Deportivo Toluca F.C. Explained

Clubname:Deportivo Toluca Fútbol Club
Fullname:Deportivo Toluca Fútbol Club
S.A. de C.V.
Nickname:Diablos Rojos
Founded: as Club Deportivo Toluca
Ground:Estadio Nemesio Díez
Capacity:30,000 spectators
Coordinates:19.2872°N -99.6667°W
Owner:Valentín Díez Morodo
Chairman:Arturo Pérez Arredondo
Manager:Renato Paiva
League:Liga MX
Season:Clausura 2024
Position:Regular phase: 3rd
Final phase: Quarter-finals
Website:tolucafc.com
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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

Early years (1916-1950)

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)

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)

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)

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)

Rafael Lebrija, Enrique Meza and the three-time championship of titles (1998-2000)

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)

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)

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)

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

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.

Liga MX

YearTotal Attendance
2018142,643
2019146,179
2021114,535
2022200,033
2023201,946

Copa MX

YearTotal Attendance
201425,441
201538,442
201616,639
201729,123
201825,117

Stadium

See main article: Estadio Nemesio Diez.

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)

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

width:100px Datewidth:200px Rivalwidth:50px Result
25-07-1954 G.N.K. Dinamo Zagreb 1–4
29-05-1990 Real Madrid C.F. 1–3
25-03-2003 Valencia C.F. 3–1
24-07-2008 C. Atlético de Madrid 1–1
25-07-2017 C. Atlético de Madrid 0–0
17-05-2022 Bayer Leverkusen F.G. 1–0

Crest and kits

Badge

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

Kit suppliers and sponsors

PeriodKit sponsorShirt sponsor
1980-1992 Adidas
1993-1994 Umbro Victoria
1994-1997 Corona Sport Victoria
1998-1999 Diadora Victoria
2000-2010 Atletica Banamex
2010-2023 Under Armour Banamex
2023-2027 New Balance Roshfrans

Additional kit sponsors

Presidents

Lis of presidents

NamePeriodNamePeriod
Manuel Henkel1917-1919 Román Ferrat1919-1928
Fernando Barreto1928-1936 Fernando Torres1936-1944
Ignacio Longares1944-1945 Samuel Martínez1945-1951
José Ramírez1951-1953 Luis Gutiérrez1953-1956
Enrique Enríquez1956-1963 Alfonso Lechuga1963-1964
Santiago Velasco1964-1966 Eduardo Monroy1966-1969
Alfonso Faure1969-1970 Javier Maawad1970-1972
Fernando Corona 1972-1977 Germán Sánchez 1977-1980
Ernesto Nemer1980-1981 Jesús Fernández1981-1983
Germán Sánchez1983-1984 Jesús Fernández1984-1985
Fernando Corona 1985-1986 Germán Sánchez1986-1987
Kurt Visetti1987-1989 Antonio Mañón1989-1992
José Roca 1992-1993 Jesús Fernández1993-1995
Sergio Peláez1995-1997 Rafael Lebrija1997-2007
Fernando Corona2007-2010 Santiago Velasco2010-2011
Fernando Corona2011-2013 Jesús Vallejo2013-2015
Jaime León2015-2017 Francisco Suinaga2017-2023

Luis Gutiérrez Dosal

Nemesio Díez Riega

Rafael Lebrija Guiot

Fernando Corona Álvarez

Coaching staff

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Manager Renato Paiva
Assistant managers Nuno Campos
Daniel Castro
Goalkeeper coach Rui Tavares
Fitness coaches Carlos Barros
Roberto Rojas
Physiotherapists Miguel Reyes
Carlos Placeres
Adrián Sánchez
Alfredo Morales
Team doctor Adolfo Martínez

Players

Reserve teams

See main article: Deportivo Toluca Reserves and Academy.

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)

See main article: Deportivo Toluca Premier.

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

The following players have represented their country at the FIFA World Cup whilst playing for Toluca:

Olympic players

The following players have represented their country at the Summer Olympic Games whilst playing for Toluca:

International players

National teamPlayer
MexicoA. Vega, B. García, J. Gallardo, I. López, M. Ruíz, J. Domínguez
ChileJ. Meneses, C. Baeza
UruguayM. Araújo, B. Méndez
ParaguayR. Morales

Historic players

Goalkeepers
Defenders
Midfielders
Forwards

Record of most expensive bought players in the club history

width:100px Playerwidth:100px Agewidth:100px Nationalitywidth:100px Positionwidth:100px Leftwidth:100px Seasonwidth:100px Fee
João Dias 31 Portugal Forward Sporting C.P. 2024-25 $7,800,000
Andrés Pereira 23 Uruguay Defender Liverpool F.C. 2023-24 $6,300,000
Jean Meneses 29 Chile Midfielder C. León 2022-23 $5,700,000
Maximiliano Araújo 22 Uruguay Midfielder C. Puebla 2022-23 $5,600,000
Mauricio Isaís 22 Mexico Defender C.F. Pachuca 2023-24 $4,500,000
Jesús Gallardo 29 Mexico Defender C.F. Monterrey 2024-25 $4,700,000
Pedro Garay 26 Brasil Forward C.R. Vasco da Gama 2023-24 $4,500,000
Claudio Baeza 27 Chile Midfielder C. Necaxa 2020-25 $4,000,000
Franuel Amaya 23 United States Midfielder N.Y. Red Bulls 2024-25 $3,800,000
Marcel Ruiz 21 Mexico Midfielder C. Tijuana 2022-23 $3,700,000

Record of most expensive sold players in the club history

width:100px Playerwidth:100px Agewidth:100px Nationalitywidth:100px Positionwidth:100px Leftwidth:100px Seasonwidth:100px Fee
Isaác Brizuela 24 Mexico Forward C.D. Guadalajara 2014-15 $5,600,000
Ernesto Vega 21 Mexico Forward C.D. Guadalajara 2018-19 $5,300,000
Pedro Garay27 Brasil Forward S.C. Corinthians Paulista 2023-24 $4,500,000
Tomás Belmonte 25 Argentina Midfielder C.A. Boca Juniors 2024-25 $3,600,000
Cristián Borja 25 Colombia Defernder Sporting C.P. 2018-19 $3,200,000
Héctor Mancilla 30 Chile Forward Tigres U.A.N.L. 2010-11 $3,000,000
Christian Cueva 24 Peru Midfielder São Paulo F.C. 2016-17 $2,500,000
José Carmona 28 Mexico Defender C.D. Guadalajara 2003-04 $1,800,000
Mauricio Isaís 23 Mexico Defender C. León 2024-25 $1,500,000
Enrique Triverio 28 Argentina Forward Racing Club 2017-18 $1,300,000

Honours

National

TypeCompetitionTitlesWinning SeasonsRunners Up
Nationalscope=colPrimera División de México101966–67, 1967–68, 1974–75, Verano 1998, Verano 1999, Verano 2000, Apertura 2002, Apertura 2005, Apertura 2008, Clausura 20101956-57, 1957-58, 1970-71, Invierno 2000, Apertura 2006, Apertura 2012, Clausura 2018, Apertura 2022
scope=colCopa México21955–56, 1988–891960-61, Clausura 2018
scope=colCampeón de Campeones de Primera División de México41967, 1968, 2003, 20061955-56, 1974-75, 1988-89
scope=colSegunda División de México11952-53
scope=colCampeón de Campeones de Segunda División de México11952-53

Amateur era

Friendly national tournaments

Friendly international tournaments

Reserves and academy tournaments

Second division of Mexico 1952-53

Goalkeeper
Defenders
Midfielders
Forwards
Manager

Champion of champions of the second division 1952-53

Goalkeeper
Defenders
Midfielders
Forwards
Manager

Mexico Cup 1955-56

Goalkeeper
Defenders
Midfielders
Forwards
Manager

Mexican First Division 1966-67

Goalkeeper
Defenders
Midfielders
Forwards
Manager

Champion of champions first division 1966-67

Goalkeeper
Defenders
Midfielders
Forwards
Manager

Mexican first division 1967-68

Goalkeeper
Defenders
Midfielders
Forwards
Manager

First division champion of champions 1967-68

Goalkeeper
Defenders
Midfielders
Forwards
Manager

Mexican First Division 1974-75

Goalkeeper
Defenders
Midfielders
Forwards
Manager

Mexico Cup 1988-89

Goalkeeper
Defenders
Midfielders
Manager
Manager

Verano 1998

Goalkeeper
Midfielders
Forwards
Manager

Verano 1999

Goalkeeper
Defenders
Midfielders
Forwards
Manager

Verano 2000

Goalkeeper
Defenders
Midfielders
Forwards
Manager

Apertura 2002

Goalkeeper
Defenders
Midfielders
Forwards
Manager

Champion of champions first division 2002-03

Goalkeeper
Defenders
Midfielders
Forwards
Manager

CONCACAF champions cup 2003

Goalkeeper
Defenders
Midfielders
Forwards
Manager

Apertura 2005

Goalkeeper
Defenders
Midfielders
Forwards
Manager

Champion of champions of the first division 2005-06

Goalkeeper
Defenders
Midfielders
Forwards
Manager

Apertura 2008

Goalkeeper
Defenders
Midfielders
Forwards
Manager

Clausura 2010

Goalkeeper
Defenders
Midfielders
Forwards
Manager

International competitions

CONCACAF

1968: Champions

1969: Second round

1972: Semi-finals

1974: First round

1998: Runners-up

1999: Quarterfinals

2000: Quarterfinals

2003: Champions

2006: Runner up

2009: Semifinals

2010: Quarterfinals

2013: Runner up

2019: Round of 16

2024: First round

2023: Round of 16

2024: Round of 16

CONMEBOL

2007: Round of 16

2013: Group stage

2016: Round of 16

2006: Semifinals

2000: First round

1969: Runner up

Managers

NameFromTo
David Albiter 19501952
Tomás Fábregas 19521953
Fernando García19531955
Fernando González19551957
Julio Carrasco19571958
Gaspar Rubio19581959
Eladio Ruiz19591959
Fernando García 19591959
Bela Kalloi19591959
Fernando García19601961
José Martín19611962
Francisco Berterame19621963
Olten Ayres19631963
Fernando García19631964
Francisco Berterame19641965
Arpad Fekete19651966
Ignacio Trelles19661973
José Moncebáez19731974
Enrique Navarro19741974
Ricardo de León19741975
Luiz Peters19751976
José Nogueira19761977
Jorge Marik19771978
José Roca19821984
Luis Estrada19841985
Eduardo Ramos19851986
Arpad Fekete19861987
Roberto Matosas19871988
Héctor Sanabria19881989
Raul Cárdenas19881991
José Vantolrá19911992
Roberto Silva19921995
José Pascuttini19951995
Moisés Figueroa19951995
Luis Garisto19951996
Marco Trejo19961996
Ángel López19961996
Juan Álvarez19961997
Enrique Meza19972000
Ricardo Ferrero20002001
Ricardo La Volpe20012002
Wilson Graniolatti20022002
Alberto Jorge20022003
Ricardo Ferretti20032004
Enrique Meza20052005
Américo Gallego20052007
José Pekerman20072008
José de la Torre20082010
Sergio Lugo20102011
Héctor Euguialing=left2011aling=left2011
Wilson Graniolatti20112012
Enrique Meza20122013
José Cardozo20132016
Hernán Cristante20162019
Ricardo La Volpe20192019
José de la Torre20192020
Hernán Cristante20202021
Ignacio Ambriz20212023
Renato Paiva20242025

Champion Managers

  • Segunda División de México
  • Tomás Fábregas: 1952-53.
  • Campeón de Campeones de Segunda División de México
  • Tomás Fábregas: 1952-53.
  • Primera División de México
  • Ignacio Trelles: 1966-67, 1967-68.
  • Ricardo de León: 1974-75.
  • Enrique Meza: Verano 1998, Verano 1999, Verano 2000.
  • Alberto Jorge: Apertura 2002.
  • Américo Gallego: Apertura 2005.
  • José de la Torre: Apertura 2008, Clausura 2010.
  • Copa México
  • Fernando González: 1955-56.
  • Héctor Sanabria: 1988-89.
  • Campeón de Campeones
  • Ignacio Trelles: 1967, 1968.
  • Ricardo Ferretti: 2002-03.
  • Américo Rubén Gallego: 2005-06.
  • Copa de campeones CONCACAF
  • Ignacio Trelles: 1968.
  • Ricardo Ferretti: 2003.

Statistics

Performance in regular phase in Liga MX, Copa MX and CONCACAF Champions Cup

CompetitionPldWDLGFGAGDPoints
Liga MX2396965701730356929316383064
Copa MX236112596538629492395
CONCACAF Champions Cup773918201508268135

2012).

2015).

Clausura 2004 y Apertura 2004).

Records

Divisional movements

DivisionYearsFirstLastPromotionsRelegations
Primera División de México701953–542023–24 1 0
Segunda División de México31950-511953-54 1 0

Deportivo Toluca F.C. seasons

See main article: List of Deportivo Toluca F.C. seasons.

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)

SeasonLeagueCupInternationalResultLeague top goalscorer
DivisionPWDLGFGAGDPtsPosPlayerGoals
1950–51Segunda División123361719–296thalign=left
1951–52Segunda División188554434+10213rdalign=left
1952–53Segunda División2214716328+35351stalign=left
1953–54Primera División228773534+1235thGSalign=left Carlos Carús11
1954–55Primera División229583530+5236thR1align=left Carlos Blanco11
1955–56Primera División2611964931+18314thWalign=left Carlos Carús9
1956–57Primera División2411854520+25302ndQFalign=left Julio Palleiro15
1957–58Primera División2614666029+31342ndQFalign=left Carlos Blanco17
1958–59Primera División2610884137+4286thSFalign=left Carlos Carús12
1959–60Primera División2612685136+15305thSFalign=left Teodoro Castañón14
1960–61Primera División2688104137+4249thRUalign=left Sigidredo Mercado10
1961–62Primera División2615475837+21343rdGSalign=left Carlos Carús19
1962–63Primera División2681083231+1267thR1align=left Sigifredo Mercado7
1963–64Primera División26610103135–42211thSFalign=left Sigifredo Mercado4
1964–65Primera División30811113134–32711thGSalign=left Albino Morales7
1965–66Primera División30712113937+22612thSFalign=left Vicente Pereda12
1966–67Primera División3017764824+24411stSFalign=left Amaury Epaminondas 21
1967–68Primera División3018845628+28441stSFalign=left Amaury Epaminondas17
1968–69Primera División3013894330+13343rdQFCONCACAF Champions' CupWalign=left Vicente Pereda12
1969–70Primera División30137104635+9334thR16CONCACAF Champions' CupR2align=left Vicente Pereda20

Liguilla system (1970–1996)

SeasonLeagueCupInternationalResultLeague top goalscorer
DivisionPWDLGFGAGDPtsRankLiguillaPlayerGoals
1970Primera División147342112+9171st4thalign=left Jesús Romero8
1970–71Primera División34141553821+17432ndRUR16align=left Jesús Romero12
1971–72Primera División34119144651–53114thDNQGSCONCACAF
Champions' Cup
align=left Vicente Pereda11
1972–73Primera División34131385139+12395thDNQNot heldalign=left Vicente Pereda10
1973–74Primera División34141195443+10395thDNQGSalign=left Mario Medina9
1974–75Primera División38191275432+22502ndWGSalign=left Ítalo Estupiñán18
1975–76Primera División381212144344–13611thDNQGSalign=left Ítalo Estupiñán14
1976–77Primera División381212144344–13611thDNQNot heldalign=left Héctor Eugui6
1977–78Primera División38207115537+18473rdQFalign=left Antonio Ruíz12
1978–79Primera División38197125943+16454thSFalign=left Ricardo Brandón18
1979–80Primera División381411134445–1399thDNQalign=left Ricardo Brandón11
1980–81Primera División381412124741+6409thSFalign=left Jesús Reynaldo10
1981–82Primera División381214125357–43813thDNQalign=left Agustín Manzo13
1982–83Primera División381710116243+19444thQFalign=left Agustín Manzo17
1983–84Primera División381410145756+1388thDNQalign=left Agustín Manzo16
1984–85Primera División38814163453–193017thDNQalign=left Enrique Hernández8
1985–86Primera División8323812–4810thDNQalign=left Hugo Rodríguez4
Primera División185491932–131417thDNQalign=left Enrique Hernández4
1986–87Primera División40723103541–63713thDNQalign=left Jorge Gama13
1987–88Primera División38167154950–1399thQFSFalign=left Ricardo Ferretti22
1988–89Primera División381110175867–93215thDNQWalign=left Ricardo Ferretti14
1989–90Primera División381116114233+93810thQFR16align=left Washington Olivera9
1990–91Primera División381214125350+33811stDNQGSalign=left Juan Pizzi12
1991–92Primera División381312134749–23812thDNQGSalign=left Roberto Depietri9
1992–93Primera División38914154950–13214thDNQNot heldalign=left Jorge Rodríguez13
1993–94Primera División381810105432+22463rdSFalign=left Nildeson da Silva12
1994–95Primera División36108184457–132816thDNQR1align=left Marcelino Bernal8
1995–96Primera División34107173345–123715thDNQR1align=left Carlos Morales9

Short tournaments (1996–2022)

SeasonTournamentLeagueCupInternationalResultLeague top goalscorer
DivisionPWDLGFGAGDPtsRankLiguillaPlayerGoals
Invierno 1996Primera División179352615+11305thQFGSalign=left José Cardozo7
Verano 1997Primera División175662621+52111thDNQalign=left Carlos María Morales5
1997–98Invierno 1997Primera División17548212101912thDNQNot heldalign=left José Cardozo7
Verano 1998Primera División1710343925+14331stWalign=left José Cardozo18
1998–99Invierno 1998Primera División1710613914+25362ndQFCONCACAF
Champions' Cup
RUalign=left José Cardozo13
Verano 1999Primera División1712325023+27391stWalign=left José Cardozo20
1999–00Invierno 1999Primera División179534025+15322ndQFCONCACAF
Champions' Cup
QFalign=left Carlos María Morales10
Verano 2000Primera División1713134428+16401stWalign=left José Cardozo20
2000–01Invierno 2000Primera División179353226+6302ndRUCONCACAF
Champions' Cup
QFalign=left José Cardozo11
Verano 2001Primera División173862833–51717thDNQalign=left José Cardozo11
2001–02Invierno 2001Primera División188823322+11322ndSFalign=left Vicente Sánchez10
Verano 2002Primera División1810533517+18352ndQFalign=left José Cardozo14
2002–03Apertura 2002Primera División1912525525+30412ndWalign=left José Cardozo36
Clausura 2003Primera División1910364030+10335thQFalign=left José Cardozo22
2003–04Apertura 2003Primera División198383324+92710thSFCONCACAF
Champions' Cup
Walign=left José Cardozo18
Clausura 2004Primera División198653125+16305thSFalign=left José Cardozo11
2004–05Apertura 2004Primera División1710252715+12322ndQFalign=left José Cardozo14
Clausura 2005Primera División176561722–52311thDNQalign=left José Cardozo5
2005–06Apertura 2005Primera División179352721+6305thWCONCACAF
Champions' Cup
RUalign=left Vicente Sánchez6
Clausura 2006Primera División177372219+3246thSFalign=left Israel López6
2006–07Apertura 2006Primera División177642716+11274thRUCopa LibertadoresR16align=left Bruno Marioni15
Clausura 2007Primera División1731041517–21913thDNQalign=left Vicente Sánchez5
2007–08Apertura 2007Primera División1710432716+11342ndQFalign=left Vicente Sánchez9
Clausura 2008Primera División177642319+4275thQFalign=left Sergio Amaury Ponce4
2008–09Apertura 2008Primera División177642516+9272ndWalign=left Héctor Mancilla13
Clausura 2009Primera División1710613419+15362ndQFalign=left Héctor Mancilla14
2009–10Apertura 2009Primera División1711243219+13351stSFCONCACAF
Champions League
SFalign=left Héctor Mancilla12
Clausura 2010Primera División178632715+12303rdWalign=left Héctor Mancilla8
2010–11Apertura 2010Primera División175751820–22211thDNQCONCACAF
Champions League
QFalign=left Héctor Mancilla5
Clausura 2011Primera División175662827+12112thDNQalign=left Jaime Ayoví5
2011–12Apertura 2011Primera División174851927–82013thDNQalign=left Iván Alonso11
Clausura 2012Primera División176472427–32211thDNQalign=left Iván Alonso14
2012–13Apertura 2012Liga MX1710432817+11341stRUQFCopa LibertadoresGSalign=left Luis Tejada6
Clausura 2013Liga MX175391421–71813thDNQDNPalign=left Lucas Silva5
2013–14Apertura 2013Liga MX176923317+16275thSFDNPCONCACAF
Champions League
RUalign=left Pablo Velázquez12
Clausura 2014Liga MX175391421–71813thSFDNPalign=left Pablo Velázquez7
2014–15Apertura 2014Liga MX178542418+6294thSFQFalign=left Pablo Velázquez8
Clausura 2015Liga MX176652018+22410thDNQGSalign=left Édgar Benítez4
2015–16Apertura 2015Liga MX1710253324+9322ndSFSFCopa LibertadoresR16align=left Enrique Triverio10
Clausura 2016Liga MX175752021–12211thDNQDNPalign=left Enrique Triverio6
2016–17Apertura 2016Liga MX176652221+12410thDNQSFalign=left Fernando Uribe7
Clausura 2017Liga MX178362120+1274thSFR16align=left Fernando Uribe8
2017–18Apertura 2017Liga MX178542421+3295thQFR16align=left Fernando Uribe8
Clausura 2018Liga MX1711332413+11361stRURUalign=left Fernando Uribe9
2018–19Apertura 2018Liga MX178272722+5267thQFGSCONCACAF
Champions League
R16align=left Alexis Vega6
Clausura 2019Liga MX177462823+5259thDNQDNPalign=left Alexis Canelo6
2019–20Apertura 2019Liga MX184591626–101717thDNQSFalign=left Emmanuel Gigliotti4
Clausura 2020Liga MX102441618–21015thSuspended due COVID-19 pandemicalign=left Leonardo Fernández8
2020–21Apertura 2020Liga MX176382328–52111thRENot heldalign=left Alexis Canelo6
Clausura 2021Liga MX176472624+22211thQFalign=left Alexis Canelo11
2021–22Apertura 2021Liga MX1766522220246thREalign=left Alexis Canelo
Rubens Sambueza
4
Clausura 2022Liga MX175482136–151915thDNQalign=left Leonardo Fernández7
2022–23Apertura 2022Liga MX177642723+4276thRUalign=left Jean Meneses7

Records

Historical dates

DateEvent
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

AnnotationPlayerRivalResultSeason
Gol 1 in Liga MX Carlos Carús Club de Fútbol Atlante Victory 2-1 Season 1953-54
Gol 500 in Liga MX Vicente PeredaClub 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-AmericansVictory 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 TorresClub Deportivo Veracruz Tie 1-1 Apertura 2002
Gol 1,000 in Short Tournaments Vladimir MarínIndios de Ciudad Juárez Victory 3-0 Torneo Clausura 2010
Gol 1,500 in Short Tournaments Alexis CaneloClub de Fútbol América Victory 3-2 Clausura 2019

Top goalscorers in a season

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PlayerTournamentGoals
Amaury Epaminondas1966-6721
Vicente Pereda1967-6820
José CardozoVerano 199810
José CardozoVerano 199915
José CardozoApertura 200229
José CardozoClausura 200321
Bruno MarioniApertura 200611
Héctor MancillaApertura 200811
Héctor MancillaClausura 200914
Iván AlonsoApertura 201111
Iván AlonsoApertura 201214
Pablo VelázquezApertura 201312
Alexis CaneloClausura 202111
valign="top" width="85%"
PlayerTournamentGoals
Carlos Carús1960-617
Vicente Pereda1966-675
Francisco Linares1967-687
Jesús Romero1969-704
Edgar BenítezApertura 20125
Fernando UribeApertura 20166
Alexis CaneloClausura 20187
Kevin Castañeda2019–207
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Top scorers

PositionPlayerPeriodGoals
1 José Cardozo 1995–2005 249
2 Vicente Pereda 1960–1975 119
3 Vicente Sánchez 2001–2007 85
4 José Abundis 1992–2004 84
5 Carlos Morales 1995-2002 84
6 Carlos Carús 1953–1962 77
7 Sinha 1999–2017 71
8 Héctor Mancilla 2008–2010 64
9 Juan Paz 1978–1986 62
10 Héctor Eugui 1972–1978 62

Top appearances

PositionPlayerPeriodGames
1 Sinha 1999–2017 524
2 Antonio Ríos 2009–2021 424
3 Carlos Esquivel 2005–2019 423
4 Hernán Cristante 1993–2010 419
5 Paulo da Silva 2003–2017 383
6 José Cardozo 1995–2005 332
7 Alfredo Talavera 2010–2020 326
8 Vicente Pereda 1960–1975 322
9 Edgar Dueñas 2004–2015 307
10 José Abundis 1992–2004 270

Top managers appearances

PositionManagerPeriodGames
1 Ignacio Trelles 1966-1972 236
2 Enrique Meza 1997–2000 182
3 Hernán Cristante 2016–2019 174
4 José Cardozo 2013–2016 157
5 José de la Torre 2008–2010 150
6 José Roca 1982–1984 114
7 Américo Gallego 2005–2007 98
8 Ricardo La Volpe 2001–2002 86
9 Ricardo Ferretti 2003–2004 80
10 José Peckerman 2007–2008 41

Deportivo Toluca F.C. notable players

See main article: List of Deportivo Toluca F.C. players.

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.

NameNationalityPositionYearsAppsGoals
Walter GassireGoalkeeper1974–19801500
Wilson GraniolattiDefender1986–1988, 1989–19901036
Marcelino BernalMidfielder1991–199713030
José AbundisForward1992–2000, 2004–200626080
Hernán CristanteGoalkeeper1993–1994, 1995–1996, 1998–20104191
Enrique AlfaroMidfielder1994–200222631
José CardozoForward1995–2005329248
Rafael GarcíaMidfielder1998–200421427
SinhaMidfielder1999–2014, 2016–201754361
Vicente SánchezForward2001–200724285
Sergio PonceMidfielder2001–200818418
Miguel AlmazánDefender2002–2010, 2013–20161122
Paulo da SilvaDefender2003–2009, 2013–201737930
Édgar DueñasDefender2004–201530515
Carlos EsquivelMidfielder2005–2017, 201943245
Néstor CalderónMidfielder2008–201213722
Antonio RíosMidfielder2008–202131413
Alfredo TalaveraGoalkeeper2009–20203211
Isaác BrizuelaForward2009–2012, 2013–201414913
Osvaldo GonzálezDefender2010–2011, 2016–20191328
Pablo VelázquezForward2013–201710917
Édgar BenítezForward2012–201510917
Fernando UribeForward2015–201810046

Rivalries

Clásico mexiquense

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

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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width=30%No.width=20%Tournamentwidth=20%Phasewidth=20%Localwidth=20%Lwidth=20%Vwidth=20%Visitorwidth=20%Stadiumwidth=30%Result
1Season 1978/79RegularClub Deportivo Coyotes Neza00Deportivo Toluca F.C.Neza 86Tie
2Season 1978/79RegularDeportivo Toluca F.C.31Club Deportivo Coyotes NezaNemesio DíezToluca
3Season 1979/80RegularClub Deportivo Coyotes Neza00Deportivo Toluca F.C.Neza 86Tie
4Season 1979/80RegularDeportivo Toluca F.C.00Club Deportivo Coyotes NezaNemesio DíezTie
5Season 1980/81RegularDeportivo Toluca F.C.00Club Deportivo Coyotes NezaNemesio DíezTie
6Season 1980/81RegularClub Deportivo Coyotes Neza12Deportivo Toluca F.C.Neza 86Toluca
7Season 1981/82RegularDeportivo Toluca F.C.00Club Deportivo Coyotes NezaNemesio DíezTie
8Season 1981/82RegularClub Deportivo Coyotes Neza00Deportivo Toluca F.C.Neza 86Tie
9Season 1982/83RegularClub Deportivo Coyotes Neza10Deportivo Toluca F.C.Neza 86Coyotes
10Season 1982/83RegularDeportivo Toluca F.C.31Club Deportivo Coyotes NezaNemesio DíezToluca
11Season 1983/84RegularDeportivo Toluca F.C.31Club Deportivo Coyotes NezaNemesio DíezToluca
12Season 1983/84RegularClub Deportivo Coyotes Neza43Deportivo Toluca F.C.Neza 86Coyotes
13Season 1984/85RegularDeportivo Toluca F.C.31Club Deportivo Coyotes NezaNemesio DíezToluca
14Season 1984/85RegularClub Deportivo Coyotes Neza31Deportivo Toluca F.C.Neza 86Coyotes
15Season 1986/87RegularClub Deportivo Coyotes Neza00Deportivo Toluca F.C.Neza 86Tie
16Season 1986/87RegularDeportivo Toluca F.C.10Club Deportivo Coyotes NezaNemesio DíezToluca
17Season 1987/88RegularClub Deportivo Coyotes Neza20Deportivo Toluca F.C.Neza 86Coyotes
18Season 1987/88RegularDeportivo Toluca F.C.21Club Deportivo Coyotes NezaNemesio DíezToluca

Deportivo Toluca vs Toros Neza

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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width=30%No.width=20%Tournamentwidth=20%Phasewidth=20%Localwidth=20%Lwidth=20%Vwidth=20%Visitorwidth=20%Stadiumwidth=30%Result
1Season 1993/94RegularDeportivo Toluca F.C.12Toros NezaNemesio DíezNeza
2Season 1993/94RegularToros Neza23Deportivo Toluca F.C.Neza 86Toluca
31994/95 seasonRegularDeportivo Toluca F.C.01Toros NezaNemesio DíezNeza
41994/95 seasonRegularToros Neza31Deportivo Toluca F.C.Neza 86Neza
51995/96 SeasonRegularDeportivo Toluca F.C.11Toros NezaNemesio DíezTie
61995/96 seasonRegularToros Neza12Deportivo Toluca F.C.Neza 86Neza
71996 Winter TournamentRegularDeportivo Toluca F.C.10Toros NezaNemesio DíezToluca
8Summer Tournament 1997RegularToros Neza21Deportivo Toluca F.C.Neza 86Neza
91997 Winter TournamentRegularToros Neza20Deportivo Toluca F.C.Neza 86Neza
10Torneo Verano 1998RegularDeportivo Toluca F.C.41Toros NezaNemesio DíezToluca
111998 Winter TournamentRegularDeportivo Toluca F.C.21Toros NezaNemesio DíezToluca
12Torneo Verano 1999RegularToros Neza16Deportivo Toluca F.C.Neza 86Toluca
131999 Winter TournamentRegularDeportivo Toluca F.C.61Toros NezaNemesio DíezToluca
14Torneo Verano 2000RegularToros Neza01Deportivo Toluca F.C.Neza 86Toluca

Head to head summary matches

As Verano 2000 tournament;

CompetitionMatchesToluca winsDrawsNezahualcóyotl winsToluca goalsToluca conceded goalsNezahualcóyotl goalsNezahualcóyotl conceded goals
Primera División de México32 14 16 10 50 34 34 50
Overall32 14 16 10 50 34 34 50

Head to head summary honours

As Verano 2000 tournament;

CompetitionDeportivo Toluca Fútbol Club Coyotes Nezahualcóyotl / Toros Nezahualcóyotl
TotalSeasonsTotalSeasons
Liga MX101966–67, 1967–68, 1974–75, Verano 1998, Verano 1999, Verano 2000, Apertura 2002, Apertura 2005, Apertura 2008, Clausura 2010style="background-color:white;color:black;text-align:center"-1996–97 (Runner Up)
Copa MX21955–56, 1988–89style="background-color:white;color:black;text-align:center"-1996–97 (Runner Up)
Campeón de campeones41967, 1968, 2003, 2006style="background-color:white;color:black;text-align:center"-
Copa de campeones CONCACAF 21968, 2003style="background-color:white;color:black;text-align:center"-
Segunda división de méxico11952-53style="background-color:white;color:black;text-align:center"-
Campeón de campeones de segunda división de méxico11952-53style="background-color:white;color:black;text-align:center"-

Reserves and academy

Toluca premier

See main article: Deportivo Toluca F.C. 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.

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.

Reserve team

See main article: Deportivo Toluca F.C. Reserves and Academy.

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.

Women

See main article: Deportivo Toluca F.C. (women).

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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width=24%Competitionwidth=5%Pldwidth=5%Wwidth=5%Dwidth=5%Lwidth=5%GFwidth=5%GAwidth=5%GDwidth=5%PointsPLACEAWARDEFE (%)
Liga MX Femenil Apertura 2017 14824261610266.º61.9
Liga MX Femenil Clausura 2018 1693423176305.ºSemifinal62.5
Liga MX Femenil Apertura 2018 18945402218316.ºbgcolor=#e5e4f5 " Quarterfinal57.4
Liga MX Femenil Clausura 2019 164391423-91513.º31.3
Liga MX Femenil Apertura 2019 20104627252346.ºbgcolor=#e5e4f5 " Quarterfinal56.7
Liga MX Femenil Clausura 2020 10217718-117Tournament interrupted by COVID-19 pandemic in Mexico 23.3
Liga MX Femenil Apertura 2020 1741121629-131315.º25.5
Liga MX Femenil Clausura 2021 198561718-1297.ºbgcolor=#e5e4f5 " Quarterfinal50.9
Liga MX Femenil Apertura 2021 175391327-141812.º35.3
Liga MX Femenil Clausura 2022 175572932-32010.º39.2
Liga MX Femenil Apertura 2022 198292738-11266.ºbgcolor=#e5e4f5 " Quarterfinal45.6
Liga MX Femenil Clausura 2023 177462326-32510.º49
Liga MX Femenil Apertura 2023 199372931-2306.ºbgcolor=#e5e4f5 " Quarterfinal52.6
Liga MX Femenil Clausura 2024 17764342410279.º52.9
TOTAL236954695325346-213318.º1 Semifinal46.3 %

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