- Deportivo Toluca F.C.
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Deportivo Toluca 
Full name Deportivo Toluca Fútbol Club
S.A. de C.V.Nickname(s) Los Choriceros; Los Escarlatas; Diablos Rojos
(Red Devils)Founded February 12, 1917 Ground Nemesio Díez
Toluca, Mexico, Mexico
(Capacity: 27,000)Owner 
Valentín Díez MorodoChairman Fernando CoronaManager 
Wilson GraniolattiLeague Primera División Apertura 2011 12th 
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Away coloursDeportivo Toluca Fútbol Club is a Mexican professional football club. Toluca's stadium Nemesio Diez Riega is located in Toluca, State of Mexico in Mexico. Toluca plays in the Primera División de México and has been champion ten times. The owner is Valentin Diez.
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History
Brothers Román and Gerardo Ferrat alongside Filiberto Navas created the Deportivo Toluca Futbol Club. In 1950, the team joined the recently formed segunda division, advancing to Primera División de México in 1953.
The team won three consecutive championships in 1966 and 1967 under coach Ignacio Trelles. In 1975 Toluca won the championship one more time. Coached by Uruguayan Ricardo de León, Toluca played a style of game that was consistently criticized as ultra-defensive but won the championship by defeating Leon in the final-four mini-tournament 1-0, with the lone goal being scored by Ecuadorian Ítalo Estupiñan. This is the only time the Mexican Championship has been decided by a round-robin, two-legged, mini-tournament.
In 1997 Enrique "Ojitos" Meza became the coach of the team, after reaching the finals of the Mexican league with Toros Neza. Toluca resurged, its tactical scheme was very offensive, which was very characteristic of its coach. It was not atypical to see scores like 5-3. The offensive idea suited perfectly the Paraguayan 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 Enriquez as coach, Toluca won the championship three times in a period of three years.
In the Invierno 2001 tournament Ricardo Lavolpe became the coach of Toluca. He, along with Cardozo and Vicente Sanchez had one of the most successful and exciting teams in years. However, Lavolpe left Toluca with a few weeks left in the season, but without him, they still won their 7th title.
At the end of the Apertura 2005 tournament, the team became champions again, beating CF Monterrey by an aggregate of 6-3, after the questionable decisions of Mexican referee Marco Rodriguez "El Chiquidracula", who expelled three players from Monterrey on their first foul committed.
In Apertura 2006, they tied in the first leg (1-1) but suffered a loss in the Estadio Nemesio Diez (2-1) against C.D. Guadalajara.
In the Clausura 2007 tournament, Toluca had one of their worst seasons, finishing in last place. In the Copa Libertadores 2007, they made it to the round of 16, where they were subsequently eliminated by Cucuta Deportivo from Colombia. Following the elimination from both tournaments, Gallego resigned from his position stating the need for a year off as his reason for resigning from Club Toluca. Jose Pekerman, former coach of the Argentine national team, was appointed as head coach of Club Toluca on May 30, 2007. In the Apertura 2007, Toluca had a much better finish than the previous tournament, placing 2nd place out of 18 only behind league leader Santos Laguna. They were ultimately eliminated by league runner-up Pumas in the quarter-finals of the Apertura 2007 playoffs.
Club Toluca failed to qualify for the 2008 Copa Libertadores. On the Apertura 2008, Toluca had a weak start under their new coach, Jose Manuel "El Chepo" De La Torre, on one point going on a four game streak of only draws. On the last five games of the regular season, they reversed the tying streak, making 13 points out of a possible 15, ending the regular season in 2nd place overall with 27 points and thus advancing to the playoffs. Their goalkeeper Hernan Cristante set a record by not allowing any goals for 773 minutes.Toluca would go on to win the Bicentenario 2010 tornament by beating Santos Laguna in a dramatic penalty shoot-out,earning them the tenth cup win, the same amount as Club America.
Squad
Note: Flags indicate national team as has been defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
No. Position Player 1 GK Alfredo Talavera 2 
DF Diego Novaretti 3 GK Jorge Villalpando 4 DF Francisco Gamboa 5 MF Martín Romagnoli 6 DF Manuel de la Torre 7 MF Néstor Calderón 8 MF Diego de la Torre 10 MF Antônio Naelson (Captain) 11 FW Carlos Esquivel 12 GK Miguel Ángel Centeno 13 DF Hector Acosta 14 DF Edgar Dueñas No. Position Player 15 MF Antonio Ríos 16 DF Carlos Alberto Galeana 17 FW Arturo Tapia 18 FW Isaác Brizuela 19 FW Raúl Nava 20 
MF Aureliano Torres 21 MF Gabriel Velasco 22 DF Félix Araujo 24 FW Iván Alonso 26 MF Ervín Alejandro Trejo 28 DF José Manuel Cruzalta 29 MF Juan José Calderón 30 GK Ernesto Sánchez Honours
- Primera División de México: (10) 1966-67, 1967-68, 1974-75, Verano 1998, Verano 1999, Verano 2000, Apertura 2002, Apertura 2005, Apertura 2008, Bicentenario 2010
- Segunda División de México: (1) 1952-53
- Copa México: (2) 1955-56, 1988-89
- Campeón de Campeones: (4) 1966-67, 1967-68, 2002-03, 2005-06
International
- CONCACAF Champions' Cup: (2) 1968, 2003
National Friendly
- Copa Orgullosamente Marty: 1998
- Copa Chihuahua-El Heraldo: 2008
International Friendly
- III Torneo Pentagonal Internacional de la Ciudad de México: 1960
- Cuadrangular Internacional de Singapur: 1999
- Trofeo Hispanomexicano: 2003
- México-Yemen: 2008 Sub-15
Club President's List
Name From To Román Ferrat Alday 1917 1923 Fernando Barreto 1923 1945 Samuel Martínez García 1945 1953 Luis Gutiérrez Dosal 1953 1959 Enrique Enríquez 1953 1953 Nemesio Díez Riega 1953 1972 Fernando Corona Álvarez 1972 1977 Germán Sánchez Fabela 1977 1980 Ernesto Nemer Naime 1980 1981 Jesús Fernandez del Cojo 1981 1983 Germán Sánchez Fabela 1983 1984 Jesús Fernández del Cojo 1984 1985 Fernando Corona Álvarez 1985 1986 Germán Sánchez Fabela 1986 1987 Kurt Visetti Vogelbach 1987 1989 Antonio Mañón 1989 1992 José Antonio Roca 1992 1993 Jesús Fernández del Cojo 1993 1995 Sergio Peláez Farell 1995 1997 Rafael Lebrija Guiot 1997 2007 Fernando Corona Álvarez 2007 Notable players
Mexico
- José Manuel Abundis
- Enrique Alfaro
- Marcelino Bernal
- Salvador Carmona
- Diego de la Torre
- Manuel de la Torre
- Israel López
- Mario Méndez
- Carlos Morales
- Vicente Pereda
- Sergio Amaury Ponce
- Víctor Ruiz
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Sinha
Argentina
Chile
Croatia
Ecuador
Ítalo Estupiñán
Paraguay
- José Saturnino Cardozo
- Paulo da Silva
Spain
Uruguay
- Ricardo Brandón
- Walter Gassire
- Carlos María Morales
- Darío Rodríguez
- Vicente Sanchez
Top Goalscorers in a Season
Primera Divisiòn Player Season Goals Amaury "El Toto" Epaminondas Temporada 1966-67 21 Vicente Pereda Temporada 1969-70 20 José Saturnino Cardozo Verano 1998 10 José Saturnino Cardozo Verano 1999 15 José Saturnino Cardozo Apertura 2002 29 José Saturnino Cardozo Clausura 2003 21 Bruno Marioni Apertura 2006 11 Héctor Mancilla Apertura 2008 11 Héctor Mancilla Clausura 2009 14 External links
Primera División Profesional 2011–12 teams Seasons 1943–44 · 1944–45 · 1945–46 · 1946–47 · 1947–48 · 1948–49 · 1949–50 · 1950–51 · 1951–52 · 1952–53 · 1953–54 · 1954–55 · 1955–56 · 1956–57 · 1957–58 · 1958–59 · 1959–60 · 1960–61 · 1961–62 · 1962–63 · 1963–64 · 1964–65 · 1965–66 · 1966–67 · 1967–68 · 1968–69 · 1969–70 · 1970 · 1970–71 · 1971–72 · 1972–73 · 1973–74 · 1974–75 · 1975–76 · 1976–77 · 1977–78 · 1978–79 · 1979–80 · 1980–81 · 1981–82 · 1982–83 · 1983–84 · 1984–85 · 1985–86 · 1986–87 · 1987–88 · 1988–89 · 1989–90 · 1990–91 · 1991–92 · 1992–93 · 1993–94 · 1994–95 · 1995–96 · 1996–97 · 1997–98 · 1998–99 · 1999–2000 · 2000–01 · 2001–02 · 2002–03 · 2003–04 · 2004–05 · 2005–06 · 2006–07 · 2007–08 · 2008–09 · 2009–10 · 2010–11 · 2011–12Primera División Profesional 2011–12 teams Seasons 1943–44 · 1944–45 · 1945–46 · 1946–47 · 1947–48 · 1948–49 · 1949–50 · 1950–51 · 1951–52 · 1952–53 · 1953–54 · 1954–55 · 1955–56 · 1956–57 · 1957–58 · 1958–59 · 1959–60 · 1960–61 · 1961–62 · 1962–63 · 1963–64 · 1964–65 · 1965–66 · 1966–67 · 1967–68 · 1968–69 · 1969–70 · 1970 · 1970–71 · 1971–72 · 1972–73 · 1973–74 · 1974–75 · 1975–76 · 1976–77 · 1977–78 · 1978–79 · 1979–80 · 1980–81 · 1981–82 · 1982–83 · 1983–84 · 1984–85 · 1985–86 · 1986–87 · 1987–88 · 1988–89 · 1989–90 · 1990–91 · 1991–92 · 1992–93 · 1993–94 · 1994–95 · 1995–96 · 1996–97 · 1997–98 · 1998–99 · 1999–2000 · 2000–01 · 2001–02 · 2002–03 · 2003–04 · 2004–05 · 2005–06 · 2006–07 · 2007–08 · 2008–09 · 2009–10 · 2010–11 · 2011–122009–10 CONCACAF Champions League Champion Runner-up Eliminated in the Semifinals UNAM · TolucaEliminated in the Quarterfinals Eliminated in the Group Stage Eliminated in the Preliminary Round Qualification · Preliminary round · Group stage · Championship round · Final2010–11 CONCACAF Champions League Champion Runner-up Eliminated in the Semifinals Eliminated in the Quarterfinals Eliminated in the Group Stage Eliminated in the Preliminary Round Qualification · Preliminary Round · Group Stage · Championship Round · FinalsCategories:- Mexican football clubs
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