Deportivo Toluca F.C.
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Full name | Deportivo Toluca Fútbol Club S.A. de C.V. | |||
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Nickname(s) | Diablos Rojos | |||
Founded | 12 February 1917 | as Club Deportivo Toluca|||
Ground | Estadio Nemesio Díez | |||
Capacity | 30,000 spectators | |||
Coordinates | 19°17′14″N 99°40′0″W / 19.28722°N 99.66667°W | |||
Owner | Valentín Díez Morodo | |||
Chairman | Arturo Pérez Arredondo | |||
Manager | Renato Paiva | |||
League | Liga MX | |||
Clausura 2024 | Regular phase: 3rd Final phase: Quarter-finals | |||
Website | Club website | |||
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Deportivo Toluca Fútbol Club S.A. de C.V. also known as Club Deportivo Toluca, is a Mexican association football club based in Toluca, State of Mexico. The club plays in Liga MX, the top-flight of Mexican football, from which they have never been relegated. The team was founded on February 12, 1917, by the brothers Manuel Blas and Francisco Juan Henkel Bross owners of the farm "La Huerta" located in Zinacantepec near of Toluca City. Its headquarters are located in the city of Toluca, State of Mexico, playing its home games at the Nemesio Diez Stadium.
Toluca has won Liga MX 10 times, making it the third most winning team, behind Club América (15) and Guadalajara (12). Besides this, the team has also won two Copa MX being the seventh most winning team and two CONCACAF Champions League making the fifth most winning team. The club also won the Campeón de Campeones de Primera División de México four times being the third most winning team. And also won the Segunda División de México and Campeón de Campeones de Segunda División de México when the club was competing in the second division, to which it never returned. In addition, the club also achieved a runner-up finish in the Copa Interamericana in 1969.
In addition, the club won the Mexiquense State Championship 14 times. Despite being one of the oldest teams in Mexico, with more than 100 years of history, the professional era for Toluca began in 1950, 33 years after its foundation, becoming one of the founding teams of the Segunda División de México and the third team with the most seasons in Mexican First Division. And the third team with the most seasons in the Mexican First Division. It is, along with the Cruz Azul and Pumas UNAM, one of few clubs in Mexico to have never been relegated once being promoted to the highest league of play in the country.
Its accumulated record positions it as the fifth most successful team in Mexican soccer, with a total of 18 official titles. On social networks, the club has 3.4 million fans, adding up the main social networks on the internet. Meanwhile, a survey carried out by Mitofsky in 2022 says that the club has 3% fan preference nationwide; which would be 3.8 million fans according to the population census of that year. This makes the club the team with the seventh-largest number of fans in the country.
It is also recognized as one of the classic clubs by FIFA in CONCACAF, along with Club América, Guadalajara, Pumas UNAM, Cruz Azul and Pachuca. Additionally, it is considered by the International Federation of Football History & Statistics World's Fifth Best Club Team of the Decade in CONCACAF for the first decade of the 21st century (2001–2010). It is considered the team of the 2000s in Mexican soccer, being the team's top winner with four titles. The club also has other merits and achievements such as 3rd place in the historical table of the Liga MX, 3rd place in the historical table of the Copa MX and 13th place in the historical table of the CONCACAF Champions League.
History
[edit]Early years (1916-1950)
[edit]Soccer in Toluca came with the idea of the German brothers Manuel and Francisco Henkel, owners of the "La Huerta" hacienda located in Zinacantepec near the city of Toluca. The Henkels implemented soccer on the farm, with the desire to entertain their farmhands during their free hours; Some time later, they launched the official creation of the "La Huerta" team, made up of the hacienda's workers.
Another of the main promoters of soccer in the city of Toluca was Román Ferrat Alday, who met every Sunday with a group of friends to practice soccer on some land near Alameda Central. On his part, the Henkel family used the services of the outstanding physical trainer Filiberto Navas Valdés, who was distinguished by his career in athletics, basketball, Greco-Roman wrestling and boxing.
The Henkels' idea of promoting soccer in Toluca was carried out with the creation of a second team, called Xinantécatl in honor of the Nevado de Toluca and made up of workers from the Toluca-Tenango Railway and the Light Company, directed by Eduardo Henkel, father of Manuel and Francisco.
As time went by, concern about soccer in Toluca increased and meetings began to be organized in the Ferrat family home and in the "La Valenciana" store, around the creation of a team that would represent the city in the state and national leagues. There were many meetings in which Román Ferrat Alday, Fernando and Armando Mañón, Alfonso Faure, José Estrada Madrid, Raymundo Pichardo, Joaquín Lajous, Arnulfo García Daniel Valero, Manuel Henkel, Flavio Martínez, Filiberto Navas and José Placencia participated.
Finally, on February 12, 1917, the charter of Deportivo Toluca was drawn up in the Ferrat-Solá family home, located at number #37 on Juárez Avenue; forming a board of directors that was joined by personalities such as Leonardo and Joaquín Sánchez, Abel Moreno and Manuel Lara. However, the founding document of the Toluca Sports Club was lost with the beginnings of the Revolution that hit Mexico at that time and was never recovered.
The objective of turning the team into a protagonist of national football began with the hiring of Moisés Plata who had started at Xinantécatl. The board of directors of the Toluca Sports Club acquired the land of the so-called "Gachupines Dam" located on what is now Vasco de Quiroga Street, between Hidalgo Poniente, Aurelio J. Venegas and Buenaventura Merlín, property of Francisco Negrete.
The Ferrat family was in charge of financially supporting the newly formed team, acquiring land located on Colón Avenue (today Paseo Colón) where the first official headquarters of Deportivo Toluca was established, which consisted of a small soccer field. And some wooden stands with a covered section to protect the ladies who attended the game. In 1919, the land of the so-called "Gachupines Dam" located on the streets of Vasco de Quiroga, Hidalgo poniente, Aurelio Venegas and Buenaventura Merlín, which were owned by Francisco Negrete, was acquired.
Between 1918 and 1919 new teams emerged such as; the “Azteca”, the “Unión” and the “Águila”, the latter sponsored by Fernando Barreto who would later be linked to Deportivo Toluca; Fernando Barreto ventured into soccer with the creation of several teams, with which he sought to win the Mexican State Championship. His first team was "Águila", however it only achieved a runner-up finish in 1919 and the team was replaced by "Cuauhtémoc" and this in turn by "Reforma".
In 1921, the governor of the State of Mexico, Manuel Campos Mena, organized a series of celebrations in which Deportivo Toluca participated, with the Tivoli field as its headquarters, which is currently a residential area that it preserves in its name. According to a newspaper from that time, players from Barreto's team appeared in Toluca such as Reynaldo Torres, Francisco Silva and Juan Albarrán, better known as "the devil" (later the inspiration of the Toluca Sports Club for its nickname of the "red devils"). "); However, it was not specified whether the players had been loaned or had been acquired as reinforcements for the club.
With the end of the Revolution, the country entered into crisis and many shareholders of Deportivo Toluca were forced to emigrate from the Mexican capital. With this, Deportivo Toluca entered into crisis and was forced to invite new investors, among whom was Fernando Barreto. In mid-1926, Barreto received an invitation from Atlético León to play a series of three games in the City of León, of which Deportivo Toluca achieved two unexpected victories.
By 1930, the two most important championships in Mexico City were that of the Football Federation and that of the Central Federation. That same year, Deportivo Toluca was invited to participate in one of the two most important championships in the Federal District, organized by the Central Federation together with traditional teams such as España, Necaxa and América that had separated from the Mexican Football Federation. that same year.
Since 1930, Deportivo Toluca carried out a restructuring through which Deportivo became a Public Limited Company with the prolonged contributions of Moisés Plata. With this restructuring, the club sought to give more benefits to its members not only in the area of soccer, but also in basketball, tennis, racquetball and casino games. However, with the incursion into new sports, most of the members neglected soccer, which was only covered by Jesús Piña and Fernando Barreto.
By 1931 and after having achieved a well-deserved third place in the Central Federation championship; Deportivo Toluca returned to the state championships; arriving with the aura of having played a tournament with the three most outstanding teams in the Federal District. The prestige that the team had been enjoying increased further with the matches that Deportivo played against Club España, Atlas de Guadalajara and Club América, whom it defeated 3-2 on December 21, 1930.
Another of the most relevant events at this time was the confrontation of Deportivo Toluca against Libertad of Costa Rica since it represented the first international duel in the history of the Scarlets. Players like Rodolfo Muñoz, Goldoni and Hutt stand out in the match.
In 1935, players such as David Albiter, Carlos Ballesteros, Alberto Mendoza and Samuel Martínez García appeared, who would be a fundamental key to the team's promotion to the First Division. In 1936, Fernando Torres became president and the team retained the title of National Amateur Champion with players such as Horacio Garduño, Manuel Esquivel, Eustolio Enríquez, Aníbal Espinoza, Alfonso García, Manuel Estana, Guillermo Estrada, Ricardo Barraza, Héctor Barraza, Pascual Valdés, Rodolfo Guadarrama, Vicente Quintana and Aurelio Moreno.
One of the great players who emerged in Deportivo during this era was Alberto Mendoza, known as "El Caballo". Alberto started at Deportivo as a reserve and little by little he earned a place as a starter in the team; However, the popularity of "Caballo" reached its peak when Deportivo Toluca beat a Spanish club called Euskadi with four goals from Mendoza on June 16, 1939.
The triumph of Deportivo Toluca against the Spanish surprised everyone and raised the pride of Deportivo; This was mainly due to the fact that Deportivo Toluca did not participate in any renowned tournament and was a purely amateur team. The squad that Deportivo Toluca presented in that victory was made up of Almaquio Castañeda, Martí Ventolrà, José Gómez, Ricardo Barraza, Jorge Quesada, Adolfo Téllez, José Quesada and Amado López, Óscar Hernández, among others.
Between 1944 and 1945, Deportivo Toluca faced an economic crisis because the fees paid by its shareholders were not enough to maintain the needs of the Club. Faced with this situation, the then president of Deportivo Toluca, Ignacio Longares, decided to increase the shares of his shareholders, causing discouragement in many of them, who chose to sell their shares to Longares himself.
In 1943, the professional era of the First Mexican Division began, made up of 5 teams from the Federal District (América, Marte, España, Atlante and Asturias), 3 from Veracruz (Veracruz, Orizaba and Moctezuma ) and 2 from Guadalajara (Atlas and Guadalajara). During the next two years, the Federation began to receive new applications to join the league, so teams such as León, Oro de Jalisco, Puebla, Monterrey, San Sebastián and Tampico joined.
In 1945, Mr. Samuel Martínez García became president, who soon became identified with Deportivo, with whom he won the Mexican State Championship that same year. After winning the championship, Deportivo Toluca was invited to play in the Federal District Reserve League, losing its inaugural match by a thunderous score of 10-0 against Red Star; However, Deportivo Toluca was able to overcome its shaky start and finished the tournament in third place, only below Real España and Club América.
During this stage, Deportivo Toluca obtained its last title in the Mexican State Championship, with the “Tivoli” facilities as its headquarters on the field called “Patria” located between Aurelio J. Venegas, Morelos Poniente, Felipe Villanueva and Constituciónntes streets, exactly where the Nemesio Díez Stadium is located today, known as "La Bombonera" in Toluca for its similarity to a "box of chocolates."
The popularity and desire of many teams to enter the First Division motivated the Major Soccer League to begin preparations for the creation of the Mexican Second Division, implementing the mandatory relegation of the team that finished last in the First Division. and at the same time, the promotion of the champion team in the Second Division.
The Major League published a call, with a series of requirements for teams interested in entering the Second Division. The Deportivo Toluca board began to meet the requirements imposed by the Major League, however the consolidation of the Mexican Second Division would take three more years due to the merger of the Major League and the Mexican Soccer Federation, which took place between 1948 and 1950. The last team of Deportivo Toluca in the Reserves Tournament held at the Ciudad de los Deportes Stadium, was made up of Porfirio Peña, Edid Isaac, Ricardo Barreto, Santiago Ramírez, Juan Moya, Miguel Vélez, José Luis Zavalla, Alfredo Becerril, Francisco García, Álvaro Pineda and Felipe Galindo.
With the unification of Mexican football, the creation of the Second Mexican Division was accelerated, founded by the Deportivo Toluca Fútbol Club, the Club Deportivo Zamora, the Pachuca Club de Fútbol, the Monarcas Morelia, the Club Deportivo Irapuato, the Querétaro Fútbol Club and the Club Atlético Zacatepec; being the founding teams of the new division.
Beginnings in professionalism (1951-1965)
[edit]The Toluca Red Devils officially debuted on February 18, 1951 in the newly formed Segunda División; having as its official headquarters the “Tivoli” field and Rodolfo Butch Muñoz as technical director and David Albiter as his assistant. The tournament concluded on May 27 and the champions turned out to be those of Club Zacatepec who were promoted to the First Division to take the place of Club San Sebastian; For its part, Deportivo Toluca was not successful in the season and finished in penultimate place in the general table.
For the following season, two more teams join the Second Division, while Club Deportivo Toluca carries out a restructuring of its board of directors, with Engineer José Martínez Ruíz becoming president. Other personalities who made up the new sports board were Manuel Zárate as treasurer (later replaced by Artero González), and Fernando Barreto, Samuel Martínez and Jesús Piña as members of the team.
The team begins to use the grounds of "Campo Patria" to hold its games, thanks to the offer of Mr. Aníbal Espinoza. During the second round of the tournament, the readaptation of the stands begins, as well as the placement of the fencing, the latter being one of the main requirements of the Football Federation. David Albiter remains in charge of the technical direction of the team and without assistants achieves a surprising third place.
In Deportivo Toluca's third and final campaign in the Second Division; Mr. David Albiter presents his resignation to the board and is replaced by Tomás Fábregas. The team was reinforced with the arrivals of Ovidio Arnauda, Salvador Rábago, Rubén Pichardo and Trino. The kickoff of the championship was given by Miss Elsa Maawad before an impressive crowd; The scarlet fans began to become increasingly noticeable, following the team even in their away games.
The championship was made up of twelve teams; Deportivo Toluca, San Sebastián de León, Moctezuma de Orizaba, Atlético de Veracruz, Deportivo Zamora, La Concepción de la Ciudad de Puebla, Veracruz, Irapuato, Morelia, Veracruz, Querétaro, Estrella Roja and Monterrey. The team played 22 games, of which they won 14, tied 7 and only suffered one defeat at the hands of Club de Fútbol Monterrey, who curiously finished the season as last overall.
The long-awaited promotion finally took place on January 18, 1953 with a three-goal draw against Club Deportivo Irapuato with a double score from Rubén Pichardo and one from the tournament's top scorer Mateo de la Tijera; finally establishing themselves as champions at the end of the tournament. The title obtained by the Toluca Sports Club gained importance by leaving the Red Sharks of Veracruz in second place, who were strong favorites to win the title and set a series of records that are still remembered.
The Toluca Sports Club finally obtained its promotion after 36 years of its foundation, however having achieved promotion resulted in increased expenses for the board due to the demands of the Mexican Federation increasing and also the sporting issues that required strengthening the team in order to achieve a worthy campaign in the First Division of Mexico. The total expense was out of the reach of the red board and in order to maintain the team, José Ramírez Ruiz decided to form a board of trustees made up of the city's main businessmen, among whom stood out; Juan Salgado, Pedro López, Manuel Villaverde, Jaime García, Francisco Negrete, Mario Mena Palacios, and Luis Gutiérrez Dosal, who kept the team alive.
On August 8, 1954, the Nemesio Díez Stadium was formally inaugurated, which was later renamed: "Héctor Barraza", "Luis Gutiérrez Dosal", "Toluca 70", "Toluca 70- 86", "La Bombonera" (the name that identifies the stadium to this day) and finally "Nemesio Díez". All this arose about the location of Campo Patria.
The first official match of Deportivo Toluca in the First National Division was against the colts of Club de Fútbol Atlante in which Toluca would take the victory by a final score of two for one. In said match the team's fans were present and it was then that a character dressed as a devil appeared as a mascot in the Sports City who; It was immediately adopted by the fans as the club's official mascot, which prevails to this day and gave the Mexican team its characteristic nickname of "the red devils."
At the end of the 1953-54 season of the First Division of Mexico Deportivo Toluca achieved fifth place, tying with Club Deportivo Tampico FC and only three points behind the champion who turned out to be Club Deportivo Marte.
For the 1954-55 season, Deportivo Toluca finished sixth in the general table and as a consequence it was decided to hire Fernando Marcos González in the technical direction and Gonzalo Iturbe, Gabriel Uñate, Jesús Segovia and the goalkeeper Manuel Camacho as reinforcements for the campaign in which the red team finished in fourth place overall.
The first title for the institution would be a Mexico Cup that would come in the year 1956, when Club Deportivo Toluca defeated Club Irapuato on May 27, 1956 with a final score of two goals to one with players like Manuel Camacho, Segovia, Jorge Romo, Hernández, Máximo Vázquez, Wedell, Enrique Sesma, Blanco, Uñate, Carlos Láscarez and Barraza.
In the 1956–57 and 1957-58 seasons, Deportivo Toluca reaffirmed its good streak, achieving two runners-up finishes below Club Deportivo Guadalajara and Club Zacatepec respectively.
However, a black page appears in the history of the club with the death of Don Luis Gutiérrez Dosal, on June 24, 1959, leaving Enrique Enríquez, a close collaborator of Gutiérrez Dosal, as provisional president. In that same year, at the suggestion of the then president of Mexico, Mr. Adolfo López Mateos, a man arrived at the institution who is remembered as the great "patron" of the Nemesio Díez Riega team, who acquired Deportivo Toluca as well as the stadium (twice World Cup winner) which several years later would bear his name.
First successes (1967-1980)
[edit]The second title for the institution and first in the league would come in the 1966-1967 season. The tournament was very close and became important when the dispute for the title was between Club América and Deportivo Toluca; Both teams faced each other on matchday 27, with a 0-0 tie prevailing that did not allow the title to be defined; However, being on the last day of the tournament, Club América tied their match against Nuevo León, while Club Deportivo Toluca beat Necaxa 2 goals to zero, both scored by Juan "el maestrito" Dosal, thus conquering their first league championship, under the direction of Ignacio Trelles.
At the end of the 1966-1967 Season, Club Deportivo Toluca competed for the title of Champion of Champions against Club León; one of the most winning teams of the time, with 4 titles, 2 cups and 2 Champion of Champions. The match was held on February 26, 1967 and Club Deportivo Toluca managed to beat the Leonese team, with a solitary goal from Manuel Cerda Canela. The Toluca Sports Club achieved its first Champion of Champions title, more than responding to the trust that men like Albino Morales, Eduardo Monrroy, Alfonso Faure, Germán Sánchez and Carlos Zarza, the Peruvian, had placed in the group. Claudio Lostaunau, among others.
For the 67-68 Season, Deportivo Toluca maintained its same level and basically its same squad, except for the additions of Tomás Reynoso and Felipe Ruvalcaba as well as the losses of Carlos Lara and Claudio Lostanau. The key match of the tournament took place on January 7, 1968 when Deportivo Toluca received a visit from Club Universidad Nacional three dates before the end of the tournament. The party was dominated by the university; However, in the 22nd minute, Vicente Pereda scored the first goal for the red team in a "popcorn" play from a pass from Ruvalcaba, the victory for Toluca was assured by Juan Dosal who scored 2 Final -0 that would give the team the two-time championship.
Toluca won its second Champion of Champions title, facing Atlas in a series of two games in which points and not goals would count. The first match was won by Deportivo Toluca 3 to 1, and the second match was won by Atlas 1 to 0; After the end of regular time, both teams faced each other in a series of penalties that Deportivo Toluca won with 3 scores from Albino Morales.
On April 3, 1968, the fourth edition of the Concacaf Champions Cup began, with as participants Club Deportivo Toluca (Mexican Champion), New York Greek-American (United States Champion), Somerset CC ( Champion of Bermuda), Scherpenheuvel (Champion of the Netherlands Antilles), SV Transvaal (Champion of Suriname), Aurora FC (Champion of Guatemala), Liga Deportiva Alajuelense (Champion of Costa Rica), Club Deportivo Olimpia (Champion of Honduras) and Alianza (Champion of El Salvador). Club Deportivo Toluca debuted on September 29, 1968, defeating New York Greek-American 4 to 1 and 3 to 2 in the second leg held on October 6, however, the tournament did not end successfully after the disqualifications of Aurora FC and SV Transvaal, so Club Deportivo Toluca was declared champion.
In 1970, after the World Cup, the Mexican Football Federation changed the way the tournaments were played; The 18 teams were divided into 2 groups and at the end a league was played to determine the champion. The league consisted of the leader of each group having to face each other in a final. Group A was made up of Atlante, América, Guadalajara, León, Monterrey, Pachuca, Puebla, Torreón and Veracruz, and Group B was made up of Atlas, Cruz Azul, Jalisco, Laguna, Irapuato, Necaxa, Toluca, Pumas and Zacatepec.
Deportivo Toluca finished as leader of Group B and played the final against a powerful América, leader of Group A. The first match took place in La Bombonera on June 25, 1971 with a 0-0 draw; The second match was played on August 1, culminating with a score of 2-0 in favor of America.
In the 1974-1975 season, Deportivo Toluca was directed by José Ricardo de León, who was preceded by great fame after having achieved runner-up status with Atlético Español; Along with Ricardo, there were the arrivals of Walter Gassire, Roberto Matosas, Arturo López and the Ecuadorian striker Ítalo Estupiñán, whose price caused expectations. That same season, Mr. Fernando Corona Álvarez would become president of the team, and together with the technical direction, he began to work with the basic forces from which players such as Eleuterio López and Ángel Ramos emerged.
Toluca achieved a regular season thanks to the system implemented by Ricardo de León that managed to position Deportivo Toluca in first place at the end of the first round of the championship with 26 total points and 2 difference over Club León who was its closest competitor.
The regular season ended on June 8, 1975 and the teams classified for the final home run were Toluca and Cruz Azul as members of the group of nones and respectively the Unión de Curtidores and Club León on the part of The pairs; in accordance with those established by the Mexican Federation; The first two places in each group had to face each other, with the team that obtained the most points becoming the champion.
In its first five games, Toluca achieved four victories and one defeat and took the title in the fifth game by winning 1-0 against Club León with the score by Italo Estupiñán in the 51st minute, accumulating a total of eight points in the home run; However, it was not until Thursday, June 26, 1975 that he would be formally consecrated as champion of the tournament by losing 3-1 against Club León.
In July 1977, the Toluca Sports Club celebrated its 60th anniversary with the publication of the book "History of the Toluca Sports Club" by Juan Manuel Cid. The 60th anniversary of Deportivo also represented the departure of Fernando Corona Álvarez as president of the team and consequently, the arrival of Germán Sánchez Fabela. The years began to pass and Deportivo Toluca suffered a drop in play since that third title, which over time would become a drought.
The title drought (1980-1997)
[edit]For the 81-82 season, Ernesto Nemer Naime became president of the team; and Deportivo Toluca finished the competition placing ninth. For the following season, Toluca's luck did not improve and finally Naime left the presidency in the hands of Jesús Fernández and at the same time Jorge Marí was replaced by José Antonio Roca in the technical direction of the scarlet team.
The 1982-83 campaign was considerably good, finishing the season in fifth place overall; However, for the following season Fernández left the presidency of the team and was replaced by Germán Sánchez Fabela, who managed to recruit Miguel Ángel Cornero, finishing the season in tenth place overall.
The bad results for Toluca continued and in the 1984-85 season José Antonio Roca García left the technical direction of the team as did Germán Sánchez who was replaced as president again by Jesús Fernández; who appointed José Luis Estrada as the team's coach, culminating again in the last places in the competition.
For the Mexican First Division PRODE 85 and Mexico 86 tournaments, Fernando Corona Álvarez returned for the second time as president of the team and Eduardo Ramos Escobedo as coach, however the results did not improve both Álvarez and Escobedo They were replaced in the 1986-87 campaign by Germán Sánchez Fabela and Arpad Fekete respectively; The new board achieved the incorporation of Wilson Graniolatti and Toluca finished in 13th place overall.
As the 80's era was ending, the board appointed Kurt Visetti Vogelbach as president of the institution in the 87-88 season and Roberto Matosas as technical director, as well as Ricardo Ferretti; The Mexican team finished the season in ninth place overall.
It was 14 years that passed after their last title for Deportivo Toluca to become champion again, in the 1989 Cup. In total, Toluca scored 18 goals and conceded 13, the Red Devils defeated the UNAM Pumas in Ciudad Universitaria and Irapuato in the Revolución stadium and Cruz Azul in the Azteca Stadium. The grand final was played against the University of Guadalajara, which took the lead on the scoreboard in the first minutes of the match, however, in the 93rd minute Washington Olivera scored for Club Deportivo Toluca, and the final went to extra time.
In extra time, Deportivo Toluca came back on the scoreboard with the score of Jorge Rodríguez Esquivel, this caused the start of a more aggressive game that culminated with the expulsion of Alfonso Sosa from the U. de G., so the so-called "Lions Negros" were left with 6 men on the field and lost the match by default. The cup was presented by Marcelino García Paniagua, president of the Mexican Football Federation to Club Deportivo Toluca, which became champion of the Mexico Cup for the second time.
Beginning in the 90s, Visetti Vogelbach left the team's presidency and Antonio Mañón began directing him, Toluca hired Raúl Cárdenas and finished in tenth place overall. The drought of titles increased in Toluca and seemed to have no end, because during the following tournaments Deportivo Toluca continued with poor results and the directors of the institution continued to change.
In the 1991-92 season, José Antonio Roca assumed the presidency of the team and appointed Mario Velarde as technical director of the institution; That season ended by placing Toluca in 12th place overall. José Antonio Roca was replaced by Jesús Fernández del Cojo while the 1992-93 season went on, in the same way José Vantolra (who began the season as technical director) was displaced by Roberto Silva finishing the tournament in 14th place overall.
By this time, in the national reserves tournament, the final was reached with a team well coached by Rubén Salas, a former player of the club. The names of this reserve team already included the names of: Julio Aguilar, Salvador Carmona, Ricardo Velázquez, El Camarón Díaz Leal, Felipe Aguirre, Rubén González, José Manuel Abundis. In the end some of these were figures in the first team.
In the 93-94 season, Toluca finally achieved improvement, concluding its participation in the tournament as third place overall. That season was marked by the arrivals of Hernán Cristante, Nidelson Silva de Mello, Rodrigo Fernández and Blas Armando Giunta as well as he returned to the presidency of Jesús Fernández del Cojo.
In the 1994–95 and 1995-96 championships, Toluca registered several changes, in the first season Silva Para was replaced in the technical direction by Moisés Figueroa and this in turn Aurelio Pescuttini and finally in the years 95-96 Sergio Peláez Farell he would become president to continue with the changes; Marco Antonio Trejo and later Miguel Ángel López became the technical director, however the changes in the institution were about to stabilize as Toluca's bad times were coming to an end.
In Winter '97, Deportivo Toluca decided to appoint Rafael Lebrija Guiot as new president and Enrique Meza as coach; However, the results would not improve until the following season in Summer 98, when Deportivo Toluca began to give expected results after more than 23 years of drought. In the tournament he managed to place himself in first place overall, beating teams such as Tigres UANL, Club Necaxa and Club de Fútbol Monterrey to achieve their classification to the league.
The golden era (1998-2010)
[edit]Rafael Lebrija, Enrique Meza and the three-time championship of titles (1998-2000)
[edit]In the quarterfinals, Toluca defeated Club de Fútbol Atlante and in the semifinals Club América; reaching the final to face Club Necaxa; The match started and Club Necaxa took a 2-1 lead. For the second leg in Toluca, Club Necaxa increased its lead to 4-1 and that was when Toluca began to shine, coming back on the scoreboard and beating Club Necaxa with a 5-2 and a 6-4 aggregate to be crowned champions on May 10, 1998. Curiously, all the first leg games of this Liguilla were played at the Azteca Stadium, the venue that hosts the home matches of Club de Fútbol Atlante, Club América and Club Necaxa.
In Summer 99, Toluca achieved an undefeated record that lasted for 12 days, which they lost to the Cruz Azul, at the end of the tournament they were once again ranked as general leaders with a total of 39 points, fifty goals and only two defeats. Once classified, they defeated Club Necaxa in the Quarterfinals with an aggregate score of 4-3 and qualified for the final by defeating Santos Laguna in the semifinal; once again proclaiming themselves champions, after defeating Atlas de Guadalajara in the penalty shootout on Sunday, June 6, 1999 with an aggregate of 5-5 in regulation time and 5-4 in sudden death penalties to win 10-9 in a final aggregate. Being the most epic and even Final of all time according to experts thanks to the fact that both teams canceled each other and for their attractive offensive game that produced a 3-3 in the first leg and a 2-2 in the second leg, proclaiming itself the end of the 20th century.
The first decade of the 21st century ultimately became the most successful for Club Deportivo Toluca. In the first half of the year and during the Summer tournament, Deportivo qualified for the league, in which they beat Puebla Fútbol Club by aggregate score (9-0) (the biggest win in the final phase) and in semifinals to Club Deportivo Guadalajara with an aggregate score (6-3). Another final came for Deportivo Toluca, this time against Club Santos Laguna, whom they defeated by an aggregate score of 7 to 1 to become league champions for the sixth time on June 3, 2000.
National successes and the departure of Lebrija (2000-2007)
[edit]In 2000, Enrique Meza was appointed coach of the Mexican National Team and his position was in the hands of Ricardo Ferrero, who arrived 1-3 at a disadvantage in the final of the Winter 2000 and finally losing it in sudden death on penalties 4-5 against Monarcas Morelia on December 16, 2000 despite the fact that they managed to tie the aggregate at 3-3 in regulation time, this match being one of the saddest in the history of the club because of the way it was lost. Deportivo Toluca takes a negative streak in the subsequent tournament, turning the Verano 2001 into one of the most disastrous tournaments in its history after what was achieved months ago; continued with good results with Ricardo La Volpe in the Winter 2001 and Torneo Summer 2002 tournaments, qualifying for both leagues, but it was until the Apertura 2002 when he again obtained a title in the First Division under the command of Alberto Jorge defeating Monarcas Morelia by an aggregate score of 4 to 2, being crowned champions again December 21, 2002 and complete his revenge after what happened in the Final between both teams 2 years ago.
In 2003 he obtained his second international title by winning the Concacaf Champions Cup under the command of Ricardo Ferretti again against Monarcas Morelia and later the title of Champion of Champions in 2003 against to Club de Fútbol Monterrey who had just won the Clausura 2003. For the Apertura 2005 Deportivo Toluca, now without José Saturnino Cardozo, won its eighth league title against Club de Fútbol Monterrey under the command of Américo Rubén Gallego and the champion of Champions 2005-2006 of that same season against the Tuzos de Pachuca who had just won the Clausura 2006.
After the 2005 title, the team entered a bad streak in which underperforming players were hired and this resulted in the departure of Rafael Lebrija, with whom Toluca won five league titles in short tournaments.
Fernando Corona, the tenth league and top winner in short tournaments (2007-2010)
[edit]Although the golden era seemed to be coming to an end, the Toluca board appointed Fernando Corona Álvarez as the new sports president in 2007; and this in turn appointed José Manuel de la Torre as technical director in 2008.
With the new presidency in charge, Deportivo Toluca once again won the title in the Apertura 2008 by beating Deportivo Cruz Azul 7-6 in sudden death in the penalty series for a total of 9 -8 total, establishing itself as the winningest team in Mexico in the short tournaments and the third historically since it surpassed the same Cruz Azul with 9 championships since both were looking for the ninth star for their shield in that Final; Great players were acquired such as Héctor Raúl Mancilla, who achieved the two-time goal scoring championship in the Apertura 2008 and Clausura 2009. On August 20, 2009, Toluca debuted as Mexico 1st in the Concacaf Champions League, which was established in 2008 as a new edition of the CONCACAF Champions Cup.
During the first half of 2010, the Mexican Football Federation decided to rename the tournament "Bicentennial 2010" in honor of the 200 years celebrated by the Independence of Mexico. Deportivo Toluca remained under the technical direction of José Manuel de la Torre and finished the tournament as second place in its group and third place overall; After qualifying for the league, Deportivo eliminated Club América in the quarterfinals and Pachuca in the semifinals to qualify again for the final in which they would culminate in being crowned champions after beating Santos Laguna in the penalty shootout held at the Nemesio Díez Stadium. .
The decade without titles (2011-2023)
[edit]After a 3-year process with José Saturnino Cardozo as coach, a radical change was necessary for the club. On May 31, 2016, he was presented as director of sports development José Luis Real and a new project was presented as technical director, headed by a Legend and idol of the institution Hernán Cristante, who would arrive with another reference of the club such as Enrique Alfaro along with Joaquín Velázquez as his technical assistants, during the process an icon of Mexican football and idol, legend of the institution, former national team and World Cup Sinha with the aim of finishing his successful career within the club, then in the Mexican soccer draft the goalkeeper was brought on loan Luis Manuel García as the only reinforcement of the Mexican market, with a solid base within the club after the losses of Richard Ortiz, Christian Cueva, Heriberto Vidales and Lucas Lobos finally contract, and Liborio Sánchez, Christian Pérez, Mario Quezada, Roberto Nicolás Saucedo and Omar Arellano Riverón were added to the casualties. who were ending their loan, other casualties were Daniel González Vega and Héctor Acosta Quintero who were loaned to Chiapas Fútbol Club and Alebrijes de Oaxaca in that same order, were not incorporated into the current team and their loans were renewed to other teams Club Deportivo Guadalajara and Venados Fútbol Club respectively, while the team was in the preseason, he joined the coaching staff David Rangel who, as a player of the institution, would become captain and champion in the years 98' 99' and 2000 with Enrique Alfaro and with Hernán Cristante in 1999 and 2000, while in 2005 he also won the title with Sinha.
For the part of foreign reinforcements for the Tournament Apertura 2016 an old acquaintance who was champion in the institution in 2010 would arrive again, the Chilean Osvaldo González, plus the Brazilian Maikon Leite who previously played in Mexico in 2014 for Club Atlas de Guadalajara; Other reinforcements were the Argentines Rodrigo Gómez from Club Atlético Independiente, another Argentine will join the squad Pablo Barrientos who during the last season played with San Lorenzo from Almagro, plus the incorporation of the English-Mexican Antonio Pedroza who arrived from Club Sport Herediano of Costa Rica and the last reinforcement to close the squad was the Argentine Jesús Méndez who arrived from Club Atlético Independiente. The last loss was when the Apertura 2016 tournament was in progress and it was Darío Bottinelli who would return to Argentina to play with Gimnasia y Esgrima La Plata.
Deportivo Toluca found itself playing at home at the Estadio Universitario Alberto "Chivo" Córdoba, because the Estadio Nemesio Díez was undergoing renovation work for the upcoming celebrations of the 100 years of life of the club. red squad, until matchday 17 of the Apertura 2016 the Diablos threw themselves into place #10 in the general table, unsuccessfully seeking a ticket for the Liguilla and fight for the title, being eliminated by Club Santos Laguna while they were eliminated from the Copa MX by Querétaro F.C. in the Semifinals.
With a view to the Clausura 2017 and the Nemesio Díez Stadium fully ready, the championship was played at its centenary party, with the absences of Gerardo Flores Zuñiga and Carlos Gerardo Rodríguez, joining the ranks of the scarlet squad Rodrigo Salinas, Gabriel Hauche and Efraín Velarde. In addition, Rubens Sambueza arrived as bomb reinforcement. In that Clausura 2017 they reached the semifinals where they were eliminated by Club Deportivo Guadalajara, which ultimately became the champion. Later in the Apertura tournament they reached the quarterfinals as fifth place, being defeated by Monarcas Morelia, so in their centenary they did not obtain any title. For 2018, Velarde, Rodrigo Gómez, Maikon Leite and Pedroza left due to the end of his loan, there were surprise incorporations of Luis Quiñones, Leonel López and Ángel Reyna. In that first half of 2018 they reached the final of the Copa MX tournament, being defeated by Club Necaxa. While in the league tournament Toluca was the overall leader, dramatically eliminating Morelia in the quarterfinals, in the semifinals they beat Club Tijuana and in the final they faced Santos Laguna, a team they had already defeated in the late 2000s and 2010. This time the laguneros were the champions with an overall score of 3-2.
For the 2018 Apertura, Toluca hired William Fernando da Silva, Adolfo Domínguez Gerardo, Amaury Escoto, Richard Ruíz, Luis Ángel Mendoza, Héctor Acosta Quintero, Fernando Tobio and the return of Enrique Triverio, during the tournament he spent all 17 days in Liguilla positions, to culminate 7th. In the quarterfinals they faced América, who would ultimately become champions, being eliminated 5-4 on aggregate. In the following tournament, Cristante was kept, in its first two games the team remained as Superleader, but then there was a streak of 6 games without winning, 5 losses and a draw. In which Cristante was dismissed and his replacement was Ricardo La Volpe who began his second stage, during La Volpe's stage there was improvement, but it was not possible to qualify for the league.
During the Apertura 2019 La Volpe remains in the technical direction, but his results did not improve, having his worst tournament since the Verano 2001. La Volpe resigned with one day left to finish. They finished in second to last position with only 17 points.
For the Clausura 2020, the tournament was temporarily suspended as of March 15, and after having decided to play the matches on matchday 10 behind closed doors, all as a consequence of the contingency health due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Mexico. The postponement of the contest reached a critical point, until on May 22, 2020, the Extraordinary Assembly of the Liga MX decreed the end of the tournament before its regular date, leaving the competition without a champion. Toluca finished the tournament in 15th position, as a result of 2 wins, 4 draws and 4 losses, obtaining 10 points.
For the tournaments Guard1anes 2020 and Torneo Guard1anes Clausura 2021, Toluca finished in 11th position, so they had to play the reclassification in a single match, facing Tigres, losing 2-1 in Monterrey, with this result, Toluca ended its participation in the tournament. For the next tournament, Toluca finished again in eleventh position, again playing the reclassification in a single match, this time they faced the current champion León, being a complicated match, again a visitor due to their position in the table, they won in a round of penalties, after tying 2-2 in regulation time, winning on penalties 2-4, reaching the quarterfinals, facing Cruz Azul, in a fairly disputed match, ended back and forth at the Azteca Stadium, losing 4-3 in favor of Cruz Azul and in this way Toluca culminated its participation in the tournament, highlighting the individual scoring championship of the Toluca player Alexis Canelo with 11 scores.
For the tournament Apertura 2021, Toluca made a more outstanding performance than the previous tournaments, culminating in position number 6, again playing for reclassification, but this time at home, although it did not serve as a lot, since Toluca was defeated by Pumas with a score of 1-2 in the match at Nemesio Diez, culminating again in a reclassification match.
Support
[edit]For many years the fans of Deportivo Toluca were very few, because after winning their third title in 1975 against the legendary Club León, the team registered a significant decline, ranking for many years in positions less than half of the board; As if that were not enough, with the passage of time the long tournaments disappeared and the relegation became a matter of percentage which was closely linked to the results achieved by the institutions in recent years.
This evidently affected Deportivo Toluca, placing it in a fighting situation for non-relegation. With such poor results and serious problems, the fans in Toluca preferred to support other teams, mainly from the capital such as Club Universidad Nacional and Club América, until the '98 season after the arrival by José Saturnino Cardozo that Toluca would reach a final and the fans would begin to appear in the stadium. The golden era began and the fans began to organize, giving birth to the Barra Perra Brava, an entertainment group that is located in the sun stands and gained great popularity when it began to "take off its shirts" every time the team scored a goal. regardless of weather conditions. As time went by, the stands of the Nemesio Díez Stadium began to register greater entries and new animation groups began to emerge.
Currently, on the official site of the Deportivo Toluca Fútbol Club, five animation groups are registered for the institution; the classic Perra Brava, Los Hijos del Averno, La Banda del Rojo, Garra Diablos and La Fuerza Roja, although evidently there are other unregistered bars that also occupy the stands of the stadium. The most common nickname of the team is "red devils", a tradition that began with the promotion of Toluca to the First Division in 1953; During the amateur era, Toluca's colors were blue and white, however as time went by the team began to use the red color that identifies it to this day.
The club's mascot appeared for the first time in August 1953 when Deportivo Toluca formally debuted in the First Division against the Atlante colts in the Ciudad de los Deportes; Since then the nickname of the red devils was born. Toluca also has other nicknames used less frequently to refer to the team; such as: los escarlatas due to the color of their uniform or los choriceros, chorizo being one of the characteristic foods of the city of Toluca. According to surveys carried out in 2007 and 2009 by Grupo Reforma, Récord and Consulta Mitofsky, Toluca is the fifth team with the most fans in Mexico and the team with the greatest fan growth. Today according to Mitofsky in 2022, Toluca is the seventh most popular team in Mexico with 3.0% preference with around 4.0 million fans.
Deportivo Toluca's attendances per year in Liga MX and Copa MX
[edit]Liga MX
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2018 | 142,643 |
2019 | 146,179 |
2021 | 114,535 |
2022 | 200,033 |
2023 | 201,946 |
Copa MX
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2014 | 25,441 |
2015 | 38,442 |
2016 | 16,639 |
2017 | 29,123 |
2018 | 25,117 |
Stadium
[edit]The first facilities of the Deportivo Toluca F.C. were located on the old Avenida Colón (today Paseo Colón) in the City of Toluca and basically consisted of a small soccer field and some wooden stands with a covered area reserved for the ladies. In 1919 the then president of the team; Román Ferrat acquired the so-called "Gachupines Dam" to convert it into the new headquarters of Toluca. In this field, Deportivo Toluca received a visit from a team from the capital for the first time; the Real Club España who by then was already four-time champion of the Mexican League.
The "Presa de Gachupines" was the official field of Deportivo Toluca for a few years, because in 1921 the team began to use the "Campo del Tívoli" as the official venue of the Mexican State Championship. At the Tivoli (located three blocks from the Nemesio Díez Stadium); Deportivo Toluca received a visit from a foreign team for the first time, this being Libertad from Costa Rica. By qualifying for the Second Division; Tivoli was established as the official headquarters of Toluca already in professional soccer; However, a year later, in 1952, the team began to use "Campo Patria" as a new headquarters and on which the Nemesio Díez Stadium would be built.
Estadio Nemesio Díez (1954-2024)
[edit]During the 1940s and 1950s, Toluca played its home games at a ground near downtown Toluca known then as Tivoli. Later, wooden stands were built in the ground and it was named Campo Patria. On that same spot, in 1953, the club started building its own stadium. The stadium was inaugurated on Sunday 8 August 1954, with a match between Deportivo Toluca F.C. and Yugoslavian team GNK Dinamo Zagreb. The game was won by Dinamo 4–1. The only goal for Toluca and also the first in the history of the stadium was scored by Enrique Sesma.
Initially, the stadium was opened as Estadio Club Deportivo Toluca. That name lasted until 1955, when it was changed to Estadio Héctor Barraza. Other names the stadium has had are: Estadio Luis Gutiérrez Dosal (1959–1970), Estadio Toluca 70 (1970–1986), Estadio Toluca 70–86 (1986–2000). After the death of Nemesio Díez Riega, president and then owner of the club, in June 2000, the stadium name was changed to Estadio Nemesio Díez.
With an investment of 800 million Mexican pesos (about 40 million United States dollars), the announcement to remodel The Nemesio Diez stadium by 2017 was made, when Club Deportivo Toluca celebrates its centenary and does so with a remodeled and more functional stadium. Within the Nemesio Diez, four macro support columns that will sustain the stadium structure will be built to replace the current columns obstructing visibility. In the shadow stands, a second level will be built so the capacity, which currently stands at 22,000 will increase to 30,000. The project also includes four giant screens at each end of the building, replacement of all seats and a sunroof in the preferred (shaded) section, to assist in the process of maintaining the natural grass in the field.
The remodeled stadium officially opened on January 15, 2017, with a league match against Club America. The first goal was scored by Gabriel Hauche for Toluca with a screamer outside of the box. Toluca FC won that match 2–1. The stadium was completed in the summer 2017 where it had been confirmed that the club would play against Atlético Madrid for the official inauguration of the remodeled stadium.
Friendly matches against european clubs
[edit]Crest and kits
[edit]Badge
[edit]The current design of the shield used by Deportivo Toluca has undergone only three modifications. The first design was a circle split on the right simulating a letter "C" in which the abbreviation "D.T" was found, referring to the official name of the team: Club Deportivo Toluca, said logo was displayed on a white background and with red letters., and currently it is still used for the institution's international meetings in which the "retro" Toluca uniform is usually used. Later, said shield was inverted, to such a degree that its letters were written in white and the background in red.
In addition, the name of the institution was printed around the shield decorated in black, red and white. Currently the team uses the original shield, implanted on a complete circle with the inscription "Deportivo Toluca Fútbol Club", and on whose surface there are olive branches and in its upper part there is a crown attached with the stars obtained by the institution, which represent the national championships won throughout its history.
Kit evolution and colours
[edit]- 1917: The uniform was in charge of Joaquín Lajous but it was designed by Román Ferrat and differs greatly from the current one: White shirt, dark blue pants with a vertical white stripe, dark blue socks.
- 1925: The uniform undergoes a modification, a blue stripe appears across the chest and the traditional shield with the letters "CDT" in red on the chest.
- 1929: The shirt is completely dyed red and the shorts turn white, however, the shield leaves the outfit, this uniform is only used for a game against "A.D.O." from Orizaba.
- 1930: The team appears with a red shirt and blue shorts, but continues without the shield.
- 1932: The uniform is modified once again, this time not for aesthetic reasons, but rather due to the economic problems that plagued the club, so from that year on Deportivo Toluca wore a red shirt and white shorts with red socks, the shield was still absent from the Mexican attire.
- 1932 - 1997: Deportivo Toluca used it for many years: Red shirt, white pants, red socks. Currently this (retro) uniform is used in international competitions such as the Concacaf Champions League, the Copa Sudamericana and the Copa Libertadores.
- 1998 - 2010: The Deportivo Toluca uniform becomes all red: Red shirt, red pants, red socks. This uniform is used from the Verano 98 tournament, curiously when Toluca manages to win the crown again after 23 years. He had 3 sponsors during this period: Corona Sport, Diadora and atlética (the latter brand being the one with which he was crowned the most times in this period of time).
- 2010 - 2011: Club Deportivo Toluca ends relations with Atlética and changes to Under Armour; He continues playing with red shorts, however the shirt undergoes a modification; Although the base remains red, a white horizontal stripe appears at chest height.
- 2011 - 2012: The shirt continues with the Under Armor sports brand. The design consists of 4 parallel lines in the shape of a "V" with the shield on the right and the brand logo on the left. The shorts stay red as do the socks.
- 2012 - 2013: This time, Under Armor proposes an innovative design to the team. White stripes on the arms and a wine-colored stripe on the breast with a zig-zag inlaid fork design. The shorts and socks maintain the red colors. In the 2013 Copa Libertadores, Deportivo Toluca used a black jersey with a white stripe at the chest.
- 2013 - 2014: Returning to the classic values of the Deportivo Toluca t-shirts, Under Armor launches a classic collection, remembering the t-shirts of the 00's. A thin white stripe that surrounds the "v"-shaped neck and another pair that surrounds the sleeves. For the first time since the American brand sponsors the team, Toluca launches a jersey with a "retro" shield from the 60's era in gray for the Concacaf champions tournament.
- 2014 - 2015: As a tribute to the fans who cheer from the Sol stands of the Nemesio Díez stadium, the Under Armor brand makes a t-shirt with a sublimated design on the front and back with the appearance of said area of the scarlet venue. The design is repeated on the sleeves of the away shirt, and on the inside of the neck of the sweaters. Once again, a "retro" t-shirt is launched, this time in black, as a third uniform option.
- 2015 - 2017: The red jersey features a white stripe that runs from the middle of the chest to shoulder height, covering the area of the shield and the brand that makes the shirt. The neck and sleeves are in the same tone of red, with a small stripe above the cut of the sleeve in white. The away shirt uses a more conservative style, applying red sleeves and a slight stripe in the same tone at the bottom of the shirt, covering the sides. The third option is in purple, repeating the design of the home, but with purple as the main color and black as the secondary color, applying white details, and using a "retro" shield.
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Kit suppliers and sponsors
[edit]Additional kit sponsors
Presidents
[edit]Lis of presidents
[edit]Notable presidents
[edit]Luis Gutiérrez Dosal
[edit]- He arrived at Deportivo Toluca in 1953 at the invitation of José Ramírez Ruíz to take the reins of the team, occupying the position of president in July of that same year.
- He is considered the first “Great Patron” of the team, standing out for the acquisition of the “Campo Patria”, which would become Deportivo's first stadium.
- He headed and financed the expansion works of the stadium and the Club House, formally inaugurating “La Bombonera” on August 8, 1954 against Dynamo of Yugoslavia.
- Under his tutelage, Deportivo Toluca won the Cup title in May 1956, being Deportivo Toluca's first official title as a First Division team.
- He died on June 24, 1959 after 6 years of financially supporting Deportivo Toluca, in his honor the "La Bombonera" Stadium was renamed after the manager.
Nemesio Díez Riega
[edit]- Nemesio Díez Riega, was born in Portilla de la Reina, León, Spain, on December 19, 1909 and arrived in Mexico at 13 years of age.
- The Real Club España was his first battle team, he signed up as a member of the team, of which years later he would be a member of its Board of Directors
- In 1959 Nemesio accepted the suggestion of president Adolfo López Mateos and acquired the Toluca Club along with the stadium that today bears his name.
- Before he died, he was the object of fair recognition, after on a historic day for his team, the "La Bombonera" stadium changed its name for the seventh time to now bear that of the businessman.
- Under the presidency of Díez, Deportivo Toluca won the two-time championship in the 66-67 and 67-68 seasons.
Rafael Lebrija Guiot
[edit]- President of Deportivo Toluca from 1996 to 2007.
- Achieves the resurgence of the Club after 23 years of not winning a title.
- Under the direction of Lebrija, Toluca proved to be the best team in the Short Tournaments.
- He was President of the First Division.
- He was President of the Coyotes del Neza.
- Under the presidency of Rafael Lebrija, Deportivo Toluca won 5 Summer league titles in 1998, 1999, 2000, Apertura 2002 and 2005.
Fernando Corona Álvarez
[edit]- President of the Toluca Red Devils from 2008 to 2010 (3rd stage) is a man linked to football and sports in general.
- Coordinator of national soccer teams in the 1954, 1958, 1962, 1966, 1970 and 1978 World Cups.
- He was a Member of the executive committee of the Mexican Football Federation.
- He served as Head of the Mexican Delegation to the Olympic Games in Barcelona, Atlanta, Sydney and Athens.
- Member of the Mexican Sports Hall of Fame since August 25, 2005
- In his first stage as president (1972 to 1977), Deportivo Toluca achieved its third league title in the 74-75 Season, in the third stage of Corona the team achieved the Apertura 2008 and the Torneo Clausura 2010, their ninth and tenth league titles, respectively.
- Recently dismissed by Santiago Velasco Monroy
- Appointed on November 12, 2011, again as team president, this being the fourth time he has held the position.
- He leaves the position of president in 2013 due to health problems, being replaced by Jesús Vallejo.
Management staff
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Coaching staff
[edit]Players
[edit]Current squad
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Out on loan
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Reserve teams
[edit]Current reserves and academy systems including the Deportivo Toluca Premier team U20 and U23 sides that act to develop young footballers on behalf of Deportivo Toluca F.C.
Deportivo Toluca F.C. (Liga TDP)
[edit]Is a professional football team that is playing in the Liga Premier (Mexico's Third Division) – Serie B after securing promotion from Liga TDP. Currently playing in Liga TDP, the fourth level of the Mexican league system.
World cup players
[edit]The following players have represented their country at the FIFA World Cup whilst playing for Toluca:
Carlos Carus (1954)
Jorge Romo (1958)
Enrique Sesma (1958)
Manuel Camacho (1958)
Carlos Blanco (1958)
Alfredo del Águila (1962)
Pedro Romero (1962)
José Vantolrá (1970)
Rigoberto Cisneros (1978)
Javier Cárdenas (1978)
Mario Medina (1978)
Marcelino Bernal (1994)
Jorge Rodríguez (1994)
Fabián Estay (1998)
José Ordiales (1998)
José Cardozo (1998, 2002)
José Carmona (1998, 2002)
Rafael García (2002)
Sinha (2006)
Paulo da Silva (2006)
Miguel Ponce (2014)
Isaác Brizuela (2014)
Alfredo Talavera (2014, 2018)
Olympic players
[edit]The following players have represented their country at the Summer Olympic Games whilst playing for Toluca:
International players
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E. Vega, J. Angulo, B. García, J. Gallardo, M. Ruíz |
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C. Olivera, B. Méndez |
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C. Baeza |
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R. Morales |
Historic players
[edit]- Goalkeepers
- Defenders
Roberto Matosas
Omar Blanco
Horacio Humoller
Salvador Carmona
José Cruzalta
Manuel de la Torre
Paulo Da Silva
Rafael García
Alberto Macías
David Rangel
Jorge Romo
Osvaldo González
- Midfielders
Claudio Lostanau
Felipe Ruvalcaba
Jesús Romero
Enrique Alfaro
Juan Dosal
Amaury Epaminondas
Pedro Munguia
Héctor Eugui
Juan Paz
David Rangel
Fabián Estay
Darko Vukić
Israel López
Ariel Rosada
Víctor Ruiz
Sinha
Antonio Ríos
Carlos Esquivel
- Forwards
Manuel Cerda
Albino Morales
Ítalo Estupiñán
José Abundis
José Cardozo
Carlos Carús
Carlos Morales
Vicente Pereda
Vicente Sánchez
Héctor Mancilla
Record of most expensive bought players in the club history
[edit]Record of most expensive sold players in the club history
[edit]Honours
[edit]National
[edit]Type | Competition | Titles | Winning Seasons | Runners Up |
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National | Primera División de México | 10 | 1966–67, 1967–68, 1974–75, Verano 1998, Verano 1999, Verano 2000, Apertura 2002, Apertura 2005, Apertura 2008, Clausura 2010 | 1956-57, 1957-58, 1970-71, Invierno 2000, Apertura 2006, Apertura 2012, Clausura 2018, Apertura 2022 |
Copa México | 2 | 1955–56, 1988–89 | 1960-61, Clausura 2018 | |
Campeón de Campeones de Primera División de México | 4 | 1967, 1968, 2003, 2006 | 1955-56, 1974-75, 1988-89 | |
Segunda División de México | 1 | 1952-53 | ||
Campeón de Campeones de Segunda División de México | 1 | 1952-53 |
International
[edit]Type | Competition | Titles | Winning Seasons | Runners Up |
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International | CONCACAF Champions Cup | 2 | 1968, 2003 | 1998, 2006, 2013–14 |
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International | Copa Interamericana | 1969 |
Amateur era
[edit]- Mexiquense State Championship (14): 1918–19, 1920–21, 1924–25, 1926–27, 1927–28, 1928–29, 1931–32, 1932–33, 1934–35, 1936–37, 1939–40, 1943–44, 1944–45 1945–46.
- Major Football League (6): 1933–34, 1935–36, 1937–38, 1938–39, 1942–43, 1943–44.
- First Force Major League (1): 1941–42
- Second Force Major League (1): 1940–41
- Third Force Major League (1): 1946–47
- Minor Football League (1): 1942–43
- National Amateur Championship (1): 1935–36
- Reserve Championship (1): 1945–46
- Toluca Municipal League (1): 1950–51
Friendly national tournaments
[edit]- Proudly Mexican Cup (1): 1998.
- Chihuahua-El Heraldo Cup (1): 2008.
- Jarrito de Oro Tournament (1): 1956.
- Héctor Barraza Tournament (1): 2010.
- UNAM Centenary Cup (1): 2010.
- SPK National Football Tournament (1): 2011.
- 75th Anniversary IPN (1): 2011.
- Guadalajara Cup (1): 2011.
Friendly international tournaments
[edit]- III International Pentagonal Tournament of Mexico City (1): 1960.
- Singapore International Quadrangular (1): 1999.
- Uniting teams by expanding borders (1): 2008.
- Hispano-Mexican Trophy (1): 2003.
- Mexico-South Africa (1): 2008.
- Gothia Cup (1): 2011.
Champion Players
[edit]Second division of Mexico 1952-53
[edit]- Goalkeeper
- Defenders
- Midfielders
- Forwards
- Manager
Champion of champions of the second division 1952-53
[edit]- Goalkeeper
- Defenders
- Midfielders
- Forwards
- Manager
Mexico Cup 1955-56
[edit]- Goalkeeper
- Defenders
- Midfielders
- Forwards
- Manager
Mexican First Division 1966-67
[edit]- Goalkeeper
- Defenders
- Midfielders
- Forwards
- Manager
Champion of champions first division 1966-67
[edit]- Goalkeeper
- Defenders
- Midfielders
- Forwards
- Manager
Mexican first division 1967-68
[edit]- Goalkeeper
- Defenders
- Midfielders
- Forwards
- Manager
First division champion of champions 1967-68
[edit]- Goalkeeper
- Defenders
- Midfielders
- Forwards
- Manager
Mexican First Division 1974-75
[edit]- Goalkeeper
- Defenders
- Midfielders
- Forwards
- Manager
Mexico Cup 1988-89
[edit]- Goalkeeper
- Defenders
- Midfielders
- Manager
- Manager
Verano 1998
[edit]- Goalkeeper
- Midfielders
- Forwards
- Manager
Verano 1999
[edit]- Goalkeeper
- Defenders
- Midfielders
- Forwards
- Manager
Verano 2000
[edit]- Goalkeeper
- Defenders
- Midfielders
- Forwards
- Manager
Apertura 2002
[edit]- Goalkeeper
- Defenders
- Midfielders
- Forwards
- Manager
Champion of champions first division 2002-03
[edit]- Goalkeeper
- Defenders
- Midfielders
- Forwards
- Manager
CONCACAF champions cup 2003
[edit]- Goalkeeper
- Defenders
- Midfielders
- Forwards
- Manager
Apertura 2005
[edit]- Goalkeeper
- Defenders
- Midfielders
- Forwards
- Manager
Champion of champions of the first division 2005-06
[edit]- Goalkeeper
- Defenders
- Midfielders
- Forwards
- Manager
Apertura 2008
[edit]- Goalkeeper
- Defenders
- Midfielders
- Forwards
- Manager
Clausura 2010
[edit]- Goalkeeper
- Defenders
- Midfielders
- Forwards
- Manager
International competitions
[edit]CONCACAF
[edit]- CONCACAF Champions Cup: 13 appearances
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- Leagues Cup: 2 appearances
- 2023: Round of 16
- 2024: Round of 16
CONMEBOL
[edit]- Copa Libertadores: 3 appearances
- 2007: Round of 16
- 2013: Group stage
- 2016: Round of 16
- Copa Sudamericana: 1 appearance
- 2006: Semifinals
- Copa Merconorte: 1 appearance
- 2000: First round
- Copa Interamericana: 1 appearance
- 1969: Runner up
Managers
[edit]Champion Managers
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Statistics
[edit]Performance in regular phase in Liga MX, Copa MX and CONCACAF Champions Cup
[edit]Competition | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Points |
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Liga MX | 2396 | 965 | 701 | 730 | 3569 | 2931 | 638 | 3064 |
Copa MX | 236 | 112 | 59 | 65 | 386 | 294 | 92 | 395 |
CONCACAF Champions Cup | 77 | 39 | 18 | 20 | 150 | 82 | 68 | 135 |
- Campeonato estatal mexiquense:
- Seasons: 27 (1918-1945).
- Best Position: 1° (1918–19, 1920–21, 1924–25, 1926–27, 1927–28 1928–29, 1931–32, 1932–33, 1934–35, 1936–37, 1939–40, 1943–44, 1944-45 1945–46.).
- Seasons on First Division: 100 Seasons (1954-2024).
- Best position in First Division
- In long tournaments: 1° (1966–67, 1967–68).
- In short tournaments: 1° (Verano 1998, Verano 1999, Verano 2000, Apertura 2009, Apertura 2012, Clausura 2018).
- Seasons in Second Division: 3 (1950-1953).
- Best Position: 1° (1953).
- Championship finals: 13 (1970–71, Verano 1998, Verano 1999, Verano 2000, Invierno 2000, Apertura 2002, Apertura 2005, Apertura 2006, Apertura 2008, Clausura 2010, Apertura 2012, Clausura 2018, Apertura 2022).
- Most points in a long tournament:46 (1966–67).
- Most points in a short tournament: 41 (Apertura 2002).
- Most goals scored: 55 (Apertura 2002).
- In long tournaments: 58 (1967–68)
- In short tournaments: 55 (Apertura 2002).
- More games without losing: (1966-67 - 1967-68).
- Most games without a tie: 15 (1961–62).
- More games without winning: 18 (1994–95).
- Most consecutive wins: 9 (Clausura 2018); 5 (1961–62, 1969–70, 1970–71, 1977–78, 1991–92, Clausura 2010, Apertura
2012).
- More games scoring: 24 (1957–58).
- Most games without scoring: 6 (1977–78).
- Top scorer: José Saturnino Cardozo (259)
- Top scorer in League and Liguilla: José Saturnino Cardozo (249 goles).
- Top scorer in Liguillas: José Saturnino Cardozo (41 goles).
- Top scorer in Liguilla Finals: José Saturnino Cardozo (9 goles).
- Maximum goals achieved:
- In national competitions:
- Toluca 7-0 Puebla F.C. (Verano 2000), Toluca 7-0 Tigres UANL (Apertura 2006).
- Toluca 6-0 Tecos UAG (Apertura 2002), Toluca 6-0 América (Apertura 2003), Toluca 7-1 Atlante F.C. (Apertura 2013).
- In international competitions: Toluca 7-0 C.D. Marathon (Concacaf Champions League 2009-10).
- Maximum goals received:
- In national competitions:
- Tampico Madero F.C. 7-2 Toluca (1988–89), América 7-2 Toluca (Apertura 2009).
- Tigres UANL 6-0 Toluca (Clausura 2005), Toluca 1-6 Monarcas Morelia (Clausura 2011), CF Mérida 6-1 Toluca (Copa MX Clausura
2015).
- In international competitions: Cúcuta Deportivo 5-1 Toluca (Copa Libertadores 2007), Club Nacional de Football 4-0 Toluca (Copa Libertadores 2013), São Paulo 4 - Toluca 0 (Copa Libertadores 2016).
- Top winners:
- Player: Hernán Cristante (Eight titles): Five League Titles (Verano 1999, Verano 2000, Apertura 2002, Apertura 2005, Apertura 2008), Two Campeón de Campeones (2002–03, 2005–06), one Copa de Campeones (Concacaf Champions Cup 2003). And Sinha (Eight titles): Five Ligas (Verano 2000, Apertura 2002, Apertura 2005, Apertura 2008, Clausura 2010), Two Campeón de Campeones (2002–03, 2005–06), One Copa de Campeones (Concacaf Champions Cup 2003).
- Coach: Enrique Meza (Three Titles): (Verano 1998, Verano 1999, Verano 2000).
- President: Rafael Lebrija Guiot (Five Titles): (Verano 1998, Verano 1999, Verano 2000, Apertura 2002, Apertura 2005)
- Longest time without conceding a goal: Hernán Cristante, 772 minutes (Apertura 2008).
- Best start to the league: Clausura 2009 (12 undefeated matches).
- Consecutive classifications to the league: 7 (Invierno 2001, Verano 2002, Apertura 2002, Clausura 2003, Apertura 2003,
Clausura 2004 y Apertura 2004).
- Biggest win in a league (global score): Toluca 9 - 0 Puebla (Verano 2000).
- Biggest win in a final (overall score): Toluca 7 - 1 Santos Laguna (Verano 2000).
- Fewest losses in a regular tournament: 1 (Invierno 1998 y Clausura 2009).
- Longest unbeaten streak: 12 (Clausura 2009).
- Best goal difference in a short tournament: +30 (Apertura 2002).
Records
[edit]- It is the third team with the most national titles with 10 leagues, 2 cups and 4 champions of champions with a total of 16.
- It is the third team with the most league titles in the First Division of Mexico with 10.
- First Mexican team to play in an official cup against a South American team in the 1969 Inter-American Cup.
- First Mexican team to win as a visitor in an official cup against a South American team in the 1969 Inter-American Cup with a score of 2-1 against Club Estudiantes de La Plata.
- It is one of the clubs that has never been relegated since its promotion in the 1952-53 season, being only three seasons since the founding of the Second Division in 1950.
- It is the only founding team of the Second Division that has remained in the First Division uninterruptedly since its promotion.
- It is one of the Mexican clubs with the most international participations with 14, since 1968.
- Together with Club América, it is the Mexican team that has the most participations in the Concacaf Champions Cup with 8 and the most participations in the history of Concacaf tournaments with 10 tournaments.
- It is the team that has won the most national cups from the short tournaments with 7 since 1998.
- It is the team to win the most First Division league titles in the 00's 2000-2010 with 5 titles.
- It is the team to win the most national tournaments in the 00's 5 League, 2 Champion of Champions.
- It is the team with the most regular season victories in the 00's with 165 wins.
- It is the team with the fewest losses in the regular season in the 00's with 87.
- It is the team with the most league victories in the 00's with 28 wins and the team that has won the most league games in a decade in the history of Mexican soccer.
- It is the team with the most points in the first decade of the 21st century with 582 points.
- In the 00s he scored 775 goals in a regular tournament, scoring more than Fútbol Club Barcelona (755), Manchester United Football Club (753), Real Madrid Club de Fútbol (739), and FC Bayern Munich (680).
- It is the first team to score 1000 goals in the history of short tournaments.
- It is the team that has scored the most goals in a league with 22 in Summer 2000.
- It is the team that has played the most finals in a decade with 9 league finals between 1998 and 2008.
- It is one of the Clubs that has the most leagues in the history of Mexican Soccer with 32.
- In 2009 they finished undefeated at home in 24 games with 18 regular season games, 3 in the league and 3 in the Concacaf Champions League.
- José Saturnino Cardozo is the top scorer in a season of short tournaments with 29 goals in the 2002 Apertura.
- José Saturnino Cardozo is the forward who has scored the most goals for the same club in the history of Mexican Soccer with 249 goals.
- José Saturnino Cardozo accumulated the longest consecutive streak of scoring goals, with 15 games, 11 in the regular tournament and four in the league in the 2002 Apertura.
- In 2002 José Saturnino Cardozo is called "King of America" for scoring more than 50 goals in one year with Deportivo Toluca.
- In 2003 José Saturnino Cardozo is considered the world's top scorer by the IFFHS.
- Vicente Sánchez scored the second fastest goal in the history of the Copa Libertadores de América in the 2007 Edition at 25 seconds.
- Hernán Cristante is the foreign goalkeeper with the most games played in the history of Mexican Soccer, surpassing Héctor Miguel Zelada with 360 games.
- Hernán Cristante broke the goalkeeper record with 772 minutes played without conceding a goal, in the history of Mexican Soccer.
- Hernán Cristante is one of the players who has played the most finals in the history of Mexican soccer with 7 Finals and the goalkeeper who has won the most with 5, tied with Miguel Marín.
- Hernán Cristante is the goalkeeper with the most finals matches in history with 14 games and the goalkeeper with the most league matches played in the entire history of Mexican football with 72 matches in 20 different final phases.
- Hernán Cristante is the goalkeeper with the most games played in the history of Club Deportivo Toluca.
- Hernán Cristante is the goalkeeper with the most minutes played in the history of the grand final with 1,350 minutes.
- Hernán Cristante is the third player in the history of Mexican soccer with the most league games with 72, behind Oswaldo Sánchez with 82 and Cristóbal Ortega, with 74.
- Hernán Cristante is the first five-time champion in the history of Club Deportivo Toluca.
- Deportivo Toluca is the second Mexican team to beat Boca Juniors at the Alberto J. Armando stadium (La Bombonera) Buenos Aires, Argentina in the group stage of the 2013 Bridgestone Libertadores Cup by a score of 1-2, turning the score around.
Divisional movements
[edit]Division | Years | First | Last | Promotions | Relegations |
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Primera División de México | 70 | 1953–54 | 2023–24 | ![]() |
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Segunda División de México | 3 | 1950-51 | 1953-54 | ![]() |
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Continental ranking
[edit]CONCACAF ranking
[edit]- As of August 20, 2024
Rank | Country | Team | Points |
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9 | ![]() |
Deportivo Toluca F.C. | 1,209 |
Deportivo Toluca F.C. seasons
[edit]This is a list of the seasons played by Deportivo Toluca F.C. from 1950 when the club became a professional football club. Before 1950, and from 1917, when Deportivo Toluca was founded, the club participated in several amateur competitions. Top scorers in bold were also top scorers of Primera división de México.
Professional era (league system) (1950–1970)
[edit]Season | League | Cup | International | Result | League top goalscorer | ||||||||||
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Division | P | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Pos | Player | Goals | ||||
1950–51 | Segunda División | 12 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 17 | 19 | –2 | 9 | 6th | – | – | |||
1951–52 | Segunda División | 18 | 8 | 5 | 5 | 44 | 34 | +10 | 21 | 3rd | – | – | |||
1952–53 | Segunda División | 22 | 14 | 7 | 1 | 63 | 28 | +35 | 35 | 1st | – | – | |||
1953–54 | Primera División | 22 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 35 | 34 | +1 | 23 | 5th | GS | – | ![]() |
11 | |
1954–55 | Primera División | 22 | 9 | 5 | 8 | 35 | 30 | +5 | 23 | 6th | R1 | – | ![]() |
11 | |
1955–56 | Primera División | 26 | 11 | 9 | 6 | 49 | 31 | +18 | 31 | 4th | W | – | ![]() |
9 | |
1956–57 | Primera División | 24 | 11 | 8 | 5 | 45 | 20 | +25 | 30 | 2nd | QF | – | ![]() |
15 | |
1957–58 | Primera División | 26 | 14 | 6 | 6 | 60 | 29 | +31 | 34 | 2nd | QF | – | ![]() |
17 | |
1958–59 | Primera División | 26 | 10 | 8 | 8 | 41 | 37 | +4 | 28 | 6th | SF | – | ![]() |
12 | |
1959–60 | Primera División | 26 | 12 | 6 | 8 | 51 | 36 | +15 | 30 | 5th | SF | – | ![]() |
14 | |
1960–61 | Primera División | 26 | 8 | 8 | 10 | 41 | 37 | +4 | 24 | 9th | RU | – | ![]() |
10 | |
1961–62 | Primera División | 26 | 15 | 4 | 7 | 58 | 37 | +21 | 34 | 3rd | GS | – | ![]() |
19 | |
1962–63 | Primera División | 26 | 8 | 10 | 8 | 32 | 31 | +1 | 26 | 7th | R1 | – | ![]() |
7 | |
1963–64 | Primera División | 26 | 6 | 10 | 10 | 31 | 35 | –4 | 22 | 11th | SF | – | ![]() |
4 | |
1964–65 | Primera División | 30 | 8 | 11 | 11 | 31 | 34 | –3 | 27 | 11th | GS | – | ![]() |
7 | |
1965–66 | Primera División | 30 | 7 | 12 | 11 | 39 | 37 | +2 | 26 | 12th | SF | – | ![]() |
12 | |
1966–67 | Primera División | 30 | 17 | 7 | 6 | 48 | 24 | +24 | 41 | 1st | SF | – | ![]() |
21 | |
1967–68 | Primera División | 30 | 18 | 8 | 4 | 56 | 28 | +28 | 44 | 1st | SF | – | ![]() |
17 | |
1968–69 | Primera División | 30 | 13 | 8 | 9 | 43 | 30 | +13 | 34 | 3rd | QF | CONCACAF Champions' Cup | W | ![]() |
12 |
1969–70 | Primera División | 30 | 13 | 7 | 10 | 46 | 35 | +9 | 33 | 4th | R16 | CONCACAF Champions' Cup | R2 | ![]() |
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Liguilla system (1970–1996)
[edit]Season | League | Cup | International | Result | League top goalscorer | |||||||||||
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Division | P | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Rank | Liguilla | Player | Goals | ||||
1970 | Primera División | 14 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 21 | 12 | +9 | 17 | 1st | 4th | – | – | ![]() |
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1970–71 | Primera División | 34 | 14 | 15 | 5 | 38 | 21 | +17 | 43 | 2nd | RU | R16 | – | ![]() |
12 | |
1971–72 | Primera División | 34 | 11 | 9 | 14 | 46 | 51 | –5 | 31 | 14th | DNQ | GS | CONCACAF Champions' Cup |
R2 | ![]() |
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1972–73 | Primera División | 34 | 13 | 13 | 8 | 51 | 39 | +12 | 39 | 5th | DNQ | Not held | – | ![]() |
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1973–74 | Primera División | 34 | 14 | 11 | 9 | 54 | 43 | +10 | 39 | 5th | DNQ | GS | – | ![]() |
9 | |
1974–75 | Primera División | 38 | 19 | 12 | 7 | 54 | 32 | +22 | 50 | 2nd | W | GS | – | ![]() |
18 | |
1975–76 | Primera División | 38 | 12 | 12 | 14 | 43 | 44 | –1 | 36 | 11th | DNQ | GS | – | ![]() |
14 | |
1976–77 | Primera División | 38 | 12 | 12 | 14 | 43 | 44 | –1 | 36 | 11th | DNQ | Not held | – | ![]() |
6 | |
1977–78 | Primera División | 38 | 20 | 7 | 11 | 55 | 37 | +18 | 47 | 3rd | QF | – | ![]() |
12 | ||
1978–79 | Primera División | 38 | 19 | 7 | 12 | 59 | 43 | +16 | 45 | 4th | SF | – | ![]() |
18 | ||
1979–80 | Primera División | 38 | 14 | 11 | 13 | 44 | 45 | –1 | 39 | 9th | DNQ | – | ![]() |
11 | ||
1980–81 | Primera División | 38 | 14 | 12 | 12 | 47 | 41 | +6 | 40 | 9th | SF | – | ![]() |
10 | ||
1981–82 | Primera División | 38 | 12 | 14 | 12 | 53 | 57 | –4 | 38 | 13th | DNQ | – | ![]() |
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1982–83 | Primera División | 38 | 17 | 10 | 11 | 62 | 43 | +19 | 44 | 4th | QF | – | ![]() |
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1983–84 | Primera División | 38 | 14 | 10 | 14 | 57 | 56 | +1 | 38 | 8th | DNQ | – | ![]() |
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1984–85 | Primera División | 38 | 8 | 14 | 16 | 34 | 53 | –19 | 30 | 17th | DNQ | – | ![]() |
8 | ||
1985–86 | Primera División | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 12 | –4 | 8 | 10th | DNQ | – | ![]() |
4 | ||
Primera División | 18 | 5 | 4 | 9 | 19 | 32 | –13 | 14 | 17th | DNQ | – | ![]() |
4 | |||
1986–87 | Primera División | 40 | 7 | 23 | 10 | 35 | 41 | –6 | 37 | 13th | DNQ | – | ![]() |
13 | ||
1987–88 | Primera División | 38 | 16 | 7 | 15 | 49 | 50 | –1 | 39 | 9th | QF | SF | – | ![]() |
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1988–89 | Primera División | 38 | 11 | 10 | 17 | 58 | 67 | –9 | 32 | 15th | DNQ | W | – | ![]() |
14 | |
1989–90 | Primera División | 38 | 11 | 16 | 11 | 42 | 33 | +9 | 38 | 10th | QF | R16 | – | ![]() |
9 | |
1990–91 | Primera División | 38 | 12 | 14 | 12 | 53 | 50 | +3 | 38 | 11st | DNQ | GS | – | ![]() |
12 | |
1991–92 | Primera División | 38 | 13 | 12 | 13 | 47 | 49 | –2 | 38 | 12th | DNQ | GS | – | ![]() |
9 | |
1992–93 | Primera División | 38 | 9 | 14 | 15 | 49 | 50 | –1 | 32 | 14th | DNQ | Not held | – | ![]() |
13 | |
1993–94 | Primera División | 38 | 18 | 10 | 10 | 54 | 32 | +22 | 46 | 3rd | SF | – | ![]() |
12 | ||
1994–95 | Primera División | 36 | 10 | 8 | 18 | 44 | 57 | –13 | 28 | 16th | DNQ | R1 | – | ![]() |
8 | |
1995–96 | Primera División | 34 | 10 | 7 | 17 | 33 | 45 | –12 | 37 | 15th | DNQ | R1 | – | ![]() |
9 |
Short tournaments (1996–2022)
[edit]Records
[edit]Historical dates
[edit]Date | Event |
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February 12, 1917 | Deportivo Toluca is officially founded by a board of trustees headed by the Henkel brothers. |
February 18, 1951 | Deportivo Toluca formally debuts in professional soccer by entering the Second Division of Mexico. |
January 18, 1953 | Deportivo Toluca achieved promotion to the First National Division against Club Irapuato under the direction of Tomás Fábregas. |
August 8, 1954 | The Club Deportivo Toluca Stadium is inaugurated against Dynamo of Yugoslavia in the "Campo Patria". |
May 27, 1956 | Deportivo Toluca obtains its first national title by winning the Copa México against Irapuato under the direction of Fernando Marcos González. |
June 24, 1959 | Luis Gutiérrez Dosal dies; historical president of Toluca after inaugurating the stadium. |
February 19, 1967 | Deportivo Toluca obtains its first league title under the direction of Ignacio Trelles. |
February 26, 1967 | Deportivo Toluca obtains its first title of Champion of Champions defeating Club León. |
January 7, 1968 | Deportivo Toluca obtains its second league title and establishes itself as two-time national soccer champion. |
January 28, 1968 | Deportivo Toluca obtains its second title of Champion of Champions defeating Atlas de Guadalajara. |
April 3, 1968 | Deportivo Toluca obtains its first international title by winning the Concacaf Champions Cup. |
June 26, 1975 | Deportivo Toluca obtains its third league title by defeating Club León 1-0 and with 26 points securing first overall place. |
May 10, 1998 | Deportivo Toluca obtains its fourth league title by defeating Necaxa 5-2 (6-4 overall). |
June 6, 1999 | Deportivo Toluca obtains its fifth league title by defeating Atlas de Guadalajara on penalties (5-5 overall), under the direction of Enrique Meza. |
June 3, 2000 | Deportivo Toluca obtains its sixth league title by beating Santos Laguna with a 7-1 aggregate. |
December 21, 2002 | Deportivo Toluca obtains its seventh league title by beating Monarcas Morelia 4-2 (aggregate). |
October 8, 2003 | Deportivo Toluca obtains its second international title in Concacaf by defeating Monarcas Morelia 2-1. |
December 18, 2005 | Deportivo Toluca obtains its eighth league title by beating Club Monterrey (3-6) becoming the first title as a visitor of the club history. |
December 14, 2008 | Deportivo Toluca obtains its ninth league title by beating Cruz Azul in the penalty shootout (7-6), under the direction of José Manuel De la Torre. |
November 1, 2009 | Deportivo Toluca celebrates 1000 matches played at the Nemesio Díez Stadium against Club Querétaro. |
January 13, 2010 | The Díez family celebrates 50 years in charge of the team since 1959, becoming the family that has spent the longest time in charge of a team worldwide. |
May 23, 2010 | Deportivo Toluca obtains its tenth league title by beating Santos in a dramatic penalty shootout (4-3), under the direction of José Manuel De la Torre. |
Historical goals
[edit]Annotation | Player | Rival | Result | Season |
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Gol 1 in Liga MX | Carlos Carús | Club de Fútbol Atlante | Victory 2-1 | Season 1953-54 |
Gol 500 in Liga MX | Vicente Pereda | Club Deportivo Guadalajara | Victory 3-2 | Season 1964-65 |
Gol 1,000 in Liga MX | Italo Estupiñán | Atlético Potosino | Victory 2-0 | Season 1974-75 |
Gol 1,500 in Liga MX | Odelio Olmedo | Club Deportivo Guadalajara | Victory 2-1 | Season 1984-85 |
Gol 2,000 in Liga MX | Carlos María Morales | Club Deportivo Estudiantes Tecos | Victory 2-1 | Season 1995-96 |
Gol 2,500 in Liga MX | Vicente Sánchez | Atlas de Guadalajara | Victory 5-1 | Verano 2002 |
Gol 3,000 in Liga MX | Héctor Mancilla | Pachuca Club de Fútbol | Defeat 3-1 | Clausura 2009 |
Gol 1 in CONCACAF | Amaury Epaminodas | New York Greek-Americans | Victory 4-1 | CONCACAF Champions Cup 1968 |
Gol 1 in CONMEBOL | Francisco Linares | Estudiantes de la Plata | Victory 2-1 | Copa Interamericana 1969 |
Gol 500 in Short Tournaments | Rafael García Torres | Club Deportivo Veracruz | Tie 1-1 | Apertura 2002 |
Gol 1,000 in Short Tournaments | Vladimir Marín | Indios de Ciudad Juárez | Victory 3-0 | Torneo Clausura 2010 |
Gol 1,500 in Short Tournaments | Alexis Canelo | Club de Fútbol América | Victory 3-2 | Clausura 2019 |
Top goalscorers in a season
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Top scorers
[edit]Position | Player | Period | Goals |
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1995–2005 | 249 |
2 | ![]() |
1960–1975 | 119 |
3 | ![]() |
2001–2007 | 85 |
4 | ![]() |
1992–2004 | 84 |
5 | ![]() |
1995-2002 | 84 |
6 | ![]() |
1953–1962 | 77 |
7 | ![]() |
1999–2017 | 71 |
8 | ![]() |
2008–2010 | 64 |
9 | ![]() |
1978–1986 | 62 |
10 | ![]() |
1972–1978 | 62 |
Top appearances
[edit]Position | Player | Period | Games |
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1 | ![]() |
1999–2017 | 524 |
2 | ![]() |
2009–2021 | 424 |
3 | ![]() |
2005–2019 | 423 |
4 | ![]() |
1993–2010 | 419 |
5 | ![]() |
2003–2017 | 383 |
6 | ![]() |
1995–2005 | 332 |
7 | ![]() |
2010–2020 | 326 |
8 | ![]() |
1960–1975 | 322 |
9 | ![]() |
2004–2015 | 307 |
10 | ![]() |
1992–2004 | 270 |
Top managers appearances
[edit]Position | Manager | Period | Games |
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1 | ![]() |
1966-1972 | 236 |
2 | ![]() |
1997–2000 | 182 |
3 | ![]() |
2016–2019 | 174 |
4 | ![]() |
2013–2016 | 157 |
5 | ![]() |
2008–2010 | 150 |
6 | ![]() |
1982–1984 | 114 |
7 | ![]() |
2005–2007 | 98 |
8 | ![]() |
2001–2002 | 86 |
9 | ![]() |
2003–2004 | 80 |
10 | ![]() |
2007–2008 | 41 |
Deportivo Toluca F.C. notable players
[edit]The following is a list of players who have made 100 or more first team appearances for the club. This consists of appearances in Liga MX, Ascenso MX, Copa MX, CONCACAF Champions League, Copa Libertadores, Copa Sudamericana, and their predecessors. Players with fewer appearances are also included if they are a club record holder, or have won a notable individual award with the club.
Name | Nationality | Position | Years | Apps | Goals |
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Walter Gassire | ![]() |
Goalkeeper | 1974–1980 | 150 | 0 |
Wilson Graniolatti | ![]() |
Defender | 1986–1988, 1989–1990 | 103 | 6 |
Marcelino Bernal | ![]() |
Midfielder | 1991–1997 | 130 | 30 |
José Abundis | ![]() |
Forward | 1992–2000, 2004–2006 | 260 | 80 |
Hernán Cristante | ![]() |
Goalkeeper | 1993–1994, 1995–1996, 1998–2010 | 419 | 1 |
Enrique Alfaro | ![]() |
Midfielder | 1994–2002 | 226 | 31 |
José Cardozo | ![]() |
Forward | 1995–2005 | 329 | 248 |
Rafael García | ![]() |
Midfielder | 1998–2004 | 214 | 27 |
Sinha | ![]() |
Midfielder | 1999–2014, 2016–2017 | 543 | 61 |
Vicente Sánchez | ![]() |
Forward | 2001–2007 | 242 | 85 |
Sergio Ponce | ![]() |
Midfielder | 2001–2008 | 184 | 18 |
Miguel Almazán | ![]() |
Defender | 2002–2010, 2013–2016 | 112 | 2 |
Paulo da Silva | ![]() |
Defender | 2003–2009, 2013–2017 | 379 | 30 |
Édgar Dueñas | ![]() |
Defender | 2004–2015 | 305 | 15 |
Carlos Esquivel | ![]() |
Midfielder | 2005–2017, 2019 | 432 | 45 |
Néstor Calderón | ![]() |
Midfielder | 2008–2012 | 137 | 22 |
Antonio Ríos | ![]() |
Midfielder | 2008–2021 | 314 | 13 |
Alfredo Talavera | ![]() |
Goalkeeper | 2009–2020 | 321 | 1 |
Isaác Brizuela | ![]() |
Forward | 2009–2012, 2013–2014 | 149 | 13 |
Osvaldo González | ![]() |
Defender | 2010–2011, 2016–2019 | 132 | 8 |
Pablo Velázquez | ![]() |
Forward | 2013–2017 | 109 | 17 |
Édgar Benítez | ![]() |
Forward | 2012–2015 | 109 | 17 |
Fernando Uribe | ![]() |
Forward | 2015–2018 | 100 | 46 |
Rivalries
[edit]Clásico mexiquense
[edit]The Clásico mexiquense is a derby played in the State of Mexico between the Club Deportivo Toluca and the Toros Neza; whose origin is found in the rivalry that existed between Deportivo Toluca and Club Deportivo Coyotes Neza in the 70s as both teams were from the State of Mexico.
Its beginnings occurred during 1978 when the Laguna Football Club was sold and moved to the city of Nezahualcóyotl, State of Mexico; headquarters, of the Toluca Sports Club.
It was celebrated for 10 years until the disappearance of Club Deportivo Coyotes Neza in 1988 when it was transferred to Tamaulipas under the name of Correcaminos de la UAT. In 1988 in an attempt to revive the Neza Coyotes; The Correcaminos returned to Nezahualcóyotl under the name of Potros Neza, however the project would fail and the team would end up becoming the subsidiary of the Club de Fútbol Atlante.
Despite the great rivalry that existed between Deportivo Toluca and the Club Deportivo Coyotes Neza, it was not until 1993 when the Clásico Mexiquense emerged after the rise of the Technological University of Neza and the founding of the Toros Neza.
The new rivalry between Toluca and Toros Neza, which emulated the old rivalry that existed between Deportivo Toluca and Club Deportivo Coyotes Neza; It reemerged with greater strength, eventually competing in the Orgullamente Mexiquense Cup, in a series of 3 games won by Deportivo Toluca in 1998.
The rivalry remained until the late 1990s; when the president and owner of Toros, Juan Antonio Hernadez Venegas, announces a change of headquarters that would culminate in the disappearance of the team and therefore of the Clásico Mexiquense until 2010 with the reappearance of the Toros Neza in the Liga de Ascenso.
In December 2010, Grupo Salinas, then owner of Monarcas Morelia and Mérida FC announced a headquarters exchange between the Venados and the Potros UTN, owned by Grupo Pegasso, acquiring the Ciudad plaza. Neza to once again found the legendary Toros Neza, under the name of Neza FC. Despite this, the Mexican classic would not be played again, since in 2013 it was announced that the Neza franchise would migrate to Ciudad del Carmen, Campeche to create the Delfines Fútbol Club, on May 20 of the same.
In March 2014, it was announced that the Toros Neza would return to the Second Division of Mexico with their traditional name. With this, there is the possibility that both teams will play friendlies, and the Mexican classic will be played again.
Deportivo Toluca vs Coyotes Neza
[edit]The first editions of the Mexican classic were played between Deportivo Toluca and the Coyotes Neza between 1978 and 1988, the results were the following:
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Deportivo Toluca vs Toros Neza
[edit]The second edition of the Mexican classic was played between Deportivo Toluca and the Toros Neza from 1993 to 2000 with the disappearance of the Toros Neza; the results were the following:
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Head to head summary matches
[edit]As Verano 2000 tournament;
Competition | Matches | Toluca wins | Draws | Nezahualcóyotl wins | Toluca goals | Toluca conceded goals | Nezahualcóyotl goals | Nezahualcóyotl conceded goals |
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Primera División de México | 32 | 14 | 16 | 10 | 50 | 34 | 34 | 50 |
Overall | 32 | 14 | 16 | 10 | 50 | 34 | 34 | 50 |
Head to head summary honours
[edit]As Verano 2000 tournament;
Competition | Deportivo Toluca Fútbol Club | Coyotes Nezahualcóyotl / Toros Nezahualcóyotl | ||
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Total | Seasons | Total | Seasons | |
Liga MX | 10 | 1966–67, 1967–68, 1974–75, Verano 1998, Verano 1999, Verano 2000, Apertura 2002, Apertura 2005, Apertura 2008, Clausura 2010 | - | 1996–97 (Runner Up) |
Copa MX | 2 | 1955–56, 1988–89 | - | 1996–97 (Runner Up) |
Campeón de campeones | 4 | 1967, 1968, 2003, 2006 | - | |
Copa de campeones CONCACAF | 2 | 1968, 2003 | - | |
Segunda división de méxico | 1 | 1952-53 | - | |
Campeón de campeones de segunda división de méxico | 1 | 1952-53 | - |
Reserves and academy
[edit]Toluca premier
[edit]Toluca Premier is a subsidiary of Club Deportivo Toluca that, as of opening 2015, plays in the Premier Promotion League, without having the right to be promoted. Its headquarters are the Metepec Facilities, with capacity for 1000 spectators.
Along with 16 other subsidiary teams from the First Division of Mexico, Toluca Premier is part of a joint project to improve the performance of the Premier Promotion League and monitor players over the age of 20 years. For the above reasons it should not be confused with Atlético Mexiquense; Well, that one disappeared in the Clausura 2009 to become the basic forces team "Toluca Sub-20", at the same time that the old Second Division, then called First A, was renamed Ascenso MX.
Two clarifications are in order. 1) Although the groups correspond to an indistinct regional division between subsidiaries and regular clubs, in the Premier League two leagues are played: one for the teams with the right to be promoted and another for the subsidiary teams. 2) Players registered in the Toluca Premier who have the single card can also play with the first team, in the League and Mexico Cup; in the same way that the first team and under-20 players, who have the single card, can play in Toluca Premier.
Toluca Premier is a subsidiary of Club Deportivo Toluca that, as of opening 2015, plays in the Premier Promotion League, without having the right to be promoted. Its headquarters are the Metepec Facilities, with capacity for 1000 spectators.
During the opening 2015 Toluca Premier was integrated into Group 2 along with teams from the center and west of the country, which also includes Potros de la Universidad Autónoma del Estado de México, current champion of the Premier League, and with whom, in addition to the city of Toluca, he shares some players on loan. At the end of the 2015 opening season, the team was placed in the last places in the general table and did not qualify for the affiliate team league. The first match against Potros de la Universidad Autónoma del Estado de México ended 0-4 in favor of the university team.
The Toluca Premier squad for the 2015 opening was made up of the goalkeepers: López Salazar José Luis, Mercado Miranda Juan Pablo and Vilchis Arias Omar Addi; the defenders Martínez Martínez Miguel Ángel, Graniolati Abaid Wilson, Heredia Ávila Gerardo Josimar, Kotasek Montes Mario, Ramírez Hernández Ángel Arturo, Ocampo Guzmán Juan Félix de Jesús, Milla Vázquez Víctor Adrián, the midfielders Maciel Magaña Cristian, Díaz Leal Valdés Marco Polo, Hernández Sánchez José Ángel, Sánchez Sánchez Aarón David, Macias Guillén Uziel Eduardo, León Mateos Jaime Alejandro, López Contreras Brian and the attackers Sánchez García José Andrés, Gutiérrez Castellanos Emmanuel, García Sandoval Andy Arnold. Of all of them, the only one who had managed to play with the first team is Gerardo Josimar "El Tigre" Heredia. The technical direction is the responsibility of José Edmundo Núñez. Toluca Premier's top scorer in the 2015 opening match was Diego Gama - a player registered with the first team, with six goals.
Honours
[edit]Serie A
[edit]Type | Competition | Titles | Winning Seasons | Runners Up |
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Liga Premier MX | Segunda División de México | 1 | Apertura 2017 |
Under 13
[edit]Type | Competition | Titles | Winning Seasons | Runners Up |
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Reserves and academy Liga MX | Liga MX Sub 13 | 1 | Verano 2016 | Primavera 2017 |
Under 16
[edit]Type | Competition | Titles | Winning Seasons | Runners Up |
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Reserves and academy Liga MX | Liga MX Sub 16 | Apertura 2022 |
Under 20
[edit]Type | Competition | Titles | Winning Seasons | Runners Up |
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Reserves and academy Liga MX | Liga MX Sub 20 | 1 | Clausura 2023 |
Reserve team
[edit]Professional Mexican soccer underwent a restructuring at the end of Clausura 2009, at which time the Primera División A became the Liga de Ascenso. The change implied removing from this league all subsidiary teams that did not have the right to be promoted, on the other hand the first division teams were obliged to have an Under-20 team and another Under-17 team; This is how Atlético Mexiquense ceased to exist and many of its players were part of the new red U-20 team, so much so that the official name of the squad was and continues to be Mexiquense U-20 and not Toluca U-20 as popularly is known.
Since the U-20 and U-17 basic forces were established, they have provided Deportivo Toluca with important players. José Manuel "Chepo" de la Torre, and later José Cardozo, turned to the youth team on several occasions to reinforce the first team or make up for any eventuality.
Among the players who were promoted by José Manuel de la Torre, Néstor Calderón, Isaac Brizuela, and Antonio Ríos achieved consolidation (all of them came to play in the last seasons of Atlético Mexiquense alongside Diego de la Torre and Moisés Velasco). Close to consolidation are his teammates Erbin Trejo and Miguel Ángel Centeno (the latter, along with Néstor Calderón and Isaac Brizuela, participated in the youth selection process that led to the London 2012 gold medal, although none was finally considered among the 18 Olympic selected). The process of the promoted youth players was not continued by Sergio Lugo (Technical Assistant to "Chepo" de la Torre and his successor in the technical direction), which is why footballers such as Raúl Nava, Carlos Galeana or Trejo and Centeno themselves did not achieve their consolidation .
During the technical directions of Graniolatti and Enrique Meza, very few promotions were given from the U-20. Remember the debut of Alexis Ochoa with "Ojitos" Meza, a player who is currently in the Premier League with the Potros de la UAEMEX. Upon the arrival of José Cardozo, promotions were reestablished with the debut of Daniel "Bóxer" González (currently on loan at Jaguares de Chiapas, after good seasons in the Premier League with Coyotes de Tlaxcala), however the only youth player who since then achieved his Consolidation was Jordán Silva from Potosí (silver medal at the 2015 Toronto Pan American Games), although very close to consolidation are Alejandro Navarro, Jorge Sartiaguín and Diego Gama. The last promoted from the U-20 who have seen minutes with the first team were Aldo Benítez, Gustavo Castillo and Diego Aguilar, mostly in Mexico Cup.
However, many other youth players have not had the same fortune and have temporarily gone on to reinforce teams in the Premier League, the Ascenso Mx or even the LigaMX, among them we can mention Alexis Ochoa, Daniel González Vega, Arturo Tapia, Juan Carlos Morales or Sergio Pérez, among many others (it is expected that over time some of these players will join the Toluca Premier and thus be able to consolidate themselves). A separate case, worthy of mention, is the goalkeeper Ernesto Sánchez Mena, who after having fulfilled all the youth categories of Toluca, and having tried his luck in the second division of Greece, suffered a wrist injury while alternating between the bench of the first team and the goal of the Toluca U-20, an injury that finally removed him completely from professional football without having made his debut.
The Basic Forces of the Toluca Sports Club are directed by Roberto Silva Parada. According to the philosophy of the institution; Toluca's priority is to work with young elements who can excel as soon as possible in the First Division. Deportivo Toluca has an under-20 team and another under-17 team that share the team name; in addition to various football schools throughout the country.
Reserves and academy staff
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Managing director | ![]() |
Coordinator | ![]() |
Physical area coordinator | ![]() |
Under 23 | ![]() |
Under 19 | ![]() |
Under 17 | ![]() |
Under 15 | ![]() |
Source: [citation needed]
Women
[edit]Deportivo Toluca Femenil is the women's football section of Deportivo Toluca and they currently play in the Liga MX Femenil, the top level women's football league in México. Founded in 2017. The team was founded in 2017 prior to the creation of a women's soccer league in Mexico. In 2017 it was one of the 12 clubs participating in the 2017 Liga MX Femenil Cup, where it finished in fourth overall position. In the 2018 Clausura Tournament (Liga MX Femenil), Toluca reached the semifinal round, where they were eliminated by the Monterrey Femenil Soccer Club. In the 2018 Apertura Tournament (Liga MX Femenil), the team reached the league again, being defeated by Club América Femenil in the quarterfinals.
Deportivo Toluca Femenil plays its home games at the Nemesio Díez Stadium, which it shares with Deportivo Toluca men's team. For less important matches, the women's team plays at the Metepec Facilities, the club's sports complex. The Nemesio Díez Riega Stadium, also popularly known as "La Bombonera", is a football stadium located in the city of Toluca, capital of the State of Mexico in Mexico. It is the usual headquarters of Deportivo Toluca Fútbol Club and Deportivo Toluca Femenil. Its address is Avenida Constituciónntes west corner with Felipe Villanueva, #1000 Colonia La Merced, Toluca, State of Mexico.
Statistics
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External links
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