They play in the Estadio Marte R. Gómez, which has a capacity of 10,520, the team is named after the Greater Roadrunner native to the region, which is also the Universidad Autónoma de Tamaulipas' official mascot.

The club did not fare so well in their first year in the Mexican Primera División finishing tied dead last with Atletico Potosino and only avoided being relegated by a goal difference.

In the Apertura 2005 and Clausura 2006 the club had one of the strongest teams in the league finishing first in both tournament but losing in the round robin first to León and then to Indios de Ciudad Juárez in semi-finals.

In the final the club would go on to face the league points leader La Piedad who was picked favorite by many to take the Apertura title home that year.

The second match was played in the Estadio Juan N. López where after 90 minutes the club had managed to beat La Piedad after almost 15 years with a score of 1–0 and claiming that tournaments title.