# 2015–16 Deportivo Toluca F.C. season

The 2015–16 Deportivo Toluca F.C. season was the 99th season in the football club's history and the 63rd consecutive season in the top flight of Mexican football. In addition to the Liga MX and Copa MX, the club also competed in the Copa Libertadores.

## Players
### Squad information

| No. | Pos. | Name | Date of birth (Age) | Signed in | Signed from |
| Goalkeepers |||||||
| 1 | GK | Alfredo Talavera | (1986-09-18)18 September 1986 (aged 28) | 2009 | Guadalajara |
| 12 | GK | Miguel Centeno | (1989-08-16)16 August 1989 (aged 25) | 2008 | Youth System |
| 22 | GK | Liborio Sánchez | (1989-10-09)9 October 1989 (aged 25) | 2014 | Delfines |
| Defenders |||||||
| 2 | DF | Francisco Gamboa | (1985-07-20)20 July 1985 (aged 29) | 2005 | Youth System |
| 3 | DF | Aarón Galindo | (1982-05-08)8 May 1982 (aged 33) | 2013 | Santos |
| 4 | DF | Paulo da Silva (Captain) | (1980-02-01)1 February 1980 (aged 35) | 2013 | Pachuca |
| 5 | DF | Christian Pérez | (1990-03-27)27 March 1990 (aged 25) | 2015 (Winter) | Delfines |
| 6 | DF | Óscar Rojas | (1988-02-05)5 February 1988 (aged 27) | 2013 | Atlante |
| 16 | DF | Gerardo Rodríguez | (1985-04-16)16 April 1985 (aged 30) | 2015 (Winter) | Guadalajara |
| 24 | DF | Aldo Benítez | (1996-01-30)30 January 1996 (aged 19) | 2015 | Youth System |
| 24 | DF | Mario Quezada | (1987-06-02)2 June 1987 (aged 28) | 2016 (Winter) | Puebla |
| 30 | DF | Jordan Silva | (1994-07-30)30 July 1994 (aged 20) | 2014 (Winter) | Youth System |
| 84 | DF | Gerardo Heredia | (1993-11-16)16 November 1993 (aged 21) | 2014 (Winter) | Youth System |
| Midfielders |||||||
| 7 | MF | Moisés Velasco | (1989-10-19)19 October 1989 (aged 25) | 2015 | América |
| 10 | MF | Lucas Lobos | (1981-08-03)3 August 1981 (aged 33) | 2014 | UANL |
| 13 | MF | Christian Cueva | (1991-11-23)23 November 1991 (aged 23) | 2015 | Alianza Lima |
| 14 | MF | Sergio Nápoles | (1989-11-23)23 November 1989 (aged 25) | 2015 | Guadalajara |
| 15 | MF | Antonio Ríos | (1988-10-24)24 October 1988 (aged 26) | 2008 | Youth System |
| 18 | MF | Darío Bottinelli | (1986-12-26)26 December 1986 (aged 28) | 2015 | Universidad Católica |
| 19 | MF | Edy Brambila | (1986-01-15)15 January 1986 (aged 29) | 2015 | Atlas |
| 25 | MF | Alejandro Navarro | (1993-11-30)30 November 1993 (aged 21) | 2014 (Winter) | Youth System |
| 26 | MF | Erbín Trejo | (1990-06-03)3 June 1990 (aged 25) | 2009 | Youth System |
| 28 | MF | Jorge Sartiaguín | (1993-08-24)24 August 1993 (aged 21) | 2014 (Winter) | Youth System |
| 29 | MF | Gustavo Castillo | (1994-11-29)29 November 1994 (aged 20) | 2014 | Youth System |
| 32 | MF | Heriberto Vidales | (1993-02-20)20 February 1993 (aged 22) | 2015 | UNAM |
| Forwards |||||||
| 8 | FW | Nicolás Saucedo | (1982-01-08)8 January 1982 (aged 33) | 2015 | UAT |
| 11 | FW | Carlos Esquivel | (1982-04-10)10 April 1982 (aged 33) | 2005 | Youth System |
| 17 | FW | Diego Gama | (1996-01-14)14 January 1996 (aged 19) | 2014 | Youth System |
| 20 | FW | Fernando Uribe | (1988-01-01)1 January 1988 (aged 27) | 2015 | Millonarios |
| 21 | FW | Enrique Triverio | (1988-01-31)31 January 1988 (aged 27) | 2015 | Unión de Santa Fe |
| 23 | FW | Omar Arellano | (1988-07-18)18 July 1988 (aged 26) | 2015 | Monterrey |
| 298 | FW | Diego Aguilar | (1997-01-13)13 January 1997 (aged 18) | 2015 | Youth System |
Players and squad numbers last updated on 28 October 2018. Note: Flags indicate national team as has been defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

## Competitions
### Overview

| Competition | First match | Last match | Starting round | Final position | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record |
| Competition | First match | Last match | Starting round | Final position | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Win % |
| Torneo Apertura | 25 July 2015 | 6 December 2018 | Matchday 1 | 2nd | 19 | 10 | 3 | 6 | 33 | 26 | +7 | 052.63 |
| Apertura Copa MX | 1 August 2018 | 5 September 2018 | Group stage | Semifinals | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 17 | 8 | +9 | 050.00 |
| Torneo Clausura | 10 January 2016 | 7 May 2016 | Matchday 1 | 11th | 17 | 5 | 7 | 5 | 20 | 21 | −1 | 029.41 |
| Copa Libertadores | 17 February 2016 | 4 May 2016 | Second stage | Round of 16 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 12 | 10 | +2 | 062.50 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 52 | 24 | 14 | 14 | 82 | 65 | +17 | 046.15 |
Source: Mediotiempo.com

### Torneo Apertura
#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | UNAM (Q, A) | 17 | 11 | 2 | 4 | 37 | 20 | +17 | 35 | 2016 Copa Libertadores Second Stage, Advance to Liguilla |
| 2 | Toluca (A, Q) | 17 | 10 | 2 | 5 | 33 | 24 | +9 | 32 | 2016 Copa Libertadores Second Stage, Advance to Liguilla |
| 3 | León (A) | 17 | 10 | 0 | 7 | 32 | 31 | +1 | 30 | Advance to Liguilla |
| 4 | Chiapas (A) | 17 | 8 | 5 | 4 | 31 | 27 | +4 | 29 | Advance to Liguilla |
| 5 | UANL (A) | 17 | 8 | 4 | 5 | 26 | 16 | +10 | 28 | Advance to Liguilla and cannot qualify for South American competitions |
* ↑ Both teams who qualify for Copa Libertadores will also participate in the Playoffs of this competition.
* 1 2 3 The first 8 places in the table qualify for the Playoffs.
* ↑ Clubs cannot qualify to the 2016 Copa Libertadores due to their participation in the 2015–16 CONCACAF Champions League.

#### Results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
Source: Mediotiempo.com

### Apertura Copa MX
#### Group stage

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | RW | GF | GA | GD | Pts | |
| 1 | Toluca | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 14 | 7 | +7 | 15 | Group winner |
| 2 | Tijuana | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 12 | 11 | +1 | 15 | Best runner-up |
| 3 | Zacatepec | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 10 | 13 | −3 | 5 | |
| 4 | Necaxa | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 12 | 17 | −5 | 4 | |

##### Round 1

Toluca won the round 5–3 on aggregate

##### Round 2

Toluca won the round 4–2 on aggregate

##### Round 3

Toluca won the round 5–2 on aggregate

#### Semifinal
### Torneo Clausura
#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| 9 | Cruz Azul | 17 | 5 | 7 | 5 | 25 | 24 | +1 | 22 |
| 10 | UNAM | 17 | 5 | 7 | 5 | 23 | 24 | −1 | 22 |
| 11 | Toluca | 17 | 5 | 7 | 5 | 20 | 21 | −1 | 22 |
| 12 | Puebla | 17 | 5 | 7 | 5 | 21 | 26 | −5 | 22 |
| 13 | Querétaro | 17 | 5 | 4 | 8 | 21 | 25 | −4 | 19 |

#### Results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
Source: Mediotiempo.com

### Copa Libertadores
#### Second stage

Toluca joined the competition in the second stage.
| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Toluca | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 5 | +4 | 13 | Final stages |
| 2 | Grêmio | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 6 | +4 | 11 | Final stages |
| 3 | San Lorenzo | 6 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 8 | −3 | 4 | |
| 4 | LDU Quito | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 12 | −5 | 4 | |

#### Final stages
##### Round of 16
## Statistics
### Goals

| Rank | Player | Position | Apertura | Ap. Copa MX | Clausura | Libertadores | Total |
| 1 | Enrique Triverio | FW | 10 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 22 |
| 2 | Fernando Uribe | FW | 11 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 20 |
| 3 | Omar Arellano | FW | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| 3 | Christian Cueva | MF | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 6 |
| 5 | Carlos Esquivel | MF | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 |
| 6 | Darío Bottinelli | MF | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| 7 | Nicolás Saucedo | FW | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| 7 | Alexis Vega | FW | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 9 | Paulo da Silva | DF | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 9 | Gerardo Rodríguez | DF | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 9 | Óscar Rojas | DF | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 9 | Erbín Trejo | MF | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 13 | Martín Abundis | FW | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 13 | Edy Brambila | MF | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 13 | Lucas Lobos | MF | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 13 | Richard Ortiz | MF | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 13 | Antonio Ríos | MF | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Total | Total | Total | 35 | 17 | 19 | 11 | 82 |

### Hat-tricks

| Player | Against | Result | Date | Competition |
| Fernando Uribe | Pachuca | 4–3 (A) | 12 September 2015 | Liga MX |
(H) – Home; (A) – Away

### Clean sheets

| Rank | Name | Apertura | Ap. Copa MX | Clausura | Libertadores | Total |
| 1 | Alfredo Talavera | 4 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 12 |
| Total | Total | 4 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 12 |