# Mazatlán F.C.

Mazatlán Futbol Club is a Mexican professional football club based in Mazatlán, Sinaloa, that competes in Liga MX, the top division of Mexican football. The club was established in June 2020 after Monarcas Morelia was moved to Mazatlán.

## History

In 2017, the Government of Sinaloa decided to build a new football stadium in the city of Mazatlán as part of a project that intended to build and improve several sport venues in the state. One of the goals of this project was to have a professional football team playing in Mazatlán.
In 2020, works were accelerated in order to have the stadium completed before 30 June and ahead of the start of the 2020–21 season with the aim of looking for a professional team to move to the newly built stadium. The stadium was provisionally named as Estadio de Mazatlán (Mazatlán Stadium) and it reportedly cost 1.452 billion pesos.
The Government of Sinaloa together with a group of businessmen from Mazatlán lobbied with a few Liga MX teams. Three franchises were rumored as potential candidates to move to Mazatlán for the 2020–21 season: Morelia, Puebla and Querétaro.
On 2 June, it was officially announced that Monarcas Morelia was moving to Mazatlán, and that it would be rebranded as Mazatlán Futbol Club, as a entirely separate football club. On 8 June, Mazatlán unveiled its crest and colours. The team colours are purple, black and white.
On 11 June, the club presented Francisco Palencia as their manager for the 2020–21 season. On 27 July Mazatlán played their first official match, in which they were defeated against Puebla with a score of 1–4: the club's first official goal was scored by César Huerta.

## Personnel
### Management

| Position | Staff |
| Chairman | Mauricio Lanz González |
| Director of football | Carlos Vela |
| Director of academy | Christian Ramírez |
Source: Liga MX

### Coaching staff

| Position | Staff |
| Manager | Víctor Manuel Vucetich |
| Assistant managers | Sergio Almaguer |
| Assistant managers | Carlos Barra |
| Assistant managers | Gilberto Adame |
| Goalkeeper coach | Armando Navarrete |
| Fitness coaches | Milton Graniolatti |
| Fitness coaches | Carlos Tabares |
| Physiotherapist | Oscar Fernández |
| Team doctors | José Cedillo |
| Team doctors | Joaquín Fernández |
| Team doctors | Carlos Pérez |

## Players
### First-team squad

    As of 5 July 2024
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 1 | GK | MEX | Daniel Gutiérrez |
| 3 | DF | MEX | Gustavo Sánchez (on loan from Monterrey) |
| 4 | DF | MEX | Jair Díaz |
| 5 | DF | ARG | Facundo Almada |
| 6 | DF | MEX | Roberto Meraz |
| 7 | FW | PAR | Luis Amarilla |
| 9 | FW | URU | Anderson Duarte (on loan from Toluca) |
| 10 | MF | COL | Nicolás Benedetti |
| 11 | MF | PAN | Yoel Bárcenas |
| 12 | DF | MEX | Salvador Rodríguez |
| 13 | GK | MEX | Hugo González |
| 14 | MF | MEX | Mauro Lainez |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 15 | MF | MEX | Bryan Colula |
| 16 | MF | MEX | José Joaquín Esquivel |
| 18 | MF | MEX | Alan Torres |
| 19 | DF | ARG | Lucas Merolla |
| 20 | MF | MEX | Rodolfo Pizarro |
| 23 | MF | ECU | Jordan Sierra |
| 29 | FW | MEX | Raúl Camacho |
| 30 | FW | MEX | Yostin Valadez |
| 31 | DF | USA | Ventura Alvarado |
| 33 | DF | BRA | Samir (on loan from UANL) |
| 34 | MF | MEX | Omar Moreno |
| 35 | MF | ECU | Jefferson Intriago |

### Out on loan

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| — | FW | MEX | Alan Cota (at Atlético La Paz) |

## Managers

* Francisco Palencia (11 June 2020 – 3 October 2020)
* Tomás Boy (5 October 2020 – 3 May 2021)
* Beñat San José (18 May 2021 – 2 March 2022)
* Gabriel Caballero (14 March 2022 – 29 January 2023)
* Ruben Omar Romano (4 February 2023 – 30 April 2023)
* Ismael Rescalvo (18 May 2023 – 8 April 2024)
* Víctor Manuel Vucetich (8 May 2024 – Present)

## Honours
### Friendly

* Copa del Pacífico: 2022, 2023