2019–20 Deportivo Toluca F.C. season

Toluca

2019–20 season
Chairman	Francisco Suinaga
Manager	Ricardo La Volpe (until 11 November)[1] José Manuel de la Torre (from 2 December)[2]
Stadium	Estadio Nemesio Díez
Apertura	17th
Top goalscorer	League: Emmanuel Gigliotti (3 goals) All: Emmanuel Gigliotti (4 goals)
Highest home attendance	25,744 (vs América, 11 August 2019)
Lowest home attendance	12,533 (vs Puebla, 6 October 2019)
Average home league attendance	16,242
Biggest win	Oaxaca 1–4 Toluca (7 September 2019)
Biggest defeat	León 4–0 Toluca (9 November 2019)
Home colours Away colours Third colours
All statistics correct as of 26 November 2019.

The 2019–20 Deportivo Toluca F.C. season is the 103rd season in the football club's history and the 67th consecutive season in the top flight of Mexican football.

Coaching staff

Position	Name
Head coach	Ricardo La Volpe
Assistant coaches	Rafael García
	Martín Salcedo
Fitness coaches	Hernán Puerta
	Hugo Carbajal
Kinesiologist	Fernando Giusiano
Doctor	José Serrano

Players

Torneo Apertura

No.	Pos.	Nat.	Name	Date of birth (Age)	Since
1	GK		Alfredo Talavera (Captain)	(1986-09-18)18 September 1986 (aged 32)	2009
2	DF		Fernando Tobio	(1989-10-18)18 October 1989 (aged 29)	2018
4	DF		Adrián Mora	(1997-08-15)15 August 1997 (aged 21)	2018
5	DF		Jonatan Maidana	(1985-07-29)29 July 1985 (aged 33)	2019 (Winter)
6	DF		Aníbal Chalá	(1996-05-09)9 May 1996 (aged 23)	2019
7	MF		Alan Medina	(1997-08-19)19 August 1997 (aged 21)	2017
8	MF		William da Silva	(1986-11-20)20 November 1986 (aged 32)	2018
9	FW		Emmanuel Gigliotti	(1987-05-20)20 May 1987 (aged 32)	2019 (Winter)
10	MF		Diego Rigonato	(1988-03-09)9 March 1988 (aged 31)	2019
11	MF		Federico Mancuello	(1989-03-26)26 March 1989 (aged 30)	2019 (Winter)
12	GK		Ramón Pasquel	(1996-06-22)22 June 1996 (aged 23)	2017
15	MF		Antonio Ríos	(1988-10-24)24 October 1988 (aged 30)	2008
17	MF		Felipe Pardo	(1990-08-17)17 August 1990 (aged 28)	2019 (Winter)
22	GK		Luis Manuel García	(1992-12-31)31 December 1992 (aged 26)	2016
23	DF		Richard Ruíz	(1986-01-14)14 January 1986 (aged 33)	2018
24	MF		Ricardo Cruz	(1997-08-30)30 August 1997 (aged 21)	2018 (Winter)
25	FW		Alexis Canelo	(1992-02-23)23 February 1992 (aged 27)	2017 (Winter)
26	DF		Gastón Sauro	(1990-02-23)23 February 1990 (aged 29)	2019
24	MF		Víctor Jaramillo	(1998-11-12)12 November 1998 (aged 20)	2019
29	DF		Rodrigo Salinas	(1988-05-09)9 May 1988 (aged 31)	2017 (Winter)
30	DF		Luis Hernández	(1998-02-02)2 February 1998 (aged 21)	2019

Players and squad numbers last updated on 3 December 2019.^[3]
Note: Flags indicate national team as has been defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
Ordered by squad number.

Transfers

In

N	Pos.	Nat.	Name	Age	Moving from	Type	Transfer window	Source
6	DF		Aníbal Chalá	(1996-05-09)9 May 1996 (aged 23)	LDU Quito	Transfer	Summer	[4]
10	MF		Diego Rigonato	(1988-03-09)9 March 1988 (aged 31)	Al Dhafra	Transfer	Summer	[5]
26	DF		Gastón Sauro	(1990-02-23)23 February 1990 (aged 29)	Columbus Crew	Transfer	Summer	[6]
30	DF		Luis Hernández	(1998-02-02)2 February 1998 (aged 21)	Necaxa	Transfer	Summer	[7]
–	MF		Leonardo Fernández	(1998-11-08)8 November 1998 (aged 21)	Universidad de Chile	Loan	Winter	[8]
–	FW		Carlos Cisneros	(1993-08-30)30 August 1993 (aged 26)	Guadalajara	Transfer	Winter	[9]
–	FW		Michael Estrada	(1996-04-07)7 April 1996 (aged 23)	Macará	Transfer	Winter	[10]
–	MF		Javier Güemez	(1991-10-17)17 October 1991 (aged 28)	Querétaro	Transfer	Winter	[11]

Out

N	Pos.	Nat.	Name	Age	Moving to	Type	Transfer window	Source
4	DF		Osvaldo González	(1984-08-10)10 August 1984 (aged 34)	Universidad de Chile	Transfer	Summer	[12]
7	FW		Luis Ángel Mendoza	(1990-02-03)3 February 1990 (aged 29)	Morelia	Transfer	Summer	[13]
10	MF		Leonel López	(1994-05-24)24 May 1994 (aged 25)	América	Transfer	Summer	[14]
11	FW		Carlos Esquivel	(1982-04-10)10 April 1982 (aged 37)	UAEM	Transfer	Summer	[15]
13	DF		Héctor Acosta	(1991-11-24)24 November 1991 (aged 27)	Venados	Transfer	Summer	[16]
21	FW		Enrique Triverio	(1988-12-31)31 December 1988 (aged 30)	Querétaro	Transfer	Summer	[17]
24	MF		Pablo Barrientos	(1985-01-17)17 January 1985 (aged 34)	Nacional	Transfer	Summer	[18]

Competitions

Overview

Competition	First match	Last match	Starting round	Final position	Record
					Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win %
Torneo Apertura	21 July 2019	24 November 2019	Matchday 1	17th	18	4	5	9	16	26	−10	022.22
Copa MX	31 July 2019		Group stage		4	4	0	0	8	1	+7	100.00
Torneo Clausura			Matchday 1		0	0	0	0	0	0	+0	!—
Total					22	8	5	9	24	27	−3	036.36

Last updated: 26 November 2019
Source: Mediotiempo.com

Torneo Apertura

Main article: 2019–20 Liga MX season § Torneo Apertura

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
15	Atlético San Luis	18	6	2	10	22	31	−9	20
16	Juárez	18	5	3	10	17	27	−10	18
17	Toluca	18	4	5	9	16	26	−10	17
18	Puebla	18	4	5	9	20	31	−11	17
19	Veracruz[a] (D)	18	1	5	12	11	45	−34	8	Team disaffiliated by the FMF

Source: Liga MX
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Number of goals scored; 4) Head-to-head results between tied teams; 5) Number of goals scored away; 6) Highest relegation coefficient; 7) Fair Play points
(D) Disaffiliated
Notes:

1. Veracuz were disaffiliated by the Mexican Football Federation following various financial problems and incidents off the field. As a result, no club was relegated after the Clausura 2020. Relegation was originally intended to resume at the end of the 2020–21 season,^[19] however it was suspended for at least five years after the Ascenso MX was folded.^[20][21]

Results summary

Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
18	4	5	9	16	26	−10	17	3	2	4	11	12	−1	1	3	5	5	14	−9

Last updated: 26 November 2019.
Source: LigaMX

Result round by round

Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19
Ground	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	†	H	A	H	A	H
Result	L	D	L	L	L	W	D	L	L	W	W	D	D	†	W	L	L	L	D
Position	17	14	18	18	17	16	16	18	18	17	16	15	15	16	15	15	17	17	17

Updated to match(es) played on 24 November 2019. Source: Mediotiempo.com
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss
Notes: † indicates team had a bye week

Matches

Toluca v Querétaro

21 July 2019 1	Toluca	0–2	Querétaro	Toluca
12:00		Report	Castillo 65' Escoboza 71'	Stadium: Estadio Nemesio Díez Attendance: 13,015 Referee: Marco Antonio Ortiz Nava

Cruz Azul v Toluca

27 July 2019 2	Cruz Azul	1–1	Toluca	Mexico City
21:00	Rodríguez 47'	Report	Medina 90+1'	Stadium: Estadio Azteca Attendance: 25,320 Referee: Diego Montaño

Juárez v Toluca

4 August 2019 3	Juárez	2–0	Toluca	Ciudad Juárez
19:00	Fernández 16' Sagal 49'	Report		Stadium: Estadio Olímpico Benito Juárez Attendance: 25,320 Referee: Fernando Hernández

Toluca v América

11 August 2019 4	Toluca	0–1	América	Toluca
12:00		Report	Ibarra 62'	Stadium: Estadio Nemesio Díez Attendance: 25,744 Referee: Jorge Isaac Rojas

Monterrey v Toluca

17 August 2019 5	Monterrey	2–0	Toluca	Guadalupe
21:06	Layún 21' Sánchez 54'	Report		Stadium: Estadio BBVA Bancomer Attendance: 39,783 Referee: Oscar Mejía

Toluca v Tijuana

25 August 2019 6	Toluca	2–0	Tijuana	Toluca
12:00	Braghieri 7' (o.g.) Canelo 77'	Report		Stadium: Estadio Nemesio Díez Attendance: 15,084 Referee: Luis Enrique Santander

Necaxa v Toluca

28 August 2019 7	Necaxa	1–1	Toluca	Aguascalientes City
21:00	Quiroga 12'	Report	Gigliotti 37'	Stadium: Estadio Victoria Attendance: 12,716 Referee: César Arturo Ramos

UNAM v Toluca

1 September 2019 8	UNAM	2–1	Toluca	Mexico City
12:00	González 55' Mendoza 90+3'	Report	Gigliotti 90+2'	Stadium: Estadio Olímpico Universitario Attendance: 20,032 Referee: Fernando Hernández

Toluca v Morelia

15 September 2019 9	Toluca	0–2	Morelia	Toluca
12:00		Report	Mendoza 71' Aristeguieta 77'	Stadium: Estadio Nemesio Díez Attendance: 15,226 Referee: Fernando Guerrero

Atlas v Toluca

20 September 2019 10	Atlas	0–1	Toluca	Guadalajara
21:00		Report	William 40'	Stadium: Estadio Jalisco Attendance: 19,725 Referee: Jorge Isaac Rojas

Toluca v Atlético San Luis

26 September 2019 11	Toluca	3–1	Atlético San Luis	Toluca
20:00	Maidana 44' Canelo 68' Pardo 77'	Report	Ibáñez 90'	Stadium: Estadio Nemesio Díez Attendance: 13,535 Referee: César Arturo Ramos

Veracruz v Toluca

29 September 2019 12	Veracruz	1–1	Toluca	Boca del Río
19:00	Carrasco 73'	Report	Castañeda 90+3'	Stadium: Estadio Luis "Pirata" Fuente Attendance: 8,698 Referee: Luis Enrique Santander

Toluca v Puebla

6 October 2019 13	Toluca	1–1	Puebla	Toluca
12:00	Maidana 85'	Report	Acosta 48'	Stadium: Estadio Nemesio Díez Attendance: 12,533 Referee: Adonai Escobedo

Toluca v Pachuca

27 October 2019 15	Toluca	2–0	Pachuca	Toluca
12:00	Hernández 51' Pardo 84'	Report		Stadium: Estadio Nemesio Díez Attendance: 14,096 Referee: Roberto García Orozco

UANL v Toluca

30 October 2019 16	UANL	1–0	Toluca	San Nicolás de los Garza
21:00	Salcedo 82'	Report		Stadium: Estadio Universitario Attendance: 37,653 Referee: Eduardo Galván

Toluca v Guadalajara

3 November 2019 17	Toluca	1–3	Guadalajara	Toluca
12:00	Pardo 12'	Report	López 32' Pulido 36', 76'	Stadium: Estadio Nemesio Díez Attendance: 23,153 Referee: Fernando Guerrero

León v Toluca

9 November 2019 18	León	4–0	Toluca	León
21:00	Meneses 21' Moreno 61' Ochoa 69' Macías 81'	Report		Stadium: Estadio León Attendance: 20,324 Referee: Marco Antonio Ortiz Nava

Toluca v Santos Laguna

24 November 2019 19	Toluca	2–2	Santos Laguna	Toluca
12:00	Gigliotti 15' William 30'	Report	Valdés 9' Games 36'	Stadium: Estadio Nemesio Díez Attendance: 13,829 Referee: Fernando Hernández

Copa MX

Main article: 2019–20 Copa MX

Group stage

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Toluca	4	4	0	0	8	1	+7	12	Advance to knockout stage
2	Veracruz	4	1	1	2	2	4	−2	4
3	Oaxaca	4	0	1	3	2	7	−5	1

Source: Copa MX
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers

Toluca v Oaxaca

31 July 2019 1	Toluca	1–0	Oaxaca	Toluca
19:00	Aguayo 9' (o.g.)	Report		Stadium: Estadio Nemesio Díez Attendance: 15,200 Referee: Víctor Cáceres

Oaxaca v Toluca

7 September 2019 2	Oaxaca	1–4	Toluca	Oaxaca City
19:00	Marín 43'	Report	Gigliotti 24' Chalá 44' Castañeda 44' Millán 44'	Stadium: Estadio Tecnológico de Oaxaca Referee: Luis Daniel Chávez

Toluca v Veracruz

2 October 2019 3	Toluca	2–0	Veracruz	Toluca
18:10	Castañeda 55' Canelo 90+4'	Report		Stadium: Estadio Nemesio Díez Attendance: 15,611 Referee: Oscar Macías Romo

Veracruz v Toluca

12 October 2019 4	Veracruz	0–1	Toluca	Boca del Río
21:00		Report	William 70'	Stadium: Estadio Luis "Pirata" Fuente Attendance: 3,229 Referee: Edgar Ulises Rangel

Statistics

Squad statistics

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		Apertura		Copa MX		Clausura
				Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
1	GK		Alfredo Talavera	18	0	18	0	0	0	0	0
2	DF		Fernando Tobio	16	0	13	0	3	0	0	0
4	DF		Adrián Mora	8	0	7	0	1	0	0	0
5	DF		Jonatan Maidana	17	2	15	2	2	0	0	0
6	DF		Aníbal Chalá	18	1	16	0	2	1	0	0
7	MF		Alan Medina	6	1	5	1	1	0	0	0
8	MF		William da Silva	18	3	17	2	1	1	0	0
9	FW		Emmanuel Gigliotti	17	4	13	3	4	1	0	0
10	MF		Diego Rigonato	14	0	13	0	1	0	0	0
11	MF		Federico Mancuello	17	0	13	0	4	0	0	0
15	MF		Antonio Ríos	14	0	11	0	3	0	0	0
17	MF		Felipe Pardo	18	3	17	3	1	0	0	0
22	GK		Luis García	4	0	0	0	4	0	0	0
23	DF		Richard Ruíz	18	0	15	0	3	0	0	0
24	MF		Ricardo Cruz	5	0	4	0	1	0	0	0
25	FW		Alexis Canelo	21	3	17	2	4	1	0	0
26	DF		Gastón Sauro	12	0	9	0	3	0	0	0
28	MF		Víctor Jaramillo	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0
29	DF		Rodrigo Salinas	13	0	11	0	2	0	0	0
30	DF		Luis Hernández	16	1	14	1	2	0	0	0
187	FW		Oscar Millán	10	1	6	0	4	1	0	0
190	FW		Giovanny León	14	0	10	0	4	0	0	0
197	MF		Kevin Castañeda	9	3	5	1	4	2	0	0
199	FW		Juan de Dios Gamboa	3	0	2	0	1	0	0	0

Last updated: 26 November 2019
Source: Mediotiempo.com

Goals

As of 26 November 2019

Rank	Player	Position	Apertura	Copa MX	Clausura	Total[22][23]
1	Emmanuel Gigliotti	FW	3	1	0	4
2	Alexis Canelo	FW	2	1	0	3
	Kevin Castañeda	MF	1	2	0	3
	William da Silva	MF	2	1	0	3
	Felipe Pardo	MF	3	0	0	3
6	Jonatan Maidana	DF	2	0	0	2
7	Aníbal Chalá	DF	0	1	0	1
	Luis Hernández	DF	1	0	0	1
	Alan Medina	MF	1	0	0	1
	Oscar Millán	FW	0	1	0	1
Own goals			1	1	0	2
Total			16	8	0	24

Clean sheets

As of 26 November 2019

Rank	Name	Apertura	Copa MX	Clausura	Total[23]
1	Luis García	0	3	0	3
2	Alfredo Talavera	3	0	0	3
Total		3	3	0	6

Disciplinary record

N	P	Nat.	Name	Apertura			Copa MX			Total			Notes
25	FW		Alexis Canelo	2		1	2			4		1
29	DF		Rodrigo Salinas			1	1			1		1
26	DF		Gastón Sauro	2	1		2			4	1
5	DF		Jonatan Maidana	4	1					4	1
30	DF		Luis Hernández	4			1			5
8	MF		William da Silva	5						5
17	MF		Felipe Pardo	4						4
23	DF		Richard Ruíz	2			1			3
2	DF		Fernando Tobio	2						2
11	MF		Federico Mancuello	1			1			2
10	MF		Diego Rigonato	2						2
1	GK		Alfredo Talavera	2						2
15	MF		Antonio Ríos	2						2
4	DF		Adrián Mora	2						2
6	DF		Aníbal Chalá	1						1
199	FW		Juan de Dios Gamboa	1						1
24	MF		Ricardo Cruz				1			1
187	FW		Oscar Millán	1						1

Last updated: 26 November 2019
Source: LigaMX
Only competitive matches
= Number of bookings; = Number of sending offs after a second yellow card; = Number of sending offs by a direct red card.

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External links

• Official website