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{{Infobox Minor League Baseball
|name            = Arizona Complex League Royals
|allyears        = 2003–2013, 2015–present
|city            = Surprise, Arizona
|misc            =
|logo            =
|uniformlogo     =
|class level     = Rookie
|past class level=
|current league  = [[Arizona Complex League]]
|conference      =
|division        = West
|past league     = [[Arizona League]] (2003–2013, 2015–2020)
|majorleague     = [[Kansas City Royals]]
|pastmajorleague =
|nickname        = ACL Royals Blue & Gold
|pastnames       = {{ubl
 |AZL Royals (2004–2013, 2015–2020)
 |AZL Royals 1 & 2 (2003)
 }}
|ballpark        = [[Surprise Stadium]]
|pastparks       =
|leaguenum       = 1
|leaguechamps    = 2003
|divnum          = 1
|divisionchamps  = 2016 (first-half)
|owner           = 
|manager         =  {{ubl
 |Blue: [[Omar Ramirez]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.milb.com/roster/index.jsp?cid=412|title = Roster}}</ref>
 |Gold: [[Andre David]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.milb.com/arizona/about|title = About the Arizona Complex League}}</ref>
 }}
|gm              =
}}
The '''Arizona Complex League Royals''' are a [[Rookie-level]] affiliate of the [[Kansas City Royals]], competing in the [[Arizona Complex League]] of [[Minor League Baseball]]. The team plays its home games at [[Surprise Stadium]] in [[Surprise, Arizona]]. The team is composed mainly of players who are in their first year of [[professional baseball]] either as [[Major League Baseball draft|draftees]] or non-drafted [[Free agent (disambiguation)|free agents]].

==History==
The team first competed in the [[Arizona League]] (AZL) in 2003, succeeding the [[Kansas City Royals]]' Florida-based rookie team, the [[Gulf Coast League Royals]].<ref name=br>{{cite web |url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/register/affiliate.cgi?id=KCR |title=Kansas City Royals Minor League Affiliates |website=[[Baseball-Reference.com]] |accessdate=June 28, 2021}}</ref> That season, the team fielded two squads in the league, differentiated by numerical suffixes (1 and 2).<ref name=br/> The Royals 1 squad won the league championship, defeating the [[Arizona League Rangers|AZL Rangers]] in the title game.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/register/league.cgi?id=bdfba3ac |title=2003 Arizona League |website=[[Baseball-Reference.com]] |accessdate=June 28, 2021}}</ref>

Starting in 2004, the team fielded a single squad in the league, except for the 2014 season when the team did not compete.<ref name=br/> The team returned to the league in 2015.<ref>{{cite web|title=Royals To Return To Arizona League In 2015|url=http://www.baseballamerica.com/minors/royals-return-arizona-league-2015/|date=January 16, 2015|access-date=May 27, 2015}}</ref>

Prior to the 2021 season, the Arizona League was renamed as the [[Arizona Complex League]] (ACL). For the 2021 season, the team is again fielding two squads, differentiated by color suffixes (Blue and Gold).

==Roster==
{{Arizona Complex League Royals roster}}

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
* [http://www.milb.com/index.jsp?sid=t412 Official website]

{{Kansas City Royals}}
{{Arizona League}}
{{Arizona Sports}}

[[Category:Baseball teams established in 2003]]
[[Category:Arizona Complex League teams]]
[[Category:Professional baseball teams in Arizona]]
[[Category:Kansas City Royals minor league affiliates]]
[[Category:2003 establishments in Arizona]]
[[Category:Sports in Surprise, Arizona]]