Tlaxcala F.C.
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| Full name | Tlaxcala Fútbol Club | ||
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| Nickname | Coyotes | ||
| Short name | TLX | ||
| Founded | 5 September 2014 | ||
| Ground | Estadio Tlahuicole Tlaxcala | ||
| Capacity | 11,135[1] | ||
| Owner | Grupo Providencia | ||
| Chairman | Rafael Torre Mendoza | ||
| Manager | Arturo Ortega | ||
| League | Liga de Expansión MX | ||
| Clausura 2026 | Regular phase: 10th Final phase: Did not qualify | ||
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Tlaxcala Fútbol Club, simplified as Tlaxcala FC, and also known as Coyotes de Tlaxcala, is a Mexican professional football club based in Tlaxcala. It competes in Liga de Expansión MX, the second level division of Mexican football, and plays its home matches at the Estadio Tlahuicole. Founded in 2014, after the merger of the Club Águilas Reales de Zacatecas and a reserve team of Pachuca in the Tercera División de México (current Liga TDP).
Tlaxcala won automatic promotion to the Ascenso MX in the 2016–17 season, but their promotion was put on hold until the 2018–19 season as their stadium failed to meet league requirements.[2] However, in 2020 the club was invited to the Liga de Expansión, the new second-level league and thus promoted category.
History
The club was founded on September 5, 2014, after the merger of the Club Águilas Reales de Zacatecas and the reserve team of Pachuca in the Tercera División de México, the Zacatecan team gave up their rights to participate in the Segunda División de México while Pachuca contributed the sports part of the organization.[3] Previously in the Summer 2014 tournament, the city of Tlaxcala had been left without a football team due to the relocation of Linces de Tlaxcala to Acapulco, Guerrero, where the team was renamed as Internacional de Acapulco, while Águilas Reales de Zacatecas was moved to Pachuca, Hidalgo and merged with the reserve team of Pachuca, which was later moved to the city of Tlaxcala giving birth to Tlaxcala F.C., and became a secondary team due to the arrival of Mineros de Zacatecas, a team that shared the same ownership with Tlaxcala F.C. until 2020.
Tlaxcala won automatic promotion to the Ascenso MX after winning the two season tournaments against Irapuato during the 2016–17 season, but their promotion was put on hold until before the 2018–19 season as their stadium failed to meet league requirements. They played in the Serie B for the 2017–18 season so they can met requirements to play in the Ascenso MX, but their spot was revoked after the stadium was not completed at the deadline to meet the requirements, so they moved to Serie A for the 2018–19 season. In 2018–19 season, the team played as local at Unidad Deportiva Próspero Cahuantzi at Chiautempan, for the 2019–20 season, they moved to the Unidad Deportiva José Brindis in Nanacamilpa awaiting the end of the construction works of the Estadio Tlahuicole.
In July 2020, Tlaxcala F.C. was invited to the new Liga de Expansión MX, which became the second category of Mexican football instead of the Ascenso MX, with this the team occupied its place in the division after three years of having achieved sports promotion.[4] On August 19, 2020, the club debuted in the Liga de Expansión, defeating Mineros de Zacatecas 1–2.[5] On September 2, Tlaxcala received Celaya F.C. in its first home game, which had to be played in Nanacamilpa because the Estadio Tlahuicole was not yet ready to host professional football matches,[6] and finally, on September 15, Tlaxcala was able to return to its stadium in the match against Leones Negros UdeG, which was won by the Guadalajara team.
Personnel
Coaching staff
| Position | Staff |
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| Manager |  Arturo Ortega |
| Assistant managers | Guillermo Gómez Mario López Rodrigo Roque |
| Fitness coach | Arturo García |
| Physiotherapist | José Rodríguez |
| Team doctor | Nery Luna |
Players
Current squad
- As of 28 August 2026[7]
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
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Reserve teams
- Coyotes de Tlaxcala (Liga TDP)
- Reserve team that plays in the Liga TDP, the fourth level of the Mexican league system
Managers
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Pablo Sabater (2014–2015) - Silvio Rudman (2016–2018)
- Miguel Gómez (2018)
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Isidro Sánchez (2018–2019)- Lorenzo Sáez (2019–2020)
- Irving Rubirosa (2020–2021)
- Silvio Rudman (2021)
- Juan Antonio Torres (2021–2022)
- Jorge Villalpando (2022–2023)
- Javier Contreras (2023)
- Paco Ramírez (2024)
- Luis Orozco (2025)
- Marco Fabián Vázquez (2025–2026)
Gustavo Leal (2026)- Arturo Ortega (2026–)
Badge
2016–2019
Honours
Domestic
| Type | Competition | Titles | Winning years | Runners-up |
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| Promotion division | Segunda División | 2 | Apertura 2016, Clausura 2017 | Apertura 2015 |
| Campeón de Campeones de la Segunda División | 1 | 2017 | — |
References
- ↑ "Cumple el Tlahuicole, con aforo para Liga de Expansión".
- ↑ "Equipo - Tlaxcala F.C." Segunda División de México. Archived from the original on 24 August 2015. Retrieved 27 February 2016.
- ↑ "¿Cómo llegó Coyotes de Tlaxcala al Ascenso? Estadio, plantilla e historia". Goal (in Spanish). 19 August 2020. Retrieved 28 February 2021.
- ↑ "Comunicado de la LIGA MX sobre la LIGA de Expansión". Liga BBVA MX (in Spanish). 17 July 2020. Retrieved 28 February 2021.
- ↑ "Coyotes venció a Mineros, a quien trolleó por preguntar '¿dónde está Tlaxcala?'". mediotiempo.com (in Spanish). 19 August 2020. Retrieved 28 February 2021.
- ↑ "Liga de Expansión: Afición de Tlaxcala observa juego vs Celaya sin medidas sanitarias". RÉCORD (in Spanish). 2 September 2020. Retrieved 28 February 2021.
- ↑ "Tlaxcala F.C." Liga BBVA Expansión MX. Retrieved 12 January 2021.