Deportivo Toluca F.C.
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| Full name | Deportivo Toluca Fútbol Club S.A. de C.V. |
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| Nickname(s) | Diablos Rojos (Red Devils) |
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| Founded | 1917 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Ground | Nemesio Díez Toluca, Mexico, Mexico (Capacity 27,000) |
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| Chairman |  Fernando Corona |
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| Manager | Jose Manuel de la Torre |
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| League | La Primera División | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Apertura 2007 | Quarterfinals 2nd (league) |
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Deportivo Toluca Fútbol Club also known simply as Toluca, is a Mexican professional football club. Toluca's stadium is localized in Toluca, State of Mexico in Mexico. Toluca plays in the Primera División de México and has been champion eight times. The owner is Valentin Diez.
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[edit] History
In March of 1917, the brothers Román and Gerardo Ferrat with Filiberto Navas created Deportivo Toluca Futbol Club. In 1950 the team joins the recentlly formed segunda division, advancing to Primera División de México in 1953.
The team won two consecutive championships in 1966 and 1967 under the coach Ignacio Trelles. In 1975 Toluca won the championship one more time, coached by Uruguayan Ricardo de León, playing a style of game that was consistently criticized as ultra defensive, after defeating Leon in the final-four mini tournament by 1-0, with goal of the Ecuadorian Ítalo Estupiñan (the only time the Mexican Championship was decided by a round-robin, two legged, mini tournament).
In 1997 Enrique "Ojitos" Meza became the coach of the team, after reaching the finals of the Mexican league with Toros Neza (now disappeared). Toluca resurged, its tactical scheme was very offensive, which was very characteristic of its coach. It was not atypical to see scores like 5-3. The offensive idea suited perfectly the Paraguayan Jose Saturnino Cardozo, who became the best scorer of the league in four occasions.
Toluca won the championship in 1998, the first one in twenty years. With Enrique Meza Enriquez as coach, Toluca won the championship three times in a period of three years.
For the Apertura 2002 tournament, Ricardo Lavolpe became the coach of Toluca. Without finishing the season, Lavolpe left Toluca to coach the Mexican national team. Toluca was at its best, and even without Lavople, the team had the necessary momentum to win the championship one more time. In this occasion by disposing of Morelia in the finals.
At the end of the Apertura 2005 tournament the team became champion again, beating CF Monterrey by an aggregate of 6-3.
In Apertura 2006, they tied in the first leg (1-1). But suffered a loss in the Estadio Nemesio Diez (2-1) against Chivas de Guadalajara.
In the Clausura 2007 tournament, Toluca had one of their worst seasons, finishing up in 14th place out of 18. In the Copa Libertadores 2007, they made it to the round of 16, where they were subsequently eliminated by surprise package Cucuta Deportivo from Colombia. Following the elimination from both tournaments, Gallego resigned from his position stating the need for a year off as his reason for resigning from Club Toluca. Jose Pekerman, former coach of the Argentine national team, was appointed as head coach of Club Toluca on May 30, 2007. In the Apertura 2007, Toluca had a much better finish than the previous tournament, placing 2nd place out of 18 only behind league leader Santos Laguna. They were ultimately eliminated by league runner-up Pumas in the quarter-finals of the Apertura 2007 playoffs.
Club Toluca failed to qualify for the 2008 Copa Libertadores, and started the Clausura 2008 tournament with the goal of improving from their finish in the previous tournament.
[edit] Honours
- First Divisions Championships: 8
- 1967, 1968, 1975, Verano 1998, Verano 1999, Verano 2000, Apertura 2002, Apertura 2005
- Second Division Championships: 5
- 1953 1956 1957 1958 1959
- Mexico Cups: 2
- 1956, 1989 1990 1991 1995 1998 1999
- Champion of Champions: 4
- 1967, 1968, 2003, 2006
- CONCACAF Champions' Cup: 2
- 1968, 2003
- Chicago Trophy (Pre-Season Tournament): 1
- 1999 2000 2001 2007
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