Dorados de Sinaloa

Dorados de Sinaloa
Full name	Club Social y Deportivo Dorados de Sinaloa
Nickname(s)	Los Baldados (The Dorados); El Gran Pez (The Great Fish)
Founded	9 August 2003; 21 years ago
Ground	Estadio Dorados
Capacity	20,108
Owner	Grupo Caliente
Chairman	José Antonio Núñez
Manager	Sebastián Abreu
League	Liga de Expansión MX
Apertura 2024	Regular season: 8th; Play–offs: Quarter–finals
Website	http://www.doradosfc.com.mx
Home colours	Away colours
	Current season

Dorados de Sinaloa, or Dorados, is a Mexican professional football club based in Culiacán, Sinaloa, Mexico founded in 2003.

History

Dorados de Sinaloa was founded on August 9, 2003.^[3] The Dorados was the youngest team to play on First Division de México, having joined the division for the first time for the Apertura 2004 tournament when the club was only one year old. The Dorados currently play in the Liga de Expansión MX, the second tier of the Mexican league.^[4]

First promotion and relegation

On 20 December 2003, the Dorados won their first title in the Apertura 2003 tournament of Primera División A. Guadalupe Castaneda scored the goal, beating the Cobras of Ciudad Juárez. They finished as runners-up in the Apertura 2004, and won the play-off promotion beating Club León with a goal from Roberto Dominguez and winning the promotion to Liga MX just one year after the club was founded. The club was relegated to the Apertura in a 2006 tournament after playing for just two years in the top tier.

Return to first Division

On July 27, 2015, the Dorados played their first game in the First Division after 8 seasons in the Second Division. The game was celebrated in the Banorte Stadium versus Jaguares de Chiapas, with a 0–0 final score. Their first 3 points came in the second game of the season on July 31, against Xoloitzcuintles de Tijuana in the Caliente Stadium. Dayro Moreno scored for the North Californian team, but Mauricio Martín Romero scored the first goal of Dorados in the 2015–16 Liga MX season. The Dorados played and won their first game in the first division in 9 years, 1–2. The previous game being on April 22, 2006, when the Dorados beat Jaguares de Chiapas 4–2, with goals from Andrés Orozco, Cristian Patiño, and Pep Guardiola.

Dorados de Sinaloa, playing against C.F. Monterrey at Estadio Banorte

Second relegation

On April 16, 2016, after losing 5–2 to Tigres UANL, the Dorados were demoted after just one season in Liga MX, finishing last in the relegation table of 2015–16 Liga MX season marking the second time the club was relegated to Ascenso MX.

Rivalry with Club León

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.

Honours

Ascenso MX: 4
- Apertura 2003, Clausura 2007, Clausura 2015, Apertura 2016
Campeón de Ascenso: 2
- 2004, 2015
Copa MX: 1
- Apertura 2012
International Copa Ricardo:
- Second Place

Personnel

Management

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

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Coaching staff

Position	Staff
Manager	Sebastián "El Loco" Abreu
Assistant manager	Carlos Pinto
Goalkeeper coach	Daniel Zamora
Fitness coach	Jorge Hernández
Physiotherapist	Juan García
Team doctor	Hernando Casillas

Players

First-team squad

As of 11 January 2025^[5]

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	MEX	Sebastián Yanez (on loan from Querétaro)
5	DF	MEX	Abraham Flores (on loan from Tijuana)
7	MF	MEX	José Alfredo Peralta
8	MF	MEX	Jair Cortés
9	FW	MEX	Alfredo Ramírez
10	MF	URU	Emiliano Bonilla
11	FW	MEX	Jesús Hernández (on loan from Tijuana)
12	FW	MEX	Arath Egaña (on loan from Tijuana)
14	DF	MEX	Felipe Félix
15	MF	MEX	Carlos Galicia (on loan from Tijuana)
17	MF	MEX	César Leyva


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
18	GK	MEX	Carlos Higuera (on loan from Querétaro)
19	FW	MEX	Daniel Vázquez (on loan from Tijuana)
20	DF	MEX	David Osuna
22	MF	MEX	Manuel Carrillo (on loan from Tijuana)
23	DF	MEX	Josué Reyes
28	DF	MEX	Luis Ruiz
30	GK	MEX	Ignacio Castro (on loan from Tijuana)
31	MF	MEX	Alan Ramos
32	FW	MEX	Leonardo Vargas
34	DF	MEX	Alejandro Martínez (on loan from Tijuana)
35	GK	MEX	Luis Villegas