Dorados de Sinaloa

On December 20, 2003, the Dorados won their first title in the Apertura 2003 tournament of the Primera División 'A' de México. Guadalupe Castañeda scored the goal, beating the Cobras de Ciudad Juárez. They finished as runners-up in the Apertura 2004, and won the play-off promotion beating León with a goal from Roberto Domínguez and winning the promotion to the Primera División de México just one year after the club was founded. The club was relegated to the Apertura in a 2006 tournament after playing for just two years in the top tier.

On July 27, 2015, the Dorados played their first game in the Primera División after 8 seasons in the Liga de Ascenso de México. The game was celebrated in the Banorte Stadium against Jaguares de Chiapas, with a 0–0 final score. Their first 3 points came in the second game of the season on July 31, against Xoloitzcuintles de Tijuana in the Caliente Stadium. Dayro Moreno scored for the North Californian team, but Mauricio Martín Romero scored the first goal of the Dorados in the 2015–16 Liga MX season. The Dorados played and won their first game in the Primera División in 9 years, 1–2. The previous game being on April 22, 2006, when the Dorados beat Jaguares de Chiapas 4–2, with goals from Andrés Orozco, Cristian Patiño, and Pep Guardiola.

On April 16, 2016, after losing 5–2 to Tigres UANL, the Dorados were demoted after just one season in the Primera División de México, finishing in last place in the relegation table of 2015–16 Liga MX season marking the second time the club was relegated to the Ascenso MX.

In September 2018, Diego Maradona was appointed head coach of Dorados. He made his debut on 17 September with a 4–1 victory over Cafetaleros de Tapachula. Maradona guided Dorados to two consecutive finals, though they fell short in both, losing to Atlético San Luis. In June 2019, Maradona's lawyer announced that he would be stepping down from the role, citing health reasons.^[4]

In the spring of 2020, Ascenso MX transformed into Liga de Expansión MX, a league focused on the development of youth footballers. Due to this event, Dorados de Sinaloa began operating as a training team for Club Tijuana of Liga MX, since both teams share an owner.^[5] Since that year, Dorados has only played in the league playoffs in four of the ten tournaments it has played, due to the club's new policy of prioritizing giving playing time to young players over winning titles.

In the fall of 2024, the team was relocated to Tijuana due to concerns about the public safety situation in Sinaloa.^[6]

When the Dorados de Sinaloa arrived at Primera División A in 2003, a rivalry was born. When the franchise was first created in 2003, Dorados became champions in their first tournament, becoming the first team to ever accomplish this feat in Primera A. In their second tournament, Dorados made it to the final once again, falling to Club León. Despite losing this final, Dorados and León played the promotion game to Primera División de México where Dorados were victorious. Dorados and Leon have played a total of four finals, with each team winning two.

Since the relegation of Dorados to the Ascenso MX, the two sides have not played in a league match.

Dorados de Sinaloa honours

Type	Competition	Titles	Winning editions	Runners-up
Top division	Copa MX	1	Apertura 2012	–
Promotion division	Primera División A/Ascenso MX	4s	Apertura 2003, Clausura 2007, Clausura 2015, Apertura 2016	Clausura 2004, Apertura 2007, Clausura 2008, Apertura 2012, Apertura 2018, Clausura 2019
	Campeón de Ascenso	2s	2004, 2015	2007, 2017

Notes

•   record
• ^s shared record

As of 3 August 2025^[7]

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 2 DF  MEX Sebastián Yáñez (on loan from Tijuana) 3 DF  MEX Salvador Manríquez 4 DF  MEX Luis Ruiz (on loan from Tijuana) 5 DF  MEX Abraham Flores (on loan from Tijuana) 6 DF  JAM Lamonth Rochester 7 MF  MEX Jaime Álvarez (on loan from Tijuana) 8 MF  MEX Jair Cortés 9 FW  COL Jhan Rengifo 10 MF  URU Emiliano Bonilla 11 MF  MEX Luis García 12 MF  MEX Arath Egaña (on loan from Tijuana) 13 GK  USA Geonathan Barrera (on loan from Tijuana) 14 MF  MEX Martín Sol (on loan from Querétaro) 15 MF  MEX Carlos Galicia (on loan from Tijuana) 16 FW  MEX Diego Martínez (on loan from Querétaro)

No. Pos. Nation Player 17 MF  MEX César Leyva 18 GK  MEX Carlos Higuera (on loan from Querétaro) 19 FW  MEX Daniel Vázquez (on loan from Tijuana) 20 MF  MEX Diego Araujo (on loan from Querétaro) 21 FW  MEX Emanuel Ley (on loan from Tijuana) 23 FW  MEX Leonardo Vargas (on loan from Tijuana) 24 DF  USA Ángel Ramírez (on loan from Querétaro) 25 DF  MEX Emiliano Velazco (on loan from Tijuana) 26 MF  MEX Aldieri Valenzuela (on loan from Tijuana) 27 MF  MEX Alfonso Sánchez 28 FW  URU Lucas Suárez (on loan from La Luz) 30 GK  MEX Jonathan Vaal (on loan from Tijuana) 31 MF  MEX Alan Ramos 33 DF  MEX Rodrigo Parra (on loan from Tijuana) 35 FW  ECU Jhon Acurio (on loan from Barcelona de Guayaquil)