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Club Social y Deportivo Sinaloa, or simply Dorados, is a Mexican professional football

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club. The club plays its home games in Culiacán

Culiacán

Culiacán is a city in northwestern Mexico, the largest city in the state of Sinaloa as well as its capital and capital of the municipality of Culiacán. With 675,773 inhabitants in the city , and 858,638 in the municipality, it is the largest city in the state of Sinaloa...

, Sinaloa

Sinaloa

Sinaloa officially Estado Libre y Soberano de Sinaloa is one of the 31 states which, with the Federal District, comprise the 32 Federal Entities of Mexico. It is divided in 18 municipalities and its capital city is Culiacán Rosales....

, in the northwest of Mexico

Mexico

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. Dorados was the youngest franchise to play in the Primera División de México

Primera División de México

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, having joined the division for the first time for the Apertura 2004 tournament, when Dorados was only one year old. In the Clausura 2006 tournament Dorados was relegated to Primera División A when their rival San Luis F.C. maintained in the Primera División de México

Primera División de México

. Dorados reclaimed glory as the team reached the Clausura 2007 championship on May 19, 2007 defeating Club León

Club León

Club León, is a Mexican professional football club based in the city of León, in the state of Guanajuato, Mexico. They currently play in the Liga De Ascenso formerly known as "Primera A", the second tier of football in Mexico since their relegation from the Primera Division in 2002.León has won...

with an aggregate score of 5-4. They were then able to play for a spot in the Mexican First Division facing Puebla F.C. but went on to lose the two-legged series by an aggregate score of 4-3. Later, in the Apertura 2007 tournament Dorados earned their way to the league final for second time in one year, although, Indios de Ciudad Juárez

Indios de Ciudad Juarez

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, the rivals, obtained the victory of the two legged series by 7-0. After the second game of the Clausura 2008 tournament, the Dorados board of directors and the former manager,Hugo Fernandez, made an agreement to end their contract, and signed the return of Juan Carlos Chavez

Juan Carlos Chávez

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who was the man to ascend the franchise to the Primera División de México

Primera División de México

in the summer of 2004. In 2008, Dorados broke a record of three consecutive finals in Primera División A, to Dorados' dismay, they lost this final 3-2 against their archival Club León

Club León

. This victory was a form of retribution now that they made up for losing to Dorados last year.

Rivalry with Club Leon

Since Dorados de Culiacán's arrival to Primera División A in 2003, a rivalry was born. When the franchise was first created, in the year 2003, Dorados became champions on their first tournament, becoming the first team to ever accomplish such a thing in the Primera A. In their second tournament, they made it to the final once more, against Club Leon

Club León

though they lost. Despite losing this final, Dorados and Leon, played the promotion game to Primera División de México

Primera División de México

where Dorados were victorious; they ascended. Since Dorados descended from Primera Division these two teams have played two finals, where the teams have won a final each. Dorados and Leon have played a total of 4 finals, where Dorados have won 2, and Leon as well. With these outstanding numbers, Dorados de Sinaloa vs. Club Leon

Club León

has become one of the biggest rivalries in Primera Division A in the 21st century.

Honors

Primera División de Mexico
Primera División de México
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Primera División A Championships: 2

Apertura 2003, Clausura 2007

International Copa Ricard: Second Place

Current roster

(Captain)

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Coaches

Juan Carlos Chávez

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Ricardo Rayas

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Francisco Palacios

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