Copa Libertadores 1999 Qualifiers "Octagonal Copa Pre-Libertadores 1998" Quarterfinals Group A [Soldier Field, Chicago, Aug 19, 1998] Atlante 0-2 Santos Laguna [Marcelo Ríos 49, Antonio Torres Servín 90] U.N.A.M. 0-0 América [3-4pen] Group B [Robertson Stadium, Houston, Aug 26] Guadalajara 1-0 Tigres [Héctor del Ángel 86] Cruz Azul 2-2 Monterrey [4-5pen] [Juan Francisco Palencia 38, 74; Sergio Pérez 54, César Gómez 90] Semifinals [Cotton Bowl, Dallas, Sep 2] Guadalajara 1-1 Monterrey [4-5pen] [Luis García 90+; Salvador Arévalo 45+] Santos Laguna 1-0 América [Jared Borguetti 81] NB: Due to exclusion of the mexican teams of Copa Merconorte 1998 (Necaxa and Toluca), Mexican FA include them into the finals of the tournament. Finals [Memorial Coliseum, Los Ángeles, Sep 9] Necaxa 3-0 Toluca [Sergio Zárate 32, Sergio Vázquez 43, 77] Santos Laguna 3-4 Monterrey [Antonio Carlos Santos 68pen, Jared Borguetti 69, Rogelio González 90+; Carlos Amaral 19, Cristian Domizzi 22, Sergio Pérez 90+ 90+] Monterrey and Necaxa qualified for play-off with two Venezuelan teams to qualify for the Copa Libertadores proper. Invierno 1998 FINAL TABLES Group 1 M W T L GF GA DIF PTS 1. Cruz Azul 17 12 4 1 41 14 +27 40 (playoffs) [Ciudad de México] 2. Guadalajara 17 10 4 3 34 25 +9 34 (playoffs) ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3. Atlético Celaya 17 6 4 7 28 29 -1 22 4. León 17 4 4 9 25 34 -9 16 5. Puebla 17 2 3 12 13 41 -28 9 Group 2 M W T L GF GA DIF PTS 1. Atlético Morelia 17 8 3 6 28 28 0 27 (playoffs) 2. U.N.A.M. 17 7 5 5 26 20 +6 26 (playoffs) [Ciudad de México] ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3. América 17 6 4 7 30 31 -1 22 [Ciudad de México] 4. Pachuca 17 5 1 11 28 39 -11 16 5. Toros Neza 17 2 3 12 18 36 -18 9 [Nezahualcoyotl] Group 3 M W T L GF GA DIF PTS 1. Necaxa 17 10 2 5 36 22 +14 32 (playoffs) [Ciudad de México] 2. U.A.G. 17 9 4 4 31 23 +8 31 (playoffs) [Zapopan] ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3. Atlante 17 5 4 8 22 30 -8 19 [Ciudad de México] 4. Monterrey 17 4 7 6 20 30 -10 19 Group 4 M W T L GF GA DIF PTS 1. Toluca 17 10 6 1 39 14 +25 36 (playoffs) 2. Atlas 17 8 2 7 34 28 +6 26 (playoffs) [Guadalajara] ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3. Tigres U.A.N.L. 17 5 7 5 30 28 +2 22 [Monterrey] 4. Santos Laguna 17 4 5 8 22 33 -11 17 [Torreón] Regular Season Round 1 [Jul 31] America 1-0 Leon [Christian Torres 12] [Aug 1] Toluca 1-2 Atlante [Enrique Alfaro 1; Carlos Turrubiates 42, 65] Cruz Azul 4-0 Puebla [Juan Francisco Palencia 28, Benjamín Galindo 46, Julio César Yegros 83, Mauro Camoranesi 90] Monterrey 1-0 Atlas [Omar Gómez 70] [Aug 2] Pachuca 3-1 Tigres [Gabriel Caballero 23, Marco de Almeida 48, Guillermo Vázquez 82; Edson Alvarado 4] Atlético Morelia 2-1 U.A.G. [Flavio Davino 40, Claudio da Silva "Claudinho" 85; Roberto Palacios 35] U.N.A.M. 0-2 Necaxa [Alex Aguinaga 47, Sergio Zárate 73] Guadalajara 3-1 Santos Laguna [Ramón Ramírez 48, Jesús Arellano 71, Alberto Coyote 90; Nicolás Ramírez 32] Toros Neza 1-3 Atlético Celaya [Jesús López Meneses 65; Luis Miguel Salvador 50, Carlos Pavón 61, 86] Round 2 [Aug 7] U.A.G. 1-4 America [Mario Sánchez 46; Alberto García Aspe 7, Cuauhtémoc Blanco 28, 37, Rodrigo Valenzuela 82] [Aug 8] Necaxa 4-0 Pachuca [Pedro Pineda 12, 69, Salvador Cabrera 18, Sergio Zárate 88] Tigres 2-2 Guadalajara [Claudio Núñez 22, 81pen; Joel Sánchez 14, Luis García 87pen] Atlético Celaya 1-1 Monterrey [Carlos Pavón 67; Antonio Mohamed 77] Atlas 2-4 Cruz Azul [Pablo Hernán Lavallén 13, Miguel Zepeda 70; Benjamín Galindo 22pen, Juan Pablo Rodríguez 45og, Juan Francisco Palencia 55, Julio César Yegros 78] [Aug 9] Leon 2-1 Toros Neza [Hernán Medford 11, Roberto Medina 30; Martín Parodi 13] Puebla 0-2 U.N.A.M. [Joaquín Beltrán 16, Jesús Olalde 82] Atlante 1-2 Atlético Morelia [Gustavo Nápoles 1; Claudio da Silva "Claudinho" 8, René Iván Valenciano 90] Santos Laguna 0-0 Toluca Round 3 [Aug 14] America 0-1 Atlante [in Estadio La Corregidora] [José Damasceno "Tiba" 52] [Aug 15] U.N.A.M. 3-1 Pachuca [Mario Jorge Álvarez 47, Richard Zambrano 54, 57; Cesáreo Victorino 89] Cruz Azul 3-1 Atlético Celaya [Alfonso Sosa 5, Francisco Gabriel de Anda 17, Mauro Camoranesi 87; Iván Hurtado 90] [Aug 16] Atlético Morelia 3-2 Santos Laguna [Ariel Graziani 54, Claudio da Silva "Claudinho" 57, René Iván Valenciano 81; Antonio Carlos Santos 39pen, José Antonio Noriega 58] Puebla 1-3 Atlas [Alksandar Janjik 12; Carlos Federico Lagorio 52, 67pen, 89] Guadalajara 3-2 Necaxa [Ricardo Peláez 16, Luis García 35pen, Jesús Arellano 86; Sergio Vázquez 43, Alex Aguinaga 90] Toros Neza 0-0 U.A.G. [Aug 19] Toluca 1-1 Tigres [Fabián Estay 15; Luis Hernández 37] Monterrey 3-2 Leon [Cristian Domizzi 31, 75, Antonio Mohamed 55pen; Fabián Prátola 19, Alberto García 23] Round 4 [Aug 22] Tigres 2-1 Atlético Morelia [Claudio Núñez 14, Juan Manuel Guerra 62; Gabriel García 30] Atlético Celaya 2-0 Puebla [Roberto Ruiz Esparza 48, Félix Hernández 77] Atlas 4-3 U.N.A.M. [Carlos Federico Lagorio 3, 78, César Andrade 38, Miguel Zepeda 86; Mario Jorge Álvarez 14, 45, Jesús Olalde 72] [Aug 23] Atlante 2-1 Toros Neza [in Estadio Sergio León Chávez] [Martín Félix Ubaldi 66, Gustavo Nápoles 73; Juan Ramón Fleita 20] Leon 1-1 Cruz Azul [Lorenzo Sáez 68; Juan Francisco Palencia 65] Pachuca 1-2 Guadalajara [Cesáreo Victorino 80; Ricardo Peláez 31, Luis García 73] Santos Laguna 2-2 America [Antonio Carlos Santos 72, Marcelo Ríos 74; Cuauhtémoc Blanco 24, 59pen] Necaxa 1-4 Toluca [in Estadio La Corregidora] [Alex Aguinaga 86; José Cardozo 16, 51, Omar Blanco 35, Hugo Santana 38] U.A.G. 4-0 Monterrey [Zdenko Muf 4, Eustacio Rizo 21, 43, Gilberto Adame 60] Round 5 [Aug 29] Toluca 3-0 Pachuca [Fabián Estay 33, 68pen, José Manuel Abundis 70] Cruz Azul 3-1 U.A.G. [Benjamín Galindo 4pen, Alfonso Sosa 6, Juan Francisco Palencia 76; Eustacio Rizo 52] Monterrey 0-0 Atlante Atlas 1-0 Atlético Celaya [Rodolfo Falero 72] [Aug 30] America 6-3 Tigres [Richart Báez 1, 51, Rodrigo Valenzuela 5, Cuauhtémoc Blanco 13, 62pen, 81; Claudio Núñez 32pen, 35, Javier Saavedra 52] Atlético Morelia 0-4 Necaxa [Pedro Pineda 32, 54, 78, Sergio Zárate 48] Puebla 2-1 Leon [José Luis del Valle 72, Naih Salim Chartouni 83; Martín Peña 90] Toros Neza 0-1 Santos Laguna [Marcelo Ríos 44] U.N.A.M. 0-1 Guadalajara [Luis García 7] Round 6 [Sep 4] U.A.G. 4-1 Puebla [Eustacio Rizo 27, 30, 80, Pavel Pardo 33; Adrián Sánchez 2] [Sep 5] Tigres 5-2 Toros Neza [Claudio Núñez 6pen, 22pen, Luis Hernández 13, 64, Joaquín del Olmo 26; Germán Arangio 2, Rodrigo Ruiz 68] Necaxa 1-0 America [Pedro Pineda 9] Atlético Celaya 2-0 U.N.A.M. [Carlos Pavón 24, Félix Hernández 76] [Sep 6] Pachuca 2-3 Atlético Morelia [David Patiño 84, Alejandro Glaría 90; Ariel Graziani 6, Jesús Gómez 15, René Iván Valenciano 80] Atlante 1-1 Cruz Azul [Gustavo Nápoles 35; Mauro Camoranesi 43] Leon 1-1 Atlas [Jaime Ordiales 44, Camilo Romero 10og] Guadalajara 0-4 Toluca [Rafael García 15, José Cardozo 50, 55, José Manuel Abundis 51] Santos Laguna 2-2 Monterrey [José Antonio Noriega 4, Antonio Carlos Santos 13; Antonio Mohamed 6, Marcelino Bernal 75pen] Round 7 [Sep 11] America 3-3 Pachuca [Cuauhtémoc Blanco 21, 53, 84; Marco de Almeida 40pen, 51, Alejandro Glaría 88] [Sep 12] Cruz Azul 5-1 Santos Laguna [Héctor Adomaitis 10, Francisco Gabriel de Anda 33, Mauro Camoranesi 50, Joahan Rodríguez 59, 75; Antonio Torres Servín 88] Monterrey 1-1 Tigres [Marcelino Bernal 83; Claudio Núñez 90] Atlético Celaya 2-1 Leon [Félix Hernández 80, Carlos Pavón 82; Roberto Medina 2] Atlas 3-0 U.A.G. [Carlos Federico Lagorio 31, Pavel Pardo 47og, César Andrade 84] [Sep 13] Puebla 1-3 Atlante [Luis Salazar 81; Gustavo Nápoles 63, Martín Félix Ubaldi 73, 74] U.N.A.M. 1-1 Toluca [Richard Zambrano 12; José Cardozo 84] Atlético Morelia 3-4 Guadalajara [Claudio da Silva "Claudinho" 5, 43, 74; Paulo César Chávez 10, 12, 87, Jesús Arellano 23] Toros Neza 1-3 Necaxa [Rodrigo Ruiz 54; Alex Aguinaga 40, Sergio Vázquez 44, Pedro Pineda 80pen] Round 8 [Sep 18] U.A.G. 2-0 Atlético Celaya [Roberto Palacios 4, Pavel Pardo 37] [Sep 19] Toluca 2-1 Atlético Morelia [Víctor Ruiz 51, José Manuel Abundis 79; Claudio da Silva "Claudinho" 48] Necaxa 2-2 Monterrey [Pedro Pineda 6, Sergio Zárate 76; Sergio Pérez 75, Omar Gómez 83] Tigres 1-1 Cruz Azul [Pablo Hernández Roetti 85; Julio César Yegros 83] [Sep 20] Guadalajara 1-0 America [Héctor del Ángel 44] Pachuca 2-1 Toros Neza [Jafet Soto 78, Guillermo Vázquez 90pen; Rodrigo Ruiz 64] Atlante 0-4 Atlas [Jorge Francisco Almirón 19, Daniel Osorno 43, Gerardo Torres 64, 73] Leon 2-4 U.N.A.M. [Sigifredo Mercado 38pen, Hernán Medford 62; Jesús Olalde 1pen, Sigifredo Mercado 58og, Antonio Sancho 68, Carlos Cariño 77] Santos Laguna 1-1 Puebla [Jared Borguetti 49; Vojimir Sindic 79pen] Round 9 [Sep 25] America 2-2 Toluca [José Luis Salgado 75, Alberto García Aspe 90pen; Enrique Alfaro 48, Darko Vukic 89] [Sep 26] Cruz Azul 2-0 Necaxa [Sergio Almaguer 42og, Juan Francisco Palencia 68] Atlético Celaya 2-2 Atlante [Luis Fernando Soto 54, Carlos Pavón 75; José Enrique García 33, Javier Flores 80] Atlas 2-1 Santos Laguna [Jair Vázquez 28, Carlos Federico Lagorio 40; Guillermo Rivarola 12] [Sep 27] U.N.A.M. 3-3 Atlético Morelia [Antonio Sancho 13, Mario Jorge Álvarez 18, Richard Zambrano 43; Flavio Davino 40, René Iván Valenciano 53, Darío Franco 70] Leon 2-3 U.A.G. [Roberto Medina 16, Alberto García 66; David Embé 40, Gandhi Vega 44, Rubén da Silva 70] Puebla 0-3 Tigres [Claudio Núñez 3, Fabián Peña 28, Ignacio Vázquez 86] Toros Neza 1-1 Guadalajara [Jesús López Meneses 15; Héctor del Ángel 87] Monterrey 2-1 Pachuca [Edson Zwarics 35, Salvador Arévalo 90; Gabriel Caballero 2] Round 10 [Oct 3] Toluca 2-1 Toros Neza [José Cardozo 23, Víctor Ruiz 73; Esteve Padilla 55] Tigres 1-1 Atlas [Pablo Hernández Roetti 24; Carlos Federico Lagorio 6pen] [Oct 4] Guadalajara 4-2 Monterrey [Ramón Ramírez 26, Ricardo Peláez 50, 81, 88; César Gómez 22, Marcelino Bernal 35] Pachuca 1-2 Cruz Azul [Alberto Rodríguez 20; Mauricio Gómez 30og, Benjamín Galindo 73] Atlético Morelia 0-0 America Atlante 2-5 Leon [Javier Flores 15, Gustavo Nápoles 31; Alberto García 33, Everaldo Begines 41, Sergio Martínez 57, Sigifredo Mercado 61pen, Camilo Romero 67] Santos Laguna 3-2 Atlético Celaya [Jared Borguetti 18pen, 51, Antonio Carlos Santos 90; Carlos Pavón 10, Félix Hernández 62] [Oct 5] Necaxa 2-2 Puebla [Raúl Gordillo 72, David Oliva 82; Luis Salazar 34, Joaquín Hernández 42] U.A.G. - U.N.A.M. [postponed due to storm] Round 11 [Oct 9] U.A.G. 2-0 Atlante [Mauricio Gallaga 27, Pavel Pardo 66] [Oct 10] Cruz Azul 2-1 Guadalajara [Benjamín Galindo 58, Mauro Camoranesi 90; Joel Sánchez 61] Atlas 0-1 Necaxa [Salvador Cabrera 85] Monterrey 0-3 Toluca [Fabián Estay 70pen, José Cardozo 84, Víctor Ruiz 90] Atlético Celaya 1-4 Tigres [Carlos Pavón 6pen; Claudio Núñez 2, Luis Hernández 9, 44, Edson Alvarado 71] [Oct 11] U.N.A.M. 3-1 America [Israel López 52, Jesús Olalde 65, 86; Braulio Luna 17] Leon 1-1 Santos Laguna [Everaldo Begines 16; Salvador Mariscal 36] Puebla 1-0 Pachuca [Joaquín Velásquez 15] Toros Neza 1-1 Atlético Morelia [Omar Avilán 78; Roberto Hernández 4] Round 12 [Oct 16] America 2-3 Toros Neza [Cuauhtémoc Blanco 32, Alberto García Aspe 74; José Juan Rivera 29, Omar Avilán 39, Jorge Collazo 88] [Oct 17] Toluca 3-0 Cruz Azul [José Cardozo 14, Fabián Estay 78, Darko Vukic 88] Necaxa 3-0 Atlético Celaya [Sergio Almaguer 27, Sergio Zárate 42, Missael Espinosa 88] Tigres 1-1 Leon [Ignacio Vázquez 54; Jesús Mendoza 24] [Oct 18] Pachuca 4-6 Atlas [Gabriel Caballero 12, Alejandro Glaría 21, 61, Rodrigo Fernández 34; Carlos Federico Lagorio 14, 81, Omar Briceño 28, Rafael Márquez 37, Jair Vázquez 66, Hugo Norberto Castillo 76] Atlante 0-0 UNAM Atlético Morelia 1-0 Monterrey [Claudio da Silva "Claudinho" 12] Guadalajara 2-1 Puebla [Luis García 81, Claudio Suárez 90; Adrián Santacruz 72] Santos Laguna 1-2 U.A.G. [Jared Borguetti 36; David Embé 30, Zdenko Muf 69] Round 13 [Oct 23] U.A.G. 1-1 Tigres [Zdenko Muf 6; Fabián Peña 15] [Oct 24] Cruz Azul 2-0 Atlético Morelia [Juan Francisco Palencia 26, Agustín Delgado 88] Monterrey 1-2 America [Gastón Obledo 30; Cuauhtémoc Blanco 5, 22] Atlas 2-4 Guadalajara [Mario Méndez 52, Carlos Federico Lagorio 90; Luis García 25, 34, 82, Jesús Arellano 66] Atlético Celaya 2-1 Pachuca [Carlos Pavón 53, Félix Hernández 77; Alejandro Glaría 74] [Oct 25] Atlante 1-2 Santos Laguna [in Estadio Sergio León Chávez] [Martín Félix Ubaldi 48; Jesús Estrada 59og, Jared Borguetti 74] Puebla 0-2 Toluca [Víctor Ruiz 52, Hugo Santana 90] Leon 3-1 Necaxa [Alberto García 55, Jaime Ordiales 57, Everaldo Begines 70; Carlos Hermosillo 51] Toros Neza 0-2 U.N.A.M. [Horacio Sánchez 48, Fernando Machado 57] Round 14 [Oct 30] America 1-3 Cruz Azul [Cuauhtémoc Blanco 89; Juan Francisco Palencia 59, Joahan Rodríguez 76, 90] [Oct 31] U.N.A.M. 2-0 Santos Laguna [Horacio Sánchez 24, 38] Toluca 3-1 Atlas [José Cardozo 26, Fabián Estay 72, Darko Vukic 87; Daniel Osorno 89] Tigres 3-2 Atlante [Javier Saavedra 47, Luis Hernández 64, 88; Luis Roberto Alves "Zague" 10, Juan Ángel Paredes 85] Necaxa 1-3 U.A.G. [Carlos Hermosillo 64; Reynaldo Parks 18, Roberto Palacios 21, Gandhi Vega 42] [Nov 1] Pachuca 2-0 Leon [Alejandro Glaría 17, 87] Atlético Morelia 4-0 Puebla [Claudio da Silva "Claudinho" 40, 47, Ariel Graziani 42, Flavio Davino 87] Guadalajara 0-0 Atlético Celaya Toros Neza 1-3 Monterrey [Rodrigo Ruiz 40; Cristian Domizzi 22, Gabriel Ruiz 60, Antonio Mohamed 64] Pending match Round 10 [Nov 3] U.A.G. 2-1 U.N.A.M. [Zdenko Muf 8, Gilberto Adame 9; Richard Zambrano 61] Round 15 [Nov 6] Atlante 1-3 Necaxa [Víctor Saavedra 16; Sergio Vázquez 43, 60, 87] U.A.G. 3-2 Pachuca [Rubén da Silva 67pen, 72, Roberto Palacios 70; Eduardo Fuentes 81, Alejandro Glaría 90pen] [Nov 7] Cruz Azul 4-0 Toros Neza [Joahan Rodríguez 23, Benjamín Galindo 33, Agustín Delgado 83, Julio César Yegros 86] Monterrey 0-0 U.N.A.M. Atlético Celaya 3-3 Toluca [Armando González 45, Julio César Pinheiro 52, Carlos Pavón 82; José Manuel Abundis 40, Víctor Ruiz 43, 63] [Nov 8] Leon 1-5 Guadalajara [Sigifredo Mercado 22pen; Ricardo Peláez 24, Jesús Arellano 40, Ramón Ramírez 75, 84, Alberto Coyote 90pen] Santos Laguna 2-0 Tigres [Antonio Carlos Santos 37, Jared Borguetti 90] [Nov 9] Puebla 1-2 America [Vojimir Sindic 70; Christian Torres 35, Cuauhtémoc Blanco 75] Atlas - Atlético Morelia Round 16 [Nov 13] America 3-1 Atlas [Christian Torres 29, Braulio Luna 36, Cuauhtémoc Blanco 89; Daniel Osorno 47] [Nov 14] Toluca 4-0 Leon [José Cardozo 20, 24, 76, José Manuel Abundis 79] Necaxa 5-1 Santos Laguna [Sergio Vázquez 36, David Oliva 49, Pedro Pineda 53, 56, 90; Antonio Carlos Santos 22] [Nov 15] Pachuca 3-2 Atlante [Alejandro Glaría 32, 67, José Juan Hernández 36; Martín Félix Ubaldi 24, Gustavo Nápoles 73] Atlético Morelia 3-2 Atlético Celaya [Ariel Graziani 1pen, 61, Claudio da Silva "Claudinho" 56; Carlos Pavón 21, Roberto Andrade 68] U.N.A.M. 2-1 Tigres [Ignacio Flores 38, Pablo Hernández Roetti 74og; Danilo Tosello 76] Guadalajara 1-1 U.A.G. [Joel Sánchez 90; Rubén da Silva 76] Toros Neza 4-0 Puebla [Juan Manuel Rivera 9, Rodrigo Ruiz 25, 55, Juan Ramón Fleita 46] Monterrey 0-4 Cruz Azul [Julio César Yegros 23, Mauro Camoranesi 46, Benjamín Galindo 82pen, Erick Hernández 89og] Pending match Round 15 [Nov 18] Atlas 0-1 Atlético Morelia [Ariel Graziani 90] Round 17 [Nov 22] Atlante 2-0 Guadalajara [Gustavo Nápoles 37, Juan Ángel Paredes 52] Leon 2-0 Atlético Morelia [Jesús Mendoza 27, Sigifredo Mercado 37pen] Puebla 2-2 Monterrey [Víctor Trevnevski 49, Gerardo Fernández 71; Edson Zwaricz 22, Manuel Sol 90] Santos Laguna 1-2 Pachuca [Antonio Carlos Santos 33; Cesáreo Victorino 1, Alejandro Glaría 34] U.A.G. 1-1 Toluca [Zdenko Muf 65; José Cardozo 45] Cruz Azul 0-0 U.N.A.M. Tigres 0-1 Necaxa [Sergio Zárate 77] Atlético Celaya 5-1 America [Salvador Vaca 44, César Suárez 47, Carlos Pavón 59, 80, Félix Hernández 71; Christian Torres 63] Atlas 3-0 Toros Neza [Nelson Esqueda 6, 33, Carlos Federico Lagorio 74] FINAL TABLES Group 1 M W T L GF GA DIF PTS 1. Cruz Azul 17 12 4 1 41 14 +27 40 (playoffs) [Ciudad de México] 2. Guadalajara 17 10 4 3 34 25 +9 34 (playoffs) ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3. Atlético Celaya 17 6 4 7 28 29 -1 22 4. León 17 4 4 9 25 34 -9 16 5. Puebla 17 2 3 12 13 41 -28 9 Group 2 M W T L GF GA DIF PTS 1. Atlético Morelia 17 8 3 6 28 28 0 27 (playoffs) 2. U.N.A.M. 17 7 5 5 26 20 +6 26 (playoffs) [Ciudad de México] ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3. América 17 6 4 7 30 31 -1 22 [Ciudad de México] 4. Pachuca 17 5 1 11 28 39 -11 16 5. Toros Neza 17 2 3 12 18 36 -18 9 [Nezahualcoyotl] Group 3 M W T L GF GA DIF PTS 1. Necaxa 17 10 2 5 36 22 +14 32 (playoffs) [Ciudad de México] 2. U.A.G. 17 9 4 4 31 23 +8 31 (playoffs) [Zapopan] ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3. Atlante 17 5 4 8 22 30 -8 19 [Ciudad de México] 4. Monterrey 17 4 7 6 20 30 -10 19 Group 4 M W T L GF GA DIF PTS 1. Toluca 17 10 6 1 39 14 +25 36 (playoffs) 2. Atlas 17 8 2 7 34 28 +6 26 (playoffs) [Guadalajara] ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3. Tigres U.A.N.L. 17 5 7 5 30 28 +2 22 [Monterrey] 4. Santos Laguna 17 4 5 8 22 33 -11 17 [Torreón] Topscorers: 1. Cuauhtémoc Blanco 16 América 2. Carlos Pavón 13 Atlético Celaya 3. José Cardozo 13 Toluca 4. Carlos Federico Lagorio 12 Atlas 5. Claudio da Silva "Claudinho" 11 Atlético Morelia 6. Pedro Pineda 11 Necaxa 7. Alejandro Glaría 11 Pachuca 8. Claudio "Diablo" Núñez 10 Tigres 9. Luis García 8 Guadalajara 10. Gustavo Nápoles 7 Atlante 11. Benjamín Galindo 7 Cruz Azul 12. Juan Francisco Palencia 7 Cruz Azul 13. Antonio Carlos Santos 7 Santos Laguna 14. Luis "Matador" Hernández 7 Tigres Championship Playoffs Quarterfinals First Legs [Nov 25] Estadio Olímpico Universitario U.N.A.M. 3-2 Cruz Azul [Horacio Sánchez 41, Mario Jorge Álvarez 69, 73; Luis Alfonso Sosa 46, Juan Francisco Palencia 55] Estadio 3 de Marzo U.A.G. 2-0 Necaxa [Roberto Palacios 47, Rubén Da Silva 52] [Nov 26] Estadio Jalisco Atlas 1-2 Toluca [Héctor López 85; José Manuel Abundis 21, Salvador Carmona 26] Estadio Morelos Atlético Morelia 1-1 Guadalajara [Ariel Graziani 28; Ricardo Peláez 43] Second Legs [Nov 28] Estadio Azul Cruz Azul 1-1 U.N.A.M. [Juan Francisco Palencia 48; Jaime Lozano 86] [Nov 29] Estadio Jalisco Guadalajara 4-1 Atlético Morelia [Ricardo Peláez 39, Jesús Arellano 71, Luis García 74, 88; Ariel Graziani 75pen] Estadio La Bombonera Toluca 0-2 Atlas [Héctor López 34, Juan Pablo Rodríguez 67] Estadio Azteca Necaxa 3-1 U.A.G. [Sergio Vázquez 12, Markus López 24, Gandhi Vega 40og; Zdenko Muf 90] NB: Necaxa qualifies on better season record Semifinals First Legs [Dec 3] Estadio Olímpico Universitario U.N.A.M. 1-1 Guadalajara [Mario Jorge Álvarez 19; Ricardo Peláez 14] Estadio Jalisco Atlas 0-0 Necaxa Second Legs [Dec 6] Estadio Jalisco Guadalajara 1-0 U.N.A.M. [Luis García 50] Estadio Azul Necaxa 3-2 Atlas [Carlos Hermosillo 28, 78, Sergio Vázquez 49; Carlos Federico Lagorio 16, Juan Pablo Rodríguez 47] Final First Leg [Dec 10] Estadio Azteca, Ciudad de México Necaxa 0-0 Guadalajara Second Leg [Dec 13] Estadio Jalisco, Guadalajara Guadalajara 0-2 Necaxa [Salvador Cabrera 54, Sergio Vázquez 87] Necaxa Invierno 1998 champions. Verano 1999 FINAL TABLES Group 1 M W T L GF GA DIF PTS 1. Cruz Azul 17 9 4 4 30 24 +6 31 (playoffs) [Ciudad de México] 2. Guadalajara 17 7 5 5 24 21 +3 26 (playoffs) ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3. Atlético Celaya 17 6 6 5 29 26 +3 24 4. León 17 5 1 11 19 33 -14 16 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 5. Puebla 17 3 4 10 15 30 -15 13 (relegated) Group 2 M W T L GF GA DIF PTS 1. América 17 9 4 4 30 25 +5 31 (playoffs) [Ciudad de México] 2. Atlético Morelia 17 8 1 8 23 23 0 25 (playoffs) ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3. Pachuca 17 6 6 5 23 22 +1 24 4. U.N.A.M. 17 6 3 8 19 27 -8 21 [Ciudad de México] 5. Toros Neza 17 4 5 8 21 29 -8 17 [Nezahualcoyotl] Group 3 M W T L GF GA DIF PTS 1. Necaxa 17 5 7 5 30 25 +5 22 (playoffs) [Ciudad de México] ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2. U.A.G. 17 6 1 10 21 28 -7 19 (repechaje) [Zapopan] ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3. Atlante 17 4 6 7 31 34 -3 18 [Ciudad de México] 4. Monterrey 17 4 2 11 25 38 -13 14 Group 4 M W T L GF GA DIF PTS 1. Toluca 17 12 3 2 50 23 +27 39 (playoffs) 2. Atlas 17 10 4 2 34 22 +12 34 (playoffs) [Guadalajara] ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3. Santos Laguna 17 9 2 6 33 29 +4 29 (repechaje) [Torreón] ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 4. Tigres U.A.N.L. 17 7 2 8 34 32 +2 23 [Monterrey] Regular Season Round 1 [Jan 15] U.A.G. 2-4 Atlético Morelia [Zdenko Muf 37, Roberto Palacios 78; Claudio da Silva "Claudinho" 19, 80, Ariel Grazziani 21] [Jan 16] Necaxa 5-1 U.N.A.M. [Carlos Hermosillo 38pen, 46, 75, Markus López 44, David Oliva 60; Israel López 69] Puebla 2-2 Cruz Azul [Francois Omam Biyik 9, Roberto Ruiz Esparza 91; Héctor Adomaitis 22, Juan Francisco Palencia 93] Tigres 4-3 Pachuca [Claudio Núñez 38pen, Javier Saavedra 53, Ignacio Vázquez 65, 70; Alejandro Glaría 28, 48, 55] Atlas 3-2 Monterrey [Juan Pablo Rodríguez 39pen, 76, Miguel Zepeda 68; Abdul Thompson 25, 44] Atlético Celaya 1-2 Toros Neza [Félix Hernández 55; Germán Arangio 7, Edson Astivia 78] [Jan 17] Leon 0-2 America [Cuauhtémoc Blanco 16, 57] Atlante 2-3 Toluca [Pedro Pineda 22pen, 48pen; José Manuel Abundis 5, 46, Fabián Estay 85] Santos Laguna 2-2 Guadalajara [Eduardo Lillingston 33, Marcelo Ovelar 63; Luis García 31pen, Ricardo Peláez 89] Round 2 [Jan 23] Toluca 3-2 Santos Laguna [José Manuel Abundis 34, José Cardozo 54, 60; Eduardo Lillingston 69, Jared Borguetti 85] Cruz Azul 2-1 Atlas [in Estadio Hidalgo] [José Luis Sixtos 17, Juan Francisco Palencia 49; Pablo Hernán Lavallén 44] Monterrey 1-2 Atlético Celaya [Christian Torres 21; Armando González 73, Carlos Pavón 79] U.N.A.M. 3-2 Puebla [in Estadio La Corregidora] [Horacio Sánchez 35, Mario Jorge Álvarez 50pen 68; Francois Omam Biyik 4, Miguel Pardeza 38] [Jan 24] Guadalajara 3-1 Tigres [Jesús Arellano 26, Luis García 81, Paulo César Chávez 89; Claudio Núñez 31] Atlético Morelia 3-2 Atlante [Heriberto Ramón Morales 42, Jesús Estrada 52og, Juan de Dios Ramírez Perales 75og; Raúl Gordillo 57, Pedro Pineda 84] Pachuca 1-1 Necaxa [Alejandro Glaría 75; Carlos Hermosillo 41] America 1-0 U.A.G. [in Estadio La Corregidora] [Braulio Luna 75] Toros Neza 0-0 Leon Round 3 [Jan 27] Santos Laguna 1-0 Atlético Morelia [Jared Borguetti 68] Tigres 4-4 Toluca [Ignacio Vázquez 7, Francisco Javier Sánchez 34, Luis Hernández 61, 90; Víctor Ruiz 6, José Manuel Abundis 45, 66, José Cardozo 71] Atlético Celaya 0-0 Cruz Azul Leon 0-1 Monterrey [Antonio Mohamed 10] U.A.G. 2-1 Toros Neza [Rubén da Silva 45, Zdenko Muf 87; Juan Ramón Fleita 58] [Jan 28] Pachuca 1-1 U.N.A.M. [Guillermo Rivarola 26; Vicente Nieto 61] Atlante 1-1 America [José Luis Navarrete 90; Cuauhtémoc Blanco 13] Atlas 3-0 Puebla [Rafael Márquez 2, Juan Pablo Rodríguez 50pen, 86pen] [Feb 3] Necaxa 3-0 Guadalajara [Sergio Zárate 15, Felipe de Jesús Robles 38og, Alex Aguinaga 73] Round 4 [Jan 30] Toluca 3-1 Necaxa [José Cardozo 44, Fabián Estay 62pen, Víctor Ruiz 83; Sergio Zárate 74] Cruz Azul 3-2 Leon [Juan Francisco Palencia 15, 52, Fabián Prátola 43og; Jaime Ordiales 12, Hernán Medford 46] Monterrey 3-0 U.A.G. [Christian Torres 21, 36, Guillermo Chabrand 48] [Jan 31] Atlético Morelia 2-3 Tigres [Ariel Grazziani 17pen, 84; Luis Hernández 11pen, 46, Ignacio Vázquez 71] U.N.A.M. 0-0 Atlas Toros Neza 3-3 Atlante [Jesús Estrada 7og, Marcos Ayala 61, 65; Víctor Saavedra 3, José Luis Navarrete 26, Pedro Pineda 55] America 3-1 Santos Laguna [Ramón Ramírez 54, Richart Báez 61, Cuauhtémoc Blanco 89; Jared Borguetti 39] Puebla 3-1 Atlético Celaya [Francois Omam Biyik 30, 85, Sandro Gamarra 53og; Carlos Pavón 10] Guadalajara 0-0 Pachuca Round 5 [Feb 5] U.A.G. 2-0 Cruz Azul [Roberto Palacios 49, Rubén da Silva 52pen] [Feb 6] Necaxa 0-1 Atlético Morelia [Ariel Grazziani 52] Tigres 3-4 America [Raúl Gutiérrez 49og, Claudio Núñez 57, 84pen; Ramón Ramírez 13, Gustavo Cañete 54, Cuauhtémoc Blanco 72pen, 80] Atlético Celaya 1-2 Atlas [Julio César Pinheiro 49; Hugo Norberto Castillo 26, Juan Pablo Rodríguez 43pen] [Feb 7] Guadalajara 2-1 U.N.A.M. [Ricardo Peláez 36, 88; Christian Ramírez 72] Leon 3-1 Puebla [Everaldo Begines 26, 62, Álvaro Ortiz 53; Martín Félix Ubaldi 10pen] Pachuca 0-3 Toluca [José Manuel Abundis 18, 52, Eugenio Villazón 88] Atlante 3-1 Monterrey [Raúl Gordillo 17, Pedro Pineda 30, Luis Roberto Alves "Zague" 39; Antonio Mohamed 33] Santos Laguna 1-0 Toros Neza [Jared Borguetti 72pen] Round 6 [Feb 20] Toluca 1-0 Guadalajara [José Manuel Abundis 74] Monterrey 2-5 Santos Laguna [Antonio Mohamed 72pen, Christian Torres 84; Jared Borguetti 11, Martín Machón 28, Martín Mariano Boasso 58, Salvador Mariscal 64, José Antonio Noriega 89] Puebla 1-0 U.A.G. [Miguel Pardeza 36] Atlas 4-0 Leon [Eduardo Bustos 34, 40, 61, César Andrade 46] [Feb 21] Atlético Morelia 0-2 Pachuca [Guillermo Rivarola 2, Pablo Hernán Gómez 66] Toros Neza 2-1 Tigres [Javier Saavedra 56og, Manuel Virchis 65; Luis Hernández 88] [Feb 24] U.N.A.M. 2-2 Atlético Celaya [Mario Jorge Álvarez 6, 76; Luis Fernando Soto 69, Carlos Pavón 79] America 1-1 Necaxa [Carlos Espínola 47; Carlos Hermosillo 35pen] [Feb 25] Cruz Azul 3-2 Atlante [Juan Francisco Palencia 13, Carlos Barra 71, Mauro Camoranesi 74; Pedro Pineda 38, 47] Round 7 [Feb 27] U.A.G. 1-2 Atlas [Zdenko Muf 12; Pablo Hernán Lavallén 22, Gerardo Torres 50] Toluca 2-0 U.N.A.M. [Omar Blanco 33, José Manuel Abundis 76] Tigres 2-0 Monterrey [Francisco Javier Sánchez 21, Joaquín del Olmo 78] Necaxa 1-1 Toros Neza [Agustín Delgado 75; Germán Arangio 13] [Feb 28] Guadalajara 1-2 Atlético Morelia [Héctor del Ángel 24; Claudio da Silva "Claudinho" 42, Antonio Carlos Santos 71] Pachuca 1-2 America [Gerardo Mascareño 87; Braulio Luna 15, Ramón Ramírez 70] Atlante 1-1 Puebla [Pedro Pineda 15; Jesús Eduardo Córdova 90] Santos Laguna 3-1 Cruz Azul [Marcelo Ovelar 16, Joahan Rodríguez 45, Miguel España 49; Héctor Altamirano 38og] Leon 2-3 Atlético Celaya [Everaldo Begines 39, Lorenzo Sáez 81; Carlos Pavón 16, Jorge Santillana 37, Julio César Pinheiro 64] Round 8 [Mar 6] Cruz Azul 3-2 Tigres [Juan Francisco Palencia 5, 23, Héctor Adomaitis 63; Luis Hernández 18, Edson Alvarado 90] Puebla 1-2 Santos Laguna [Francois Omam Biyik 6; Marcelo Ovelar 65, Jared Borguetti 81] Atlas 0-0 Atlante Monterrey 4-1 Necaxa [Víctor Santibáñez 45, Antonio Mohamed 73, Christian Torres 81, Sergio Pérez 87; Sergio Zárate 58] Atlético Celaya 2-1 U.A.G. [Luis Fernando Soto 57, Luis Miguel Salvador 90; Zdenko Muf 76] [Mar 7] America 0-1 Guadalajara [Héctor del Ángel 76] Toros Neza 2-3 Pachuca [Martín Parodi 14, Rodrigo Ruiz 66; Pablo Hernán Gómez 2, 45, Manuel Vidrio 12] U.N.A.M. 0-1 Leon [Camilo Romero 21] Atlético Morelia 0-0 Toluca Round 9 [Mar 12] Atlante 1-4 Atlético Celaya [Luis Roberto Alves "Zague" 53; Jorge Jerez 15, Carlos Pavón 33, 79, 85] [Mar 14] Pachuca 2-2 Monterrey [Gerardo Mascareño 4, Marcelino Bernal 70; Christian Torres 29, Jesús Alfaro 84og] [Mar 16] Tigres 3-0 Puebla [Claudio Núñez 22, José Luis Sierra 63, Luis Hernández 69] U.A.G. 2-1 Leon [Eustacio Rizo 46, Rubén da Silva 57; Fabián Prátola 61] [Mar 17] Toluca 3-0 America [José Cardozo 4, 59, 79] Atlético Morelia 1-2 UNAM [Emilio Mora 82; Mario Jorge Álvarez 9pen, Jesús Olalde 80] Santos Laguna 2-1 Atlas [Antonio Torres Servín 35, Eduardo Lillingston 90; Miguel Zepeda 30pen] Necaxa 1-1 Cruz Azul [Agustín Delgado 63; José Luis Sixtos 50] Guadalajara 1-1 Toros Neza [Luis García 10; Jesús López Meneses 61] Round 10 [Mar 20] Monterrey 2-4 Guadalajara [Christian Torres 76, Francisco Javier Cruz 83; Héctor Castro 19, Ricardo Peláez 24, Luis García 53, 77] Cruz Azul 2-1 Pachuca [Mauro Camoranesi 13, Juan Francisco Palencia 75; José Guadalupe Castañeda 66og] Puebla 0-2 Necaxa [Agustín Delgado 5, Sergio Vázquez 45] Atlético Celaya 3-0 Santos Laguna [Luis Miguel Salvador 8, Armando González 36, Luis Fernando Soto 73] Atlas 1-0 Tigres [Eduardo Bustos 56] [Mar 21] U.N.A.M. 0-2 U.A.G. [Zdenko Muf 20, Gandhi Vega 51] Leon 3-2 Atlante [Everaldo Begines 19pen, José Luis Navarrete 21og, Camilo Romero 73; Víctor Saavedra 33, Martín Rodríguez 74] America 2-1 Atlético Morelia [Juan Ángel Paredes 17, 79; Raúl Gutiérrez 90og] Toros Neza 1-6 Toluca [Germán Arangio 89; Enrique Alfaro 4, José Cardozo 36, 40, 57, Rafael García 48, Carlos María Morales 75] Round 11 [Mar 26] Atlante 1-2 U.A.G. [Pedro Pineda 44pen; Eustacio Rizo 14, Zdenko Muf 47] [Mar 27] Necaxa 2-3 Atlas [Sergio Vázquez 23, Carlos Hermosillo 51; Jorge Francisco Almirón 42, José Luis González China 45pen, Julio Estrada 79] Tigres 1-0 Atlético Celaya [Luis Hernández 67] [Mar 28] Guadalajara 2-0 Cruz Azul [Jesús Arellano 66, Héctor del Ángel 87] Atlético Morelia 3-0 Toros Neza [Ariel Grazziani 58, Claudio da Silva "Claudinho" 84pen, Emilio Mora 90] Pachuca 2-0 Puebla [Marcelino Bernal 13, David Patiño 69] Toluca 4-0 Monterrey [José Cardozo 12, José Manuel Abundis 21, Alberto Macías 59, Fabián Estay 66] America 3-1 U.N.A.M. [Juan Ángel Paredes 34, 70, Carlos Espínola 40; Jorge Campos 46pen] Santos Laguna 3-2 Leon [Jared Borguetti 27, Marcelo Ovelar 33, Joahan Rodríguez 56; Everaldo Begines 11, 48] Round 12 [Apr 2] U.A.G. 1-1 Santos Laguna [Pavel Pardo 86pen; José Antonio Noriega 14] [Apr 3] Cruz Azul 3-2 Toluca [Héctor Adomaitis 3, Mauro Camoranesi 22, José Luis Sixtos 90; José Manuel Abundis 39, Juan Reynoso 82og] Monterrey 1-2 Atlético Morelia [Gastón Obledo 18; Ariel Grazziani 17, Claudio da Silva "Claudinho" 79] Puebla 1-2 Guadalajara [Martín Félix Ubaldi 19; Ramón Morales 7, Ricardo Peláez 28] Atlético Celaya 1-1 Necaxa [Carlos Pavón 74; Sergio Vázquez 33] Atlas 3-0 Pachuca [Hugo Norberto Castillo 55, 84, Miguel Zepeda 89pen] [Apr 4] Leon 2-1 Tigres [Everaldo Begines 52, 86; Luis Hernández 90] U.N.A.M. 1-2 Atlante [Vicente Nieto 20; Pedro Pineda 38, Luis Roberto Alves "Zague" 55] Toos Neza 1-2 America [Sergio Sierra 24; Cuauhtémoc Blanco 38, 66pen] Round 13 [Apr 10] Toluca 3-0 Puebla [José Manuel Abundis 16, Roberto Ruiz Esparza 82og, Víctor Ruiz 88] Necaxa 4-0 Leon [Sergio Almaguer 40, Alex Aguinaga 42, Sergio Vázquez 44, Sergio Zárate 75] Tigres 2-1 U.A.G. [Ignacio Vázquez 16, Fabián Peña 29; Nicolás Ascensio 77] [Apr 11] Guadalajara 1-1 Atlas [Joel Sánchez 82; Hugo Norberto Castillo 90] Atlético Morelia 0-2 Cruz Azul [Benjamín Galindo 69, 90] Pachuca 2-2 Atlético Celaya [Alejandro Glaría 22pen, Gabriel Caballero 78; Carlos Pavón 23, Luis Fernando Soto 72] U.N.A.M. 0-1 Toros Neza [Jesús López Meneses 67] America 4-1 Monterrey [Cuauhtémoc Blanco 47, 69pen, Juan Ángel Paredes 82, Braulio Luna 90; Salvador Arévalo 41] Santos Laguna 4-2 Atlante [Eduardo Lillingston 21, José Antonio Noriega 23, Martín Mariano Boasso 54, 87; Martín Rodríguez 52, 86] Round 14 [Apr 16] U.A.G. 2-3 Necaxa [Zdenko Muf 44, Nicolás Ascencio 69; José Milián 17, Agustín Delgado 59, Carlos Hermosillo 62pen] [Apr 17] Cruz Azul 4-0 America [Mauro Camoranesi 1, 58, Juan Francisco Palencia 11, Héctor Adomaitis 55] Puebla 0-1 Atlético Morelia [Emilio Mora 36] Monterrey 1-0 Toros Neza [Antonio Naelson 11] Atlético Celaya 0-0 Guadalajara Atlas 3-3 Toluca [Miguel Zepeda 33, Jorge Francisco Almirón 59, César Andrade 82; Alberto Macías 19, José Cardozo 20, 60] [Apr 18] Leon 0-1 Pachuca [Gerardo Mascareño 29] Santos Laguna 1-2 U.N.A.M. [Eduardo Lillingston 84; Jorge Campos 46, Jesús Olalde 54] Atlante 2-1 Tigres [Pedro Pineda 18, 57pen; Luis Hernández 16] Round 15 [Apr 24] Toluca 5-2 Atlético Celaya [Salvador Carmona 34, José Cardozo 49, José Manuel Abundis 54, 74, Enrique Alfaro 70; Carlos Pavón 29, 73] Necaxa 2-2 Atlante [Carlos Hermosillo 12, Alex Aguinaga 20; Roberto Molina 50, Raúl Gordillo 82] Tigres 4-2 Santos Laguna [Raúl Llanes 2, Luis Hernández 49, 54, Ignacio Vázquez 78; Jorge Campos Valadez 50, Jared Borguetti 90pen] [Apr 25] Guadalajara 3-0 Leon [Luis García 27pen, Ricardo Peláez 41, Héctor del Ángel 90] Atlético Morelia 1-2 Atlas [Claudio da Silva "Claudinho" 78pen; Hugo Norberto Castillo 9, Miguel Zepeda 75] Pachuca 3-0 U.A.G. [Octavio Valdez 25, Gerardo Mascareño 29, Jafet Soto 81] U.N.A.M. 2-1 Monterrey [in Querétaro] [Juan Hernández 57og, Antonio Sancho 84; Antonio Mohamed 90] America 1-1 Puebla [Juan Ángel Paredes 69; Martín Félix Ubaldi 42] Toros Neza 1-1 Cruz Azul [José Juan Rivera 80; Juan Francisco Palencia 49] Round 16 [Apr 30] U.A.G. 1-0 Guadalajara [Pavel Pardo 54pen] [May 1] Cruz Azul 3-2 Monterrey [Juan Francisco Palencia 40, Marcelo Ríos 71, Benjamín Galindo 79pen; Antonio Mohamed 27, Abdul Thompson 36] Tigres 1-2 U.N.A.M. [Raúl Llanes Toro 54; Jorge Campos 15, 45pen] Puebla 1-0 Toros Neza [Martín Félix Ubaldi 46] Atlético Celaya 3-1 Atlético Morelia [Carlos Pavón 10, Rodolfo Navarro 46, Luis Fernando Soto 90pen; Claudio da Silva "Claudinho" 43pen] Atlas 3-2 America [Juan Pablo Rodríguez 7pen, Hugo Castillo 74, Daniel Osorno 90; Cuauhtémoc Blanco 16, 40] [May 2] Leon 3-2 Toluca [Hernán Medford 26, Everaldo Begines 72, Omar Arellano 90; Enrique Alfaro 70, Víctor Ruiz 85] Atlante 0-0 Pachuca Santos Laguna 3-1 Necaxa [Marcelo Ovelar 29, Jared Borguetti 62, Joahan Rodríguez 66; Markus López 25] Round 17 [May 9] Toluca 3-2 U.A.G. [Rafael García 43, Víctor Ruiz 52, José Cardozo 64; Rubén da Silva 16, Zdenko Muf 60] Monterrey 1-1 Puebla [Sergio Pérez 71; Gilberto Jiménez 73] Necaxa 1-1 Tigres [in Estadio Azul] [Carlos Hermosillo 27; Claudio Núñez 21] Guadalajara 2-5 Atlante [Ricardo Peláez 18, Jesús Arellano 87; Roberto Molina 42, Luis Roberto Alves "Zague" 47, 85, Carlos Gallegos 60, Pedro Pineda 89] Atlético Morelia 1-0 Leon [Ariel Grazziani 75] Pachuca 1-0 Santos Laguna [Gabriel Caballero 19] U.N.A.M. 1-0 Cruz Azul [in Estadio La Corregidora] [Jesús Olalde 4] America 2-2 Atlético Celaya [Cuauhtémoc Blanco 72pen, 89pen; Luis Fernando Soto 52pen, Carlos Pavón 84] Toros Neza 5-2 Atlas [Germán Arangio 29, 42, Martín Parodi 51, Rodrigo Ruiz 66, 89; Miguel Zepeda 30, Héctor López 49] FINAL TABLES Group 1 M W T L GF GA DIF PTS 1. Cruz Azul 17 9 4 4 30 24 +6 31 (playoffs) [Ciudad de México] 2. Guadalajara 17 7 5 5 24 21 +3 26 (playoffs) ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3. Atlético Celaya 17 6 6 5 29 26 +3 24 4. León 17 5 1 11 19 33 -14 16 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 5. Puebla 17 3 4 10 15 30 -15 13 (relegated) Group 2 M W T L GF GA DIF PTS 1. América 17 9 4 4 30 25 +5 31 (playoffs) [Ciudad de México] 2. Atlético Morelia 17 8 1 8 23 23 0 25 (playoffs) ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3. Pachuca 17 6 6 5 23 22 +1 24 4. U.N.A.M. 17 6 3 8 19 27 -8 21 [Ciudad de México] 5. Toros Neza 17 4 5 8 21 29 -8 17 [Nezahualcoyotl] Group 3 M W T L GF GA DIF PTS 1. Necaxa 17 5 7 5 30 25 +5 22 (playoffs) [Ciudad de México] ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2. U.A.G. 17 6 1 10 21 28 -7 19 (repechaje) [Zapopan] ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3. Atlante 17 4 6 7 31 34 -3 18 [Ciudad de México] 4. Monterrey 17 4 2 11 25 38 -13 14 Group 4 M W T L GF GA DIF PTS 1. Toluca 17 12 3 2 50 23 +27 39 (playoffs) 2. Atlas 17 10 4 2 34 22 +12 34 (playoffs) [Guadalajara] ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3. Santos Laguna 17 9 2 6 33 29 +4 29 (repechaje) [Torreón] ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 4. Tigres U.A.N.L. 17 7 2 8 34 32 +2 23 [Monterrey] Winners and three best runners-up qualified directly for quarterfinals; worst runners-up (U.A.G.) and best third-placed team (Santos Laguna) play off for final quarterfinal spot. Topscorers: 1. José Saturnino Cardozo 15 Toluca 2. José Manuel Abundis 14 Toluca 3. Cuauhtémoc Blanco 14 América 4. Carlos Pavón 13 Atlético Celaya 5. Pedro Pineda 13 Atlante 6. Luis Hernández 12 Tigres 7. Juan Francisco Palencia 11 Cruz Azul 8. Everaldo Begines 9 León 9. Jared Borguetti 9 Santos Laguna 10. Carlos Hermosillo 9 Necaxa 11. Zdenko Muf 8 U.A.G. 12. Ariel Graziani 8 Atlético Morelia 13. Claudio da Silva "Claudinho" 7 Atlético Morelia 14. Christian Torres 7 Monterrey 15. Ricardo Peláez 7 Guadalajara Relegation table: Team Average (PTS/GMS) 1. Toluca 1.7451 (178/102) 2. Cruz Azul 1.7353 (177/102) 3. Guadalajara 1.6961 (173/102) 4. América 1.5882 (162/102) 5. Necaxa 1.5784 (161/102) 6. Atlante 1.5294 (156/102) 7. Atlas 1.5196 (155/102) 8. Santos Laguna 1.4510 (148/102) 9. Atlético Morelia 1.3529 (138/102) 10. U.A.G. 1.3137 (114/102) 11. Tigres 1.2647 (86/68) 12. U.N.A.M. 1.2647 (129/102) 13. León 1.2451 (127/102) 14. Toros Neza 1.2451 (127/102) 15. Pachuca 1.1765 (40/34) 16. Atlético Celaya 1.0784 (110/102) [goal difference -25] 17. Monterrey 1.0784 (110/102) [goal difference -47] --------------------------------------------- 18. Puebla 1.0784 (110/102) [goal difference -50] (relegated) Championship playoffs Repechaje Round (Quarterfinal Spot Playoff) First Leg [May 13] Estadio 3 de Marzo U.A.G. 1-4 Santos Laguna [Roberto Palacios 90; Martín Mariano Boasso 28, Marcelo Ovelar 33, 42, Jared Borgetti 77] Second Leg [May 16] Estadio Corona Santos Laguna 3-4 U.A.G. [Jared Borgetti 28, Johan Rodríguez 58, José Antonio Noriega 66; Roberto Palacios 10, Eustacio Rizo 18, Guillermo Hernández 25, Rubén Da Silva 89] Quarterfinals First Legs [May 19] Estadio Morelos Atlético Morelia 1-1 Atlas [Dario Franco 32; Daniel Osorno 21] Estadio Azteca Necaxa 1-3 Toluca [Sergio Vazquez 26; Rafael Garcia 43, Alberto Macías 56, Jose Cardozo 63] Estadio Jalisco Guadalajara 1-2 Cruz Azul [Jesús Arellano 84; Juan Reynoso 3, Juan Francisco Palencia 86] [May 20] Estadio Corona Santos Laguna 3-0 America [Martin Machon 10, Jared Borgetti 28, Eduardo Lillingston 78] Second Legs [May 22] Estadio La Bombonera Toluca 1-2 Necaxa [Jose Cardozo 68; Agustin Delgado 22, Alex Aguinaga 61] Estadio Azul Cruz Azul 2-2 Guadalajara [Hector Adomaitis 10, Juan Reynoso 64; Luis Garcia 12, 23] Estadio Jalisco Atlas 2-2 Atlético Morelia [Eduardo Bustos 57, Hugo Norberto Castillo 88; Emilio Mora 36, Daniel Osorno 64og] [May 23] Estadio Azteca America 2-0 Santos Laguna [Javier Espinola 22, Cuauhtémoc Blanco 59] NB: Atlas qualified on better season record Semifinals First Legs [May 26] Estadio Corona Santos Laguna 1-1 Toluca [José Antonio Noriega 42; José Cardozo 28] Estadio Azul Cruz Azul 0-4 Atlas [César Andrade 29, Miguel Zepeda 39, Juan Pablo Rodriguez 48pen, Hugo Norberto Castillo 50] Second Legs [May 29] Estadio La Bombonera Toluca 3-2 Santos Laguna [Alberto Macías 7, José Manuel Abundis 25, Enrique Alfaro 74; Marcelo Ovelar 2, Jared Borguetti 15pen] Estadio Jalisco Atlas 2-0 Cruz Azul [Juan Pablo Rodriguez 26, Hugo Norberto Castillo 60] Final First Leg [Jun 3] Estadio Jalisco, Guadalajara Atlas 3-3 Toluca [Cesar Andrade 21, Hugo Norberto Castillo 53, Rafael Marquez 69; Carlos Maria Morales 3, 27, Jose Cardozo 8] Second Leg [Jun 6] Estadio La Bombonera, Toluca Toluca 2-2 Atlas [aet; 5-4pen] [José Cardozo 3, Alberto Macias 26; Hugo Norberto Castillo 1, Miguel Angel Zepeda 50] Penalty shootout: Toluca Atlas Antonio Taboada 1-0 Juan Pablo Rodriguez 1-1 Victor Ruiz 2-1 Miguel Angel Zepeda 2-2 Fabian Estay (miss) 2-2 Daniel Osorno (miss) 2-2 Darko Vukic 3-2 Rafael Marquez 3-3 Jose S. Cardozo 4-3 Eduardo Bustos M. 4-4 Salvador Carmona 5-4 Julio Estrada (miss) 5-4 Changes for the next season: Promoted: Unión de Curtidores (León) Relegated: Puebla Unión de Curtidores sold its license to Puebla. Relegated license of Puebla changes its name to Ángeles Atlético Morelia changes its name to Monarcas Morelia Mexico Primera División A 1998/99 (Second Level) Invierno 1998 Group 1 M W T L GF GA PTS AVGE 1. Veracruz 19 8 6 5 40 31 30 1.2903 (playoffs) 2. U.A.Tamaulipas 19 7 7 5 30 29 28 1.0345 (playoffs) [Ciudad Victoria] ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3. Jaguares Colima 19 7 2 10 27 32 23 0.8438 [Tecoman] 4. Tigrillos U.de N.L. 19 4 8 7 23 23 20 1.0000 [Monterrey] 5. Halcones Querétaro 19 2 14 3 26 30 20 0.8667 Group 2 M W T L GF GA PTS AVGE 1. Irapuato 19 10 5 4 47 32 35 1.4688 (playoffs) 2. Yucatán 19 10 4 5 36 32 34 1.1250 (playoffs) [Mérida] ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3. Chivas Tijuana 19 7 6 6 27 28 27 0.9643 (repesca) ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 4. U.de Curtidores 19 6 7 6 31 29 25 1.0690 [León] 5. Real Sociedad 19 6 5 8 36 39 23 0.9231 [Zacatecas] Group 3 M W T L GF GA PTS AVGE 1. Aguascalientes 19 11 3 5 33 30 36 1.1000 (playoffs) 2. San Luis 19 7 6 6 40 29 27 1.3793 (playoffs) [San Luis Potosí] ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3. Bachilleres 19 7 5 7 29 32 26 0.9063 [Guadalajara] 4. Cuautitlán 19 6 3 10 32 37 21 0.8649 5. Atl. Mexiquense 19 4 7 8 31 39 19 0.7949 [Toluca] Group 4 M W T L GF GA PTS AVGE 1. Cruz Azul Hidalgo 19 8 7 4 34 29 31 1.1724 (playoffs) [Ciudad Cooperativa] ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2. Zacatepec 19 5 9 5 41 39 24 1.0513 (repesca) ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3. Atl. San Francisco 19 6 6 7 22 26 24 0.8462 [San Francisco del Rincón] 4. La Piedad 19 5 5 9 30 39 20 0.7692 5. Saltillo Soccer 19 3 7 9 25 35 16 0.7143 NB: Tampico disqualified after Round 2; Tampico couldn't show up in its matches against Bachilleres and U.A.Tamaulipas Regular Season Round 1 [Jul 23] Bachilleres - Tampico [postponed by request of Tampico] [Jul 24] U.de Curtidores 3-1 Aguascalientes San Luis 2-0 Atlético Mexiquense [Jul 25] Yucatán 2-0 Chivas Tijuana Zacatepec 2-2 Saltillo Soccer Cuautitlán 4-2 A.San Francisco Real Sociedad 2-1 Jaguares Colima Tigrillos 5-0 Cruz Azul Hidalgo [Jul 26] U.A.Tamaulipas 2-0 Veracruz La Piedad 3-1 Halcones Querétaro Irapuato bye Round 2 [Jul 31] Chivas Tijuana 3-0 U.de Curtidores [Aug 1] Halcones Querétaro 2-2 Real Sociedad Cruz Azul Hidalgo 5-1 Yucatán [in Estadio Azul] A.San Francisco 1-1 Zacatepec Veracruz 1-2 Cuautitlán Irapuato 5-2 Bachilleres [Aug 2] Atlético Mexiquense 2-2 Tigrillos Saltillo Soccer 0-6 La Piedad Jaguares Colima 2-1 San Luis Tampico - U.A.Tamaulipas [Tampico dns] Aguascalientes bye NB: Tampico disqualified. Round 3 [Aug 7] U.de Curtidores 1-1 Cruz Azul Hidalgo [Aug 8] Yucatán 5-2 Atlético Mexiquense Zacatepec 2-2 Veracruz Real Sociedad 1-1 Saltillo Soccer Tigrillos 2-2 Jaguares Colima Aguascalientes 2-0 Chivas Tijuana San Luis 2-2 Halcones Querétaro [Aug 9] U.A.Tamaulipas 0-2 Irapuato La Piedad 0-1 A.San Francisco Bachilleres bye Cuautitlán bye Round 4 [Aug 15] Atlético Mexiquense 1-2 U.de Curtidores A.San Francisco 2-3 Real Sociedad Cruz Azul Hidalgo 1-1 Aguascalientes [in Estadio Azul] Halcones Querétaro 1-1 Tigrillos Bachilleres 2-2 U.A.Tamaulipas Veracruz 6-0 La Piedad Irapuato 5-2 Cuautitlán [Aug 16] Saltillo Soccer 1-1 San Luis Jaguares Colima 1-2 Yucatán Chivas Tijuana bye Zacatepec bye Round 5 [Aug 19] Zacatepec 7-3 Irapuato Cuautitlán 0-2 Bachilleres Aguascalientes 2-1 Atlético Mexiquense Chivas Tijuana 2-1 Cruz Azul Hidalgo U.de Curtidores 1-2 Jaguares Colima Yucatán 1-1 Halcones Querétaro Real Sociedad 5-2 Veracruz San Luis 1-2 A.San Francisco Tigrillos 2-2 Saltillo Soccer U.A.Tamaulipas bye La Piedad bye Round 6 [Aug 22] Atlético Mexiquense 1-1 Chivas Tijuana A.San Francisco 2-1 Tigrillos Veracruz 1-1 San Luis [Aug 23] Halcones Querétaro 1-2 U.de Curtidores Irapuato 4-1 La Piedad Bachilleres 2-2 Zacatepec U.A.Tamaulipas 1-0 Cuautitlán Saltillo Soccer 3-4 Yucatán Jaguares Colima 0-2 Aguascalientes Cruz Azul Hidalgo bye Real Sociedad bye Round 7 [Aug 28] Tigrillos 1-0 Veracruz U.de Curtidores 1-2 Saltillo Soccer Chivas Tijuana 2-1 Jaguares Colima [Aug 29] Cruz Azul Hidalgo 2-1 Atlético Mexiquense [in Estadio Azul] Yucatán 2-0 A.San Francisco Zacatepec 0-2 U.A.Tamaulipas Aguascalientes 2-2 Halcones Querétaro Real Sociedad 1-3 Irapuato [Aug 30] La Piedad 0-0 Bachilleres Cuautitlán bye San Luis bye Round 8 [Sep 5] A.San Francisco 2-2 U.de Curtidores Halcones Querétaro 0-0 Chivas Tijuana Veracruz 2-0 Yucatán Bachilleres 2-2 Real Sociedad Irapuato 3-3 San Luis [Sep 6] U.A.Tamaulipas 3-2 La Piedad Saltillo Soccer 4-0 Aguascalientes Cuautitlán 5-1 Zacatepec Jaguares Colima 0-1 Cruz Azul Hidalgo Atlético Mexiquense bye Tigrillos bye Round 9 [Sep 11] Chivas Tijuana 1-1 Saltillo Soccer U.de Curtidores 3-3 Veracruz Tigrillos 1-1 Irapuato [Sep 12] Cruz Azul Hidalgo 1-1 Halcones Querétaro [in Estadio Azul] Atlético Mexiquense 3-1 Jaguares Colima Aguascalientes 2-1 A.San Francisco Real Sociedad 1-2 U.A.Tamaulipas San Luis 3-1 Bachilleres [Sep 13] La Piedad 3-1 Cuautitlán Zacatepec bye Yucatán bye Round 10 [Sep 16] Zacatepec 3-1 La Piedad Cuautitlán 2-2 Real Sociedad Halcones Querétaro 1-1 Atlético Mexiquense U.A.Tamaulipas 2-2 San Luis Veracruz 2-1 Aguascalientes Irapuato 3-2 Yucatán A.San Francisco 1-2 Chivas Tijuana Bachilleres 1-0 Tigrillos [Sep 17] Saltillo Soccer 0-1 Cruz Azul Hidalgo Jaguares Colima bye U.de Curtidores bye Round 11 [Sep 18] U.de Curtidores 3-3 Irapuato [Sep 19] San Luis 3-2 Cuautitlán Tigrillos 2-3 U.A.Tamaulipas Yucatán 3-2 Bachilleres Real Sociedad 3-2 Zacatepec Chivas Tijuana 3-4 Veracruz [Sep 20] Cruz Azul Hidalgo 1-1 A.San Francisco Atlético Mexiquense 2-2 Saltillo Soccer Jaguares Colima 1-1 Halcones Querétaro La Piedad bye Aguascalientes bye Round 12 [Sep 26] Bachilleres 1-0 U.de Curtidores Zacatepec 2-1 San Luis A.San Francisco 1-1 Atlético Mexiquense Veracruz 2-1 Cruz Azul Hidalgo Irapuato 1-2 Aguascalientes [Sep 27] U.A.Tamaulipas 2-2 Yucatán Saltillo Soccer 1-2 Jaguares Colima Cuautitlán 0-0 Tigrillos La Piedad 2-1 Real Sociedad Halcones Querétaro bye Chivas Tijuana bye Round 13 [Oct 2] Chivas Tijuana 2-1 Irapuato [Oct 3] U.de Curtidores 4-2 U.A.Tamaulipas San Luis 5-0 La Piedad Tigrillos 1-0 Zacatepec Aguascalientes 3-3 Bachilleres Halcones Querétaro 2-1 Saltillo Soccer Yucatán 1-0 Cuautitlán [Oct 4] Atlético Mexiquense 3-2 Veracruz Jaguares Colima 3-2 A.San Francisco Real Sociedad bye Cruz Azul Hidalgo bye Round 14 [Oct 8] Bachilleres 1-2 Chivas Tijuana [Oct 10] Zacatepec 5-3 Yucatán A.San Francisco 1-1 Halcones Querétaro Veracruz 3-1 Jaguares Colima Real Sociedad 2-2 San Luis Irapuato 1-1 Cruz Azul Hidalgo [Oct 11] U.A.Tamaulipas 1-3 Aguascalientes Cuautitlán 2-1 U.de Curtidores La Piedad 2-0 Tigrillos Saltillo Soccer bye Atlético Mexiquense bye Round 15 [Oct 14] Cruz Azul Hidalgo 6-2 Bachilleres Aguascalientes 1-3 Cuautitlán Halcones Querétaro 3-3 Veracruz Chivas Tijuana 1-1 U.A.Tamaulipas U.de Curtidores 1-1 Zacatepec Yucatán 2-2 La Piedad Tigrillos 2-0 Real Sociedad Saltillo Soccer 0-1 A.San Francisco Atlético Mexiquense - Irapuato [postponed] San Luis bye Jaguares Colima bye Round 16 [Oct 17] San Luis 3-1 Tigrillos Zacatepec 4-2 Aguascalientes Veracruz 4-1 Saltillo Soccer Real Sociedad 1-2 Yucatán Irapuato 2-0 Jaguares Colima Bachilleres 2-0 Atlético Mexiquense [Oct 18] U.A.Tamaulipas 2-2 Cruz Azul Hidalgo Cuautitlán 4-1 Chivas Tijuana La Piedad 0-0 U.de Curtidores A.San Francisco bye Halcones Querétaro bye Pending match Round 15 [Oct 21] Atlético Mexiquense 0-2 Irapuato Round 17 [Oct 23] Chivas Tijuana 2-2 Zacatepec U.de Curtidores 4-1 Real Sociedad [Oct 24] Cruz Azul Hidalgo 2-0 Cuautitlán Atlético Mexiquense 2-1 U.A.Tamaulipas Aguascalientes 2-1 La Piedad Halcones Querétaro 1-4 Irapuato A.San Francisco 0-0 Veracruz Yucatán 3-2 San Luis [Oct 25] Jaguares Colima 1-2 Bachilleres Tigrillos bye Saltillo Soccer bye Round 18 [Oct 31] San Luis 1-2 U.de Curtidores Tigrillos 0-0 Yucatán Zacatepec 1-1 Cruz Azul Hidalgo Real Sociedad 1-2 Aguascalientes Irapuato 2-1 Saltillo Soccer Bachilleres 1-2 Halcones Querétaro [Nov 1] U.A.Tamaulipas 1-0 Jaguares Colima Cuautitlán 1-3 Atlético Mexiquense La Piedad 2-2 Chivas Tijuana Veracruz bye A.San Francisco bye Round 19 [Nov 6] Chivas Tijuana 1-2 Real Sociedad U.de Curtidores 1-1 Tigrillos [Nov 7] Cruz Azul Hidalgo 3-1 La Piedad Atlético Mexiquense 4-4 Zacatepec Aguascalientes 2-1 San Luis Halcones Querétaro 2-2 U.A.Tamaulipas A.San Francisco 1-0 Irapuato [Nov 8] Saltillo Soccer 0-1 Bachilleres Jaguares Colima 5-2 Cuautitlán Yucatán bye Veracruz bye Round 20 [Nov 12] Bachilleres 2-0 A.San Francisco [Nov 14] San Luis 2-1 Chivas Tijuana Tigrillos 1-2 Aguascalientes Zacatepec 1-2 Jaguares Colima Yucatán 1-0 U.de Curtidores Real Sociedad 3-4 Cruz Azul Hidalgo Irapuato 2-2 Veracruz [Nov 15] U.A.Tamaulipas 1-1 Saltillo Soccer Cuautitlán 1-1 Halcones Querétaro La Piedad 3-3 Atlético Mexiquense Round 21 [Nov 22] Chivas Tijuana 1-0 Tigrillos Cruz Azul Hidalgo 0-4 San Luis Atlético Mexiquense 1-3 Real Sociedad Aguascalientes 1-0 Yucatán Halcones Querétaro 1-1 Zacatepec A.San Francisco 1-0 U.A.Tamaulipas Veracruz 1-0 Bachilleres Saltillo Soccer 2-1 Cuautitlán Jaguares Colima 2-1 La Piedad U.de Curtidores bye Irapuato bye FINAL TABLES Group 1 M W T L GF GA PTS AVGE 1. Veracruz 19 8 6 5 40 31 30 1.2903 (playoffs) 2. U.A.Tamaulipas 19 7 7 5 30 29 28 1.0345 (playoffs) [Ciudad Victoria] ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3. Jaguares Colima 19 7 2 10 27 32 23 0.8438 [Tecoman] 4. Tigrillos U.de N.L. 19 4 8 7 23 23 20 1.0000 [Monterrey] 5. Halcones Querétaro 19 2 14 3 26 30 20 0.8667 Group 2 M W T L GF GA PTS AVGE 1. Irapuato 19 10 5 4 47 32 35 1.4688 (playoffs) 2. Yucatán 19 10 4 5 36 32 34 1.1250 (playoffs) [Mérida] ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3. Chivas Tijuana 19 7 6 6 27 28 27 0.9643 (repesca) ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 4. U.de Curtidores 19 6 7 6 31 29 25 1.0690 [León] 5. Real Sociedad 19 6 5 8 36 39 23 0.9231 [Zacatecas] Group 3 M W T L GF GA PTS AVGE 1. Aguascalientes 19 11 3 5 33 30 36 1.1000 (playoffs) 2. San Luis 19 7 6 6 40 29 27 1.3793 (playoffs) [San Luis Potosí] ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3. Bachilleres 19 7 5 7 29 32 26 0.9063 [Guadalajara] 4. Cuautitlán 19 6 3 10 32 37 21 0.8649 5. Atl. Mexiquense 19 4 7 8 31 39 19 0.7949 [Toluca] Group 4 M W T L GF GA PTS AVGE 1. Cruz Azul Hidalgo 19 8 7 4 34 29 31 1.1724 (playoffs) [Ciudad de México/Ciudad Cooperativa] ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2. Zacatepec 19 5 9 5 41 39 24 1.0513 (repesca) ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3. Atl. San Francisco 19 6 6 7 22 26 24 0.8462 [San Francisco del Rincón] 4. La Piedad 19 5 5 9 30 39 20 0.7692 5. Saltillo Soccer 19 3 7 9 25 35 16 0.7143 NB: Tampico disqualified after Round 2; Tampico couldn't show up in its matches against Bachilleres and U.A.Tamaulipas Topscorer: Cristian Morales (Irapuato) 19 Championship playoffs Playoff [Reclasificacion] (second placed teams worse than third placed teams) First Leg [Nov 25] Estadio Agustín "Coruco" Díaz Zacatepec 2-0 Chivas Tijuana Second Leg [Nov 28] Estadio Nacional de Tijuana Chivas Tijuana 2-0 Zacatepec NB: Chivas Tijuana on better season record Quarterfinals First Legs [Dec 2] Estadio Nacional de Tijuana Chivas Tijuana 1-0 Aguascalientes Estadio Plan de San Luis San Luis 0-0 Irapuato [Dec 3] Estadio Eugenio Alvizo Porras U.A.Tamaulipas 2-0 Yucatán Estadio Luis de la Fuente Veracruz 2-1 Cruz Azul Hidalgo Second Legs [Dec 5] Estadio Municipal Aguascalientes 0-0 Chivas Tijuana Estadio Sergio León Chávez Irapuato 5-0 San Luis [Dec 6] Estadio Carlos Iturralde Yucatán 2-0 U.A.Tamaulipas Estadio 10 de Diciembre Cruz Azul Hidalgo 2-2 Veracruz NB: Yucatán on better season record Semifinals [Dec 9] Estadio Nacional de Tijuana Chivas Tijuana 0-1 Irapuato [Dec 10] Estadio Luis de la Fuente Veracruz 1-1 Yucatán Second Legs [Dec 12] Estadio Sergio León Chávez Irapuato 0-2 Chivas Tijuana [Dec 13] Estadio Carlos Iturralde Yucatán 2-0 Veracruz Final First Leg [Dec 17] Estadio Nacional, Tijuana Chivas Tijuana 0-0 Yucatán Second Leg [Dec 20] Estadio Carlos Iturralde, Mérida Yucatán 1-0 Chivas Tijuana Yucatán Invierno 1998 champions. Verano 1999 FINAL TABLES Group 1 M W T L GF GA PTS AVGE 1. U.A.Tamaulipas 19 6 9 4 25 19 27 1.3158 (playoffs) [Ciudad Victoria] ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2. Jaguares Colima 19 6 7 6 20 26 25 0.7692 (repesca) [Tecoman] ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3. Halcones Querétaro 19 6 4 9 34 35 22 0.9714 4. Veracruz 19 5 6 8 27 28 21 0.9643 5. Tigrillos U.de N.L. 19 5 4 10 23 21 19 1.0952 [Monterrey] Group 2 M W T L GF GA PTS AVGE 1. U.de Curtidores 19 11 4 4 33 23 37 1.4348 (playoffs) [León] 2. Irapuato 19 9 5 5 35 22 32 1.5909 (playoffs) ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3. Chivas Tijuana 19 7 7 5 27 22 28 1.2273 (repesca) ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 4. Yucatán 19 7 6 6 24 20 27 1.2000 [Mérida] 5. Real Sociedad 19 7 1 11 30 35 22 0.8571 [Zacatecas] Group 3 M W T L GF GA PTS AVGE 1. Cuautitlán 19 8 4 7 35 30 28 1.1667 (playoffs) ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2. Aguascalientes 19 7 4 8 27 32 25 0.8438 (repesca) ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3. Atl. Mexiquense 19 6 4 9 28 39 22 0.7179 [Toluca] 4. Bachilleres 19 4 8 7 30 39 20 0.7692 [Guadalajara] 5. San Luis 19 4 7 8 28 36 19 0.7778 [San Luis Potosí] Group 4 M W T L GF GA PTS AVGE 1. Zacatepec 19 11 0 8 29 26 33 1.1154 (playoffs) 2. Cruz Azul Hidalgo 19 9 5 5 37 23 32 1.6087 (playoffs) [Ciudad Cooperativa] ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3. La Piedad 19 9 5 5 22 26 32 0.8462 (repesca) ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 4. Saltillo Soccer 19 8 4 7 23 24 28 0.9583 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 5. Atl. San Francisco 19 5 6 8 20 31 21 0.6452 (relegated) [San Francisco del Rincón] Regular Season Round 1 [Jan 15] A.San Francisco 1-5 Cuautitlán [Jan 16] Cruz Azul Hidalgo 2-1 Tigrillos Atlético Mexiquense 0-3 San Luis Chivas Tijuana 1-1 Yucatán Aguascalientes 1-2 U.de Curtidores Veracruz 1-0 U.A.Tamaulipas Halcones Querétaro 2-3 La Piedad [Jan 17] Saltillo Soccer 2-1 Zacatepec Jaguares Colima 4-2 Real Sociedad Irapuato bye Bachilleres bye Round 2 [Jan 21] Bachilleres 2-2 Irapuato [Jan 22] Tigrillos 0-1 Atlético Mexiquense San Luis 1-1 Jaguares Colima [Jan 23] Cuautitlán 1-1 Veracruz Real Sociedad 2-1 Halcones Querétaro [Jan 24] U.de Curtidores 1-0 Chivas Tijuana Yucatán 1-0 Cruz Azul Hidalgo Zacatepec 2-1 A.San Francisco La Piedad 0-1 Saltillo Soccer Aguascalientes bye U.A.Tamaulipas bye Round 3 [Jan 29] A.San Francisco 0-0 La Piedad [Jan 30] Atlético Mexiquense 2-1 Yucatán Cruz Azul Hidalgo 4-0 U.de Curtidores Chivas Tijuana 3-2 Aguascalientes Saltillo Soccer 3-0 Real Sociedad Veracruz 0-1 Zacatepec Halcones Querétaro 4-1 San Luis Irapuato 1-1 U.A.Tamaulipas [Jan 31] Jaguares Colima 1-1 Tigrillos Bachilleres bye Cuautitlán bye Round 4 [Feb 5] San Luis 0-0 Saltillo Soccer Tigrillos 3-1 Halcones Querétaro [Feb 6] Aguascalientes 3-2 Cruz Azul Hidalgo Real Sociedad 0-2 A.San Francisco [Feb 7] U.A.Tamaulipas 2-1 Bachilleres U.de Curtidores 1-1 Atético Mexiquense Yucatán 0-2 Jaguares Colima Cuautitlán 1-4 Irapuato La Piedad 1-1 Veracruz Chivas Tijuana bye Zacatepec bye Round 5 [Feb 10] Cruz Azul Hidalgo 1-1 Chivas Tijuana Atlético Mexiquense 0-1 Aguascalientes Saltillo Soccer 2-2 Tigrillos Jaguares Colima 0-2 U.de Curtidores Halcones Querétaro 1-1 Yucatán A.San Francisco 1-1 San Luis Veracruz 1-2 Real Sociedad Irapuato 2-3 Zacatepec Bachilleres 3-1 Cuautitlán U.A.Tamaulipas bye La Piedad bye Round 6 [Feb 13] Tigrillos 0-0 A.San Francisco Chivas Tijuana 3-0 Atlético Mexiquense Yucatán 1-1 Saltillo Soccer Aguascalientes 0-0 Jaguares Colima San Luis 1-3 Veracruz [Feb 14] U.de Curtidores 2-0 Halcones Querétaro Zacatepec 2-1 Bachilleres Cuautitlán 2-2 U.A.Tamaulipas La Piedad 1-0 Irapuato Cruz Azul Hidalgo bye Real Sociedad bye Round 7 [Feb 18] Bachilleres 2-2 La Piedad [Feb 20] Atlético Mexiquense 3-3 Cruz Azul Hidalgo A.San Francisco 3-2 Yucatán Halcones Querétaro 3-2 Aguascalientes Veracruz 2-0 Tigrillos Irapuato 4-1 Real Sociedad Saltillo Soccer 1-1 U.de Curtidores [in Estadio Tecnológico] [Feb 21] U.A.Tamaulipas 1-3 Zacatepec Jaguares Colima 1-0 Chivas Tijuana Cuautitlán bye San Luis bye Round 8 [Feb 26] San Luis 1-4 Irapuato [Feb 27] Cruz Azul Hidalgo 4-0 Jaguares Colima Chivas Tijuana 2-1 Halcones Querétaro Yucatán 2-0 Veracruz Aguascalientes 3-1 Saltillo Soccer Real Sociedad 3-1 Bachilleres [Feb 28] U.de Curtidores 3-0 A.San Francisco Zacatepec 1-0 Cuautitlán La Piedad 1-0 U.A.Tamaulipas Atlético Mexiquense bye Tigrillos bye Round 9 [Mar 4] Bachilleres 2-1 San Luis [Mar 6] A.San Francisco 3-2 Aguascalientes Saltillo Soccer 1-0 Chivas Tijuana Halcones Querétaro 1-1 Cruz Azul Hidalgo Veracruz 2-3 U.de Curtidores Irapuato 3-2 Tigrillos [Mar 7] U.A.Tamaulipas 2-1 Real Sociedad Jaguares Colima 1-4 Atlético Mexiquense Cuautitlán 4-0 La Piedad Zacatepec bye Yucatán bye Round 10 [Mar 10] Cruz Azul Hidalgo 3-2 Saltillo Soccer La Piedad 2-0 Zacatepec Atlético Mexiquense 0-2 Halcones Querétaro Aguascalientes 2-1 Veracruz Chivas Tijuana 0-0 A.San Francisco Real Sociedad 1-1 Cuautitlán Yucatán 1-0 Irapuato San Luis 1-1 U.A.Tamaulipas Tigrillos 2-0 Bachilleres Jaguares Colima bye U.de Curtidores bye Round 11 [Mar 13] Saltillo Soccer 0-1 Atético Mexiquense A.San Francisco 1-1 Cruz Azul Hidalgo Halcones Querétaro 1-1 Jaguares Colima Veracruz 1-1 Chivas Tijuana Irapuato 1-1 U.de Curtidores Bachilleres 1-1 Yucatán [Mar 14] U.A.Tamaulipas 1-1 Tigrillos Zacatepec 1-0 Real Sociedad Cuautitlán 1-1 San Luis La Piedad bye Aguascalientes bye Round 12 [Mar 19] Tigrillos 2-1 Cuautitlán San Luis 2-0 Zacatepec [Mar 20] Cruz Azul Hidalgo 4-2 Veracruz Atlético Mexiquense 3-2 A.San Francisco Yucatán 1-1 U.A.Tamaulipas Aguascalientes 0-1 Irapuato Real Sociedad 3-1 La Piedad [Mar 21] Jaguares Colima 1-2 Saltillo Soccer U.de Curtidores 1-2 Bachilleres Chivas Tijuana bye Halcones Querétaro bye Round 13 [Mar 25] Bachilleres 1-1 Aguascalientes [Mar 26] A.San Francisco 2-0 Jaguares Colima [Mar 27] Saltillo Soccer 1-4 Halcones Querétaro Veracruz 2-2 Atlético Mexiquense Irapuato 2-2 Chivas Tijuana [Mar 28] U.A.Tamaulipas 1-1 U.de Curtidores Zacatepec 1-0 Tigrillos Cuautitlán 2-1 Yucatán La Piedad 3-1 San Luis Real Sociedad bye Cruz Azul Hidalgo bye Round 14 [Mar 31] Tigrillos 5-0 La Piedad [Apr 2] Chivas Tijuana 1-1 Bachilleres [Apr 3] Cruz Azul Hidalgo 0-2 Irapuato Yucatán 4-1 Zacatepec Aguascalientes 0-3 U.A.Tamaulipas Halcones Querétaro 1-0 A.San Francisco San Luis 3-2 Real Sociedad [Apr 4] U.de Curtidores 3-0 Cuautitlán Jaguares Colima 1-1 Veracruz Saltillo Soccer bye Atlético Mexiquense bye Round 15 [Apr 7] La Piedad 2-1 Yucatán Zacatepec 0-1 U.de Curtidores Cuautitlán 5-2 Aguascalientes U.A.Tamaulipas 0-0 Chivas Tijuana Irapuato 4-1 Atlético Mexiquense Veracruz 3-2 Halcones Querétaro Real Sociedad 1-0 Tigrillos Bachilleres 0-3 Cruz Azul Hidalgo A.San Francisco 2-0 Saltillo Soccer San Luis bye Jaguares Colima bye Round 16 [Apr 10] Atlético Mexiquense 2-2 Bachilleres Cruz Azul Hidalgo 1-1 U.A.Tamaulipas Saltillo Soccer 1-0 Veracruz Aguascalientes 1-0 Zacatepec Yucatán 2-0 Real Sociedad Tigrillos 0-1 San Luis Chivas Tijuana 6-1 Cuautitlán [Apr 11] U.de Curtidores 3-0 La Piedad Jaguares Colima 2-1 Irapuato A.San Francisco bye Halcones Querétaro bye Round 17 [Apr 15] Bachilleres 1-2 Jaguares Colima [Apr 16] San Luis 1-1 Yucatán [Apr 17] Cuautitlán 1-0 Cruz Azul Hidalgo Veracruz 3-0 A.San Francisco Real Sociedad 2-0 U.de Curtidores Irapuato 1-1 Halcones Querétaro [Apr 18] U.A.Tamaulipas 2-1 Atlético Mexiquense Zacatepec 4-0 Chivas Tijuana La Piedad 2-2 Aguascalientes Tigrillos bye Saltillo Soccer bye Round 18 [Apr 23] Chivas Tijuana 1-2 La Piedad [Apr 24] Atlético Mexiquense 2-1 Cuautitlán Cruz Azul Hidalgo 2-0 Zacatepec Saltillo Soccer 2-0 Irapuato Yucatán 1-0 Tigrillos Aguascalientes 2-1 Real Sociedad Halcones Querétaro 6-2 Bachilleres [Apr 25] U.de Curtidores 5-4 San Luis Jaguares Colima 1-1 U.A.Tamaulipas Veracruz bye A.San Francisco bye Round 19 [Apr 29] Bachilleres 3-2 Saltillo Soccer [Apr 30] San Luis 2-2 Aguascalientes [May 1] Tigrillos 4-1 U.de Curtidores Cuautitlán 3-0 Jaguares Colima Real Sociedad 2-3 Chivas Tijuana Irapuato 2-0 A.San Francisco [May 2] U.A.Tamaulipas 2-1 Halcones Querétaro Zacatepec 4-3 Atlético Mexiquense La Piedad 1-0 Cruz Azul Hidalgo Yucatán bye Veracruz bye Round 20 [May 7] Chivas Tijuana 2-1 San Luis A.San Francisco 2-2 Bachilleres [May 8] Atlético Mexiquense 0-1 La Piedad Cruz Azul Hidalgo 2-1 Real Sociedad Saltillo Soccer 1-0 U.A.Tamaulipas Aguascalientes 1-0 Tigrillos Veracruz 0-1 Irapuato Halcones Querétaro 0-3 Cuautitlán [May 9] U.de Curtidores 2-0 Yucatán Jaguares Colima 2-0 Zacatepec Round 21 [May 15] Bachilleres 3-3 Veracruz Tigrillos 0-1 Chivas Tijuana Cuautitlán 2-0 Saltillo Soccer Real Sociedad 6-2 Atlético Mexiquense San Luis 2-4 Cruz Azul Hidalgo U.A.Tamaulipas 4-0 A.San Francisco Yucatán 2-0 Aguascalientes Zacatepec 5-2 Halcones Querétaro La Piedad 0-0 Jaguares Colima U.de Curtidores bye Irapuato bye FINAL TABLES Group 1 M W T L GF GA PTS AVGE 1. U.A.Tamaulipas 19 6 9 4 25 19 27 1.3158 (playoffs) [Ciudad Victoria] ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2. Jaguares Colima 19 6 7 6 20 26 25 0.7692 (repesca) [Tecoman] ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3. Halcones Querétaro 19 6 4 9 34 35 22 0.9714 4. Veracruz 19 5 6 8 27 28 21 0.9643 5. Tigrillos U.de N.L. 19 5 4 10 23 21 19 1.0952 [Monterrey] Group 2 M W T L GF GA PTS AVGE 1. U.de Curtidores 19 11 4 4 33 23 37 1.4348 (playoffs) [León] 2. Irapuato 19 9 5 5 35 22 32 1.5909 (playoffs) ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3. Chivas Tijuana 19 7 7 5 27 22 28 1.2273 (repesca) ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 4. Yucatán 19 7 6 6 24 20 27 1.2000 [Mérida] 5. Real Sociedad 19 7 1 11 30 35 22 0.8571 [Zacatecas] Group 3 M W T L GF GA PTS AVGE 1. Cuautitlán 19 8 4 7 35 30 28 1.1667 (playoffs) ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2. Aguascalientes 19 7 4 8 27 32 25 0.8438 (repesca) ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3. Atl. Mexiquense 19 6 4 9 28 39 22 0.7179 [Toluca] 4. Bachilleres 19 4 8 7 30 39 20 0.7692 [Guadalajara] 5. San Luis 19 4 7 8 28 36 19 0.7778 [San Luis Potosí] Group 4 M W T L GF GA PTS AVGE 1. Zacatepec 19 11 0 8 29 26 33 1.1154 (playoffs) 2. Cruz Azul Hidalgo 19 9 5 5 37 23 32 1.6087 (playoffs) [Ciudad Cooperativa] ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3. La Piedad 19 9 5 5 22 26 32 0.8462 (repesca) ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 4. Saltillo Soccer 19 8 4 7 23 24 28 0.9583 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 5. Atl. San Francisco 19 5 6 8 20 31 21 0.6452 (relegated) [San Francisco del Rincón] Topscorer: Ángel Lemus 16 goals (San Luis) Relegation table Team Average (PTS/GMS) 1. Aguascalientes 1.6053 (61/38) 2. U.A.Tamaulipas 1.5909 (175/110) 3. Yucatán 1.5909 (175/100) 4. Irapuato 1.5455 (170/110) 5. Atlético Mexiquense 1.5273 (168/110) 6. Zacatepec 1.4818 (163/110) 7. Cruz Azul Hidalgo 1.4636 (161/110) 8. Saltillo Soccer 1.4545 (160/110) 9. U.de Curtidores 1.3974 (109/ 78) 10. San Luis 1.3727 (151/110) 11. Real Sociedad 1.3636 (150/110) 12. Veracruz 1.3421 (51/38) 13. Tigrillos 1.2818 (141/110) 14. La Piedad 1.2636 (139/110) 15. Chivas Tijuana 1.2051 (94/ 78) 16. Bachilleres 1.1923 (93/ 78) 17. Jaguares Colima 1.1282 (88/ 78) 18. Halcones Querétaro 1.0897 (85/ 78) 19. Cuautitlán 1.0545 (116/110) --------------------------------------------- 20. A.San Francisco 1.0182 (112/110) (relegated) Championship Playoffs Playoffs [Reclasificacion] (second placed teams worse than third placed teams) First Legs [May 19] Estadio Municipal Aguascalientes 0-0 Chivas Tijuana Estadio IAETAC Jaguares Colima 1-0 La Piedad Second Legs [May 23] Estadio Nacional de Tijuana Chivas Tijuana 3-0 Aguascalientes Estadio Juan N. López La Piedad 4-0 Jaguares Colima Quarterfinals First Legs [May 26] Estadio Nacional de Tijuana Chivas Tijuana 1-0 Zacatepec Estadio Los Pinos Cuautitlán 1-1 Cruz Azul Hidalgo Estadio Juan N. López La Piedad 0-0 Irapuato [May 27] Estadio Marte R. Gómez U.A.Tamaulipas 3-4 U.de Curtidores Second Legs [May 29] Estadio Agustín "Coruco" Díaz Zacatepec 5-0 Chivas Tijuana Estadio 10 de Diciembre Cruz Azul Hidalgo 2-2 Cuautitlán Estadio Sergio León Chávez Irapuato 4-1 La Piedad [May 30] Estadio León (Nou Camp) U.de Curtidores 1-1 U.A.Tamaulipas Semifinals First Legs [Jun 2] Estadio 10 de Diciembre Cruz Azul Hidalgo 2-0 Zacatepec [Jun 3] Estadio Sergio León Chávez Irapuato 1-0 U.de Curtidores Second Legs [Jun 5] Estadio Agustín "Coruco" Díaz Zacatepec 3-2 Cruz Azul Hidalgo [Jun 6] Estadio León (Nou Camp) U.de Curtidores 5-2 Irapuato Final First Leg [Jun 10] Estadio 10 de Diciembre, Ciudad Cooperativa Cruz Azul Cruz Azul Hidalgo 1-1 U.de Curtidores Second Leg [Jun 13] Estadio León (Nou Camp), León U.de Curtidores 2-1 Cruz Azul Hidalgo [aet] Unión de Curtidores Verano 1999 champions Promotion Playoff First Leg [Jun 17] Estadio Carlos Iturralde, Mérida Yucatán 0-2 U.de Curtidores Second Leg [Jun 20] Estadio León (Nou Camp), León U.de Curtidores 5-1 Yucatán Unión de Curtidores won 7-1 on aggregate and are promoted III Juego de Estrellas Primera División "A" (All-star match) [Mar 24, 1999] Estadio Marte R. Gómez, Ciudad Victoria Mexican XI 2-2 Foreign XI Changes for the next season: Relegated from first level: Puebla Relegated to third level: Atlético San Francisco Promoted from third level: Alacranes Durango Cuautitlán moved to Puebla (Lobos U.A.P.). Tigrillos moved to Ciudad Juárez and changes its name to Tigres Juárez. Unión de Curtidores (promoted to first level) was sold and changes its name to Puebla. Puebla (relegated from first level) changes its name to Ángeles. Chivas Tijuana changes its name to Nacional Tijuana. Jaguares Colima moved from Tecoman to Colima.
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