Lobos ULMX

Lobos de la Universidad Latina de México is a football club that plays in the Liga Premier de México – Serie A. It is based in the city of Celaya, Mexico.

Lobos ULMX

Full name	Lobos de la Universidad Latina de México
Founded	12 March 2021; 3 years ago (2021-03-12)
Ground	Estadio Miguel Alemán Valdés Celaya, Guanajuato, Mexico
Capacity	23,182
Owner	Universidad Latina de México José Hanan Budib
Chairman	Enrique Lemus Muñoz Ledo
Manager	Rowan Vargas
League	Liga Premier – Serie A
2023–24	13th, Group II
Home colours Away colours

History

On March 12, 2021, an agreement was signed between Celaya F.C. and the Universidad Latina de México with the objective of establishing a football team that would participate in the Liga Premier de México, which would bear the name of the university but would be based on the franchise that the club already had in that league.^[1] As part of the agreement, Celaya provided the soccer players, the coaching staff, the stadium and the training facilities, while the ULM contributed with the identity and the financial part, in addition to offering university education for the players incorporated into the team.

In April 2021, the university board made official the project to build a stadium to host the institution's soccer and football games, which will have a capacity to hold 1,200 spectators.^[2][3]

The team was officially entered into soccer competitions on July 30, 2021, when its entry into the Liga Premier – Serie A was announced, the club was placed in Group 2 of this category.^[4]

On August 3, Rowan Vargas was announced as the club's first manager.^[5] The following day the first players of the team were announced: Alejandro Padua, Ricardo Chávez, Rafael Rodea and Rogelio Calixto.^[6]

Stadium

The team plays its home games in the Estadio Miguel Alemán Valdés, that is the Celaya F.C. ground and is used by Lobos ULMX due to its status as an affiliated team, this stadium has a capacity for 23,182.^[1]

Players

Current squad

As of September 7, 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 82 MF  MEX Brian Pineda 83 DF  MEX Alan Escoto 84 DF  MEX Isaí Apaseo 85 GK  MEX Maximiliano Cruz 86 MF  MEX Pablo Ramírez 87 MF  MEX Mateo Vargas 88 GK  MEX Bruno Velázquez 89 DF  MEX Ricardo Contreras 91 DF  MEX Giovanni Ledezma 95 MF  MEX Jonathan Trejo 96 DF  MEX Josué Guzmán

No. Pos. Nation Player 97 FW  MEX Christopher Vázquez 98 DF  MEX Roberto Morales 100 FW  MEX Luis López 103 DF  MEX Zahid Lázaro 110 MF  MEX Emiliano Blanco 111 MF  MEX Marcelo Ruíz 114 MF  MEX Héctor Pardo 115 DF  MEX Ronaldo Santibáñez 117 FW  MEX Omar Nieto 119 FW  MEX Alan Ruíz 120 MF  MEX Rafael Cortés

References

1. "Lobos de la ULM firman convenio con Club Celaya FC; rescatan segunda división". Expresa TV (in Spanish). 12 March 2021. Retrieved 4 August 2021.
2. Hernández, Ignacio (21 April 2021). "Presentaron el Programa de Deporte de Alto Desempeño y Formación Integral, de la ULM". El Sol del Bajío (in Spanish). Retrieved 4 August 2021.
3. Martínez, Diego (4 June 2021). "La ULM tendrá estadio deportivo". El Sol del Bajío (in Spanish). Retrieved 2 August 2021.
4. "¡YA ESTÁN LOS GRUPOS!". Liga Premier Magazine (in Spanish). 31 July 2021. Retrieved 1 August 2021.
5. "ROWAN VARGAS SERÁ EL DT DE LOS LOBOS DE LA ULMX". Liga Premier Magazine (in Spanish). 3 August 2021. Retrieved 4 August 2021.
6. "ALEX PADUA, REFUERZO DE LOS LOBOS ULMX". Liga Premier Magazine (in Spanish). Retrieved 4 August 2021.
7. "Lobos ULMX". ligapremier-fmf.mx (in Spanish). Retrieved 19 September 2021.