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| Full name | Club de Fútbol La Piedad | ||
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| Nickname | Los Reboceros (The Shawl Makers) | ||
| Founded | 12 November 1951; 74 years ago (1951-11-12) (asClub La Piedad) | ||
| Ground | Estadio Juan N. López La Piedad,Michoacán,Mexico | ||
| Capacity | 13,356 | ||
| Owner | Martin Eduardo González Morales | ||
| Chairman | Martin Eduardo González Morales | ||
| Manager | Ulises Sánchez | ||
| League | Liga Premier –Serie A | ||
| Clausura 2025 | 4th, Group II | ||
Club de Fútbol La Piedad is a Mexicanfootball club based inLa Piedad,Michoacán. The club currently plays in the Liga Premier de Ascenso de México in theLiga Premier –Serie A, the third division level ofMexican football. Reboceros was founded in 1951 by football players from "Perros Bravos" neighborhood, most of them were craftsman working with leather and textile.
The club was founded in 1951 inLa Piedad,Michoacán.[1] In 1952, the team won theSegunda División tournament and was promoted to thePrimera División de México, however, the squad was relegated in 1953.[2] After 1953 relegation, the team would spend several years playing in theSegunda División de México and thePrimera División 'A' de México. In 2001, the club won theVerano 2001 championship defeatingToros Neza.[3] Later, La Piedad won thepromotion to the Primera División by winning againstGallos de Aguascalientes in the promotion playoff.[4]
La Piedad returned to the Primera División in theInvierno 2001 tournament, the team finished in 18th place with 19 points. In theVerano 2002 tournament, La Piedad finished the regular season in the first place of the general table. Being eliminated byPumas UNAM in the quarterfinals, the team was managed byVíctor Manuel Vucetich.[5]
During the season, the team had to face criticism from own players, rival teams and the media, which accused the club and the city of not having the facilities or adequate urban infrastructure for the Primera División.[6] Finally, the team was moved from La Piedad to the city ofQuerétaro,Querétaro and was renamed asGallos Blancos de Querétaro.[7]
The original La Piedad franchise disappeared in 2004, after theFederación Mexicana de Fútbol (FMF) decided to reduce the number of participants in the Primera División to 18 clubs. The FMF bought the Gallos Blancos franchise for the lack of transparency regarding the origin of its financial resources and decided to disappear it.[8]
After original La Piedad team was moved to the city of Querétaro, a new franchise arrived to the city of La Piedad:Tampico Madero adopted the name and colors of Reboceros onInvierno 2002 tournament.[9] The new La Piedad franchise arrived to the tournament final againstIrapuato, finally, Irapuato won the championship, and in January 2003, La Piedad was moved toCelaya,Guanajuato and was renamed asCajeteros del Celaya.[10]
In 2004,Guadalajara decided to move its reserve squad to La Piedad and was named asChivas La Piedad.[11] However, the team only played for one season in the city, because they did not receive the support of local fans. In July 2005, the franchise was moved toTepic,Nayarit.[12]
In June 2009, anAscenso MX football club from the neighboring state ofGuanajuato,Petroleros de Salamanca, was relocated to La Piedad.[13] The club changed its name toClub de Fútbol La Piedad, and four years later the club was promoted to thePrimera División de México after defeatingNeza F.C. in a promotion play-off. The club had asked permission to relocate from La Piedad before the new season began.[14] The club was subsequently renamed whenFidel Kuri Grajales, the owner fromVeracruz decided to liquidate the club to use itsPrimera División license for theirAscenso MX teamTiburones Rojos de Veracruz.[15]
La Piedad maintained a reserve team inSilao,Guanajuato, this team played inLiga de Nuevos Talentos, theReboceritos de La Piedad, this squad was relocated in La Piedad and became the main team in July 2013.[16]
In June 2016, La Piedad bought an expansion place in theLiga Premier de Ascenso.[17] The new team, officially calledClub de Fútbol Reboceros was the product of an alliance between the City Council and football playersFlavio andDuilio Davino.[18]
In 2017, the Davino brothers sold their participation in the club, which was acquired byJosé Trinidad Melgoza, a local businessman.[19] In theClausura 2018, La Piedad was a finalist of the championship, being defeated byLoros UdeC.[20]
In June 2018, new members arrived to the board that administers the club, the brothersCarlos Adrián andRamón Morales.[21] Melgoza left the direction and took his project toReal Zamora, a team from the same region as La Piedad.[22]
Under the new directive, the team began to suffer several economic and financial problems,[23] and finally in December 2018, Melgoza returned to Reboceros acquiring 90% of the team, the remaining 10% of the shares belong to the city of La Piedad.[24] With the second stage of Melgoza, Reboceros de La Piedad and Real Zamora went to share ownership, for this reason a collaboration between both clubs began, which consists mainly of the exchange of players and staff of the two teams with the aim of creating a project to promote regional football.[25]
In July 2020, Melgoza sold the franchise to Promotora Deportiva Valladolid, a group of businessmen headed byHeriberto Morales and José Alfredo Pérez Ferrer.[26] Pérez Ferrer was appointed as President of the club, while Claudio da Silva was elected as Vice President.[27] La Piedad's project was merged with one that intended to bring a team toMorelia after the departure ofMonarcas Morelia toMazatlán,Sinaloa, however, upon winning another offer, it was decided to combine both. For this reason,Marco Antonio Figueroa andCarlos Bustos were chosen as sports advisers for La Piedad.[28][29]
In May 2022, Martín Gonzáles became the majority shareholder and president of the team. The new project focused on improving the club's financial situation and having a closer relationship with the local population.[30]
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Claudinho da Silva
Felipe Flores
Rolando FonsecaÓscar Emilio Rojas
Iván Hurtado
Francisco FonsecaRafael MedinaChristian Patiño
Daniel RoselloRamon MoralesArturo Magaña Jorge Enrique Correa (July 2010–Aug 10) Antonio Ascencio Meza (Sept 2010–Dec 10) Marco Trejo (Jan 2011–March 11)Cristóbal Ortega (July 2011–May 13)
