Club León is a football club in Mexico, located in León, Guanajuato. The club was founded by several businessmen in 1920s. Initially the team played friendlies against Club Irapuato, but in 1922 several new football clubs were established and they could compete in an amateur league in the state of Guanajuato which was formed at that time. In 1924 in León Atlético hosted the first tournament. In 1928 a rival to León Atlético, Unión de Curtidores, was founded and shortly after that the club became the city’s strongest one. In order to compete in the Primera División Unión de Curtidores and the Selección de Guanajuato merged before the 1944/45 season and the newly established team was named Union León.
The 1946/47 was a good one for the team as they had 11 wins and three draws without a loss. In 1947/48 the team was guided by José Maria Casullo and he helped the team to the league title that season. The following season they won their second league title. In 1949 León won Copa México thus winning Campeonísimo. In the 1951/52 season the club won the league for the third time and the fourth title came in 1955/56. The club was Copa México winners in 1957/58, 1966/67, 1970/71, 1971/72 and 1972/73.
For the first time they faced relegation at the end of 1986/87 season. After their successful 1988/89 season they returned to the top flight.
The Invierno 1997 León finished runner-up, but in the season 2001/02 they suffered relegation. In the 2000s the team had mixed success, playing in Primera División A or Liga de Ascenso, they won the Clausura tournaments in 2003, 2004, 2008 and 2012.
Their home ground is Nou Camp, located in León, Guanajuato. Its capacity is of 33,943.
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№ | Name and surname | Role | Ranking | Age | Weight | Height | Country |
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1 | José Juan Vázquez | midfielder |
0 |
36 years | 164 cm | Mexico | |
2 | Carlos Peña | midfielder |
0 |
34 years | 76 kg | 175 cm | Mexico |
3 | José María Cárdenas | midfielder |
0 |
39 years | 71 kg | 168 cm | Mexico |
4 | Miguel Sabah | forward |
0 |
44 years | 72 kg | 175 cm | Mexico |
5 | Jonny Magallón | defender |
0 |
42 years | 74 kg | 178 cm | Mexico |
6 | Mauro Boselli | forward |
0 |
38 years | 79 kg | 181 cm | Argentina |
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