Club León
| Full name | Club León | ||
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| Nicknames | Los Panzas Verdes (The Green Bellies) La Fiera (The Wild Beast) Los Esmeraldas (The Emeralds) Los Verdiblancos (The Green and Whites) | ||
| Founded | 20 August 1944 (as Unión-León) | ||
| Ground | Estadio León León, Guanajuato | ||
| Capacity | 31,297 | ||
| Owner | Grupo Pachuca | ||
| Chairman | Jesús Martínez Murguia | ||
| Head coach | Vacated | ||
| League | Liga MX | ||
| Apertura 2025 | Regular phase: 17th Final phase: Did not qualify | ||
| Website | clubleon.mx | ||
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Club León is a Mexican professional football club based in León, Guanajuato. It competes in Liga MX, the top division of Mexican football, and plays its home matches at the Estadio León. Founded in 1944 as Unión-León, after the merger of Unión de Curtidores and the Selección de Guanajuato.
Domestically, Club León has won 8 Liga MX titles, 5 Copa MX titles and 5 Campeón de Campeones. After winning the league and cup in 1949, it became the first Mexican Campeonísimo. Internationally, it has won one CONCACAF Champions League.
The club was relegated to Primera División A in 2002 and was a consistent contender for promotion, but failed to advance in the playoffs. León was promoted in the Clasura 2012 and won the Apertura 2013 in Liga MX. They defended their league championship in Clausura 2014, earning them the title of "bicampeones". The team has partnerships with Fox Sports Latinoamérica in Mexico and Telemundo Deportes in the United States. Since 2016, TUDN holds the U.S. broadcasting rights to León home games. León is ranked No. 29 in the IFFHS Central and North America's best clubs of the 20th century.