Deportivo Toluca F.C.

Deportivo Toluca Fútbol Club S.A. de C.V., simplified as Toluca FC, is a Mexican professional football club based in Toluca, State of Mexico. It competes in Liga MX, the top division of Mexican football, and plays its home matches at the Estadio Nemesio Díez. Founded in 1917, it is one of seven Mexican clubs that have never been relegated.

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Deportivo Toluca F.C.

Deportivo Toluca Fútbol Club S.A. de C.V., simplified as Toluca FC, is a Mexican professional football club based in Toluca, State of Mexico. It competes in Liga MX, the top division of Mexican football, and plays its home matches at the Estadio Nemesio Díez. Founded in 1917, it is one of seven Mexican clubs that have never been relegated.

Domestically, Toluca FC is one of the most successful Mexican clubs, winning 12 Liga MX titles, two Copa MX titles and 5 Campeón de Campeones. Internationally, it has won two CONCACAF Champions Cup titles and also finished as runners-up in the 1969 Copa Interamericana. Subregionally, it has won one Campeones Cup.

The club's top goalscorer is José Saturnino Cardozo, who played from 1995 to 2005 and scored 249 goals in 332 appearances.

History

2021–2025

In the Apertura 2022 tournament, Toluca reached the Liga MX final but were defeated by Pachuca, who won the championship with an 8–2 aggregate score, including a 5–1 win in the first leg and a 3–1 victory in the second.

After several seasons without a league title, Deportivo Toluca FC experienced a sporting resurgence beginning in 2025 under head coach Antonio Mohamed, as the club returned to the top tier of Liga MX competition.

In Clausura 2025, Toluca won the Liga MX championship, securing its 11th league title and its first since 2010.

The club continued its success in the Apertura 2025, winning the title after a 9–8 victory in a penalty shootout against Tigres UANL in the final, making Toluca back‑to‑back Liga MX champions and earning its 12th league title.

By securing consecutive championships, Toluca became one of the few clubs to achieve back‑to‑back titles in the short tournament era of Liga MX.

Toluca also won the 2025 Campeón de Campeones, defeating Club América 3–1 at the Dignity Health Sports Park in Carson, California after their Clausura 2025 title win.

Supporters

Deportivo Toluca F.C.

The most common nickname of the team is "red devils", a tradition that began with the promotion of Toluca to the Primera División de México in 1953. During the amateur era, Toluca's colors were blue and white, however as time went by the team began to use the red color that identifies it to this day. Toluca also has other nicknames used less frequently to refer to the team; such as: los escarlatas due to the color of their uniform or los choriceros, chorizo being one of the characteristic foods of the city of Toluca.

Deportivo Toluca FC is the fifth most supported football club in Mexico, with 4.4% of fans, and also ranks fifth in generating fan interest, with 5.3%, according to the National Survey of Football Fans 2025 conducted by Mitofsky.

The club’s fan base continued to grow in 2026. According to Consulta Mitofsky’s annual sports preferences survey, Toluca’s share of national football fans increased from 4.4% in 2025 to 6.1% in 2026.

Management

Coaching staff

<table><thead><tr><th>Position</th><th>Staff</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td>Manager</td><td>Antonio Mohamed</td></tr><tr><td>Assistant managers</td><td>Pablo Morant</td></tr><tr><td>Shayr Mohamed</td></tr></tbody></table>

Players

Current squad

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

<table><thead><tr><th>No.</th><th>Pos.</th><th>Nation</th><th>Player</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td>1</td><td>GK</td><td> MEX</td><td>Hugo González (on loan from Mazatlán)</td></tr><tr><td>2</td><td>DF</td><td> MEX</td><td>Diego Barbosa</td></tr><tr><td>3</td><td>DF</td><td> MEX</td><td>Antonio Briseño</td></tr><tr><td>4</td><td>DF</td><td> URU</td><td>Bruno Méndez</td></tr><tr><td>5</td><td>MF</td><td> ARG</td><td>Franco Romero</td></tr><tr><td>6</td><td>DF</td><td> URU</td><td>Federico Pereira</td></tr><tr><td>7</td><td>MF</td><td> MEX</td><td>Sebastián Córdova</td></tr><tr><td>8</td><td>MF</td><td> ARG</td><td>Nicolás Castro</td></tr><tr><td>9</td><td>FW</td><td> MEX</td><td>Alexis Vega</td></tr><tr><td>10</td><td>MF</td><td> MEX</td><td>Jesús Ricardo Angulo</td></tr><tr><td>11</td><td>MF</td><td> BRA</td><td>Helinho</td></tr><tr><td>13</td><td>DF</td><td> BRA</td><td>Luan</td></tr><tr><td>14</td><td>MF</td><td> MEX</td><td>Marcel Ruiz</td></tr><tr><td>15</td><td>MF</td><td> MEX</td><td>Pável Pérez</td></tr><tr><td>No.</td><td>Pos.</td><td>Nation</td><td>Player</td></tr><tr><td>17</td><td>DF</td><td> MEX</td><td>Mauricio Isais</td></tr><tr><td>18</td><td>GK</td><td> MEX</td><td>David Shrem</td></tr><tr><td>19</td><td>MF</td><td> ARG</td><td>Santiago Simón</td></tr><tr><td>20</td><td>DF</td><td> MEX</td><td>Jesús Gallardo</td></tr><tr><td>22</td><td>GK</td><td> MEX</td><td>Luis García</td></tr><tr><td>23</td><td>FW</td><td> MEX</td><td>Oswaldo Virgen</td></tr><tr><td>24</td><td>MF</td><td> USA</td><td>Fernando Arce Jr. (on loan from Puebla)</td></tr><tr><td>25</td><td>DF</td><td> MEX</td><td>Everardo López</td></tr><tr><td>26</td><td>FW</td><td> POR</td><td>Paulinho</td></tr><tr><td>27</td><td>FW</td><td> URU</td><td>Franco Rossi</td></tr><tr><td>29</td><td>MF</td><td> MEX</td><td>Jorge Díaz</td></tr><tr><td>33</td><td>MF</td><td> MEX</td><td>Víctor Arteaga</td></tr><tr><td>35</td><td>MF</td><td> MEX</td><td>Alek Álvarez</td></tr></tbody></table>

Out on loan

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

<table><thead><tr><th>No.</th><th>Pos.</th><th>Nation</th><th>Player</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td>—</td><td>GK</td><td> MEX</td><td>Ronaldo Beltrán (at Atlante)</td></tr><tr><td>—</td><td>DF</td><td> MEX</td><td>Brian García (at Pachuca)</td></tr><tr><td>—</td><td>MF</td><td> USA</td><td>Frankie Amaya (at Los Angeles)</td></tr><tr><td>—</td><td>MF</td><td> MEX</td><td>Kléver Castillo (at Zacatecas)</td></tr><tr><td>No.</td><td>Pos.</td><td>Nation</td><td>Player</td></tr><tr><td>—</td><td>MF</td><td> MEX</td><td>Juan Pablo Domínguez (at León)</td></tr><tr><td>—</td><td>FW</td><td> URU</td><td>Anderson Duarte (at Atlético San Luis)</td></tr><tr><td>—</td><td>FW</td><td> MEX</td><td>Iván López (at UANL)</td></tr><tr><td>—</td><td>FW</td><td> PAR</td><td>Robert Morales (at UNAM)</td></tr></tbody></table>

Honours

Domestic

<table><thead><tr><th>Type</th><th>Competition</th><th>Titles</th><th>Winning years</th><th>Runners-up</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td>Top division</td><td>Primera División/Liga MX</td><td>12</td><td>1966–67, 1967–68, 1974–75, Verano 1998, Verano 1999, Verano 2000, Apertura 2002, Apertura 2005, Apertura 2008, Bicentenario 2010, Clausura 2025, Apertura 2025</td><td>1956–57, 1957–58, 1970–71, Invierno 2000, Apertura 2006, Apertura 2012, Clausura 2018, Apertura 2022</td></tr><tr><td>Copa México/Copa MX</td><td>2</td><td>1955–56, 1988–89</td><td>1960–61, Clausura 2018</td></tr><tr><td>Campeón de Campeones</td><td>5</td><td>1967, 1968, 2003, 2006, 2025</td><td>1956, 1975, 1989</td></tr><tr><td>Promotion division</td><td>Segunda División</td><td>1</td><td>1952–53</td><td>—</td></tr><tr><td>Copa México de la Segunda División</td><td>0</td><td>—</td><td>1951–52</td></tr><tr><td>Campeón de Campeones de la Segunda División</td><td>1</td><td>1953</td><td>—</td></tr></tbody></table>

International

<table><thead><tr><th>Type</th><th>Competition</th><th>Titles</th><th>Winning years</th><th>Runners-up</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td>Intercontinental CONCACAF CONMEBOL</td><td>Copa Interamericana</td><td>0</td><td>—</td><td>1969</td></tr><tr><td>Continental CONCACAF</td><td>CONCACAF Champions Cup/Champions League</td><td>2</td><td>1968, 2003</td><td>1998, 2006, 2013–14</td></tr></tbody></table>

Subregional

<table><thead><tr><th>Type</th><th>Competition</th><th>Titles</th><th>Winning years</th><th>Runners-up</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td>North America MLS Liga MX</td><td>Campeones Cup</td><td>1</td><td>2025</td></tr></tbody></table>

Managers

Deportivo Toluca F.C.

<table><thead><tr><th>Name</th><th>From</th><th>To</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td>David Albiter</td><td>1950</td><td>1952</td></tr><tr><td>Tomás Fábregas</td><td>1952</td><td>1953</td></tr><tr><td>Fernando García</td><td>1953</td><td>1955</td></tr><tr><td>Fernando González</td><td>1955</td><td>1957</td></tr><tr><td>Julio Carrasco</td><td>1957</td><td>1958</td></tr><tr><td>Gaspar Rubio</td><td>1958</td><td>1959</td></tr><tr><td>Eladio Ruiz</td><td>1959</td><td>1959</td></tr><tr><td>Fernando García</td><td>1959</td><td>1959</td></tr><tr><td>Bela Kalloi</td><td>1959</td><td>1959</td></tr><tr><td>Fernando García</td><td>1960</td><td>1961</td></tr><tr><td>José Martín</td><td>1961</td><td>1962</td></tr><tr><td>Francisco Berterame</td><td>1962</td><td>1963</td></tr><tr><td>Olten Ayres</td><td>1963</td><td>1963</td></tr><tr><td>Fernando García</td><td>1963</td><td>1964</td></tr><tr><td>Francisco Berterame</td><td>1964</td><td>1965</td></tr><tr><td>Arpad Fekete</td><td>1965</td><td>1966</td></tr><tr><td>Ignacio Trelles</td><td>1966</td><td>1973</td></tr><tr><td>José Moncebáez</td><td>1973</td><td>1974</td></tr><tr><td>Enrique Navarro</td><td>1974</td><td>1974</td></tr><tr><td>Ricardo de León</td><td>1974</td><td>1975</td></tr><tr><td>Luiz Peters</td><td>1975</td><td>1976</td></tr><tr><td>José Nogueira</td><td>1976</td><td>1977</td></tr><tr><td>György Marik</td><td>1977</td><td>1978</td></tr><tr><td>José Roca</td><td>1982</td><td>1984</td></tr><tr><td>Luis Estrada</td><td>1984</td><td>1985</td></tr><tr><td>Eduardo Ramos</td><td>1985</td><td>1986</td></tr><tr><td>Arpad Fekete</td><td>1986</td><td>1987</td></tr><tr><td>Roberto Matosas</td><td>1987</td><td>1988</td></tr><tr><td>Héctor Sanabria</td><td>1988</td><td>1989</td></tr><tr><td>Raul Cárdenas</td><td>1988</td><td>1991</td></tr><tr><td>José Vantolrá</td><td>1991</td><td>1992</td></tr><tr><td>Roberto Silva</td><td>1992</td><td>1995</td></tr><tr><td>José Pascuttini</td><td>1995</td><td>1995</td></tr><tr><td>Moisés Figueroa</td><td>1995</td><td>1995</td></tr><tr><td>Luis Garisto</td><td>1995</td><td>1996</td></tr><tr><td>Marco Trejo</td><td>1996</td><td>1996</td></tr><tr><td>Ángel López</td><td>1996</td><td>1996</td></tr><tr><td>Juan Álvarez</td><td>1996</td><td>1997</td></tr><tr><td>Enrique Meza</td><td>1997</td><td>2000</td></tr><tr><td>Ricardo Ferrero</td><td>2000</td><td>2001</td></tr><tr><td>Ricardo La Volpe</td><td>2001</td><td>2002</td></tr><tr><td>Wilson Graniolatti</td><td>2002</td><td>2002</td></tr><tr><td>Alberto Jorge</td><td>2002</td><td>2003</td></tr><tr><td>Ricardo Ferretti</td><td>2003</td><td>2004</td></tr><tr><td>Enrique Meza</td><td>2005</td><td>2005</td></tr><tr><td>Américo Gallego</td><td>2005</td><td>2007</td></tr><tr><td>José Pekerman</td><td>2007</td><td>2008</td></tr><tr><td>José de la Torre</td><td>2008</td><td>2010</td></tr><tr><td>Sergio Lugo</td><td>2010</td><td>2011</td></tr><tr><td>Héctor Eugui</td><td>2011</td><td>2011</td></tr><tr><td>Wilson Graniolatti</td><td>2011</td><td>2012</td></tr><tr><td>Enrique Meza</td><td>2012</td><td>2013</td></tr><tr><td>José Cardozo</td><td>2013</td><td>2016</td></tr><tr><td>Hernán Cristante</td><td>2016</td><td>2019</td></tr><tr><td>Ricardo La Volpe</td><td>2019</td><td>2019</td></tr><tr><td>José de la Torre</td><td>2019</td><td>2020</td></tr><tr><td>Hernán Cristante</td><td>2020</td><td>2021</td></tr><tr><td>Ignacio Ambriz</td><td>2021</td><td>2023</td></tr><tr><td>Renato Paiva</td><td>2024</td><td>2024</td></tr><tr><td>Antonio Mohamed</td><td>2024</td><td></td></tr></tbody></table>

Records

Top scorers

<table><thead><tr><th>Position</th><th>Player</th><th>Period</th><th>Goals</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td>1</td><td>José Cardozo</td><td>1995–2005</td><td>249</td></tr><tr><td>2</td><td>Vicente Pereda</td><td>1960–1975</td><td>119</td></tr><tr><td>3</td><td>Vicente Sánchez</td><td>2001–2007</td><td>85</td></tr><tr><td>4</td><td>José Abundis</td><td>1992–2004</td><td>84</td></tr><tr><td>5</td><td>Carlos Morales</td><td>1995-2002</td><td>84</td></tr><tr><td>6</td><td>Carlos Carús</td><td>1953–1962</td><td>77</td></tr><tr><td>7</td><td>Sinha</td><td>1999–2017</td><td>71</td></tr><tr><td>8</td><td>Héctor Mancilla</td><td>2008–2010</td><td>64</td></tr><tr><td>9</td><td>Juan Paz</td><td>1978–1986</td><td>62</td></tr><tr><td>10</td><td>Héctor Eugui</td><td>1972–1978</td><td>62</td></tr></tbody></table>

Top appearances

<table><thead><tr><th>Position</th><th>Player</th><th>Period</th><th>Games</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td>1</td><td>Sinha</td><td>1999–2017</td><td>524</td></tr><tr><td>2</td><td>Antonio Ríos</td><td>2009–2021</td><td>424</td></tr><tr><td>3</td><td>Carlos Esquivel</td><td>2005–2019</td><td>423</td></tr><tr><td>4</td><td>Hernán Cristante</td><td>1993–2010</td><td>419</td></tr><tr><td>5</td><td>Paulo da Silva</td><td>2003–2017</td><td>383</td></tr><tr><td>6</td><td>José Cardozo</td><td>1995–2005</td><td>332</td></tr><tr><td>7</td><td>Alfredo Talavera</td><td>2010–2020</td><td>326</td></tr><tr><td>8</td><td>Vicente Pereda</td><td>1960–1975</td><td>322</td></tr><tr><td>9</td><td>Edgar Dueñas</td><td>2004–2015</td><td>307</td></tr><tr><td>10</td><td>José Abundis</td><td>1992–2004</td><td>270</td></tr></tbody></table>

Top managers appearances

<table><thead><tr><th>Position</th><th>Manager</th><th>Period</th><th>Games</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td>1</td><td>Ignacio Trelles</td><td>1966-1972</td><td>236</td></tr><tr><td>2</td><td>Enrique Meza</td><td>1997–2000</td><td>182</td></tr><tr><td>3</td><td>Hernán Cristante</td><td>2016–2019</td><td>174</td></tr><tr><td>4</td><td>José Cardozo</td><td>2013–2016</td><td>157</td></tr><tr><td>5</td><td>José de la Torre</td><td>2008–2010</td><td>150</td></tr><tr><td>6</td><td>José Roca</td><td>1982–1984</td><td>114</td></tr><tr><td>7</td><td>Américo Gallego</td><td>2005–2007</td><td>98</td></tr><tr><td>8</td><td>Ricardo La Volpe</td><td>2001–2002</td><td>86</td></tr><tr><td>9</td><td>Ricardo Ferretti</td><td>2003–2004</td><td>80</td></tr><tr><td>10</td><td>José Peckerman</td><td>2007–2008</td><td>41</td></tr></tbody></table>

League top scorers

<table><thead><tr><th>Player</th><th>Season</th><th>Goals</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td>Amaury Epaminondas</td><td>1966-67</td><td>21</td></tr><tr><td>Vicente Pereda</td><td>1969-70</td><td>20</td></tr><tr><td>José Cardozo</td><td>Verano 1998</td><td>10</td></tr><tr><td>José Cardozo</td><td>Verano 1999</td><td>15</td></tr><tr><td>José Cardozo</td><td>Apertura 2002</td><td>29</td></tr><tr><td>José Cardozo</td><td>Clausura 2003</td><td>21</td></tr><tr><td>Bruno Marioni</td><td>Apertura 2006</td><td>11</td></tr><tr><td>Héctor Mancilla</td><td>Apertura 2008</td><td>11</td></tr><tr><td>Héctor Mancilla</td><td>Clausura 2009</td><td>14</td></tr><tr><td>Iván Alonso</td><td>Apertura 2011</td><td>11</td></tr><tr><td>Iván Alonso</td><td>Clausura 2012</td><td>14</td></tr><tr><td>Pablo Velázquez</td><td>Apertura 2013</td><td>12</td></tr><tr><td>Alexis Canelo</td><td>Clausura 2021</td><td>11</td></tr><tr><td>Paulinho</td><td>Apertura 2024</td><td>13</td></tr><tr><td>Paulinho</td><td>Clausura 2025</td><td>12</td></tr><tr><td>Paulinho</td><td>Apertura 2025</td><td>12</td></tr></tbody></table>

<table><thead><tr><th>Player</th><th>Season</th><th>Goals</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td>Carlos Carús</td><td>1960–61</td><td>7</td></tr><tr><td>Vicente Pereda</td><td>1966–67</td><td>5</td></tr><tr><td>Francisco Linares</td><td>1967–68</td><td>7</td></tr><tr><td>Jesús Romero</td><td>1969–70</td><td>4</td></tr><tr><td>Edgar Benítez</td><td>Apertura 2012</td><td>5</td></tr><tr><td>Fernando Uribe</td><td>Apertura 2016</td><td>6</td></tr><tr><td>Alexis Canelo</td><td>Clausura 2018</td><td>7</td></tr><tr><td>Kevin Castañeda</td><td>2019–20</td><td>7</td></tr></tbody></table>

<table><thead><tr><th>Player</th><th>Season</th><th>Goals</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td>Mateo de la Tijera</td><td>1952–53</td><td>22</td></tr></tbody></table>

<table><thead><tr><th>Player</th><th>Season</th><th>Goals</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td>Amaury Epaminondas</td><td>1968</td><td>3</td></tr><tr><td>Vicente Pereda</td><td>1972</td><td>2</td></tr><tr><td>Raúl Nava</td><td>2013-14</td><td>7</td></tr></tbody></table>

Major players

The following is a list of players who have made 100 or more first team appearances for the club. This consists of appearances in Liga MX, Ascenso MX, Copa MX, CONCACAF Champions League, Copa Libertadores, Copa Sudamericana, and their predecessors. Players with fewer appearances are also included if they are a club record holder, or have won a notable individual award with the club.

Rivalries

Clásico mexiquense

The Clásico Mexiquense is a derby played in the State of Mexico between Club Deportivo Toluca and Toros Neza; whose origin is found in the rivalry that existed between Deportivo Toluca and Club Deportivo Coyotes Neza in the 70s as both teams were from the State of Mexico.

Women's club

Deportivo Toluca F.C.

Deportivo Toluca Femenil is the women's football section of Deportivo Toluca that was founded in 2017. They play in the Liga MX Femenil, the top level women's football league in Mexico. The team plays some of its home games at the Estadio Nemesio Díez, which it shares with the men's team. For less important matches, the women's team plays at the Metepec Facilities, the club's training complex. Toluca hosted the inaugural Copa MX Femenil ahead of the league's first season in 2017.