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Dorados de Sinaloa
Full nameClub Deportivo Dorados de Sinaloa[1]
Nickname(s)Dorados (The Dorados)
El Gran Pez (The Great Fish)[2]
El Aurinegro (The Black Aurine)
Short nameDOR
FoundedAugust 9, 2003; 22 years ago (August 9, 2003)
GroundEstadio Dorados
Culiacán, Sinaloa, Mexico
Capacity20,108
OwnerGrupo Caliente
ChairmanJosé Antonio Núñez
ManagerCirilo Saucedo
LeagueLiga de Expansión MX
Clausura 2025Regular phase: 13th
Final phase: Did not qualify
Websitewww.doradosfc.com.mx
Current season

Club Deportivo Dorados de Sinaloa, simply known as Dorados, is a Mexican professional football club based in Culiacán, Sinaloa. It plays in the Liga de Expansión MX, the second level division of Mexican football.

History

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Dorados de Sinaloa was founded on August 9, 2003.[3] The Dorados was the youngest team to play on the Primera División 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

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On December 20, 2003, the Dorados won their first title in the Apertura 2003 tournament of the Primera División 'A' de México. Guadalupe Castañeda scored the goal, beating the Cobras de Ciudad Juárez. They finished as runners-up in the Apertura 2004, and won the play-off promotion beating León with a goal from Roberto Domínguez and winning the promotion to the Primera División de México 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 Primera División

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On July 27, 2015, the Dorados played their first game in the Primera División after 8 seasons in the Liga de Ascenso de México. The game was celebrated in the Banorte Stadium against 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 the Dorados in the 2015–16 Liga MX season. The Dorados played and won their first game in the Primera División 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 Monterrey at Estadio Banorte

Second relegation

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On April 16, 2016, after losing 5–2 to Tigres UANL, the Dorados were demoted after just one season in the Primera División de México, finishing in last place in the relegation table of 2015–16 Liga MX season marking the second time the club was relegated to the Ascenso MX. There are currently no plans for the Dorados to be promoted to the Primera División a third time.

Rivalry with Club León

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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

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National

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Dorados de Sinaloa honours
Type Competition Titles Winning editions Runners-up

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

Personnel

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Management

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

Source: [citation needed]

Coaching staff

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

Players

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First-team squad

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As of 3 August 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 Mexico MEX Sebastián Yáñez (on loan from Querétaro)
3 DF Mexico MEX Salvador Manríquez
4 DF Mexico MEX Luis Ruiz (on loan from Tijuana)
5 DF Mexico MEX Abraham Flores (on loan from Tijuana)
6 DF Jamaica JAM Lamonth Rochester
7 MF Mexico MEX Jaime Álvarez (on loan from Tijuana)
8 MF Mexico MEX Jair Cortés
9 FW Colombia COL Jhan Rengifo
10 MF Uruguay URU Emiliano Bonilla
11 MF Mexico MEX Luis García
12 MF Mexico MEX Arath Egaña (on loan from Tijuana)
13 GK United States USA Geonathan Barrera (on loan from Tijuana)
14 MF Mexico MEX Martín Sol (on loan from Querétaro)
15 MF Mexico MEX Carlos Galicia (on loan from Tijuana)
16 FW Mexico MEX Diego Martínez (on loan from Querétaro)
No. Pos. Nation Player
17 MF Mexico MEX César Leyva
18 GK Mexico MEX Carlos Higuera (on loan from Querétaro)
19 FW Mexico MEX Daniel Vázquez (on loan from Tijuana)
20 MF Mexico MEX Diego Araujo (on loan from Querétaro)
21 FW Mexico MEX Emanuel Ley (on loan from Tijuana)
23 FW Mexico MEX Leonardo Vargas (on loan from Tijuana)
24 DF United States USA Ángel Ramírez (on loan from Querétaro)
25 DF Mexico MEX Emiliano Velazco (on loan from Tijuana)
26 MF Mexico MEX Aldieri Valenzuela (on loan from Tijuana)
27 MF Mexico MEX Alfonso Sánchez
30 GK Mexico MEX Jonathan Vaal (on loan from Querétaro)
31 MF Mexico MEX Alan Ramos
33 DF Mexico MEX Rodrigo Parra (on loan from Tijuana)
34 DF Mexico MEX Alejandro Martínez (on loan from Tijuana)
For recent transfers, see List of Mexican football transfers winter 2024–25.

Reserve teams

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Dorados de Sinaloa (Liga TDP)
Reserve team that plays in the Liga TDP, the fourth level of the Mexican league system.

Notable players

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Coaches

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References

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  1. ^ "Comunicado Oficial".
  2. ^ "Dorados de Sinaloa: Vinicio Angulo se olvida del Gran Pez y refuerza a club de Ecuador".
  3. ^ "Historia Dorados". Dorados official website. Retrieved 19 November 2020.
  4. ^ es:Dorados de Sinaloa
  5. ^ "Dorados de Sinaloa". Liga BBVA Expansión MX (in Spanish). Retrieved 12 January 2021.
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