2005–06 Deportivo Toluca F.C. season

Toluca
2005–06 season
Chairman	Rafael Lebrija
Manager	Américo Gallego
Stadium	Estadio Nemesio Díez
Apertura	Winners (5th)
Clausura	Semifinals (6th)
CONCACAF Champions' Cup	Runners-up
Top goalscorer	League: ; Vicente Sánchez; Israel López; (10 goals); All: ; Vicente Sánchez; Carlos Esquivel; (11 goals)
Biggest win	Monterrey 0–3 Toluca; (18 December 2005)
Biggest defeat	Santos Laguna 4–1 Toluca; (20 November 2005)
Home colours	Away colours

The 2005–06 season was Toluca's 88th season in existence and their 53rd consecutive season in the top flight of Mexican football. The club participated in the Apertura and Torneo Clausura tournaments of the Mexican Primera División and in the 2006 CONCACAF Champions' Cup.

Toluca won the Torneo Apertura after defeating Monterrey on the final, but failed to achieve the championship for the Torneo Clausura after being eliminated by San Luis in the semifinals.^[1] Internationally, Toluca were runners-up of the CONCACAF Champions' Cup, losing in the final against América.^[2]

This season was also Toluca's first season under Argentine Américo Gallego as manager, who achieved to win the Mexican Primera División title in his first season with the club.^[3]

Coaching staff

Position	Name
Manager	Américo Gallego
Assistant coach	Ángel Bernuncio
Fitness coach	Jorge Fleitas
Doctors	José Luis Serrano
Doctors	Rodrigo López
Masseur	Juan Martínez

Players

Apertura

No.	Pos.	Name	Date of birth (Age)	Since
1	GK	Hernán Cristante	(1969-09-16)16 September 1969 (aged 35)	1993
2	DF	Mario Méndez	(1979-06-01)1 June 1979 (aged 26)	2004
3	DF	Paulo da Silva (Captain)	(1980-02-01)1 February 1980 (aged 25)	2003
4	MF	Ariel Rosada	(1978-04-11)11 April 1978 (aged 27)	2005
5	MF	Israel López (Vice-captain)	(1974-09-29)29 September 1974 (aged 30)	2002
6	DF	Manuel de la Torre	(1980-06-13)13 June 1980 (aged 25)	2004
7	MF	Rodrigo Díaz	(1981-08-28)28 August 1981 (aged 23)	2005
8	MF	Erik Espinosa	(1980-01-13)13 January 1980 (aged 25)	2000
9	FW	Pablo Granoche	(1983-09-05)5 September 1983 (aged 21)	2005
10	MF	Sinha	(1976-05-23)23 May 1976 (aged 29)	1999
11	FW	Vicente Sánchez	(1979-12-07)7 December 1979 (aged 25)	2001
12	GK	César Lozano	(1977-05-31)31 May 1977 (aged 28)	2004
13	DF	Miguel Almazán	(1982-05-06)6 May 1982 (aged 23)	2002
14	DF	Édgar Dueñas	(1983-03-05)5 March 1983 (aged 22)	2004
15	MF	Josué Castillejos	(1981-04-14)14 April 1981 (aged 24)	2002
16	MF	Sergio Amaury Ponce	(1981-08-13)13 August 1981 (aged 23)	2001
17	DF	Hassan Viades	(1978-01-10)10 January 1978 (aged 27)	1999
19	FW	Uzziel Lozano	(1981-11-27)27 November 1981 (aged 23)	2000
22	DF	Juan Carlos Núñez	(1983-04-18)18 April 1983 (aged 22)	2004
23	FW	José Manuel Abundis	(1973-06-11)11 June 1973 (aged 32)	2004
24	DF	José Manuel Cruzalta	(1978-04-08)8 April 1978 (aged 27)	2001
25	DF	Edgar García	(1980-05-24)24 May 1980 (aged 25)	2005
29	MF	Carlos Esquivel	(1982-04-10)10 April 1982 (aged 23)	2005
30	DF	Adalberto Palma	(1981-02-03)3 February 1981 (aged 24)	2005
43	FW	Ismael Valadez	(1985-09-14)14 September 1985 (aged 19)	2004
51	DF	Francisco Gamboa	(1985-07-20)20 July 1985 (aged 20)	2005

Note: Flags indicate national team as has been defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
Ordered by squad number.

Clausura

No.	Pos.	Name	Date of birth (Age)	Since
1	GK	Hernán Cristante	(1969-09-16)16 September 1969 (aged 36)	1993
3	DF	Paulo da Silva (Captain)	(1980-02-01)1 February 1980 (aged 25)	2003
4	MF	Ariel Rosada	(1978-04-11)11 April 1978 (aged 27)	2005
5	MF	Israel López	(1974-09-29)29 September 1974 (aged 31)	2002
6	DF	Manuel de la Torre	(1980-06-13)13 June 1980 (aged 25)	2004
7	MF	Rodrigo Díaz	(1981-08-28)28 August 1981 (aged 24)	2005
8	MF	Erik Espinosa	(1980-01-13)13 January 1980 (aged 26)	2000
10	MF	Sinha	(1976-05-23)23 May 1976 (aged 29)	1999
11	FW	Vicente Sánchez	(1979-12-07)7 December 1979 (aged 26)	2001
12	GK	César Lozano	(1977-05-31)31 May 1977 (aged 28)	2004
13	DF	Miguel Almazán	(1982-05-06)6 May 1982 (aged 23)	2002
14	DF	Édgar Dueñas	(1983-03-05)5 March 1983 (aged 22)	2004
15	MF	Josué Castillejos	(1981-04-14)14 April 1981 (aged 24)	2002
16	MF	Sergio Amaury Ponce	(1981-08-13)13 August 1981 (aged 24)	2001
17	DF	Hassan Viades	(1978-01-10)10 January 1978 (aged 28)	1999
19	FW	Uzziel Lozano	(1981-11-27)27 November 1981 (aged 24)	2000
21	MF	Diego de la Torre	(1984-02-05)5 February 1984 (aged 21)	2004
22	DF	Juan Carlos Núñez	(1983-04-18)18 April 1983 (aged 22)	2004
23	FW	José Manuel Abundis	(1973-06-11)11 June 1973 (aged 32)	2004
24	DF	José Manuel Cruzalta	(1978-04-08)8 April 1978 (aged 27)	2001
25	DF	Edgar García	(1980-05-24)24 May 1980 (aged 25)	2005
29	FW	Carlos Esquivel	(1982-04-10)10 April 1982 (aged 23)	2005
36	MF	Jorge Oropeza	(1983-05-04)4 May 1983 (aged 22)	2006
37	FW	Iván Castillejos	(1984-07-24)24 July 1984 (aged 21)	2006
43	FW	Ismael Valadez	(1985-09-14)14 September 1985 (aged 20)	2004
51	DF	Francisco Gamboa	(1985-07-20)20 July 1985 (aged 20)	2005

Note: Flags indicate national team as has been defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
Ordered by squad number.

Transfers

In

No.	Pos.	Player	Moving from	Type	Transfer window	Ref.
4	MF	Ariel Rosada	Newell's Old Boys	Transfer	Summer	^[4]
7	MF	Rodrigo Díaz	Lanús	Transfer	Summer	^[4]
9	FW	Pablo Granoche	Miramar Misiones	Transfer	Summer	^[4]
29	MF	Carlos Esquivel	Atlético Mexiquense	Promoted	Summer
30	DF	Adalberto Palma	Atlante	Transfer	Summer	^[4]

Out

No.	Pos.	Player	Moving to	Type	Transfer window	Ref.
9	FW	José Cardozo	San Lorenzo	Transfer	Summer	^[5]
2	DF	Mario Méndez	Monterrey	Transfer	Winter	^[6]
9	FW	Pablo Granoche	Veracruz	Transfer	Winter	^[7]
30	DF	Adalberto Palma	Atlético Mexiquense	Transfer	Winter

Competitions

Overview

Competition	First match	Last match	Starting round	Final position	Record
Competition	First match	Last match	Starting round	Final position	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win %
Apertura	30 July 2005	18 December 2005	Matchday 1	Winners	23	12	6	5	36	25	+11	052.17
Clausura	21 January 2006	13 May 2006	Matchday 1	Semifinals (6th)	21	8	4	9	27	25	+2	038.10
CONCACAF Champions' Cup	22 February 2006	19 April 2006	Quarterfinals	Runner-ups	6	3	1	2	9	6	+3	050.00
Total					50	23	11	16	72	56	+16	046.00

Source: Mediotiempo.com

Torneo Apertura

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
3	Necaxa	17	9	4	4	35	31	+4	31	Automatically qualified for the Liguilla (Playoffs)
4	Cruz Azul	17	9	3	5	34	20	+14	30
5	Toluca	17	9	3	5	27	21	+6	30
6	Pachuca	17	7	7	3	26	18	+8	28
7	UAG	17	7	3	7	27	28	−1	24	Qualified for Liguilla (Playoffs) on a points basis

Source: MedioTiempo

Matches

30 July 2005 (2005-07-30) 1	Necaxa	0–0	Toluca	Aguascalientes City, Aguascalientes
20:00		Report		Stadium: Estadio Victoria Attendance: 20,000

6 August 2005 (2005-08-06) 2	Toluca	2–1	San Luis	Toluca, State of Mexico
15:00	Díaz 30' Granoche 89'	Report	Giménez 54'	Stadium: Estadio Nemesio Díez Referee: Paul Delgadillo

13 August 2005 (2005-08-13) 3	Veracruz	2–3	Toluca	Boca del Río, Veracruz
19:00	Biscayzacú 6' Mora 86'	Report	de la Torre 33' Abundis 53' Esquivel 79'	Stadium: Estadio Luis "Pirata" Fuente Referee: Marco Antonio Rodríguez

20 August 2005 (2005-08-20) 4	Toluca	2–1	Cruz Azul	Toluca, State of Mexico
15:00	Abundis 30' Sánchez 80'	Report	Restrepo 87'	Stadium: Estadio Nemesio Díez Referee: Adolfo Aquino

24 August 2005 (2005-08-24) 5	Monterrey	2–1	Toluca	Monterrey, Nuevo León
21:00	Baloy 1', 10'	Report	Abundis 29'	Stadium: Estadio Tecnológico Referee: Gilberto Alcalá

27 August 2005 (2005-08-27) 6	Toluca	1–1	Pachuca	Toluca, State of Mexico
15:00	Sánchez 47'	Report	Cacho 63'	Stadium: Estadio Nemesio Díez Referee: Germán Arredondo

10 September 2005 (2005-09-10) 7	Morelia	3–1	Toluca	Morelia, Michoacán
19:00	Álvarez 41' Trujillo 44' Rey 74'	Report	López 54'	Stadium: Estadio Morelos Referee: José Abramo Lira

17 September 2005 (2005-09-17) 8	Toluca	2–1	Atlas	Toluca, State of Mexico
15:00	López 28' Fuentes 67' (o.g.)	Report	Macedo 29'	Stadium: Estadio Nemesio Díez Referee: Francisco Chacón

25 September 2005 (2005-09-25) 9	UAG	1–2	Toluca	Zapopan, Jalisco
16:00	Pinto 83'	Report	Valadez 36' López 85'	Stadium: Estadio Tres de Marzo Referee: José Gabriel Gómez

28 September 2005 (2005-09-28) 10	Toluca	0–1	América	Toluca, State of Mexico
15:00		Report	Kléber 40'	Stadium: Estadio Nemesio Díez Referee: Germán Arredondo

1 October 2005 (2005-10-01) 11	Toluca	0–1	Chiapas	Toluca, State of Mexico
15:00		Report	Cabañas 44'	Stadium: Estadio Nemesio Díez Referee: Gilberto Alcalá

16 October 2005 (2005-10-16) 12	UNAM	0–3	Toluca	Coyoacán, Mexico City
12:00		Report	Granoche 51' Sánchez 71' de la Torre 73'	Stadium: Estadio Olímpico Universitario Referee: Manuel Glower

22 October 2005 (2005-10-22) 13	Toluca	1–0	Atlante	Toluca, State of Mexico
15:00	Díaz 63'	Report		Stadium: Estadio Nemesio Díez Referee: Hugo León Guajardo

29 October 2005 (2005-10-29) 14	UANL	1–3	Toluca	San Nicolás de los Garza, Nuevo León
19:00	Silvera 81'	Report	Sinha 11' Abundis 84' Esquivel 88'	Stadium: Estadio Universitario Referee: Adolfo Aquino

5 November 2005 (2005-11-05) 15	Toluca	2–2	Sinaloa	Toluca, State of Mexico
15:00	Sinha 31' Abundis 34'	Report	Orozco 76' Abreu 86'	Stadium: Estadio Nemesio Díez Referee: José Gabriel Gómez

20 November 2005 (2005-11-20) 16	Santos Laguna	4–1	Toluca	Torreón, Coahuila
16:00	Ruiz 21' Vuoso 24', 84', 88'	Report	Lozano 89'	Stadium: Estadio Corona Referee: José Abramo Lira

26 November 2005 (2005-11-26) 17	Toluca	3–0	Guadalajara	Toluca, State of Mexico
15:00	López 16' Díaz 70' Méndez 88'	Report		Stadium: Estadio Nemesio Díez Referee: Marco Antonio Rodríguez

Playoffs

Quarterfinals

1 December 2005 (2005-12-01) First leg	Toluca	1–0	Cruz Azul	Toluca, State of Mexico
15:00	Esquivel 62'	Report		Stadium: Estadio Nemesio Díez Referee: Gilberto Alcalá

4 December 2005 (2005-12-04) Second leg	Cruz Azul	0–0 (0–1 agg.)	Toluca	Benito Juárez, Mexico City
20:00		Report		Stadium: Estadio Azul Referee: Manuel Glower

Semifinals

8 December 2005 (2005-12-08) First leg	Pachuca	0–0	Toluca	Pachuca, Hidalgo
20:45		Report		Stadium: Estadio Hidalgo Referee: Jorge Gasso

11 December 2005 (2005-12-11) Second leg	Toluca	2–1 (2–1 agg.)	Pachuca	Toluca, State of Mexico
15:00	da Silva 10' Esquivel 42'	Report	Santana 33'	Stadium: Estadio Nemesio Díez Referee: Marco Antonio Rodríguez

Final

15 December 2005 (2005-12-15) First leg	Toluca	3–3	Monterrey	Toluca, State of Mexico
15:00	Sánchez 32' Abundis 44' Díaz 87'	Report	Pérez 2' Casartelli 8' da Silva 61' (o.g.)	Stadium: Estadio Nemesio Díez Referee: Gilberto Alcalá

4 December 2005 (2005-12-04) Second leg	Monterrey	0–3 (3–6 agg.)	Toluca	Monterrey, Nuevo León
20:00		Report	Sánchez 50', 88' Díaz 89'	Stadium: Estadio Tecnológico Referee: Marco Antonio Rodríguez

Torneo Clausura

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
4	Atlante	17	8	3	6	19	15	+4	27	Automatically qualified for the Liguilla (Playoffs)
5	San Luis	17	7	4	6	23	19	+4	25
6	Toluca	17	7	3	7	22	19	+3	24
7	Guadalajara	17	6	5	6	19	26	−7	23	Qualified for Liguilla (Playoffs) on a points basis
8	Sinaloa	17	4	10	3	24	24	0	22

Source: MedioTiempo

Matches

21 January 2006 (2006-01-21) 1	Toluca	3–1	Necaxa	Toluca, State of Mexico
15:00	de la Torre 20' Esquivel 44' Sánchez 89'	Report	Moreno 88'	Stadium: Estadio Nemesio Díez Referee: Adolfo Aquino

29 January 2006 (2006-01-29) 2	San Luis	1–3	Toluca	San Luis Potosí City, San Luis Potosí
12:00	González 66'	Report	Sánchez 38' López 56', 76'	Stadium: Estadio Alfonso Lastras Referee: José Abramo Lira

1 February 2006 (2006-02-01) 3	Toluca	2–1	Veracruz	Toluca, State of Mexico
15:00	López 8' Esquivel 50'	Report	Biscayzacú 79'	Stadium: Estadio Nemesio Díez Referee: Armando Archundia

4 February 2006 (2006-02-04) 4	Cruz Azul	2–1	Toluca	Benito Juárez, Mexico City
17:00	Fonseca 32' Pereyra 71'	Report	Esquivel 26'	Stadium: Estadio Azul Referee: Diego Camara

11 February 2006 (2006-02-11) 5	Toluca	0–1	Monterrey	Toluca, State of Mexico
15:00		Report	Peralta 68'	Stadium: Estadio Nemesio Díez Referee: Germán Arredondo

19 February 2006 (2006-02-19) 6	Pachuca	1–0	Toluca	Pachuca, Hidalgo
16:00	L. López 46'	Report		Stadium: Estadio Hidalgo Referee: Marco Antonio Rodríguez

25 February 2006 (2006-02-25) 7	Toluca	2–3	Morelia	Toluca, State of Mexico
15:00	Sinha 15' Díaz 19'	Report	Álvarez 6' Rey 39', 58'	Stadium: Estadio Nemesio Díez Referee: Jorge Gasso

4 March 2006 (2006-03-04) 8	Atlas	0–1	Toluca	Guadalajara, Jalisco
20:45		Report	López 88'	Stadium: Estadio Jalisco Referee: Armando Archundia

11 March 2006 (2006-03-11) 9	Toluca	3–1	UAG	Toluca, State of Mexico
15:00	Dueñas 13' López 16' Sánchez 38'	Report	Ludueña 30'	Stadium: Estadio Nemesio Díez Referee: Mauricio Morales

15 March 2006 (2006-03-15) 10	América	1–0	Toluca	Tlalpan, Mexico City
20:00	C. López 50'	Report		Stadium: Estadio Azteca Referee: Adolfo Aquino

18 March 2006 (2006-03-18) 11	Chiapas	2–0	Toluca	Tuxtla Gutiérrez, Chiapas
15:00	Cabañas 15' Jiménez 67'	Report		Stadium: Estadio Víctor Manuel Reyna Referee: Marco Antonio Rodríguez

26 March 2006 (2006-03-26) 12	Toluca	2–1	UNAM	Toluca, State of Mexico
12:00	Díaz 22' da Silva 75'	Report	Beltrán 56'	Stadium: Estadio Nemesio Díez Referee: José Abramo Lira

1 April 2006 (2006-04-01) 13	Atlante	0–0	Toluca	Tlalpan, Mexico City
17:00		Report		Stadium: Estadio Azteca Referee: Manuel Glower

8 April 2006 (2006-04-08) 14	Toluca	1–1	UANL	Toluca, State of Mexico
15:00	Ponce 5'	Report	Gaitán 89'	Stadium: Estadio Nemesio Díez Referee: Paul Delgadillo

15 April 2006 (2006-04-15) 15	Sinaloa	1–1	Toluca	Culiacán, Sinaloa
21:00	Abreu 55'	Report	Valadez 16'	Stadium: Estadio Carlos González y González Referee: Francisco Javier Caspeta

23 April 2006 (2006-04-23) 16	Toluca	1–2	Santos Laguna	Toluca, State of Mexico
12:00	Esquivel 2'	Report	Ruiz 81', 89'	Stadium: Estadio Nemesio Díez Referee: Marco Antonio Rodríguez

29 April 2006 (2006-04-29) 17	Guadalajara	0–2	Toluca	Guadalajara, Jalisco
19:00		Report	I. Castillejos 69', 89'	Stadium: Estadio Jalisco Referee: Hugo León Guajardo

Playoffs

Quarterfinals

3 May 2006 (2006-05-03) First leg	Toluca	2–1	Cruz Azul	Toluca, State of Mexico
15:00	Valadez 9' Sánchez 44'	Report	Villaluz 81'	Stadium: Estadio Nemesio Díez Referee: Jorge Gasso

6 May 2006 (2006-05-06) Second leg	Cruz Azul	1–1 (2–3 agg.)	Toluca	Benito Juárez, Mexico City
17:00	Sabah 90+2'	Report	Caniza 7' (o.g.)	Stadium: Estadio Azul Referee: Armando Archundia

Semifinals

10 May 2006 (2006-05-10) First leg	Toluca	1–2	San Luis	Toluca, State of Mexico
15:00	Abundis 75'	Report	Olmedo 41' Reyna 62'	Stadium: Estadio Nemesio Díez Referee: Mauricio Morales

13 May 2006 (2006-05-13) Second leg	San Luis	2–1 (4–2 agg.)	Toluca	San Luis Potosí City, San Luis Potosí
20:30	Reyna 18' Valdez 50'	Report	López 51'	Stadium: Estadio Alfonso Lastras Referee: Marco Antonio Rodríguez

CONCACAF Champions' Cup

Knockout phase

Quarterfinals

22 February 2006 (2006-02-22) First leg	Olimpia	0–2	Toluca	San Pedro Sula, Honduras
			Díaz 24' Cruzalta 90'	Stadium: Estadio Olímpico Metropolitan Referee: Brian Hall (United States)

8 March 2006 (2006-03-08) Second leg	Toluca	2–1 (4–1 agg.)	Olimpia	Toluca, Mexico
	Rosada 47' Esquivel 53'		Cárcamo 21'	Stadium: Estadio Nemesio Díez Referee: Kevin Stott (United States)

Semifinals

22 March 2006 (2006-03-22) First leg	Toluca	2–0	Saprissa	Toluca, Mexico
	Esquivel 22', 62'			Stadium: Estadio Nemesio Díez Referee: Terry Vaughn (United States)

29 March 2006 (2006-03-29) Second leg	Saprissa	3–2 (3–4 agg.)	Toluca	San José, Costa Rica
	Azofeifa 46' Saborío 58' Drummond 90'		Valadez 60' Sánchez 87'	Stadium: Estadio Ricardo Saprissa Aymá Referee: Peter Prendergast (Jamaica)

Final

12 April 2006 (2006-04-12) First leg	Toluca	0–0	América	Toluca, Mexico
		Report		Stadium: Estadio Nemesio Díez Attendance: 20,000 Referee: José Pineda (Honduras)

19 April 2006 (2006-04-19) Second leg	América	2–1 (a.e.t.) (2–1 agg.)	Toluca	Mexico City, Mexico
	Kléber 105' Davino 115'	Report	da Silva 93'	Stadium: Estadio Azteca Attendance: 35,920 Referee: Brian Hall (United States)

Statistics

Appearances and goals

No.	Pos.	Player	Total		Apertura		Clausura		Champions' Cup
No.	Pos.	Player	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
1	GK	Hernán Cristante	35	0	19	0	12	0	4	0
3	DF	Paulo da Silva	48	4	23	1	21	1	4	1
4	MF	Ariel Rosada	43	1	20	0	17	0	6	1
5	MF	Israel López	33	10	19	4	14	6	0	0
6	DF	Manuel de la Torre	47	3	23	2	20	1	4	0
7	MF	Rodrigo Díaz	42	8	20	5	16	2	6	1
8	MF	Erik Espinosa	12	0	4	0	5	0	4	0
10	MF	Sinha	28	3	21	2	7	1	0	0
11	FW	Vicente Sánchez	44	11	19	6	21	4	4	1
12	GK	César Lozano	15	0	4	0	9	0	2	0
13	DF	Miguel Almazán	23	0	8	0	10	0	5	0
14	DF	Édgar Dueñas	43	0	21	0	18	1	4	0
15	MF	Josué Castillejos	28	0	7	0	16	0	5	0
16	MF	Sergio Amaury Ponce	24	0	5	0	15	1	4	0
17	DF	Hassan Viades	5	0	0	0	4	0	1	0
19	FW	Uzziel Lozano	19	1	10	1	7	0	2	0
21	MF	Diego de la Torre	5	0	0	0	2	0	3	0
22	DF	Juan Carlos Núñez	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
23	FW	José Manuel Abundis	30	7	17	6	9	1	4	0
24	DF	José Manuel Cruzalta	29	1	11	0	12	0	6	1
25	DF	Edgar García	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
29	MF	Carlos Esquivel	43	11	17	4	21	4	5	3
36	MF	Jorge Oropeza	2	0	–	–	2	0	0	0
37	FW	Iván Castillejos	11	2	–	–	9	2	2	0
43	FW	Ismael Valadez	20	3	3	1	13	2	4	0
51	DF	Francisco Gamboa	23	0	13	0	9	0	1	0
86	MF	Salvador Reyes	2	0	–	–	2	0	0	0
?	MF	Rigoberto Esparza	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
Players that left the club during the season
2	DF	Mario Méndez	14	0	14	0	–	–	–	–
9	FW	Pablo Granoche	13	2	13	2	–	–	–	–
30	DF	Adalberto Palma	1	0	1	0	–	–	–	–

Goalscorers

Rank	Pos.	Player	Apertura	Clausura	Champions' Cup	Total^[8]
1	FW	Vicente Sánchez	6	4	1	11
1	MF	Carlos Esquivel	4	4	3	11
3	MF	Israel López	4	6	0	10
4	MF	Rodrigo Díaz	5	2	1	8
5	FW	José Manuel Abundis	6	1	0	7
6	FW	Ismael Valadez	1	2	1	4
7	DF	Paulo da Silva	1	1	1	3
	DF	Manuel de la Torre	2	1	0
	MF	Sinha	2	1	0
10	FW	Iván Castillejos	0	2	0	2
10	FW	Pablo Granoche	2	0	0	2
12	DF	José Manuel Cruzalta	0	0	1	1
	DF	Édgar Dueñas	0	1	0
	FW	Uzziel Lozano	1	0	0
	DF	Mario Méndez	1	0	0
	MF	Sergio Amaury Ponce	0	1	0
	MF	Ariel Rosada	0	0	1
Own goals			1	1	0	2
Total			36	27	9	72

Own goals

Player	Against	Result	Date	Competition
Paulo da Silva	Monterrey	3–3 (H)	15 December 2005	Primera División

References

^ "Monterrey vs. Toluca - Reporte del Partido - 18 diciembre, 2005". ESPN.com.mx (in Spanish). Notimex. 18 December 2005. Retrieved 19 June 2020.
^ "Toluca and America set up fiesta final". FIFA.com. 30 March 2006. Archived from the original on June 21, 2020. Retrieved 19 June 2020.
^ "Tolo Gallego, un viejo conocido que sabe mucho de México". Goal.com (in Spanish). 15 November 2019. Retrieved 19 June 2020.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d "Toluca concluye Pretemporada y presenta a sus refuerzos". Mediotiempo.com (in Spanish). 26 July 2005. Retrieved 19 June 2020.
^ "José Cardozo es presentado de manera oficial con San Lorenzo". Mediotiempo.com (in Spanish). 18 July 2005. Retrieved 19 June 2020.
^ "Navia y Mario Méndez presentados como refuerzos del Monterrey". Mediotiempo.com (in Spanish). 29 December 2005. Retrieved 20 June 2020.
^ "Uruguayo Pablo Granoche ficha por el Veracruz". Excelsior California (in Spanish). 10 January 2005. Retrieved 20 June 2020.
^ "Toluca". Mediotiempo.com. Retrieved 19 June 2020.

[1] "Monterrey vs. Toluca - Reporte del Partido - 18 diciembre, 2005". ESPN.com.mx (in Spanish). Notimex. 18 December 2005. Retrieved 19 June 2020.

[2] "Toluca and America set up fiesta final". FIFA.com. 30 March 2006. Archived from the original on June 21, 2020. Retrieved 19 June 2020.

[3] "Tolo Gallego, un viejo conocido que sabe mucho de México". Goal.com (in Spanish). 15 November 2019. Retrieved 19 June 2020.

[mediotiempo-4] "Toluca concluye Pretemporada y presenta a sus refuerzos". Mediotiempo.com (in Spanish). 26 July 2005. Retrieved 19 June 2020.

[5] "José Cardozo es presentado de manera oficial con San Lorenzo". Mediotiempo.com (in Spanish). 18 July 2005. Retrieved 19 June 2020.

[6] "Navia y Mario Méndez presentados como refuerzos del Monterrey". Mediotiempo.com (in Spanish). 29 December 2005. Retrieved 20 June 2020.

[7] "Uruguayo Pablo Granoche ficha por el Veracruz". Excelsior California (in Spanish). 10 January 2005. Retrieved 20 June 2020.

[MT-8] "Toluca". Mediotiempo.com. Retrieved 19 June 2020.

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