# Murciélagos F.C.

Murciélagos Fútbol Club is a Mexican football club that plays in the Liga Premier. The club is based in Los Mochis, Sinaloa. From its beginnings, the club had the aim to turn into a model for Mexican football.

## History

Founded in 2008 and with headquarters in Sinaloa's "Region of the Évora", Murciélagos is property of Grupo Faharo. Murciélagos FC broadcast their live games every Friday Nights at 10:00 pm central time in Mexico on the most interactive page of Internet of Mexican football 2 of Sinaloa are transmitted also by television opened by the channel.
On January 23, 2010 Murciélagos made history for being the first team in the world to allow its fans to vote through the Web for their starting lineup, supported by FIFA. The game was won by Murciélagos 1–0 to Vaqueros de Tepic of the premier league of the second division supervised by Juan Manuel Romo being the first coach that made history with this novel system and, at the same time, having the largest number of auxiliary technical personnel in the world. In the electronic football called Juan Manuel Navarro was the first player that entered to the field under this novel method replacing Sergio Mejia in the change.
The club was originally based in Guamúchil, Sinaloa, but relocated to Los Mochis when it was announced on June 7, 2015, that they would participate in the second division, the Ascenso MX, after they bought the Irapuato franchise. After its relocation, the team remained in Ascenso MX until Torneo Clausura 2018, when it was relegated to Liga Premier de México due to poor results.

## Relegation & Hiatus

After two seasons in the Liga Premier de México, in 2020 the team decided to pause its participation in the Liga Premier as a result of the economic crisis derived from the coronavirus epidemic, in addition to the uncertainty of the board to continue participating in the competitions organized by the Mexican Football Federation due to the reform carried out in the Ascenso MX which was transformed into Liga de Expansión MX focused on the development of footballers over the promotion of teams to Liga MX.
In March 2022, the municipal president declared that his council would revoke the team's lease if it continued to sit abandoned and in disrepair. A few months later, the team announced on their social media that their return to the Liga MX was imminent, but they have yet to affiliate with any league or announce their roster as of May 2024.

## Stadium

Murciélagos FC played their home matches at the Estadio Centenario in Los Mochis, Sinaloa. Its owned by Ayuntamiento de Ahome, and its surface is covered by natural grass. The stadium was opened in early 2003, but has been empty since the team paused its league participation in 2020.
At the beginning of 2024, the council approved to dissolve the lease.

## Current squad

    As of January 19, 2020

## Season to season

| Season | Division | Place |
| Apertura 2012 | 2nd Division | Champions |
| Clausura 2013 | 2nd Division | 11 (Lost Promotional Final) |
| Apertura 2013 | 2nd Division | 4 |
| Clausura 2014 | 2nd Division | 15 |
| Apertura 2014 | 2nd Division | 11 (Copa; Champions) |
| Clausura 2015 | 2nd Division | 20 |
| Apertura 2015 | Ascenso MX | 5 (quarter-finals) |
| Clausura 2016 | Ascenso MX | 13 |
| Apertura 2016 | Ascenso MX | 13 |
| Clausura 2017 | Ascenso MX | 18 |
| Apertura 2017 | Ascenso MX | 13 |
| Clausura 2018 | Ascenso MX | 14 (Relegated) |

## Managers

* Manuel Romo (April 2009–March 10)
* Manuel Flores (March 2010–July 11)
* Lorenzo López (July 2011–July 12)
* Rubén "Ratón" Ayala (July 2012–Nov 12)
* Roberto Sandoval (Nov 2012–Feb 13)
* Lorenzo López (2nd Term; Feb 2013–Sept 13)
* Cesilio de los Santos (2013–14)
* Roberto Castro (2014–15)
* Lorenzo López (3rd Term; June 2015–16)
* Jorge Manrique (2016)
* Adolfo Garcia (2016)
* Aldo Da Pozzo (2016–2017)
* Marco Antonio Figueroa (2017)
* Luis Mendoza (2017)
* Óscar Gil (2017–)