Mexico 1998/99


Winter 1998
===========

Tables Preliminary Round:

Group 1

 1.Cruz Azul         17 12  4  1 41-14 40  [Cd. de México]
 2.Guadalajara       17 10  4  3 34-25 34
 3.Atlético Celaya   17  6  4  7 28-29 22
 4.León              17  4  4  9 25-34 16
 5.Puebla            17  2  3 12 13-41  9

Group 2

 1.Atlético Morelia  17  8  3  6 28-28 27
 2.Pumas U.N.A.M.    17  7  5  5 26-20 26  [Cd. de México]
 3.América           17  6  4  7 30-31 22  [Cd. de México]
 4.Pachuca           17  5  1 11 28-39 16
 5.Toros Neza        17  2  3 12 18-36  9  [Nezahualcoyotl]

Group 3
 
 1.Necaxa            17 10  2  5 36-22 32  [Cd. de México]
 2.Tecos U.A.G.      17  9  4  4 31-23 31  [Guadalajara]
 3.Atlante           17  5  4  8 22-30 19  [Cd. de México]
 4.Monterrey         17  4  7  6 20-30 19

Group 4

 1.Toluca            17 10  6  1 39-14 36
 2.Atlas             17  8  2  7 34-28 26  [Guadalajara]
 3.Tigres            17  5  7  5 30-28 22  [Monterrey]
 4.Santos Laguna     17  4  5  8 22-33 17  [Torreón]

Round 1
[Jul 31]
America     1-0 Leon
[Aug 1]
Toluca      1-2 Atlante  
Cruz Azul   4-0 Puebla
Monterrey   1-0 Atlas
[Aug 2]
Pachuca     3-1 Tigres
Morelia     2-1 UAG
UNAM        0-2 Necaxa    
Guadalajara 3-1 Santos
Neza        1-3 Celaya    

Round 2
[Aug 7]
UAG         1-4 America  
[Aug 8]
Necaxa      4-0 Pachuca
Tigres      2-2 Guadalajara
Celaya      1-1 Monterrey
Atlas       2-4 Cruz Azul
[Aug 9]
Leon        2-1 Neza
Puebla      0-2 UNAM
Atlante     1-2 Morelia
Santos      0-0 Toluca

Round 3
[Aug 14]
America     0-1 Atlante
[Aug 15]
UNAM        3-1 Pachuca
Cruz Azul   3-1 Celaya
[Aug 16]
Morelia     3-2 Santos
Puebla      1-3 Atlas
Guadalajara 3-2 Necaxa
Neza        0-0 UAG
[Aug 19]
Toluca      1-1 Tigres
Monterrey   3-2 Leon

Round 4
[Aug 22]
Tigres      2-1 Morelia
Celaya      2-0 Puebla
Atlas       4-3 UNAM
[Aug 23]
Atlante     2-1 Neza
Leon        1-1 Cruz Azul
Pachuca     1-2 Guadalajara
Santos      2-2 America
Necaxa      1-4 Toluca
UAG         4-0 Monterrey

Round 5 
[Aug 29]
Toluca      3-0 Pachuca
Cruz Azul   3-1 UAG
Monterrey   0-0 Atlante
Atlas       1-0 Celaya
[Aug 30]
America     6-3 Tigres
Morelia     0-4 Necaxa
Puebla      2-1 Leon
Neza        0-1 Santos
UNAM        0-1 Guadalajara

Round 6
[Sep 4]
UAG         4-1 Puebla
[Sep 5]
Tigres      5-2 Neza
Necaxa      1-0 America
Celaya      2-0 UNAM
[Sep 6]
Pachuca     2-3 Morelia
Atlante     1-1 Cruz Azul
Leon        1-1 Atlas
Guadalajara 0-4 Toluca
Santos      2-2 Monterrey

Round 7
[Sep 11]
America     3-3 Pachuca
[Sep 12]
Cruz Azul   5-1 Santos
Monterrey   1-1 Tigres
Celaya      2-1 Leon
Atlas       3-0 UAG
[Sep 13]
Puebla      1-3 Atlante
UNAM        1-1 Toluca
Morelia     3-4 Guadalajara
Neza        1-3 Necaxa

Round 8
[Sep 18]
UAG         2-0 Celaya
[Sep 19]
Toluca      2-1 Morelia
Necaxa      2-2 Monterrey
Tigres      1-1 Cruz Azul
[Sep 20]
Guadalajara 1-0 America
Pachuca     2-1 Neza
Atlante     0-4 Atlas
Leon        2-4 UNAM
Santos      1-1 Puebla

Round 9
[Sep 25]
America     2-2 Toluca
[Sep 26]
Cruz Azul   2-0 Necaxa
Celaya      2-2 Atlante
Atlas       2-1 Santos
[Sep 27]
UNAM        3-3 Morelia
Leon        2-3 UAG
Puebla      0-3 Tigres
Neza        1-1 Guadalajara
Monterrey   2-1 Pachuca

Round 10 
[Oct 3]
Toluca      2-1 Neza
Tigres      1-1 Atlas
[Oct 4]
Guadalajara 4-2 Monterrey
Pachuca     1-2 Cruz Azul
Morelia     0-0 America
Atlante     2-5 Leon
Santos      3-2 Celaya
[Oct 5]
Necaxa      2-2 Puebla
[Nov 3]
UAG         2-1 UNAM

Round 11 
[Oct 9]
UAG         2-0 Atlante
[Oct 10]
Cruz Azul   2-1 Guadalajara
Atlas       0-1 Necaxa
Monterrey   0-3 Toluca
Celaya      1-4 Tigres
[Oct 11]
UNAM        3-1 America
Leon        1-1 Santos
Puebla      1-0 Pachuca
Neza        1-1 Morelia

Round 12
[Oct 16]
America     2-3 Neza
[Oct 17]
Toluca      3-0 Cruz Azul
Necaxa      3-0 Celaya
Tigres      1-1 Leon
[Oct 18]
Pachuca     4-6 Atlas
Atlante     0-0 UNAM
Morelia     1-0 Monterrey
Guadalajara 2-1 Puebla
Santos      1-2 UAG

Round 13
[Oct 23]
UAG         1-1 Tigres
[Oct 24]
Cruz Azul   2-0 Morelia
Monterrey   1-2 America
Atlas       2-4 Guadalajara
Celaya      2-1 Pachuca
[Oct 25]
Atlante     1-2 Santos
Puebla      0-2 Toluca
Leon        3-1 Necaxa
Neza        0-2 UNAM

Round 14 
[Oct 30]
America     1-3 Cruz Azul
[Oct 31]
UNAM        2-0 Santos
Toluca      3-1 Atlas
Tigres      3-2 Atlante
Necaxa      1-3 UAG
[Nov 1]
Pachuca     2-0 Leon
Morelia     4-0 Puebla
Guadalajara 0-0 Celaya
Neza        1-3 Monterrey

Round 15 
[Nov 6]
Atlante     1-3 Necaxa
UAG         3-2 Pachuca
[Nov 7]
Cruz Azul   4-0 Neza
Monterrey   0-0 UNAM
Celaya      3-3 Toluca
[Nov 8]
Leon        1-5 Guadalajara
Santos      2-0 Tigres
[Nov 9]
Puebla      1-2 America
[Nov 18]
Atlas       0-1 Morelia

Round 16
[Nov 13]
America     3-1 Atlas
[Nov 14]
Toluca      4-0 Leon
Necaxa      5-1 Santos
[Nov 15]
Pachuca     3-2 Atlante
Morelia     3-2 Celaya
UNAM        2-1 Tigres
Guadalajara 1-1 UAG
Neza        4-0 Puebla
Monterrey   0-4 Cruz Azul

Round 17 [Nov 22]
Atlante     2-0 Guadalajara
Leon        2-0 Morelia
Puebla      2-2 Monterrey
Santos      1-2 Pachuca
UAG         1-1 Toluca
Cruz Azul   0-0 UNAM
Tigres      0-1 Necaxa
Celaya      5-1 America
Atlas       3-0 Neza

Tables Preliminary Round:

Group 1

 1.Cruz Azul         17 12  4  1 41-14 40  [Cd. de México]
 2.Guadalajara       17 10  4  3 34-25 34
 3.Atlético Celaya   17  6  4  7 28-29 22
 4.León              17  4  4  9 25-34 16
 5.Puebla            17  2  3 12 13-41  9

Group 2

 1.Atlético Morelia  17  8  3  6 28-28 27
 2.Pumas U.N.A.M.    17  7  5  5 26-20 26  [Cd. de México]
 3.América           17  6  4  7 30-31 22  [Cd. de México]
 4.Pachuca           17  5  1 11 28-39 16
 5.Toros Neza        17  2  3 12 18-36  9  [Nezahualcoyotl]

Group 3
 
 1.Necaxa            17 10  2  5 36-22 32  [Cd. de México]
 2.Tecos U.A.G.      17  9  4  4 31-23 31  [Guadalajara]
 3.Atlante           17  5  4  8 22-30 19  [Cd. de México]
 4.Monterrey         17  4  7  6 20-30 19

Group 4

 1.Toluca            17 10  6  1 39-14 36
 2.Atlas             17  8  2  7 34-28 26  [Guadalajara]
 3.Tigres            17  5  7  5 30-28 22  [Monterrey]
 4.Santos Laguna     17  4  5  8 22-33 17  [Torreón]

Top-2 of each group qualify for quarterfinals.

Topscorer:
Cuauhtemoc Blanco  (América) 16

Quarterfinals

First Legs
[Nov 25]
UNAM        3-2 Cruz Azul
  [41' H.Sanchez, 69' and 73' M.Alvarez; 46' L.A.Sosa, 56' J.F.Palencia]
UAG         2-0 Necaxa
  [47' R.Palacios, 51' R.Da Silva]
[Nov 26]
Atlas       1-2 Toluca
  [85' H.Lopez; 21' J.M.Abundis, 26' S.Carmona]
Morelia     1-1 Guadalajara
  [28' A.Graziani; 42' R.Pelaez]

Second Legs
[Nov 28]
Cruz Azul   1-1 UNAM
  [48' J.F.Palencia; 86' J.Lozano]
[Nov 29]
Guadalajara 4-1 Morelia
  [39' R.Pelaez, 70' J.Arellano, 74' and 88' L.Garcia; 75' (pen) A.Graziani] 
Toluca      0-2 Atlas
  [34' H.Lopez, 67' J.P.Rodriguez]
Necaxa      3-1 UAG             [Necaxa on better season record]
  [12' S.Vazquez, 24' M.Lopez, 40' (og) G.Vega; 90' Z.Muf]

Semifinals

First Legs [Dec 3]
UNAM        1-1 Guadalajara
  [20' M.Alvarez; 14' R.Pelaez]
Atlas       0-0 Necaxa

Second Legs [Dec 6]
Guadalajara 1-0 UNAM
  [50' L.Garcia]
Necaxa      3-2 Atlas
  [28' and 78' C.Hermosillo, 49' S.Vazquez; 16' F.Lagorio, 47' J.P.Rodriguez]

Final

First Leg [Dec 10]
Necaxa      0-0 Guadalajara

Second Leg [Dec 13]
Guadalajara 0-2 Necaxa
  [55' S.Cabrera, 89' S.Vazquez]

Necaxa winter champions 1998/99.


Summer 1999
===========

Tables Preliminary Round:

Group 1

 1.Cruz Azul         17  9  4  4 30-24 31  [Cd. de México]
 2.Guadalajara       17  7  5  5 24-21 26
 3.Atlético Celaya   17  6  6  5 29-26 24
 4.León              17  5  1 11 19-33 16
 5.Puebla            17  3  4 10 15-30 13

Group 2

 1.América           17  9  4  4 30-25 31  [Cd. de México]
 2.Atlético Morelia  17  8  1  8 23-23 25
 3.Pachuca           17  6  6  5 23-22 24
 4.Pumas U.N.A.M.    17  6  3  8 19-27 21  [Cd. de México]
 5.Toros Neza        17  4  5  8 21-29 17  [Nezahualcoyotl]

Group 3

 1.Necaxa            17  5  7  5 30-25 22  [Cd. de México]
 2.Tecos U.A.G.      17  6  1 10 21-28 19  [Guadalajara]
 3.Atlante           17  4  6  7 31-34 18  [Cd. de México]
 4.Monterrey         17  4  2 11 25-38 14

Group 4

 1.Toluca            17 12  3  2 50-23 39
 2.Atlas             17 10  4  3 34-22 34  [Guadalajara]
 3.Santos Laguna     17  9  2  6 33-29 29  [Torreón]
 4.Tigres            17  7  2  8 34-32 23  [Monterrey]

Round 1
[Jan 15]
UAG         2-4 Morelia    
[Jan 16]
Necaxa      5-1 UNAM   
Puebla      2-2 Cruz Azul 
Tigres      4-3 Pachuca   
Atlas       3-2 Monterrey 
Celaya      1-2 Neza  
[Jan 17]
Leon        0-2 America   
Atlante     2-3 Toluca
Santos      2-2 Guadalajara 

Round 2
[Jan 23]
Toluca      3-2 Santos
Cruz Azul   2-1 Atlas
Monterrey   1-2 Celaya
UNAM        3-2 Puebla              [in Queretaro] 
[Jan 24]
Guadalajara 3-1 Tigres
Morelia     3-2 Atlante
Pachuca     1-1 Necaxa
America     1-0 UAG                 [in Queretaro]
Neza        0-0 Leon

Round 3
[Jan 27]
Santos      1-0 Morelia
Tigres      4-4 Toluca
Celaya      0-0 Cruz Azul
Leon        0-1 Monterrey
UAG         2-1 Neza
[Jan 28]
Pachuca     1-1 UNAM
Atlante     1-1 America
Atlas       3-0 Puebla       
[Feb 3]
Necaxa      3-0 Guadalajara

Round 4
[Jan 30]
Toluca      3-1 Necaxa
Cruz Azul   3-2 Leon
Monterrey   3-0 UAG
[Jan 31]
Morelia     2-3 Tigres
UNAM        0-0 Atlas
Neza        3-3 Atlante
America     3-1 Santos
Puebla      3-1 Celaya
Guadalajara 0-0 Pachuca

Round 5
[Feb 5]
UAG         2-0 Cruz Azul
[Feb 6]
Necaxa      0-1 Morelia
Tigres      3-4 America
Celaya      1-2 Atlas
[Feb 7]
Guadalajara 2-1 UNAM
Leon        3-1 Puebla
Pachuca     0-3 Toluca
Atlante     3-1 Monterrey
Santos      1-0 Neza

Round 6
[Feb 20]
Toluca      1-0 Guadalajara
Monterrey   2-5 Santos
Puebla      1-0 UAG
Atlas       4-0 Leon
[Feb 21]
Morelia     0-2 Pachuca
Neza        2-1 Tigres
[Feb 24]
UNAM        2-2 Celaya
America     1-1 Necaxa
[Feb 25]
Cruz Azul   3-2 Atlante

Round 7 
[Feb 27]
UAG         1-2 Atlas
Toluca      2-0 UNAM
Tigres      2-0 Monterrey
Necaxa      1-1 Neza
[Feb 28]
Guadalajara 1-2 Morelia
Pachuca     1-2 America
Atlante     1-1 Puebla
Santos      3-1 Cruz Azul
Leon        2-3 Celaya

Round 8 
[Mar 6]
Cruz Azul   3-2 Tigres
Puebla      1-2 Santos
Atlas       0-0 Atlante
Monterrey   4-1 Necaxa
Celaya      2-1 UAG
[Mar 7]
America     0-1 Guadalajara
Neza        2-3 Pachuca
UNAM        0-1 Leon
Morelia     0-0 Toluca

Round 9
[Mar 12]
Atlante     1-4 Celaya
[Mar 14]
Pachuca     2-2 Monterrey
[Mar 16]
Tigres      3-0 Puebla
UAG         2-1 Leon
[Mar 17]
Toluca      3-0 America
Morelia     1-2 UNAM
Santos      2-1 Atlas
Necaxa      1-1 Cruz Azul
Guadalajara 1-1 Neza

Round 10 
[Mar 20]
Monterrey   2-4 Guadalajara
Cruz Azul   2-1 Pachuca
Puebla      0-2 Necaxa
Celaya      3-0 Santos
Atlas       1-0 Tigres
[Mar 21]
UNAM        0-2 UAG
Leon        3-2 Atlante
America     2-1 Morelia
Neza        1-6 Toluca

Round 11
[Mar 26]
Atlante     1-2 UAG
[Mar 27]
Necaxa      2-3 Atlas
Tigres      1-0 Celaya
[Mar 28]
Guadalajara 2-0 Cruz Azul
Morelia     3-0 Neza
Pachuca     2-0 Puebla
Toluca      4-0 Monterrey
America     3-1 UNAM
Santos      3-2 Leon

Round 12
[Apr 2]
UAG         1-1 Santos
[Apr 3]
Cruz Azul   3-2 Toluca
Monterrey   1-2 Morelia
Puebla      1-2 Guadalajara
Celaya      1-1 Necaxa
Atlas       3-0 Pachuca
[Apr 4]
Leon        2-1 Tigres
UNAM        1-2 Atlante
Neza        1-2 America  

Round 13
[Apr 10]
Toluca      3-0 Puebla
Necaxa      4-0 Leon
Tigres      2-1 UAG
[Apr 11]
Guadalajara 1-1 Atlas
Morelia     0-2 Cruz Azul
Pachuca     2-2 Celaya
UNAM        0-1 Neza
America     4-1 Monterrey
Santos      4-2 Atlante

Round 14
[Apr 16]
UAG         2-3 Necaxa
[Apr 17]
Cruz Azul   4-0 America
Puebla      0-1 Morelia
Monterrey   1-0 Neza
Celaya      0-0 Guadalajara
Atlas       3-3 Toluca
[Apr 18]
Leon        0-1 Pachuca
Santos      1-2 UNAM
Atlante     2-1 Tigres

Round 15
[Apr 24]
Toluca      5-2 Celaya
Necaxa      2-2 Atlante
Tigres      4-2 Santos
[Apr 25]
Guadalajara 3-0 Leon
Morelia     1-2 Atlas
Pachuca     3-0 UAG
UNAM        2-1 Monterrey
America     1-1 Puebla
Neza        1-1 Cruz Azul

Round 16 
[Apr 30]
UAG         1-0 Guadalajara
[May 1]
Cruz Azul   3-2 Monterrey
Tigres      1-2 UNAM
Puebla      1-0 Neza
Celaya      3-1 Morelia
Atlas       3-2 America
[May 2]
Leon        3-2 Toluca
Atlante     0-0 Pachuca
Santos      3-1 Necaxa

Round 17 [May 9]
Toluca      3-2 UAG
Monterrey   1-1 Puebla
Necaxa      1-1 Tigres
Guadalajara 2-5 Atlante
Morelia     1-0 Leon
Pachuca     1-0 Santos
UNAM        1-0 Cruz Azul
America     2-2 Celaya
Neza        5-2 Atlas

Tables Preliminary Round:

Group 1

 1.Cruz Azul         17  9  4  4 30-24 31  [Cd. de México]
 2.Guadalajara       17  7  5  5 24-21 26
 3.Atlético Celaya   17  6  6  5 29-26 24
 4.León              17  5  1 11 19-33 16
 5.Puebla            17  3  4 10 15-30 13

Group 2

 1.América           17  9  4  4 30-25 31  [Cd. de México]
 2.Atlético Morelia  17  8  1  8 23-23 25
 3.Pachuca           17  6  6  5 23-22 24
 4.Pumas U.N.A.M.    17  6  3  8 19-27 21  [Cd. de México]
 5.Toros Neza        17  4  5  8 21-29 17  [Nezahualcoyotl]

Group 3

 1.Necaxa            17  5  7  5 30-25 22  [Cd. de México]
 2.Tecos U.A.G.      17  6  1 10 21-28 19  [Guadalajara]
 3.Atlante           17  4  6  7 31-34 18  [Cd. de México]
 4.Monterrey         17  4  2 11 25-38 14

Group 4

 1.Toluca            17 12  3  2 50-23 39
 2.Atlas             17 10  4  3 34-22 34  [Guadalajara]
 3.Santos Laguna     17  9  2  6 33-29 29  [Torreón]
 4.Tigres            17  7  2  8 34-32 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.

Quarterfinal Spot Playoff

First Leg [May 13, Zapopán, Jalisco]
UAG         1-4 Santos
  [Roberto Palacios 92'; Carlos Briones (og) 28', Marcelo Ovelar 34', 42', 
   Jared Borgetti 78']
Second Leg [May 16, Torreón, Coahuila]
Santos      3-4 UAG
  [Jared Borgetti 27', Johan Rodríguez 57', José Antonio Noriega 67'; 
   Roberto Palacios 7', Eustacio Rizo 18', Guillermo Hernández 25',
   Rubén Da Silva 90']


Quarterfinals

First Legs
[May 19]
Morelia     1-1 Atlas
  [Dario Franco 32'; Daniel Osorno 21']
Necaxa      1-3 Toluca
  [Sergio Vazquez 26'; Rafael Garcia 44', Alberto Macias 57', Jose Saturnino Cardozo 63']
Guadalajara 1-2 Cruz Azul
  [Hector del Angel 83'; Juan Reynoso 2', Juan Fco. Palencia 86']
[May 20]
Santos      3-0 America
 [Martin Machon 10', Jared Borgetti 28', Eduardo Lillingston 78']

Second Legs
[May 22]
Toluca      1-2 Necaxa              [4-3 agg]
  [Jose Saturnino Cardozo 69'; Agustin Delgado 22', Alex Aguinaga 61']
Cruz Azul   2-2 Guadalajara         [4-3 agg]
  [Hector Adomaitis 10', Juan Reynoso 66'; Luis Garcia 12' and 22']
Atlas       2-2 Morelia             [3-3 agg; Atlas on season record]
  [Eduardo Bustos Montoya 56', Hugo Norberto Castillo 87'; Emilio Mora 36', 
   Daniel Osorno (og) 64']
[May 23]
America     2-0 Santos              [2-3 agg]
  [Javier Espinola 22', Cuauhtemoc Blanco 60']

Semifinals

First Legs [May 26]
Santos      1-1 Toluca
  [Noriega 42'; Cardozo 28']
Cruz Azul   0-4 Atlas
  [Andrade 29', Zepeda  39', Rodriguez 47', Castillo 50']

Second Legs [May 29]
Toluca      3-2 Santos    
  [Macias 8', Abundis 25', Alfaro 76'; Ovelar 3', Borguetti 15']
Atlas       2-0 Cruz Azul
  [Rodriguez 26', Castillo 60']

Final

First Leg [Jun 3]
Atlas       3-3 Toluca
  [Cesar Andrade 20', Hugo Norberto Castillo 54', Rafael Marquez 69'; Carlos
   Maria Morales 2', Jose Saturnino Cardozo 8', Carlos Maria Morales  27']

Second Leg [Jun 6]
Toluca      2-2 Atlas
  [Sergio Vazquez 3', Alberto Macias 27'; Hugo Norberto Castillo 1', 
   Miguel Angel Zepeda 50']

Toluca won 5-4 on penalties

Penatly 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

Highway to hell:

Celaya, Monterrey and Puebla all finished on 1.0784 (110/102); Puebla are
relegated (on goal difference).
Promoted: Unión de Curtidores.

NB: at the end of the season León were sold to Puebla and León's
    players were to move to Curtidores; after protests by León's
    fans, it was decided that León remain and Curtidores move to
    Puebla (as a new franchise but under the name Puebla); León will
    have Curtidores' former players, the new Puebla a mixture of the
    former players of León and Puebla.

Topscorers:

José Saturnino Cardozo  Paraguay     Toluca      15
José Manuel Abundis     Mexico       Toluca      14
Cuauhtemoc Blanco       Mexico       América     14
Carlos Pavón            Honduras     Celaya      13
Pedro Pineda            Mexico       Atlante     13
Luis Hernández          Mexico       Tigres      12
Juan Francisco Palencia Mexico       Cruz Azul   11
Everaldo Bejines        Mexico       León         9
Jared Borguetti         Mexico       Santos       9
Carlos Hermosillo       Mexico       Necaxa       9
Zdenko Muf              Yugoslavia   UAG          9
Ariel Graziani          Ecuador      Morelia      8
Claudinho               Brazil       Morelia      7
Antonio Mohamed         Argentina    Monterrey    7
Hugo Castillo           Argentina    Atlas        6
Luis García             Mexico       Guadalajara  6
Claudio Núñez           Chile        Tigres       6
Ricardo Peláez          Mexico       Guadalajara  6
Juan Pablo Rodríguez    Mexico       Atlas        6
Miguel Zepeda           Mexico       Atlas        6

Awards:

Best Goalkeeper: Adolfo Rios (Necaxa- Mexico)
Best New Player: Cesar Andrade (Atlas-Mexico)
Best Mexican Player: Cuahutemoc Blanco (America-Mexico)
Best Foreign Player: Fabian Estay (Toluca-Chile)
Best National Coach: Enrique Meza (Toluca-Mexico)
Best Foreign Coach: Ricardo La Volpe (Atlas-Argentina)
Best Match: Atlas 3 Toluca 3 (June 3)

Mexico Cup 1999

Final
Tigres       2-0 Necaxa
  [Ignacio Vazquez and Luis Hernandez]
  [manager Tigres: Oswaldo Batocletti (Argentina)]


Mexico Second Level 1998/99 Primera División A

Winter 1998
===========

Tables:

Group 1
 1.CD Veracruz              19  8  6  5 40-31 30  Qualified
 2.Correcaminos UAT         19  7  7  5 30-29 28  Qualified
 3.Jaguares Colima          19  7  2 10 27-32 23
 4.Tigrillos UNL            19  4  8  7 23-23 20
 5.Querétaro                19  2 14  3 26-30 20

Group 2
 1.CD Irapuato              19 10  5  4 47-32 35  Qualified
 2.Yucatán                  19 10  4  5 36-32 34  Qualified
 3.Chivas Tijuana           19  7  6  6 27-28 27  Playoff 
 4.Unión de Curtidores      19  6  7  6 31-29 25
 5.Real Sociedad Zacatecas  19  6  5  8 36-39 23

Group 3
 1.Aguascalientes           19 11  3  5 33-30 36  Qualified
 2.San Luis FC              19  7  6  6 40-29 27  Qualified
 3.Bachilleres Guadalajara  19  7  5  7 29-32 26
 4.Cuautitlán               19  6  3 10 32-37 21
 5.Atlético Mexiquense      19  4  7  8 31-39 19

Group 4
 1.Cruz Azul Hidalgo        19  8  7  4 34-29 31  Qualified
 2.CD Zacatepec             19  5  9  5 41-39 24  Playoff 
 3.Atlético San Francisco   19  6  6  7 22-26 24
 4.CF La Piedad             19  5  5  9 30-39 20
 5.CD Saltillo              19  3  7  9 25-35 16

NB: Tampico-Madero FC withdrew before the start of the championship.

Round 1 [Jul 26]
U Curtidores     3-1 Aguascalientes
S Luis           2-0 Atl Mexiquense
Tigrillos        5-0 Cruz Azul Hid
Zacatepec        2-2 Saltillo
Cuautitlan       4-2 Atl S Francisco
Yucatan          2-0 Chivas Tijuana
RS Zacatecas     2-1 Jaguares Colima
Correcaminos UAT 2-0 Veracruz
La Piedad        3-1 Queretaro
bye: Irapuato and Bachilleres

Round 2 [Aug 2]
Chivas Tijuana   3-0 U Curtidores     
Queretaro        2-2 RS Zacatecas   
Cruz Azul Hid    5-1 Yucatan   
Atl S Francisco  1-1 Zacatepec  
Veracruz         1-2 Cuautitlan 
Irapuato         5-2 Bachilleres
Atl Mexiquense   2-2 Tigrillos   
Saltillo         0-6 La Piedad  
Jaguares Colima  2-1 S Luis      
bye: Aguascalientes and Correcaminos UAT

Round 3 [Aug 9]
U Curtidores     1-1 Cruz Azul Hid
S Luis           2-2 Queretaro
Tigrillos        2-2 Jaguares Colima
Zacatepec        2-2 Veracruz
Aguascalientes   2-0 Chivas Tijuana
Yucatan          5-2 Atl Mexiquense
RS Zacatecas     1-1 Saltillo
Correcaminos UAT 0-2 Irapuato
La Piedad        0-1 Atl S Francisco
bye: Bachilleres and Cuautitlan 

Round 4 [Aug 16]
Bachilleres      2-2 Correcaminos UAT
Cruz Azul Hid    1-1 Aguascalientes
Queretaro        1-1 Tigrillos   
Atl S Francisco  2-3 RS Zacatecas   
Veracruz         6-0 La Piedad  
Irapuato         5-2 Cuautitlan 
Atl Mexiquense   1-2 U Curtidores     
Saltillo         1-1 S Luis      
Jaguares Colima  1-2 Yucatan   
bye: Chivas Tijuana and Zacatepec  

Round 5 [Aug 19]
Zacatepec        7-3 Irapuato
Cuautitlan       0-2 Bachilleres
Aguascalientes   2-1 Atl Mexiquense
Chivas Tijuana   2-1 Cruz Azul Hid
U Curtidores     1-2 Jaguares Colima
Yucatan          1-1 Queretaro
RS Zacatecas     5-2 Veracruz
S Luis           1-2 Atl S Francisco
Tigrillos        2-2 Saltillo
bye: Correcaminos UAT and La Piedad

Round 6 [Aug 23]
Atl Mexiquense   1-1 Chivas Tijuana
Queretaro        1-2 U Curtidores
Atl S Francisco  2-1 Tigrillos
Veracruz         1-1 S Luis
Irapuato         4-1 La Piedad
Bachilleres      2-2 Zacatepec
Correcaminos UAT 1-0 Cuautitlan
Saltillo         3-4 Yucatan
Jaguares Colima  0-2 Aguascalientes
bye: Cruz Azul Hid and RS Zacatecas

Round 7 [Aug 30]
Chivas Tijuana   2-1 Jaguares Colima
U Curtidores     1-2 Saltillo
Tigrillos        1-0 Veracruz
Cruz Azul Hid    2-1 Atl Mexiquense
Zacatepec        0-2 Correcaminos UAT
Aguascalientes   2-2 Queretaro
Yucatan          2-0 Atl S Francisco
RS Zacatecas     1-3 Irapuato
La Piedad        0-0 Bachilleres
bye: Cuautitlan and S Luis

Round 8 [Sep 6]
Bachilleres      2-2 RS Zacatecas
Queretaro        0-0 Chivas Tijuana
Atl S Francisco  2-2 U Curtidores
Veracruz         2-0 Yucatan
Irapuato         3-3 S Luis
Correcaminos UAT 3-2 La Piedad
Saltillo         4-0 Aguascalientes
Cuautitlan       5-1 Zacatepec
Jaguares Colima  0-1 Cruz Azul Hid
bye: Atl Mexiquense and Tigrillos

Round 9 [Sep 13]
Chivas Tijuana   1-1 Saltillo
U Curtidores     3-3 Veracruz
Tigrillos        1-1 Irapuato
Cruz Azul Hid    1-1 Queretaro
Atl Mexiquense   3-1 Jaguares Colima
Aguascalientes   2-1 Atl S Francisco
RS Zacatecas     1-2 Correcaminos UAT
S Luis           3-1 Bachilleres
La Piedad        3-1 Cuautitlan
bye: Zacatepec and Yucatan

Round 10 [Sep 16]
Zacatepec        3-1 La Piedad
Cuautitlan       2-2 RS Zacatecas
Queretaro        1-1 Atl Mexiquense
Correcaminos UAT 2-2 S Luis
Veracruz         2-1 Aguascalientes
Irapuato         3-2 Yucatan
Atl S Francisco  1-2 Chivas Tijuana
Bachilleres      1-0 Tigrillos
Saltillo         0-1 Cruz Azul Hid
bye: Jaguares Colima and U Curtidores

Round 11 [Sep 20]
U Curtidores     3-3 Irapuato
S Luis           3-2 Cuautitlan
Tigrillos        2-3 Correcaminos UAT
Yucatan          3-2 Bachilleres
RS Zacatecas     3-2 Zacatepec
Chivas Tijuana   3-4 Veracruz
Cruz Azul Hid    1-1 Atl S Francisco
Atl Mexiquense   2-2 Saltillo
Jaguares Colima  1-1 Queretaro
bye: La Piedad and Aguascalientes

Round 12 [Sep 27]
Bachilleres      1-0 U Curtidores
Zacatepec        2-1 S Luis
Atl S Francisco  1-1 Atl Mexiquense
Veracruz         2-1 Cruz Azul Hid
Irapuato         1-2 Aguascalientes
Correcaminos UAT 2-2 Yucatan
Saltillo         1-2 Jaguares Colima
Cuautitlan       0-0 Tigrillos
La Piedad        2-1 RS Zacatecas
bye: Queretaro and Chivas Tijuana

Round 13 [Oct 4]
Chivas Tijuana   2-1 Irapuato
U Curtidores     4-2 Correcaminos UAT
S Luis           5-0 La Piedad
Tigrillos        1-0 Zacatepec
Aguascalientes   3-3 Bachilleres
Queretaro        2-1 Saltillo
Yucatan          1-0 Cuautitlan
Atl Mexiquense   3-2 Veracruz
Jaguares Colima  3-2 Atl S Francisco
bye: RS Zacatecas and Cruz Azul Hid

Round 14 [Oct 11]
Bachilleres      1-2 Chivas Tijuana
Zacatepec        5-3 Yucatan
Atl S Francisco  1-1 Queretaro
Veracruz         3-1 Jaguares Colima
RS Zacatecas     2-2 S Luis
Irapuato         1-1 Cruz Azul Hid
Correcaminos UAT 1-3 Aguascalientes
Cuautitlan       2-1 U Curtidores
La Piedad        2-0 Tigrillos
bye: Saltillo and Atl Mexiquense

Round 15 [Oct 14]
Cruz Azul Hid    6-2 Bachilleres
Aguascalientes   1-3 Cuautitlan
Queretaro        3-3 Veracruz
Chivas Tijuana   1-1 Correcaminos UAT
U Curtidores     1-1 Zacatepec
Yucatan          2-2 La Piedad
Tigrillos        2-0 RS Zacatecas
Saltillo         0-1 Atl S Francisco
Atl Mexiquense   0-2 Irapuato
bye: S Luis and Jaguares Colima

Round 16 [Oct 18]
S Luis           3-1 Tigrillos
Zacatepec        4-2 Aguascalientes
Veracruz         4-1 Saltillo
RS Zacatecas     1-2 Yucatan
Irapuato         2-0 Jaguares Colima
Bachilleres      2-0 Atl Mexiquense
Correcaminos UAT 2-2 Cruz Azul Hid
Cuautitlan       4-1 Chivas Tijuana
La Piedad        0-0 U Curtidores
bye: Atl S Francisco and Queretaro

Round 17 [Oct 25]
Chivas Tijuana   2-2 Zacatepec               [0-2?]
U Curtidores     4-1 RS Zacatecas
Cruz Azul Hid    2-0 Cuautitlan
Atl Mexiquense   2-1 Correcaminos UAT
Aguascalientes   2-1 La Piedad               [2-0?]
Queretaro        1-4 Irapuato
Atl S Francisco  0-0 Veracruz
Yucatan          3-2 S Luis
Jaguares Colima  1-2 Bachilleres
bye: Tigrillos and Saltillo

Round 18 [Nov 1]
S Luis           1-2 U Curtidores
Tigrillos        0-0 Yucatan
Zacatepec        1-1 Cruz Azul Hid
RS Zacatecas     1-2 Aguascalientes
Irapuato         2-1 Saltillo
Bachilleres      1-2 Queretaro
Correcaminos UAT 1-0 Jaguares Colima
Cuautitlan       1-3 Atl Mexiquense
La Piedad        2-2 Chivas Tijuana
bye: Veracruz and Atl S Francisco

Round 19 [Nov 8]
Chivas Tijuana   1-2 RS Zacatecas
U Curtidores     1-1 Tigrillos
Cruz Azul Hid    3-1 La Piedad
Atl Mexiquense   4-4 Zacatepec
Aguascalientes   2-1 S Luis
Queretaro        2-2 Correcaminos UAT
Atl S Francisco  1-0 Irapuato
Saltillo         0-1 Bachilleres
Jaguares Colima  5-2 Cuautitlan
bye: Yucatan and Veracruz

Round 20 [Nov 15]
Bachilleres      2-0 Atl S Francisco
S Luis           2-1 Chivas Tijuana
Tigrillos        1-2 Aguascalientes
Zacatepec        1-2 Jaguares Colima
Yucatan          1-0 U Curtidores
RS Zacatecas     3-4 Cruz Azul Hid
Irapuato         2-2 Veracruz
Correcaminos UAT 1-1 Saltillo
Cuautitlan       1-1 Queretaro
La Piedad        3-3 Atl Mexiquense

Round 21 [Nov 22]
Chivas Tijuana   1-0 Tigrillos
Cruz Azul Hid    0-4 S Luis
Atl Mexiquense   1-3 RS Zacatecas
Aguascalientes   1-0 Yucatan
Queretaro        1-1 Zacatepec
Atl S Francisco  1-0 Correcaminos UAT
Veracruz         1-0 Bachilleres
Saltillo         2-1 Cuautitlan
Jaguares Colima  2-1 La Piedad
bye: U Curtidores and Irapuato

Tables:

Group 1
 1.CD Veracruz              19  8  6  5 40-31 30  Qualified
 2.Correcaminos UAT         19  7  7  5 30-29 28  Qualified
 3.Jaguares Colima          19  7  2 10 27-32 23
 4.Tigrillos UNL            19  4  8  7 23-23 20
 5.Querétaro                19  2 14  3 26-30 20

Group 2
 1.CD Irapuato              19 10  5  4 47-32 35  Qualified
 2.Yucatán                  19 10  4  5 36-32 34  Qualified
 3.Chivas Tijuana           19  7  6  6 27-28 27  Playoff 
 4.Unión de Curtidores      19  6  7  6 31-29 25
 5.Real Sociedad Zacatecas  19  6  5  8 36-39 23

Group 3
 1.Aguascalientes           19 11  3  5 33-30 36  Qualified
 2.San Luis FC              19  7  6  6 40-29 27  Qualified
 3.Bachilleres Guadalajara  19  7  5  7 29-32 26
 4.Cuautitlán               19  6  3 10 32-37 21
 5.Atlético Mexiquense      19  4  7  8 31-39 19

Group 4
 1.Cruz Azul Hidalgo        19  8  7  4 34-29 31  Qualified
 2.CD Zacatepec             19  5  9  5 41-39 24  Playoff 
 3.Atlético San Francisco   19  6  6  7 22-26 24
 4.CF La Piedad             19  5  5  9 30-39 20
 5.CD Saltillo              19  3  7  9 25-35 16

NB: Tampico-Madero FC withdrew before the start of the championship.

Playoff [Reclasificacion] (second placed teams worse than third placed teams)
First Leg [Nov 25]
Zacatepec        2-0 Chivas Tijuana
Second Leg [Nov 28]
Chivas Tijuana   2-0 Zacatepec
  Chivas Tijuana on better season record

Quarterfinals 
First Legs [Dec 2]
Chivas Tijuana   1-0 Aguascalientes
S Luis           0-0 Irapuato
Correcaminos UAT 2-0 Yucatan
Veracruz         2-1 Cruz Azul Hid    
Second Legs [Dec 6]
Aguascalientes   0-0 Chivas Tijuana
Irapuato         5-0 S Luis
Yucatan          2-0 Correcaminos UAT
  Yucatan on better season record
Cruz Azul Hid    2-2 Veracruz

Semifinals [Dec 9 and 13]
Chivas Tijuana   0-1 Irapuato
Irapuato         0-2 Chivas Tijuana
Veracruz         1-1 Yucatan
Yucatan          2-0 Veracruz

Final [Dec 17 and 20]  
Chivas Tijuana   0-0 Yucatan
Yucatan          1-0 Chivas Tijuana

Yucatán won the Invierno and will play off against the Verano winners
for promotion.


Summer 1999
===========

Tables:

Tables:

Group 1
 1.Correcaminos UAT         19  6  9  4 25-19 27
 2.Jaguares Colima          19  6  7  6 20-26 25
 3.Querétaro                19  6  4  9 34-35 22
 4.CD Veracruz              19  5  6  8 27-28 21
 5.Tigrillos UNL            19  5  4 10 23-21 19

Group 2
 1.Unión de Curtidores      19 11  4  4 33-23 37
 2.CD Irapuato              19  9  5  5 35-22 32
 3.Chivas Tijuana           19  7  7  5 27-22 28
 4.Yucatán                  19  7  6  6 24-20 27
 5.Real Sociedad Zacatecas  19  7  1 11 30-35 22

Group 3
 1.Cuautitlán               19  8  4  7 35-30 28
 2.Aguascalientes           19  7  4  8 27-32 25
 3.Atlético Mexiquense      19  6  4  9 28-39 22
 4.Bachilleres Guadalajara  19  4  8  7 30-39 20
 5.San Luis FC              19  4  7  8 28-36 19

Group 4
 1.CD Zacatepec             19 11  0  8 29-26 36
 2.Cruz Azul Hidalgo        19  9  5  5 37-23 32
 3.CF La Piedad             19  9  5  5 22-26 32
 4.CD Saltillo              19  8  4  7 23-24 28
 5.Atlético San Francisco   19  5  6  8 20-31 21

NB: Tampico-Madero FC withdrew before the start of the championship.

Round 1 [Jan 16]
Atl S Francisco  1-5 Cuautitlan       
Cruz Azul Hid    2-1 Tigrillos        
Atl Mexiquense   0-3 S Luis           
Chivas Tijuana   1-1 Yucatan          
Aguascalientes   1-2 U Curtidores     
Veracruz         1-0 Correcaminos UAT 
Queretaro        2-3 La Piedad        
Saltillo         2-1 Zacatepec        
Jaguares Colima  4-2 RS Zacatecas     
bye: Irapuato and Bachilleres

Round 2 [Jan 24] 
Bachilleres      2-2 Irapuato         
Tigrillos        0-1 Atl Mexiquense   
Cuautitlan       1-1 Veracruz         
RS Zacatecas     2-1 Queretaro        
S Luis           1-1 Jaguares Colima
U Curtidores     1-0 Chivas Tijuana   
Yucatan          1-0 Cruz Azul Hid    
Zacatepec        2-1 Atl S Francisco  
La Piedad        0-1 Saltillo
bye: Aguascalientes and Correcaminos UAT

Round 3 [Jan 30]
Atl S Francisco  0-0 La Piedad        
Atl Mexiquense   2-1 Yucatan          
Cruz Azul Hid    4-0 U Curtidores     
Chivas Tijuana   3-2 Aguascalientes  
Saltillo         3-0 RS Zacatecas    
Veracruz         0-1 Zacatepec        
Queretaro        4-1 S Luis           
Irapuato         1-1 Correcaminos UAT 
Jaguares Colima  1-1 Tigrillos
bye: Bachilleres and Cuautitlan

Round 4 [Feb 7] 
Tigrillos        3-1 Queretaro        
Aguascalientes   3-2 Cruz Azul Hid    
RS Zacatecas     0-2 Atl S Francisco  
S Luis           0-0 Saltillo
Correcaminos UAT 2-1 Bachilleres
U Curtidores     1-1 Atl Mexiquense   
Yucatan          0-2 Jaguares Colima  
Cuautitlan       1-4 Irapuato         
La Piedad        1-1 Veracruz
bye: Chivas Tijuana and Zacatepec

Round 5 [Feb 10]
Cruz Azul Hid    1-1 Chivas Tijuana   
Atl Mexiquense   0-1 Aguascalientes   
Saltillo         2-2 Tigrillos        
Jaguares Colima  0-2 U Curtidores    
Queretaro        1-1 Yucatan
Atl S Francisco  1-1 S Luis           
Veracruz         1-2 RS Zacatecas     
Irapuato         2-3 Zacatepec        
Bachilleres      3-1 Cuautitlan
bye: Correcaminos UAT and La Piedad       

Round 6 [Feb 14]
Tigrillos        0-0 Atl S Francisco  
Chivas Tijuana   3-0 Atl Mexiquense   
Aguascalientes   0-0 Jaguares Colima  
S Luis           1-3 Veracruz         
U Curtidores     2-0 Queretaro
Yucatan          1-1 Saltillo         
Zacatepec        2-1 Bachilleres      
Cuautitlan       2-2 Correcaminos UAT 
La Piedad        1-0 Irapuato         
bye: Cruz Azul Hid and RS Zacatecas    

Round 7 [Feb 20]
Bachilleres      2-2 La Piedad        
Atl S Francisco  3-2 Yucatan          
Atl Mexiquense   3-3 Cruz Azul Hid    
Saltillo         1-1 U Curtidores     
Veracruz         2-0 Tigrillos       
Queretaro        3-2 Aguascalientes   
Irapuato         4-1 RS Zacatecas     
Correcaminos UAT 1-3 Zacatepec        
Jaguares Colima  1-0 Chivas Tijuana  
bye: Cuautitlan and S Luis          

Round 8 [Feb 28] 
Cruz Azul Hid    4-0 Jaguares Colima  
Chivas Tijuana   2-1 Queretaro        
Aguascalientes   3-1 Saltillo         
RS Zacatecas     3-1 Bachilleres
S Luis           1-4 Irapuato
U Curtidores     3-0 Atl S Francisco  
Yucatan          2-0 Veracruz         
Zacatepec        1-0 Cuautitlan       
La Piedad        1-0 Correcaminos UAT 
bye: Atl Mexiquense and Tigrillos       

Round 9 [Mar 7]
Bachilleres      2-1 S Luis           
Atl S Francisco  3-2 Aguascalientes   
Saltillo         1-0 Chivas Tijuana   
Veracruz         2-3 U Curtidores     
Queretaro        1-1 Cruz Azul Hid    
Irapuato         3-2 Tigrillos        
Correcaminos UAT 2-1 RS Zacatecas     
Jaguares Colima  1-4 Atl Mexiquense   
Cuautitlan       4-0 La Piedad       
bye: Zacatepec and Yucatan

Round 10 [Mar 10]
Cruz Azul Hid    3-2 Saltillo         
La Piedad        2-0 Zacatepec        
Atl Mexiquense   0-2 Queretaro        
Aguascalientes   2-1 Veracruz
Chivas Tijuana   0-0 Atl S Francisco 
RS Zacatecas     1-1 Cuautitlan       
Yucatan          1-0 Irapuato         
S Luis           1-1 Correcaminos UAT
Tigrillos        2-0 Bachilleres      
bye: Jaguares Colima and U Curtidores    

Round 11 [Mar 14]
Atl S Francisco  1-1 Cruz Azul Hid
Saltillo         0-1 Atl Mexiquense
Veracruz         1-1 Chivas Tijuana
Queretaro        1-1 Jaguares Colima 
Irapuato         1-1 U Curtidores
Bachilleres      1-1 Yucatan
Correcaminos UAT 1-1 Tigrillos
Zacatepec        1-0 RS Zacatecas
Cuautitlan       1-1 S Luis
bye: La Piedad and Aguascalientes

Round 12 [Mar 20]
Tigrillos        2-1 Cuautitlan
S Luis           2-0 Zacatepec
Cruz Azul Hid    4-2 Veracruz
Atl Mexiquense   3-2 Atl S Francisco
Yucatan          1-1 Correcaminos UAT
Aguascalientes   0-1 Irapuato
RS Zacatecas     3-1 La Piedad
Jaguares Colima  1-2 Saltillo
U Curtidores     1-2 Bachilleres
bye: Chivas Tijuana and Queretaro

Round 13 [Mar 28]
Bachilleres      1-1 Aguascalientes
Atl S Francisco  2-0 Jaguares Colima
Saltillo         1-4 Queretaro
Veracruz         2-2 Atl Mexiquense
Irapuato         2-2 Chivas Tijuana
Correcaminos UAT 1-1 U Curtidores
Zacatepec        1-0 Tigrillos
Cuautitlan       2-1 Yucatan
La Piedad        3-1 S Luis
bye: RS Zacatecas and Cruz Azul Hid

Round 14 [Apr 4]
Chivas Tijuana   1-1 Bachilleres
Tigrillos        5-0 La Piedad
Cruz Azul Hid    0-2 Irapuato
Aguascalientes   0-3 Correcaminos UAT
Queretaro        1-0 Atl S Francisco
S Luis           3-2 RS Zacatecas
U Curtidores     3-0 Cuautitlan
Yucatan          4-1 Zacatepec
Jaguares Colima  1-1 Veracruz
bye: Saltillo and Atl Mexiquense

Round 15 [Apr 7]
La Piedad        2-1 Yucatan
Zacatepec        0-1 U Curtidores
Cuautitlan       5-2 Aguascalientes
Correcaminos UAT 0-0 Chivas Tijuana
Irapuato         4-1 Atl Mexiquense
Veracruz         3-2 Queretaro
RS Zacatecas     1-0 Tigrillos
Bachilleres      0-3 Cruz Azul Hid
Atl S Francisco  2-0 Saltillo
bye: S Luis and Jaguares Colima

Round 16 [Apr 10]
Atl Mexiquense   2-2 Bachilleres
Cruz Azul Hid    1-1 Correcaminos UAT
Saltillo         1-0 Veracruz
Aguascalientes   1-0 Zacatepec
Yucatan          2-0 RS Zacatecas
Tigrillos        0-1 S Luis
Chivas Tijuana   6-1 Cuautitlan
U Curtidores     3-0 La Piedad
Jaguares Colima  2-1 Irapuato
bye: Atl S Francisco and Queretaro

Round 17 [Apr 18]
Bachilleres      1-2 Jaguares Colima
S Luis           1-1 Yucatan
Veracruz         3-0 Atl S Francisco
Cuautitlan       1-0 Cruz Azul Hid
RS Zacatecas     2-0 U Curtidores
Irapuato         1-1 Queretaro
Correcaminos UAT 2-1 Atl Mexiquense
Zacatepec        4-0 Chivas Tijuana
La Piedad        2-2 Aguascalientes
bye: Tigrillos and Saltillo 

Round 18 [Apr 24]
Chivas Tijuana   1-2 La Piedad
Queretaro        6-2 Bachilleres
Atl Mexiquense   2-1 Cuautitlan
Cruz Azul Hid    2-0 Zacatepec
Saltillo         2-0 Irapuato
Aguascalientes   2-1 RS Zacatecas
U Curtidores     5-4 S Luis
Yucatan          1-0 Tigrillos
Jaguares Colima  1-1 Correcaminos UAT
bye: Veracruz and Atl S Francisco 

Round 19 [May 1]
Bachilleres      3-2 Saltillo 
S Luis           2-2 Aguascalientes
Tigrillos        4-1 U Curtidores
Cuautitlan       3-0 Jaguares Colima
RS Zacatecas     2-3 Chivas Tijuana
Irapuato         2-0 Atl S Francisco
Correcaminos UAT 2-1 Queretaro
Zacatepec        4-3 Atl Mexiquense
La Piedad        1-0 Cruz Azul Hid
bye: Yucatan and Veracruz

Round 20 [May 8]
Atl S Francisco  2-2 Bachilleres
Chivas Tijuana   2-1 S Luis
Atl Mexiquense   0-1 La Piedad
Cruz Azul Hid    2-1 RS Zacatecas
Saltillo         1-0 Correcaminos UAT
Aguascalientes   1-0 Tigrillos
Veracruz         0-1 Irapuato
Queretaro        0-3 Cuautitlan
U Curtidores     2-0 Yucatan
Jaguares Colima  2-0 Zacatepec

Round 21 [May 15]
Bachilleres      3-3 Veracruz
Tigrillos        0-1 Chivas Tijuana
Cuautitlan       2-0 Saltillo
RS Zacatecas     6-2 Atl Mexiquense
S Luis           2-4 Cruz Azul Hid
Correcaminos UAT 4-0 Atl S Francisco
Yucatan          2-0 Aguascalientes
Zacatepec        5-2 Queretaro
La Piedad        0-0 Jaguares Colima
bye: U Curtidores and Irapuato

Tables:

Group 1
 1.Correcaminos UAT         19  6  9  4 25-19 27  Qualified
 2.Jaguares Colima          19  6  7  6 20-26 25  Playoff
 3.Querétaro                19  6  4  9 34-35 22
 4.CD Veracruz              19  5  6  8 27-28 21
 5.Tigrillos UNL            19  5  4 10 23-21 19

Group 2
 1.Unión de Curtidores      19 11  4  4 33-23 37  Qualified
 2.CD Irapuato              19  9  5  5 35-22 32  Qualified
 3.Chivas Tijuana           19  7  7  5 27-22 28  Playoff
 4.Yucatán                  19  7  6  6 24-20 27
 5.Real Sociedad Zacatecas  19  7  1 11 30-35 22

Group 3
 1.Cuautitlán               19  8  4  7 35-30 28  Qualified
 2.Aguascalientes           19  7  4  8 27-32 25  Playoff
 3.Atlético Mexiquense      19  6  4  9 28-39 22
 4.Bachilleres Guadalajara  19  4  8  7 30-39 20
 5.San Luis FC              19  4  7  8 28-36 19

Group 4
 1.CD Zacatepec             19 11  0  8 29-26 36  Qualified
 2.Cruz Azul Hidalgo        19  9  5  5 37-23 32  Qualified
 3.CF La Piedad             19  9  5  5 22-26 32  Playoff
 4.CD Saltillo              19  8  4  7 23-24 28
 5.Atlético San Francisco   19  5  6  8 20-31 21

NB: Tampico-Madero FC withdrew before the start of the championship.

Playoffs [Reclasificacion] (second placed teams worse than third placed teams)
First Legs [May 19]
Aguascalientes   0-0 Chivas Tijuana  
Jaguares Colima  1-0 La Piedad    
Second Legs [May 23]
Chivas Tijuana   3-0 Aguascalientes 
La Piedad        4-0 Jaguares Colima 

Quarterfinals
First Legs [May 26]
Correcaminos UAT 3-4 U Curtidores   
Chivas Tijuana   1-0 Zacatepec    
Cuautitlan       1-1 Cruz Azul Hid
La Piedad        0-0 Irapuato
Second Legs [May 30]
U Curtidores     1-1 Correcaminos UAT 
Zacatepec        5-0 Chivas Tijuana
Cruz Azul Hid    2-2 Cuautitlan  
Irapuato         4-1 La Piedad

Semifinals
First Legs 
[Jun 2]
Cruz Azul Hid    2-0 Zacatepec
[Jun 3]
Irapuato         1-0 U Curtidores
Second Legs
[Jun 5]
Zacatepec        3-2 Cruz Azul Hid
[Jun 6]
U Curtidores     5-2 Irapuato

Final
First Leg
Cruz Azul Hid    1-1 U Curtidores
Second Leg
U Curtidores     2-1 Cruz Azul Hid        [asdet]

Promotion Playoff

First Leg [Jun 17]
Yucatan          0-2 U Curtidores

Second Leg [Jun 20]
U Curtidores     5-1 Yucatan

Unión de Curtidores won 7-1 on aggregate and are promoted

NB: at the end of the season León were sold to Puebla and León's
    players were to move to Curtidores; after protests by León's
    fans, it was decided that León remain and Curtidores move to
    Puebla (as a new franchise but under the name Puebla); León will
    have Curtidores' former players, the new Puebla a mixture of the
    former players of León and Puebla.

1997/98.

1999/2000.

list of champions.

list of final tables.

list of divisional movements.

list of cup winners.

list of super cup winners.

list of topscorers.


About this document

Thanks to Emmanuel Castro Serna (soccer_stars@hotmail.com) and Edmundo Chacon Luna (al591512@mail.cegs.itesm.mx) for Cup information

Prepared and maintained by José de Jesus Mora Rivera and Roberto Lahsen for the Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation

Authors: José de Jesus Mora Rivera (jmora@campuscu.gdl.uag.mx) and Roberto Lahsen (rlahsen@entelchile.net)
Last updated: 16 Aug 1999

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