| Full name | Deportivo Toluca Fútbol Club S.A. de C.V. |
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| Nickname(s) | Los Choriceros; Los Escarlatas; Diablos Rojos (Red Devils) |
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| Founded | February 12, 1917 | ||
| Ground | Nemesio Díez Toluca, Mexico, Mexico (Capacity: 27,000) |
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| Owner | Valentín Díez Morodo | ||
| Chairman | Fernando Corona | ||
| Manager | Wilson Graniolatti | ||
| League | Primera División | ||
| Apertura 2011 | 12th | ||
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Deportivo Toluca Fútbol Club is a Mexican professional football club. Toluca's stadium Nemesio Diez Riega is located in Toluca, State of Mexico in Mexico. Toluca plays in the Primera División de México and has been champion ten times. The owner is Valentin Diez.
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Brothers Román and Gerardo Ferrat alongside Filiberto Navas created the Deportivo Toluca Futbol Club. In 1950, the team joined the recently formed segunda division, advancing to Primera División de México in 1953.
The team won three consecutive championships in 1966 and 1967 under coach Ignacio Trelles. In 1975 Toluca won the championship one more time. Coached by Uruguayan Ricardo de León, Toluca played a style of game that was consistently criticized as ultra-defensive but won the championship by defeating Leon in the final-four mini-tournament 1-0, with the lone goal being scored by Ecuadorian Ítalo Estupiñan. This is the only time the Mexican Championship has been decided by a round-robin, two-legged, mini-tournament.
In 1997 Enrique "Ojitos" Meza became the coach of the team, after reaching the finals of the Mexican league with Toros Neza. Toluca resurged, its tactical scheme was very offensive, which was very characteristic of its coach. It was not atypical to see scores like 5-3. The offensive idea suited perfectly the Paraguayan Jose Saturnino Cardozo, who became the best scorer of the league in four occasions.
Toluca won the championship in 1998, the first one in twenty years. With Enrique Meza Enriquez as coach, Toluca won the championship three times in a period of three years.
In the Invierno 2001 tournament Ricardo Lavolpe became the coach of Toluca. He, along with Cardozo and Vicente Sanchez had one of the most successful and exciting teams in years. However, Lavolpe left Toluca with a few weeks left in the season, but without him, they still won their 7th title.
At the end of the Apertura 2005 tournament, the team became champions again, beating CF Monterrey by an aggregate of 6-3, after the questionable decisions of Mexican referee Marco Rodriguez "El Chiquidracula", who expelled three players from Monterrey on their first foul committed.
In Apertura 2006, they tied in the first leg (1-1) but suffered a loss in the Estadio Nemesio Diez (2-1) against C.D. Guadalajara.
In the Clausura 2007 tournament, Toluca had one of their worst seasons, finishing in last place. In the Copa Libertadores 2007, they made it to the round of 16, where they were subsequently eliminated by Cucuta Deportivo from Colombia. Following the elimination from both tournaments, Gallego resigned from his position stating the need for a year off as his reason for resigning from Club Toluca. Jose Pekerman, former coach of the Argentine national team, was appointed as head coach of Club Toluca on May 30, 2007. In the Apertura 2007, Toluca had a much better finish than the previous tournament, placing 2nd place out of 18 only behind league leader Santos Laguna. They were ultimately eliminated by league runner-up Pumas in the quarter-finals of the Apertura 2007 playoffs.
Club Toluca failed to qualify for the 2008 Copa Libertadores. On the Apertura 2008, Toluca had a weak start under their new coach, Jose Manuel "El Chepo" De La Torre, on one point going on a four game streak of only draws. On the last five games of the regular season, they reversed the tying streak, making 13 points out of a possible 15, ending the regular season in 2nd place overall with 27 points and thus advancing to the playoffs. Their goalkeeper Hernan Cristante set a record by not allowing any goals for 773 minutes.Toluca would go on to win the Bicentenario 2010 tornament by beating Santos Laguna in a dramatic penalty shoot-out,earning them the tenth cup win, the same amount as Club America.
Note: Flags indicate national team as has been defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
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| Name | From | To |
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| Román Ferrat Alday | 1917 | 1923 |
| Fernando Barreto | 1923 | 1945 |
| Samuel Martínez García | 1945 | 1953 |
| Luis Gutiérrez Dosal | 1953 | 1959 |
| Enrique Enríquez | 1953 | 1953 |
| Nemesio Díez Riega | 1953 | 1972 |
| Fernando Corona Álvarez | 1972 | 1977 |
| Germán Sánchez Fabela | 1977 | 1980 |
| Ernesto Nemer Naime | 1980 | 1981 |
| Jesús Fernandez del Cojo | 1981 | 1983 |
| Germán Sánchez Fabela | 1983 | 1984 |
| Jesús Fernández del Cojo | 1984 | 1985 |
| Fernando Corona Álvarez | 1985 | 1986 |
| Germán Sánchez Fabela | 1986 | 1987 |
| Kurt Visetti Vogelbach | 1987 | 1989 |
| Antonio Mañón | 1989 | 1992 |
| José Antonio Roca | 1992 | 1993 |
| Jesús Fernández del Cojo | 1993 | 1995 |
| Sergio Peláez Farell | 1995 | 1997 |
| Rafael Lebrija Guiot | 1997 | 2007 |
| Fernando Corona Álvarez | 2007 |
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