Club Deportivo Tapatío, is a professional football club based in the Guadalajara metropolitan area, Jalisco. The club competes in Liga de Expansión MX, the second level of Mexican football, and plays its home matches at Estadio Akron. Founded in 1973, the club serves as a reserve team of Guadalajara.
The club competed at various levels of the Mexican football league system until its dissolution in 2009. On 29 July 2020, Tapatío was reestablished in the Liga de Expansión.
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History
It was founded as Club Deportivo Tapatío in 1973 when Guadalajara purchased a license for the Tercera División de México. In two seasons, Tapatío promoted to the Segunda División de México. The club mostly competed at the second level. After a relegation, Tapatío bought the second level license from the Gallos de Aguascalientes franchise in 2001 and relocated it to Guadalajara, Jalisco. In 2004, the team was moved to La Piedad, Michoacán and competed as Chivas La Piedad. In the 2005/06 season, the team was moved to Tepic, Nayarit and competed as Chivas Coras. The team returned to Guadalajara in 2006 and the Tapatío name was restored.
Before the Apertura 2009 tournament, Tapatío ceased to exist. The league system was restructured and following new rules of the FMF that teams in the Primera División de México would not be able to have a filial team in the Liga de Ascenso de México, the franchise was sold to Club Universidad de Guadalajara. Chivas Rayadas was then created and it served as the new reserve team for Club Deportivo Guadalajara.
In 2020, the team was revived due to the creation of the Liga de Expansión MX, a league that replaced the Liga de Ascenso de México with the aim of functioning as a development for football players.
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Personnel
Players
As of July 25, 2026
Team squad
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
Players listed in bold have made at least one senior first-team appearance.
Out on loan
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.