Deportiva Venados

Not to be confused with Venados F.C..

Deportiva Venados is a football club that plays in the Liga Premier de México – Serie A. It is based in the city of Mérida, Mexico.

Deportiva Venados

Full name	Deportiva Venados
Founded	2014; 10 years ago (2014)
Ground	Estadio Alonso Diego Molina Tamanché, Mérida, Yucatán, Mexico
Capacity	2,500 [1]
Manager	Alfredo García Salmones
League	Liga Premier - Serie A
2023–24	3rd, Group II (Group Semi–finals)
Home colours Away colours

History

The team was founded in 2014 to recover the tradition of teams that had previously represented Mérida in Mexican soccer such as Atlético Yucatán and Venados de Yucatán, because the main team of the region had adopted the name of Mérida,^[2] although during its first season it was registered as a subsidiary team of Mérida F.C.

In 2015 the team officially adopted the name Deportiva Venados.^[3]

In the 2021–22 season the team was promoted to the Liga Premier de México – Serie A after defeating C.D. Avispones de Chilpancingo in the promotion playoff.^[4] Previously the team had eliminated clubs Álamos, Inter Playa del Carmen, Caballeros de Córdoba and Delfines UGM. However, the team failed to win the national championship as it was defeated in the final by Mazorqueros F.C.^[5]

Stadium

Deportiva Venados plays its home games at Estadio Alonso Diego Molina located in the town of Tamanché, belonging to the city of Mérida, Yucatán. It has a capacity to hold 2,500 spectators.^[6]

Players

First-team squad

As of 7 September 2024^[7]

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

No. Pos. Nation Player 1 GK  MEX Cristian Flores 2 DF  MEX Eduardo García 4 DF  MEX Juan Vega 5 MF  MEX Andrés Gallo (on loan from León) 6 DF  MEX Brayam Blancas 7 FW  MEX Jonathan Guerrero 8 MF  MEX Jonatan Becerril 9 FW  MEX Aldo Suárez 10 MF  MEX Osvaldo Ríos 11 MF  MEX Axel García 12 FW  MEX Jesús Dávila 13 GK  MEX Lothar López 14 MF  MEX Joseph Domínguez

No. Pos. Nation Player 15 MF  MEX Brayan Beltrán 16 MF  COL Adalberto Viveros 17 DF  MEX César Aguirre 18 MF  MEX César Pantoja 19 FW  ECU Santiago Micolta 20 MF  MEX Cristian García 21 MF  MEX Brayan Bahena 22 FW  MEX Jonathan Ciprián 25 MF  MEX José Flores 26 FW  MEX Iván Hernández 27 MF  MEX Edson Sánchez 30 DF  MEX Erick Hernández

Reserve teams

Deportiva Venados (Liga TDP)

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

References

1. "Méritos de equipo" (in Spanish). Diario de Yucatán. 15 December 2022. Retrieved 24 May 2022.
2. "Venados para el recuerdo". Diario de Yucatán (in Spanish). 4 May 2020. Retrieved 24 May 2022.
3. "Deportiva Venados 2015–16 season" (in Spanish). Retrieved 24 May 2022.
4. "Deportiva Venados asciende en La Liga Premier A a Segunda División". Por esto (in Spanish). 2 July 2022. Retrieved 28 May 2022.
5. "¡Mazorqueros FC, Campeón de Campeones 2021-2022!". 3radivision.net (in Spanish). 3 June 2022. Retrieved 4 July 2022.
6. "Estadio Alonso Diego Molina". BeSoccer (in Spanish). Retrieved 24 May 2022.
7. "Deportiva Venados". Liga BBVA MX (in Spanish). Retrieved 24 May 2022.