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Dorados de Sinaloa

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Full name	Club Deportivo Dorados de Sinaloa[1]
Nicknames	Dorados (The Dorados) El Gran Pez (The Great Fish)[2] El Aurinegro (The Black Aurine)
Short name	DORA
Founded	8 August 2003; 22 years ago (2003-08-08)
Ground	Estadio Caliente Tijuana, Baja California
Capacity	27,333
Owner	Grupo Caliente
Chairman	José Antonio Núñez
Manager	Paco Ramírez
League	Liga de Expansión MX
Apertura 2025	Regular phase: 15th Final phase: Did not qualify
Website	www.doradosfc.com.mx
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Club Deportivo Dorados de Sinaloa, commonly known as Dorados, is a Mexican professional football club that competes in Liga de Expansión MX, the second tier of Mexican football. It serves as a reserve team for Tijuana. In September 2024, the club was relocated to Tijuana, Baja California and has since played its home matches at Estadio Caliente.^[3]

Dorados was founded in August 2003, in the Primera División A and secured promotion to Mexico's top flight just one year later. In 2016, the club was relegated and has since competed in the Liga de Expansión.^[4]

Dorados was founded on August 8, 2003, in the Primera División 'A', the second tier of the Mexican football system. On December 20, they won their first title in the Apertura 2003 tournament, with Guadalupe Castañeda scoring the decisive goal against Cobras de Juárez in the final. In the following tournament, Dorados finished as runners-up.

On May 29, 2004, Dorados secured promotion to the Primera División after defeating León in the promotion play-off. Remarkably, the club achieved top-flight status just one year after its founding. In an effort to remain in the top division, Dorados made several high-profile signings, including Sebastián Abreu, Pep Guardiola and Jared Borgetti. However, after two years in the Primera División, Dorados was relegated following the Apertura 2006 tournament.

Dorados claimed the title in the Clausura 2007 tournament, which allowed them to participate in the promotion play-off, but ultimately fell to Puebla. In October 2012, Dorados emerged as the Copa Mx champion following their victory over Correcaminos in the final.

In May 2013, Grupo Caliente, known for its casino operations, acquired a majority ownership in the club.^[5]

On May 23, 2015, Dorados once again secured promotion to Mexico's top flight after defeating Necaxa in the promotion play-off. However, just a year later, they were relegated after finishing at the bottom of the relegation table.

Dorados secured the Apertura 2016 title, earning a spot in the promotion play-off, but were ultimately defeated by Lobos BUAP.

In September 2018, Diego Maradona was appointed head coach of Dorados. He made his debut on 17 September with a 4–1 victory over Cafetaleros de Tapachula. Maradona guided Dorados to two consecutive finals, though they fell short in both, losing to Atlético San Luis. In June 2019, Maradona's lawyer announced that he would be stepping down from the role, citing health reasons.^[6]

In the spring of 2020, Ascenso MX was restructured into Liga de Expansión MX, a competition designed to foster the development of young footballers. Following this change, Dorados began functioning as a reserve team for both Tijuana and Querétaro, as all three clubs are owned by the same group.^[7][8]

In September 2024, the team was relocated to Tijuana due to concerns about the public safety situation in Sinaloa.^[9]

When the Dorados de Sinaloa arrived at Primera División A in 2003, a rivalry was born. When the franchise was first created in 2003, Dorados became champions in their first tournament, becoming the first team to ever accomplish this feat in Primera A. In their second tournament, Dorados made it to the final once again, falling to Club León. Despite losing this final, Dorados and León played the promotion game to Primera División de México where Dorados were victorious. Dorados and Leon have played a total of four finals, with each team winning two.

Since the relegation of Dorados to the Ascenso MX, the two sides have not played in a league match.

Type	Competition	Titles	Winning years	Runners-up
👁 Image Top division	Copa MX	1	Apertura 2012	—
Promotion division	Primera División A/Ascenso MX	4s	Apertura 2003, Clausura 2007, Clausura 2015, Apertura 2016	Clausura 2004, Apertura 2007, Clausura 2008, Apertura 2012, Apertura 2018, Clausura 2019
	Campeón de Ascenso	2s	2004, 2015	2007, 2017

Notes

•  record
• ^s shared record

Position	Staff
Chairman	👁 Mexico José Antonio Núñez
Director of football	👁 Mexico Juan Pablo Santiago

Position	Staff
Manager	👁 Mexico Paco Ramírez
Assistant managers	👁 Mexico Christian Ortega 👁 Japan Takuya Shiozawa 👁 Mexico Miguel Pulido
Goalkeeper coach	👁 Mexico Daniel Zamora
Fitness coach	👁 Mexico Héctor Barba
Physiotherapist	👁 Mexico Juan García
Team doctor	👁 Mexico Hernando Casillas

As of 3 August 2025^[10]

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 👁 Image  MEX Sebastián Yáñez (on loan from Tijuana) 3 DF 👁 Image  MEX Salvador Manríquez 4 DF 👁 Image  MEX Luis Ruiz (on loan from Tijuana) 5 DF 👁 Image  MEX Abraham Flores (on loan from Tijuana) 6 MF 👁 Image  MEX Dylan Guajardo 7 MF 👁 Image  MEX Jaime Álvarez (on loan from Tijuana) 8 MF 👁 Image  MEX Carlos Galicia (on loan from Tijuana) 9 FW 👁 Image  COL Jhan Rengifo 10 FW 👁 Image  MEX Leonardo Vargas (on loan from Tijuana) 11 MF 👁 Image  MEX Luis García 12 MF 👁 Image  MEX Arath Egaña (on loan from Tijuana) 13 GK 👁 Image  SLV Geonathan Barrera (on loan from Tijuana) 14 MF 👁 Image  MEX Martín Sol (on loan from Querétaro) 16 FW 👁 Image  MEX Diego Martínez (on loan from Querétaro) 17 MF 👁 Image  MEX César Leyva (on loan from Tijuana) 18 DF 👁 Image  MEX Sebastián Cervantes (on loan from Tijuana)

No. Pos. Nation Player 19 MF 👁 Image  MEX Daniel Vázquez (on loan from Tijuana) 20 DF 👁 Image  MEX David Osuna (on loan from Tijuana) 21 GK 👁 Image  MEX Ignacio Castro (on loan from Tijuana) 22 DF 👁 Image  COL Willian González 23 DF 👁 Image  MEX Josué Reyes 25 DF 👁 Image  MEX Emiliano Velazco (on loan from Tijuana) 26 DF 👁 Image  MEX Edson Gutiérrez 27 MF 👁 Image  MEX Alfonso Sánchez 28 FW 👁 Image  URU Lucas Suárez (on loan from La Luz) 29 FW 👁 Image  PAR Oscar Coronel 30 GK 👁 Image  MEX Jonathan Vaal (on loan from Tijuana) 31 MF 👁 Image  MEX Alan Ramos 33 MF 👁 Image  MEX Octavio Vázquez (on loan from Tijuana) 34 GK 👁 Image  MEX Javier Medina 35 FW 👁 Image  ECU Jakson Porozo

The team participated in the Segunda División, finishing as runners-up in the Clausura 2009, losing to Universidad del Fútbol 5–2 on aggregate.

The team participated in the Serie B of the Liga Premier, Dorados Premier changed its name to Dorados "B", after Dorados de Sinaloa was relegated from Liga MX to Ascenso MX in 2016.

The team competes in the Liga TDP, winning the Torneo de Filiales de la Liga TDP in the 2020–21 season, defeating Cimarrones "B" 1–0 on aggregate.

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