# 1996–97 Deportivo Toluca F.C. season

The 1996–97 Deportivo Toluca F.C. season was the 90th season in the football club's history and the 44th consecutive season in the top flight of Mexican football.

## Players
### Squad information

| No. | Pos. | Name | Date of birth (Age) | Signed in | Previous club |
| Goalkeepers |||||||
| 1 | GK | Luis Islas | (1965-12-22)22 December 1965 (aged 30) | 1996 | Platense |
| 12 | GK | Jesús Alfaro | (1968-01-01)1 January 1968 (aged 28) | 1994 | UAT |
| Defenders |||||||
| 2 | DF | Eugenio Villazón | (1972-09-19)19 September 1972 (aged 23) | 1994 | |
| 3 | DF | Manuel Vidrio | (1972-08-23)23 August 1972 (aged 23) | 1996 | Guadalajara |
| 4 | DF | Salvador Carmona | (1975-08-22)22 August 1975 (aged 20) | 1993 | |
| 5 | DF | Omar Blanco | (1975-07-17)17 July 1975 (aged 20) | 1996 | Atlas |
| 11 | DF | Efraín Herrera | (1959-09-18)18 September 1959 (aged 36) | 1995 | Necaxa |
| 13 | DF | Alberto Macías | (1969-12-28)28 December 1969 (aged 26) | 1990 | |
| 16 | DF | Héctor Ruiz | (1973-10-02)2 October 1973 (aged 22) | 1996 | |
| 19 | DF | Adrián García Arias | (1975-12-06)6 December 1975 (aged 20) | 1996 | |
| 33 | DF | Adán Núñez | (1974-02-27)27 February 1974 (aged 22) | 1996 | |
| Midfielders |||||||
| 6 | MF | Antonio Taboada | (1967-09-11)11 September 1967 (aged 28) | 1996 | Cruz Azul |
| 7 | MF | Víctor Ruiz | (1969-06-07)7 June 1969 (aged 27) | 1996 | Cruz Azul |
| 8 | MF | Marcelino Bernal | (1962-05-27)27 May 1962 (aged 34) | 1991 | Puebla |
| 8 | MF | Jaime Ordiales | (1963-12-23)23 December 1963 (aged 32) | 1996 | León |
| 10 | MF | Fabián Estay | (1968-10-05)5 October 1968 (aged 27) | 1996 | Colo-Colo |
| 18 | MF | David Rangel | (1969-11-12)12 November 1969 (aged 26) | 1996 | Cruz Azul |
| 27 | MF | Enrique Alfaro | (1974-12-11)11 December 1974 (aged 21) | 1994 | |
| 28 | MF | Gilberto Mora | (1976-11-15)15 November 1976 (aged 19) | 1994 | |
| Forwards |||||||
| 7 | FW | Armando González | (1968-11-16)16 November 1968 (aged 27) | 1996 | UAG |
| 9 | FW | José Cardozo | (1971-03-19)19 March 1971 (aged 25) | 1995 | Olimpia |
| 15 | FW | Carlos María Morales | (1970-03-01)1 March 1970 (aged 26) | 1995 | Unión Española |
| 17 | FW | Ariel Zárate | (1973-07-13)13 July 1973 (aged 22) | 1996 | Vélez Sarsfield |
| 23 | FW | José Manuel Abundis | (1973-06-11)11 June 1973 (aged 23) | 1992 | Youth System |
| 25 | FW | Eduardo Lillingston | (1977-12-23)23 December 1977 (aged 18) | 1996 | |
Players and squad numbers last updated on 28 December 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 Invierno | 10 August 1996 | 7 December 1996 | Matchday 1 | 5th | 19 | 9 | 4 | 6 | 27 | 17 | +10 | 047.37 |
| Torneo Verano | 11 January 1997 | 4 May 1997 | Matchday 1 | 11th | 17 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 26 | 21 | +5 | 029.41 |
| Copa México | 30 June 1996 | 28 July 1996 | Group stage | Group stage | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 13 | −4 | 012.50 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 44 | 15 | 12 | 17 | 62 | 51 | +11 | 034.09 |
Source: RSSSF.com

### Torneo Invierno
#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 3 | Guadalajara | 17 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 33 | 19 | +14 | 31 | Advance to Liguilla (Playoffs) |
| 4 | Puebla | 17 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 32 | 22 | +10 | 31 | Advance to Liguilla (Playoffs) |
| 5 | Toluca | 17 | 9 | 3 | 5 | 26 | 15 | +11 | 30 | Advance to Liguilla (Playoffs) |
| 6 | Necaxa | 17 | 8 | 5 | 4 | 24 | 19 | +5 | 29 | Advance to Liguilla (Playoffs) |
| 7 | Atlas | 17 | 6 | 8 | 3 | 28 | 26 | +2 | 26 | Advance to Repechage |

#### Results summary

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

#### Result round by round

| Round | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 |
| Ground | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | H |
| Result | L | W | L | D | W | W | D | W | D | L | W | W | L | W | W | L | W |

#### Matches
##### Liguilla
###### Quarter-finals
### Torneo Verano
#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 9 | Cruz Azul | 17 | 7 | 4 | 6 | 21 | 24 | −3 | 25 | |
| 10 | León | 17 | 5 | 8 | 4 | 21 | 18 | +3 | 23 | |
| 11 | Toluca | 17 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 26 | 21 | +5 | 21 | |
| 12 | UAG | 17 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 26 | 24 | +2 | 20 | Advance to Repechage |
| 13 | Puebla | 17 | 4 | 8 | 5 | 15 | 18 | −3 | 20 | |

#### Results summary

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

#### Result round by round

| Round | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 |
| Ground | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | A |
| Result | D | D | D | L | W | W | W | D | W | L | L | W | D | L | D | L | L |

#### Matches
### Copa México
#### Group stage

Group 1 :
| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | PKW | PKL | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Toros Neza | 8 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 17 | 8 | +9 | 18 | Advanced to the next phase |
| 2 | San Luis | 8 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 14 | 11 | +3 | 15 | |
| 3 | Irapuato | 8 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 7 | +4 | 12 | |
| 4 | Pachuca | 8 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 13 | 10 | +3 | 12 | |
| 5 | Atlante F.C. | 8 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 11 | 12 | −1 | 12 | |
| 6 | Morelia | 8 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 10 | 12 | −2 | 12 | |
| 7 | Cruz Azul Hidalgo | 8 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 13 | −4 | 12 | |
| 8 | Toluca | 8 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 9 | 13 | −4 | 9 | |
| 9 | Celaya | 8 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 15 | −8 | 6 | |

## Statistics
### Goals

| Rank | Player | Position | Invierno | Verano | Copa México | Total |
| 1 | Carlos María Morales | FW | 4 | 5 | 2 | 11 |
| 2 | José Cardozo | FW | 7 | 3 | 0 | 10 |
| 3 | Marcelino Bernal | MF | 5 | 3 | 1 | 9 |
| 4 | Eduardo Lillingston | FW | 0 | 2 | 4 | 6 |
| 5 | Enrique Alfaro | MF | 2 | 3 | 0 | 5 |
| 5 | Fabián Estay | MF | 1 | 4 | 0 | 5 |
| 7 | José Manuel Abundis | FW | 3 | 1 | 0 | 4 |
| 8 | Salvador Carmona | DF | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 8 | Armando González | FW | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 8 | Alberto Macías | DF | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 11 | Gilberto Mora | MF | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 11 | Jaime Ordiales | MF | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 11 | David Rangel | MF | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 11 | Manuel Vidrio | DF | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Total | Total | Total | 26 | 26 | 8 | 60 |

### Own goals

| Player | Against | Result | Date | Competition |
| Alberto Macías | América | 2–1 (A) | 10 November 1996 | Primera División |
| Omar Blanco | Puebla | 1–2 (H) | 4 December 1996 | Primera División |

### Clean sheets

| Rank | Name | Invierno | Verano | Copa México | Total |
| 1 | Luis Islas | 10 | 4 | 1 | 15 |
| Total | Total | 10 | 4 | 1 | 15 |