Primera División de México Clausura 2003

Primera División de México
Season2002−03
ChampionsMonterrey (2nd title)
RelegatedCuernavaca
Champions' CupMonterrey
Top goalscorerJosé Cardozo
(21 goals)

Primera División de México (Mexican First Division) Clausura 2003 is a Mexican football tournament - one of two short tournaments that take up the entire year to determine the champion(s) of Mexican football. It began on Saturday, January 11, 2003, and ran until May 17, when the regular season ended. Celaya's franchise was bought out by the owner of Aerolineas Internacionales, Jorge Rodriguez Marie, and it was moved to Cuernavaca. Thus, creating a team that was known as Los Colibries de Morelos. Monterrey defeated Morelia to win their second championship.

Clubs

Team City Stadium
América Mexico City Azteca
Atlante Ciudad Nezahualcóyotl, State of Mexico Neza 86
Atlas Guadalajara, Jalisco Jalisco
Chiapas Tuxtla Gutiérrez, Chiapas Víctor Manuel Reyna
Cruz Azul Mexico City Azul
Cuernavaca Cuernavaca, Morelos Mariano Matamoros
Guadalajara Guadalajara, Jalisco Jalisco
Morelia Morelia, Michoacán Morelos
Monterrey Monterrey, Nuevo León Tecnológico
Necaxa Mexico City Azteca
Pachuca Pachuca, Hidalgo Hidalgo
Puebla Puebla, Puebla Cuauhtémoc
Querétaro Querétaro, Querétaro Corregidora
San Luis San Luis Potosí, S.L.P. Alfonso Lastras
Santos Laguna Torreón, Coahuila Corona
Toluca Toluca, State of Mexico Nemesio Díez
UAG Zapopan, Jalisco Tres de Marzo
UANL San Nicolás de los Garza, Nuevo León Universitario
UNAM Mexico City Olímpico Universitario
Veracruz Veracruz, Veracruz Luis "Pirata" Fuente

Regular phase

Group 1
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Toluca 19 10 3 6 40 30 +10 33 Directly qualified to the Liguilla (Playoffs)
2 Atlas 19 8 8 3 29 20 +9 32
3 América 19 8 5 6 29 20 +9 29
4 Cuernavaca 19 6 5 8 24 27 −3 23
5 Puebla 19 4 4 11 15 31 −16 16
Source: MedioTiempo
Group 2
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Monterrey 19 9 7 3 31 22 +9 34 Directly qualified to the Liguilla (Playoffs)
2 UANL 19 10 4 5 25 22 +3 34
3 Pachuca 19 4 9 6 21 23 −2 21
4 UNAM 19 4 8 7 25 35 −10 20
5 UAG 19 1 4 14 15 37 −22 7
Source: MedioTiempo
Group 3
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Morelia 19 10 5 4 34 20 +14 35 Directly qualified to the Liguilla (Playoffs)
2 Cruz Azul 19 5 9 5 24 24 0 24 Qualified for the Repechage
3 Necaxa 19 6 5 8 25 24 +1 23
4 San Luis 19 5 5 9 25 38 −13 20
5 Chiapas 19 5 4 10 15 26 −11 19
Source: MedioTiempo
Group 4
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Atlante 19 10 4 5 39 26 +13 34 Directly qualified to the Liguilla (Playoffs)
2 Veracruz 19 9 5 5 23 18 +5 32
3 Guadalajara 19 8 7 4 32 24 +8 31 Qualified for the Repechage
4 Santos 19 9 3 7 30 24 +6 30
5 Querétaro 19 3 8 8 13 23 −10 17
Source: MedioTiempo

League table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Morelia 19 10 5 4 34 20 +14 35 Directly qualified to the Liguilla (Playoffs)
2 Atlante 19 10 4 5 39 26 +13 34
3 Monterrey 19 9 7 3 31 22 +9 34
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
8 Guadalajara 19 8 7 4 32 24 +8 31 Qualified for the Repechage
9 Santos Laguna 19 9 3 7 30 24 +6 30
10 América 19 8 5 6 29 20 +9 29
11 Cruz Azul 19 5 9 5 24 24 0 24 Qualified for the Repechage
12 Necaxa 19 6 5 8 25 24 +1 23
13 Cuernavaca 19 6 5 8 24 27 −3 23
14 Pachuca 19 4 9 6 21 23 −2 21
15 UNAM 19 4 8 7 25 35 −10 20
16 San Luis 19 5 5 9 25 38 −13 20
17 Chiapas 19 5 4 10 15 26 −11 19
18 Querétaro 19 3 8 8 13 23 −10 17
19 Puebla 19 4 4 11 15 31 −16 16
20 UAG 19 1 4 14 15 37 −22 7
Source: MedioTiempo

Results

Home \ Away AME ATE ATS CHI CAZ CUE GDL MTY MOR NEC PAC PUE QRO SNL SAN TOL UAG UNL UNM VER
América 1–0 4–4 1–3 2–0 1–1 1–1 0–1 0–1 0–1 1–1
Atlante 2–4 5–1 1–1 4–1 2–1 3–1 3–1 3–2 3–1
Atlas 1–0 0–0 1–0 0–1 1–0 2–0 1–1 1–1 2–0 3–0
Chiapas 0–1 0–1 1–2 0–0 0–0 0–0 3–1 1–1 1–0 1–2
Cruz Azul 1–3 1–1 0–1 3–3 0–0 4–0 2–2 1–3 2–0
Cuernavaca 1–1 0–0 1–1 2–2 2–3 2–4 2–3 3–0 2–0
Guadalajara 2–3 1–3 2–0 1–1 3–1 2–1 1–0 3–2 1–1
Monterrey 2–2 0–1 1–0 4–2 2–1 3–2 0–0 3–1 3–0 2–1
Morelia 1–2 0–0 1–1 3–1 1–1 2–1 4–0 1–1 2–0 2–1
Necaxa 0–2 4–0 2–2 3–0 1–0 0–1 3–0 1–2 0–0
Pachuca 2–1 0–0 0–0 2–0 3–1 2–2 0–1 1–1 1–1
Puebla 3–2 0–1 1–6 1–0 1–1 0–2 0–1 3–1 2–2 0–1
Querétaro 1–1 1–0 2–2 0–1 1–2 0–2 1–1 1–0 0–2 0–0
San Luis 0–4 2–2 0–2 2–4 1–0 1–1 2–3 2–0 0–3
Santos Laguna 1–0 3–0 1–2 1–2 2–0 1–1 2–0 3–1 4–1
Toluca 3–0 2–3 1–3 4–1 3–2 3–1 4–0 4–3 3–1 5–1
UAG 0–5 0–0 0–2 1–2 1–1 0–0 1–2 3–0 1–2
UANL 2–1 0–0 3–0 1–0 2–1 1–0 2–2 1–0 2–2
UNAM 2–1 3–1 1–3 2–3 0–1 4–4 1–1 1–0 2–2 2–1
Veracruz 0–2 2–2 2–0 1–0 0–2 1–1 1–0 1–0 4–1 0–0
Updated to match(es) played on 17 May 2003. Source: RSSSF
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Top goalscorers

Players sorted first by goals scored, then by last name. Only regular season goals listed.

Rank Player Club Goals
1 José Cardozo Toluca 21
2 Sebastián González Atlante 16
3 Reinaldo Navia Morelia 13
4 Jared Borgetti Santos Laguna 11
5 Omar Bravo Guadalajara 10
6 Luis Gabriel Rey Atlante 9
7 Sebastián Abreu Cruz Azul 8
Juan Carlos Cacho Cruz Azul
José Alfredo Castillo UAG
Claudinho Cuernavaca
Alex Fernandes Monterrey
Walter Gaitán UANL
Vicente Sánchez Toluca

Source: MedioTiempo

Final phase (Liguilla)

Repechage

Cruz Azul4–1Guadalajara
Cacho 8', 85'
Corona 9'
Palencia 37' (pen.)
Report Bravo 27'
Guadalajara4–1Cruz Azul
J. Sánchez 14'
Bravo 39' (pen.)
Jo. García 45'
Ja. García 60'
Report Palencia 11' (pen.)
Referee: José Abramo Lira (Nuevo León)

5–5 on aggregate. Guadalajara advanced for being the higher seeded team.

Bracket

Quarterfinals Semifinals Finals
               
1 Morelia 1 4 5
8 Guadalajara 1 2 3
1 Morelia 0 2 2
7 Veracruz 1 0 1
2 Atlante 1 0 1
7 Veracruz 1 1 2
1 Morelia 1 0 1
3 Monterrey 3 0 3
3 Monterrey 1 3 5
6 Atlas 1 2 4
3 Monterrey 4 1 5
4 UANL 1 2 3
4 UANL 2 2 4
5 Toluca 2 1 3

Quarterfinals

Guadalajara1–1Morelia
Mora 25' (pen.) Report Saavedra 7'
Referee: Gilberto Alcalá Pineda (Mexico City)

Morelia won 5–3 on aggregate.


Veracruz1–1Atlante
Gutiérrez 67' Report Rey 33'
Referee: Jorge Eduardo Gasso (Mexico City)
Atlante0–1Veracruz
Report Hernández 51' (pen.)

Veracruz won 2–1 on aggregate.


Atlas1–1Monterrey
J. Rodríguez 54' (pen.) Report I. Rodríguez 33'
Referee: Manuel Ernesto Glower (Mexico City)

Monterrey won 4–3 on aggregate.


Toluca1–2UANL
Valdéz 50' Report Kléber 70', 89'
Referee: Germán Arredondo Ramírez (Guanajuato)

UANL won 4–3 on aggregate.

Semifinals

Morelia won 2–1 on aggregate.


UANL1–4Monterrey
Kléber 29' Report Franco 39', 51'
Arellano 76'
Avilán 88'

Monterrey won 5–3 on aggregate.

Finals

Monterrey3–1Morelia
Erviti 1'
Franco 46'
Castro 57' (pen.)
Report Bautista 90+3'
First leg
Monterrey:
GK 30 Ricardo Martínez
DF 5 Flavio Rogério
DF 4 Pablo Rotchen  82'
DF 2 Ismael Rodríguez  78'
DF 71 Elliott Huitrón  86'
DF 8 Héctor Castro  38'
MF 18 Walter Erviti  73'
MF 7 Luis Ernesto Pérez  6'
MF 28 Jesús Arellano
FW 10 Guillermo Franco  58'  90+1'
FW 9 Alex Fernandes  71'  71'
Substitutions:
GK 20 Juan de Dios Ibarra
DF 13 Daniel Román
MF 11 Jesús Mendoza
MF 17 Omar Avilán  71'
MF 19 Hashim Suárez
MF 24 César Adame  90+1'
FW 64 Tomás Banda
Manager:
Daniel Passarella
Morelia:
GK 30 Moisés Muñoz
DF 4 Carlos González  11'
DF 58 Darío Franco  41'
DF 15 Mario Ruíz  53'
DF 12 Enrique Vizcarra  79'
MF 8 Jorge Almirón
MF 23 Javier Saavedra
MF 7 Roberto Palacios
MF 28 Carlos Adrián Morales
MF 10 Adolfo Bautista
FW 9 Reinaldo Navia
Substitutions:
GK 1 Miguel Fuentes
DF 5 Christian Ramírez
DF 13 Miguel Hernández
DF 67 Charel Hernández
MF 18 Damián Álvarez  53'
MF 20 Ismael Íñiguez  79'
FW 11 Martín Gómez
Manager:
Rubén Omar Romano
Second leg

Monterrey won 3–1 on aggregate.

Morelia:
GK 30 Moisés Muñoz
DF 4 Carlos González  72'
DF 58 Darío Franco
DF 15 Mario Ruíz  26'  46'
MF 23 Javier Saavedra
MF 8 Jorge Almirón  11'
MF 18 Damián Álvarez  50'
MF 7 Roberto Palacios
MF 28 Carlos Adrián Morales
MF 10 Adolfo Bautista
FW 9 Reinaldo Navia  68'
Substitutions:
GK 1 Miguel Fuentes
DF 5 Christian Ramírez
DF 12 Enrique Vizcarra
DF 13 Miguel Hernández
MF 20 Ismael Íñiguez  46'
MF 85 Hugo Magallón
FW 11 Martín Gómez  50'
Manager:
Rubén Omar Romano
Monterrey:
GK 30 Ricardo Martínez  39'
DF 5 Flavio Rogério
DF 4 Pablo Rotchen
DF 2 Ismael Rodríguez
DF 8 Héctor Castro
MF 15 Paulo Chávez
MF 18 Walter Erviti  64'
MF 7 Luis Ernesto Pérez
MF 28 Jesús Arellano  88'
FW 10 Guillermo Franco
FW 9 Alex Fernandes  30'  55'
Substitutions:
GK 20 Juan de Dios Ibarra
DF 13 Daniel Román
DF 71 Tomás Banda  64'
MF 11 Jesús Mendoza  88'
MF 17 Omar Avilán  55'
MF 19 Hashim Suárez
MF 24 César Adame
Manager:
Daniel Passarella


 Champions 
Monterrey
2nd title

Relegation

Pos. Team Pts. Pld. Avg.
16. San Luis 44 38 1.1579
17. UAG 119 108 1.1019
18. Chiapas 116 108 1.0741
19. Puebla 115 108 1.0648
20. Cuernavaca[note 1] 114 108 1.0556

Notes

  1. ^ Cuernavaca inherited the points and games of Celaya.

References

  1. ^ "Colibríes, una historia sui géneris en Primera División" (in Spanish). Mediotiempo. 17 May 2013. Retrieved 19 April 2019.