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Club Santos Laguna, also known as Santos Laguna or Santos, is a Mexican professional football (soccer) club. They represent Comarca Lagunera, which is made up of Torreon, Gomez Palacio and Lerdo. Santos Laguna plays in the Primera División. The club was founded in 1982, and reached Mexico's top division after buying the franchise known as the Ángeles de Puebla. The club's debut in Mexico's top division was in the 1988/89 tournament. They have won the league championship three times. First in the Invierno 1996 tournament, the Verano 2001 tournament and the most recent Clausura 2008 tournament. They have also reached the finals in the 1993-1994 season and the Verano 2000 tournament.
[edit] 1993-94 Runner-Up In the 1st leg the team win 1-0 to Tecos UAG in Corona Stadium, in 2nd it losts 2-0 in 3 de Marzo stadium. [edit] Squad
[edit] Invierno 1996 Champions In Invierno 1996 Santos Laguna get the first title winning in aggregate 4-3 to Necaxa, (First Leg 0-1, Second Leg 4-2).The victory goal is still controversial, team´s detractors affirm that the scorer (Jared Borgetti) was in off side. [edit] Squad
[edit] Verano 2001 Champions In Verano 2001 Santos Laguna gets the second title winning in aggregate 4-3 to Pachuca, (First Leg 1-2, Second Leg 3-1) [edit] Squad
[edit] Current yearsIn the Clausura 2007 season, Santos was in grave danger of being relegated to the Primera División A along with other teams Querétaro and Tigres UANL. Despite having bought several important players such as Oswaldo Sanchez, Daniel Ludueña & Vicente Matías Vuoso, the team lost 5 games out of their first 7. However, the team managed to keep a steady pace and win several of the remaining games after seeing that Querétaro failed to gain points, and Santos remained in the Primera División. Not only did they save themselves from relegation, but they made enough points to enter in repechaje. There they would face the preferable San Luis to whom they had lost the 1st leg 1-0 at home, but miraculously came from behind and won the 2nd leg 2-0, thus eliminating San Luis. In the quarter finals, Santos would lose to the champion of the season, Pachuca in a global score of 2-2 eliminating Santos for the positioning on the table. The Apertura 2007 season was a much better season for Santos leaving them 1st place on the positioning table, eliminating Monarcas Morelia with a global score of 5-2 in the quarterfinals, but were defeated by Pumas UNAM with a global score of 5-4 in the semifinals. In the Clausura 2008 season, Santos would come out as the champion by defeating Monterrey in the semifinals with a last minute goal, and finally Cruz Azul by a global score of 3-2. [edit] Clausura 2008 squad
[edit] StadiumSantos Laguna currently play at Estadio Nuevo Corona, which holds 30,050 people The new stadium cost $100,000,000 USD. Construction started on February 22, 2008. On November 11, 2009 the new stadium opened its doors hosting a friendly match between Santos Laguna and Santos FC of the Brazilian Série A. The sold out crowd included Mexican President, Felipe Calderón and Brazilian legend Pelé. Santos Laguna won 2-1. [edit] Honours
[edit] Current SquadAs of September 27, 2009[2]
[edit] Notable players
[edit] References[edit] External links
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