Mexican professional football club From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Club León, (simply known as León) is a Mexican professional football club based in the city of León, in the state of Guanajuato, Mexico.
Full name | Club León | |||
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Nickname(s) | Los Panzas Verdes (The Green Bellies) La Fiera (The Beast) El León (The Lion) Los Esmeraldas (The Emeralds) | |||
Founded | August 20, 1944 | |||
Ground | Estadio León León, Guanajuato, Mexico | |||
Capacity | 33,943.[1] | |||
Owner | Grupo Pachuca Grupo Carso | |||
Chairman | Jesús Martínez Murguia | |||
Manager | Gustavo Matosas | |||
League | Liga MX | |||
Apertura 2019 | 2nd (QF) | |||
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The club was founded in 1944.[2] León won the Primera División title seven times: in 1948, 1949, 1952, 1956, 1992, Apertura 2013 and most recently Clausura 2014. They became the first Mexican "Campeonísimo" (winner of the League and the Copa México in the same year) in 1949. In 1993 León was the CONCACAF Champions' Cup runner-up, losing the to the Costa Rican team Deportivo Saprissa.
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