Club Deportivo Toluca
Full name	Club Deportivo Toluca
Nickname(s)	Diablos Rojos (Red Devils)
Founded	1917
Ground	Estadio Nemesio Díez Toluca, Mexico, Mexico
Capacity	27,000
Chairman	Rafael Lebrija
Manager	Jose Nestor Pekerman
League	Primera División de México
Clausura 2007	Did not qualify for playoffs 13th (league) 6th (group)
Home colours Away colours

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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. For the second tier of league football in Spain, see Segunda División. ... La Primera División del Futbol Mexicano is the premier football championship established by the Federación Mexicana de Fútbol Asociación in the Mexican League System. ...

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 Ricardo de Leon, 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). Ignacio Tréllez (born July 31, 1919) is a Mexican former football (soccer) player and coach. ... Club Léon is a football (soccer) club from León, Guanajuato, Mexico. ...

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. Enrique Ojitos Meza Enríquez was born in Mexico City, March 3, 1948. ... Toros Neza was a team that played in the Primera División of the Mexican soccer league since 1993. ... José Saturnino Cardozo Otazu (born March 19, 1971 in Nueva Italia, Paraguay) is a Paraguayan football striker, who currently plays for Toluca of the Primera División de México. ...

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. Enrique Ojitos Meza Enríquez was born in Mexico City, March 3, 1948. ...

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. Ricardo Antonio Lavolpe (also spelled La Volpe or LaVolpe), born February 6, 1952 in Buenos Aires) is the coach of Velez Sarsfield. ...

At the end of the Apertura 2005 tournament the team became champion again, beating CF Monterrey by an aggregate of 6-3. Club de Fútbol Monterrey, also known as Monterrey, is a Mexican professional football club from Monterrey, Nuevo León, in the northeast of the country. ...

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. The Estadio Nemesio Díaz, nicknamed La Bombonera, is one of the oldest soccer stadiums in Mexico being inaugurated August 18, 1954 and having capacity for near 27,000 seats and built in old English stadium style, it is located in the city of Toluca, Estado de México, near... Club Deportivo Guadalajara, also known as Guadalajara and usually referred to by its nickname Chivas (goats), is a Mexican sports club. ...

In Clausura 2007, Toluca had a poor season, making it 13th place out of 18 in the charts. In Copa Libertadores though, they made it to the round of 16, but was later eliminated by Cucuta of Colombia by a global score of 5-3. Gallego resigned from his position and asked for a year of rest. Jose Pekerman, as of May 30, 2007, is the coach of Toluca.

Honours

• League Championships: 8
  • 1967, 1968, 1975, Verano 1998, Verano 1999, Verano 2000, Apertura 2002, Apertura 2005.

• Second Division Championships: 1
  • 1953.

• Mexico Cups: 2
  • 1956, 1989.

• Champion of Champions: 4
  • 1967, 1968, 2003, 2006

• CONCACAF Champions' Cup: 2
  • 1968, 2003,

2007 Roster

No. Position Player 1 GK Hernán Cristante 2 DF Jonathan Arias 3 DF Paulo Da Silva 5 MF Ariel Rosada 6 DF Manuel De La Torre 7 FW Fernando Cavenaghi 8 MF Erick Espinoza 9 FW Christian Eduardo Giménez 10 MF Zinha 11 FW Vicente Sánchez 12 GK Cesar Lozano 13 DF Miguel Almazán 14 DF Edgar Dueñas 15 MF Josué Castillejos 16 MF Sergio Amaury Ponce 17 DF José García 18 MF Carlos Adrián Morales 19 FW Ivan Castillejos Castillo 20 MF Adrian Velasco 21 MF Diego De La Torre 22 MF Juan Carlos Nuñez 23 FW Ismael Valadez 24 DF Jose Manuel Cruzalta

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Squad Changes for Apertura 2007 season

In:

• Álvaro Ortiz - Transferred From Club San Luis
• Edgar Hernández - On Loan From CF Pachuca
• Bardo Fierros - On Loan From Club Leon
• Fernando Cavenaghi - Transferred from Girondins de Bordeaux
• Christian Eduardo Giménez Transferred from Hertha BSC

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• Erwin Avalos - On loan To Racing Club de Avellaneda
• Emilio Hassan Viadez - On loan To Necaxa
• Emmanuel Ruíz - Transferred To UANL Tigres

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Notable Players

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External links

• Official site

Primera División, Apertura 2007 & Clausura 2008  v • d • e
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League Levels
Primera División de México | Primera División A | Segunda División | Tercera División La Primera División del Futbol Mexicano is the premier football championship established by the Federación Mexicana de Fútbol Asociación in the Mexican League System. ... Primera Division As logo The Primera División A (First Division A) is the second level of football(soccer) in Mexico. ... For the second tier of league football in Spain, see Segunda División. ... Tercera División is Mexicos fourth tier in the Mexican League System. ...
Miscellaneous
List of champions | El Clásico | Clásico Regiomontano | InterLiga | SuperLiga| Campeón de Campeones // Primera División de México Category: ... El Clásico[1] (English: the classic), also often named El Súper Clásico[2] (superclassic), is the name for the rivalry between two Mexican football teams: Guadalajara and América. ... Clásico Regiomontano is a football derby in Monterrey, México, between rival teams Rayados de Monterrey and Tigres UANL. Since the first Clásico in 1974, the two teams have competed 84 times for bragging rights and city honour. ... The InterLiga is a football competition between Mexican clubs to determine qualifying spots for that country in South Americas premier club competition, the Copa Libertadores. ... The SuperLiga is a North American football (soccer) competition between teams from Mexicos Primera División and the United States and Canadas Major League Soccer, the top football divisions of each respective country. ... Campeón de Campeones is a competion that is played every year between the champions of the mexican football apertura and clausura. ...
Primera División de México short tournaments
Invierno 1996 • Verano 1997 • Invierno 1997 • Verano 1998 • Invierno 1998 • Verano 1999 • Invierno 1999 • Verano 2000 • Invierno 2000 • Verano 2001 • Invierno 2001 • Verano 2002 • Apertura 2002 • Clausura 2003 • Apertura 2003 • Clausura 2004 • Apertura 2004 • Clausura 2005 • Apertura 2005 • Clausura 2006 • Apertura 2006 • Clausura 2007 • Apertura 2007 • Primera División de México (Mexican First Division) Verano 2002 was the 2002 edition of La Primera División del Futbol Méxicano, crowning Mexicos spring champion in football. ... The Gran Final was verus America & Tecos. ... Primera División de México (Mexican First Division) Apertura 2005 was the 2005 edition of La Primera División del Futbol Méxicano, crowning Mexicos fall champion in football. ... Primera División de México (Mexican First Division) Apertura 2006 was the 2006 edition of La Primera División del Futbol Méxicano, crowning Mexicos fall champion. ... Primera División de México (Mexican First Division) Clausura 2007 is a Mexican football tournament - one of two short tournaments that take up the entire year - to determine the champion(s) of Mexican football. ... Primera División de México (Mexican First Division) Apertura 2007 is a Mexican football tournament - one of two short tournaments that take up the entire year - to determine the champion(s) of Mexican football. ...