Nicknamed Los Colibríes (The Hummingbirds), the club was founded in 2002 when the state of Morelos bought the Atlético Celaya franchise who at the time played in the top Mexican division.

Colibries was the fifth professional club in the state of Morelos to play in the Primera División de México, Zacatepec being the first in 1948, followed by Marte, who moved from Mexico City to Cuernavaca in 1953, Cuautla in 1955 and Oaxtepec in 1982.

[4] Financial problems arose after they'd found out that their fundless checks wouldn't cover the cost of training, which led to an immediate decline in onfield performance.

After a string of poor results, head coach/manager Sergio Rubio, who had been there since week one, was released from his contract, placing Croat national Zlatko Petricevic as the interim coach/manager.

One notable game, against America, on week 15 at the Estadio Azteca in front of what was basically an empty stadium, was memorable in that during the team photo, they had revealed white shirts under their uniforms with the words 'basta de mentiras' (which is English for 'stop the lies'), calling out Jorge Rodriguez Marie on their financial problems.