Albino Ruvalcaba and Felipe Martínez Sandoval were the ones that really took on the idea of making this club worthy of playing in the first division.

It took Club Oro a few years to establish a higher level of play, thus it was considered a weak team in the early 1930s.

1948 runner-up squad under player/coach "Pablotas" González: Luis Bernabé Heredia, Agapito Perales, "Negro" Barba, Manuel "Molestias" Núñez, Santiago Piola Mendoza, Florentino Palma, Antonio "Roque" Ruiz Pizano, Chepe Naranjo, Roberto "Chango" Zárate, Delfino Vázquez, and Benjamín "Bailarina" Méndez; also playing with the during the season were Benito Heredia and Jesus "Pelon" Silva.

At the end of the 1956 tournament CD Oro and Club León finished tied once again at first place and so a championship series was played.

CD Oro 1956 runner-up squad: Raúl Córdoba, Narciso "Chicho" López, Ramón "Cepillo" Soto, Jesús "Tejón" García, Sabino "Sabú" Morales, Evelio Alpizar, Luis "Negro" Vázquez, José "Chepe" Naranjo, Walter Meneses, José Vigo and Rafael Valek.

[citation needed] Club Deportivo Guadalajara would only have to tie in order to take that title having a one-point advantage on Oro.

It was celebrated by the younger CD Oro team who had tied earlier that night led by Malaciaz Castilo and Mario Garcia (both were young developing players ).

1962 Championship squad: Antonio "Piolín" Mota; Germán "Tamal" Ascensio, Luis Llamas, Adhemar Barsellos, Víctor Chavira, Rogelio González Navarro, Felipe "El Pipis" Ruvalcaba, Jorge "Tepo" Rodríguez, Amaury Epaminondas, Manoel Tavares "Neco", Nicola Gravina y José Luis "Zurdo" Pérez.

Raul Orozco (center defense number 4) In 1969 the club finished last in the league tied with Jabatos de Nuevo León.

In 1978–79[3] the club finished 17th overall with 39 points 6 more than the last place Toros Neza with a record of 5 wins 24 draws and 9 losses scoring 25 goals and allowing 34.

In the 1979–80 tournament the club finished tied in the last place along with Unión de Curtidores and so the clubs had to play a relegation series; Unión de Curtidores came out with a 4–3 victory keeping its place in the Mexican First Division CD Oro ended relegated and hasn't been able to come back to the Mexican First Division ever since.

[citation needed] During the Clausura 2012 of the Second Division league, the club gained much media attention after signing Mexican soccer player Ramón Morales as the team manager.

Despite having great success[citation needed] he left the club in good terms after six months to coach the C.D.

Arriving to fill the manager position during the Apertura 2013 season was former Chilean international and Club América Reinaldo Navia.