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 DÃÂez. 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.
In the Apertura 2022 tournament, Toluca reached the Liga MX final but were defeated by Pachuca, who won the championship with an 8âÂÂ2 aggregate score, including a 5âÂÂ1 win in the first leg and a 3âÂÂ1 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 9âÂÂ8 victory in a penalty shootout against Tigres UANL in the final, making Toluca backâÂÂtoâÂÂback Liga MX champions and earning its 12th league title.
By securing consecutive championships, Toluca became one of the few clubs to achieve backâÂÂtoâÂÂback titles in the short tournament era of Liga MX.
Toluca also won the 2025 Campeón de Campeones, defeating Club América 3âÂÂ1 at the Dignity Health Sports Park in Carson, California after their Clausura 2025 title win.
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 clubâÂÂs fan base continued to grow in 2026. According to Consulta MitofskyâÂÂs annual sports preferences survey, TolucaâÂÂs share of national football fans increased from 4.4% in 2025 to 6.1% in 2026.
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.
The 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.
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 DÃÂez, 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.