Club Santos Laguna
Guerreros (Warriors)
August 13, 1983
Corona (Capacity: 18,050)
Alejandro Irarragorri
Daniel Guzmán
La Primera División
Facts & History
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Club Overview
Club Santos Laguna, also known as Santos Laguna or Santos, is a Mexican professional football club. They represent la Comarca Lagunera, which is made up of Torreon, Gomez Palacio and Lerdo. Santos Laguna plays in the Primera División. 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. By the passing years, Santos Laguna has been growing and has converted into one of the greatest teams in La Liga.
Club History
Santos Laguna started the Clasura 2007 in danger of being relegated to the second division despite buying many stars such as: Oswaldo Sanchez from Chivas de Guadalajara, Daniel Ludueña from Tecos UAG, Juan Pablo Rodriguez from Chivas de Guadalajara, Fernando Ortiz from Estudiantes, Jorge Iván Estrada from Veracruz, and welcoming the return of Vicente Matías Vuoso from Club América. The team started the season with a defeat from Monterrey. Santos Laguna continued the season playing average futbol. Not winning a single game til week 8 against Morelia, they started to play great, yet they were still on the verge of relegation, up until the last game, when Querétaro could not defeat Atlas. Along with staying another year in the 1st Division, they were also able to make "El Repechaje" against San Luis. The 1st leg, San Luis went up 2-1 at Santos Laguna's home. The 2nd leg, Santos managed advance to the quarter finals on a last minute goal by Walter Jimenez. In the quarter finals, Santos played against the "favorite to win the championship," Pachuca. Although the 1st leg and 2nd leg were both tied (at 1-1 each, 2-2 Global Aggregate), Santos ultimately lost because Pachuca were 1st place on the group table of La Liga.
The start of the Apertura 2007 for Santos was a promising one, first defeating Cruz Azul 2-0 at home, Toluca 2-3 away, and Pachuca 0-1.
In August 29th 2007 Santos Laguna beat Guadalajara to achieve their best start ever with 5 wins in 5 games.
On June 1st 2008 Santos Laguna beat Cruz Azul (3-2 Global Aggregate) to win the Clausura 2008 trophy. This was the club's third championship victory.
Club Rivalries
Stars of the Current Squad
Club Legends
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Mexico
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Argentina
Italy
Chile
Ecuador
United States
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Paraguay
El Salvador
Brazil
Spain
Croatia
Guatemala
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Most Appearances
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Most Goals
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Player Recognition & Awards
Team Honours
Primera División:
Invierno 1996 , Verano 2001 , Clausura 2008
InterLiga:
2004
Copa Independencia:
2007
Club Management
Uniforms
Stadium
Santos Laguna currently play at Estadio Corona, which holds 18,050 people, but on November 14, 2007 it was announced that a new stadium would be constructed for "la Comarca Lagunera." The stadium will be called Estadio Nuevo Corona on the Territorio Santos Modelo. The new stadium will have a maximum capacity of 30,800 and a minimum capacity of 28,000 people. The new stadium will cost $97,000,000 USD. Construction started on February 22, 2008.
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