Toluca

Deportivo Toluca Futbol Club S.A. de C.V. (Spanish pronunciation: [depoɾˈtiβo toˈluka ˈfuðβol ˈkluβ]), commonly known as Deportivo Toluca or just Toluca, is a Mexican football club, playing in the Liga MX, the top-flight of Mexican football. Toluca's stadium, Estadio Nemesio Diez is located in Toluca, State of Mexico in Mexico. The team was founded in 1917.

Toluca has won the Mexican Primera Division 10 times, making it the third most winning team, behind America (13) and Guadalajara (12). Besides this, the team has also won two domestic cups and two CONCACAF Champions' Cup.

According to a 2018 poll, Toluca is the eighth most popular team in Mexico.

History

Early years

On 12 February 1917, the brothers Roman Alday and Gerardo Ferrat alongside Filiberto Navas and Manuel Henkel created Deportivo Toluca Futbol Club. In 1950, the team joined the recently formed Segunda Division de Mexico advancing to Mexican Primera Division in 1953 by having tied with Irapuato by three goals, two by Ruben 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, and Toluca won this by two goals to one.

The team won two consecutive championships in 1966 and 1967 under coach Ignacio Trelles. In 1975 Toluca won the championship one more time. Coached by Uruguayan Ricardo de Leon, 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 Italo Estupinan. This is the only time the Mexican Championship has been decided by a round-robin, two-legged, mini-tournament.

Enrique Meza era

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 charac

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