Pioneros de Cancún

Pioneros de Cancún
Full name	Deportivo Pioneros de Cancún Fútbol Club
Founded	3 May 1984; 40 years ago
Ground	Estadio Cancún 86,; Cancún, Quintana Roo, Mexico
Capacity	6,390
Owner	Negocios en Fútbol Profesional S.A. de C.V
Chairman	Jeff Luhnow
Manager	Víctor Téllez
League	Liga Premier - Serie A
2023–24	12th, Group II
Website	Club website
Home colours	Away colours

Deportivo Pioneros de Cancún F.C. is a football team based in Cancún, México that plays in the Liga Premier Serie A.

History

The club was founded on May 3, 1984, and in the same year joined the Tercera División de México.^[2] It won its first cup after defeating Los Conejos, at the Estadio Víctor Manuel Reyna in the city of Tuxtla Gutiérrez, Chiapas. The following year, the club finished in third place and played in a promotional playoff with the Lobos and Aguilas B clubs. As a result, the club was promoted to the Segunda B. Still, the owner decided to purchase a franchise in the Segunda A, which allowed the club the chance to be promoted to the Primera División de México.

When playing in the Segunda A, the club failed its attempts to be promoted, and in the early 1990s, the city reduced resources, and the club once again fell into the lower divisions. In the mid-1990s, the club changed its name to Tucanes de Cancun but failed to gain popularity and was forced to change the name back to its original name Pioneros. It was not until 2006 when José del Carmen Vázquez Ávila bought the club and proposed a plan to have the franchise in the first division within a couple of years that the club regained local support.

Vázquez's project was made into action in 2007, when Atlante F.C., then a First Division team, moved from Mexico City to Cancun, which led to Pioneros becoming the second team in the city. Finally, in 2009, the franchise was sold to a new team called Guerreros de Acapulco. Pioneros maintained its Third Division team, and in the 2010-11 season, an alliance was formed with Atlante to form a development team called Pioneros Potros.

In August 2012, Pioneros were revived as a participating franchise in the Liga de Nuevos Talentos. During the 2013-14 season, Pioneros won the Apertura 2013 tournament, and as a result, the team reached the Final de Ascenso (Promotion Playoff).

On May 24, 2014, Pioneros defeated Selva Cañera, and the team achieved its promotion to the Liga Premier de Ascenso, the league in which the club currently competes. In January 2015, Pioneros moved to a new stadium and began playing at the Estadio Andrés Quintana Roo, with the Estadio Cancún 86 becoming its alternative ground.^[3]

The Pioneros under-13 team participated in the 2019 CONCACAF Under-13 Champions League held in Costa Rica.^[4]

In July 2022 Pioneros de Cancún became the reserves squad of Cancún F.C. because the Cancun City Council decided to hand over the administration of the team to the company that owns Cancun F.C.^[1]

Kit

Home kit: Red and white vertical stripes shirt, red shorts and socks.
Away kit: White with red neck and shoulders, white shorts and socks.

First kit evolution

Home 1984

1985

2004

2006

2009

2013

2017–18 Third

Players

Current squad

As of September 7, 2024^[5]

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	Carlos Galindo
2	DF	MEX	Juan Hernández
3	DF	MEX	Néstor González
5	MF	MEX	Daniel González
6	MF	MEX	Diego Ramírez
7	DF	MEX	Luis García
8	MF	MEX	Horacio García
9	FW	PAR	Luis Aquino
10	MF	MEX	José Guillén
11	MF	COL	Carlos Fonseca
12	MF	MEX	Ricardo Meza


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
13	GK	MEX	Jorge de la Rosa
14	FW	MEX	Antonio López
17	MF	MEX	Diego Arreola
18	MF	MEX	Víctor Mora
19	DF	POL	Dylan Wojdyla
21	MF	MEX	Ricardo Martínez
22	MF	MEX	Luis Torres
23	FW	MEX	Ricardo Meléndez
24	DF	MEX	Jorge Reynoso
26	MF	MEX	Erik Benítez
30	MF	MEX	Emiliano García