# 2012–13 Deportivo Toluca F.C. season

The 2012–13 Toluca season was the 66th professional season of Mexico's top-flight football league. The season is split into two tournaments—the Torneo Apertura and the Torneo Clausura—each with identical formats and each contested by the same eighteen teams. Toluca began their season on July 22, 2012 against Guadalajara, Toluca played their homes games on Sundays at 12:00pm local time. Toluca was runner-up in the final phase in the Apertura tournament losing the final to Tijuana, while they did not qualify to the final phase in the Clausura tournament.

## Torneo Apertura
### Squad

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 1 | GK | MEX | Alfredo Talavera |
| 2 | DF | ARG | Diego Novaretti |
| 3 | DF | MEX | Marvin Cabrera |
| 4 | DF | MEX | Francisco Gamboa |
| 5 | MF | BRA | Wilson Mathías |
| 6 | MF | MEX | Carlos Gerardo Rodríguez |
| 7 | FW | PAR | Édgar Benítez |
| 8 | MF | BRA | Lucas Silva |
| 9 | FW | MEX | Juan Carlos Cacho |
| 10 | MF | MEX | Sinha (Captain) |
| 11 | FW | MEX | Carlos Esquivel |
| 12 | GK | MEX | Miguel Ángel Centeno |
| 13 | DF | MEX | Héctor Acosta |
| 14 | DF | MEX | Édgar Dueñas |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| — | DF | MEX | Manuel de la Torre |
| 15 | MF | MEX | Antonio Ríos |
| 16 | DF | MEX | Carlos Alberto Galeana |
| 17 | FW | MEX | Arturo Tapia |
| 18 | FW | MEX | Isaác Brizuela |
| 19 | FW | MEX | Edy Germán Brambila |
| 20 | DF | MEX | Jesús Arturo Paganoni |
| 21 | MF | MEX | Gabriel Velasco |
| 25 | DF | MEX | José Manuel Cruzalta |
| 26 | MF | MEX | Ervín Alejandro Trejo |
| 27 | GK | MEX | Ernesto Sánchez |
| 28 | FW | MEX | Arturo Tapia |
| 29 | MF | MEX | Juan José Calderón |
| 30 | GK | USA | Josúe González |

### Regular season

Win  Draw  Loss

#### Final phase

Toluca advanced 5–2 on aggregate
Toluca advanced 3–2 on aggregate
Tijuana won 4–1 on aggregate

### Results
#### Results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
Last updated: 11 November 2012. Source: Apertura 2012 results

#### Results 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 | H | A | A | H | A | H | A |
| Result | W | W | W | W | W | D | D | L | W | W | W | L | D | W | L | D | W |
| Position | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 1 |

## Copa MX
### Group stage

Win  Draw  Loss

#### Apertura results
### Goalscorers

| Position | Name | Goals scored |
| 1. | Édgar Benítez | 6 |
| 2. | Héctor Acosta | 1 |
| 2. | Edy Germán Brambila | 1 |
| 2. | Carlos Esquivel | 1 |
| 2. | Sinha | 1 |
| 2. | Francisco Pizano | 1 |
| TOTAL | | 11 |

### Results
#### Results by round

| Round | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 |
| Ground | H | A | A | H | A | H |
| Result | L | D | W | W | L | W |
| Position | 4 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 1 |

## Torneo Clausura
### Squad

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 1 | GK | MEX | Alfredo Talavera |
| 2 | DF | ARG | Diego Novaretti |
| 3 | DF | MEX | Fausto Pinto |
| 4 | DF | MEX | Francisco Gamboa |
| 5 | MF | BRA | Wilson Mathías |
| 6 | MF | MEX | Carlos Gerardo Rodríguez |
| 7 | DF | MEX | Marvin Cabrera |
| 8 | MF | BRA | Lucas Silva |
| 9 | FW | MEX | Juan Carlos Cacho |
| 10 | MF | MEX | Sinha (Captain) |
| 11 | FW | MEX | Carlos Esquivel |
| 12 | GK | MEX | Miguel Ángel Centeno |
| 13 | DF | MEX | Héctor Acosta |
| 14 | DF | MEX | Édgar Dueñas |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 15 | MF | MEX | Antonio Ríos |
| 16 | DF | MEX | Carlos Alberto Galeana |
| 17 | FW | MEX | Arturo Tapia |
| 18 | MF | MEX | Xavier Baez |
| 19 | FW | MEX | Edy Germán Brambila |
| 20 | FW | MEX | Flavio Santos |
| 21 | MF | MEX | Gabriel Velasco |
| 23 | FW | PAR | Édgar Benítez |
| 24 | GK | MEX | Sergio Arturo Pérez |
| 26 | MF | MEX | Erbín Trejo |
| 28 | MF | MEX | Renato Román |
| 29 | FW | PAN | Luis Tejada |
| 30 | GK | MEX | Ernesto Sánchez |

### Regular season

Win  Draw  Loss

#### Clausura 2013 results

Toluca did not qualify to the Final Phase

### Goalscorers

| Position | Name | Goals scored |
| 1. | Lucas Silva | 5 |
| 2. | Carlos Gerardo Rodríguez | 2 |
| 3. | Édgar Benítez | 1 |
| 3. | Juan Carlos Cacho | 1 |
| 3. | Édgar Dueñas | 1 |
| 3. | Wilson Mathías | 1 |
| 3. | Diego Novaretti | 1 |
| 3. | Flavio Santos | 1 |
| 3. | Luis Tejada | 1 |
| TOTAL | | 14 |

### Results
#### Results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
Last updated: 5 May 2013. Source: Clausura 2013 results

#### Results 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 | A | H | H | A | H | A | H |
| Result | D | D | W | L | L | L | D | W | W | L | L | W | W | L | L | L | L |
| Position | 13 | 10 | 6 | 9 | 12 | 15 | 15 | 13 | 11 | 13 | 14 | 12 | 10 | 10 | 12 | 12 | 13 |

## Copa Libertadores
### Group 1

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | NAC | BOC | TOL | BAR |
| 1 | Nacional | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 6 | +4 | 10 | | 0–1 | 4–0 | 2–2 |
| 2 | Boca Juniors | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 9 | 0–1 | | 1–2 | 1–0 |
| 3 | Toluca | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 11 | −3 | 8 | 2–3 | 3–2 | | 1–1 |
| 4 | Barcelona | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 6 | −1 | 6 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 0–0 | |

### Second stage

Win  Draw  Loss

#### Copa Libertadores results
### Goalscorers

| Position | Name | Goals scored |
| 1. | Édgar Benítez | 3 |
| 2. | Flavio Santos | 2 |
| 2. | Luis Tejada | 2 |
| 4. | Carlos Esquivel | 1 |
| TOTAL | | 8 |

### Results
#### Results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
Last updated: 2 May 2013. Source: Copa Libertadores results

#### Results by round

| Round | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 |
| Ground | A | H | H | A | H | A |
| Result | W | L | D | D | L | W |
| Position | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 3 |