Yalmakán F.C.

The Yalmakán Fútbol Club, commonly known as Yalmakán, is a Mexican football club based in Chetumal. The club was founded in 2013, and currently plays in the Serie A of Liga Premier.[1]

Yalmakán
Full nameYalmakán Fútbol Club
Nickname(s)Chaacmools (The Chaacmools)
Founded30 August 2013 (2013-08-30)
GroundEstadio José López Portillo,
Chetumal, Quintana Roo, Mexico
Capacity6,600
OwnerAdrián Valdez Contreras
ChairmanAdrián Valdez Contreras
ManagerVíctor Manuel Morales
LeagueLiga Premier - Serie A
2019–207th – Group II (Tournament abandoned)

History

The club was founded in 2013.

Final Apertura 2017

After Winning the Clausura 2017 title and Ascenso in Liga Nuevo Talentos, Yalmakán were supposed to play in Serie A but the league restructure the league to make more efficient by every team structure based by stadium capacity, fans, etc., meaning that Yalmakán will stay in Serie B in hopes of improving their team structure in order to play in Serie A if they win promotion. This is their second straight final in hopes of making it back to back titles in franchise history facing a team were supposed to play in Ascenso MX but Tlaxcala and FMF denied their invite because of their stadium not met requirements.

First leg
Yalmakán1–1Tlaxcala
Marco Guzmán  44' Javier Rabadán  79'
Unidad Deportiva Colonia Pescadores
Puerto Morelos, Quintana Roo
Attendance: 400
Referee: Mario Terrazas Chávez
Second leg
Tlaxcala0–1Yalmakán
Julio López  74'
Attendance: 6,000
Referee: Gustavo Padilla Aguirre
Tlaxcala
Yalmakán
GK1 José González
RB2 Arnold Ríos 82'
CB4 Óscar Torres
CB5 Jesús Castro
LB6 Marco Jovanni Rojas (c) 40'
RM7 Josué Mercado
CM9 Luis Torres
LM10 José Almanza 90'
RW11 Jesús Morgan 69'
CF13 Enrique Ornelas
LW20 Javier Rabadán 69'
Substitutes:
GK12 Andrés Sánchez
DF3 Francisco García
MF16 Rafael Morfín
MF18 José Contreras 69'
MF19 Gabriel Lozano
FW24 Bryan Morales 69'
FW25 Jonathan Suárez 82'
Manager:
Silvio Rudman
GK1 Bryan Meza
RB2 Gustavo Can
CB4 Axel Molina (c)
CB5 Jospe Carrillo
LB6 Carlos Navarro 82'
CM8 Julio López
CM9 Osvaldo Galindo 90'
RW11 Marco Guzmán 45' 90'
AM14 Kevin Lazos
LW17 Javier López 90'
CF18 Jesús Maldonado
Substitutes:
GK20 Daniel Cruz
DF3 Rogelio Salinas 82'
DF7 Luis Bracamontes 90'
MF16 Francisco Vázquez
MF19 Héctor Pelayo 90'
FW31 Erik Carbajal
FW49 Kevin Lara
Manager:
Carlos Bracamontes

Assistant referees:
David Camilo López
Isaac Javier Farias Moreno
Fourth official:
Alfredo Medina Mendoza

Promotion to Serie A

Despite being eliminated from the quarterfinals in Clausura 2018, Yalmakan played in the final de Ascenso against Orizaba. Won in Puerto Morelos in first leg 2–0 however they tied at Veracruz 1–1 in second leg but secured promotion. The team was relocated from Puerto Morelos to Chetumal in order to met requirements to play in Serie A and on July 6, 2018 they earned a spot to play in Serie A.

Players

Current squad
As of January 31, 2020[2]

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

No. Pos. Nation Player
2 DF  MEX Amado Pérez
3 DF  MEX Marco Zavala
4 DF  COL Walter Rovira
5 MF  MEX Carlos Flores
6 DF  MEX Ramón Chávez
13 FW  MEX Rubén Arzate
14 DF  USA Cristian Rolando Cruz
15 MF  MEX Kevin Lira
16 MF  MEX Cristian Eusebio Cruz
18 DF  MEX Jesús Maldonado
No. Pos. Nation Player
19 MF  MEX Gerardo Martínez
20 FW  MEX Leonel Medina
21 FW  MEX Luis Osorio
24 DF  MEX Eric Cruz
25 GK  MEX Edson Jiménez
26 MF  MEX Kevin Guzmán
27 MF  MEX Miguel Ruíz
28 GK  MEX Sergio Álvarez
29 DF  MEX David Saldívar
31 FW  ARG Thomas González

Reserve teams
Yalmakán (Liga TDP)
Reserve team that plays in the Liga TDP in the fifth level of the Mexican league system.

References
  1. "Equipo - Yalmakán F.C." Segunda División de México. Retrieved February 27, 2016.
  2. "Yalmakan FC". Liga Premier FMF. Retrieved 5 February 2020.


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