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[1])
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.

Contents 1 Badge 2 Club Honors 3 History 4 Current roster 4.1 Out on loan 5 Notable players 6 References 7 External links

[edit] Badge

1944 1950

[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

[edit] History

[edit] Current roster

As of December 19, 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) 11 FW Luis Humberto Nieves 13 MF Héctor Omar Macías 14 DF Nicolás René Ruvalcaba 15 FW Miguel Angeles 16 MF José Aurelio Parra 17 MF Daniel Silva 18 DF Hugo Emiliano Rodríguez

No. Position Player 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 Justin Waynewright — MF Mateo Figoli — FW Carlos Casartelli

[edit] Out on loan

No. Position Player FW Rodolfo Zelaya (at Alianza) MF Cristian Castillo (at D.C. United)

[edit] Notable players

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Antonio Carbajal Everaldo Begines Leandro Augusto Adalberto Lopez Sigifredo Mercado Guillermo Muñoz Luis Estrada Rafael "Chepe" Chávez Carlos Turrubiates Jaime Rodríguez Antonio Battaglia Miguel Rugilo Alberto "Tito" Etcheverry Oscar Nova Osvaldo Batocletti Rafael Albrecht Ángel Comizzo Marcos Aurelio Jorge Davino Luis Islas

Cabinho Tita Eugenio Arenaza Hernán Medford Eric Wynalda Marcelo Balboa

[edit] References

[edit] External links

• Official Website (Spanish)

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