Club Santos Laguna
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| Full name | Club Santos Laguna | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Nickname(s) | Guerreros (Warriors) |
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| Founded | August 13, 1983 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Ground | Corona Torreón, Coahuila (Capacity 18,050) |
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| Owner |  Modelo |
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| Manager | Daniel Guzmán |
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| League | La Primera División | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Clausura 2008 | Champions 2nd (league) |
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Club Santos Laguna, also known as Santos Laguna or Santos, is a Mexican professional football club. They represent la Comarca Lagunera which is made of Torreon, Gomez Palacio and Lerdo. Santos Laguna plays in the Primera División. The club's debut in Mexico's top division was in the 1988/89 tournament. They have won the league championship three times. First in the Invierno 1996 tournament in the Verano 2001 tournament and the most recent Clausura 2008 tournament. They have also reached the finals in the 1993-1994 season and the Verano 2000 tournament.
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[edit] Current Years
Santos Laguna started the Clasura 2007 in danger of being relagated to the second division. Despite buying many Stars such as: Oswaldo Sanchez, Daniel Ludueña, Juan Pablo Rodriguez, Fernando Ortiz, and the return of Vicente Matías Vuoso. The team started the season with a defeat from Monterrey. Santos Laguna continued the season as sort of an average season. Not winning a single game till week 8 against Morelia they started to play great, yet still on the verge of relagation up until the last game when Querétaro could not defeat Atlas. Along with staying another year in the 1st Division they were also able to make "El Repechaje" against San Luis FC. The 1st leg San Luis went up 2-1 at Santos home. The 2nd leg Santos advanced to the quarter finals on a last minute goal by Walter Jimenez. The Quarter finals Santos played both games against the favorite to win the championship, Pachuca. However, they lost the tied game because Pachuca were in 1st place on the group table, The start of the Apertura 2007 for Santos was a promising one 1st defeating Cruz Azul 2-0 at home, Toluca 2-3 away, Pachuca 0-1.
In August 29th 2007 Santos Laguna beat Guadalajara to achieve their best start ever with 5 wins in 5 games.
On June 1st 2008 Santos Laguna beat Cruz Azul (3-2 Global Aggregate) to win the Clausura 2008 trophy. This is the club's third championship victory.
[edit] Stadium
Santos Laguna currently play at Estadio Corona and holds 19,800 people, but on November 14, 2007 it was announced that they will have a New Stadium. It will be called Estadio Nuevo Corona. The stadium will have a maximum capacity of 30,800 and a minimum capacity of 28,000 people. The new stadium will cost $97,000,000 USD. Construction started on February 22, 2008.
[edit] Honours
- Primera División: 3
- InterLiga: 1
- Copa Independencia: 1
[edit] Current Roster
As of March 12, 2008
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Source:http://www.clubsantoslaguna.com.mx/aspx/fichastecnicas.aspx?Tipo=Jugadores
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[edit] Notable players
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Argentina
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Paraguay El Salvador Brazil Spain Croatia Guatemala |
[edit] External links
- Official Website
- Rincon del Santos (Fan Website)
- Piratas Laguneros
- Super Santos Laguna
- Santos Laguna in Wikipedia en Español
- Federacion Mexicana de Futbol
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