Club Toluca
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| Full name | Deportivo Toluca Futbol Club | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Nickname(s) | Diablos Rojos (Red Devils) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Founded | 1917 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Ground | Estadio Nemesio Díez Toluca, Mexico, Mexico | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Capacity | 27,000 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Chairman | Rafael Lebrija | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Manager | Américo Gallego | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| League | Primera División de México | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Clausura 2006 | Semifinals | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Deportivo Toluca Futbol Club also known simply as Toluca, is a Mexican professional football club. Toluca's stadium is localized in Toluca, State of Mexico in Mexico. Toluca plays in the Primera División de México and has been champion eight times.
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[edit] History
In March of 1917, the brothers Román and Gerardo Ferrat with Filiberto Navas created Deportivo Toluca Futbol Club. In 1950 the team joins the recentlly formed segunda division, advancing to Primera División de México in 1953.
The team won two consecutive championships in 1966 and 1967 under the coach Ignacio Trelles. In 1975 Toluca won the championship one more time, coached by Ricardo de Leon, playing a style of game that was consistently criticized as ultra defensive, after defeating Leon in the final-four mini tournament by 1-0, with goal of the Ecuadorian Ítalo Estupiñan (the only time the Mexican Championship was decided by a round-robin, two legged, mini tournament).
In 1997 Enrique "Ojitos" Meza became the coach of the team, after reaching the finals of the Mexican league with Toros Neza (now disappeared). Toluca resurged, its tactical scheme was very offensive, which was very characteristic of its coach. It was not atypical to see scores like 5-3. The offensive idea suited perfectly the Paraguayan Jose Saturnino Cardozo, who became the best scorer of the league in four occasions.
Toluca won the championship in 1998, the first one in twenty years. With Enrique Meza as coach, Toluca won the championship three times in a period of three years.
For the Apertura 2002 tournament, Ricardo Lavolpe became the coach of Toluca. Without finishing the season, Lavolpe left Toluca to coach the Mexican national team. Toluca was at its best, and even without Lavople, the team had the necessary momentum to win the championship one more time. In this ocassion by dispossing of Morelia in the finals.
At the end of the Apertura 2005 tournament the team became champion again, beating CF Monterrey by an aggregate of 6-3.
[edit] Honours
- League Championships: 8
- 1967, 1968, 1975, Spring 1998, Spring 1999, Spring 2000, Open 2002, Open 2005.
- Second Division Championships: 1
- 1953.
- Mexico Cups: 2
- 1956, 1989.
- Champion of Champions: 4
- 1967, 1968,2003,2006
- CONCACAF Champions' Cup: 2
- 1968, 2003
[edit] 2006 Roster
[edit] Squad Changes for Apertura 2006 season
In:
- Image:Flag of Uruguay.svg Pablo Granoche return From CD Veracruz
- Image:Flag of Argentina.svg Bruno Marioni transferred From UNAM Pumas
- Image:Flag of Mexico.svg Carlos Morales on loan From UANL Tigres
- Image:Flag of Mexico.svg Juan Osuna on trial From free
- Image:Flag of Mexico.svg Edgar "Quesos" Gonzalez called up From Atletico Mexiquense
- Image:Flag of Mexico.svg Rigoberto Esparza called up From Atletico Mexiquense
Out:
- Image:Flag of Mexico.svg Israel Lopez transferred To Cruz Azul
- Image:Flag of Argentina.svg Rodrigo "Rengo" Diaz returned To Lanus
[edit] External links
| Primera División de México |
| América | Atlante | Atlas | Chivas | Cruz Azul | Jaguares | Morelia | Monterrey | Necaxa Pachuca | Queretaro | San Luis | Santos | Tecos | Tigres | Toluca | UNAM | Veracruz |
