Club León
Club León, (simply kent as León) is a Mexican professional fitbaw club based in the ceety o León, in the state o Guanajuato, Mexico that plays in the top-tier league Liga MX.
| Full name | Club León F.C. | |||
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| Nickname(s) | Los Panzas Verdes (The Green Bellies) La Fiera (The Beast) El León (The Lion) Los Esmeraldas (The Emeralds) | |||
| Foondit | 20 August 1944 | |||
| Ground | Estadio León León, Guanajuato, Mexico | |||
| Capacity | 33,943[1] | |||
| Awner | Grupo Pachuca Grupo Carso | |||
| Chairman | Jesús Martínez Murguia | |||
| Manager | Juan Antonio Pizzi | |||
| League | Liga MX | |||
| Clausura 2014 | Champion (8t in General Table) | |||
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León haes wan the Primera División title seiven times, in 1948, 1949, 1952, 1956, 1992, Apertura 2013 an Clausura 2014. They became the first Mexican "Campeonísimo" (winner o the League an the México Cup in the same year) in 1949. In 1993 León wis the CONCACAF Champions' Cup runner-up, luisin the feenal match against Deportivo Saprissa, o Costa Rica, in ane o the greatest upsets amang the defeats in the club's history.
León is rankit 29t in the IFFHS Central an North Americae's best clubs o the 20t century.[2]
Honours
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eedit- Primera División (7): 1947-48, 1948–49, 1951–52, 1955–56, 1991–92, Apertura 2013, Clausura 2014
- Segunda División de México/Primera división 'A' mexicana/Liga de Ascenso de México (5): Temporada 1989/1990, Clausura 2003, Clausura 2004, Clausura 2008, Clausura 2012
- Campeón de Ascenso (2): Final de Ascenso 1989/1990, Final de Ascenso 2011/2012
- Copa México (5): 1948-49, 1957–58, 1966–67, 1970–71, 1971–72
- Campeón de Campeones (4): 1947/1948, 1955/1956, 1970/1971, 1971/1972
References
eedit- ↑ "www.clubleon-fc.com". Archived frae the original on 27 Juin 2008. Retrieved 15 Januar 2014.
- ↑ "Central and North America's club of the Century". International Federation of Football History & Statistics. Retrieved 8 October 2009.
Freemit airtins
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