Neza Fútbol Club, simplified as Neza FC, is a Mexican football club based in Nezahualcóyotl, State of Mexico. It competes in Liga Premier, the third level division of Mexican football, and plays its home matches at the Estadio Municipal Claudio Suárez. Founded in 1991 as Toros UTN, then the club was moved to Pachuca, 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.
Toros Neza was promoted after winning the championship of the Segunda División de México in the 1992–93 season (under the name "Toros de la Universidad Tecnológica de Neza") to the Primera División de México in the 1993–94 season as Toros Neza, taking the place of Pachuca who had been relegated from the Primera División to the Primera División 'A' de México. There have been several clubs that played in the city of Neza, such as Deportivo 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 in Pachuca, 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 to C.D. Guadalajara. However, they were relegated at the end of the 1999–2000 season.[4]
They effectively took the place of the Atlante UTN team who competed in the Apertura 2010 tournament. The Monarcas Morelia and Atlante clubs swapped their filial teams, and the changed team were known as Neza FC starting with the Clausura 2011 tournament.[7]
When the new calendar for the 2015-16 Segunda División season came out, once again the team had dissolved.[8]
2nd Return of Neza
A team called Neza FC has come to compete in the Liga 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 with Atlético Aragón, a team previously playing in the Liga Premier – Serie A, the third tier of the league system recognized by the Mexican 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]
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