Club de Fútbol Correcaminos de la Universidad Autónoma de Tamaulipas, commonly known as Correcaminos UAT, is a professional football club based in Ciudad Victoria, Tamaulipas. The club competes in Liga de Expansión MX, the second level of Mexican football, and plays its home matches at Estadio Marte R. Gómez. Founded in 1980, the club represents the Universidad Autónoma de Tamaulipas (UAT), named after the Greater Roadrunner native to the region, which is also the UAT's official mascot.
History The club was founded on August 24, 1980, represents the UAT as well as the city of Ciudad Victoria, Tamaulipas. It replaced the city's former team, Los Cuerudos, following the team's folding in 1978. The club joined the Segunda División de México in 1982 and played in the 1982–83 tournament. In the 1986–87 tournament, the club reached the championship final against Querétaro, having to play a decisive third game in the Estadio Azteca in Mexico City where the club finally managed to beat Querétaro in a penalty shootout and earning their first Promotion. The club did not fare so well in their first year in the Primera División de México finishing tied dead last with Atlético Potosino and only avoided being relegated by a goal difference. Before the 1988–89 tournament, the club managed to keep its category after buying the Deportivo Neza franchise, relocating it to Ciudad Victoria and taking over their vacant spot. The club would go on to play 7 years in the Primera División before been relegated in 1995, this time they did not buy any franchise to save their status and instead accepted their fate of playing in the newly created Liga de Ascenso de México. In the summer 1997, the club reached its first final since joining the league only to lose it to Tigres UANL who would go on to be promoted to the Primera División having won the previous tournament as well. In the Apertura 2005 and Clausura 2006, the club had one of the strongest teams in the league finishing first in both tournament but losing in the round robin first to León and then to Indios de Ciudad Juárez in the semi-finals.
Apertura 2011 Title In the Apertura 2011, the club finished second in the league with 27 points, 7 wins, 6 draws, 2 defeats, scoring the most goals in the league with 33 and allowing 21 earning a round robin spot. In the quarter-finals, the club faced cross town rival Estudiantes de Altamira who they tied 2–2 after 2 games advancing for having finished with more points. In the semi-finals, the club would once again tie 3–3 this time against Toros Neza advancing once again because of their league position. In the final, the club would go on to face the league points leader La Piedad who was picked favorite by many to take the Apertura title home that year. The first match was played in the Estadio Marte R. Gómez where Correcaminos managed to take a 3–1 advantage. The second match was played in the Estadio Juan N. López where after 90 minutes the club had managed to beat La Piedad after almost 15 years with a score of 1–0 and claiming that tournaments title.
Honours Domestic TypeCompetitionTitlesWinning yearsTop divisionCopa MX0—Ape–2012Promotion divisionsAscenso MX1Ver–1997, Cla–2014Campeón de Ascenso0—2012Segunda División11986–87—
Season to season SeasonDivisionNotes1982–832nd Division1983–842nd Division1984–852nd Division1985–862nd Division1986–872nd DivisionChampion1987–881st DivisionBuys Deportivo Neza1988–891st Division1989–901st Division 1990–911st Division1991–921st Division 1992–931st Division1993–941st Division 1994–951st DivisionRelegated1995–96Primera A Invierno 96Primera A Verano 97Primera ARunner-upInvierno 97Primera A SeasonDivisionPlaceVerano 98Primera A Invierno 98Primera A Verano 99Primera A Invierno 99Primera A Verano00Primera A Invierno 00Primera AVerano 01Primera A Invierno 01Primera AVerano 02Primera A Apertura 02Primera AClausura 03Primera A Apertura 03Primera AClausura 04Primera A Apertura 04Primera AClausura 05Primera A Apertura 05Primera AClausura 06Primera A SeasonDivisionPlaceApertura 06Primera A8thClausura 07Primera A17th Apertura 07Primera A2nd; Semi-finalClausura 08Primera A15th Apertura 08Primera A6th; Quarter-finalClausura 09Primera A15th Apertura 2009Liga de Ascenso13th Bicentenario 2010Liga de Ascenso6th; Quarter-final Apertura 2010Liga de Ascenso16th Clausura 2011Liga de Ascenso7th; Quarter-final Apertura 2011Liga de Ascenso2nd; ChampionClausura 2012Liga de Ascenso7th; Semi-final and Promotion Final runner-upApertura 2012Ascenso MX8thClausura 2013Ascenso MX2nd; Semi-finalApertura 2013Ascenso MX6th; Quarter-finalClausura 2014Ascenso MX1st; Runner-upApertura 2014Ascenso MX3rd; QuarterfinalsSeasonDivisionPlaceClausura 2015Ascenso MX6th; Semi-finalsApertura 2015Ascenso MX15thClausura 2016Ascenso MX7th; QuarterfinalsApertura 2016Ascenso MX11thClausura 2017Ascenso MX15thApertura 2017Ascenso MX8th; QuarterfinalsClausura 2018Ascenso MX12thApertura 2018Ascenso MX10thClausura 2019Ascenso MX11thApertura 2019Ascenso MX14thClausura 2020Ascenso MX2ndGuardianes 2020Liga de Expansión MX16thGuardianes 2021Liga de Expansión MX15thApertura 2021Liga de Expansión MX11th (Reclassification)Clausura 2022Liga de Expansión MX14thApertura 2022Liga de Expansión MX13th
Has Played 5 Segunda División Tournaments last in 1987. Has Played 32 Liga de Ascenso Tournaments last in 2011. Has Played 8 Primera División Tournaments last in 1995. After the 1987–88 tournament, the club avoided relegation after buying the Deportivo Neza franchise and relocating it to Ciudad Victoria. On September 26, 2012 , the club advanced to the semi-finals winning the game against Tijuana with a score of 5–5 changing and advantage of losing 4–1. The game was defined in penalty kicks, having a historical victory winning the Correcaminos 7–6 in penalties.
Personnel Management
Coaching staff Position StaffManager Gabriel PereyraAssistant managers César Cadavieco Jorge SalasFitness coach Juan Pablo OsorioPhysiotherapist Omar VidalTeam doctor Abner Borrego
Players First-team squad
Reserves Correcaminos UAT Premier Reserve team that plays in the Liga Premier (Premier A), the third level of Mexican football.
Correcaminos UAT TDP Reserve team that plays in the Liga TDP, the fourth level of Mexican football.
Notable players This list of former players includes those who received international caps while playing for the team, made significant contributions to the team in terms of appearances or goals while playing for the team, or who made significant contributions to the sport either before they played for the team, or after they left. It is clearly not yet complete and all inclusive, and additions and refinements will continue to be made over time.
Claudio Borghi Marcelo Espina Norberto Orrego Joaquin Botero Lucas Silva Eliseo "Cheyo" Quitanilla Raúl Martínez Sambulá Carlos Pavón Rodolfo Richardson Smith Marco Antonio Ferreira Humberto Filizola Rubén González Víctor René Mendieta Jorge Daniel Cabrera Kalusha Bwalya
Managers
Héctor Hugo Eugui (1987) Héctor Pulido (1988–89) Ignacio Jáuregui (1989–91) Héctor Hugo Eugui (1991–93) Rubén "Ratón" Ayala (1992–94) Aníbal Ruiz (1998–00) José Luis Saldívar (2005) Sergio Orduña (2006–07) Raúl Gutiérrez (2007–09) Raúl Martínez Sambulá (2009) Joaquín del Olmo (2009) Jorge Almirón (2010–11) Ignacio Rodríguez (2011–12) José Luis Sánchez (2012) Joaquín del Olmo (2013) Omar Arellano Nuño (2014) José Treviño (2015–16) Jorge Alberto Urbina (Interim) (2016) Jaime Ordiales (2017) Ricardo Rayas (2017–18) Juan Carlos Chávez (2018–19) Carlos Reinoso (2019) Roberto Hernández (2020–2021) Hibert Ruíz (2021) Daniel Alcántar (2021) Francisco Rotllán (2021) Jorge Urbina (2022) Héctor Altamirano (2022) Edgardo Solano (2023) Raúl Gutiérrez (2023–2024) Francisco Cortéz (2024) Héctor Hugo Eugui (2024–2025) Gustavo Díaz (2025–2026) Gabriel Pereyra (2026–)
References
External links Official site