# 2018–19 Deportivo Toluca F.C. season

The 2018–19 Deportivo Toluca F.C. season was the 102nd season in the football club's history and the 66th consecutive season in the top flight of Mexican football.

## Coaching staff

| Position | Name |
| Head coach | Hernán Cristante |
| Assistant coaches | Oscar Velázquez |
| Assistant coaches | Ernesto Corti |
| Assistant coaches | Pablo Morant |
| Fitness coaches | Mariano Filippi |
| Fitness coaches | Osvaldo Scansetti |
| Kinesiologists | Mariano Morand |
| Kinesiologists | Raúl Curiel |
| Masseurs | Adrián Sánchez |
| Masseurs | Alfredo Morales |
| Doctors | José Serrano |
| Doctors | Rodrigo López |

## Players
### Squad information

| No. | Pos. | Name | Date of birth (Age) | Signed in | Previous club |
| Goalkeepers |||||||
| 1 | GK | Alfredo Talavera (VC) | (1986-09-18)18 September 1986 (aged 31) | 2009 | Guadalajara |
| 12 | GK | Ramón Pasquel | (1996-06-22)22 June 1996 (aged 22) | 2017 | Youth System |
| 22 | GK | Luis Manuel García | (1992-12-31)31 December 1992 (aged 25) | 2016 | Querétaro |
| Defenders |||||||
| 2 | DF | Fernando Tobio | (1989-10-18)18 October 1989 (aged 28) | 2018 | Palmeiras |
| 3 | DF | Santiago García | (1988-07-08)8 July 1988 (aged 29) | 2017 | Werder Bremen |
| 4 | DF | Osvaldo González | (1984-08-10)10 August 1984 (aged 33) | 2016 | Universidad de Chile |
| 13 | DF | Héctor Acosta | (1991-11-24)24 November 1991 (aged 26) | 2018 | Atlético San Luis |
| 17 | DF | Richard Ruíz | (1986-01-14)14 January 1986 (aged 32) | 2018 | Veracruz |
| 29 | DF | Rodrigo Salinas | (1988-05-09)9 May 1988 (aged 30) | 2017 (Winter) | Tijuana |
| 33 | DF | Jonatan Maidana | (1985-07-29)29 July 1985 (aged 32) | 2019 (Winter) | River Plate |
| 84 | DF | Adrián Mora | (1997-08-15)15 August 1997 (aged 20) | 2018 | Youth System |
| Midfielders |||||||
| 8 | MF | William da Silva | (1986-11-20)20 November 1986 (aged 31) | 2018 | América |
| 10 | MF | Leonel López | (1994-05-24)24 May 1994 (aged 24) | 2019 (Winter) | León |
| 15 | MF | Antonio Ríos (Captain) | (1988-10-24)24 October 1988 (aged 29) | 2008 | Youth System |
| 16 | MF | Adolfo Domínguez | (1991-02-10)10 February 1991 (aged 27) | 2018 | Tapachula |
| 19 | MF | Felipe Pardo | (1990-08-17)17 August 1990 (aged 27) | 2019 (Winter) | Olympiacos |
| 20 | MF | Federico Mancuello | (1989-03-26)26 March 1989 (aged 29) | 2019 (Winter) | Cruzeiro |
| 24 | MF | Pablo Barrientos | (1985-01-17)17 January 1985 (aged 33) | 2016 (Winter) | San Lorenzo |
| 30 | MF | Alan Medina | (1997-08-19)19 August 1997 (aged 20) | 2017 | Youth System |
| Forwards |||||||
| 7 | FW | Luis Ángel Mendoza | (1990-02-03)3 February 1990 (aged 28) | 2018 | Tijuana |
| 9 | FW | Emmanuel Gigliotti | (1987-05-20)20 May 1987 (aged 31) | 2019 (Winter) | Independiente |
| 11 | FW | Carlos Esquivel | (1982-04-10)10 April 1982 (aged 36) | 2019 | Veracruz |
| 21 | FW | Enrique Triverio | (1988-12-31)31 December 1988 (aged 29) | 2018 | Racing |
| 25 | FW | Alexis Canelo | (1992-02-23)23 February 1992 (aged 26) | 2017 (Winter) | Puebla |
| 31 | FW | Brian Rubio | (1996-11-09)9 November 1996 (aged 21) | 2019 (Winter) | Youth System |
| 289 | FW | Diego Abella | (1998-10-22)22 October 1998 (aged 19) | 2019 (Winter) | Youth System |
Players and squad numbers last updated on 13 January 2019. Note: Flags indicate national team as has been defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

## Transfers
### In

| N | Pos. | Name | Age | Moving from | Type | Transfer window | Source |
| 2 | DF | Fernando Tobio | 34 | Rosario Central | Transfer | Summer | Marca |
| 7 | MF | Luis Ángel Mendoza | 34 | Tijuana | Loan | Summer | |
| 8 | MF | William da Silva | 37 | América | Transfer | Summer | Mediotiempo.com |
| 11 | FW | Amaury Escoto | 31 | BUAP | Loan | Summer | |
| 13 | DF | Héctor Acosta | 32 | Atlético San Luis | End of Loan | Summer | |
| 16 | MF | Adolfo Domínguez | 33 | Tapachula | Loan | Summer | |
| 17 | DF | Richard Ruíz | 38 | Veracruz | Transfer | Summer | |
| 20 | FW | Marcelo Cabrera | 32 | Argentinos Juniors | Transfer | Summer | |
| 21 | FW | Enrique Triverio | 35 | Racing | Transfer | Summer | |
| 9 | FW | Emmanuel Gigliotti | 37 | Independiente | Transfer | Winter | |
| 10 | MF | Leonel López | 30 | León | End of Loan | Winter | |
| 11 | MF | Carlos Esquivel | 42 | Veracruz | End of Loan | Winter | |
| 19 | MF | Felipe Pardo | 34 | Olympiacos | Transfer | Winter | |
| 20 | MF | Federico Mancuello | 35 | Cruzeiro | Transfer | Winter | |
| 33 | DF | Jonathan Maidana | 39 | River Plate | Transfer | Winter | |

### Out

| N | Pos. | Name | Age | Moving to | Type | Transfer window | Source |
| 4 | DF | Maximiliano Perg | 33 | Unattached | Released | Summer | Mediotiempo.com |
| 6 | DF | Óscar Rojas | 36 | Unattached | Released | Summer | |
| 7 | FW | Gabriel Hauche | 37 | Millonarios | Loan Return | Summer | Mediotiempo.com |
| 10 | MF | Ángel Reyna | 40 | Celaya | Loan Return | Summer | Récord |
| 13 | DF | Aldo Benítez | 28 | Unión Adarve | Transfer | Summer | |
| 16 | GK | Miguel Centeno | 35 | Unattached | Released | Summer | |
| 17 | MF | Leonel López | 30 | León | Loan Return | Summer | |
| 20 | FW | Fernando Uribe | 36 | Flamengo | Transfer | Summer | |
| 27 | DF | Fabián Monilla | 26 | Malleco Unido | Loan Return | Summer | |
| 28 | DF | Jorge Sartiaguin | 31 | Atlante | Loan | Summer | |
| 31 | FW | Martín Abundis | 28 | Celaya | Loan | Summer | |
| 32 | MF | Iván Zamora | 28 | Atlante | Loan | Summer | |
| 34 | DF | Andy García | 29 | Real Zamora | Loan | Summer | |
| 87 | MF | Michel Navarro | 29 | Real Zamora | Loan | Summer | |
| 9 | FW | Alexis Vega | 26 | Guadalajara | Transfer | Winter | Récord |
| 14 | MF | Rubens Sambueza | 40 | León | Transfer | Winter | |
| 23 | MF | Luis Quiñones | 33 | UANL | Loan Return | Winter | |
| 26 | DF | Cristian Borja | 31 | Sporting CP | Transfer | Winter | |

## 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 | 22 July 2018 | 2 December 2018 | Matchday 1 | 7th | 19 | 8 | 3 | 8 | 31 | 27 | +4 | 042.11 |
| Apertura Copa MX | 1 August 2018 | 5 September 2018 | Group stage | Group stage | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 7 | −2 | 025.00 |
| Torneo Clausura | 4 January 2019 | | Matchday 1 | | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 9 | −3 | 028.57 |
| CONCACAF Champions League | | | Round of 16 | | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +0 | !— |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 30 | 11 | 5 | 14 | 42 | 43 | −1 | 036.67 |
Last updated: 17 February 2019 Source: Mediotiempo.com

### Torneo Apertura
#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 5 | Monterrey | 17 | 9 | 3 | 5 | 25 | 19 | +6 | 30 | Advance to Liguilla |
| 6 | UANL | 17 | 8 | 5 | 4 | 32 | 18 | +14 | 29 | Advance to Liguilla |
| 7 | Toluca | 17 | 8 | 2 | 7 | 27 | 22 | +5 | 26 | Advance to Liguilla |
| 8 | Querétaro | 17 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 19 | 20 | −1 | 26 | Advance to Liguilla |
| 9 | Morelia | 17 | 7 | 4 | 6 | 23 | 26 | −3 | 25 | |
* ↑ The first 8 places in the table qualified for the Liguilla. The last ranked team in the relegation table could qualify for the Liguilla in the Apertura tournament.

#### Results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
Last updated: 26 November 2018. Source: LigaMX

#### 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 | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A |
| Result | W | D | L | W | W | L | L | W | W | W | L | W | L | W | D | L | L |
| Position | 4 | 7 | 8 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 7 |

#### Matches
##### Liguilla
###### Quarter-finals
### Apertura Copa MX
#### Group stage

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Tijuana | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 2 | +3 | 7 | Advance to knockout stage |
| 2 | Juárez | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 7 | −1 | 5 | Advance to knockout stage |
| 3 | Toluca | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 7 | −2 | 4 | |

### Torneo Clausura
#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 7 | Pachuca | 17 | 8 | 4 | 5 | 32 | 26 | +6 | 28 | Advance to Liguilla |
| 8 | Tijuana | 17 | 9 | 1 | 7 | 25 | 20 | +5 | 28 | Advance to Liguilla |
| 9 | Toluca | 17 | 7 | 4 | 6 | 28 | 23 | +5 | 25 | |
| 10 | Puebla | 17 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 18 | 21 | −3 | 24 | |
| 11 | Santos Laguna | 17 | 6 | 4 | 7 | 21 | 23 | −2 | 22 | |
* ↑ The first 8 places in the table qualified for the Liguilla.

#### Results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
Last updated: 4 February 2019. Source: LigaMX

#### 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 | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H |
| Result | W | W | L | L | L | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Position | 2 | 1 | 4 | 9 | 12 | | | | | | | | | | | | |

#### Matches
### CONCACAF Champions League
#### Round of 16
## Statistics
### Squad statistics

| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Total | Total | Apertura | Apertura | Apertura Copa MX | Apertura Copa MX | Clausura | Clausura | Concacaf CL | Concacaf CL |
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| 1 | GK | | Alfredo Talavera | 21 | 0 | 13 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | DF | | Fernando Tobio | 19 | 1 | 15 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | DF | | Santiago García | 17 | 1 | 10 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | DF | | Osvaldo González | 23 | 2 | 16 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 7 | FW | | Luis Ángel Mendoza | 28 | 4 | 18 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 8 | MF | | William da Silva | 26 | 3 | 18 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 9 | FW | | Emmanuel Gigliotti | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 10 | MF | | Leonel López | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 11 | FW | | Carlos Esquivel | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 13 | DF | | Héctor Acosta | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 15 | MF | | Antonio Ríos | 26 | 1 | 18 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 16 | MF | | Adolfo Domínguez | 15 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 17 | DF | | Richard Ruíz | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 19 | FW | | Felipe Pardo | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 20 | MF | | Federico Mancuello | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 21 | FW | | Enrique Triverio | 19 | 5 | 12 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 22 | GK | | Luis Manuel García | 10 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 23 | MF | | Luis Enrique Quiñones | 19 | 3 | 18 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 24 | MF | | Pablo Barrientos | 14 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 25 | FW | | Alexis Canelo | 17 | 3 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 29 | DF | | Rodrigo Salinas | 25 | 2 | 19 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 30 | MF | | Alan Medina | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 33 | DF | | Jonatan Maidana | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 82 | DF | | Eduardo García | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 84 | DF | | Adrián Mora | 8 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 85 | DF | | Diego Gallegos | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 289 | FW | | Diego Abella | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 290 | FW | | Giovanny León | 5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 295 | MF | | Kevin Castañeda | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 306 | MF | | Iván Acero | 6 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Players that left the club during the season ||||||||||||||
| 9 | FW | | Alexis Vega | 22 | 6 | 19 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 11 | FW | | Amaury Escoto | 11 | 2 | 8 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 14 | MF | | Rubens Sambueza | 12 | 5 | 12 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 20 | FW | | Marcelo Cabrera | 9 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 26 | DF | | Cristian Borja | 19 | 0 | 17 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 33 | DF | | Carlos Calvo | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Last updated: 17 February 2019 Source: LigaMX

### Goals

    As of 17 February 2019
| Rank | Player | Position | Apertura | Ap. Copa MX | Clausura | Concacaf CL | Total |
| 1 | Alexis Vega | FW | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| 2 | Rubens Sambueza | FW | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| 2 | Enrique Triverio | FW | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 5 |
| 4 | Luis Ángel Mendoza | FW | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| 5 | Alexis Canelo | FW | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| 5 | William da Silva | MF | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 5 | Adrián Mora | DF | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| 5 | Luis Quiñones | MF | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 8 | Osvaldo González | DF | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 8 | Amaury Escoto | FW | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 8 | Rodrigo Salinas | DF | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 12 | Kevin Castañeda | MF | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 12 | Santiago García | DF | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 12 | Antonio Ríos | MF | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 12 | Fernando Tobio | DF | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Total | Total | Total | 31 | 5 | 6 | 0 | 42 |

### Hat-tricks

    As of 22 January 2019
| Player | Against | Result | Date | Competition |
| Enrique Triverio | Morelia | 3–1 (A) | 4 January 2019 | Liga MX |

### Clean sheets

    As of 28 January 2019
| Rank | Name | Apertura | Apertura Copa MX | Clausura | Concacaf CL | Total |
| 1 | Alfredo Talavera | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| 2 | Luis Manuel García | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Total | Total | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 |

### Disciplinary record

| N | P | Name | Apertura | Apertura | Apertura | Apertura Copa MX | Apertura Copa MX | Clausura | Clausura | Clausura | Total | Total | Total |
| 14 | MF | Rubens Sambueza | 3 | | 2 | | | | | | 3 | | 2 |
| 29 | DF | Rodrigo Salinas | 7 | | 1 | | | 2 | | | 9 | | 1 |
| 4 | DF | Osvaldo González | 7 | | | | 1 | | | | 7 | | 1 |
| 23 | MF | Luis Quiñones | 7 | | | | 1 | | | | 7 | | 1 |
| 8 | MF | William da Silva | 3 | | 1 | | | 4 | | | 7 | | 1 |
| 2 | DF | Fernando Tobio | 3 | | | | | | | 1 | 3 | | 1 |
| 1 | GK | Alfredo Talavera | 2 | | 1 | | | | | | 2 | | 1 |
| 21 | FW | Enrique Triverio | 3 | 1 | | 1 | | | | | 4 | 1 | |
| 3 | DF | Santiago García | 6 | | | 1 | | 2 | | | 9 | | |
| 24 | MF | Pablo Barrientos | 5 | | | | | | | | 5 | | |
| 15 | MF | Antonio Ríos | 2 | | | | | 1 | 1 | | 3 | 1 | |
| 16 | MF | Adolfo Domínguez | 2 | | | 1 | | | | | 3 | | |
| 26 | DF | Cristian Borja | 3 | | | | | | | | 3 | | |
| 19 | MF | Felipe Pardo | | | | | | 3 | | | 3 | | |
| 9 | FW | Alexis Vega | 2 | | | | | | | | 2 | | |
| 33 | DF | Carlos Calvo | | | | 1 | | | | | 1 | | |
| 295 | MF | Kevin Castañeda | | | | 1 | | | | | 1 | | |
| 84 | DF | Adrián Mora | | | | 1 | | | | | 1 | | |
| 306 | MF | Iván Acero | | | | 1 | | | | | 1 | | |
| 22 | GK | Luis Manuel García | 1 | | | | | | | | 1 | | |
| 7 | FW | Luis Ángel Mendoza | 1 | | | | | | | | 1 | | |
| 17 | FW | Richard Ruíz | | | | | | 1 | | | 1 | | |
| 289 | FW | Diego Abella | | | | | | 1 | | | 1 | | |
| 9 | FW | Emmanuel Gigliotti | | | | | | 1 | | | 1 | | |
| 33 | DF | Jonatan Maidana | | | | | | 1 | | | 1 | | |
Last updated: 17 February 2019 Source: LigaMX Ordered by , and = Number of bookings; = Number of sending offs after a second yellow card; = Number of sending offs by a direct red card.

### Attendance

Toluca's home attendance per round. Estadio Nemesio Díez has a capacity of 31,000 spectators.
Torneo Apertura :
| Rnd | Rival | Attendance | Percentage |
| 1 | Morelia | 16,703 | 53.9% |
| 3 | Guadalajara | 22,226 | 71.7% |
| 5 | Tijuana | 15,419 | 49.8% |
| 7 | León | 16,698 | 53.9% |
| 8 | Santos Laguna | 15,621 | 50.4% |
| 10 | Necaxa | 15,705 | 50.7% |
| 12 | Pachuca | 16,383 | 52.8% |
| 14 | Querétaro | 15,308 | 49.4% |
| 16 | UNAM | 30,000 | 96.8% |
| QF | América | 26,031 | 84% |
| Total | Total | 190,094 | 190,094 |
Apertura Copa MX :
| Rnd | Rival | Attendance | Percentage |
| 1 | Juárez | 17,272 | 55.7% |
| 4 | Tijuana | 7,845 | 25.3% |
| Total | Total | 25,117 | 25,117 |
Torneo Clausura :
| Rnd | Rival | Attendance | Percentage |
| 2 | Puebla | 12,242 | 39.5% |
| 4 | UANL | 20,412 | 79.3% |
| 6 | Cruz Azul | 19,221 | 74.7% |