Mexico 1998/99

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)
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  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]
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  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]
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  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]
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  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)
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  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]
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  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]
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  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]
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  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)
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  3. Atlético Celaya    17  	 6  	 6  	 5  	29  	26  	 +3  	24
  4. León               17  	 5  	 1  	11  	19  	33  	-14  	16
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  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)
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  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]
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  2. U.A.G.             17  	 6  	 1  	10  	21  	28  	 -7  	19 (repechaje) [Zapopan]
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  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]
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  3. Santos Laguna      17  	 9  	 2  	 6  	33  	29  	 +4  	29 (repechaje) [Torreón]
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  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)
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  3. Atlético Celaya    17  	 6  	 6  	 5  	29  	26  	 +3  	24
  4. León               17  	 5  	 1  	11  	19  	33  	-14  	16
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  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)
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  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]
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  2. U.A.G.             17  	 6  	 1  	10  	21  	28  	 -7  	19 (repechaje) [Zapopan]
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  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]
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  3. Santos Laguna      17  	 9  	 2  	 6  	33  	29  	 +4  	29 (repechaje) [Torreón]
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  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]
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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]
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 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]
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 3. Chivas Tijuana	19	 7	6	6	27	28	27	0.9643 (repesca)
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 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]
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 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]
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 2. Zacatepec		19	 5	9	5	41	39	24	1.0513 (repesca)
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 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]
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 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]
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 3. Chivas Tijuana	19	 7	6	6	27	28	27	0.9643 (repesca)
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 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]
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 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]
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 2. Zacatepec		19	 5	9	5	41	39	24	1.0513 (repesca)
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 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]
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 2. Jaguares Colima	19	 6	7	6	20	26	25	0.7692 (repesca) [Tecoman]
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 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)
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 3. Chivas Tijuana	19	 7	7	5	27	22	28	1.2273 (repesca)
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 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)
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 2. Aguascalientes	19	 7	4	8	27	32	25	0.8438 (repesca)
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 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]
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 3. La Piedad		19	 9	5	5	22	26	32	0.8462 (repesca)
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 4. Saltillo Soccer	19	 8	4	7	23	24	28	0.9583
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 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]
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 2. Jaguares Colima	19	 6	7	6	20	26	25	0.7692 (repesca) [Tecoman]
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 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)
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 3. Chivas Tijuana	19	 7	7	5	27	22	28	1.2273 (repesca)
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 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)
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 2. Aguascalientes	19	 7	4	8	27	32	25	0.8438 (repesca)
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 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]
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 3. La Piedad		19	 9	5	5	22	26	32	0.8462 (repesca)
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 4. Saltillo Soccer	19	 8	4	7	23	24	28	0.9583
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 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)
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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.


1997/98.

1999/00.

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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