2002–03 Deportivo Toluca F.C. season

The 2002–03 season was Toluca's 85th season in existence and their 50th consecutive season in the top flight of Mexican football. The club participated in the Apertura and Clausura tournaments of the Mexican Primera División and in the 2003 CONCACAF Champions' Cup (the entire tournament, except for the finals, were played on the first semester of 2003). Toluca were crowned champions of the Apertura 2002 tournament after defeating Morelia in the final.[1]

Toluca

2002–03 season
Chairman	Rafael Lebrija
Manager	Ricardo La Volpe (until 26 October) Wilson Graniolatti (from 26 October to 7 December) Alberto Jorge (from 9 December)
Stadium	Estadio Nemesio Díez
Apertura	Winners (2nd)
Clausura	Quarterfinals (5th)
CONCACAF Champions' Cup	Final^[A]
Top goalscorer	League: José Cardozo (58 goals) All: José Cardozo (59 goals)
Biggest win	Toluca 6–0 UAG (19 October 2002)
Biggest defeat	Santos Laguna 5–2 Toluca (24 November 2002)
Home colours Away colours

In an unusual situation, Toluca had three different managers during the season. Ricardo La Volpe left the team after the 15th round of the Apertura tournament after being called to the Mexico national football team and appointed manager, substituting Javier Aguirre.[2] La Volpe was replaced by Wilson Graniolatti, who resigned on 7 December, citing differences with Toluca's front office, specially with the chairman Rafael Lebrija. Graniolatti was replaced by Alberto Jorge, head of the Reserves and Academy, hired to manage the team for the rest of the playoffs (four games only).[3] Since Jorge managed to win the Apertura tournament, he was ratified as manager of the team for the second half of the season.

This season remains as a highlight both in Mexican football and Toluca's history. Paraguayan striker José Cardozo broke several scoring records: Cardozo scored 29 goals in the Apertura 2002 regular season and was crowned as the tournament's top scorer; 36 goals in the Apertura 2002 tournament, including playoffs; and 58 goals in the 2002–03 Primera División season. All the three records remain unbeaten as of 2020.[4][5][6]

Players

Apertura

No.	Pos.	Nat.	Name	Date of birth (Age)	Since
1	GK		Hernán Cristante	(1969-09-16)16 September 1969 (aged 32)	1993
2	DF		Christian Ramírez	(1978-08-08)8 August 1978 (aged 23)	2002
3	DF		Maximiliano Cuberas	(1973-08-16)16 August 1973 (aged 28)	2001
4	DF		Hassan Viades	(1978-01-10)10 January 1978 (aged 24)	1999
5	MF		Israel López	(1974-09-29)29 September 1974 (aged 27)	2002
6	MF		Octavio Valdez	(1973-12-07)7 December 1973 (aged 28)	2002
7	DF		Salvador Carmona (Captain)	(1975-08-22)22 August 1975 (aged 26)	1993
8	MF		Rafael García	(1974-08-14)14 August 1974 (aged 27)	1998
9	FW		José Cardozo	(1971-03-19)19 March 1971 (aged 31)	1995
10	MF		Sinha	(1976-05-23)23 May 1976 (aged 26)	1999
11	FW		Vicente Sánchez	(1979-12-07)7 December 1979 (aged 22)	2001
12	GK		César Lozano	(1977-05-31)31 May 1977 (aged 25)	2002
14	DF		Ariel Franco	(1979-06-02)2 June 1979 (aged 23)	2002
15	FW		Uzziel Lozano	(1981-11-27)27 November 1981 (aged 20)	2000
16	DF		Miguel Almazán	(1982-05-06)6 May 1982 (aged 20)	2002
18	DF		José Manuel Cruzalta	(1978-04-08)8 April 1978 (aged 24)	2001
19	MF		Sergio Amaury Ponce	(1981-08-13)13 August 1981 (aged 20)	2001
21	DF		José Armando Núñez	(1978-09-15)15 September 1978 (aged 23)	2002
23	MF		Erik Espinosa	(1980-01-13)13 January 1980 (aged 22)	2000
25	DF		Edgar García	(1980-05-24)24 May 1980 (aged 22)	2002
28	FW		Édgar González	(1980-07-03)3 July 1980 (aged 22)	2002
30	GK		Mario Albarrán	(1968-01-04)4 January 1968 (aged 34)	1998
37	MF		Josué Castillejos	(1981-04-14)14 April 1981 (aged 21)	2002

Clausura

No.	Pos.	Nat.	Name	Date of birth (Age)	Since
1	GK		Hernán Cristante	(1969-09-16)16 September 1969 (aged 33)	1993
3	DF		Maximiliano Cuberas	(1973-08-16)16 August 1973 (aged 29)	2001
4	DF		Hassan Viades	(1978-01-10)10 January 1978 (aged 25)	1999
5	MF		Israel López	(1974-09-29)29 September 1974 (aged 28)	2002
6	MF		Octavio Valdez	(1973-12-07)7 December 1973 (aged 29)	2002
7	DF		Salvador Carmona (Captain)	(1975-08-22)22 August 1975 (aged 27)	1993
8	MF		Rafael García	(1974-08-14)14 August 1974 (aged 28)	1998
9	FW		José Cardozo	(1971-03-19)19 March 1971 (aged 31)	1995
10	MF		Sinha	(1976-05-23)23 May 1976 (aged 26)	1999
11	FW		Vicente Sánchez	(1979-12-07)7 December 1979 (aged 23)	2001
12	GK		César Lozano	(1977-05-31)31 May 1977 (aged 25)	2002
14	DF		Ariel Franco	(1979-06-02)2 June 1979 (aged 23)	2002
16	DF		Miguel Almazán	(1982-05-06)6 May 1982 (aged 20)	2002
18	DF		José Manuel Cruzalta	(1978-04-08)8 April 1978 (aged 24)	2001
19	MF		Sergio Amaury Ponce	(1981-08-13)13 August 1981 (aged 21)	2001
21	DF		José Armando Núñez	(1978-09-15)15 September 1978 (aged 24)	2002
23	MF		Erik Espinosa	(1980-01-13)13 January 1980 (aged 22)	2000
25	DF		Edgar García	(1980-05-24)24 May 1980 (aged 22)	2002
28	FW		Édgar González	(1980-07-03)3 July 1980 (aged 22)	2002
30	GK		Mario Albarrán	(1968-01-04)4 January 1968 (aged 35)	1998
37	MF		Josué Castillejos	(1981-04-14)14 April 1981 (aged 21)	2002

Transfers

In

No.	Pos.	Nat.	Player	Moving from	Type	Transfer window	Ref.
2	DF		Christian Ramírez	UNAM	Transfer	Summer	[7]
5	MF		Israel López	Guadalajara	Transfer	Summer
6	MF		Octavio Valdez	América	Transfer	Summer	[8]
14	DF		Ariel Franco	River Plate	Loan	Summer
16	DF		Miguel Almazán	Academy	Promotion	Summer
21	DF		José Armando Núñez	Necaxa	Transfer	Summer
28	FW		Édgar González	Academy	Promotion	Summer
37	MF		Josué Castillejos	Academy	Promotion	Summer

Out

No.	Pos.	Nat.	Player	Moving to	Type	Transfer window	Ref.
–	DF		Omar Blanco	Atlas	Transfer	Summer	[7]
15	FW		Carlos María Morales	Atlas	Transfer	Summer	[7]
2	DF		Christian Ramírez	Morelia	Transfer	Winter
15	FW		Uzziel Lozano	Fénix	Transfer	Winter	[9]

Competitions

Overview

Competition	First match	Last match	Starting round	Final position	Record
					Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win %
Apertura	3 August 2002	21 December 2002	Matchday 1	Winners	25	16	5	4	70	33	+37	064.00
Clausura	12 January 2003	31 May 2003	Matchday 1	Quarterfinals (5th)	21	10	4	7	43	34	+9	047.62
CONCACAF Champions' Cup	12 March 2003	30 April 2003	First Round	Semifinals^1	6	4	1	1	15	11	+4	066.67
Total					52	30	10	12	128	78	+50	057.69

Source: Mediotiempo.com

1. Toluca qualified to the 2003 CONCACAF Champions' Cup final, to be played on the next season.

Torneo Apertura

Main article: Primera División de México Apertura 2002

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	América	19	13	4	2	34	14	+20	43	Directly qualified to the Liguilla (Playoffs)
2	Toluca	19	12	5	2	55	25	+30	41
3	UNAM	19	10	3	6	39	35	+4	33
4	Morelia	19	9	5	5	35	23	+12	32
5	UAG	19	8	5	6	26	29	−3	29

Source: MedioTiempo

Matches

Toluca v Necaxa

3 August 2002 (2002-08-03) 1	Toluca	3–0	Necaxa	Toluca, State of Mexico
15:00	Cardozo  64', 73', 80'	Report		Stadium: Estadio Nemesio Díez Referee: Paul Delgadillo

Atlante v Toluca

11 August 2002 (2002-08-11) 2	Atlante	2–3	Toluca	Tlalpan, Mexico City
19:00	S. González  60' Baños  89'	Report	Cardozo  41' Sinha  51' Espinosa  76'	Stadium: Estadio Azteca Referee: Armando Archundia

Toluca v Morelia

17 August 2002 (2002-08-17) 3	Toluca	4–1	Morelia	Toluca, State of Mexico
15:00	Sinha  8', 70' Cardozo  21', 42'	Report	Íñiguez  69'	Stadium: Estadio Nemesio Díez Referee: Felipe Ramos Rizo

UNAM v Toluca

25 August 2002 (2002-08-25) 4	UNAM	1–4	Toluca	Coyoacán, Mexico City
12:00	Espinosa  57' (o.g.)	Report	Sinha  23' Cardozo  30' García  62' Sánchez  67'	Stadium: Estadio Olímpico Universitario Referee: Marco Antonio Rodríguez

Toluca v Veracruz

31 August 2002 (2002-08-31) 5	Toluca	1–1	Veracruz	Toluca, State of Mexico
15:00	García  63'	Report	Casartelli  36'	Stadium: Estadio Nemesio Díez Referee: Paul Delgadillo

Monterrey v Toluca

7 September 2002 (2002-09-07) 6	Monterrey	3–1	Toluca	Monterrey, Nuevo León
17:00	de Nigris  30', 59' Franco  52'	Report	Sinha  5'	Stadium: Estadio Tecnológico Referee: Eduardo Brizio

Celaya v Toluca

11 September 2002 (2002-09-11) 7	Celaya	2–2	Toluca	Celaya, Guanajuato
17:00	da Silva  70' Latorre  89'	Report	Cardozo  30', 48'	Stadium: Estadio Miguel Alemán Valdés Referee: José de Jesús Robles

Toluca v Atlas

14 September 2002 (2002-09-14) 8	Toluca	1–0	Atlas	Toluca, State of Mexico
15:00	González  66'	Report		Stadium: Estadio Nemesio Díez Referee: Gilberto Alcalá

Querétaro v Toluca

22 September 2002 (2002-09-22) 9	Querétaro	0–2	Toluca	Querétaro City, Querétaro
12:00		Report	Cardozo  26' López  44'	Stadium: Estadio Corregidora Referee: Manuel Glower

Toluca v Puebla

14 September 2002 (2002-09-14) 10	Toluca	5–0	Puebla	Toluca, State of Mexico
15:00	Cardozo  17', 28', 89' (pen.) Sánchez  45' Ramírez  85'	Report	Mascorro  90'	Stadium: Estadio Nemesio Díez Referee: José Abramo Lira

América v Toluca

6 October 2002 (2002-10-06) 11	América	1–2	Toluca	Tlalpan, Mexico City
16:00	Pardo  8'	Report	Cruzalta  24' Cardozo  86'	Stadium: Estadio Azteca Referee: Felipe Ramos Rizo

Toluca v Chiapas

12 October 2002 (2002-10-12) 12	Toluca	5–1	Chiapas	Toluca, State of Mexico
15:00	García  38' Cardozo  68', 78', 81' González  83'	Report	del Olmo  34'	Stadium: Estadio Nemesio Díez Referee: Germán Arredondo

Cruz Azul v Toluca

16 October 2002 (2002-10-16) 13	Cruz Azul	1–1	Toluca	Benito Juárez, Mexico City
17:00	Abreu  33'	Report	Cardozo  79'	Stadium: Estadio Azul Referee: Jorge Eduardo Gasso

Toluca v UAG

19 October 2002 (2002-10-19) 14	Toluca	6–0	UAG	Toluca, State of Mexico
15:00	Sánchez  11', 25', 29' Cardozo  35', 80' García  67'	Report		Stadium: Estadio Nemesio Díez Referee: José de Jesús Robles

UANL v Toluca

26 October 2002 (2002-10-26) 15	UANL	2–2	Toluca	San Nicolás de los Garza, Nuevo León
17:00	Olalde  36' Gaitán  45'	Report	García  13' Cardozo  81'	Stadium: Estadio Universitario Referee: Armando Archundia

Toluca v Pachuca

2 November 2002 (2002-11-02) 16	Toluca	5–1	Pachuca	Toluca, State of Mexico
15:00	Cardozo  30', 43', 60', 66' Velázquez  82' (o.g.)	Report	Núñez  79'	Stadium: Estadio Nemesio Díez Referee: Antonio Marrufo

Guadalajara v Toluca

10 November 2002 17	Guadalajara	3–3	Toluca	Guadalajara, Jalisco
12:00	J. Sánchez  6' Vázquez  32' Mora  51'	Report	Cardozo  60', 69' Carmona  68'	Stadium: Estadio Jalisco Referee: Gilberto Alcalá

Toluca v San Luis

16 November 2002 18	Toluca	3–1	San Luis	Toluca, State of Mexico
15:00	Sinha  5' González  23' Cardozo  66'	Report	de Faria  82'	Stadium: Estadio Nemesio Díez Referee: Germán Arredondo

Santos Laguna v Toluca

24 November 2002 19	Santos Laguna	5–2	Toluca	Torreón, Coahuila
16:00	Lillingston  1', 16', 35', 59' Manjarín  23'	Report	Sánchez  69' Cardozo  87'	Stadium: Estadio Corona Referee: José Abramo Lira

Playoffs

Quarterfinals

Guadalajara v Toluca

4 December 2002 First leg	Guadalajara	2–1	Toluca	Guadalajara, Jalisco
20:45	J. García  84' Mora  88'	Report	Cardozo  56'	Stadium: Estadio Jalisco Referee: Germán Arredondo

Toluca v Guadalajara

7 December 2002 Second leg	Toluca	3–0 (4–2 agg.)	Guadalajara	Toluca, State of Mexico
15:00	Carmona  74' Cardozo  77' Sánchez  89'	Report		Stadium: Estadio Nemesio Díez Referee: Gilberto Alcalá

Semifinals

Santos Laguna v Toluca

11 December 2002 First leg	Santos Laguna	3–5	Toluca	Torreón, Coahuila
15:00	Borgetti  18' Rodríguez  47' Altamirano  55'	Report	Cardozo  22', 32' Sánchez  42' Cuberas  70' Sinha  71'	Stadium: Estadio Corona Referee: Antonio Marrufo

Toluca v Santos Laguna

14 December 2002 Second leg	Toluca	2–1 (7–4 agg.)	Santos Laguna	Toluca, State of Mexico
15:00	Cardozo  32', 81'	Report	Borgetti  28'	Stadium: Estadio Nemesio Díez Referee: Armando Archundia

Final

Morelia v Toluca

18 December 2002 First leg	Morelia	1–0	Toluca	Morelia, Michoacán
20:00	Saavedra  58'	Report		Stadium: Estadio Morelos Referee: Eduardo Brizio

Toluca v Morelia

21 December 2002 Second leg	Toluca	4–1 (4–2 agg.)	Morelia	Toluca, State of Mexico
15:00	Carmona  32' López  40' Cardozo  50' García  64'	Report	Bautista  1'	Stadium: Estadio Nemesio Díez Referee: Felipe Ramos Rizo

Torneo Clausura

Main article: Primera División de México Clausura 2003

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
3	Monterrey	19	9	7	3	31	22	+9	34	Directly qualified to the Liguilla (Playoffs)
4	UANL	19	10	4	5	25	22	+3	34
5	Toluca	19	10	3	6	40	30	+10	33
6	Atlas	19	8	8	3	29	20	+9	32
7	Veracruz	19	9	5	5	23	18	+5	32

Source: MedioTiempo

Matches

Necaxa v Toluca

12 January 2003 1	Necaxa	3–0	Toluca	Tlalpan, Mexico City
16:00	Larrosa  21' Alves  77' Acosta  85'	Report		Stadium: Estadio Azteca Referee: Sergio Silva

Toluca v Atlante

18 January 2003 2	Toluca	2–3	Atlante	Toluca, State of Mexico
15:00	Cardozo  7', 63' (pen.)	Report	S. González  43' (pen.), 74' Paredes  86'	Stadium: Estadio Nemesio Díez Referee: José Abramo Lira

Morelia v Toluca

25 January 2003 3	Morelia	1–1	Toluca	Morelia, Michoacán
17:00	Almirón  84'	Report	Cardozo  18'	Stadium: Estadio Morelos Referee: Armando Archundia

Toluca v UNAM

1 February 2003 4	Toluca	5–1	UNAM	Toluca, State of Mexico
15:00	Cardozo  50', 80' Sánchez  73', 78', 84'	Report	Trujillo  74'	Stadium: Estadio Nemesio Díez Referee: Hugo León Guajardo

Veracruz v Toluca

8 February 2003 5	Veracruz	1–0	Toluca	Boca del Río, Veracruz
17:00	Arce  18'	Report		Stadium: Estadio Luis "Pirata" Fuente Referee: Marco Antonio Rodríguez

Toluca v Monterrey

15 February 2003 6	Toluca	3–1	Monterrey	Toluca, State of Mexico
15:00	Cardozo  4', 61' Rotchen  27' (o.g.)	Report	Alex Fernandes  40'	Stadium: Estadio Nemesio Díez Referee: Manuel Glower

Toluca v Cuernavaca

22 February 2003 7	Toluca	4–1	Cuernavaca	Toluca, State of Mexico
15:00	Almazán  37' Cardozo  63' García  68' Sinha  85'	Report	Leandro Rodrígues  49'	Stadium: Estadio Nemesio Díez Referee: Germán Arredondo

Atlas v Toluca

1 March 2003 8	Atlas	1–1	Toluca	Guadalajara, Jalisco
20:45	Morales  62'	Report	Salazar  14' (o.g.)	Stadium: Estadio Jalisco Referee: Armando Archundia

Toluca v Querétaro

8 March 2003 9	Toluca	4–0	Querétaro	Toluca, State of Mexico
15:00	Cardozo  11', 74' Valdez  56', 65'	Report		Stadium: Estadio Nemesio Díez Referee: Mauricio Morales

Puebla v Toluca

16 March 2003 10	Puebla	3–1	Toluca	Puebla City, Puebla
14:00	Caballero  38' Vázquez  53', 60'	Report	Carmona  90'	Stadium: Estadio Cuauhtémoc Referee: Jorge Eduardo Gasso

Toluca v América

22 March 2003 11	Toluca	3–0	América	Toluca, State of Mexico
15:00	Sánchez  10' Cardozo  28', 57'	Report		Stadium: Estadio Nemesio Díez Referee: Germán Arredondo

Chiapas v Toluca

29 March 2003 12	Chiapas	1–1	Toluca	Tuxtla Gutiérrez, Chiapas
15:00	Damasceno  56'	Report	Sánchez  51'	Stadium: Estadio Víctor Manuel Reyna Referee: Marco Antonio Rodríguez

Toluca v Cruz Azul

6 April 2003 13	Toluca	1–3	Cruz Azul	Toluca, State of Mexico
12:00	Cardozo  57'	Report	Corona  62' Cacho  79', 88'	Stadium: Estadio Nemesio Díez Referee: Gilberto Alcalá

UAG v Toluca

12 April 2003 14	UAG	3–0	Toluca	Zapopan, Jalisco
15:00	Castillo  60' Camps  83' Vega  88'	Report		Stadium: Estadio Tres de Marzo Referee: Mauricio Morales

Toluca v UANL

19 April 2003 15	Toluca	3–1	UANL	Toluca, State of Mexico
15:00	Cardozo  37', 90' (pen.) López  78'	Report	Gaitán  33'	Stadium: Estadio Nemesio Díez Referee: Sergio Silva

Pachuca v Toluca

27 April 2003 16	Pachuca	0–1	Toluca	Pachuca, Hidalgo
12:00		Report	Cardozo  33'	Stadium: Estadio Hidalgo Referee: Manuel Glower

Toluca v Guadalajara

3 May 2003 17	Toluca	3–2	Guadalajara	Toluca, State of Mexico
15:00	Sánchez  20', 32', 53'	Report	Mora  29', 51'	Stadium: Estadio Nemesio Díez Referee: Germán Arredondo

San Luis v Toluca

10 May 2003 18	San Luis	2–3	Toluca	San Luis Potosí City, San Luis Potosí
19:00	de Faria  14', 66'	Report	Cardozo  57', 65' Valdez  85'	Stadium: Estadio Alfonso Lastras Referee: Gilberto Alcalá

Toluca v Santos Laguna

17 May 2003 19	Toluca	4–3	Santos Laguna	Toluca, State of Mexico
17:00	Cardozo  3', 25', 73' Sinha  69'	Report	Borgetti  11' Reyes  36' Ruiz  38'	Stadium: Estadio Nemesio Díez Referee: Mauricio Morales

Playoffs

Quarterfinals

Toluca v UANL

28 May 2003 First leg	Toluca	1–2	UANL	Toluca, State of Mexico
17:00	Valdez  50'	Report	Kléber  70', 88'	Stadium: Estadio Nemesio Díez Referee: Germán Arredondo

UANL v Toluca

31 May 2003 Second leg	UANL	2–2 (4–3 agg.)	Toluca	San Nicolás de los Garza, Nuevo León
20:00	Alex Mineiro  10' Kléber  24'	Report	Cardozo  68' Franco  71'	Stadium: Estadio Universitario Referee: Felipe Ramos Rizo

CONCACAF Champions' Cup

Main article: 2003 CONCACAF Champions' Cup

Knockout phase

Round of 16

Toluca v W Connection

12 March 2003 First leg	Toluca	3–2	W Connection	Toluca, Mexico
	Sánchez  65', 83' E. García  77'	Report	Ronaldo Viana  18' Davies  38'	Stadium: Estadio Nemesio Díez

W Connection v Toluca

2 April 2003 Second leg	W Connection	3–3 (5–6 agg.)	Toluca	Marabella, Trinidad and Tobago
	Jean  47' Spann  69' (pen.) Isaac  73'	Report	Franco  15', 67' Sinha  62'	Stadium: Manny Ramjohn Stadium Referee: Mark Forde (Barbados)

Quarterfinals

Municipal v Toluca

9 April 2003 First leg	Municipal	1–2	Toluca	Guatemala City, Guatemala
	Acevedo  41'	Report	Cardozo  9' Almazán  84'	Stadium: Estadio Mateo Flores Referee: Nery Alfaro (El Salvador)

Toluca v Municipal

16 April 2003 Second leg	Toluca	2–1 (4–2 agg.)	Municipal	Toluca, Mexico
	Ruiz  25' Sánchez  41'	Report	Romero  10'	Stadium: Estadio Nemesio Díez Referee: Greivin Porras (Costa Rica)

Semifinals

Toluca v América

30 April 2003 First leg	Toluca	1–4	América	Toluca, Mexico
	González  13'	Report	Lipatín  34', 62' Mariscal  56' Blanco  83' (pen.)	Stadium: Estadio Nemesio Díez Referee: Jorge Eduardo Gasso (Mexico)

América v Toluca

30 April 2003 Second leg	América	0–4 (a.e.t.) (4–5 agg.)	Toluca	Mexico City, Mexico
		Report	Espinosa  70' E. García  73', 88' Ruiz  92'	Stadium: Estadio Azteca Referee: Marco Antonio Rodríguez (Mexico)

Final to be played on the next season.

Statistics

Appearances and goals

No.	Pos.	Player	Total		Apertura		Clausura		Champions' Cup
			Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
1	GK	Hernán Cristante	37	0	22	0	15	0	0	0
3	DF	Maximiliano Cuberas	48	1	25	1	19	0	4	0
4	DF	Hassan Viades	23	0	6	0	13	0	4	0
5	MF	Israel López	48	3	25	2	21	1	2	0
6	MF	Octavio Valdez	48	4	25	0	21	4	2	0
7	DF	Salvador Carmona	45	4	25	3	18	1	2	0
8	MF	Rafael García	51	7	25	6	21	1	5	0
9	FW	José Cardozo	46	59	25	36	20	22	1	1
10	MF	Sinha	49	10	25	7	21	2	3	1
11	FW	Vicente Sánchez	40	19	20	8	17	8	3	3
12	GK	César Lozano	8	0	0	0	5	0	3	0
14	DF	Ariel Franco	25	3	13	0	5	1	6	2
16	DF	Miguel Almazán	8	1	3	0	4	0	1	1
18	DF	José Manuel Cruzalta	34	1	12	1	18	0	4	0
19	MF	Sergio Amaury Ponce	29	0	16	0	6	0	6	0
21	DF	José Armando Núñez	5	0	0	0	1	0	4	0
23	MF	Erik Espinosa	48	2	25	1	19	0	4	1
25	DF	Edgar García	7	3	3	0	0	0	4	3
28	FW	Édgar González	36	5	15	3	17	1	5	1
30	GK	Mario Albarrán	10	0	4	0	3	0	3	0
37	MF	Josué Castillejos	12	0	6	0	4	0	2	0
64	MF	Diego de la Torre	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
68	FW	Emmanuel Ruiz	5	2	0	0	1	0	4	2
?	DF	Octavio Mira	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
?	MF	Isaac Moreno	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
?	MF	Armando Palomino	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
?	DF	José Luis Rodríguez	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
Players that left the club during the season
2	DF	Christian Ramírez	16	0	16	0	–	–	–	–
15	FW	Uzziel Lozano	4	0	4	0	–	–	–	–

Goalscorers

Rank	Pos.	Player	Apertura	Clausura	Champions' Cup	Total[10][11]
1	FW	José Cardozo	36	22	1	59
2	FW	Vicente Sánchez	8	8	3	19
3	MF	Sinha	7	2	1	10
4	MF	Rafael García	6	1	0	7
5	FW	Édgar González	3	1	1	5
6	DF	Salvador Carmona	3	1	0	4
	MF	Octavio Valdez	0	4	0
8	MF	Israel López	2	1	0	3
	DF	Ariel Franco	0	1	2
	DF	Edgar García	0	0	3
11	MF	Erik Espinosa	1	0	1	2
	FW	Emmanuel Ruiz	0	0	2
13	DF	Miguel Almazán	0	0	1	1
	DF	José Manuel Cruzalta	1	0	0
	DF	Maximiliano Cuberas	1	0	0
	DF	Christian Ramírez	1	0	0
Own goals			1	2	0	3
Total			70	43	15	128

Hat-tricks

Player	Against	Result	Date	Competition	Ref.
José Cardozo	Necaxa	3–0 (H)	3 August 2002	Primera División	[12]
José Cardozo	Puebla	5–0 (H)	14 September 2002	Primera División	[13]
José Cardozo	Chiapas	5–1 (H)	12 October 2002	Primera División	[14]
Vicente Sánchez	UAG	6–0 (H)	19 October 2002	Primera División	[15]
José Cardozo	Pachuca	5–1 (H)	2 November 2002	Primera División	[16]
Vicente Sánchez	UNAM	5–1 (A)	1 February 2003	Primera División	[17]
Vicente Sánchez	Guadalajara	3–2 (H)	3 May 2003	Primera División	[18]
José Cardozo	Santos Laguna	4–3 (H)	17 May 2003	Primera División	[19]

Own goals

Player	Against	Result	Date	Competition
Erik Espinosa	UNAM	4–1 (A)	25 August 2002	Primera División

Notes

A. ^ Toluca classified to the 2003 CONCACAF Champions' Cup final, to be played on the team's next season.

References

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