C.D. Poza Rica

Petroleros de Poza Rica
Full nameClub de Fútbol Petroleros de Poza Rica
Nickname(s)Los Petroleros
Founded1950; 74 years ago (1950)
GroundEstadio Heriberto Jara Corona
Poza Rica, Veracruz, Mexico
Capacity10,000
OwnerSergio Quiroz Cruz
ChairmanSergio Quiroz Cruz
ManagerEnrique Escudero
LeagueLiga Premier - Serie B
2023–248th

Club de Fútbol Petroleros de Poza Rica is a team in Mexican football that plays in Liga Premier de México. At an early part of the club's history they played in Segunda división. They play at Poza Rica in Veracruz.

They are nicknamed Petroleros de Poza Rica.

History

The club began in the 1950s in Segunda división, in which they were close to gaining promotion to Primera Division on three occasions.

In the season 1962-63, the team was close to gaining promotion in the last week of the tournament. They would have gained promotion by becoming champions against Orizaba but the ended up losing the match. This loss combined with the victory of Cruz Azul against Real Zamora caused the team to have to play in the promotional tournament against Nacional, Petroleros de Ciudad Madero, and Veracruz. This promotional tournament was decided by the league in order to increase the number of teams in Primera Division. The tournament was played from January 16, 1964 through February 16, 1964. Poza Rica found themselves in last place with only one win against Ciudad Madero on January 21 by the score of 6-1.

In the following season, 1963–64, the promotion was obtained by Petroleros de Ciudad Madero who was the leader of the standings and thus making them champions.

The team never came close again to making it to the Primera Division and eventually were relegated to Tercera división. In Tercera division they were champion in the 1981-82 season after defeating Celaya. As a result, they were promoted to Segunda Division in which they played from the 1982-83 season through 1985-86 since the team was sold.

The team now plays in Tercera división playing their games in Estadio Heriberto Jara Corona. Their rivals are Conejos de Tuxpan.

Promotional tournament

In order to increase the number of team from 14 to 16 for the 1964-65 the league made a playoff. The top 2 teams would be in Primera Division. The playoff was composed of the lowest team from Primera division and the 2nd-5th teams in the standings from Segunda Division as Cruz Azul had earned automatic promotion.

Position Team P W D L GF GA DIF PTS
1 Nacional 3 1 2 0 4 3 1 4 Remains in Primera Division
2 Veracruz 3 1 1 1 4 4 0 3 Earns promotion
3 Petroleros de Ciudad Madero 3 1 1 1 3 7 -4 3
4 Poza Rica 3 1 0 2 9 6 3 2

Return to Liga Premier

On May 14, 2023, Poza Rica earned promotion back to the Liga Premier after a 37 year absence by defeating C.D. Ayense in front of 7,000 fans at home despite having to wait a day due to thunderstorms. They have to beat Sultanes de Tamazunchale, Puerto Vallarta FC & Búhos UNISON along the way to promotion.

Players

First-team squad

As of 13 September 2024[1]

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
2 DF Mexico MEX Jorge González
3 DF Mexico MEX Fausto Ferral
4 DF Mexico MEX Iván Carballo
5 DF Mexico MEX Christopher Hill
6 MF Mexico MEX Eduardo Peña
7 FW Mexico MEX José Birche
8 FW Mexico MEX Alexandro Zavala
9 FW Mexico MEX Pedro Reyes
10 FW Mexico MEX Alexis Olvera MF
11 FW Mexico MEX Eduardo Cruz
12 GK Mexico MEX Ángel Romero
13 MF Mexico MEX Francisco Estudillo
14 DF Mexico MEX Edwin López
No. Pos. Nation Player
15 MF Mexico MEX Eddson Piedra
16 DF Mexico MEX Erick González
17 MF Mexico MEX Antonio Zamora
18 FW Mexico MEX Andrik Sánchez
19 MF Mexico MEX Daniel Núñez
20 FW Mexico MEX Raúl Alarcón
21 FW Mexico MEX Hever Melgarejo
22 DF Mexico MEX Said García
23 MF Mexico MEX Mauricio Garcés
24 DF Mexico MEX Ian Juárez
25 FW Mexico MEX Irving Sánchez
26 MF Mexico MEX Santiago Gutiérrez
32 GK Mexico MEX Jared Aguilar

Honours

References

  1. ^ "C.D. Poza Rica". Liga MX (in Spanish). Retrieved 15 May 2023.
  2. ^ "C.D. Poza Rica". El Informador (in Spanish). Mexico. 1 December 1996. p. 36.