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| Full name | Cañoneros Fútbol Club | ||
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| Nicknames | La Marina (The Navy) Los Cañoneros (The Gunners) | ||
| Founded | 1 June 2012; 13 years ago (2012-06-01) | ||
| Ground | Estadio Antonio M. Quirasco, Xalapa,Veracruz,Mexico | ||
| Capacity | 2,000 | ||
| Owner | Alfonso Enríquez[1] | ||
| Chairman | Alfonso Enríquez | ||
| Manager | Carlos Cazarín (Interim) | ||
| League | Liga Premier -Serie B | ||
| Clausura 2025 | Regular season:6th Play–offs:Quarter–finals | ||
TheCañoneros Fútbol Club, commonly known asCañoneros Xalapa, is a Mexicanfootball club based inXalapa,Veracruz. The club was founded on 2012, and currently plays inSerie A in theSegunda División de México.[2]
The team was founded on June 1, 2012 by an agreement between the MexicanSecretariat of the Navy and amateur soccer league, Liga de Fútbol Torneo Central de Reservas. The creation of the team was made with the objective of creating a team to train the talents of the national navy and athletes who emerged in the amateur tournament. Between 2012 and 2020, this club was funded in part by the Mexican government by relying on a Federal Secretariat.[3]
From 2012 to 2018, the team participated inTercera División de México. The team's greatest success came in the 2017-18 season, when it achieved the second place in the category, after being defeated byAcatlán F.C. in the final series.[4]
The condition as runner-up of the team allowed it to get promotion to theSerie B of theLiga Premier, because its rival did not meet the requirements to participate in this division.[5] Also, the club maintains a reserve team competing in the Tercera División. Before the start of the 2018–19 season the team was renamed Cañoneros Marina.
In the first season in Serie B, the team qualified for the playoffs. In the quarterfinals the team eliminatedMineros de Fresnillo by 6-2 in the aggregate. In semifinals, Marina tied withAtlético Saltillo Soccer, but advanced by his condition of best-seeded team. In the final, the navy defeatedDeportivo CAFESSA 3-2 on aggregate, thus winning its first championship in history.[6]
In 2021, the team was renamed Cañoneros F.C. because the Secretariat of the Navy stopped providing financial and institutional support to the club, and therefore was no longer representative of the institution.[7]
On June 15, 2024, the team was relocated fromMexico City toXalapa,Veracruz because the board received an offer with better conditions to move the team to that city.[8]
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined underFIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
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