Coras de Nayarit F.C.


Club Coras de Nayarit Fútbol Club commonly known as Coras is a football club that plays in the Mexican football league system Mexican Liga Premier. The club was founded in the late 1950s as Deportivo Tepic and was based in Tepic, Nayarit, Mexico.

History

The club was founded on July 19, 1959 by Francisco Mengibar Bueno and quickly joined the Segunda División de México. The club played mostly in the Mexican inferior division from 1960 to the 1980s. In 1986 the club was invited to play the Copa de Oro de Occidente with first and second division clubs based in the mid-western region of the country.
In 1994 the club was invited to play the first tournament in the newly created Primera A. The club struggled during its first year and was relegated back to the Segunda División de México after the 1995–96 tournament. In 2002 the club won the Apertura 2002 tournament in Segunda División de México. The club has been playing on and off ever since and recently built a new stadium in order to rejoin the Ascenso MX for the Apertura 2012 tournament. They also played the Austin Posse in 2004.
In June 2017, owner Jose Luis Higuera confirmed the club would no longer exist after he bought a new club, Club Atlético Zacatepec. Coras disappeared for a month.
In July 2017, the Cuervos de Ensenada club management announced its move to Tepic, where it was renamed as Deportivo Tepic JAP. However, this new team was highlighted by poor economic and administrative management that led to its disappearance in May 2018.
Before the start of the 2018-19 season, it was announced the founding of a new team called Coras de Nayarit, current franchise, the new club arose from the purchase of the Acatlán F.C. license, team that was champion of the Third Division in 2017-18 season, which could not promote by not meeting the requirements of Serie A. Coras de Nayarit is a team made up of local businessmen and the state government.

Stadium

Coras Fútbol Club play their home matches at the Estadio Nicolás Álvarez Ortega in Tepic, Nayarit. The stadium capacity is 12,271 people. Its owned by State de Nayarit, and its surface is covered by natural grass. The stadium was opened in 2011.

Players

Current squad

Season to season

SeasonDivisionPlace
1980–812nd Division
1981–822nd Division
1982–832nd Division
1983–842nd Division
1984–852nd Division
1985–862nd Division
1986–872nd Division
1987–882nd Division
1988–892nd Division
1989–902nd Division
1991–922nd Division
1992–932nd Division
1993–942nd Division
1994–95Primera A
1995–96Primera A
Invierno 962nd Division
Verano972nd Division
Invierno 972nd Division
Verano 982nd Division

SeasonDivisionPlace
Invierno 982nd Division
Verano 992nd Division
Invierno 992nd Division
Verano 002nd Division
Invierno 002nd Division
Verano 012nd Division
Invierno 012nd Division
Verano 022nd Division
Invierno 022nd Division
Verano 032nd Division
Clausura 032nd Division
Apertura 042nd Division
Clausura 042nd Division
Apertura 052nd Division
Clausura 20052nd Division
Apertura 20063d Division
Clausura 20063d Division
Apertura 20073d Division
Clausura 20073d Division

SeasonDivisionPlace
Apertura 20083d Division
Clausura 20083d Division
Apertura 20093d Division
Clausura 20093d Division
Apertura 20112nd Division
Clausura 20122nd Division
Apertura 20122nd Division
Clausura 20132nd Division
Apertura 20132nd Division5th
Clausura 20142nd Division2nd
Apertura 2014Ascenso MX1st
Clausura 2015Ascenso MX
Apertura 2015Ascenso MX
Clausura 2016Ascenso MX
Apertura 2016Ascenso MX
Clausura 2017Ascenso MX
Apertura 20172nd Division
Clausura 20182nd Division
2018–192nd Division