Toluca then faced Necaxa at the final.Īfter losing with the Hidrorrayos in the first leg of the final 1–2 at the Estadio Azteca, Necaxa scored two goals in the first two minutes of the second leg match at the Estadio Nemesio Díez, losing 1–4 at the aggregate score. Finishing the regular season as leader of the tournament with 33 points, Toluca went on to beat Atlante and América in the quarterfinals and semifinals respectively. On his second tournament with the team, Meza led Toluca to win the championship in the Verano 1998 tournament, the first one in twenty years. The offensive idea suited perfectly the Paraguayan José Saturnino Cardozo, who became the best scorer of the league in four occasions. It was not atypical to see scores like 5–3. Toluca resurged, its tactical scheme was very offensive, which was very characteristic of its coach. In 1997 Enrique "Ojitos" Meza became the coach of the team, after reaching the finals of the Mexican league with Toros Neza. This is the only time the Mexican Championship has been decided by a round-robin, two-legged, mini-tournament. In 1974-75 Toluca won the championship one more time after 23 years, 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. The team won two consecutive championships in 1966-68 under coach Ignacio Trelles. The Teams first official First Division game was against Atlante F.C., and Toluca won this by two goals to one. In 1950, the team joined the recently formed Segunda División de México advancing to Mexican Primera División in 1952-53 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. On 12 February 1917, the brothers Román Alday and Gerardo Ferrat alongside Filiberto Navas and Manuel Henkel created Deportivo Toluca Futbol Club.
It is also recognized as one of the classic clubs by FIFA in CONCACAF along with América, Guadalajara, Club Universidad Nacional, Cruz Azul and Pachuca. It is one of seven clubs in Mexico to have never been relegated once being promoted to the highest league of play in the country.Īccording to Mitofsky in 2022, Toluca is the seventh most popular team in Mexico with 3.0% preference with around 4.0 million fans.
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In addition, Toluca won the Mexiquense State Championship 14 times.ĭespite being one of the oldest teams in Mexico, with more than 100 years of history, the professional era for Toluca began in 1950, 33 years after its foundation, becoming one of the founding teams of the Segunda División de México and the third team with the most seasons in Mexican First Division. Besides this, the team has also won two Copa MX and two CONCACAF Champions League. Toluca has won the Mexican Primera División 10 times, making it the third most winning team, behind América (13) and Guadalajara (12). The team was founded on February 12, 1917, by the brothers Manuel Blas and Francisco Juan Henkel Bros owners of the farm "La Huerta" located in Zinacantepec near of Toluca City. Toluca's stadium, Estadio Nemesio Díez Riega is located Barrio de San Bernardino in Toluca de Lerdo, State of Mexico in Mexico.
( Spanish pronunciation: ), commonly known as Club Deportivo Toluca, is a Mexican football club, playing in Liga MX, the top-flight of Mexican football.
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