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Atlético Celaya

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Atlético Celaya
Full nameClub Atlético Celaya
NicknameToros
Founded1994; 32 years ago (1994)
23 July 2026; 16 days ago (2026-07-23)
(refounded)
GroundEstadio Miguel Alemán Valdés
Celaya, Guanajuato
Capacity23,182
OwnerICEM Sports[1]
ChairmanCristian Ríos[2]
ManagerLuis Fernando Soto
LeagueLiga Premier (Serie A)
2026–27Pre–season

The Club Atlético Celaya is a Mexican football club from Celaya, Guanajuato that plays in the Liga Premier – Serie A. The club was formed in 1994 when the two second-division clubs Atletico Cuernavaca (Morelos) and Escuadra Celeste de Celaya (Guanajuato) merged. Another team, Atlético Español, was also merged at a later date. The club folded in 2003 and was refounded on 2026.[2]

History

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All merging clubs have brought a piece of their old identity into the new formed club: from Atlético Cuernavaca were taken the name to the new club (although its name is also identical with former Atlético Español), from Celeste de Celaya were taken their light blue colors and from Atlético Español the mascot, the bull, which has also given the new team their nickname toros (bulls).

Atlético Celaya has taken the second-division position of their predecessors and has immediately reached the top-level. The first year in Primera División was also their most successful season ever. First, they could win their group and in the play-offs they could make their way up to the finals in which they lost only due to the away-goal-rule after playing 1–1 and 0–0 with Necaxa.

But from now on the club finds itself in lower regions of the table. They had also financial problems which led to the sale of their first-division-license to an industrialist from Morelos in winter 2002–03. He formed a new team with the name Colibríes de Morelos but it disappeared as fast as it once appeared. At the same time when Atlético Celaya has disappeared, their older city neighbour Club Celaya was reactivated again when CF La Piedad moved to Celaya.

On July 23, 2026, the team was refounded after the relocation of Celaya F.C. to Veracruz to ensure the continuity of professional football in Celaya, recovering the name of the city's most successful team.[2]

Crest and colours

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The club's original colors in the 1950s were red and white. In the late 1980s and early 1990s, the club started using black and white with a topical v shape across the chest for home games and a black stripe shirt for away games, which they still use to this date.

Colours

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First kit evolution
1997 Home
1997 Away
2002 – home

Personnel

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Management

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Position Staff
Chairman Mexico Cristian Ríos
Director of football TBA

Source: Artículo 7

Coaching staff

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Position Staff
Manager Mexico Luis Fernando Soto
Assistant managersMexico Nicolás Trejo
Mexico Rafael Bautista
Fitness coachMexico Bernardino Navarrete
PhysiotherapistVacant
Team doctorMexico Rafael Gómez

Players

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First-team squad

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As of 23 July 2026[3]

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
— MF  MEX Diego Dueñas
— FW  MEX Eleuterio Jiménez
— GK  MEX Bruno Velázquez
— DF  MEX Arath Zavala
— DF  MEX Javier Ortega
— MF  MEX Humberto Varela
— DF  MEX Sebastián Medellín
— MF  MEX Jesús Hernández
— MF  MEX Darel Márquez
— MF  MEX Sergio Treviño
— FW  PAR Milciades Adorno (on loan from Guaraní)
— FW  MEX Kaleth Hernández
— DF  MEX Pedro Hernández
— DF  MEX Leonardo Chávez
— DF  MEX Noé Topete
— MF  MEX Francisco Negrete
— DF  MEX Jonathan Reyes
— MF  PAR Bruno Recalde
No. Pos. Nation Player
— DF  MEX Aarón Salazar
— MF  MEX Diego Ortega
— DF  MEX Axel Morán
— DF  MEX Gael Sánchez
— MF  MEX Enrique Martínez
— MF  MEX Mario Guerrero
— DF  MEX Érik Fernández
— MF  MEX Christian Andrade
— MF  MEX Jesús Jiménez
— GK  MEX Alfredo González
— MF  MEX Gael Ambriz
— FW  MEX Jorge Macías
— MF  MEX Alberto Cañamar
— MF  MEX Gustavo Junquera
— GK  MEX Antonio Jiménez
— DF  MEX Alan Vélez
— FW  MEX Guillermo Muñoz


Famous players

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Honours

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  • Won promotion to the Primera División in 1994–95[5]
  • Emilio Butrageño & Hugo Sanchez retired from Atletico Celaya

References

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  1. ↑ "¡Vuelve Atlético Celaya! Equipo competirá en Liga Premier FMF y busca llegar a Liga Expansión MX". Periódico AM (in Spanish). 23 July 2026. Retrieved 25 July 2026.
  2. 1 2 3 "Regresa Atlético Celaya con sus colores tradicionales; competirá en la Liga Premier". Periódico Correo (in Spanish). 23 July 2026. Retrieved 23 July 2026.
  3. ↑ "Club Celaya". Liga Premier FMF (in Spanish). Retrieved 25 August 2025.
  4. ↑ Cauich, Eduard (1 August 2019). "Butragueño revive su curiosa llegada a Celaya en documental 'La Quinta del Buitre'". Los Angeles Times en Español (in Spanish).
  5. ↑ Monforte, Felipe (22 February 2013). "¿Qué fue del Atlético Celaya?". Marca (in Spanish).
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