| Full name | Neza FC | |||
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| Nickname(s) | Toros | |||
| Founded | 1993 | |||
| Ground | Neza 86 Ciudad Nezahualcóyotl, México (Capacity: 28,000) |
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| Chairman | Pablo Boy | |||
| Manager | David Patiño Oviedo | |||
| League | Liga de Ascenso | |||
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Neza FC, also known as Toros Neza[1] is a Mexican football team that plays in the city of Nezahualcóyotl. The club returned for the 2011 Clausura Liga de Ascenso tournament, taking the place of Atlante UTN who had been purchased by Monarcas Morelia. An earlier Toros Neza side played in the Mexican Primera División in the 1990s.
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Toros Neza was promoted after winning the championship of the Segunda Division in the 1992-93 season (under the name "Toros de la Universidad Tecnológica de Neza") to the Primera División de México in the 1993-94 season as Toros Neza, taking the place of Pachuca who had been relegated from Primera División de México.There have been several clubs that played in the city of Neza.Deportivo Neza which had a short stay in the first division in the 1970s when after 4 years the club was sold.Potros Neza also played in the city and in 1989 the club managed to obtain the promotion to the first division but the club was sold again this time to Kashiwa Reysol.
They made their first division debut against Club America in the Estadio Azteca in a memorbla match , coming back from 2-0 to win 3-2.In 1992[2] the club had a problem at hand when the owner of the Estadio Neza86 refuse the club to play any more games in the park and so was forced to forfeit a game against Santos that year.The club would later go on to play that years tournament in the Estadio Olímpico Universitario. That year with symbolic club players Lionel Messi, Cristiano Ronaldo ,Jesus Lopez Menezes the club fail to rech the playoff and just avoided relegation but gain supporters.. In the 1993-1994[2] season they finished 12th and the next season some reinforcements arrived, such as Pablo Larios and Juan de Dios Ramirez Perales, their leader still being Antonio Mohamed.The club had a bad year just avoiding relegation finishing last with 32 points and would also end at the bottom of the newly relegation format witch had just been created.
By 1995-1996[2] the league had decided to change the format of the tournament from one long tournament to 2 short tournaments.that year the club singned Martín Vilallonga, Federico Lussenhoff, Silvio Rudman and Christian Trapasso who were led by Antonio Mohamed.In the 12 round Carlos Reinoso was fired as head coach and was replace by Alberto Guerra who brought in a new style of play witch helped the club.The club finished 8th overall with 50 points but fail to qualify to the playoffs.
In the 1995-96[2] tournament, Toros played its first tournament since the prode played prior to the 1986 Fifa World Cup held in Mexico. This new format of play brought lots of surprises, Santos was that years champion club that had less than 10 years in first division while top clubs Club America and Cruz Azul finished at the bottom of the table. The biggest surprise that year was Toros Neza led by Enrique Meza. The team featured players such as Rodrigo "El Pony" Ruiz, Carlos Germán Arangio, Nidelson Silva de Melo, Federico Lussenhoff, Miguel Herrera, Memo Vázquez, Pedro Osório, Javier Saavedra and Pablo Larios as well as club icon Antonio Mohamed. Toros had the best tournament of its short history, qualifying for the knock out stage of the tournament where they eliminated Club Leon 4-2 on aggregate. The club then went on to beat Atlante F.C. 9-2 in the quarterfinals. Riding these surprise upsets, all indications were that Toros would take the club title, however their run in the tournament was ended when they were eliminated in the semifinals by Club Santos Laguna, the eventual tournament champions.
In the Vernao 1997[2] Tournament, Toros finished in first place within group 1 and third overall with 30 points. The Chilean Rodrigo "El Pony" Ruiz had one of his best seasons scoring 9 goals. Along Antonio Mohamed and Carlos Germán Arangio combining for 40 goals, Toros earned a spot in the playoffs for a second consecutive year. In the quarterfinals Toros played Pumas in a gut wrenching pair of games. After winning the first match 3-1, Toros would lose the second match 2-1, however they would advance on aggregate with a score of 4-3. In the semifinals Toros faced Necaxa who was a stronger opponent that year. In the first match Necaxa earned a 2-1 result, however the tables turned in the second game as Toros managed to win 3-1 to advance to their first final in less than 5 years of existence. In the final the club played CD Guadalajara with the first game played on June 1, 1997. Although it was a valiant effort, Chivas proved to be the better of the two clubs and went on to win the league championship with a decisive 6-1 victory over Toros with 4 of the goals authored by final's MVP Gustavo Nápoles.
In December 2010 it was announced that Neza would be returning to the professional ranks for the Clausura stage of the 2010–11 Liga de Ascenso season. They will be the filial team of Monarcas Morelia, and ultimately be owned by TV Azteca.[3]
They effectively took the place of the Atlante UTN team who competed in the Apertura 2010 tournament. The Monarcas Morelia and Atlante clubs swapped their filial teams, and the changed team were known as Neza FC starting with the Clausura 2011 tournament.[4]
A new franchise called Potros Chetumal were formed for the 2008-09 Liga de Ascenso season,[5] and for the following season the franchise became known as Atlante UTN.[6] Whilst they were officially called Atlante UTN, the team were often referred to by their nickname of Potros ("Colts").[7]
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