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| Full name | Neza Fútbol Club | ||
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| Nicknames | Los Toros (The Bulls) Los Astados (The Horned) | ||
| Founded | 20 May 1991; 34 years ago (1991-05-20) (as Toros UTN) | ||
| Ground | Estadio Municipal Claudio Suárez Texcoco,State of Mexico | ||
| Capacity | 5,000 | ||
| Owner | Hugo Vázquez | ||
| Chairman | José Antonio Ruíz | ||
| Manager | Ignacio Negrete | ||
| League | Liga Premier (Serie A) | ||
| Website | http://www.torosneza.mx/ | ||
Neza Fútbol Club, simplified asNeza FC, is a Mexicanfootball club based inNezahualcóyotl,State of Mexico. It competes inLiga Premier, the third level division ofMexican football, and plays its home matches at theEstadio Municipal Claudio Suárez. Founded in 1991 as Toros UTN, then the club was moved toPachuca,Hidalgo and played the 1993–94 season as Toros Hidalgo, the following year the club returned to its original hometown, and changed its name to Toros Neza. After the club's dissolution in 2002, the club returned under its current name in 2011.
The club returned for theClausura 2011 tournament in theLiga de Ascenso de México, taking the place ofAtlante UTN who had been purchased byGrupo Salinas.[1] An earlierToros Neza side played in thePrimera División de México in the 1990s.[2][3]
Toros Neza was promoted after winning the championship of theSegunda División de México in the 1992–93 season (under the name "Toros de la Universidad Tecnológica de Neza") to thePrimera División de México in the 1993–94 season as Toros Neza, taking the place ofPachuca who had been relegated from the Primera División to thePrimera División 'A' de México. There have been several clubs that played in the city ofNeza, such asDeportivo Neza, which only had a short stay in the Primera División in the 1970s when after 4 years the club was sold.
After the 1993–94 season, they finished bottom of their group, and played their last 14 home games inPachuca,Hidalgo, changing their name to Toros Hidalgo. However, the following season they returned to Ciudad Nezahualcóyotl and they were known again as Toros Neza.[4][5]
In the 1996–97 tournament, they reached the semi-finals in the Apertura 1997. They bettered this in the Clausura, reaching the final where they lost toC.D. Guadalajara. However, they were relegated at the end of the 1999–2000 season.[4]
In December 2010, it was announced that Neza would be returning to the professional ranks for the Clausura stage of the2010–11 Liga de Ascenso season. They later became the filial team ofMonarcas Morelia, and were ultimately owned byTV Azteca andGrupo Salinas.[6]
They effectively took the place of theAtlante UTN team who competed in the Apertura 2010 tournament. The Monarcas Morelia andAtlante clubs swapped their filial teams, and the changed team were known asNeza FC starting with the Clausura 2011 tournament.[7]
When the new calendar for the 2015-16Segunda División season came out, once again the team had dissolved.[8]
A team calledNeza FC has come to compete in theLiga de Balompié Méxicano for the league's first season, 2020–21, as a continuation of Toros Neza. The team competed in that league until 2024, achieving three league runner-up finishes during that period. However, in 2025 this league was suspended due to financial problems, leaving Neza without a professional competition in which to play.
In June 2025, Neza's board of directors reached a merger agreement withAtlético Aragón, a team previously playing in the Liga Premier – Serie A, the third tier of the league system recognized by theMexican Football Federation. With the agreement, Neza took Aragón's place in that league, continuing its professional participation as a new affiliate team of the Femexfut.[9]
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined underFIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
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German ArangioDaniel GarneroFederico LussenhoffAntonio MohamedMartín Vilallonga
BebetoNildeson
Rodrigo Ruiz
Luis Carlos Perea
Efraín MunguiaPedro PinedaJesús López MenesesFélix CruzMiguel HerreraPablo LariosOscar MascorroManuel NegreteJuan de Dios RamírezCamilo RomeroHumberto RomeroJavier SaavedraGuillermo VázquezÓscar Dautt
Jörg Stiel| Number | Player | Seasons | Total | League | Cup |
| 1 | Germán Arangio | 1996-2000 | 53 | 53 | - |
| 2 | Antonio Mohamed | 1993-1998 | 52 | 51 | 1 |
| 3 | Rodrigo Ruiz | 1996-1999 | 36 | 32 | 4 |
| 4 | Guillermo Vázquez | 1994-1998 | 27 | 23 | 4 |
| 5 | Nidelson | 1995-1997 | 20 | 20 | - |
| 6 | Martín Vilallonga | 1995-1996 | 20 | 13 | 7 |
| 7 | Pedro Pineda | 1995-1996 | 14 | 14 | - |
| 8 | Jesús López Meneses | 1994-2000 | 12 | 12 | - |
| 9 | Carlos Briseño | 1993-95/1996-97 | 11 | 11 | - |
| Ascenso MX | ||||||||
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| Season | Tournament | Place | ||||||
| Clausura 2011[11] | Liga de Ascenso | Semifinals | ||||||
| Apertura 2011 | Liga de Ascenso | Semifinals | ||||||
| Clausura 2012 | Liga de Ascenso | Quarterfinals | ||||||
| Apertura 2012 | Ascenso MX | Champions | ||||||
| Copa MX | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Season | Tournament | Place | ||||||
| Copa MX Apertura 2012 | Copa MX | Semifinals | ||||||
| Type | Competition | Titles | Winning years | Runners-up |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 Top division | Primera División | 0 | – | Verano 1997 |
| Copa México | 0 | – | 1996–97 | |
| Promotion divisions | Primera División A/Ascenso MX | 1 | Clausura 2013 | Verano 2001 |
| Campeón de Ascenso | 0 | – | 2013 | |
| Segunda División | 1 | 1992–93 | – |
1994 Local         1994 | 1997 Local  1997 | 1997-98 Local  1997-98 | 1998 Local  1998 | 1999 Local  1999 | 2011 Local 2011 |
