Zacatepec F.C.
| Full name | Zacatepec Fútbol Club | ||
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| Nickname | Los Cañeros (The Sugarcane Growers) | ||
| Short name | ZAC | ||
| Founded | 1948 (as Club Social y Deportivo Zacatepec) 21 July 2024 (refounded as Zacatepec Fútbol Club) | ||
| Ground | Estadio Mariano Matamoros Xochitepec, Morelos | ||
| Capacity | 18,000 | ||
| Owner | Jorge Enrique Núñez | ||
| Chairman | Jorge Enrique Núñez | ||
| Manager | Rowan Vargas | ||
| League | Liga Premier (Serie A) | ||
| Clausura 2025 | Regular phase: 6th (Group II) Final phase: Did not qualify | ||
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Zacatepec Fútbol Club, simplified as Zacatepec FC, is a Mexican professional football club based in Zacatepec, Morelos. It competes in Liga Premier, the third level division of Mexican football, and plays its home matches at the Estadio Mariano Matamoros. Founded in 1948 as Club Social y Deportivo Zacatepec by workers of the Mexican sugar mill called Emiliano Zapata. Throughout its history it was also named as Promotora Deportiva Zacatepec SC, Zacatepec 1948, Zacatepec Siglo XXI and Club Atlético Zacatepec. The club was refounded in 2024 under its current name. Nicknamed Cañeros, their colors are white and green (from sugar and sugarcane, respectively). Their uniform color is a white shirt with a big green line in the middle and white shorts and socks.
Domestically, Zacatepec FC has won two Primera División titles, two Copa México titles and one Campeón de Campeones.
The head coach of Zacatepec during the 1950s was Ignacio Trelles, a former professional Mexican football player who became head coach of the Mexico national team in the 1962 FIFA World Cup in Chile and 1966 FIFA World Cup in England.