History
The club is the latest in a long line of league teams in the city of Tijuana. Gallos Caliente was instituted in the summer of 2006, not long after the city's last club, Dorados, were relegated to the Segunda División de México.
The team's name was later changed to Club Tijuana Xoloitzcuintles De Caliente. Team owner Jorge Hank Rhon announced the construction of the Estadio Caliente, a new stadium with a capacity for 33,333 people near Grupo Caliente's Agua Caliente Racetrack.
Jorge Alberto Hank, the 28-year old son of Jorge Hank Rhon, is the President of the team.
They became the Apertura 2010 champions after defeating Veracruz 3-0 in a two-legged series.
The team advanced to the Primera División de México with a win at home over Irapuato, 2-1 on May 21, 2011.
Jorge Alberto Hank and Gog Murguia Fernandez, the vice president, became the youngest executives in the history of Mexican professional football to be at the head of a club in the Primera División de México.
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