Club Atlético Valladolid is a Mexican football club based in Morelia, Michoacán that currently competes in the Tercera División de México, the bottom division level of Mexican football. Alt URL
History The club was founded for the first time in 1959, to compete in the Segunda División de México, taking advantage of the fact that Club Deportivo Morelia had been promoted to the Primera División de México. In 1962, the team stopped competing professionally for the first time.
In 1979, the team returned to take part in the professional leagues by enrolling in the Tercerca División de México. In 1981, Atlético Valldolid bought the place of Club Atletas Industriales de Querétaro, and with that it returned to the Segunda División, taking advantage of the fact that Atlético Morelia was promoted to the Primera División. In 1983, the team suffered several financial problems, so it was relocated to Irapuato, Guanajuato and sold its place to Club Irapuato, and therefore, it was dissolved.
In 2016, the team was revived by an alliance between a local businessman and a group of many former professional footballers, with the aim of turning it into a development team for youth players and seeking a promotion in the future. During its first season, the newly revived team was officially located in Navojoa, Sonora and played as Generales de Navojoa, because the club got the loan from that franchise to be able to compete.
In the 2017–2018 season, the team achieved its official registration as a club, so it was able to compete with that name. However, at the end of that period, the team was relocated to Pátzcuaro, Michoacán, because it did not get the sufficient support of the government and sponsors to allow it to use a stadium in Morelia.
In 2019, the club was relocated to Tuxtla Gutiérrez, Chiapas due to economic debts and financial problems and was officially suspended from the Tercera División. However, after it was suspended from the league, the club was relocated back to Morelia, Michoacán in 2020, and later, the club merged with the Panteras project, creating a new team called Ates Morelia RC, but using the original Atlético Valladolid registry. In 2021, the alliance with Ates Morelia officially ended, and the team returned to compete as Atlético Valladolid, recovering its original owners and entering into an alliance with La Piedad, because both clubs share the same group of owners.
In 2025, Atlético Valladolid merged with Guerreros Zacapu; consequently, the Zacapu team began operating the Valladolid franchise, although it officially competed in the 2025–26 season under the Atlético Valladolid registration.
Players First-team squad
See also Football in Mexico Tercera División de México
External links Liga TDP
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