Petroleros de Salamanca C.F.C.

C.F. Salamanca
	File:Salamanca FC Logo.png
Full name	Club de Fútbol Salamanca
Nickname(s)	Los Petroleros (The Oilers)
Founded	1958; 66 years ago
Ground	Estadio Sección XXIV; Salamanca, Guanajuato,; Mexico
Capacity	10,000
Chairman	Salvador González
Manager	Marco Aurelio Ruiz Toledo
League	Tercera División de México
2022–23	Preseason
Home colours	Away colours

Salamanca F.C. is a Mexican football club based in Salamanca, Guanajuato, México which is playing in the Tercera División 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.^{[clarification needed]}

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

After spending several years in the Third Division of Mexico without winning promotion, on July 3, 2019 the team managed to return to the Liga Premier de México (Second Division) with Serie B being their new category, this after reaching an agreement with the Real Potosino's management so that the team will move from San Luis Potosí City to Salamanca, adopt the name of the town and thus return second division football to the city of Salamanca.^[2] Finally on July 18, 2019 the Mexican Football Federation did not grant the guarantee for this change and Salamanca remained at Liga TDP.

In 2020 due to financial problems, the club's board of directors rented its franchise to the Barajas Soccer Promoter, based in Tamazula de Gordiano, Jalisco.

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.^[3]

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	Place
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
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

Has Played 26 2nd Division Tournaments last in April 2010.
Has Played 9 Primera A Tournaments last in 2009.
Has Played 7 3rd División seasons since August 2013.

Players

Current squad

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player

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

References

^ Manjarrez, Miguel (28 July 2022). "Presentan Club de Futbol Salamanca de Tercera División Profesional". El Sol de Salamanca (in Spanish). Retrieved 11 August 2022.
^ Manjarrez, Miguel (3 July 2019). "Salamanca FC espera aval de la FMF para jugar en Liga Premier". El Sol de Salamanca (in Spanish). Organización Editorial Mexicana. Retrieved 8 July 2019.
^ "CF Salamanca jugará temporada 2022-2023 en Grupo 11 de la Liga TDP". El Sol de Salamanca (in Spanish). 9 August 2022. Retrieved 11 August 2022.

External links

Official Club site

[1] Manjarrez, Miguel (28 July 2022). "Presentan Club de Futbol Salamanca de Tercera División Profesional". El Sol de Salamanca (in Spanish). Retrieved 11 August 2022.

[2] Manjarrez, Miguel (3 July 2019). "Salamanca FC espera aval de la FMF para jugar en Liga Premier". El Sol de Salamanca (in Spanish). Organización Editorial Mexicana. Retrieved 8 July 2019.

[3] "CF Salamanca jugará temporada 2022-2023 en Grupo 11 de la Liga TDP". El Sol de Salamanca (in Spanish). 9 August 2022. Retrieved 11 August 2022.

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