Club León

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.

León

Full name	Club León F.C.
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)
Hame colours Awey colours Third colours

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]

Honours

Domestic

• Primera División (7): 1947-48, 1948–49, 1951–52, 1955–56, 1991–92, Apertura 2013, Clausura 2014
• Segunda División de México/Primera división 'A' mexicana/Liga de Ascenso de México (5): Temporada 1989/1990, Clausura 2003, Clausura 2004, Clausura 2008, Clausura 2012
• Campeón de Ascenso (2): Final de Ascenso 1989/1990, Final de Ascenso 2011/2012
• Copa México (5): 1948-49, 1957–58, 1966–67, 1970–71, 1971–72
• Campeón de Campeones (4): 1947/1948, 1955/1956, 1970/1971, 1971/1972

References

1. "www.clubleon-fc.com". Archived frae the original on 27 Juin 2008. Retrieved 15 Januar 2014.
2. "Central and North America's club of the Century". International Federation of Football History & Statistics. Retrieved 8 October 2009.

Full list published by IFFHS on 8 October 2009

Freemit airtins

• Offeecial wabsteid (in Spaingie)