Deportivo Toluca
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| Full name | Deportivo Toluca Fútbol Club S.A. de C.V. |
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| Nickname(s) |
Los Diablos Rojos (The Red Devils) Los Choriceros (The Sausagers) Los Escarlatas (The Scarlets) |
| Founded | 12 February 1917 |
| Ground |
Estadio Nemesio Díez Toluca, Mexico, Mexico |
| Capacity | 30,000 |
| Owner | Valentín Díez Morodo |
| Manager | Hernán Cristante |
| League | Liga MX |
| 2015–16 | 11th |
Deportivo Toluca Fútbol Club S.A. de C.V. [deporˈtiβo toˈluka ˈfutβol ˈkluβ] is a professional Mexican football club. Toluca's stadium Nemesio Díez Riega is located in Toluca, State of Mexico in Mexico. Toluca plays in the Liga MX, has been champion ten times and is one of the most successful clubs of Mexico.
On 12 February 1917, the brothers Román Alday and Gerardo Ferrat alongside Filiberto Navas and Manuel Henkel created Deportivo Toluca Futbol Club. In 1950, the team joined the recently formed Segunda División, advancing to Mexican Primera División in 1953 by having tied with Irapuato by three goals, two by Rubén Pichardo and one by that tournament's goal scorer Mateo de la Tijera having left one more match to play.
The Teams first official First Division game was against Atlante, in which Toluca won 2 goals by one
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 León 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 José Saturnino Cardozo, who became the best scorer of the league in four occasions.
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