Club León
| 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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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.
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
[eedit | eedit soorce]Domestic
[eedit | eedit soorce]- 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 | eedit soorce]- ↑ "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.
Full list published by IFFHS on 8 October 2009
Freemit airtins
[eedit | eedit soorce]- Offeecial wabsteid (in Spaingie)