Club León
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Club León, (simply kent as León) is a Mexican professional fitbaw club based in the ceety o León, in the state o Guanajuato, Mexico that plays in the top-tier league Liga MX.
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Full name | Club León F.C. | |||
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Nickname(s) | Los Panzas Verdes (The Green Bellies) La Fiera (The Beast) El León (The Lion) Los Esmeraldas (The Emeralds) | |||
Foondit | 20 August 1944 | |||
Ground | Estadio León León, Guanajuato, Mexico | |||
Ground Capacity | 33,943[1] | |||
Awner | Grupo Pachuca Grupo Carso | |||
Chairman | Jesús Martínez Murguia | |||
Manager | Juan Antonio Pizzi | |||
League | Liga MX | |||
Clausura 2014 | Champion (8t in General Table) | |||
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León haes wan the Primera División title seiven times, in 1948, 1949, 1952, 1956, 1992, Apertura 2013 an Clausura 2014. They became the first Mexican "Campeonísimo" (winner o the League an the México Cup in the same year) in 1949. In 1993 León wis the CONCACAF Champions' Cup runner-up, luisin the feenal match against Deportivo Saprissa, o Costa Rica, in ane o the greatest upsets amang the defeats in the club's history.
León is rankit 29t in the IFFHS Central an North Americae's best clubs o the 20t century.[2]