Delfines de Coatzacoalcos

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Full name	Deportivo Delfines de Coatzacoalcos
Nickname	Los Delfines (The Dolphins)
Founded	1997; 29 years ago (1997) 2024; 2 years ago (2024) (refounded)
Ground	Estadio Rafael Hernández Ochoa Coatzacoalcos, Veracruz
Capacity	4,800
Chairman	Wilberth Álvarez Caso
Manager	Humberto Andrade Martínez
League	Liga TDP
2024–25	Pre–season
Home colours Away colours

Deportivo Delfines de Coatzacoalcos is a Mexican professional football club based in Coatzacoalcos, Veracruz. It competes in Liga TDP, the fourth level division of Mexican football, and plays its home matches at the Estadio Rafael Hernández Ochoa.

The team was founded in 1997 and they first appeared in Segunda División de México. They lasted six seasons until they were crowned champions in the Clausura 2003 and eventually won the final for promotion to the Primera Division 'A' against Coras Tepic. The team had good performances in the Second Division, but in the Clausura 2004 were relegated.

They achieved promotion again in 2005 after winning the final of the Segunda División de México against Pumas Naucalpan by a score of 5–4 on penalties. In regulation time the match ended 4–4 in aggregate after the first match held in Coatzacoalcos, the Delfines won 2–1; while in the second match they lost 3–2 to Pumas Naucalpan.

Their history in the Primera Division 'A' finished in 2006 when the franchise was sold to make way for the Guerreros de Tabasco.

In 2013 another team ended up setting up in the same area with the same name. Club de Fútbol Delfines Atlético Coatzacoalcos managed to win the Segunda Division de Mexico in 2014 and promotion to Ascenso MX. Atlético Delfines de Coatzacoalcos managed to be promoted to the Liga de Ascenso MX after winning the final against Linces de Tlaxcala, but were unable meet the standards by the Mexican Federation of Football and was replaced by Tepic.

In 2024 the team was re-founded under the name Deportivo Delfines de Coatzacoalcos and was registered in the Liga TDP, a league that represents the fourth tier of Mexican football.[1]

• Segunda División
  • Champions (1): Clausura 2003
• Campeón de Campeones de la Segunda División
  • Champions (1): 2003

The team participated in the Segunda División, finishing as champions in the Apertura 2005, defeating Pumas Naucalpan 5–4 on penalties. It also finished as runners-up in the Campeón de Campeones de la Segunda División 2006, losing to Pegaso Anáhuac 3–1.