Tlaxcala F.C.

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Full nameTlaxcala Fútbol Club
NicknameCoyotes
Short nameTLX
Founded5 September 2014; 11 years ago (2014-09-05)
Tlaxcala
Full nameTlaxcala Fútbol Club
NicknameCoyotes
Short nameTLX
Founded5 September 2014; 11 years ago (2014-09-05)
GroundEstadio Tlahuicole
Tlaxcala
Capacity11,135[1]
OwnerGrupo Providencia
ChairmanRafael Torre Mendoza
ManagerGustavo Leal
LeagueLiga de Expansión MX
Clausura 2026Regular phase: 10th
Final phase: Did not qualify

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.

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
ManagerBrazil Gustavo Leal
Assistant managerBrazil Alexandre Costa
Fitness coachesMexico José Gutiérrez
Mexico Arturo García
PhysiotherapistMexico José Rodríguez
Team doctorMexico Nery Luna

Players

Current squad

As of 18 April 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.

No. Pos. Nation Player
1 DF  MEX Ismael Govea
2 MF  MEX Pablo González
3 DF  MEX Edson Santos
4 DF  COL Carlos Hinestroza
5 DF  MEX Juan García Sancho
6 MF  MEX Andrés Iniestra
7 MF  MEX Giovani Hernández
8 MF  MEX José Plascencia
9 FW  BRA Christian
10 MF  MEX Tony Figueroa
11 FW  EQG Salomón Obama
12 DF  MEX Juan Lázaro
13 GK  MEX Hernán Mendoza
14 MF  MEX Edson Castellanos
15 DF  MEX Daniel Blanco
16 DF  USA Jason Flores
No. Pos. Nation Player
17 MF  MEX Ernesto Castillo
18 DF  MEX Franco Buganza
19 DF  MEX Said Castañeda
20 MF  USA Adrián Sánchez
21 MF  MEX Adán Zaragoza
22 DF  USA Bryan Macías
24 FW  MEX Érick Robles
25 MF  MEX Hugo Rojas
26 MF  MEX Juan Blanco
27 MF  MEX Brandon Yllescas
28 MF  MEX Carlos Morón
29 GK  MEX Gabino Espinoza
30 GK  MEX Abraham Nuño (on loan from Juárez)
31 DF  MEX Jordan Silva
33 MF  MEX Diego Martínez
35 GK  MEX Andrey Luna

Managers

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Honours

References

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