Atlético Morelia
| Full name | Club Atlético Morelia | |||
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| Nickname(s) | Los Canarios (The Canaries) Los Rojiamarillos (The Red-and-Yellow) Purépechas Ates | |||
| Short name | MOR | |||
| Founded | June 4, 1950, as Club Deportivo Morelia June 26, 2020, refounded as Club Atlético Morelia | |||
| Ground | Estadio Morelos Morelia, Michoacán | |||
| Capacity | 35,000 | |||
| Owner | Club Atlético Morelia, S.A. de C.V. | |||
| Chairman | Rubens Sambueza | |||
| Manager | Gilberto Adame | |||
| League | Liga de Expansión MX | |||
| Clausura 2025 | Regular phase: 7th Final phase: Semifinals | |||
| Website | www | |||
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Club Atlético Morelia is a Mexican professional football club based in Morelia, Michoacán, that competes in Liga de Expansión MX, the second level division of Mexican football. The club plays their home matches at the Estadio Morelos. Founded in 1950 as Club Deportivo Morelia, it was one of the founding members of the Segunda División. It changed to its current name in 1974, and then changed its name to Club Monarcas Morelia in 1999. The club was refounded on June 26, 2020, under the same name that the club used from 1974 to 1999.
Between 1981 and 2020, the club was a competitor in Mexico's premier football league, achieving victory in the Invierno 2000 championship. On June 2, 2020, Monarcas Morelia was relocated to Mazatlán, Sinaloa, and rebranded as Mazatlán F.C. Two weeks later, Atlético Zacatepec was transferred to Morelia, Michoacán, and adopted the name Atlético Morelia in Liga de Expansión MX. On June 11, 2024, Atlético Morelia announced it had acquired the Monarcas Morelia brand, crest, and history, thus reestablishing itself as the original club founded in 1950.
Morelia has won the Liga de Expansión championship, in the Clasura 2022 season. It was the clubs second title, in a second division league.