Deportivo Toluca F.C.

Toluca

Full name

Deportivo Toluca Fútbol Club
S.A. de C.V.

Nickname(s)

Los Diablos Rojos (The Red Devils)
Los Choriceros (The Sausagers)
Los Escarlatas (The Scarlets)

Founded

12 February 1917

Ground

Estadio Nemesio Díez
Toluca, Mexico, Mexico

Capacity

30,000

Owner

Valentín Díez Morodo

Manager

Hernán Cristante

League

Liga MX

2015–16

11th

Home colours

Away colours

Third colours

Deportivo Toluca Fútbol Club S.A. de C.V. [deporˈtiβo toˈluka ˈfutβol ˈkluβ] is a professional Mexican football club. Toluca's stadium Nemesio Díez Riega is located in Toluca, State of Mexico in Mexico. Toluca plays in the Liga MX, has been champion ten times and is one of the most successful clubs of Mexico.

History

On 12 February 1917, the brothers Román Alday and Gerardo Ferrat alongside Filiberto Navas and Manuel Henkel created Deportivo Toluca Futbol Club. In 1950, the team joined the recently formed Segunda División, advancing to Mexican Primera División in 1953 by having tied with Irapuato by three goals, two by Rubén Pichardo and one by that tournament's goal scorer Mateo de la Tijera having left one more match to play.

The Teams first official First Division game was against Atlante, in which Toluca won 2 goals by one

The team won three consecutive championships in 1966 and 1967 under coach Ignacio Trelles. In 1975 Toluca won the championship one more time. Coached by Uruguayan Ricardo de León, Toluca played a style of game that was consistently criticized as ultra-defensive but won the championship by defeating León in the final-four mini-tournament 1-0, with the lone goal being scored by Ecuadorian Ítalo Estupiñan. This is the only time the Mexican Championship has been decided by a round-robin, two-legged, mini-tournament.

In 1997 Enrique "Ojitos" Meza became the coach of the team, after reaching the finals of the Mexican league with Toros Neza. Toluca resurged, its tactical scheme was very offensive, which was very characteristic of its coach. It was not atypical to see scores like 5-3. The offensive idea suited perfectly the Paraguayan José Saturnino Cardozo, who became the best scorer of the league in four occasions.

Toluca won the championship in 1998, the first one in twenty years. With Enrique Meza as coach, Toluca won the championship three times in a period of three years.

In the Invierno 2001 tournament Ricardo La Volpe became the coach of Toluca. He, along with Cardozo and Vicente Sánchez had one of the most successful and exciting teams in years. However, La Volpe left Toluca with a few weeks left in the season, but without him, they still won their 7th title.

At the end of the Apertura 2005 tournament, the team became champions again, beating Monterrey by an aggregate of 6-3, after the questionable decisions of Mexican referee Marco Rodriguez "El Chiquidracula", who expelled three players from Monterrey on their first foul committed.

In Apertura 2006, they tied in the first leg (1-1) but suffered a loss in the Estadio Nemesio Díez (2-1) against Guadalajara.

In the Clausura 2007 tournament, Toluca had one of their worst seasons, finishing in last place. In the Copa Libertadores 2007, they made it to the round of 16, where they were subsequently eliminated by Cúcuta Deportivo from Colombia. Following the elimination from both tournaments, Gallego resigned from his position stating the need for a year off as his reason for resigning from Club Toluca. José Pekerman, former coach of the Argentine national team, was appointed as head coach of Club Toluca on May 30, 2007. In the Apertura 2007, Toluca had a much better finish than the previous tournament, placing 2nd place out of 18 only behind league leader Santos Laguna. They were ultimately eliminated by league runner-up Pumas in the quarter-finals of the Apertura 2007 playoffs.

Club Toluca failed to qualify for the 2008 Copa Libertadores. On the Apertura 2008, Toluca had a weak start under their new coach, Jose Manuel "El Chepo" De La Torre, on one point going on a four-game streak of only draws. On the last five games of the regular season, they reversed the tying streak, making 13 points out of a possible 15, ending the regular season in 2nd place overall with 27 points and thus advancing to the playoffs. Their goalkeeper Hernan Cristante set a record by not allowing any goals for 773 minutes. Toluca would go on to win the Bicentenario 2010 tournament by beating Santos Laguna in a dramatic penalty shoot-out, earning them the tenth cup win, the same amount as Club América. Besides winning the domestic title ten times, Toluca has also been the Runner-Up of the Mexican domestic tournament six times. On the Apertura 2012, Toluca finished first place and therefore earned a place for the Copa Libertadores. On the Ligullia of the Apertura 2012, Toluca went all the way to the final and lose to Club Tijuana 4-1 aggregate. On the Cluasura 2013, Toluca finished 13th and did not qualify for the Ligullia. At the end of that season then coach Enrique Meza resigned his job. The next day Toluca contacted its top scorer former player Jose Cardozo as its new head coach.

In the new era of Jose Cardozo as head coach, Toluca went to be the most offensive club in the Apertura 2013 with 33 goals and receiving 17 goals. In the Apertura 2013 Pablo Velázquez became the league's goal scorer with 12 goals. In that season Club Toluca ended in the semifinals losing to Club America in away goals. In the next season being the Clausura 2014, Club Toluca became the most defensive club in the league with 14 goals scored against and scoring 25 goals and came second in the league and lost to Club León in the semifinals.

Players

First-team squad

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No.	Position	Player
1	GK	Alfredo Talavera
2	DF	Francisco Gamboa
3	DF	Aarón Galindo
4	DF	Paulo da Silva (captain)
5	DF	Osvaldo González
6	DF	Óscar Rojas
7	MF	Moisés Velasco
8	MF	Maikon Leite
9	FW	Alexis Vega
10	MF	Sinha
11	MF	Carlos Esquivel
12	GK	Miguel Centeno
13	DF	Aldo Benítez
14	FW	Antonio Pedroza
15	MF	Antonio Ríos

No.	Position	Player
16	DF	Gerardo Rodríguez
17	FW	Diego Gama
19	MF	Edy Brambila
20	FW	Fernando Uribe
21	FW	Enrique Triverio
22	GK	Luis Manuel García (on loan from Querétaro)
23	DF	Jordan Silva
24	MF	Pablo Barrientos
25	MF	Jesús Méndez
26	MF	Erbín Trejo
27	MF	Rodrigo Gómez
28	DF	Jorge Sartiaguin
30	DF	Marco Jaime
33	DF	Gerardo Flores (on loan from Cruz Azul)

For recent transfers, see List of Mexican football transfers winter 2016–2017.

Out on loan

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No.	Position	Player
–	GK	José Luis López (at UAEM)
–	DF	Héctor Acosta (at Venados)
–	DF	Edgar Dueñas (at Puebla)
–	DF	Carlos Galeana (at Celaya)
–	DF	Juan Carlos Morales (at UAEM)
–	DF	Arturo Ruíz (at Murciélagos)
–	DF	José Trujillo (at UAEM)
–	MF	Darío Bottinelli (at Gimnasia)
–	MF	José Calderón (at Venados)

No.	Position	Player
–	MF	Richard Ortiz (at Olimpia)
–	MF	Renato Román (at Oaxaca)
–	MF	Arturo Tapia (at UAEM)
–	FW	Daniel González (at Guadalajara)
–	FW	Wilder Guisao (at Racing Club)
–	FW	Alexis Ochoa (at UAEM)
–	FW	Gabriel Velasco (at UAEM)
–	FW	Pablo Velázquez (at Cerro Porteño)

Reserve teams

Main article: Deportivo Toluca Reserves and Academy

Toluca Premier: Reserve team that plays in the Segunda División in the third level of the Mexican league system.

Honours

Mexican Primera División: (10) 1966–67, 1967–68, 1974–75, Verano 1998, Verano 1999, Verano 2000, Apertura 2002, Apertura 2005, Apertura 2008, Bicentenario 2010
- Runner Up: (6) 1956–57, 1957–58, 1970–71, Invierno 2000, Apertura 2006, Apertura 2012
Segunda División de México: (1) 1952–53
Copa México: (2) 1955–56, 1988–89
Campeón de Campeones: (4) 1966–67, 1967–68, 2002–03, 2005–06

International

CONCACAF Champions' Cup: (2) 1968, 2003

National friendly

Copa Orgullosamente Marty: 1998
Copa Chihuahua-El Heraldo: 2008

International friendly

III Torneo Pentagonal Internacional de la Ciudad de México: 1960
Singapore International Foursquare: 1999
Trofeo Hispanomexicano: 2003
México-Yemen: 2008 Sub-15

Club President's list

Name	From	To
Román Ferrat Alday	1917	1923
Fernando Barreto	1923	1945
Samuel Martínez García	1945	1953
Luis Gutiérrez Dosal	1953	1959
Enrique Enríquez	1953	1953
Alfonso Faure Lopez	1969	1970
Nemesio Díez Riega	1953	1972
Fernando Corona Álvarez	1972	1977
Germán Sánchez Fabela	1977	1980
Ernesto Nemer Naime	1980	1981
Jesús Fernandez del Cojo	1981	1983
Germán Sánchez Fabela	1983	1984
Jesús Fernández del Cojo	1984	1985
Fernando Corona Álvarez	1985	1986
Germán Sánchez Fabela	1986	1987
Kurt Visetti Vogelbach	1987	1989
Antonio Mañón	1989	1992
José Antonio Roca	1992	1993
Jesús Fernández del Cojo	1993	1995
Sergio Peláez Farell	1995	1997
Rafael Lebrija Guiot	1997	2007
Fernando Corona Álvarez	2007

Managers

Gaspar Rubio (1958–59)
Ignacio Trelles (1966–68)
Ricardo de León (1974–75)
Carlito Peters (1975–76)
Jose Nogueira (1976–77)
José Vela (1977)
Jorge Marik (1977–82)
José Antonio Roca (1982–84)
José Luis Estrada (1984–85)
Árpád Fekete (1986)
Roberto Matosas (1986–87)
Ignacio Jáuregui (1987–88)
Héctor Sanabria (1988–89)
Raúl Cárdenas (1989–91)
Mario Velarde (1991–92)
José Vantolrá (1992–93)
Roberto Silva (1993–94)
José Pascuttini (1994–95)
Luis Garisto (1995)

Miguel Ángel López (1996)
Juan Manuel Álvarez (1996–97)
Enrique Meza (Aug 28, 1997–Oct 1, 2000)
Ricardo Ferrero (Oct 2000–Dec 00)
Héctor Hugo Eugui (Jan 2001–July 1)
Ricardo Lavolpe (July 1, 2001–Oct 26, 2002)
Wilson Graniolatti (Oct 2002–Dec 02)
Alberto Jorge (Dec 2002–Sept 03)
Ricardo Ferretti (Sept 30, 2003–Dec 31, 2004)
Enrique Meza (Jan 1, 2005–April 10, 2005)
Pablo Luna (April 12, 2005 – June 30, 2005)
Américo Gallego (July 1, 2005 – June 30, 2007)
José Pekerman (July 1, 2007 – May 30, 2008)
José Manuel de la Torre (July 1, 2008–Dec 31, 2010)
Sergio Lugo (Jan 1, 2011–June 30, 2011)
Héctor Eugui (July 1, 2011–Dec 31, 2011)
Wilson Graniolatti (Jan 1, 2012–June 30, 2012)
Enrique Meza (July 1, 2012 – May 7, 2013)
José Cardozo (May 8, 2013– May 8, 2016)
Hernan Cristante (May 31, 2016- )

Records

Top goalscorers in a season

Primera División

Player	Tournament	Goals
Amaury Epaminondas	Mexican Primera División 1966-67	21
Vicente Pereda	Mexican Primera División 1969-70	20
José Cardozo	Verano 1998	10
José Cardozo	Verano 1999	15
José Cardozo	Apertura 2002	29
José Cardozo	Clausura 2003	21
Bruno Marioni	Apertura 2006	11
Héctor Mancilla	Apertura 2008	11
Héctor Mancilla	Clausura 2009	14
Iván Alonso	Apertura 2011	11
Iván Alonso	Clausura 2012	14
Pablo Velazquez	Apertura 2013	12

Copa México

Player	Tournament	Goals
Carlos Carús	Temporada 1960–61	7
Vicente Pereda	Temporada 1966–67	5
Francisco Linares	Temporada 1967–68	7
Jesús Romero	Temporada 1969–70	4
Edgar Benítez	Copa México Apertura 2012	5

Segunda División

Player	Tournament	Goals
Mateo de la Tijera	Liga de Ascenso de México 1952–53	22

Copa Pre Libertadores

Player	Tournament	Goals
José Cardozo	1999	3

Appearances

Position	Player	Period	Games
1	Sinha	1999–14	515
2	Hernan Cristante	1993–94 1995–96 1998–10	419^[1]
3	José Cardozo	1995–05	332
4	Vicente Pereda	1960–75	322
5	Edgar Dueñas	2004–14	307
6	Carlos Esquivel*	2005–Present	339
7	José Manuel Abundis	1992–00 2004–06	270
8	Paulo da Silva*	2003–09 2013–Present	306
9	Juan Carlos Paz	1978–85	256
10	Vicente Sánchez	2001–07	242

Current players

References

↑ Hernán Cristante - Mediotiempo

External links

Official website

Liga MX

2016–17 teams	América Atlas Chiapas Cruz Azul Guadalajara León Monterrey Morelia Necaxa Pachuca Puebla Querétaro Santos Laguna Tijuana Toluca UANL UNAM Veracruz

Seasons	1943–44 1944–45 1945–46 1946–47 1947–48 1948–49 1949–50 1950–51 1951–52 1952–53 1953–54 1954–55 1955–56 1956–57 1957–58 1958–59 1959–60 1960–61 1961–62 1962–63 1963–64 1964–65 1965–66 1966–67 1967–68 1968–69 1969–70 1970 1970–71 1971–72 1972–73 1973–74 1974–75 1975–76 1976–77 1977–78 1978–79 1979–80 1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90 1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 Winter 1998 Summer 1999 Winter 1999 Summer 2000 Winter 2000 Summer 2001 Winter 2001 Summer 2002 Apertura 2002 Clausura 2003 Apertura 2003 Clausura 2004 Apertura 2004 Clausura 2005 Apertura 2005 Clausura 2006 Apertura 2006 Clausura 2007 Apertura 2007 Clausura 2008 Apertura 2008 Clausura 2009 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16 2016–17

CONCACAF Champions Cup and CONCACAF Champions League winners

CONCACAF Champions Cup	1962: Guadalajara 1963: Haïtien 1967: Alianza 1968 Toluca 1969: Cruz Azul 1970: Cruz Azul 1971: Cruz Azul 1972: Olimpia 1973: Transvaal 1974: Municipal 1975: Atlético Español 1976: Águila 1977: América 1978: Leones Negros, Comunicaciones, Defence Force 1979: FAS 1980: UNAM 1981: Transvaal 1982: UNAM 1983: Atlante 1984: Violette 1985: Defence Force 1986: Alajuelense 1987: América 1988: Olimpia 1989: UNAM 1990: América 1991: Puebla 1992: América 1993: Saprissa 1994: Cartaginés 1995: Saprissa 1996: Cruz Azul 1997: Cruz Azul 1998: D.C. United 1999: Necaxa 2000: Los Angeles Galaxy 2002: Pachuca 2003: Toluca 2004: Alajuelense 2005: Saprissa 2006: América 2007: Pachuca 2008: Pachuca

CONCACAF Champions League	2008–09: Atlante 2009–10: Pachuca 2010–11: Monterrey 2011–12: Monterrey 2012–13: Monterrey 2013–14: Cruz Azul 2014–15: América 2015–16: América

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