournaments last in Clausura 2011.
==Honours== ===Domestic=== {| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="font-size:95%; text-align: center;" |- !Type !Competition !Titles !Winning years !Runners-up |- |rowspan="3"|20px<br>'''Top division''' !scope=col|Primera División |'''2''' |1954–55, 1957–58 |1952–53 |- !scope=col|Copa México |'''2''' |1956–57, 1958–59 |1957–58, 1970–71, 1971–72 |- !scope=col|Campeón de Campeones |'''1''' |1958 |1955, 1957, 1959 |- |rowspan="4"|'''Promotion divisions''' !scope=col|Primera División 'A'/Liga de Ascenso |0 |– |Verano 1998, Invierno 1999, Apertura 2019 |- !scope=col|Segunda División |bgcolor="gold"|'''5''' |1950–51, 1962–63, 1969–70, 1977–78, 1983–84 |1967–68, 1968–69, 1991–92 |- !scope=col|Copa México de la Segunda División |'''1''' |1966–67 |1962–63 |- !scope=col|Campeón de Campeones de Segunda División |'''2''' |1963, 1967 |1970 |}
;Notes: * {{legend|gold|record}}
==Players== {{See also|Category:Zacatepec F.C. players}}
===Current squad=== {{updated|January 12, 2026}}<ref>{{cite web |title=Zacatepec F.C. |url=https://ligamx.net/cancha/club/13351/zacatepec |website=ligamx.net |access-date=30 July 2024 |language=es |archive-date=8 September 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240908153859/https://ligamx.net/cancha/club/13351/zacatepec |url-status=live }}</ref>
{{Fs start|nonumber=|bg=FFFFFF|color=008000|border=000000}} {{Fs player|no=1|nat=MEX|name=Sebastián Rivas|pos=GK}} {{Fs player|no=2|nat=MEX|name=Brian Pineda|pos=DF}} {{Fs player|no=3|nat=MEX|name=Sebastián Vega|pos=DF}} {{Fs player|no=4|nat=MEX|name=Óscar García|pos=DF}} {{Fs player|no=5|nat=MEX|name=Walter Acuña|pos=MF}} {{Fs player|no=6|nat=MEX|name=Mario Huerta|pos=MF}} {{Fs player|no=7|nat=MEX|name=Diego Choreño|pos=DF}} {{Fs player|no=8|nat=MEX|name=Enrique Núñez|pos=MF}} {{Fs player|no=9|nat=MEX|name=Alberto Chávez|pos=FW}} {{Fs player|no=11|nat=MEX|name=Felipe Mena|pos=FW}} {{Fs player|no=12|nat=MEX|name=Jehu González|pos=FW}} {{Fs player|no=14|nat=MEX|name=Dylan Ramírez|pos=DF}} {{Fs player|no=15|nat=MEX|name=Miguel Seseña|pos=MF}} {{Fs player|no=16|nat=MEX|name=Arturo Corona|pos=FW}} {{Fs mid|nonumber=|bg=FFFFFF|color=008000|border=000000}} {{Fs player|no=17|nat=MEX|name=Alan Díaz|pos=FW}} {{Fs player|no=18|nat=MEX|name=Yahir García|pos=DF}} {{Fs player|no=19|nat=MEX|name=Antonio Sánchez|pos=DF}} {{Fs player|no=20|nat=COL|name=Andrés Preciado|pos=MF}} {{Fs player|no=21|nat=MEX|name=Rodrigo Cerecedo|pos=GK}} {{Fs player|no=22|nat=USA|name=Roberto Mejía|pos=DF}} {{Fs player|no=23|nat=MEX|name=Maximiliano Palacios|pos=MF}} {{Fs player|no=24|nat=MEX|name=Eliseo Moreno|pos=DF}} {{Fs player|no=25|nat=MEX|name=Roberto Fonseca|pos=GK}} {{Fs player|no=26|nat=MEX|name=Mario Reyes|pos=FW}} {{Fs player|no=27|nat=USA|name=Luke Jeffus|pos=MF}} {{Fs player|no=28|nat=MEX|name=Mateo Vargas|pos=MF}} {{Fs player|no=29|nat=MEX|name=Ian Torres|pos=FW}} {{Fs player|no=33|nat=MEX|name=Jonathan Guerrero|pos=MF}} {{Fs end|nonumber=|bg=FFFFFF|color=008000|border=000000}}
==Managers== *{{flagicon|Mexico|1934}} Ignacio Trelles (1950–51), (1954–58) *{{flagicon|Mexico}} Guillermo Huerta (2013–2014) *{{flagicon|Mexico}} Adrián Martínez ''(Interim)'' (2014) *{{flagicon|Mexico}} Ignacio Rodríguez (2014–2015) *{{flagicon|Mexico}} Joel Sánchez (2015) *{{flagicon|Mexico}} Carlos Gutiérrez (2015–2017) *{{flagicon|Mexico}} Marcelo Michel Leaño (2017–2018) *{{flagicon|Mexico}} Alberto Clark (2018) *{{flagicon|Argentina}} Ricardo Valiño (2018–2020) *{{flagicon|Mexico}} Miguel Gutiérrez (2024) *{{flagicon|Mexico}} Alfredo González Tahuilán (2025) *{{flagicon|Mexico}} Rowan Vargas (2025–)
==Reserves== ===Selva Cañera=== The team competes in the Group VIII of the Tercera División de México, and also participated in the Liga de Nuevos Talentos of the Segunda División de México, finishing as champions in the Clausura 2014, defeating Santos de Soledad 7–3 on aggregate. In the Apertura 2014, it finished as runners-up, losing to Mineros de Fresnillo 7–0 on aggregate.
===Zacatepec "B"=== The team participated in the 2019–20 season of the ''Torneo de Filiales de la Liga TDP'', it was not eligible for promotion.
==Footnotes== {{Reflist}}
*"Exclusiva: Cruz Azul Hidalgo Desaparece Para Convertirse En Zacatepec." Goal.com. 15 May 2014. Web. 17 May 2014.
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