C.D. Muxes

Club Deportivo Muxes is a Mexican football club that plays in the Liga TDP, the Mexican third division. The club is based in Venustiano Carranza, Mexico City. It is the first professional Mexican football club declared as LGBT.[1][2]

C.D. Muxes
Full nameClub Deportivo Muxes A.C.
Nickname(s)Muxes
FoundedDecember 2018 (2018-12)
GroundDeportivo Plutarco Elías Calles
Venustiano Carranza, Mexico City
Capacity1,000
ChairmanGeremía Oleta Gómez
ManagerJonathan Escobar
LeagueLiga TDP - Group IV
2020–21Current
WebsiteClub website

History

The team was founded in 2018 with the aim of representing the LGBT community that until then had not had a representative club, in addition to generating spaces for the visibility of these groups.[3] In its origins, the team competed in amateur leagues in Mexico City.[4]

In 2020 the team joined the Mexican Football Federation, Subsequently, the club registered in the Liga TDP, being placed in Group IV with other teams from the Greater Mexico City.[5]

On 25 September 2020, the team played its first official match. Muxes defeated FC Politécnico by a score of 0–4. Pablo de la Rosa scored the club's first goal in its history in professional competition.[6]

Players

First-team squad
As of 6 October 2020[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 Rodrigo Domínguez
2 DF  MEX Diego Marmolejo
3 DF  MEX Isaac Hernández
4 DF  MEX Pablo de la Rosa
5 MF  MEX Eric Moreno
6 DF  MEX Mario Ortíz
7 MF  MEX Miguel Ávila
8 MF  MEX Pablo Vizcaya
9 FW  MEX Jaime Escalante
11 FW  MEX Levi Torres
12 GK  MEX Josué Mondragón
13 MF  MEX Irving Martínez
15 DF  MEX Brandon Camacho
16 MF  MEX Eder Lazcano
No. Pos. Nation Player
17 MF  MEX Jorge Rincón
18 MF  MEX Atlaí Maraver
19 FW  MEX Esau Gaona
20 FW  MEX Orlando Suárez
21 DF  MEX Francisco García
22 MF  MEX Cristian Delgado
23 GK  MEX Donovan Hernández
24 DF  MEX Luis González
25 GK  MEX Armando Salazar
26 MF  MEX Jorge Guzmán
27 DF  MEX Axel Almaraz
28 FW  MEX Ricardo Robles
29 MF  MEX Rigoberto Robles
30 FW  MEX Eddie Torres

See also

References
  1. Magallán, Ricardo (12 September 2020). "Club Deportivo Muxes, primer equipo profesional representativo de comunidad LGTB en futbol mexicano". As México (in Spanish). Retrieved 6 October 2020.
  2. "Club Deportivo Muxes es el primer equipo que representa a la comunidad LGBT en el futbol mexicano". Sinembargo.mx (in Spanish). 12 September 2020. Retrieved 6 October 2020.
  3. Sánchez, Montserrat (12 November 2019). "Muxes buscan golear a la homofobia". Reporte Índigo (in Spanish). Retrieved 6 October 2020.
  4. González, Fernanda (2 October 2020). "Club Deportivo Muxes: lo que importa es lo que dice el balón". The Line Breaker (in Spanish). Retrieved 6 October 2020.
  5. De la Cruz, Luis (2 October 2020). "Liga MX: Club Muxes, primer equipo inclusivo hace su debut en la Tercera División". Soy Fútbol (in Spanish). Retrieved 6 October 2020.
  6. "Fútbol Club Politécnico 0 – 4 Club Deportivo Muxes". Liga BBVA MX (in Spanish). Retrieved 6 October 2020.
  7. "Club Deportivo Muxes". Liga BBVA MX (in Spanish). Retrieved 6 October 2020.


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