Cancún F.C.

Cancún
Full nameCancún Fútbol Club
Nickname(s)Iguanas
Toloks
La Ola Negra de Quintana Roo (The Black Wave of Quintana Roo)
Short nameCAN, CFC
FoundedJune 26, 2020 (June 26, 2020)
GroundEstadio Andrés Quintana Roo
Capacity18,844
OwnerNegocios en Fútbol Profesional S.A. de C.V.[1]
ChairmanJeff Luhnow[2]
ManagerMiguel Bravo
LeagueLiga de Expansión MX
Clausura 2025Regular phase: 9th
Final phase: Did not qualify
Websitehttp://cancunfc.com/

Cancún Fútbol Club is a Mexican professional football club based in Cancún, Quintana Roo. It plays in Liga de Expansión MX, the second level division of Mexican football. The club was founded in June 2020, after the Cafetaleros de Chiapas franchise announced that it would be moving from Tuxtla Gutiérrez, Chiapas to the city of Cancún.[3]

History

In June 2020, a possible move of Atlante began to be speculated, the team played at home in Cancún, Quintana Roo. On June 26, the relocation of that club back to Mexico City became official.[4] The same day, the relocation of Cafetaleros de Chiapas was announced, and the team was moved from Tuxtla Gutiérrez, Chiapas to Cancún, Quintana Roo and renamed as Cancún F.C.[5]

On June 30 2020, the club appointed Christian Giménez as its first manager.[6]

In January 2022, the team was bought by an investment fund headed by Mexican-American businessman Jeff Luhnow. However, due to regulatory issues, José Luis Orantes remained in the presidency until the end of the 2021–22 season.[2] On June 1, 2022, the sale was approved by the owners of the Liga de Expansión MX clubs, making the entry of the new owner official.[7]

Personnel

Management

Position Staff
Chairman Mexico Jeff Luhnow
Director of football Mexico Alejandro Vela

Source: Liga MX

Coaching staff

Position Staff
Manager Ecuador Miguel Bravo
Assistant managers Ecuador Omar Andrade
Mexico Gabriel España
Goalkeeper coach Mexico Jesús Carbajal
Fitness coach Spain Jorge Álvarez
Physiotherapist Mexico David Rubio
Team doctor Mexico Efraín Rangel

Players

First-team squad

As of 2 August 2025[8]

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 Mexico MEX Christopher Andrade
2 DF Mexico MEX Gustavo Guzmán (on loan from Mazatlán)
3 DF Mexico MEX Jonathan Hernández
4 DF Mexico MEX Rodrigo Reyes
5 MF Mexico MEX Armando Chávez
6 MF Mexico MEX Iván Ochoa
7 MF Mexico MEX Johan Alonzo
8 MF Colombia COL Francisco Melendre
9 MF Mexico MEX Jorge Díaz
10 MF Mexico MEX Paúl Uscanga (vice-captain)
11 FW Mexico MEX Christopher Trejo
12 FW Colombia COL José Rodríguez
No. Pos. Nation Player
14 MF Mexico MEX Karel Campos (on loan from Juárez)
15 MF Mexico MEX Marco Hernández
17 DF Mexico MEX Even Padilla
18 DF Mexico MEX Santiago Montiel
20 DF Mexico MEX Alonso Rosales (on loan from UNAM)
22 DF Mexico MEX Emiliano Soria
23 DF Mexico MEX Benjamín Galindo
24 MF Senegal SEN Jean Unjanque
26 GK Mexico MEX Edson Arce
27 FW Mexico MEX Gael Gutiérrez
28 MF Mexico MEX Aldo Solano
30 DF Bolivia BOL Leonardo Zabala

Reserve teams

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

Managers

Honours

National

Cancún FC honours
Type Competition Titles Winning editions Runners-up
Promotion division Liga de Expansión MX 1 Apertura 2023 –
Campeón de Campeones de la Liga de Expansión MX 1 2024 –

References

  1. ^ "Inicia nueva era en el Cancún FC, cambia de propietarios y anuncian ambiciosos planes". galucomunicacion.com (in Spanish). 10 June 2022. Retrieved 11 June 2022.
  2. ^ a b "Jeff Luhnow becomes the new owner of Cancun Football Club". Mexicanist (in Spanish). 14 January 2022. Archived from the original on 28 June 2022. Retrieved 2 June 2022.
  3. ^ "¡El primer cambio! Cancún FC, el equipo que sustituirá al Atlante en Liga de Expansión". Mediotiempo.com (in Spanish). 26 June 2020. Archived from the original on 6 February 2021. Retrieved 27 June 2020.
  4. ^ "Atlante regresa a la CDMX y jugará en el Estadio Azul". El Financiero (in Spanish). 26 June 2020. Archived from the original on 28 June 2020. Retrieved 27 June 2020.
  5. ^ Moreno, Marcos (26 June 2020). "Cafetaleros se muda a Quintana Roo y nace Cancún FC". Radio Fórmula (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 28 June 2020. Retrieved 26 June 2020.
  6. ^ "Chaco Giménez, anunciado como nuevo DT de Cancún FC". Mediotiempo.com (in Spanish). 30 June 2020. Archived from the original on 1 July 2020. Retrieved 1 July 2020.
  7. ^ "Acuerdos de Asamblea Ordinaria en la LIGA BBVA Expansión MX". Liga BBVA Expansion MX (in Spanish). 1 June 2022. Archived from the original on 1 June 2022. Retrieved 2 June 2022.
  8. ^ "Cancún FC". Liga de Expansión MX. Archived from the original on 3 April 2022. Retrieved 21 August 2020.


This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is available under Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0 unless otherwise noted. Additional terms may apply for the media files.