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| Full name | Deportivo Zamora Fútbol Club | |||
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| Nickname | Los chongueros (TheChongos zamoranos) | |||
| Founded | 26 December 1950; 74 years ago (1950-12-26) | |||
| Ground | Unidad Deportiva El Chamizal Zamora,Michoacán,Mexico | |||
| Capacity | 5,000 | |||
| League | Liga Premier (Serie B) | |||
| Clausura 2025 | 10th | |||
| Website | www.realzamora.com | |||
Deportivo Zamora Fútbol Club is a Mexicanfootball club, based inZamora,Michoacán that currently plays in theLiga TDP. The club was put on a hiatus during the 2019 and 2020 seasons, due to being in a process to improve its facilities and aspire to a promotion to theLiga de Expansión MX.[1] The club was formed in 1950 and has played in the first division among other leagues in Mexico. In April 2016, Real Zamora defeatedSporting Canamy 2–0 to clinch a spot from theLiga de Ascenso de México to theLiga Premier de Ascenso againstUAT B, after that Zamora defeated UAT B and earned the promotion to the Liga Premier de Ascenso. In 2019, Real Zamora went into hiatus due to a lack of financial and political support for the project. Between 2024 and 2025, it was taken over by other owners, although they only used the club's name to compete, without playing in Zamora.
In 2024, a new club named Deportivo Zamora F.C. was founded, which is the club's current representative, playing in the Liga TDP since 2024–25 season.
The club was founded on December 26, 1950 and quickly joined theSegunda División de México along withZacatepec,Monterrey,Toluca,Irapuato,Querétaro,Morelia andPachuca. Some clubs were newcomers, and some were rejoining the league. In their first league, the club quickly became a contender and finished a couple of points behind the champion Zacatepec, who earned the chance to join thePrimera División de México. The following years were also successful years, but not good enough to crown themselves.
In the 1954-55 tournament the club once again finished runner-up, this time just behindAtlas;, this time the club was allowed to be promoted after the federation decided to increase the number of clubs in the top division to 14. A playoff tournament was organized with 2 clubs from the Primera División along with the 11 and 12 place clubs from the Primera División clubs:Cuautla FC, Zamora, Querétaro,Atlante andMarte. With the result of Atlante remaining in the top division, joined by Cuautla FC and Zamora. Querétaro remained in the Segunda División, joined by the relegated Marte.
In the 1955-56[2] season the club played its first tournament in the top league under the management of the Enrique Álvarez. The club had a terrible time in the top division and so lost the category, being relegated back to the Segunda División, leaving its spot toMonterrey, who had been promoted.
In the 1956–57 season the club finally won its first title led by theArgentineRaúl Leguizamón. This time the club took over the empty spot left by Monterrey, who a year ago had taken over the spot Zamora had left. That same year,Puebla decided to leave the league, and so its spot was taken over by Atlético Morelia, marking this the first time 2 clubs from the state ofMichoacán played in the top division.
The club once again lost the category in the 1959-60 tournament after playing 3 not-so-good tournaments, with its best season finish in 1957–58, finishing 7th with 25 points. In 1960, the club finished last under the management of Carlos Seville.
The club would not return to the first Primera División, having 2 good opportunities one in 1963-64 when they played a promotion matched againstCruz Azul who would beat them 7–1. The club would eventually be relegated to theTercera División de México where they would win the 1977-78 title to return to the Segunda División, where in 1982-83 tournament they would have its second opportunity to return to the top division facingUnión de Curtidores in a second promotional match which they lost 1–0.
The Segunda División team returned to Zamora in 1989–90, when theCachorros Guaymas franchise was moved to the city. In this season, the club won the Segunda División "B" and was promoted to the Segunda División "A".[3] In 1990-91 was relegated to the Segunda División "B", and dissolved in 1994.
The club has played on and off since 1994 until 2004, when was created a new team called Jaguares de Zamora, aChiapas inferior reserve squad. In 2007 the club became once again independent and rejoined theSegunda División de México until 2008.
In 2010, the club returned with the name Atlético Zamora in the Segunda División, playing inLiga de Nuevos Talentos, this team was dissolved in 2011, its franchise was moved toCuernavaca,Morelos to compete in theLiga Premier de Ascenso.
In 2008 a club called Real Zamora was created in theTercera División de México. Real Zamora was created from the license of Real Cavadas, which played atLa Piedad,[4] in the 2008–09 season, the team played with Real Cavadas register.[5] As of the 2009–10 season, the team got its name officially.[6]
In the 2013–14 season Real Zamora reached the final of the championship, and was defeated byTuzos de Pachuca. The status as runner-up allowed the team to be promoted to theLiga de Nuevos Talentos.[7]
In theApertura 2015 tournament Real Zamora was a runner-up of the Liga de Nuevos Talentos, the squad was defeated byUniversidad Autónoma de Tamaulipas.[8] However, inClausura 2016, Real Zamora won the tournament by defeatingSporting Canamy by a 4-1 aggregate score.[9] The squad won the right to play the promotion playoff against Universidad Autónoma de Tamaulipas, Real Zamora won the series by a 7-1 aggregate score and was promoted to the Liga Premier de Ascenso.[10]
In the2016-17 season Real Zamora was promoted to the Liga Premier de Ascenso, with this achievement, the club and the city council collaborated to resume the construction works of theEstadio Zamora with the aim of fulfilling the guidelines of the Segunda División.[11] On October 1, 2016, Real Zamora played its first game in the stadium.[12] The team played its first three games in theEstadio Juan N. López,La Piedad. In June 2017, the former footballerHeriberto Morales acquired 30% of the club's shares through thePromotora Valladolid.[13] However, he sold his participation a year later.
In July 2018 José Trinidad Melgoza, who was part of the board of theReboceros de La Piedad, decided to move the project of the mentioned club to join him with the Zamora's team, including footballers and coaching staff, and he went on to be a majority partner in addition to taking the vice-presidency of the team.[14] With the arrival of Melgoza to the administration, a Real Zamora's reserve squad was created, this team plays in the Tercera División,[15] However, the reserve squad participate in this season with theQueseros de San José register.[16]
In December 2018 Melgoza returned to La Piedad board, with this fact Real Zamora and Reboceros de La Piedad started an exchange of players and coaches between both teams with the aim of uniting their projects and promoting the development of football in the region.[17]
On June 28, 2019 it was announced that the team's franchise was put on a hiatus during the season due to the breach of the sports infrastructure required by theLiga Premier- Serie A, the period without activity was reserved to make the necessary improvements to comply with the regulation and thus qualify for promotion to a higher category.[1][18]
In July 2020 due to the problem with its facilities, the Real Zamora franchise was used so thatAzores de Hidalgo could compete in theSegunda División de México.[19] For the 2021–22 season the Real Zamora franchise was moved to the city ofQuerétaro,Querétaro, and officially becameInter de Querétaro F.C.
In 2024 Inter de Querétaro renounced its rights to the franchise and returned to Zamora, Michoacán, so Real Zamora returned to compete officially. However, the team is totally independent of the administration it had until 2019, so for its return to the competition it was established in the city ofLa Piedad instead of Zamora. Also the team was enrolled on the Liga Premier – Serie B.[20] Initially,Bucaneros de Zitácuaro was going to absorb the franchise, but the league did not authorize the move, leaving Real Zamora as the name of the team but with players and administration fromZitácuaro. In February 2025, the team was relocated from La Piedad toToluca,State of Mexico for logistical reasons related to the team's travel to their matches.[21]
On June 27, 2025 the team went on hiatus again due to a lack of support to maintain its participation in the cities where it had intended to establish itself during the previous season, which meant that the team would finish the 2024–25 season playing its home matches in Toluca. Due to this situation, the team will not participate in the 2025–26 Liga Premier de México season.
In February 2024, the return of a professional team to Zamora was announced when Atlético Chavinda announced that it would relocate to Zamora due to the existence of better infrastructure, financial, and sporting conditions than those offered inChavinda, its original town.[22] In the summer of 2024, the team was renamed Deportivo Zamora F.C. to reflect its new hometown.[23]
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