Mexico 1997/98

Winter 1997 =========== Final Tables Preliminary Round: Group 1 1.León 17 9 5 3 30-22 32 2.Atlante 17 8 6 3 26-17 30 3.Veracruz 17 5 6 6 19-25 21 4.Celaya 17 5 5 7 21-26 20 5.Puebla 17 5 4 8 20-27 19 Group 2 1.Cruz Azul 17 8 7 2 29-16 31 2.Guadalajara 17 8 5 4 28-24 29 3.Monterrey 17 6 4 7 22-22 22 4.Toluca 17 5 4 8 21-21 19 5.Tigres 17 5 3 9 20-26 18 [formerly U.A.N.L.] Group 3 1.Morelia 17 7 7 3 25-19 28 2.Neza 17 6 5 6 29-29 23 [Toros] 3.U.N.A.M. 17 3 7 7 26-30 16 [Pumas] 4.Santos 17 3 7 7 22-31 16 Group 4 1.América 17 8 5 4 27-19 29 2.Atlas 17 6 5 6 28-26 23 3.Necaxa 17 4 6 7 26-31 18 4.U.A.G. 17 3 7 7 19-27 16 [Tecos] Round 1 UAG 1-1 Veracruz Leon 3-2 America Monterrey 1-0 Toluca Guadalajara 2-1 Celaya Atlas 2-1 Puebla Atlante 2-0 Tigres Morelia 3-0 Neza Santos 1-1 Cruz Azul Necaxa 2-2 UNAM [Aug 27] Round 2 [Jul 30,31] Toluca 1-3 Tigres Neza 2-1 Celaya Puebla 1-1 UAG Veracruz 1-0 America Cruz Azul 1-1 Atlante Guadalajara 2-1 Atlas Monterrey 3-1 Necaxa UNAM 1-1 Morelia Leon 2-2 Santos [Aug 7] Round 3 [Aug 2,3] America 4-0 Puebla Necaxa 1-1 Toluca Tigres 0-1 Cruz Azul Celaya 2-2 UNAM Atlas 3-1 Neza UAG 2-3 Guadalajara Atlante 3-1 Leon Morelia 2-1 Monterrey Santos 1-1 Veracruz Round 4 [Aug 9,10] Toluca 2-3 Cruz Azul Necaxa 2-0 Morelia Monterrey 1-1 Celaya Veracruz 2-2 Atlante Puebla 1-1 Santos Guadalajara 1-2 America Leon 1-0 Tigres UNAM 1-1 Atlas Neza 4-1 UAG Round 5 [Aug 14-17] America 1-1 Neza UAG 2-2 UNAM Tigres 2-1 Veracruz Cruz Azul 2-2 Leon [Aug 23?] Celaya 1-3 Necaxa Atlas 2-1 Monterrey Atlante 2-2 Puebla Morelia 1-0 Toluca Santos 3-1 Guadalajara [Sep 3?] Round 6 [Aug 19-21] Veracruz 0-2 Cruz Azul Toluca 1-2 Leon Necaxa 3-3 Atlas Puebla 2-1 Tigres Guadalajara 3-2 Atlante [Sep 17] Monterrey 0-1 UAG Neza 2-2 Santos Morelia 3-2 Celaya UNAM 1-2 America Round 7 [Aug 23-27] Celaya 1-0 Toluca Atlas 4-2 Morelia UAG 2-3 Necaxa Atlante 2-1 Neza Leon 3-1 Veracruz Santos 4-3 UNAM America 1-0 Monterrey Tigres 1-2 Guadalajara Cruz Azul 0-0 Puebla [Sep 17] Round 8 [Aug 30,31] Toluca 4-0 Veracruz Necaxa 2-2 America Monterrey 2-1 Santos Puebla 1-0 Leon Celaya 2-1 Atlas Guadalajara 1-1 Cruz Azul Morelia 0-0 UAG UNAM 1-0 Atlante Neza 3-2 Tigres Round 9 [Sep 4,6,7] Leon 3-2 Guadalajara Cruz Azul 2-2 Neza Veracruz 3-2 Puebla Atlas 1-1 Toluca UAG 3-4 Celaya Tigres 2-4 UNAM America 1-1 Morelia Atlante 1-0 Monterrey Santos 1-0 Necaxa Round 10 [Sep 13,14] Toluca 1-0 Puebla Necaxa 2-2 Atlante Monterrey 2-3 Tigres Celaya 1-1 America Atlas 1-1 UAG Guadalajara 1-1 Veracruz Morelia 6-3 Santos UNAM 2-2 Cruz Azul Neza 1-1 Leon Round 11 [Sep 18-21] America 0-2 Atlas UAG 1-2 Toluca Tigres 2-0 Necaxa Cruz Azul 3-1 Monterrey Veracruz 1-0 Neza Puebla 3-2 Guadalajara Atlante 1-1 Morelia Leon 2-0 UNAM Santos 0-0 Celaya Round 12 [Sep 24,25] Toluca 0-0 Guadalajara Morelia 0-0 Tigres Neza 3-1 Puebla Necaxa 1-3 Cruz Azul Celaya 0-1 Atlante UAG 0-0 America Monterrey 0-0 Leon UNAM 1-1 Veracruz Atlas 1-1 Santos Round 13 [Sep 27-29] Tigres 1-1 Celaya Cruz Azul 0-1 Morelia Puebla 3-2 UNAM Guadalajara 3-1 Neza Atlante 2-0 Atlas Leon 3-2 Necaxa Veracruz 1-2 Monterrey Santos 1-2 UAG America 4-2 Toluca Round 14 [Oct 1-6] Necaxa 1-1 Veracruz UAG 1-0 Atlante UNAM 0-1 Guadalajara Atlas 2-0 Tigres Cruz Azul 3-0 Celaya Leon 1-1 Morelia Monterrey 2-1 Puebla Neza 2-0 Toluca America 2-1 Santos Round 15 [Oct 15,16] Toluca 4-0 Santos Neza 1-3 UNAM Puebla 0-1 Necaxa Veracruz 2-1 Morelia Leon 1-2 Celaya Tigres 1-1 UAG Cruz Azul 3-1 Atlas Guadalajara 2-2 Monterrey Atlante 2-1 America Round 16 [Oct 18,20] Necaxa 0-1 Guadalajara Monterrey 1-1 Neza Celaya 1-0 Veracruz UAG 0-2 Cruz Azul Atlas 2-3 Leon Morelia 1-0 Puebla UNAM 0-1 Toluca Santos 0-2 Atlante America 3-1 Tigres Round 17 [Oct 26] Toluca 1-1 Atlante Neza 4-2 Necaxa Cruz Azul 0-1 America Puebla 2-1 Celaya Veracruz 2-1 Atlas UNAM 1-3 Monterrey Guadalajara 1-1 Morelia Leon 2-0 UAG Tigres 1-0 Santos Final Tables Prelimainary Round: Group 1 1.León 17 9 5 3 30-22 32 2.Atlante 17 8 6 3 26-17 30 3.Veracruz 17 5 6 6 19-25 21 4.Celaya 17 5 5 7 21-26 20 5.Puebla 17 5 4 8 20-27 19 Group 2 1.Cruz Azul 17 8 7 2 29-16 31 2.Guadalajara 17 8 5 4 28-24 29 3.Monterrey 17 6 4 7 22-22 22 4.Toluca 17 5 4 8 21-21 19 5.Tigres 17 5 3 9 20-26 18 [formerly U.A.N.L.] Group 3 1.Morelia 17 7 7 3 25-19 28 2.Neza 17 6 5 6 29-29 23 [Toros] 3.U.N.A.M. 17 3 7 7 26-30 16 [Pumas] 4.Santos 17 3 7 7 22-31 16 Group 4 1.América 17 8 5 4 27-19 29 2.Atlas 17 6 5 6 28-26 23 3.Necaxa 17 4 6 7 26-31 18 4.U.A.G. 17 3 7 7 19-27 16 [Tecos] Quarterfinals: First Legs [Nov 19] Neza 1-0 Leon Atlas 0-1 Cruz Azul Morelia 0-0 Atlante Guadalajara 1-3 America Second Legs [Nov 23] Leon 6-3 Neza Cruz Azul 4-1 Atlas Atlante 1-0 Morelia America 4-1 Guadalajara Semifinals: First Legs [Nov 26,27] Atlante 1-1 Cruz Azul America 1-0 Leon Second Legs [Nov 29,30] Cruz Azul 1-0 Atlante Leon 3-1 America Final: - 1st leg: 04.Dec.97 Mexico City 17:00 Cruz Azul vs Leon 1 - 0 '43 Fabian Pratola (Leon) ejected '52 Alberto Garcia (Leon) ejected 1-0 '53 Benjamin Galindo (Cruz Azul) penalty kick - 2nd leg: 07.Dec.97 Leon, Guanajuato 12:00 Leon vs Cruz Azul 1 - 1 ==> Cruz Azul 2-1 1-0 '53 Missael Espinoza (Leon) 1-1 '101 Carlos Hermosillo (Cruz Azul) penalty kick Cruz Azul Apertura Champions 1997/98. Summer 1998 =========== Tables: Group 1 1.Atlante 17 5 8 4 19-18 23 2.Puebla 17 4 6 7 24-32 18 3.León 17 4 5 8 20-32 17 4.Celaya 17 3 6 8 13-23 15 5.Veracruz 17 3 5 9 20-29 14 Relegated Group 2 1.Toluca 17 10 3 4 39-25 33 2.Cruz Azul 17 8 6 3 32-18 30 3.Tigres 17 7 2 8 15-22 23 [formerly U.A.N.L.] 4.Guadalajara 17 5 4 8 19-17 19 5.Monterrey 17 4 6 7 20-25 18 Group 3 1.Santos 17 8 2 7 24-22 26 2.Neza 17 7 3 7 21-24 24 [Toros] 3.Morelia 17 5 6 6 26-30 21 4.U.N.A.M. 17 6 3 8 25-29 21 [Pumas] Group 4 1.Necaxa 17 10 2 5 34-18 32 2.Atlas 17 9 3 5 29-23 30 3.U.A.G. 17 9 3 5 23-21 30 [Tecos] 4.América 17 7 5 5 27-22 26 Round 1 Toluca 2-1 Monterrey Veracruz 1-1 UAG Tigres 0-3 Atlante Cruz Azul 1-0 Santos Puebla 1-2 Atlas Leon 2-1 America UNAM 0-1 Necaxa Guadalajara 0-0 Celaya Neza 2-1 Morelia Round 2 America 5-2 Veracruz UAG 3-2 Puebla Necaxa 4-0 Monterrey Tigres 0-3 Toluca Celaya 1-1 Neza Atlas 3-2 Guadalajara Atlante 0-2 Cruz Azul Morelia 0-0 UNAM Santos 3-0 Leon Round 3 Toluca 2-0 Necaxa Monterrey 1-1 Morelia Cruz Azul 2-0 Tigres Veracruz 5-1 Santos Puebla 1-3 America Leon 2-2 Atlante UNAM 3-1 Celaya Guadalajara 1-2 UAG Neza 1-1 Atlas Round 4 [Jan 25] Atlante 1-0 Veracruz UAG 1-0 Neza Cruz Azul 3-1 Toluca Tigres 2-1 Leon Atlas 4-1 UNAM Celaya 0-0 Monterrey Morelia 2-1 Necaxa Santos 3-0 Puebla America 0-0 Guadalajara Round 5 [Jan 28] UNAM 1-1 UAG Toluca 2-0 Morelia Neza 1-2 America Puebla 1-1 Atlante Veracruz 0-2 Tigres Necaxa 2-1 Celaya Leon 1-1 Cruz Azul Monterrey 0-0 Atlas Guadalajara 0-2 Santos Round 6 [Feb 1] Tigres 1-1 Puebla Cruz Azul 1-2 Veracruz America 1-3 UNAM Celaya 0-2 Morelia Atlas 1-2 Necaxa Leon 1-5 Toluca Atlante 1-0 Guadalajara UAG 1-0 Monterrey Santos 2-0 Neza Round 7 [Feb 8] Toluca 3-3 Celaya Monterrey 3-2 America UAG 2-1 Necaxa Leon 2-1 Veracruz Cruz Azul 1-1 Puebla Santos 1-0 UNAM Morelia 4-3 Atlas Neza 0-0 Atlante Guadalajara 0-1 Tigres [played later] Round 8 [Feb 16-19] America 2-0 Necaxa Atlante 2-3 UNAM Tigres 3-0 Neza Santos 2-1 Monterrey Veracruz 2-2 Toluca UAG 3-1 Morelia Leon 0-0 Puebla Atlas 2-0 Celaya Cruz Azul 2-2 Guadalajara Round 9 [Feb 22-25] Toluca 4-1 Atlas Monterrey 1-1 Atlante Necaxa 3-0 Santos Celaya 1-2 UAG Puebla 1-0 Veracruz Morelia 1-2 America UNAM 2-0 Tigres Guadalajara 1-1 Leon Neza 1-0 Cruz Azul Round 10 Atlante 0-3 Necaxa UAG 1-2 Atlas Tigres 1-0 Monterrey Cruz Azul 2-2 UNAM Veracruz 0-2 Guadalajara Leon 1-2 Neza Puebla 3-1 Toluca America 1-0 Celaya Santos 2-2 Morelia Round 11 Monterrey 1-2 Cruz Azul Celaya 1-0 Santos Toluca 2-1 UAG Necaxa 4-0 Tigres Atlas 1-1 America Morelia 2-2 Atlante Guadalajara 2-0 Puebla UNAM 3-1 Leon Neza 2-0 Veracruz Round 12 [Mar 10-12] America 0-1 UAG Atlante 0-0 Celaya Santos 2-3 Atlas Veracruz 1-2 UNAM Cruz Azul 1-1 Necaxa [also for CONCACAF CWC 1997] Leon 2-1 Monterrey Tigres 2-0 Morelia Puebla 2-4 Neza Guadalajara 2-0 Toluca Round 13 [Mar 14,15] Necaxa 2-0 Leon Monterrey 2-2 Veracruz Celaya 1-0 Tigres Atlas 1-0 Atlante UNAM 0-2 Puebla Morelia 2-1 Cruz Azul UAG 1-2 Santos Toluca 1-3 America Neza 0-1 Guadalajara Round 14 Toluca 4-1 Neza Tigres 0-2 Atlas Cruz Azul 5-0 Celaya Puebla 1-1 Monterrey Veracruz 2-2 Necaxa Leon 3-3 Morelia Guadalajara 4-0 UNAM Atlante 2-0 UAG Santos 1-1 America [played later] Round 15 Necaxa 5-2 Puebla Morelia 1-1 Veracruz Santos 1-3 Toluca Celaya 4-1 Leon UAG 0-0 Tigres America 1-1 Atlante UNAM 1-2 Neza Atlas 1-2 Cruz Azul Monterrey 2-1 Guadalajara Round 16 Guadalajara 1-2 Necaxa Veracruz 1-0 Celaya Atlante 1-0 Santos Tigres 3-1 America Puebla 5-3 Morelia Toluca 2-1 UNAM Leon 2-0 Atlas Neza 2-3 Monterrey Cruz Azul 5-2 UAG Round 17 America 1-1 Cruz Azul UAG 1-0 Leon Monterrey 3-1 UNAM Necaxa 1-2 Neza Celaya 0-0 Puebla Atlas 2-0 Veracruz Atlante 2-2 Toluca Santos 2-0 Tigres Morelia 1-0 Guadalajara Tables: Group 1 1.Atlante 17 5 8 4 19-18 23 2.Puebla 17 4 6 7 24-32 18 3.León 17 4 5 8 20-32 17 4.Celaya 17 3 6 8 13-23 15 5.Veracruz 17 3 5 9 20-29 14 Relegated Group 2 1.Toluca 17 10 3 4 39-25 33 2.Cruz Azul 17 8 6 3 32-18 30 3.Tigres 17 7 2 8 15-22 23 [formerly U.A.N.L.] 4.Guadalajara 17 5 4 8 19-17 19 5.Monterrey 17 4 6 7 20-25 18 Group 3 1.Santos 17 8 2 7 24-22 26 2.Neza 17 7 3 7 21-24 24 [Toros] 3.Morelia 17 5 6 6 26-30 21 4.U.N.A.M. 17 6 3 8 25-29 21 [Pumas] Group 4 1.Necaxa 17 10 2 5 34-18 32 2.Atlas 17 9 3 5 29-23 30 3.U.A.G. 17 9 3 5 23-21 30 [Tecos] 4.América 17 7 5 5 27-22 26 Topscorers: Jose Cardozo (Toluca) 13 Claudinho (Morelia) 11 Carlos Hermosillo (Cruz Azul) 11 Playoff for Quarterfinal Places: First Legs [Apr 8,10] Puebla 2-1 UAG Neza 1-2 America Second Legs [Apr 11,13] UAG 4-1 Puebla America 4-2 Neza Quarterfinals: First Legs [Apr 15,16] UAG 2-1 Atlas Atlante 0-1 Toluca Santos 0-0 Necaxa America 2-1 Cruz Azul Second Legs [Apr 18,19] Atlas 4-2 UAG Toluca 5-1 Atlante Necaxa 2-1 Santos Cruz Azul 1-1 America Semifinals: First Legs [Apr 25,26] Atlas 1-2 Necaxa America 0-1 Toluca Second Legs [May 2,3] Necaxa 1-1 Atlas Toluca 2-1 America Final: - 1st leg: 07.May.98 Mexico City 18:00 Necaxa 2-1 Toluca - 2nd leg: 10.May.98 Toluca, Edo. de Mexico 12:00 Toluca 5-2 Necaxa Copa Libertadores 1999 Qualifiers ================================= "Octogonal de Copa Pre-Libertadores" [Dallas, Cotton Bowl, Sep 2, 1998] Monterrey 1-1 Guadalajara [Monterrey 5-3 or 5-4 on pen] Santos 1-0 América Monterrey and Santos qualified for play-off with two Venezuelan teams to qualify for the Copa Libertadores proper.

1996/97.

1998/99.

list of champions.

list of final tables.

list of divisional movements.

list of cup winners.

list of super cup winners.

list of topscorers.

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