Club Santos Laguna, also
known as Santos Laguna or Santos,
is a Mexican
professional
football club. They represent
Comarca Lagunera, which is made up
of Torreon
, Gomez Palacio
and Lerdo
.
Santos Laguna plays in the
Primera División. The
club was founded in
1982, and reached Mexico's
top division after buying the franchise known as the
Ángeles de Puebla. The club's debut
in Mexico's top division was in the 1988/89 tournament. They have
won the league championship three times. First in the
Invierno
1996 tournament, the
Verano 2001
tournament and the most recent
Clausura
2008 tournament. They have also reached the finals in the
1993-1994 season and the
Verano 2000
tournament.
1993-94 Runner-Up
1993-94 squad.
In the 1st leg the team win 1-0 to
Tecos
UAG in Corona Stadium, in 2nd it losts 2-0 in 3 de Marzo
stadium.
Squad
- Adrián Marmolejo
- Ramón Ramirez
- Hector Adomaitis
- Héctor Silva
- Antonio Apud
- Daniel Guzmán
- Richard Zambrano
- Felipe de Jesús Amezcua
- Jose Antonio Alcantara
- Jesús Gómez
- Ricardo Wagner de Souza
Invierno 1996 Champions
Invierno 1996 squad.
In Invierno 1996 Santos Laguna get the first title winning in
aggregate 4-3 to
Necaxa, (First Leg 0-1,
Second Leg 4-2).The victory goal is still controversial, team´s
detractors affirm that the scorer (Jared Borgetti) was in off
side.
Squad
Verano 2001 Champions
Jared Borgetti leaving title.
In Verano
2001 Santos Laguna gets the second title winning in aggregate 4-3
to Pachuca
, (First Leg
1-2, Second Leg 3-1)
Squad
Current years
In the Clausura 2007 season, Santos was in grave danger of being
relegated to the
Primera
División A along with other teams
Querétaro and
Tigres UANL. Despite having bought several
important players such as
Oswaldo
Sanchez,
Daniel Ludueña
&
Vicente Matías
Vuoso, the team lost 5 games out of their first 7. However, the
team managed to keep a steady pace and win several of the remaining
games after seeing that
Querétaro
failed to gain points, and Santos remained in the
Primera División. Not only did they
save themselves from relegation, but they made enough points to
enter in repechaje. There they would face the preferable
San Luis to whom they had lost the 1st leg 1-0
at home, but miraculously came from behind and won the 2nd leg 2-0,
thus eliminating
San Luis. In the
quarter finals, Santos would lose to the champion of the season,
Pachuca in a global score of 2-2
eliminating Santos for the positioning on the table.
The Apertura 2007 season was a much better season for Santos
leaving them 1st place on the positioning table, eliminating
Monarcas Morelia with a global
score of 5-2 in the quarterfinals, but were defeated by
Pumas UNAM with a global score of 5-4 in the
semifinals.
In the Clausura 2008 season, Santos would come out as the champion
by defeating Monterrey in the semifinals with a last minute goal,
and finally
Cruz Azul by a global score of
3-2.
Clausura 2008 squad
Christian Benítez leaving title.
Stadium
Santos
Laguna currently play at Estadio Nuevo Corona
, which holds 30,050 people The new stadium cost
$100,000,000 USD.
Construction started on
February 22,
2008. On November 11, 2009 the new stadium
opened its doors hosting a friendly match between Santos Laguna and
Santos FC of the Brazilian Série A. The sold out crowd included
Mexican President, Felipe Calderón and Brazilian legend Pelé.
Santos Laguna won 2-1.
Honours
- Winners (3): Invierno 1996, Verano 2001, Clausura
2008.
- Winner: 2004.
- Winner: 2007.
Current Squad
As of September 27, 2009
Notable players
Mexico
Brazil
Chile
Croatia
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El Salvador
Guatemala
Italy
Honduras
Paraguay
Spain
Colombia
Ecuador
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