Toluca FC is a Mexican professional football club based in Toluca, State of Mexico, competing in Liga MX, Mexico's top division. The club is one of the most successful in Mexican football, having won twelve Liga MX titles, the second highest total in the competition's history, along with two Copa MX titles, five Campeón de Campeones, and three CONCACAF Champions Cup titles. Nine Toluca players have finished as the Liga MX top scorer on sixteen occasions, more than any other club in Liga MX history, with José Saturnino Cardozo leading the distinction with four top scorer titles in the league and also holding the club record of 258 goals. Toluca players have also claimed top scorer titles in the Liga MX playoffs, the Copa MX, and the CONCACAF Champions Cup. Honours Toluca FC is a professional football club competing in Liga MX, Mexico's top division, and one of the most successful clubs in Mexican football with 23 official titles across multiple domestic and international competitions.
Domestic In domestic football, Toluca has twelve Liga MX titles, ranking second among all Mexican clubs behind América and level with Guadalajara, along with two Copa MX titles, and five Campeón de Campeones. In the second division, the club finished as runners-up in the Copa MX equivalent before winning the title that secured their promotion to the top flight in 1953, from which they have never been relegated.
The club has experienced three dominant periods in domestic football: the mid-to-late 1960s, when Toluca won back-to-back league and cup titles under Ignacio Trelles; the late 1990s and early 2000s, when the club claimed four league titles under Enrique Meza and subsequent coaches; and the mid-2020s, when Toluca again won consecutive league titles and multiple cups under Antonio Mohamed. TypeCompetitionTitlesWinning yearsRunners-upSourceTop-tier divisionPrimera División/Liga MX121966–67, 1967–68, 1974–75, Verano 1998, Verano 1999, Verano 2000, Apertura 2002, Apertura 2005, Apertura 2008, Bicentenario 2010, Clausura 2025, Apertura 20251956–57, 1957–58, 1970–71, Invierno 2000, Apertura 2006, Apertura 2012, Clausura 2018, Apertura 2022Copa México/Copa MX21955–56, 1988–891960–61, Clausura 2018Campeón de Campeones51967, 1968, 2003, 2006, 20251956, 1975, 1989, 2026Second-tier divisionSegunda División11952–53— Copa México de la Segunda División0—1951–52Campeón de Campeones de la Segunda División11953—
International Toluca won their first international title with the 1968 CONCACAF Champions' Cup, claimed without playing a final after the other two semi-finalists were disqualified from the competition, leaving Toluca to be declared champions by default. The title earned them qualification to the Copa Interamericana, a former tournament contested between the winners of the CONCACAF Champions' Cup and the Copa Libertadores.
In the 1969 Copa Interamericana, the cup's first edition, Toluca faced the 1968 Copa Libertadores champions Estudiantes de La Plata of Argentina. After losing the first leg and winning the second one, both teams tied on aggregate before going to a third leg where Estudiantes defeated Toluca to claim the title. Toluca has also won the CONCACAF Champions' Cup in 2003 and 2026, and have finished runners-up on four occasions. TypeCompetitionTitlesWinning yearsRunners-upSourceIntercontinental CONCACAF–CONMEBOLCopa Interamericana0—1969Continental CONCACAFCONCACAF Champions Cup/Champions League31968, 2003, 20261998, 2006, 2013–14Regional North America
CONCACAF
USSF–FMFLeagues Cup12026—
Subregional The Campeones Cup is an exhibition match contested between the MLS Cup champion and the winner of the Campeón de Campeones, an annual match between that season's two Liga MX tournament champions. Toluca competed in its 2025 edition, having won the 2025 Campeón de Campeones. In the 2025 Campeones Cup, they faced the LA Galaxy, winners of the 2024 MLS Cup, whom they defeated 2–3. TypeCompetitionTitlesWinning yearsRunners-upSource North America MLS Liga MXCampeones Cup12025—
Top goalscorers
Club Toluca's all-time leading scorer is Paraguayan forward José Saturnino Cardozo, who played for the club from 1994 to 2005, scoring 258 goals in total. Of these, 249 came in Liga MX competition, comprising 206 in the regular season and 43 in the liguilla (playoffs). Cardozo ranks among the top five scorers in Liga MX history. Cardozo is followed by Mexican forward Vicente Pereda, who spent his entire career at Toluca from 1960 to 1977, scoring 119 goals.
The third top goalscorer is Uruguayan forward Vicente Sánchez, who played alongside Cardozo. Sánchez played from 2001 to 2008 in Toluca and scored 98 goals. Mexican forward José Manuel Abundis, who also played alongside Cardozo, is the fourth top goalscorer with 84 goals. He is tied in fourth place with 84 goals with Uruguayan forward Carlos María Morales.
The fifth all-time leading scorer for Toluca is Mexican forward Carlos Carús, who scored 77 goals for the club between 1953 and 1963. He is followed by Sinha, a Brazilian-born Mexican midfielder who served as a playmaker, with 71 goals. Sinha joined Toluca in 1999 and spent about 15 years with the club. Next is Chilean forward Héctor Mancilla, who scored 64 goals during his time at the club from 2008 to 2010.
The only active player in the top ten is Portuguese forward Paulinho, who joined Toluca in 2024 and has scored 62 goals as of May 2026, He is level with Uruguayan midfielder Juan Carlos Paz, who scored 62 goals for the club between 1978 and 1986, and Uruguayan forward Héctor Hugo Eugui, who also scored 62 goals after joining the club in 1972.
Note: Players in bold are active in Toluca. This list is updated as of May 2026.
+Top goalscorers for TolucaRankPlayerTotal goals1 2582 Vicente Pereda 1193 Vicente Sánchez984 José Manuel Abundis844 Carlos María Morales845 Carlos Carús776 Sinha717 Héctor Mancilla648 Paulinho629 Juan Carlos Paz629 Héctor Hugo Eugui62
Liga MX
Since the team's Liga MX debut in 1953, nine Toluca players have finished as the league's top scorer in a season, some on multiple occasions, giving the club more individual top scorer titles than any other in Liga MX history with sixteen.
Prior to 1996, the Mexican football league season was contested as a single annual tournament known as the torneo largo (long tournament). From 1996, the format was restructured into two shorter seasonal tournaments known as the torneos cortos (short tournaments), each concluded by a liguilla (playoff). Amaury Epaminondas, the top scorer in the 1966–67 season with 21 goals, and Vicente Pereda, the top scorer in the 1969–70 season with 20 goals, both played under the former format.
Cardozo leads this distinction for Toluca, having finished as the league's top scorer on four occasions. He also holds the highest single-season scoring record in Liga MX history since the introduction of the torneos cortos format, with 29 goals in the regular season. Including his seven playoff goals, his total of 36 across the tournament also remains unmatched. PlayerNationalitySeason editionSeason goalsPlayoff goalsTotal goalsSourceAmaury Epaminondas Brazil1966–6721–21Vicente Pereda Mexico1969–7020–20José Saturnino Cardozo ParaguayVerano 199813518José Saturnino Cardozo ParaguayVerano 199915520José Saturnino Cardozo ParaguayApertura 200229736José Saturnino Cardozo ParaguayClausura 200321122Bruno Marioni ArgentinaApertura 200611415Héctor Mancilla ChileApertura 200811213Héctor Mancilla ChileClausura 200914014Iván Alonso UruguayApertura 201111011Iván Alonso UruguayClausura 201214014Pablo Velázquez ParaguayApertura 201312113Alexis Canelo ArgentinaGuard1anes 202111314Paulinho PortugalApertura 202413013Paulinho PortugalClausura 202512214Paulinho PortugalApertura 202512315
Playoffs In the liguilla (playoffs) of the Mexican seasonal tournaments, several Toluca players have finished as the top scorer on multiple occasions. Cardozo leads this distinction, having finished as the playoff top scorer six times.
Note: This list is updated as of July 2025 PlayerNationalityPlayoff editionTotal goalsSourceRicardo Brandon Uruguay1978–19794José Saturnino Cardozo ParaguayVerano 19985José Saturnino Cardozo ParaguayVerano 19995José Saturnino Cardozo ParaguayVerano 20008Carlos María Morales UruguayJosé Saturnino Cardozo ParaguayInvierno 20008José Saturnino Cardozo ParaguayApertura 20027José Saturnino Cardozo ParaguayApertura 20035Bruno Marioni ArgentinaApertura 20064Héctor Mancilla ChileApertura 20082Édgar Benítez ParaguayApertura 20123Fernando Uribe ColombiaClausura 20185Alexis Vega MexicoClausura 20254
Copa MX In addition to Liga MX, Toluca holds several records in the Copa MX, a domestic cup contested between Liga MX clubs and those of the Ascenso MX, Mexico's second division, which ran from 1907 to 2020 under various names and with several interruptions. Listed below are the seven top scorers of each Copa MX edition in which a Toluca player finished as the tournament's leading scorer. PlayerNationalityCup editionsTotal goalsSourceCarlos Carús Mexico1960–617Vicente Pereda Mexico1966–675Francisco Linares Mexico1967–687Jesús Romero Reyes Mexico1969–704Fernando Uribe ColombiaApertura 20166Alexis Canelo ArgentinaClausura 20187Kevin Castañeda Mexico2019–207
CONCACAF Champions Cup In the CONCACAF Champions Cup, an international tournament between clubs in North America, Toluca became the first Mexican club to produce the tournament's top scorer in the 1968 edition, which the club also won. Toluca players have since finished as the tournament's top scorer across multiple editions, including the 2026 edition in which Toluca again claimed the title. PlayerNationalityCup editionsTotal goalsSourceAmaury Epaminondas Brazil19683Raúl Nava Mexico20147Paulinho Portugal20268
Segunda División Toluca was among the founding clubs of the Segunda División, Mexico's second-tier division, when it was established in 1950, and won the title in the 1952–53 season to earn promotion to the top flight. That season, a Toluca player also finished as the division's top scorer. PlayerNationalityPlayoff editionTotal goalsSourceMateo de la Tijera Mexico1952–5322
Statistics
By competition Note: This list covers all-time competition results for each competition, with the information updated of July 2025. CompetitionBest resultSourceLiga MX2,6181,0577637983,9183,205 +7133,390ChampionsSegunda División5225151212481 +4365ChampionsCopa MX2371126065386294 +92319ChampionsCampeón de Campeones10514129 +3–ChampionsLeagues Cup––––––––ChampionsTotal2,9941,2408568984,6703,670+1,0003,93023 titles
Match and goal records
Record win: 7–0 against Puebla in the Verano 2000 playoffs and against Tigres UANL in the Apertura 2006
Record defeat: 7–0 against León in the 1973–1974 season
Liga MX all-time record playoff win: 9–0 against Puebla in a two-leg match in the Verano 2000 playoffs
Longest winning streak: nine consecutive wins in the Clausura 2018 season Longest unbeaten streak (wins and draws): 20 matches across the 1966–67 and 1967–68 seasons and in the 1982–83 season Longest streak without a draw: 15 matches in the 1961–62 season Longest winless streak: 18 matches in the 1994–95 season Longest period without conceding goals: 772 minutes in the Apertura 2008 season Tournaments with only one recorded loss: Invierno 1998 and Clausura 2009 Most goals in a calendar year (1999, 2000, 2002, and 2025): first and only Liga MX club to score 100 or more goals in a single calendar year
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