# Petroleros de Salamanca C.F.C.

Petroleros de Salamanca C.F.C. is a Mexican football club based in Salamanca, Guanajuato, México which is playing in the Liga Premier de México.

## History

The club was founded in the 1950s and soon after, in 1958, the club joined the Segunda División de México and played under the name of Mapaches. The club played in the second division until 1961 when the club folded due to economic problems. In 1964 the club rejoined the second division; this time the club was owned by a local oil company which brought in big name players but never achieved a promotion to the first division. From 1964 the club would go on to play good to mediocre tournaments which finally came to an end once again in 1986 when the club folded and would not come this time for several years all time times playing under the name of Petroleros de Salamanca.

### Awaited return

In 2001 the same oil company that had owned the club in the 1980s started up several professional clubs, the first a basketball club in 2001 which played under the name of Petroleros de Salamanca. In 2004 the football club finally made its return, quickly joining the Primera A. In 2006 the club reached its first final in the Primera A only to lose it to Puebla FC in a Penalty shoot out. The club would go on to play six more tournaments before the club was sold and relocated in La Piedad, Michoacán, where it became C.F. La Piedad.

### Failed return to Liga Premier

In 2013 the team returned as Salamanca F.C., after spending several years in the Third Division of Mexico without winning promotion, on July 3, 2019 the team attempted to participate in the Liga Premier de México (Second Division) – Serie B, this after reaching an agreement with the Real Potosino's management, after the agreement, the team from San Luis Potosí had to move to Salamanca and be rebranded as Salamanca F.C. Finally on July 18, 2019 the Mexican Football Federation did not grant the guarantee for this change and Salamanca remained at Liga TDP, while Real Potosino stopped participating in Mexican football.
In 2020 due to financial problems, the club's board of directors rented its franchise to the Promotora Barajas Soccer, a soccer development center based in Tamazula de Gordiano, Jalisco. In 2021 the rental agreement was not renewed and the team officially ceased to participate.
In 2022 the team returned to participate in the professional leagues, being renamed C.F. Salamanca and based on the franchise Jaral del Progreso F.C. This team was dissolved at the end of the 2022–23 season due to the impossibility of competing with the new project that has arrived in the city.

### Return to Liga Premier

On January 27, 2023 Catedráticos Elite F.C. was relocated from Ameca, Jalisco to Salamanca, Guanajuato. The relocation of the club occurred after a merger with Petroleros de Salamanca, because the local oil sector was interested in having a professional team in the city, for this reason the team was unofficially called Catedráticos Petroleros. Finally, on June 30, 2023, the team officially recovered the name Petroleros de Salamanca, however, due to administrative issues the team was officially renamed as Petroleros de Salamanca Catedráticos F.C.

## Badge

In the early 1950s clubs usually used their city's crest as their own, so Salamanca used the city crest from 1958-1961. In the early 1970s the club used a crest which had an oil rig along with a soccer ball. In 2004 the club returned with a brand new crest but kept the oil rig and the soccer ball along with the club's colors.
* First Badge 1958-61.
* 1970s-1986
* Only used in 2004
* 2005-2009

## First kit evolution

| 1944 home | 1960 home | 2004 home | 2006 home | 2007 home | 2008 home | 2009 home | 2010 home |

## Season to season

| Season | Division |
| 1958-59 | 2nd Division |
| 1959-60 | 2nd Division |
| 1960-61 | 2nd Division |
| 1961-64 | Did not participate |
| 1964-65 | 2nd Division |
| 1965-66 | 2nd Division |
| 1966-67 | 2nd Division |
| 1967-68 | 2nd Division |
| 1968-69 | 2nd Division |
| 1969-70 | 2nd Division |
| 1970-71 | 2nd Division |
| 1971-72 | 2nd Division |
| 1972-73 | 2nd Division |
| 1973-74 | 2nd Division |
| 1974-75 | 2nd Division |
| 1975-76 | 2nd Division |
| 1976-77 | 2nd Division |
| 1977-78 | 2nd Division |
| 1978-79 | 2nd Division |
| 1979-80 | 2nd Division |
| 1980-81 | 2nd Division |
| 1981-82 | 2nd Division |
| 1982-83 | 2nd Division |
| 1983-84 | 2nd Division |
| 1984-85 | 2nd Division |
| 1985-86 | 2nd Division |
| Season | Division | Place |
| 1986–2003 | Did not participate | |
| 1996-97 | Primera A | |
| Clausura 2004 | Primera A | |
| Apertura 2005 | Primera A | |
| Clausura 2006 | Primera A | |
| Apertura 2006 | Primera A | |
| Clausura 2007 | Primera A | |
| Apertura 2007 | Primera A | |
| Clausura 2008 | Primera A | |
| Apertura 2008 | Primera A | |
| Clausura 2009 | Primera A | |
| Apertura 2009 | 2nd Division | |
| Bicentenario 2010 | 2nd Division | Disappeared after final of the season |
| 2013–14 | 3rd División | |
| 2014–15 | 3rd División | |
| 2015–16 | 3rd División | |
| 2016–17 | 3rd División | |
| 2017–18 | 3rd División | |
| 2018–19 | Liga TDP | |
| 2019–20 | Liga TDP | |
| 2020–21 | Liga TDP | Franchise Loan to Carfut Barajas Soccer |
| 2022–23 | Liga TDP | Under Jaral del Progreso F.C. |
| Clausura 2023 | Liga Premier | Under Catedráticos Elite franchise |
* Has Played 28 Liga Premier Tournaments last in April 2023.
* Has Played 9 Primera A Tournaments last in 2009.
* Has Played 8 3rd División seasons last in April 2021.

## Coaching staff

| Position | Staff |
| Manager | Vacant |
| Assistant managers | Ana María Zavala |
| Fitness coach | Martín Fonseca |
| Team doctor | Josué Julián Jurado |

## Players
### First-team squad

    As of 11 January 2025
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 | Javier Badajos |
| 3 | DF | MEX | Alejandro Garibay |
| 4 | DF | MEX | Esnaider Díaz |
| 5 | DF | MEX | Oscar Salas |
| 6 | MF | MEX | Bryan Alcántara |
| 7 | MF | MEX | Abner Becerril (on loan from Querétaro) |
| 8 | MF | MEX | Mario Cárdenas |
| 9 | FW | MEX | Rubén Coubert |
| 10 | MF | VEN | Jhansel Abreu |
| 11 | FW | MEX | Antonio Rodríguez |
| 12 | GK | MEX | Joshua Nava |
| 13 | DF | MEX | Juan Topete |
| 14 | MF | MEX | Manuel Batalla |
| 16 | DF | MEX | José de Jesús Magaña |
| 17 | MF | USA | Kevin González |
| 19 | DF | MEX | Giovanni Frisone |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 21 | MF | MEX | Brandon Álvarez |
| 22 | MF | MEX | Erik Torres |
| 23 | DF | MEX | Noé Sánchez |
| 24 | MF | MEX | Felipe García |
| 25 | MF | MEX | Landon Fonseca |
| 27 | MF | MEX | Nicolás Aguilar |
| 28 | MF | MEX | Christopher González |
| 30 | MF | MEX | Alejandro Granados |
| 33 | MF | MEX | Jesús Cortez |
| 34 | MF | MEX | Leonardo Salazar |
| 35 | DF | MEX | Ángel Collazo |
| 36 | FW | MEX | Carlos Saldaña |
| 38 | MF | MEX | Juan Carlos Martínez |
| 39 | MF | MEX | Adrián Arellano |
| 50 | MF | MEX | Kevin Rodríguez |

### Reserve teams
#### Catedráticos Elite

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

## Honours
### Professional

* Primera División A: (0)
       Runner-up (1): Apertura 2006
* Segunda División: (1)
       Champion : 1951-1952
* Segunda División "B": (2)
       Champion : 1984-1985, 1993-1994

## Notable former players

* "CHAPULIN" Duran
* Omar Jaime
* Luis Cano
* Cesar Saldivar
* "PAJARO" Rios
* "BOCHA" Dominguez
* Alejandro Meza
* Damasceno "TIBA"
* Carlos Regis
* Raul Enriquez "AMULETO"
* Everardo Begines
* Casanova "CASAGOL"