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León
Full name	Club Social y Deportivo León
Nickname(s)	Esmeraldas (Emeralds); Panzas Verdes (Green Bellies)
Founded	August 20, 1944
Ground	Nou Camp,; León, Guanajuato, Mexico; (Capacity: 33,943)
Chairman	Abraham Batarse
Manager	Benedicto Bravo
League	Liga de Ascenso
Clausura 2008	Champions
Home colours	Away colours
	Current season

Club León, (simply known as León) is a Mexican professional football club and very popular with a great history in the first division of Mexican Football, based in the city of Leon, in the state of Guanajuato, Mexico. They currently play in the Primera A, the second tier of football in Mexico since their relegation from the Primera Division (first tier) in 2002.

León has won the Primera División title five times, in 1948, 1949, 1952, 1956 and 1992. They became the first Mexican "Campeonísimo" (winner of the League and the México Cup in the same year) in 1949. In 1993 Leon was the CONCACAF Champions' Cup runner-up, losing the final match against contender Deportivo Saprissa, of Costa Rica, which would become one of the greatest upsets in the vast collection of defeats in the club's history. They also qualified to the Champion's Cup again in 1998, but were miserably eliminated in the semi-final. The team has been a consistent contender for the Primera División A title since relegation from the Primera División in 2002, nevertheless they have failed to obtain the promotion due to constant mediocre performances in the playoffs as opposed to their usual good appearances during regular season.

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[edit] Club Honors

Primera División de México: 5
- 1947-48, 1948-49, 1951-52, 1955-56, 1991-92

Primera División A: 3
- Clausura 2003, Clausura 2004, Clausura 2008

Segunda División: 1
- 1989-90

Campeonísimo: 1
- 1948-49

Cup Champion: 5
- 1948-49, 1957-58, 1966-67, 1970-71, 1971-72, 1972-73

Campeón de Campeones: 4
- 1947-48, 1955-56, 1970-71, 1971-72, 1972-73

CONCACAF Champions' Cup Runner-Up (1)
- 1993

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[edit] Current roster

As of September 9, 2009

No.	Position	Player
1	GK	Eder Patiño
2	DF	Fernando Ibarra
3	DF	Juan Manuel García
4	DF	Addiel Aarón Reyes
5	DF	Ricardo Jiménez
6	MF	Julio Enrique Martínez
7	MF	Hibert Ruíz
8	FW	Ismael Valadéz
9	FW	Luis Orozco (Captain)
10	FW	Rodolfo Zelaya
11	FW	Luis Humberto Nieves
12	MF	Cristian Castillo
13	MF	Héctor Omar Macías
14	DF	Nicolás René Ruvalcaba
15	FW	Miguel Angeles
16	MF	José Aurelio Parra

No.	Position	Player
17	MF	Daniel Silva
18	DF	Hugo Emiliano Rodríguez
19	DF	Jose Daniel Amador
20	MF	Carlos Alanís
21	DF	Daniel Duarte
22	MF	José Dolores González
23	GK	Leonardo Galván
24	GK	Francisco Javier González
25	MF	Rodolfo Del Real
26	MF	Julio César Ceja
27	MF	Atremio Jonathan Alemán
28	FW	Arturo Chávez
29	MF	Iván Ceniceros
30	MF	Pedro Emmanuel Rodríguez
31	DF	Joel Morales
34	DF	Aldo Polo