2015–16 Deportivo Toluca F.C. season

Toluca
2015–16 season
Chairman	Jaime León
Manager	José Cardozo
Stadium	Estadio Nemesio Díez
Apertura	2nd; Playoffs: Semifinals
Clausura	11th
Apertura Copa MX	Semifinals
Clausura Copa MX	Did not participate
Copa Libertadores	Round of 16
Top goalscorer	League: ; Enrique Triverio; (16 goals); All: ; Enrique Triverio; (22 goals)
Biggest win	Toluca 4–1 Tijuana; (29 September 2015)
Biggest defeat	León 5–1 Toluca; (20 February 2016)
Home colours	Away colours
	← 2014–15 2016–17 →
	All statistics correct as of 9 December 2018.

The 2015–16 Deportivo Toluca F.C. season was the 99th season in the football club's history and the 63rd consecutive season in the top flight of Mexican football. In addition to the Liga MX and Copa MX, the club also competed in the Copa Libertadores.

Players

Squad information

No.	Pos.	Name	Date of birth (Age)	Signed in	Signed from
Goalkeepers
1	GK	Alfredo Talavera	(1986-09-18)18 September 1986 (aged 28)	2009	Guadalajara
12	GK	Miguel Centeno	(1989-08-16)16 August 1989 (aged 25)	2008	Youth System
22	GK	Liborio Sánchez	(1989-10-09)9 October 1989 (aged 25)	2014	Delfines
Defenders
2	DF	Francisco Gamboa	(1985-07-20)20 July 1985 (aged 29)	2005	Youth System
3	DF	Aarón Galindo	(1982-05-08)8 May 1982 (aged 33)	2013	Santos
4	DF	Paulo da Silva (Captain)	(1980-02-01)1 February 1980 (aged 35)	2013	Pachuca
5	DF	Christian Pérez	(1990-03-27)27 March 1990 (aged 25)	2015 (Winter)	Delfines
6	DF	Óscar Rojas	(1988-02-05)5 February 1988 (aged 27)	2013	Atlante
16	DF	Gerardo Rodríguez	(1985-04-16)16 April 1985 (aged 30)	2015 (Winter)	Guadalajara
24	DF	Aldo Benítez	(1996-01-30)30 January 1996 (aged 19)	2015	Youth System
24	DF	Mario Quezada	(1987-06-02)2 June 1987 (aged 28)	2016 (Winter)	Puebla
30	DF	Jordan Silva	(1994-07-30)30 July 1994 (aged 20)	2014 (Winter)	Youth System
84	DF	Gerardo Heredia	(1993-11-16)16 November 1993 (aged 21)	2014 (Winter)	Youth System
Midfielders
7	MF	Moisés Velasco	(1989-10-19)19 October 1989 (aged 25)	2015	América
10	MF	Lucas Lobos	(1981-08-03)3 August 1981 (aged 33)	2014	UANL
13	MF	Christian Cueva	(1991-11-23)23 November 1991 (aged 23)	2015	Alianza Lima
14	MF	Sergio Nápoles	(1989-11-23)23 November 1989 (aged 25)	2015	Guadalajara
15	MF	Antonio Ríos	(1988-10-24)24 October 1988 (aged 26)	2008	Youth System
18	MF	Darío Bottinelli	(1986-12-26)26 December 1986 (aged 28)	2015	Universidad Católica
19	MF	Edy Brambila	(1986-01-15)15 January 1986 (aged 29)	2015	Atlas
25	MF	Alejandro Navarro	(1993-11-30)30 November 1993 (aged 21)	2014 (Winter)	Youth System
26	MF	Erbín Trejo	(1990-06-03)3 June 1990 (aged 25)	2009	Youth System
28	MF	Jorge Sartiaguín	(1993-08-24)24 August 1993 (aged 21)	2014 (Winter)	Youth System
29	MF	Gustavo Castillo	(1994-11-29)29 November 1994 (aged 20)	2014	Youth System
32	MF	Heriberto Vidales	(1993-02-20)20 February 1993 (aged 22)	2015	UNAM
Forwards
8	FW	Nicolás Saucedo	(1982-01-08)8 January 1982 (aged 33)	2015	UAT
11	FW	Carlos Esquivel	(1982-04-10)10 April 1982 (aged 33)	2005	Youth System
17	FW	Diego Gama	(1996-01-14)14 January 1996 (aged 19)	2014	Youth System
20	FW	Fernando Uribe	(1988-01-01)1 January 1988 (aged 27)	2015	Millonarios
21	FW	Enrique Triverio	(1988-01-31)31 January 1988 (aged 27)	2015	Unión de Santa Fe
23	FW	Omar Arellano	(1988-07-18)18 July 1988 (aged 26)	2015	Monterrey
298	FW	Diego Aguilar	(1997-01-13)13 January 1997 (aged 18)	2015	Youth System

Players and squad numbers last updated on 28 October 2018.^[1]
Note: Flags indicate national team as has been defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

Competitions

Overview

Competition	First match	Last match	Starting round	Final position	Record
Competition	First match	Last match	Starting round	Final position	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win %
Torneo Apertura	25 July 2015	6 December 2018	Matchday 1	2nd	19	10	3	6	33	26	+7	052.63
Apertura Copa MX	1 August 2018	5 September 2018	Group stage	Semifinals	8	4	3	1	17	8	+9	050.00
Torneo Clausura	10 January 2016	7 May 2016	Matchday 1	11th	17	5	7	5	20	21	−1	029.41
Copa Libertadores	17 February 2016	4 May 2016	Second stage	Round of 16	8	5	1	2	12	10	+2	062.50
Total					52	24	14	14	82	65	+17	046.15

Source: Mediotiempo.com

Torneo Apertura

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	UNAM (Q, A)	17	11	2	4	37	20	+17	35	2016 Copa Libertadores Second Stage, Advance to Liguilla^[a]^[b]
2	Toluca (A, Q)	17	10	2	5	33	24	+9	32
3	León (A)	17	10	0	7	32	31	+1	30	Advance to Liguilla^[b]
4	Chiapas (A)	17	8	5	4	31	27	+4	29	Advance to Liguilla^[b]
5	UANL (A)	17	8	4	5	26	16	+10	28	Advance to Liguilla and cannot qualify for South American competitions^[c]^[b]

Updated to match(es) played on 22 November 2015. Source: Medio Tiempo
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
(A) Advance to a further round; (Q) Qualified for the phase indicated
Notes:

^ Both teams who qualify for Copa Libertadores will also participate in the Playoffs of this competition.
^ ^a ^b ^c The first 8 places in the table qualify for the Playoffs.
^ Clubs cannot qualify to the 2016 Copa Libertadores due to their participation in the 2015–16 CONCACAF Champions League.

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
19	11	3	5	36	21	+15	36	6	1	3	21	9	+12	5	2	2	15	12	+3

Source: Mediotiempo.com

Apertura Copa MX

Group stage

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	RW	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Toluca	6	3	3	0	3	14	7	+7	15	Group winner
2	Tijuana	6	4	1	1	2	12	11	+1	15	Best runner-up
3	Zacatepec	6	1	1	4	1	10	13	−3	5
4	Necaxa	6	1	1	4	0	12	17	−5	4

Updated to match(es) played on unknown. Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Round 1

29 July 2015 First leg	Toluca	4–2	Necaxa	Toluca
19:00	Uribe 16', 56', 75' Triverio 82'	Report	Isijara 2' Valdivia 30'	Stadium: Estadio Nemesio Díez Attendance: 13,071 Referee: Marco Ortiz

5 August 2015 Second leg	Necaxa	1–1	Toluca	Aguascalientes City
19:00	Gorocito 79'	Report	Saucedo 45+1'	Stadium: Estadio Victoria Attendance: 4,880 Referee: Christian Ramírez

Toluca won the round 5–3 on aggregate

Round 2

19 August 2015 Second leg	Zacatepec	1–1	Toluca	Zacatepec
21:00	Espinoza 44' (pen.)	Report	Cueva 10'	Stadium: Estadio Agustín Coruco Díaz Attendance: 15,604 Referee: Saúl Fernando orozco

26 August 2015 Second leg	Toluca	3–1	Zacatepec	Toluca
19:00	Arellano 3', 32' Esquivel 90+4'	Report	Calderón 27'	Stadium: Estadio Nemesio Díez Attendance: 12,244 Referee: Roberto Ríos

Toluca won the round 4–2 on aggregate

Round 3

16 September 2015 First leg	Toluca	3–0	Tijuana	Toluca
21:00	Bottinelli 8' Triverio 64' Cueva 85'	Report		Stadium: Estadio Nemesio Díez Attendance: 13,127 Referee: Adonai Escobedo

22 September 2015 Second leg	Tijuana	2–2	Toluca	Tijuana
19:00	Hauche 60' Flores 64' (pen.)	Report	Saucedo 51' Trejo 79' (pen.)	Stadium: Estadio Caliente Attendance: 17,333 Referee: Miguel Ángel Chacón Viveros

Toluca won the round 5–2 on aggregate

Round of 16

20 October 2015	Toluca	3–0	Oaxaca	Toluca
19:00	Bottinelli 24' (pen.) Arellano 76' Lobos 89' (pen.)	Report		Stadium: Estadio Nemesio Díez Attendance: 12,519 Referee: Diego Montaño

Semifinal

28 October 2015	Guadalajara	1–0	Toluca	Zapopan
19:00	Bravo 33'	Report		Stadium: Estadio Omnilife Attendance: 24,910 Referee: Erick Yair Miranda

Torneo Clausura

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
9	Cruz Azul	17	5	7	5	25	24	+1	22
10	UNAM	17	5	7	5	23	24	−1	22
11	Toluca	17	5	7	5	20	21	−1	22
12	Puebla	17	5	7	5	21	26	−5	22
13	Querétaro	17	5	4	8	21	25	−4	19

Updated to match(es) played on 7 May 2016. Source: Medio Tiempo
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

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
16	5	6	5	20	21	−1	21	3	2	2	10	7	+3	2	4	3	10	14	−4

Source: Mediotiempo.com

Copa Libertadores

Second stage

Toluca joined the competition in the second stage.

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Toluca	6	4	1	1	9	5	+4	13	Final stages
2	Grêmio	6	3	2	1	10	6	+4	11	Final stages
3	San Lorenzo	6	0	4	2	5	8	−3	4
4	LDU Quito	6	1	1	4	7	12	−5	4

Source: CONMEBOL
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) goals scored; 4) away goals scored; 5) drawing of lots.

17 February 2016 (2016-02-17) 1	Toluca	2–0	Grêmio	Toluca
20:00 UTC−6	Triverio 46', 76' (pen.)	Report		Stadium: Estadio Nemesio Díez Attendance: 12,000 Referee: Gery Vargas (Bolivia)

2 March 2016 (2016-03-02) 2	San Lorenzo	1–1	Toluca	Buenos Aires
19:30 UTC−3	Ortigoza 11' (pen.)	Report	Esquivel 12'	Stadium: Estadio Pedro Bidegain Attendance: 22,000 Referee: Enrique Osses (Chile)

10 March 2016 (2016-03-10) 3	LDU Quito	1–2	Toluca	Quito
19:45 UTC−5	Hidalgo 47'	Report	Tenorio 41' (o.g.) Uribe 84'	Stadium: Estadio de Liga Deportiva Universitaria Attendance: 30,000 Referee: Wilson Lamouroux (Colombia)

5 April 2016 (2016-04-05) 4	Toluca	2–1	LDU Quito	Toluca
19:45 UTC−5	Vega 18' Triverio 62'	Report	Puch 17'	Stadium: Estadio Nemesio Díez Attendance: 10,000 Referee: José Argote (Venezuela)

12 April 2016 (2016-04-12) 5	Toluca	2–1	San Lorenzo	Toluca
19:45 UTC−5	Uribe 81', 87'	Report	Blandi 43'	Stadium: Estadio Nemesio Díez Attendance: 15,000 Referee: Wilmar Roldán (Colombia)

19 April 2016 (2016-04-19) 6	Grêmio	1–0	Toluca	Porto Alegre
21:45 UTC−3	Ramiro 15'	Report		Stadium: Arena do Grêmio Attendance: 34,628 Referee: Gustavo Murillo (Colombia)

Final stages

Round of 16

28 April 2016 (2016-04-28) First leg	São Paulo	4–0	Toluca	São Paulo
21:45 UTC−3	Michel Bastos 26' Centurión 44', 60' Thiago Mendes 52'	Report		Stadium: Estádio do Morumbi Attendance: 51,342 Referee: Jonhatan Fuentes (Uruguay)

4 May 2016 (2016-05-04) Second leg	Toluca	3–1 (3–5 agg.)	São Paulo	Toluca
17:15 UTC−5	Uribe 17', 86' Triverio 60'	Report	Michel Bastos 50'	Stadium: Estadio Nemesio Díez Attendance: 10,000 Referee: Wilson Lamouroux (Colombia)

Statistics

Goals

Rank	Player	Position	Apertura	Ap. Copa MX	Clausura	Libertadores	Total^[2]^[3]
1	Enrique Triverio	FW	10	2	6	4	22
2	Fernando Uribe	FW	11	3	1	5	20
3	Omar Arellano	FW	3	3	0	0	6
3	Christian Cueva	MF	1	2	3	0	6
5	Carlos Esquivel	MF	3	1	0	1	5
6	Darío Bottinelli	MF	2	2	0	0	4
7	Nicolás Saucedo	FW	0	2	1	0	3
7	Alexis Vega	FW	0	0	2	1	3
9	Paulo da Silva	DF	1	0	1	0	2
	Gerardo Rodríguez	DF	2	0	0	0	2
	Óscar Rojas	DF	1	0	1	0	2
	Erbín Trejo	MF	0	1	1	0	2
13	Martín Abundis	FW	0	0	1	0	1
	Edy Brambila	MF	0	0	1	0	1
	Lucas Lobos	MF	0	1	0	0	1
	Richard Ortiz	MF	0	0	1	0	1
	Antonio Ríos	MF	1	0	0	0	1
Total			35	17	19	11	82

Hat-tricks

Player	Against	Result	Date	Competition
Fernando Uribe	Pachuca	4–3 (A)	12 September 2015	Liga MX

(H) – Home ; (A) – Away

Clean sheets

Rank	Name	Apertura	Ap. Copa MX	Clausura	Libertadores	Total^[2]^[3]
1	Alfredo Talavera	4	2	5	1	12
Total		4	2	5	1	12

References

^ "Equipo - Deportivo Toluca F.C." Archived from the original on 2016-03-23.
^ ^a ^b "Toluca | Calendario". MedioTiempo. Retrieved 2018-10-05.
^ ^a ^b "Toluca | Calendario". MedioTiempo. Retrieved 2018-10-05.

External links

Official website

[table_note_res_CL0.76617866697078-2] Both teams who qualify for Copa Libertadores will also participate in the Playoffs of this competition.

[table_note_res_AL0.76617866697078-3] The first 8 places in the table qualify for the Playoffs.

[table_note_res_NQ0.76617866697078-4] Clubs cannot qualify to the 2016 Copa Libertadores due to their participation in the 2015–16 CONCACAF Champions League.

[1] "Equipo - Deportivo Toluca F.C." Archived from the original on 2016-03-23.

[MTAp15-5] "Toluca | Calendario". MedioTiempo. Retrieved 2018-10-05.

[MTCl16-6] "Toluca | Calendario". MedioTiempo. Retrieved 2018-10-05.

[1]

[a]

[b]

[c]

[2]

[3]

Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
19	11	3	5	36	21	+15	36	6	1	3	21	9	+12	5	2	2	15	12	+3

Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
19	11	3	5	36	21	+15	36	6	1	3	21	9	+12	5	2	2	15	12	+3

Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
19	11	3	5	36	21	+15	36	6	1	3	21	9	+12	5	2	2	15	12	+3