Cimarrones de Sonora

Full name	Cimarrones de Sonora Fútbol Club
Nicknames	Los Cimarrones (The Feral Goats) Los Sonorenses (The Sonorenses) El Rebaño del Desierto (The Flock of the Desert)
Founded	18 July 2013; 12 years ago (2013-07-18)
Ground	Estadio Héroe de Nacozari Hermosillo,Sonora
Capacity	18,747
Owner	List Félix Tonella, Alejandro Camou, Servando Carbajal, Saúl Rojo
Chairman	Juan Pablo Rojo
Manager	Valentín Arredondo
League	Liga Premier (Serie A)
Clausura 2025	Regular phase: 1st (Group I) Final phase: Semifinals
Home colours Away colours Third colours

Cimarrones de Sonora Fútbol Club, simplified asCimarrones de Sonora FC, is a Mexican professionalfootball club based inHermosillo,Sonora. It competes inLiga Premier, the third level division ofMexican football, and plays its home matches at theEstadio Héroe de Nacozari.^[1]

The "Cimarrones de Sonora" were born in 2013, when the "Rays" of Poblado Miguel Alemán FC became the champions of the Third Division of Mexico and thus were promoted to Second División 2. After the ascent, with the goal of reaching the Liga de Ascenso of Mexico, employers and trustees of Hermosillo origin, led by Edmundo Ruiz, acquired the franchise as a whole, since this had an agreement with theNecaxa.After this happens, the Mexican Football Federation will communicate to employers that the franchise did not have approval to participate in the precinct Miguel Aleman, since it lacked the minimum infrastructure requirements, hospitality, transportation, etc. That's when managers decided to move the franchise to Hermosillo, renaming the club to "Maroons of Sonora" and having as coach Enrique Ferreira.That was how the team played its first game in the second division at the Águilas Reales de Zacatecas, which ended with the score tied at 0–0. On August 30 they recorded their first victory by defeating 2–1 the Vaqueros de Ameca. As a result of this first tournament, the Apertura 2013, the team finished in 17th position in the overall standings. The next tournament ended again in with the Cimarrones in the 17th position.In the 2014 Apertura tournament with Angel Monares as coach, the team improved significantly. He finished top of Group 1 of the Premier League and fourth place overall in the second division. Maroons played the final against thePotros UAEM. In the first leg 1–0 Maroons emerged victoriousEstadio Hector Espino at full capacity, however, in the second leg they beat the Potros UAEM inEstadio Alberto "Chivo" Córdoba by a score of 2–0 in overtime, finishing as runners-up of the tournament.In the Clausura 2015 another coaching change was made, andJorge Humberto Torres was hired. The team finished in fourth place in the overall standings and were eliminated in the semi-finals byLoros de la Universidad de Colima.

The May 29, 2015, after announcing the expansion of the Liga de Ascenso, it was announced that the team would be promoted, beginning with the Clausura 2015 season, to the league. This marked the highest the Maroons had reached on the Mexican pyramid. The team has since made the quarterfinals of the Ascenso three times, never advancing beyond this round.

In the summer of 2020, many financial problems of the member clubs of Ascenso MX caused the second level of Mexican football to become theLiga de Expansión MX, a new league focused on the development of footballers, so in exchange for financial support, promotion was eliminated for six years, Cimarrones was one of the founding teams of the new league.^[2] Cimarrones de Sonora achieved the league runner-up position in the Clausura 2022.^[3]

Although Cimarrones was successful in terms of sports, the team was unable to attract the support of local fans, so in June 2024, the owners of the team sold their place to businessmen fromChiapas, who wanted to move the franchise toTuxtla Gutiérrez to use it to refoundJaguares F.C.^[4] However, the new team had to be approved by the owner's assembly. On July 12, the vote was held, and the project was not approved by the partners, so the franchise was put on hiatus for the 2024–25 season.^[5]

Since its arrival in the Ascenso MX in 2015, Cimarrones de Sonora maintained a second team in theLiga Premier de México, the third tier of Mexican football, the team was known asCimarrones de Sonora Premier. In June 2024 this squad became the club's main team to ensure the historical continuity of the Cimarrones, although playing in a lower category than they did between 2015 and 2024.

Cimarrones de Sonora play their home matches at theEstadio Héroe de Nacozari inHermosillo,Sonora. The stadium capacity is 18,747 people. Its surface is covered by natural grass. The stadium was opened in 1985.

• Liga de Expansión MX
  • Runners-up (1):Clausura 2022
• Segunda División
  • Runners-up (1): Apertura 2014

Position	Staff
Manager	Valentín Arredondo
Assistant manager	Miguel Martínez
Goalkeeper coach	Juan Vargas
Fitness coach	José Miguel Ceja
Physiotherapist	Sergio Contreras
Team doctor	Eloi Soriano

As of 10 January 2026^[6]

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined underFIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player 1 GK  MEX Manuel Fimbres 3 DF  MEX Francisco Guerrero 4 DF  MEX Raúl Beltrán 5 DF  MEX Iván Ruiz 6 DF  MEX Diego Araujo 7 MF  MEX Francisco Meza 8 MF  MEX Pablo Molina 9 FW  MEX Nelson Rodríguez 10 MF  MEX Bryant Navarro 11 MF  MEX Aldo Serna 13 MF  MEX Tomás Encinas 14 MF  MEX Christian Fernández 15 MF  MEX Elian Valenzuela

No. Pos. Nation Player 16 GK  MEX Manuel López 17 MF  MEX Ricardo Encinas 18 MF  MEX Diego Hernández 19 FW  MEX Martín Zamorano 20 FW  MEX Henry López 21 MF  MEX Azael González 22 MF  MEX Gilberto Cajita 23 FW  MEX Néstor Pérez 24 DF  MEX Melchor López 25 DF  MEX Marlon Robles 26 DF  MEX Ángel Sánchez 27 MF  MEX Emmir Pérez 28 DF  MEX Jesús Tobie

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined underFIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player — MF  MEX Diego Hernández(atLos Cabos United)

No. Pos. Nation Player — FW  MEX Aldo Encinas(atPachuca)

Cimarrones de Sonora (Liga TDP)

Reserve team that plays in theLiga TDP, the fourth level of the Mexican league system.

• Enrique Ferreira (2013)
• Ángel Monares (2013–14)
• Jorge Humberto Torres (2015)
• Javier López(interim) (2015)
• Héctor Medrano (2016)
• Juan Carlos Chávez (2016–2017)
• Mario García Covalles (2017–2018)
• Héctor Altamirano (2018)
• Isaac Morales Domínguez (2019–2020)
•  Gabriel Pereyra (2020–2022)
• Roberto Hernández (2022–2024)
• Valentín Arredondo (2024–present)

• Football in Mexico

• Football clubs in Sonora
• Association football clubs established in 2013
• 2013 establishments in Mexico
• Ascenso MX teams

• CS1 Spanish-language sources (es)
• Articles with short description
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