Mexico 1996/97 (original) (raw)

On April 24, 1996 the Mexican FA announced that the 1996-97 Mexican Football League
(Primera Division & Primera Divisi�n A) is split into two different tournaments (Invierno (Winter) 1996 and Verano (Summer) 1997).

In each tournament, a 17-game regular season will be followed by a playoff to determine the champion.

Playoff qualification for each tournament will be determined by the following criteria:

(a) The winner of every group (4 in total) goes right to the quarter-finals, that is, has a 1st-round bye.

(b) The runner-up of every group goes to the playoffs as well. The top two runner-ups get a 1st-round bye. The third and fourth runner up (RU.3 & RU.4) might play in the 1st-round playoff against two wild card teams.

(c) The top two teams of the remaining ten not yet considered will go to the 1st-round playoff ONLY if they have a better overall standing than that of the lowest qualified team according to (a) and (b) above. They are tagged WC.1 and WC.2 (wild cards) according to their final overall standing.

(d) Every match-up is played in a home-to-home series with the following tie-breaker criteria:

(i) Aggregate score.

(ii) Away goals. (iii) Final overall standing.

Therefore, every series (except the final) will be decided after 180 minutes of action (no extra time). Tie-breaker (ii) and (iii) are removed for the final, allowing for the typical extra-time period plus penalty shots should it be necessary.

Invierno 1996

FINAL TABLES

Group 1 M W T L GF GA DIF PTS 1. Atlante 17 12 2 3 30 11 +19 38 (playoffs)[Ciudad de M�xico] 2. Puebla 17 9 4 4 32 22 +10 31 (playoffs)

  1. Toros Neza 17 8 0 9 30 36 -6 24 (repechaje)[Nezahualcoyotl]
  1. Cruz Azul 17 5 5 7 26 26 0 20
  2. Veracruz 17 4 6 7 14 21 -7 18

Group 2 M W T L GF GA DIF PTS 1. Necaxa 17 8 5 4 24 19 +5 29 (playoffs)[Ciudad de M�xico]

  1. Le�n 17 5 8 4 24 19 +5 23 (repechaje)
  1. Am�rica 17 4 5 8 24 27 -3 17 [Ciudad de M�xico]
  2. Pachuca 17 3 6 8 25 26 -11 15
  3. Atl�tico Morelia 17 3 3 11 20 31 -11 12

Group 3 M W T L GF GA DIF PTS 1. Guadalajara 17 9 4 4 33 19 +14 31 (playoffs) 2. Toluca 17 9 3 5 26 15 +11 30 (playoffs)

  1. Atlas 17 6 8 3 28 26 +2 26 (repechaje)[Guadalajara]
  1. U.N.A.M. 17 4 6 7 23 27 -4 18 [Ciudad de M�xico]

Group 4 M W T L GF GA DIF PTS 1. Santos Laguna 17 10 4 3 21 15 +6 34 (playoffs)[Torre�n]

  1. Monterrey 17 5 4 8 15 21 -6 19 (repechaje)
  1. U.A.G. 17 5 3 9 20 30 -10 18 [Zapopan]
  2. Atl�tico Celaya 17 5 2 10 19 33 -14 17

Regular Season

Round 1 [Aug 9] U.A.G. 0-1 Atlas [Rodolfo Garc�a 68] [Aug 10] Cruz Azul 3-0 Toros Neza [Luis Carlos de Oliveira "Pintado" 9, Sergio Verdirame 30, Carlos Hermosillo 67] Puebla 2-1 Toluca [Daniel Guzm�n 39, Carlos Mu�oz 74; Jos� Manuel Abundis 85] Atl�tico Celaya 0-0 Monterrey [Aug 11] Atlante 3-0 Veracruz [Mario J�uregui 7, Luis Roberto Alves "Zague" 21, 63] Guadalajara 2-0 U.N.A.M. [Claudio Su�rez 40pen, Gabriel Garc�a 49] Pachuca 2-2 Necaxa [Antonio Torres Serv�n 26pen, Guillermo L�pez 28; Alberto Garc�a Aspe 5pen, Luis Hern�ndez 36] Atl�tico Morelia 1-1 Leon [Marco Antonio Figueroa 41; Carlos Turrubiates 43] Santos Laguna 1-0 America [Jared Borguetti 89]

Round 2 [Aug 16] Monterrey 0-1 Santos Laguna [Benjam�n Galindo 25pen] [Aug 17] Toluca 5-0 U.A.G. [Carlos Mar�a Morales 29, 53, Jos� Cardozo 69, 89, Marcelino Bernal 73pen] Veracruz 1-1 Atl�tico Celaya [Daniel Fasciolli 29; Richard Zambrano 35pen] Necaxa 1-2 Atlante [Alberto Garc�a Aspe 79pen; Jos� Damasceno "Tiba" 20, Mart�n F�lix Ubaldi 45] Leon 0-0 Guadalajara [Aug 18] Atlas 5-1 Pachuca [Gustavo Dezzoti 36, Rodolfo Garc�a 41, 57, Esteve Padilla 69, 81; Antonio Torres Serv�n 59] U.N.A.M. 1-2 Cruz Azul [Jes�s Olalde 54; Carlos Hermosillo 7, Miguel �ngel Carre�n 36og] Toros Neza 0-3 Puebla [Uwe Wolf 50pen, Daniel Guzm�n 64, Carlos Mu�oz 87] [Aug 20] America 5-1 Atl�tico Morelia [Francois Omam Biyik 8, Luis Garc�a 35pen 54, 59, 75; Marco Antonio Figueroa 28]

Advanced match Round 4 [Aug 20] Necaxa 3-0 Monterrey [Alberto Garc�a Aspe 35, Sergio Z�rate 56, Ricardo Pel�ez 65]

Round 3 [Aug 24] U.A.G. 1-2 Toros Neza [Fabi�n Arias 74; Nildeson Silva 29, 40] Cruz Azul 2-2 Leon [Carlos Hermosillo 58pen, Sergio Verdirame 69pen; Milton Queiroz "Tita" 53, Dami�n �lvarez 87] Puebla 2-1 U.N.A.M. [Gilberto Jim�nez 41, Carlos Mu�oz 50; Vicente Nieto 33] Monterrey 2-1 Veracruz [Luis Miguel Salvador 57, Gabriel Ruiz 76; Jair de Brito 86] [Aug 25] Guadalajara 5-0 America [Ram�n Ram�rez 4, Sergio Pacheco 28, Paulo C�sar Ch�vez 54, Gabriel Garc�a 67, 78] Pachuca 3-0 Toluca [Hern�n Medford 47, Gonzalo Farf�n 67, Lorenzo S�ez 75] Atlante 1-1 Atlas [Miodrag Belodedici 76; Gerardo Mascare�o 46] Santos Laguna 2-1 Atl�tico Morelia [Benjam�n Galindo 24pen, Nicol�s Ram�rez 43; Jos� Guadalupe Rubio 74og] Atl�tico Celaya - Necaxa [postponed]

Round 4 [Aug 30] U.N.A.M. 1-2 U.A.G. [Israel L�pez 76; Christian Ram�rez 65og, Amarildo Soarez 84] [Aug 31] Toluca - Atlante [postponed] Veracruz 0-0 Santos Laguna Atlas 2-1 Atl�tico Celaya [Omar Avil�n 7, Rodolfo Garc�a 8; Richard Zambrano 63pen] Leon 1-1 Puebla [Carlos Turrubiates 68; Carlos Mu�oz 37] [Sep 1] Atl�tico Morelia 1-4 Guadalajara [Jafet Soto 88; Gabriel Garc�a 58, 90, Gustavo N�poles 84, Alberto Coyote 89] America - Cruz Azul [postponed] Toros Neza 5-2 Pachuca [Antonio Mohamed 15, Jes�s L�pez Meneses 35, Nildeson Silva 47, 56, 85; Hern�n Medford 9, Lorenzo S�ez 43]

Round 5 [Sep 6] Monterrey 0-0 Atlas [Sep 7] Veracruz 1-1 Necaxa [Jos� Luis Gonz�lez China 47; Ricardo Pel�ez 31] U.A.G. 0-1 Leon [Milton Queiroz "Tita" 31] Cruz Azul 1-1 Atl�tico Morelia
[Carlos Hermosillo 60; Jafet Soto 43] Puebla 1-0 America [Carlos Mu�oz 86] [Sep 8] Atl�tico Celaya 0-1 Toluca [Marcelino Bernal 11pen] Pachuca 0-0 U.N.A.M. Atlante 0-1 Toros Neza [Antonio Mohamed 52] Santos Laguna 1-1 Guadalajara [in Estadio Francisco Villa, Zacatecas] [Jared Borguetti 23; Gustavo N�poles 85]

Rescheduled match Round 3 [Sep 10] Atl�tico Celaya 1-2 Necaxa [Jos� Miguel Gonz�lez "Michel" 89; Alberto Garc�a Aspe 6pen, Jos� Enrique Garc�a 68]

Rescheduled matches Round 4 [Sep 10] America 2-1 Cruz Azul [Pedro Pineda 62pen, Javier Margas 68; Carlos Hermosillo 65pen] [Sep 11] Toluca 0-0 Atlante

Round 6 [Sep 14] Toluca 1-0 Monterrey [Jos� Cardozo 70] Atl�tico Morelia 2-2 Puebla [Everaldo Begines 30, Marcelo Carracedo 64; Leopoldo Casta�eda 59, Marco dos Santos "Marquinho" 62] Necaxa - Santos Laguna [postponed] Leon 2-2 Pachuca [Roberto L�pez Segoviano 19, Alfonso Sosa 59; Lorenzo S�ez 31, Alberto Rodr�guez 90] Atlas 1-2 Veracruz [Pablo Hern�n Lavall�n 51; Daniel Fasciolli 21, 83] [Sep 15] U.N.A.M. 1-3 Atlante [Jes�s Olalde 33; Ignacio Ambr�z 44pen, Luis Roberto Alves "Zague" 59, Mario J�uregui 89] Guadalajara - Cruz Azul [postponed] America - U.A.G. [postponed]

Advanced match Round 7 [Sep 15] Santos Laguna 0-2 Cruz Azul [Jorge Santillana 56, Carlos Hermosillo 88]

Round 6 [Sep 16] Toros Neza 1-2 Atl�tico Celaya [Antonio Mohamed 31; Jos� Miguel Gonz�lez "Michel" 11, 18]

Round 7 [Sep 20] U.A.G. 1-0 Atl�tico Morelia [Gilberto Adame 53] [Sep 21] Veracruz 1-1 Toluca [Daniel Fasciolli 90; Jos� Cardozo 75] Atl�tico Celaya 0-1 U.N.A.M. [Cristian Domizzi 68] [Sep 22] Atlante 1-0 Leon [Luis Roberto Alves "Zague" 40] [Sep 24] Puebla 1-1 Guadalajara [Carlos Mu�oz 9; Gabriel Garc�a 79] [Sep 25] Necaxa 0-2 Atlas [Gerardo Mascare�o 2, 30] Pachuca 2-2 America [Lorenzo S�ez 11, 39; Pedro Pineda 73, 77] Monterrey 5-1 Toros Neza [David Pati�o 16, 65, 71, Luis Miguel Salvador 26, Ram�n Morales 88; Nildeson Silva 68]

Round 8 [Sep 28] Toluca 2-0 Necaxa [Jos� Manuel Abundis 51, Alberto Mac�as 83] Cruz Azul 3-1 Puebla [Carlos Hermosillo 39, Sergio Verdirame 49, Juan Francisco Palencia 70; Sergio Almaguer 9] Leon 4-1 Atl�tico Celaya [Milton Queiroz "Tita" 24, 63pen, Christian Torres 73, 82; Jos� Miguel Gonz�lez "Michel" 52pen] Atlas 1-1 Santos Laguna [Dar�o Franco 15; Christian Montesinos 89] [Sep 29] Guadalajara 4-1 U.A.G. [Alberto Coyote 11, Gustavo N�poles 15, Gabriel Garc�a 41, Felipe de Jes�s Robles 87; Flavio Davino 16] Atl�tico Morelia 3-0 Pachuca [Marco Antonio Figueroa 20, 41, 77] America 1-2 Atlante [Luis Garc�a 27; Luis Roberto Alves "Zague" 32, 50] Toros Neza 2-0 Veracruz [Javier Saavedra 22, Germ�n Arangio 65] [Sep 30] U.N.A.M. 1-1 Monterrey [Marco de Almeida 10; Roberto Medina 61]

Rescheduled match Round 6 [Oct 2] Guadalajara 1-0 Cruz Azul [Gabriel Garc�a 68]

Round 9 [Oct 4] Monterrey 1-0 Leon [David Pati�o 73] [Oct 5] Veracruz 1-1 U.N.A.M. [Lenin Becerra 44; Cristian Domizzi 4] Necaxa 2-0 Toros Neza [Ricardo Pel�ez 32, Sergio Z�rate 49] Atl�tico Celaya - America [postponed] Atlas 1-1 Toluca [Dar�o Franco 69; Marcelino Bernal 75] [Oct 6] U.A.G. 1-1 Cruz Azul [Duilio Davino 7; Carlos Hermosillo 6] Pachuca 0-2 Guadalajara [Claudio Su�rez 18pen, Gabriel Garc�a 55] Atlante 2-0 Atl�tico Morelia [Mario J�uregui 72, Jos� Luis Malibr�n 80] Santos Laguna 1-0 Puebla [Jared Borguetti 35]

Rescheduled match Round 6 [Oct 9] America 2-2 U.A.G. [Luis Garc�a 27, Cuauht�moc Blanco 88; David Emb� 20, �ngel Mon�res 66]

Round 10 [Oct 12] Toluca 0-2 Santos Laguna [Pedro Mu�oz 61, Jared Borguetti 88] Cruz Azul 1-2 Pachuca [Sergio Verdirame 48; Hern�n Medford 50, Lorenzo S�ez 72] Puebla 5-2 U.A.G. [Sergio Almaguer 15, Carlos Mu�oz 32, 79, 82, 88; Eustacio Rizo 41, David Emb� 87] Leon 2-1 Veracruz [Mart�n Pe�a 8, Christian Torres 27; Jair de Brito 14] America 2-0 Monterrey [Pedro Pineda 78, Cuauht�moc Blanco 84] [Oct 13] Guadalajara 1-0 Atlante [Manuel Mart�nez 46] U.N.A.M. 0-1 Necaxa [Edson Alvarado 56] Atl�tico Morelia 1-2 Atl�tico Celaya [Andr�s Garza 34; Jos� Miguel Gonz�lez "Michel" 14, Richard Zambrano 65] Toros Neza 6-2 Atlas [Germ�n Arangio 38, Antonio Mohamed 57, 68, Guillermo V�zquez 62pen, Rodrigo Ruiz 73, Enrique Figueroa 90; Steve Padilla 49, Gerardo Mascare�o 76]

Round 11 [Oct 18] Monterrey 0-3 Atl�tico Morelia [Jorge Ch�vez 42, Everaldo Begines 51, Marcelo Carracedo 86] [Oct 19] Toluca 1-0 Toros Neza [Jos� Cardozo 82pen] Veracruz 1-0 America [Daniel Fasciolli 88] Necaxa 0-0 Leon Atl�tico Celaya 3-0 Guadalajara [Jos� Miguel Gonz�lez "Michel" 17pen, Carlos Hern�ndez 59, 73] Atlas 2-2 U.N.A.M. [Miguel Larrosa 56, H�ctor L�pez 78; Marco de Almeida 11, 86] [Oct 20] Pachuca 3-4 Puebla [Lorenzo S�ez 8, 60, Hern�n Medford 31; Jos� Juan Hern�ndez 24, Daniel Guzm�n 67, Carlos Mu�oz 70, Francisco Rotll�n 83] Atlante 3-1 Cruz Azul [Ricardo Carvajal 15, Jos� Damasceno "Tiba" 27, Luis Roberto Alves "Zague" 55; Carlos Hermosillo 72pen] Santos Laguna 1-2 U.A.G. [Jared Borguetti 76; David Emb� 54, Eustacio Rizo 78]

Rescheduled match Round 9 [Oct 23] Atl�tico Celaya 0-2 America [Cuauht�moc Blanco 22, Francois Omam Biyik 83]

Rescheduled match Round 6 [Oct 24] Necaxa 0-1 Santos Laguna [Jared Borguetti 66]

Round 12 [Oct 25] U.N.A.M. 0-3 Toluca [Miguel �ngel Carre�n 4og, Jos� Cardozo 72, Enrique Alfaro 74] U.A.G. 1-1 Pachuca [David Emb� 35; Lorenzo S�ez 77] [Oct 26] Cruz Azul 2-3 Atl�tico Celaya [Juan Francisco Palencia 30, Julio Zamora 57; Carlos Hern�ndez 21, Carlos L�pez 34, 52] Puebla 2-3 Atlante [Carlos Mu�oz 70, Eduardo Medina 86og; Mario J�uregui 53, 80, Javier Flores 78] Leon 1-1 Atlas [Milton Queiroz "Tita" 42pen; Rodolfo Garc�a 26pen] [Oct 27] Guadalajara 3-1 Monterrey [Gabriel Garc�a 1, 26, Gustavo N�poles 29; Hugo Castillo 85] America 1-1 Necaxa [Pedro Pineda 44; Alberto Garc�a Aspe 24pen] Atl�tico Morelia 0-2 Veracruz [Jos� Luis Gonz�lez China 23, 53] Toros Neza 2-3 Santos Laguna [Pedro Pablo Osorio 70, Antonio Mohamed 74; Jared Borguetti 30, Nicol�s Ram�rez 72, Benjam�n Galindo 79]

Round 13 [Nov 1] Monterrey 1-0 Cruz Azul [Rafael Guti�rrez Aldaco 35pen] [Nov 2] Toluca 2-3 Leon [Marcelino Bernal 53pen, Fabi�n Estay 69; Milton Queiroz "Tita" 17, Roberto L�pez Segoviano 30, Sergio Mart�nez 80pen] Veracruz 3-2 Guadalajara [Daniel Fasciolli 15, Jair de Brito 65, Jos� Luis Gonz�lez China 74; Camilo Romero 25, Ignacio V�zquez 55] Necaxa 2-1 Atl�tico Morelia [Octavio Becerril 15, Sergio Z�rate 69; Gerardo Esquivel 83og] Atl�tico Celaya 0-1 Puebla [Carlos Mu�oz 70] Atlas 2-1 America [Omar Avil�n 38, Rodolfo Garc�a 53; Francois Omam Biyik 61] [Nov 3] Atlante 1-0 U.A.G. [Luis Roberto Alves "Zague" 90] Toros Neza 2-6 U.N.A.M. [Antonio Mohamed 44, Rodrigo Ruiz 45; Jes�s Olalde 32, 57, Marco de Almeida 35, 52, 62, Cristian Domizzi 75] Santos Laguna 2-1 Pachuca [Alberto Garc�a 21, Jos� Guadalupe Rubio 81; Salvador Aguado 42]

Round 14 [Nov 8] U.A.G. 5-2 Atl�tico Celaya [David Emb� 11, 25, Juan Parra 25, 58, Markus L�pez 71; Carlos Hern�ndez 20, Salvador Luis Reyes 83] [Nov 9] Cruz Azul 0-0 Veracruz Puebla 1-0 Monterrey [Daniel Guzm�n 35] Pachuca 1-2 Atlante [Lorenzo S�ez 89; Ricardo Carvajal 3, Jos� Damasceno "Tiba" 90] Leon 2-3 Toros Neza [Fabi�n Pr�tola 10, Roberto Garc�a Reza 72; Nildeson Silva 56, Federico Lussenhoff 83, Pedro Pablo Osorio 90] [Nov 10] U.N.A.M. 2-2 Santos Laguna [Cristian Domizzi 30pen, 89; Benjam�n Galindo 47pen, Jared Borguetti 81] Guadalajara 2-3 Necaxa [Ignacio V�zquez 33, Gabriel Garc�a 77; Sergio Z�rate 15, Jes�s Eduardo C�rdova 26, Ricardo Pel�ez 83] Atl�tico Morelia 1-2 Atlas [Marco Antonio Figueroa 57pen; Pedro Duana 44pen, Omar Avil�n 65] America 1-2 Toluca [Alberto Mac�as 56og; Enrique Alfaro 14, Salvador Carmona 75]

Round 15 [Nov 13] Veracruz 0-3 Puebla [Daniel Guzm�n 51, 60, 80] Santos Laguna 1-0 Atlante [Jared Borguetti 9] Necaxa 3-3 Cruz Azul [Ricardo Pel�ez 2, Luis Hern�ndez 82, Alex Aguinaga 90pen; Carlos Hermosillo 42pen, 57pen, Marco Garc�s 85] Atlas 2-2 Guadalajara [Gerardo Mascare�o 11, Pedro Duana 19pen; Gustavo N�poles 43, Gabriel Garc�a 53] Monterrey 2-1 U.A.G. [David Pati�o 50, Eber Moas 81; Eustacio Rizo 64] [Nov 14] U.N.A.M. 1-0 Leon [Cristian Domizzi 82] Toluca 1-0 Atl�tico Morelia [Juan Carlos Ch�vez 14og] Toros Neza 2-1 America [Germ�n Arangio 50, Nildeson Silva 78; Luis Garc�a 32pen] Atl�tico Celaya 3-2 Pachuca [Luis Fernando Soto 49, Juvenal Pati�o 75, Richard Zambrano 78; Hern�n Medford 41, Lorenzo S�ez 43]

Round 16 [Nov 16] Cruz Azul 4-1 Atlas [Carlos Barra 44, Carlos Hermosillo 52, 64, Joahan Rodr�guez 74; Pedro Duana 48] U.A.G. 1-0 Veracruz [Eustacio Rizo 55] Puebla 1-2 Necaxa [Carlos Mu�oz 70; Alberto Garc�a Aspe 34pen, Felipe del �ngel Malibr�n 80] [Nov 17] Leon 3-0 Santos Laguna [Milton Queiroz "Tita" 18pen, Dami�n �lvarez 46, Christian Torres 85] Guadalajara 2-1 Toluca [Claudio Su�rez 50, 64pen; Jos� Manuel Abundis 10] Pachuca 2-2 Monterrey [Lorenzo S�ez 37pen, 77pen; Roberto Medina 16pen, Rafael Guti�rrez Aldaco 47pen] America 2-2 U.N.A.M. [Luis Garc�a 20, Cuauht�moc Blanco 44; Cristian Domizzi 54pen, 57] Atl�tico Morelia 2-1 Toros Neza [Marco Antonio Figueroa 44pen, Emilio Mora 70; Nildeson Silva 24] [Nov 18] Atlante 6-0 Atl�tico Celaya [Mario J�uregui 10, Jos� Damasceno "Tiba" 42, Juan Hern�ndez 44, Ricardo Carvajal 50, Luis Roberto Alves "Zague" 66, 84]

Round 17 [Nov 23] Veracruz 0-1 Pachuca [Roy Myers 30] Monterrey 0-1 Atlante [Mario J�uregui 23] Necaxa 1-0 U.A.G. [Sergio Z�rate 60] Atl�tico Celaya 0-2 Santos Laguna [Christian Montesinos 64, Pedro Mu�oz 74] [Nov 24] Leon 2-2 America [Milton Queiroz "Tita" 45pen, Christian Torres 81; Isaac Terrazas 55, Cuauht�moc Blanco 60] Atlas 2-2 Puebla [Dar�o Franco 19, Pedro Duana 70; Francisco Rotll�n 59, Carlos Mu�oz 74pen] Toluca 4-0 Cruz Azul [Jos� Cardozo 12, Marcelino Bernal 31pen, Carlos Mar�a Morales 65, 78] U.N.A.M. 3-2 Atl�tico Morelia [Braulio Luna 45, Jes�s Olalde 53, 90; Marco Antonio Figueroa 20, Andr�s Garza 69] Toros Neza 2-1 Guadalajara [Rodrigo Ruiz 59, Nildeson Silva 61; Ignacio V�zquez 27]

FINAL TABLES

Group 1 M W T L GF GA DIF PTS 1. Atlante 17 12 2 3 30 11 +19 38 (playoffs)[Ciudad de M�xico] 2. Puebla 17 9 4 4 32 22 +10 31 (playoffs)

  1. Toros Neza 17 8 0 9 30 36 -6 24 (repechaje)[Nezahualcoyotl]
  1. Cruz Azul 17 5 5 7 26 26 0 20
  2. Veracruz 17 4 6 7 14 21 -7 18

Group 2 M W T L GF GA DIF PTS 1. Necaxa 17 8 5 4 24 19 +5 29 (playoffs)[Ciudad de M�xico]

  1. Le�n 17 5 8 4 24 19 +5 23 (repechaje)
  1. Am�rica 17 4 5 8 24 27 -3 17 [Ciudad de M�xico]
  2. Pachuca 17 3 6 8 25 26 -11 15
  3. Atl�tico Morelia 17 3 3 11 20 31 -11 12

Group 3 M W T L GF GA DIF PTS 1. Guadalajara 17 9 4 4 33 19 +14 31 (playoffs) 2. Toluca 17 9 3 5 26 15 +11 30 (playoffs)

  1. Atlas 17 6 8 3 28 26 +2 26 (repechaje)[Guadalajara]
  1. U.N.A.M. 17 4 6 7 23 27 -4 18 [Ciudad de M�xico]

Group 4 M W T L GF GA DIF PTS 1. Santos Laguna 17 10 4 3 21 15 +6 34 (playoffs)[Torre�n]

  1. Monterrey 17 5 4 8 15 21 -6 19 (repechaje)
  1. U.A.G. 17 5 3 9 20 30 -10 18 [Zapopan]
  2. Atl�tico Celaya 17 5 2 10 19 33 -14 17

Topscorers:

  1. Carlos Mu�oz 15 Puebla
  2. Carlos Hermosillo 13 Cruz Azul
  3. Gabriel Garcia 13 Guadalajara
  4. Lorenzo Saez 13 Pachuca
  5. Luis Roberto Alves "Zague" 10 Atlante
  6. Nildeson Silva de Melo 10 Toros Neza
  7. Jared Borguetti 9 Santos Laguna
  8. Luis Garc�a 8 Am�rica
  9. Marco Antonio Figueroa 8 Atl�tico Morelia
  10. Cristian Domizzi 8 U.N.A.M.
  11. Milton Queiroz "Tita" 8 Le�n

Championship playoffs

Repechaje Round

First Legs [Nov 27] Estadio Le�n (Nou Camp) Le�n 1-2 Toros Neza [Milton Queiroz "Tita" 64; Germ�n Arangio 61, Jes�s L�pez Meneses 84] Estadio Tecnol�gico Monterrey 1-5 Atlas [Hugo Castillo 88; Rafael M�rquez 19, 90, Pablo Hern�n Lavall�n 28, Esteve Padilla 44,
Gerardo Mascare�o 61]

Second Legs [Nov 30] Estadio Jalisco Atlas 1-2 Monterrey [Pedro Duana 58pen; Ram�n Morales 47, Luis Miguel Salvador 59] [Dec 1] Estadio Neza '86 Toros Neza 2-1 Le�n [Antonio Mohamed 1, Guillermo V�zquez 58pen; Christian Torres 19]

Quarterfinals

First Legs [Dec 4] Estadio La Bombonera Toluca 1-2 Puebla [David Rangel 44; Omar Blanco 46og, Marco dos Santos "Marquinho" 66] Estadio Neza '86 Toros Neza 4-0 Atlante [Rodrigo Ruiz 8, Nildeson Silva 22, 31, Guillermo V�zquez 71pen] Estadio Azteca Necaxa 2-0 Guadalajara [Alberto Garc�a Aspe 16, Luis Hern�ndez 25] Estadio Jalisco Atlas 1-1 Santos Laguna [Miguel Larrosa 87; Jared Borguetti 26]

Second Legs [Dec 7] Estadio Azteca Atlante 2-5 Toros Neza [Jos� Luis Malibr�n 53, Ricardo Carvajal 82pen; Nildeson Silva 28, 47, Rodrigo Ruiz 41, Germ�n Arangio 43, Miguel Herrera 74] Estadio Cuauht�moc Puebla 0-0 Toluca [Nov 8] Estadio Jalisco Guadalajara 2-1 Necaxa [Joel S�nchez 21, Claudio Su�rez 58pen; Alex Aguinaga 76pen] Estadio Corona Santos Laguna 3-1 Atlas [Benjam�n Galindo 36pen, Jared Borguetti 59, 87; Pedro Duana 39]

Semifinals

First Legs [Dec 11] Estadio Neza '86 Toros Neza 0-2 Santos Laguna [H�ctor Adomaitis 57, Gabriel Caballero 59] Estadio Azteca Necaxa 3-2 Puebla [Luis Hern�ndez 21, Sergio Z�rate 30, Alberto Garc�a Aspe 70; Marco dos Santos "Marquinho" 37, Daniel Guzm�n 51]

Second Legs [Dec 15] Estadio Cuauht�moc Puebla 1-4 Necaxa [Daniel Guzm�n 12; Alberto Garc�a Aspe 4pen, Alex Aguinaga 25, Ricardo Pel�ez 69, Edson Alvarado 85] Estadio Corona Santos Laguna 3-2 Toros Neza [Jared Borguetti 31, 57, 79; Manuel Virchis 54, Nildeson Silva 89]

Final

First Leg [Dec 19] Estadio Azteca Necaxa 1-0 Santos Laguna [Benjam�n Galindo 77og]

Second Leg [Dec 22] Estadio Corona Santos Laguna 4-2 Necaxa [Francisco Gabriel de Anda 35, Gabriel Caballero 38, 62, Jared Borguetti 83; Ricardo Pel�ez 41, Luis Hern�ndez 60]

Verano 1997

FINAL TABLES

Group 1 M W T L GF GA DIF PTS 1. Toros Neza 17 9 3 5 40 32 +8 30 (playoffs)[Nezahualcoyotl] 2. Atlante 17 8 4 5 23 19 +4 28 (playoffs)[Ciudad de M�xico]

  1. Cruz Azul 17 7 4 6 21 22 -1 25 [Ciudad de M�xico]
  2. Puebla 17 4 8 5 15 18 -3 20
  3. Veracruz 17 2 4 11 17 31 -14 10

Group 2 M W T L GF GA DIF PTS 1. Am�rica 17 11 4 2 27 12 +15 37 (playoffs)[Ciudad de M�xico] 2. Necaxa 17 8 4 5 33 20 +13 28 (playoffs)[Ciudad de M�xico]

  1. Atl�tico Morelia 17 6 7 4 26 23 +3 25 (repechaje)
  1. Le�n 17 5 8 4 21 18 +3 23
  1. Pachuca 17 5 2 10 24 32 -8 17 (relegated)

Group 3 M W T L GF GA DIF PTS 1. Guadalajara 17 9 7 1 27 16 +11 34 (playoffs) 2. U.N.A.M. 17 8 3 6 25 26 -1 27 (playoffs)[Ciudad de M�xico]

  1. Toluca 17 5 6 6 24 21 +3 21
  2. Atlas 17 4 4 9 23 36 -13 16 [Guadalajara]

Group 4 M W T L GF GA DIF PTS 1. Santos Laguna 17 8 2 7 27 28 -1 26 (playoffs)[Torre�n]

  1. U.A.G. 17 5 5 7 26 24 +2 20 (repechaje)[Zapopan]
  1. Monterrey 17 5 3 9 25 38 -13 18
  2. Atl�tico Celaya 17 2 6 9 20 28 -8 12

Regular Season

Round 1 [Jan 11] Toluca 0-0 Puebla Veracruz 2-1 Atlante [Daniel Fasciolli 23, Ren� Iv�n Valenciano 45; Jos� Damasceno 46] Monterrey 1-0 Atl�tico Celaya [Jes�s Arellano 10] Necaxa 2-1 Pachuca [Alberto Garc�a Aspe 5, Jos� Maria Higareda 10; Lorenzo S�ez 63pen] Leon 0-0 Atl�tico Morelia Atlas 6-4 U.A.G. [Rodolfo Garc�a 35pen, 47, Esteve Padilla 64, Pablo Hern�n Lavall�n 76, H�ctor L�pez 88, 90; Juan Parra 10, Eustacio Rizo 22, 30, Markus L�pez 56] [Jan 12] U.N.A.M. 2-1 Guadalajara [Cristian Domizzi 30pen, Braulio Luna 43; Paulo C�sar Ch�vez 33] Toros Neza - Cruz Azul [postponed] [Jan 13] America 2-1 Santos Laguna [Luis Garc�a 44, Edson Astivia 90; Gabriel Caballero 30]

Round 2 [Jan 18] U.A.G. - Toluca [postponed] Cruz Azul - U.N.A.M. [postponed] Puebla 1-1 Toros Neza [Daniel Guzm�n 58; Pedro Pablo Osorio 13] Atl�tico Celaya 1-1 Veracruz [David Hern�ndez 59og; Ren� Iv�n Valenciano 24] [Jan 19] Pachuca 1-0 Atlas [Lorenzo S�ez 63] Atl�tico Morelia 1-1 America [Marco Antonio Figueroa 85pen; Goran Milojevic 57] Santos Laguna 1-2 Monterrey [Christian Montesinos 61; Rafael Guti�rrez Aldaco 75pen, Roberto Medina 88pen] Atlante - Necaxa [postponed] Guadalajara - Leon [postponed]

Round 3 [Jan 24] U.N.A.M. 1-1 Puebla [Cristian Domizzi 44; Carlos Mu�oz 74pen] [Jan 25] Toluca 1-1 Pachuca [Marcelino Bernal 50; Lorenzo S�ez 48] Veracruz 1-0 Monterrey [Jos� Mari Bakero 88] Necaxa 2-1 Atl�tico Celaya [Sergio V�zquez 17, Alberto Garc�a Aspe 83; Jos� Miguel Gonz�lez "Michel" 65pen] Leon 3-0 Cruz Azul [Christian Torres 22, 68, Alfonso Sosa 72] Atlas 2-0 Atlante [Rodolfo Garc�a 9pen, Miguel Larrosa 58] [Jan 26] America 0-0 Guadalajara Atl�tico Morelia 2-2 Santos Laguna [Marco Antonio Figueroa 24pen, 85pen; Jared Borguetti 51, Gabriel Caballero 59] Toros Neza 3-2 U.A.G. [Miguel Herrera 29, Antonio Mohamed 73, 83; Markus L�pez 43, Eustacio Rizo 50]

Rescheduled matches Round 2 [Jan 28] Atlante 1-1 Necaxa [Ricardo Carvajal 30pen; Sergio Z�rate 72] [Jan 29] U.A.G. 1-1 Toluca [Markus L�pez 64pen; Fabi�n Estay 11] Cruz Azul 0-1 U.N.A.M. [Cristian Domizzi 59pen] [Jan 30] Guadalajara 1-1 Leon [Claudio Su�rez 2; Dami�n �lvarez 42]

Round 4 [Feb 1] Monterrey 3-2 Necaxa [David Pati�o 21pen, 58, Rafael Guti�rrez Aldaco 63pen; Sergio Z�rate 30pen, Ricardo Pel�ez 35] Cruz Azul 2-1 America [Carlos Hermosillo 29, Juan Francisco Palencia 33; Luis Garc�a 12] Atl�tico Celaya 3-0 Atlas [Juvenal Pati�o 31, Julio C�sar Pinheiro 36, Hugo S�nchez 44] U.A.G. 2-2 U.N.A.M. [Julio C�sar Yegros 53, 87; Cristian Domizzi 5, 8] [Feb 2] Puebla 1-1 Leon [Carlos Mu�oz 90; Cristian Colusso 48] Atlante 3-2 Toluca [Ricardo Carvajal 20, Mario J�uregui 52, Germ�n Carty 68; Jos� Cardozo 25, 70] Guadalajara 2-1 Atl�tico Morelia [Gustavo N�poles 61pen, Gabriel Garc�a 65; Juan Carlos Ch�vez 77] Pachuca 4-1 Toros Neza [Lorenzo S�ez 27, 47, Hern�n Medford 46, 89; Carlos Brice�o 28] Santos Laguna 2-0 Veracruz [Gabriel Caballero 61, Alberto Garc�a 81]

Rescheduled match Round 1 [Feb 5] Toros Neza 1-2 Cruz Azul [Federico Lussenhoff 80; Juan Francisco Palencia 24, Joahan Rodr�guez 67]

Round 5 [Feb 7] Necaxa 4-0 Veracruz [Jes�s Eduardo C�rdova 41, Luis Hern�ndez 65, Edson Alvarado 84, Ricardo Pel�ez 85] [Feb 8] Toluca 2-0 Atl�tico Celaya [Enrique Alfaro 47, Eduardo Lillingston 73] Leon 1-0 U.A.G. [Amara Simba 57] America 2-0 Puebla [Luis Garc�a 26, Ilie Dumitrescu 68] Atlas 3-3 Monterrey [Miguel Larrosa 10, Rodolfo Garc�a 13, Gerardo Torres 75; Rafael Guti�rrez Aldaco 64pen, H�ctor del �ngel 65, Luis Miguel Salvador 80] [Feb 9] Guadalajara 1-1 Santos Laguna [Pedro Mu�oz 47og; Gabriel Caballero 37] Atl�tico Morelia - Cruz Azul [postponed] U.N.A.M. 2-1 Pachuca [Cristian Domizzi 43pen, Jes�s Olalde 73; Hern�n Medford 55] Toros Neza 1-2 Atlante [Rodrigo Ruiz 73; Luis Roberto Alves 59, Ricardo Carvajal 90pen]

Round 6 [Feb 14] U.A.G. 0-0 America [Feb 15] Monterrey 1-4 Toluca [David Pati�o 46; Carlos Mar�a Morales 2, Marcelino Bernal 7pen, Eduardo Lillingston 77, Enrique Alfaro 79] Puebla 2-1 Atl�tico Morelia [Carlos Mu�oz 2, 47; Everaldo Begines 80] Atl�tico Celaya 2-2 Toros Neza [Julio C�sar Pinheiro 18, 49; Javier Saavedra 22, Federico Lussenhoff 71] [Feb 16] Cruz Azul 1-1 Guadalajara [Marco Garc�s 7; Joel S�nchez 42] Atlante 0-1 U.N.A.M. [in Estadio Sergio Le�n Ch�vez] [Alejandro P�rez 60] Pachuca 0-2 Leon [Sigifredo Mercado 66pen, Roberto L�pez Segoviano 77] Veracruz 1-2 Atlas [Hugo Ch�vez 51; Pablo Hern�n Lavall�n 39, Miguel Salcedo 46] Santos Laguna 1-3 Necaxa [Benjam�n Galindo 38pen; Luis Hern�ndez 36, Alberto Garc�a Aspe 67pen, 79pen]

Round 7 [Feb 22] Toluca 2-1 Veracruz [Armando Gonz�lez 6, Carlos Mar�a Morales 85; Ren� Iv�n Valenciano 33pen] Atl�tico Morelia 1-2 U.A.G. [Juan Carlos Ch�vez 33; David Emb� 30, Eustacio Rizo 88] Cruz Azul 2-0 Santos Laguna [Jos� Antonio Noriega 52, Carlos Hermosillo 78] Leon 1-2 Atlante [Amara Simba 74; Luis Roberto Alves "Zague" 46, 88] Atlas 0-2 Necaxa [Ricardo Pel�ez 30, Luis Hern�ndez 80] [Feb 23] Guadalajara - Puebla [postponed] U.N.A.M. 4-3 Atl�tico Celaya [Cristian Domizzi 7, 51pen, 58, Jes�s Olalde 84; Jos� Miguel Gonz�lez "Michel" 44pen, Hugo Santana 81, Luis Fernando Soto 89] Toros Neza 5-1 Monterrey [Nildeson Silva 9, 55, Rodrigo Ruiz 15, 25, Germ�n Arangio 39; C�sar Pantoja 69] [Feb 24] America 1-0 Pachuca [Goran Milojevic 85]

rescheduled match Round 5 [Feb 26] Atl�tico Morelia 1-0 Cruz Azul [Claudio da Silva "Claudinho" 38]

Round 8 [Mar 1] Veracruz 3-5 Toros Neza [Ren� Iv�n Valenciano 2, Daniel Fasciolli 7, Gustavo Gayt�n 65; Germ�n Arangio 23, Nildeson Silva 28, Guillermo V�zquez 35, Javier Saavedra 63, Rodrigo Ruiz 78] Monterrey 2-2 U.N.A.M. [C�sar Pantoja 8, David Pati�o 15; Marco de Almeida 28, 58] Puebla 1-0 Cruz Azul [Uwe Wolf 38pen] Atl�tico Celaya 0-0 Leon [Mar 2] Santos Laguna 2-1 Atlas [Gabriel Caballero 48, H�ctor Adomaitis 76; Rodolfo Garc�a 46] Pachuca 2-2 Atl�tico Morelia [Lorenzo S�ez 11pen, 54; Claudio da Silva "Claudinho" 34, Emilio Mora 64] [Mar 5] Necaxa 1-1 Toluca [Alberto Garc�a Aspe 35pen; Jos� Manuel Abundis 52] U.A.G. 1-2 Guadalajara [Eustacio Rizo 41; Gustavo N�poles 33, 61] [Mar 6] Atlante 0-1 America [Luis Garc�a 76]

Round 9 [Mar 8] Toluca 4-0 Atlas [Jos� Cardozo 40, Carlos Mar�a Morales 66, Fabi�n Estay 68, Jaime Ordiales 77] Cruz Azul 0-3 U.A.G. [David Emb� 13, 71, Eustacio Rizo 77] Puebla 1-2 Santos Laguna [Daniel Guzm�n 65; Gabriel Caballero 31, Nicol�s Ram�rez 40] Leon 0-0 Monterrey [Mar 9] Guadalajara 2-0 Pachuca [Ignacio V�zquez 81, Missael Espinosa 84] Atl�tico Morelia 1-1 Atlante [Jafet Soto 5; Luis Roberto Alves "Zague" 60] U.N.A.M. 3-2 Veracruz [Marco de Almeida 28, Cristian Domizzi 54, Antonio Sancho 62; Ren� Iv�n Valenciano 1, 76] Toros Neza 3-2 Necaxa [Guillermo V�zquez 38pen, Carlos Brice�o 88, Federico Lussenhoff 89; Ricardo Pel�ez 50, Felipe del �ngel Malibr�n 75] [Mar 10] America 4-0 Atl�tico Celaya [Isaac Terrazas 24, Goran Milojevic 61, Cuauht�moc Blanco 77, 82]

Round 10 [Mar 15] Veracruz 0-0 Leon Atl�tico Celaya 0-1 Atl�tico Morelia [Claudio da Silva "Claudinho" 78] [Mar 16] Santos Laguna 2-1 Toluca [Francisco Gabriel de Anda 20, Gabriel Caballero 59; Fabi�n Estay 64] [Mar 19] Pachuca 1-3 Cruz Azul [in Estadio 10 de Diciembre] [Lorenzo S�ez 21; Juan Francisco Palencia 40, 66, Carlos Hermosillo 81] U.A.G. 0-0 Puebla Atlante 1-3 Guadalajara [Mart�n F�lix Ubaldi 81; Paulo C�sar Ch�vez 32, 52, Missael Espinosa 73] [Mar 20] Necaxa 3-0 U.N.A.M. [Sergio V�zquez 52, Ricardo Pel�ez 66, Luis Hern�ndez 88] Atlas 1-4 Toros Neza [Pedro Duana 60; Germ�n Arangio 8, Rodrigo Ruiz 17, Humberto Gonz�lez 33, Ramiro Romero 48] Monterrey 0-1 America [Luis Garc�a 30pen]

Round 11 [Mar 22] Cruz Azul 1-1 Atlante [Marco Garc�s 75; Vlada Stocic 21] Puebla 1-0 Pachuca [Carlos Mu�oz 36] U.A.G. 3-0 Santos Laguna [David Emb� 33, Mauricio Gallaga 39pen, Mario S�nchez 83] [Mar 23] Guadalajara 3-2 Atl�tico Celaya [Gabriel Garc�a 34, Joel S�nchez 77, Gustavo N�poles 87; Sergio Prado 6, Adriano Fern�ndez 64] Leon 2-1 Necaxa [Dami�n �lvarez 13, 53; Sergio Z�rate 75] Atl�tico Morelia 4-1 Monterrey [Marco Antonio Figueroa 10, 79, Claudio da Silva "Claudinho" 14, 90; Jes�s Arellano 35] U.N.A.M. 1-0 Atlas [Cristian Domizzi 25] Toros Neza 2-1 Toluca [Nildeson Silva 20, Guillermo V�zquez 83; Enrique Alfaro 4] [Mar 24] America 2-1 Veracruz [Isaac Terrazas 41, 61; Filiberto Fulgencio 25]

Rescheduled match Round 7 [Mar 25] Guadalajara 1-1 Puebla [Uwe Wolf 50og; Daniel Guzm�n 34]

Round 12 [Mar 29] Veracruz 2-2 Atl�tico Morelia [Filiberto Fulgencio 20, Jos� Mari Bakero 90; Javier Hern�ndez 62, Cleomar Pires 78] Atl�tico Celaya - Cruz Azul [postponed] Atlas 1-1 Leon [Pedro Duana 61pen; Rodolfo Navarro 56] [Mar 30] Atlante 1-0 Puebla [Ignacio Ambr�z 14] Pachuca 2-1 U.A.G. [Roy Myers 36, Guillermo Rivarola 51; David Emb� 26] Santos Laguna 2-0 Toros Neza [Jared Borguetti 39, Gabriel Caballero 50] [Apr 1] Toluca 1-0 U.N.A.M. [Carlos Mar�a Morales 3] Monterrey 1-2 Guadalajara [David Pati�o 61; Gustavo N�poles 14, Joel S�nchez 76] [Apr 3] Necaxa 1-2 America [Sergio Z�rate 48; Isaac Terrazas 11, Leonardo Rodr�guez 54]

Round 13 [Apr 4] U.N.A.M. 2-3 Toros Neza [Marco de Almeida 1, Braulio Luna 60; Rodrigo Ruiz 38, Germ�n Arangio 49, Javier Saavedra 58] U.A.G. 1-2 Atlante [Mauricio Gallaga 31; Juan Hern�ndez 61, Germ�n Carty 81] [Apr 5] Cruz Azul 2-1 Monterrey [Joahan Rodr�guez 43, Juan Francisco Palencia 67; Luis Miguel Salvador 75pen] Puebla 2-1 Atl�tico Celaya [Carlos Mu�oz 9, Gilberto Jim�nez 31; Jos� Miguel Gonz�lez 13] Leon 1-1 Toluca [Christian Torres 3; Armando Gonz�lez 35] [Apr 6] Guadalajara 1-0 Veracruz [Manuel Mart�nez 84] Atl�tico Morelia 2-1 Necaxa [Claudio da Silva "Claudinho" 43, Marco Antonio Figueroa 87; Sergio Z�rate 23] Pachuca 3-1 Santos Laguna [Lorenzo S�ez 11, Guillermo Rivarola 83, Hern�n Medford 89; Alberto Rodr�guez 40og] America 3-0 Atlas [Cuauht�moc Blanco 9, Luis Garc�a 76, Kalusha Bwualya 78]

Round 14 [Apr 9] Toluca 1-2 America [Salvador Carmona 24; Ad�n N��ez 60og, Pedro Pineda 82] Atl�tico Celaya 1-1 U.A.G. [Adriano Fern�ndez 80; David Emb� 1] Atlas 1-2 Atl�tico Morelia [Gerardo Torres 77; Claudio da Silva "Claudinho" 31, Marco Antonio Figueroa 39] Atlante 3-0 Pachuca [Ignacio Ambr�z 46pen, Germ�n Carty 68, Jos� Damasceno "Tiba" 74] [Apr 10] Necaxa 1-1 Guadalajara [Sergio V�zquez 49; Gabriel Garc�a 41] [Apr 12] Monterrey 4-2 Puebla [Miguel Garc�a 41, Jes�s Arellano 70, Luis Maldonado 78, Roberto Medina 82pen; Uwe Wolf 43, Gilberto Jim�nez 87] Veracruz - Cruz Azul [postponed]

Resceduled match Round 12 [Apr 12] Atl�tico Celaya 1-1 Cruz Azul [Emilio Butrague�o 12; Joahan Rodr�guez 9]

Round 14 [Apr 13] Toros Neza 4-2 Leon [Carlos Brise�o 15, 50, Javier Saavedra 53, Rodrigo Ruiz 57; Christian Torres 10, Amara Simba 68] Santos Laguna 2-0 U.N.A.M. [Jared Borguetti 5pen, Gabriel Caballero 58] [Apr 19] Veracruz 0-1 Cruz Azul [Juan Francisco Palencia 32]

Round 15 [Apr 20] Leon 2-1 U.N.A.M. [Christian Torres 16pen, 82; Marco de Almeida 48] Pachuca 1-3 Atl�tico Celaya [Roy Myers 41; Adriano Fern�ndez 19, Hugo S�nchez 50, Emilio Butrague�o 88] [Apr 22] U.A.G. 3-0 Monterrey [David Emb� 24, 71, H�ctor Mukuoko 67] Atlante 3-2 Santos Laguna [Luis Roberto Alves "Zague" 8, Jos� Luis Malibr�n 86, Juan Hern�ndez 90; Christian Montesinos 19, Alberto Garc�a 22] [Apr 23] Atl�tico Morelia 1-1 Toluca [Marco Antonio Figueroa 77pen; Marcelino Bernal 72pen] Puebla 0-0 Veracruz Guadalajara 2-2 Atlas [Manuel Mart�nez 7, Gustavo N�poles 71; Claudio Su�rez 10og, Pablo Hern�n Lavall�n 14] Cruz Azul 1-4 Necaxa [Carlos Hermosillo 62; Sergio V�zquez 15, Ricardo Pel�ez 32, Sergio Z�rate 80, 85] [Apr 24] America 1-1 Toros Neza [Cuauht�moc Blanco 38; Rodrigo Ruiz 73pen]

Round 16 [Apr 26] Veracruz 1-2 U.A.G. [Leonel �lvarez 63; Porfirio Jim�nez 49, Julio C�sar Yegros 75] Monterrey 5-4 Pachuca [Luis Miguel Salvador 13, Jes�s Arellano 26, 74, Rafael Guti�rrez Aldaco 48, Hugo Castillo 66; Roy Myers 10, Lorenzo S�ez 20, 50, Hern�n Medford 63] Necaxa 1-1 Puebla [Jos� Juan Hern�ndez 87og; Daniel Guzm�n 37] Atl�tico Celaya 0-0 Atlante Atlas 2-2 Cruz Azul [Dar�o Franco 8, 54; Carlos Hermosillo 9, 13pen] [Apr 27] Toluca 1-2 Guadalajara [Manuel Vidrio 4; Gustavo N�poles 86, Guillermo Hern�ndez 88] U.N.A.M. 2-1 America [Alejandro P�rez 11, Joaqu�n Beltr�n 22; Pedro Pineda 81pen] Toros Neza 4-2 Morelia [Germ�n Arangio 12, Jes�s L�pez Meneses 24, 78, Nildeson Silva 70; Juan Carlos Ch�vez 67, Claudio da Silva "Claudinho" 72] Santos Laguna 3-2 Leon [Gabriel Caballero 30pen, 72, Daniel Deeke 75; Carlos Turrubiates 28, Christian Torres 90pen]

Round 17 [May 3] Guadalajara 2-0 Toros Neza [Gustavo N�poles 11, 49] [May 4] Cruz Azul awd Toluca [originally 3-2; match awarded to Cruz Azul 3-0 by undue alignment of Toluca (5 foreign players in Mexico City)] [Carlos Hermosillo 12, 53, Juan Francisco Palencia 90] Puebla 1-2 Atlas [Francisco Rotll�n 45; Omar Avil�n 7, Rodolfo Garc�a 77] U.A.G. 0-2 Necaxa [Luis Hern�ndez 29, Mario Ordiales 36] Atlante 2-0 Monterrey [Vlada Stocic 43, Germ�n Carty 80] Atl�tico Morelia 2-1 U.N.A.M. [Marco Antonio Figueroa 6, Claudio da Silva "Claudinho" 48; Vicente Nieto 35] Santos Laguna 3-2 Atl�tico Celaya [Jared Borguetti 14, 64, Gabriel Caballero 26pen; Hugo Santana 80, Salvador Reyes 88pen] America 3-2 Leon [in Estadio La Corregidora] [Isaac Terrazas 29, Luis Garc�a 73, Christian Pati�o 87; Dami�n �lvarez 10, Cristian Colusso 32] Pachuca 3-2 Veracruz [Leonel �lvarez 19og, Hern�n Medford 32, Lorenzo S�ez 40; Leonel �lvarez 27pen, Jos� Mari Bakero 63]

FINAL TABLES

Group 1 M W T L GF GA DIF PTS 1. Toros Neza 17 9 3 5 40 32 +8 30 (playoffs)[Nezahualcoyotl] 2. Atlante 17 8 4 5 23 19 +4 28 (playoffs)[Ciudad de M�xico]

  1. Cruz Azul 17 7 4 6 21 22 -1 25 [Ciudad de M�xico]
  2. Puebla 17 4 8 5 15 18 -3 20
  3. Veracruz 17 2 4 11 17 31 -14 10

Group 2 M W T L GF GA DIF PTS 1. Am�rica 17 11 4 2 27 12 +15 37 (playoffs)[Ciudad de M�xico] 2. Necaxa 17 8 4 5 33 20 +13 28 (playoffs)[Ciudad de M�xico]

  1. Atl�tico Morelia 17 6 7 4 26 23 +3 25 (repechaje)
  1. Le�n 17 5 8 4 21 18 +3 23
  1. Pachuca 17 5 2 10 24 32 -8 17 (relegated)

Group 3 M W T L GF GA DIF PTS 1. Guadalajara 17 9 7 1 27 16 +11 34 (playoffs) 2. U.N.A.M. 17 8 3 6 25 26 -1 27 (playoffs)[Ciudad de M�xico]

  1. Toluca 17 5 6 6 24 21 +3 21
  2. Atlas 17 4 4 9 23 36 -13 16 [Guadalajara]

Group 4 M W T L GF GA DIF PTS 1. Santos Laguna 17 8 2 7 27 28 -1 26 (playoffs)[Torre�n]

  1. U.A.G. 17 5 5 7 26 24 +2 20 (repechaje)[Zapopan]
  1. Monterrey 17 5 3 9 25 38 -13 18
  2. Atl�tico Celaya 17 2 6 9 20 28 -8 12

Topscorers:

  1. Lorenzo S�ez 12 Pachuca
  2. Gabriel Caballero 12 Santos Laguna
  3. Cristian Domizzi 11 U.N.A.M.
  4. Gustavo "Gusano" N�poles 9 Guadalajara
  5. Claudio da Silva "Claudinho" 9 Atl�tico Morelia
  6. Marco Antonio Figueroa 9 Atl�tico Morelia
  7. Carlos Hermosillo 8 Cruz Azul
  8. Rodrigo Ruiz 8 Toros Neza
  9. David Emb� 8 U.A.G.

Relegation table Team Average (PTS/GMS)
1. Guadalajara 1.25962 (131/104) 2. Necaxa 1.22115 (127/104) 3. America 1.21154 (126/104) 4. Cruz_Azul 1.18269 (123/104) 5. U.N.A.M. 1.06731 (111/104) 6. Toros Neza 1.01923 (106/104) 7. Santos Laguna 1.00962 (105/104) 7. Atlante 1.00962 (105/104) 9. Leon 1.00000 (104/104) 9. U.A.G. 1.00000 (104/104) 11. Atlas 0.99038 (103/104) 12. Puebla 0.96154 (100/104)
13. Monterrey 0.94231 ( 98/104) 14. Toluca 0.88462 ( 92/104) 14. Veracruz 0.88462 ( 92/104) 16. Atl�tico Celaya 0.88235 ( 60/ 68) 17. Atl�tico Morelia 0.81731 ( 85/104)

  1. Pachuca 0.70588 ( 24/ 34) (relegated)

The team with the lowest average (AVG) at the end of the regular season is relegated to second level.

AVG = Total of points earned from the 1994-95 through the 1996-97 season divided by the total of games played during that period. Only regular season, Division 1 matches are considered. Points are based on 2 points per each game won and 1 point per each game tied.

Championship Playoffs

Repechaje Round

First Leg [May 7] Estadio 3 de Marzo U.A.G. 2-0 Atl�tico Morelia [Julio C�sar Yegros 65, David Emb� 78]

Second Leg [May 11] Estadio Morelos Atl�tico Morelia 4-0 U.A.G. [Mario Ju�rez 7, Marco Antonio Figueroa 49 79, Claudio da Silva "Claudinho" 67]

Quarterfinals

First Legs [May 14] Estadio Morelos Atl�tico Morelia 1-0 Am�rica [Mario Ju�rez 88] Estadio Corona Santos Laguna 1-1 Guadalajara [Gabriel Caballero 18; Ram�n Ram�rez 50] Estadio Azteca Atlante 2-0 Necaxa [Luis Roberto Alves "Zague" 36, 54] [May 15] Estadio Ol�mpico Universitario U.N.A.M. 1-3 Toros Neza [Antonio Sancho 89; Germ�n Arangio 15, 32, Rodrigo Ruiz 60]

Second Legs [May 17] Estadio Azteca Am�rica 1-3 Atl�tico Morelia [Luis Garc�a 19pen; Claudio da Silva "Claudinho" 3, Jafet Soto 68, Mario Ju�rez 75] [May 18] Estadio Jalisco Guadalajara 5-0 Santos Laguna [Ignacio V�zquez 19 57, Noe Z�rate 29, Jorge Arreola 80 89]
Estadio Neza '86 Toros Neza 1-2 U.N.A.M. [Antonio Mohamed 68; Antonio Sancho 80, 86] Estadio Azteca Necaxa 3-1 Atlante [Alex Aguinaga 7, Alberto Garc�a Aspe 54pen, Ricardo Pel�ez 65; Mart�n F�lix Ubaldi 52]

NB: Necaxa qualified on better position

Semifinals

First Legs [May 22] Estadio Morelos Atl�tico Morelia 1-0 Guadalajara [Heriberto Ram�n Morales 53] Estadio Azteca Necaxa 2-1 Toros Neza [Sergio V�zquez 11, Sergio Z�rate 84; Federico Lussenhoff 51]

Second Legs [May 25] Estadio Jalisco Guadalajara 1-0 Atl�tico Morelia [Paulo C�sar Ch�vez 80] Estadio Neza '86 Toros Neza 3-1 Necaxa [Guillermo V�zquez 26pen, 69, Pedro Pablo Osorio 54; Alberto Garc�a Aspe 31pen]

NB: Guadalajara qualified on better position

Final

First Leg [May 29] Estadio Neza '86 Toros Neza 1-1 Guadalajara [Carlos Brice�o 77; Manuel Mart�nez 27]

Second Leg [JUn 1] Estadio Jalisco Guadalajara 6-1 Toros Neza [Gustavo N�poles 51, 56, 74, 85, Paulo C�sar Ch�vez 52, Manuel Mart�nez 62; Germ�n Arangio 79]

Copa M�xico 1996/97 (Cup Tournament)

Group winners advance to the semi-finals.
In the qualifying round, a penalty shutout follows if tie after regulation. Points awarded: 3 for a win, 0 for a loss.
All playoff matchups are a 1-game series.

Notation: M - Matches W - Won 2 - Won on penalties 1 - Lost on penalties L - Lost F - Goals for A - Goals against P - Points

First Level teams: Atlante, Atl�tico Celaya, Atl�tico Morelia, Toros Neza, Pachuca, Toluca, Atlas, Guadalajara, Le�n, U.A.G., Am�rica, Monterrey, Santos Laguna, Cruz Azul, Necaxa, Puebla, U.N.A.M. and Veracruz.

Second Level teams: Cruz Azul Hidalgo, Irapuato, San Luis, Gallos Blancos, La Piedad, Atl�tico San Francisco, Inter Tijuana, Saltillo Soccer, Tampico, Tigres, U.A.Tamaulipas, Tigrillos U.de N.L., Guerreros Acapulco, Marte Morelos and Zacatepec.

FINAL TABLES

Group I M W 2 1 L GF GA PTS 1. Toros Neza 8 6 0 0 2 17 8 18 (qualified)[Nezahualcoyotl]

  1. San Luis 8 4 1 0 3 14 11 15 [San Luis Potos�]
  2. Irapuato 8 4 0 2 2 11 7 12
  3. Pachuca 8 4 0 1 3 13 10 12
  4. Atlante 8 4 0 0 4 11 12 12 [Ciudad de M�xico]
  5. Atl�tico Morelia 8 3 1 0 4 10 12 12
  6. Cruz Azul Hidalgo 8 3 1 1 3 9 13 12 [Ciudad Cooperativa]
  7. Toluca 8 1 2 0 5 9 13 9
  8. Atl�tico Celaya 8 1 1 1 5 7 15 6

Group II M W 2 1 L GF GA PTS 1. Guadalajara 7 6 0 0 1 25 6 18 (qualified)

  1. Leon 7 4 0 1 2 13 10 12
  2. Atlas 7 4 0 0 3 14 12 12 [Guadalajara]
  3. La Piedad 7 2 2 2 1 10 11 12
  4. U.A.G. 7 3 1 0 3 13 17 12 [Zapopan]
  5. Inter Tijuana 7 3 0 0 4 7 10 9
  6. Atl. San Francisco 7 2 0 1 4 8 12 6 [San Francisco del Rinc�n]
  7. Gallos Blancos 7 0 1 0 6 7 19 3 [Hermosillo]

Group III M W 2 1 L GF GA PTS 1. Tigres 7 4 2 0 1 11 8 18 (qualified)[Monterrey]

  1. America 7 4 1 1 1 16 12 15 [Ciudad de M�xico]
  2. Tampico 7 3 2 0 2 16 13 15
  3. U. de N.L. 7 2 2 0 3 7 10 12 [Monterrey]
  4. Saltillo Soccer 7 3 0 0 4 7 8 9
  5. Santos Laguna 7 1 1 3 2 9 9 6 [Torre�n]
  6. Monterrey 7 1 1 2 3 12 16 6
  7. U.A.Tamaulipas 7 1 0 3 3 9 11 3 [Ciudad Victoria]

Group IV M W 2 1 L GF GA PTS 1. Cruz Azul 7 5 1 0 1 20 8 18 (qualified)[Ciudad de M�xico]

  1. U.N.A.M. 7 3 2 1 1 12 8 15 [Ciudad de M�xico]
  2. Necaxa 7 4 1 0 2 13 11 15 [Ciudad de M�xico]
  3. Puebla 7 3 1 2 1 9 6 12
  4. Zacatepec 7 2 1 0 4 15 14 9
  5. Veracruz 7 2 0 2 3 7 8 6
  6. Marte Morelos 7 2 0 1 4 9 15 6 [Xochitepec]
  7. Guerreros Acapulco 7 1 0 0 6 3 18 3

Group Phase

Round 1 [Jun 28] San Luis 3-2 Atl�tico Celaya [Mart�n El�as Ter�n 11, 75, Mart�n V�zquez 78; Arturo Mois�s Rico 83, Milton Nunez "Zico" 84] [Jun 30] Atlante 1-3 Pachuca [Mart�n F�lix Ubaldi 74; Hern�n Medford 10, 62, Narciso Cuevas 23] Irapuato 3-2 Toros Neza [Jorge Salas 19, Luis Alberto Flores 23, Jos� Luis Castro 70pen; Rodrigo Ruiz 7, Juan Manuel Rivera 76]
Toluca awd Atl�tico Morelia [originally 2-1; match awarded to Atl�tico Morelia by undue alignment of Antonio Taboada] Cruz Azul Hgo. bye

Round 2 [Jul 3] San Luis 1-2 Toros Neza [Israel Ayala; Guillermo V�zquez 40, Antonio Mohamed 43] Irapuato 1-1 Atl�tico Morelia [1-3pen] [Luis Alberto Flores 37; Marco Antonio Figueroa 26pen] [Jul 4] Toluca 4-0 Atl�tico Celaya [Marcelino Bernal 3pen, Carlos Mar�a Morales 40, Eduardo Lillingston 51, Gilberto Mora 81] Cruz Azul Hgo. 3-1 Atlante [Jorge Hern�ndez 8pen, C�sar Garc�a 49, Adalberto Garc�a 86; Mart�n F�lix Ubaldi 19] Pachuca bye

Round 3 [Jul 6] San Luis 0-2 Atl�tico Morelia [H�ctor Nicanor 23, Everaldo Begines 71] Saltillo Soccer 1-2 America [Renato da Silva 25; Francois Omam Biyik 18, 69] Tigres 0-0 Santos Laguna [4-3pen] Marte Morelos 1-2 Veracruz [Apolinar Cort�z 57; Daniel Corral 8, Jos� Luis Gonz�lez China 61pen] Acapulco 0-2 U.N.A.M. [Braulio Luna 39, 51] Puebla 0-2 Cruz Azul [Carlos Hermosillo 38pen, 56pen] Gallos Blancos - Leon [suspended at 10' by rain (0-0)] [Jul 7] Pachuca 3-1 Atl�tico Celaya [Lorenzo S�ez 27, 32pen, 55; Dante Ju�rez 29og] Cruz Azul Hgo. 0-0 Toluca [4-5pen] Toros Neza 1-2 Atlante [Rodrigo Ruiz 45; Javier Flores 49, Mario J�uregui 85] Gallos Blancos 0-1 Le�n [80 minutes left] [Rodolfo Navarro 23] La Piedad 3-1 Atlas [Eduardo Alcal� 7pen, 85, Ra�l Paredes 10; Pedro Duana 55] San Francisco 2-1 U.A.G. [Luis Antonio Mac�as 29, 45; Juan Parra 44] Inter Tijuana 0-2 Guadalajara [Gustavo N�poles 55, Salvador Mercado 62] U.A.Tamaulipas 2-2 Tigrillos [1-4pen] [Renato Porto 56, Ricardo Ch�vez Medrano; Israel Garc�a 34, 59] Tampico 4-2 Monterrey [Gerardo Fern�ndez 38, 43, 60pen, 79; David Pati�o 30, Luis Miguel Salvador 73] Zacatepec 1-2 Necaxa [Antonio Anguiano 59; Jos� Enrique Garc�a 24, Luis Hern�ndez 85pen] Irapuato bye

Round 4 [Jul 10] Pachuca 2-2 Toluca [3-5pen] [Lorenzo S�ez 19pen, Rolando Fonseca 70; Carlos Mar�a Morales 9, Eduardo Lillingston 80] San Luis 1-0 Atlante [Israel Ayala 72] Irapuato 0-0 Atl�tico Celaya [3-5pen] La Piedad 1-1 San Francisco [4-3pen] [Rafael V�zquez 4; Luis Antonio Mac�as 37] Inter Tijuana 3-2 Gallos Blancos [Carlos Cruz 8, Narciso Zazueta 47, 75; Enrique Lima 4, Juan Colorado 84]
Atlas 2-0 Leon [Omar Avil�n 54, Esteve Padilla 75] U.A.Tamaulipas 0-1 Tigres [Marco Antonio Ruiz 73] Tampico 2-1 Saltillo Soccer [Gerardo Fern�ndez 50, 83; Eric Hern�ndez 22] Tigrillos 2-0 Monterrey [Israel Garc�a 44, Alejandro Villalobos 45] Zacatepec 7-0 Acapulco [Nilton Rogeiro 10, 51, Rildo Procopio 23, 71, Armando Vara 66, Ricardo S�nchez 74, Jaime R�os 82] Necaxa 1-3 U.N.A.M. [Felipe del �ngel Malibr�n 5; Antonio Sancho 64, Marco de Almeida 67, Cristian Domizzi 80pen] [Jul 11] Cruz Azul Hgo. 2-1 Atl�tico Morelia [Salvador Aguado 26, C�sar Garc�a 35; Everaldo Begines 90] Guadalajara 5-1 U.A.G. [Ignacio V�zquez 10pen, 34pen, 40pen, Gabriel Garc�a 48, Sergio Pacheco 67; Eustacio Rizo 79] America 3-2 Santos Laguna [Francois Omam Biyik 29, Roberto Andrade 62, Pedro Pineda 80; Benjam�n Galindo 25, Jared Borguetti 84] Marte Morelos 1-5 Cruz Azul [in Estadio Isidro Gil Tapia, Cuautla] [Arturo Santana 21; Sergio Verdirame 25, Marco Antonio Garc�s 35, Carlos Hermosillo 37pen, Pedro Res�ndiz 77, Rub�n Cuevas 83og] Puebla 0-0 Veracruz [5-4pen] Toros Neza bye

Round 5 [Jul 13] San Luis 3-2 Toluca [Israel Ayala 5, 30, 41; Eduardo Lillingston 31, Leonel Bolsonello 85] Gallos Blancos 2-3 Atlas [Juan Colorado 37, Sergio Casta�eda 42; Miguel Larrosa 46, 57, Rodolfo Garc�a 85pen] Saltillo Soccer 1-0 Santos Laguna [Renato Ferreira 82] Tigrillos 1-4 Tigres [Valtencir Gomes 51; Marcos Ayala 8, Juan Antonio Flores Barrera 18, Javier Lozano 34pen, 47] Marte Morelos 2-0 Necaxa [Apolinar Cort�z 37, Juan Rodrigo Mac�as 74] Acapulco 0-1 Puebla [Francisco Rotll�n 60] [Jul 14] Pachuca 0-2 Atl�tico Morelia [Everaldo Begines 56, 88] Cruz Azul Hgo. 0-2 Toros Neza [Mart�n Vilallonga 23, Enrique Figueroa 76] Irapuato 3-2 Atlante [�ngel Lemus 5, 14, Enrique Gonz�lez 8; Luis Roberto Alves "Zague" 36, Juan Hern�ndez 85] San Francisco 2-3 Leon [Ernesto Santill�n 16pen, Ignacio Porras 36; Carlos Orozco 2, V�ctor Santos 39pen, Roberto L�pez Segoviano 54] Inter Tijuana 1-2 U.A.G. [Carlos Cruz 69pen; Daniel Mac�as 26, 89] La Piedad 0-4 Guadalajara [Alberto Coyote 24, Sergio Pacheco 49, 83, 90] U.A.Tamaulipas 1-3 Monterrey [Jos� Luis Mendoza 25, Luis Am�rico Scatolaro 48; Hugo Norberto Castillo 12, David Pati�o 49, Roberto Medina 55] Tampico 3-5 America [Gerardo Fern�ndez 34, Carlos Ram�rez 69, Sergio Lira 87; Roberto Andrade 19, Kalusha Bwalya 22, Pedro Pineda 26, 40, 65] U.N.A.M. 0-0 Cruz Azul [2-4pen] Zacatepec 0-2 Veracruz [Gustavo Gayt�n 25, Jos� Luis Gonz�lez China 41pen] Atl�tico Celaya bye

Round 6 [Jul 17] Irapuato 0-1 Pachuca [Rolando Fonseca 35] San Luis 3-3 Cruz Azul Hgo. [1-4pen] [Mart�n El�as Ter�n 54, 83, Jorge Coronel 67; Oscar Gonz�lez 21pen, Salvador Aguado 30, 52] La Piedad 1-0 Inter Tijuana [Ra�l Paredes 61] Leon 4-2 U.A.G. [Milton Queiroz "Tita" 23, Dami�n �lvarez 37, 88, Alfonso Sosa 42; Mauricio Gallaga 54pen, Eustacio Rizo 66] Guadalajara 4-1 Atlas [Joel S�nchez 65, Jorge Arreola 72, Sergio Pacheco 80, No� Z�rate 88; Esteve Padilla 66] U.A.Tamaulipas 2-1 Saltillo Soccer [Ignacio Ruvalcaba 30, Ricardo Ch�vez Medrano 63; Ram�n Rocha 72] Tampico 4-1 Tigres [Graciano del Castillo 53, 65, Tom�s Cruz 66, Marco Antonio Vaal 84; David Oliva 39] Monterrey 2-2 America [0-2pen] [Luis Miguel Salvador 75, Hugo Norberto Castillo 90; Isaac Terrazas 20, Francois Omam Biyik 62] Necaxa 1-0 Veracruz [Ricardo Pel�ez 13] Zacatepec 1-1 Marte Morelos [4-2pen] [Jorge Ramos 57; Salvador Ram�rez 8] Acapulco 1-3 Cruz Azul [Cuauht�moc Castillo 17; Carlos Hermosillo 28pen, 69, 76] Puebla 0-0 U.N.A.M. [2-3pen] [Jul 18] Toros Neza 2-0 Atl�tico Celaya [Mart�n Vilallonga 82, 90] Toluca 0-2 Atlante [V�ctor Saavedra 4, Juan Hern�ndez 84] Tigrillos 0-2 Santos Laguna [Benjam�n Galindo 43, Nicol�s Ram�rez 70] San Francisco awd Gallos Blancos [Gallos Blancos dns; awarded match to San Francisco 2-0] Atl�tico Morelia bye

Round 7 [Jul 20] San Luis 2-0 Pachuca [Mart�n V�zquez 3, Jos� Guadalupe Garc�a 65] Gallos Blancos 1-7 Guadalajara [Juan Colorado 21; Sergio Pacheco 12, Joel S�nchez 15, 47, Ignacio V�zquez 20pen, 72, Ram�n Ram�rez 80, Manuel Mart�nez 84] Saltillo Soccer 2-1 Monterrey [Edson Zwarics 2, 4; David Pati�o 82pen] Tigres 2-1 America [Javier Lozano 60, Omar Arellano 69; Pedro Pineda 43pen] Veracruz 1-1 U.N.A.M. [2-4pen] [Jos� Luis Gonz�lez China 3; Vicente Nieto 9] Necaxa 2-2 Puebla [5-4pen] [Alberto Garc�a Aspe 30pen, Ricardo Pel�ez 65; Joaqu�n Hern�ndez 52, Francisco Rotll�n 78] Acapulco 0-1 Marte Morelos [Apolinar Cort�z 60] [Jul 21] Atlante 1-0 Atl�tico Celaya [Juan Hern�ndez 53] Toros Neza 4-0 Atl�tico Morelia [Mart�n Vilallonga 20, 41 Guillermo V�zquez 58, Ramiro Romero 88] Irapuato 2-0 Cruz Azul Hgo. [Jorge Salas 64, Jos� Luis Castro 88pen] San Francisco 0-3 Atlas [Gustavo Dezotti 25, Carlos Seraf�n 34, Pedro Duana 72] Inter Tijuana 1-0 Leon [Ricardo Ruvalcaba 10] La Piedad 2-2 U.A.G. [3-4pen] [Luis Contreras 19, Ra�l Paredes 59; David Emb� 23, Markus L�pez 27] U.A.Tamaulipas 1-1 Santos Laguna [1-3pen] [Ricardo Ch�vez Medrano 66; Nicol�s Ram�rez 27] Tampico 0-1 Tigrillos [Israel Garc�a 35] Zacatepec 1-4 Cruz Azul [Nilton Rogerio 42; Julio C�sar Yegros 27, 48, Carlos Hermosillo 66, Jorge Santillana 86] Toluca bye

Round 8 [Jul 23] Tigrillos 1-1 Am�rica [3-2pen] [Israel Garc�a 12; Joaqu�n del Olmo 14] [Jul 24] San Luis 1-0 Irapuato [Israel Ayala 56] La Piedad 1-1 Gallos Blancos [2-3pen] [Marcelo Silva 46; Guillermo Ortiz 32] Leon 3-1 Guadalajara [Milton Queiroz "Tita" 51, Christian Torres 69, Roberto L�pez Segoviano 86; Sergio Pacheco 77] Atlas 2-3 U.A.G. [Pedro Duana 59pen, Rodolfo Garc�a 75; Markus L�pez 50pen, Eustacio Rizo 56, Amarildo Soares 87] Saltillo Soccer 0-1 Tigres [Nilson Esidio 34] Tampico 1-1 U.A.Tamaulipas [7-6pen] [Gerardo Fern�ndez 10; Luis Am�rico Scatolaro 60pen] Monterrey 2-2 Santos Laguna [5-4pen] [Hugo Norberto Castillo 56, Gabriel Ruiz 74; Benjam�n Galindo 29, Pedro Mu�oz 50] Zacatepec 1-2 Puebla [Roberto Ventura 89; Carlos Mu�oz 33, 67] Acapulco 1-0 Veracruz [Norberto Anzorena 50] Necaxa 3-2 Cruz Azul [Alberto Garc�a Aspe 71, 79, Ricardo Pel�ez 86; Carlos Hermosillo 81, Julio C�sar Yegros 90] [Jul 25] Atl�tico Morelia 1-3 Atl�tico Celaya [Jorge Ch�vez 23; Arturo Mois�s Rico 4, Nicol�s Trejo 43, Felipe Aguirre 60] Toros Neza 2-1 Toluca [Rodrigo Ruiz 8, Federico Lussenhoff 67; Eduardo Lillingston 80] Cruz Azul Hgo. 0-3 Pachuca [Jes�s Estrada 61, Gonzalo Farf�n 84, Antonio Torres Serv�n 88] San Francisco 1-2 Inter Tijuana [Israel Mujica; V�ctor D�vila, Cristian Escalera] Marte Morelis 2-3 U.N.A.M. [Enrique Guzm�n 33, 52pen; Cristian Domizzi 21, 69, Jes�s Olalde 45] Atlante bye

Round 9 [Jul 26] atletico morelia U.A.G. 2-1 Gallos Blancos [originally scheduled to be played in Hermosillo] [Mauricio Gallaga 11pen, Amarildo Soares 75; Guillermo Ortiz 4] [Jul 27] Saltillo Soccer 1-0 Tigrillos [Sergio P�rez 82] Tigres 2-2 Monterrey [5-4pen] [Claudio N��ez 50, 71pen; Hugo Norberto Castillo 44, Gabriel Ruiz 89] Marte Morelos 1-4 Puebla [Hugo Ochoa 64; Carlos Mu�oz 42, 66, Uwe Wolf 51pen, Daniel Guzm�n 55pen] Acapulco 1-4 Necaxa [El�as Ledesma 28; Jos� Enrique Garc�a 14, 79, Sergio Z�rate 21, Ricardo Pel�ez] [Jul 28] Atl�tico Morelia 1-2 Atlante [Marcelo Carracedo 44; Miodrag Belodedici 59, Eduardo Garc�a 66] Cruz Azul Hgo. 1-1 Atl�tico Celaya [4-3pen] [Jorge Hern�ndez 39; Emilio Butrague�o 49] Toros Neza 2-1 Pachuca [Rodrigo Ruiz 34, Ramiro Romero 83; Hern�n Medford 36] Irapuato 2-0 Toluca [�ngel Lemus 8, Jos� Luis Castro] San Francisco 0-2 Guadalajara [Sergio Pacheco 65, Salvador Mercado 84] Inter Tijuana 0-2 Atlas [Eduardo Berizzo 15, Pedro Duana 85] La Piedad 2-2 Leon [3-2pen] [Adri�n Cano 12, Salvador Pati�o 76; V�ctor Garc�a Reza 19, Sergio Mart�nez 87] U.A.Tamaulipas 1-2 Am�rica [Jos� Luis Mendoza 37; Kalusha Bwalya 49, Francois Omam Biyik 63] Tampico 2-2 Santos Laguna [7-6pen] [Porfirio Jim�nez, Ricardo Moreno; Jared Borguetti, Christian Montecinos] Veracruz 2-4 Cruz Azul [Miguel Hern�ndez 14, Gilmar da Silva 62; Sergio Verdirame 5, Luis Carlos De Oliveira "Pintado" 33, 52, 83pen] Zacatepec 4-3 U.N.A.M. [Antonio Anguiano 3, 57, Nilton Rogeiro 27, Omar Trejo 87; Cristian Domizzi 21pen, 71pen, Jes�s Olalde 52] San Luis bye

FINAL TABLES

Group I M W 2 1 L GF GA PTS 1. Toros Neza 8 6 0 0 2 17 8 18 (qualified)[Nezahualcoyotl]

  1. San Luis 8 4 1 0 3 14 11 15 [San Luis Potos�]
  2. Irapuato 8 4 0 2 2 11 7 12
  3. Pachuca 8 4 0 1 3 13 10 12
  4. Atlante 8 4 0 0 4 11 12 12 [Ciudad de M�xico]
  5. Atl�tico Morelia 8 3 1 0 4 10 12 12
  6. Cruz Azul Hidalgo 8 3 1 1 3 9 13 12 [Ciudad Cooperativa]
  7. Toluca 8 1 2 0 5 9 13 9
  8. Atl�tico Celaya 8 1 1 1 5 7 15 6

Group II M W 2 1 L GF GA PTS 1. Guadalajara 7 6 0 0 1 25 6 18 (qualified)

  1. Leon 7 4 0 1 2 13 10 12
  2. Atlas 7 4 0 0 3 14 12 12 [Guadalajara]
  3. La Piedad 7 2 2 2 1 10 11 12
  4. U.A.G. 7 3 1 0 3 13 17 12 [Zapopan]
  5. Inter Tijuana 7 3 0 0 4 7 10 9
  6. Atl. San Francisco 7 2 0 1 4 8 12 6 [San Francisco del Rinc�n]
  7. Gallos Blancos 7 0 1 0 6 7 19 3 [Hermosillo]

Group III M W 2 1 L GF GA PTS 1. Tigres 7 4 2 0 1 11 8 18 (qualified)[Monterrey]

  1. America 7 4 1 1 1 16 12 15 [Ciudad de M�xico]
  2. Tampico 7 3 2 0 2 16 13 15
  3. Tigrillos U.de N.L. 7 2 2 0 3 7 10 12 [Monterrey]
  4. Saltillo Soccer 7 3 0 0 4 7 8 9
  5. Santos Laguna 7 1 1 3 2 9 9 6 [Torre�n]
  6. Monterrey 7 1 1 2 3 12 16 6
  7. U.A.Tamaulipas 7 1 0 3 3 9 11 3 [Ciudad Victoria]

Group IV M W 2 1 L GF GA PTS 1. Cruz Azul 7 5 1 0 1 20 8 18 (qualified)[Ciudad de M�xico]

  1. U.N.A.M. 7 3 2 1 1 12 8 15 [Ciudad de M�xico]
  2. Necaxa 7 4 1 0 2 13 11 15 [Ciudad de M�xico]
  3. Puebla 7 3 1 2 1 9 6 12
  4. Zacatepec 7 2 1 0 4 15 14 9
  5. Veracruz 7 2 0 2 3 7 8 6
  6. Marte Morelos 7 2 0 1 4 9 15 6 [Xochitepec]
  7. Guerreros Acapulco 7 1 0 0 6 3 18 3

Final Stage

Seeding after 1st round pool play:

                      M  	PTS  	GD
  1. Guadalajara 7 18 +19
  2. Cruz Azul 7 18 +12
  3. Tigres 7 18 + 3
  4. Toros Neza 8 18 + 9

NB: Tigres plays host to Cruz Azul because of its second level condition.

Semifinals

One single leg [Jul 31] Estadio Jalisco Guadalajara 0-2 Toros Neza [Guillermo V�zquez 13pen, Mart�n Vilallonga 44] Estadio Universitario Tigres 1-1 Cruz Azul [3-4pen] [Omar Arellano 61; Jorge Santillana 51]

Final

One single leg [Aug 3] Estadio 10 de Diciembre, Ciudad Cooperativa Cruz Azul Cruz Azul 2-0 Toros Neza [Carlos Hermosillo 15, Luis Carlos de Oliveira "Pintado" 52]

Mexico 1996/97 Primera Divisi�n A (Second Level)

Invierno 1996

NB: Before the start of the tournament, Inter Tijuana changed its name to Tijuana Stars.

FINAL TABLES

Group 1 M W T L GF GA PTS AVGE 1. Tigres U.A.N.L. 16 11 2 3 29 12 35 2.4167 (playoffs)[Monterrey] 2. U.A.Tamaulipas 16 7 5 4 21 21 26 1.0000 (playoffs)[Ciudad Victoria]

  1. Real Sociedad 16 6 7 3 24 17 25 1.4118 (repesca)[Zacatecas]
  1. San Luis 16 7 3 6 26 31 24 0.8387 [San Luis Potos�]
  2. Tigrillos U.de N.L. 16 4 4 8 21 21 16 1.0000 [Monterrey]

Group 2 M W T L GF GA PTS AVGE 1. Tampico 16 7 4 5 16 18 25 0.8889 (playoffs)

  1. La Piedad 16 5 5 6 20 22 20 1.9091 (repesca)
  1. Yucat�n 16 5 5 6 13 16 20 0.8125 [M�rida]
  2. Tijuana Stars 16 4 3 9 16 26 15 0.6164

Group 3 M W T L GF GA PTS AVGE 1. Marte Morelos 16 7 5 4 24 17 26 1.4118 (playoffs)[Xochitepec] 2. Atl�tico Hidalgo 16 7 4 5 21 15 25 1.4000 (playoffs)[Pachuca]

  1. Guerreros Acapulco 16 4 3 9 17 27 15 0.6296
  2. Atl. San Francisco 16 4 2 10 19 25 14 0.7600 [San Francisco del Rinc�n]

Group 4 M W T L GF GA PTS AVGE 1. Irapuato 16 8 3 5 16 13 27 1.2308 (playoffs) 2. Saltillo Soccer 16 6 6 4 20 15 24 1.3333 (playoffs)

  1. Cruz Azul Hidalgo 16 5 4 7 21 20 19 1.0500 [Ciudad Cooperativa]
  2. Zacatepec 16 4 5 7 14 22 17 0.6364

Regular Season

Round 1 [Aug 10] Tigres 1-0 San Luis San Francisco 0-2 Yucatan Cruz Azul Hidalgo 0-1 Marte Morelos U.A.Tamaulipas 3-2 Acapulco Tijuana Stars 1-0 Atl. Hidalgo [Aug 11] Zacatepec 0-0 Tampico Irapuato 1-0 Saltillo Soccer La Piedad 1-1 Real Sociedad Gallos Blancos awd Tigrillos [awarded match to U. de N.L. 2-0; after annulled]

Round 2 [Aug 16] San Luis 1-0 Tijuana Stars [Aug 17] Saltillo Soccer 1-2 Zacatepec Atl. Hidalgo 4-1 Cruz Azul Hidalgo Marte Morelos 2-2 Irapuato Yucatan 1-1 La Piedad Tigrillos 1-2 San Francisco Real Sociedad 0-0 U.A.Tamaulipas [Aug 18] Acapulco 1-2 Tigres Tampico awd Gallos Blancos [awarded match to Tampico 2-0; after annulled]

Round 3 [Aug 24] San Francisco 4-0 Tampico Cruz Azul Hidalgo 4-2 San Luis U.A.Tamaulipas 1-0 Tigres Tijuana Stars 1-0 Acapulco Real Sociedad 1-1 Yucatan [Aug 25] Irapuato 0-1 Atl. Hidalgo Zacatepec 1-1 Marte Morelos La Piedad 1-1 Tigrillos Gallos Blancos awd Saltillo Soccer [awarded match to Saltillo Soccer 2-0; after annulled]

Round 4 [Aug 30] Tigrillos 1-1 Real Sociedad San Luis 0-0 Irapuato [Aug 31] Saltillo Soccer 1-0 San Francisco Atl. Hidalgo 4-1 Zacatepec Yucatan 0-0 U.A.Tamaulipas Tigres 5-1 Tijuana Stars Tampico 1-0 La Piedad [Sep 1] Acapulco 2-2 Cruz Azul Hidalgo Marte Morelos awd Gallos Blancos [awarded match to Marte Morelos 2-0; after annulled]

NB: On Sep. 2, Mexican FA announced the ejection of Gallos Blancos by debts, its four matches awarded to its opponents were annulled.

Round 5 [Sep 7] San Francisco 3-0 Marte Morelos Cruz Azul Hidalgo 1-2 Tigres Irapuato 1-0 Acapulco Yucatan 1-0 Tigrillos U.A.Tamaulipas 2-0 Tijuana Stars Real Sociedad 1-3 Tampico [Sep 8] Zacatepec 0-1 San Luis La Piedad 1-1 Saltillo Soccer Atl. Hidalgo bye

Round 6 [Sep 13] Tigrillos 5-1 U.A.Tamaulipas [Sep 14] Saltillo Soccer 3-2 Real Sociedad Marte Morelos 3-1 La Piedad Tigres 1-0 Irapuato Atl. Hidalgo 1-0 San Francisco Tampico 1-0 Yucatan [Sep 15] Acapulco 2-0 Zacatepec Tijuana Stars 0-0 Cruz Azul Hidalgo San Luis bye

Round 7 [Sep 21] San Francisco 4-6 San Luis Yucatan 2-0 Saltillo Soccer U.A.Tamaulipas 2-1 Cruz Azul Hidalgo Tigrillos 1-2 Tampico Real Sociedad 1-1 Marte Morelos [Sep 22] Irapuato 1-0 Tijuana Stars Zacatepec 3-2 Tigres La Piedad 0-1 Atl. Hidalgo Acapulco bye

Round 8 [Sep 27] San Luis 2-1 La Piedad [Sep 28] Saltillo Soccer 2-1 Tigrillos Cruz Azul Hidalgo 3-1 Irapuato Atl. Hidalgo 0-1 Real Sociedad Marte Morelos 1-2 Yucatan Tampico 1-0 U.A.Tamaulipas [Sep 29] Acapulco 3-2 San Francisco Tijuana Stars 1-0 Zacatepec Tigres bye

Round 9 [Oct 5] San Francisco 1-2 Tigres Yucatan 0-0 Atl. Hidalgo Tampico 0-0 Saltillo Soccer U.A.Tamaulipas 1-1 Irapuato Tigrillos 1-0 Marte Morelos Real Sociedad 1-1 San Luis [Oct 6] Zacatepec 0-0 Cruz Azul Hidalgo La Piedad 4-0 Acapulco Tijuana Stars bye

Round 10 [Oct 11] San Luis 4-1 Yucatan [Oct 12] Saltillo Soccer 1-1 U.A.Tamaulipas Tigres 4-0 La Piedad Atl. Hidalgo 2-0 Tigrillos Marte Morelos 2-0 Tampico [Oct 13] Acapulco 1-4 Real Sociedad Irapuato 0-1 Zacatepec Tijuana Stars 2-1 San Francisco Cruz Azul Hidalgo bye

Round 11 [Oct 19] San Francisco 1-0 Cruz Azul Hidalgo Saltillo Soccer 0-0 Marte Tampico 1-0 Atl. Hidalgo U.A.Tamaulipas 3-4 Zacatepec Yucatan 0-1 Acapulco Real Sociedad 1-1 Tigres Tigrillos 4-1 San Luis [Oct 20] La Piedad 3-2 Tijuana Stars Irapuato bye

Round 12 [Oct 25] San Luis 2-2 Tampico [Oct 26] Cruz Azul Hidalgo 3-0 La Piedad Atl. Hidalgo 1-1 Saltillo Soccer Tigres 2-0 Yucatan Marte Morelos 1-1 U.A.Tamaulipas [Oct 27] Acapulco 1-0 Tigrillos Irapuato 2-1 San Francisco Tijuana Stars 1-2 Real Sociedad Zacatepec bye

Round 13 [Nov 2] San Francisco 0-0 Zacatepec Saltillo Soccer 5-0 San Luis Marte Morelos 5-1 Atl. Hidalgo Yucatan 2-1 Tijuana Stars Tampico 1-0 Acapulco Real Sociedad 2-1 Cruz Azul Hidalgo Tigrillos 1-2 Tigres [Nov 3] La Piedad 1-0 Irapuato U.A.Tamaulipas bye

Round 14 [Nov 8] San Luis 1-0 Marte Morelos [Nov 9] Cruz Azul Hidalgo 2-0 Yucatan Atl. Hidalgo 1-2 U.A.Tamaulipas Tigres 2-0 Tampico [Nov 10] Acapulco 1-1 Saltillo Soccer Irapuato 2-0 Real Sociedad Tijuana Stars 1-1 Tigrillos Zacatepec 0-1 La Piedad San Francisco bye

Round 15 [Nov 16] Saltillo Soccer 0-1 Tigres Atl. Hidalgo 4-1 San Luis Marte Morelos 1-0 Acapulco Yucatan 0-1 Irapuato U.A.Tamaulipas 1-0 San Francisco Real Sociedad 3-0 Zacatepec [Nov 17] Tigrillos 1-1 Cruz Azul Hidalgo Tampico 2-2 Tijuana Stars La Piedad bye

Round 16 [Nov 20] Acapulco 1-1 Atl. Hidalgo San Francisco 1-1 La Piedad Zacatepec 1-1 Yucatan Tijuana Stars 2-3 Saltillo Soccer Cruz Azul Hidalgo 2-1 Tampico Irapuato 2-1 Tigrillos Tigres 2-3 Marte Morelos U.A.Tamaulipas 2-0 San Luis Real Sociedad bye

Round 17 [Nov 22] San Luis 4-2 Acapulco [Nov 23] Saltillo Soccer 1-0 Cruz Azul Hidalgo Atl. Hidalgo 0-0 Tigres Marte Morelos 3-1 Tijuana Stars Tampico 1-2 Irapuato Tigrillos 2-1 Zacatepec Real Sociedad 3-0 San Francisco [Nov 24] La Piedad 4-1 U.A.Tamaulipas Yucatan bye

FINAL TABLES

Group 1 M W T L GF GA PTS AVGE 1. Tigres U.A.N.L. 16 11 2 3 29 12 35 2.4167 (playoffs)[Monterrey] 2. U.A.Tamaulipas 16 7 5 4 21 21 26 1.0000 (playoffs)[Ciudad Victoria]

  1. Real Sociedad 16 6 7 3 24 17 25 1.4118 (repesca)[Zacatecas]
  1. San Luis 16 7 3 6 26 31 24 0.8387 [San Luis Potos�]
  2. Tigrillos U.de.N.L. 16 4 4 8 21 21 16 1.0000 [Monterrey]

Group 2 M W T L GF GA PTS AVGE 1. Tampico 16 7 4 5 16 18 25 0.8889 (playoffs)

  1. La Piedad 16 5 5 6 20 22 20 1.9091 (repesca)
  1. Yucat�n 16 5 5 6 13 16 20 0.8125 [M�rida]
  2. Tijuana Stars 16 4 3 9 16 26 15 0.6164

Group 3 M W T L GF GA PTS AVGE 1. Marte Morelos 16 7 5 4 24 17 26 1.4118 (playoffs)[Xochitepec] 2. Atl�tico Hidalgo 16 7 4 5 21 15 25 1.4000 (playoffs)[Pachuca]

  1. Acapulco 16 4 3 9 17 27 15 0.6296
  2. Atl. San Francisco 16 4 2 10 19 25 14 0.7600 [San Francisco del Rinc�n]

Group 4 M W T L GF GA PTS AVGE 1. Irapuato 16 8 3 5 16 13 27 1.2308 (playoffs) 2. Saltillo Soccer 16 6 6 4 20 15 24 1.3333 (playoffs)

  1. Cruz Azul Hidalgo 16 5 4 7 21 20 19 1.0500 [Ciudad Cooperativa]
  2. Zacatepec 16 4 5 7 14 22 17 0.6364

Topscorer: Nilson Esidio 12 goals (Tigres)

Championship Playoffs

Repechaje Round

First Leg [Nov 27] Estadio Juan N. L�pez La Piedad 2-1 Real Sociedad 15:00 [Rafael V�zquez 60, Gustavo Godoy 88pen; Francisco Rodr�guez 38]

Second Leg [Nov 30] Estadio Francisco Villa Real Sociedad 6-0 La Piedad [Juan Zandona 12, 47. 81, Hugo Ortiz 32, 73, Gustavo Mart�nez 83pen]

Quarterfinals

First Legs [Dec 3] Estadio Francisco I. Madero Saltillo Soccer 1-1 Tigres 15:00 [Julio C�sar Carrasco 29; Arnulfo Tinoco 26] Estadio Tamaulipas Tampico 3-1 Irapuato 21:00 [Humberto Roon 6, Gabriel Mora 68, Porfirio Jim�nez 87; Jorge Salas 48] [Dec 4] Estadio Hidalgo Atl. Hidalgo 0-0 Marte Morelos 20:30 Estadio Francisco Villa Real Sociedad 2-0 U.A.Tamaulipas 20:30 [Juan Zadona 23, Carlos Vega 51]

Second Legs [Dec 7] Estadio Universitario Tigres 1-1 Saltillo Soccer 17:00 [Marcos Ayala 63; Edson Zwaricz 26] Estadio Sergio Le�n Ch�vez Irapuato 0-0 Tampico 20:30 [Dec 8] Estadio Mariano Matamoros Marte Morelos 0-1 Atl. Hidalgo 12:00 [Julio Jaramillo 32] Estadio Eugenio Alvizo Porras U.A.Tamaulipas 1-0 Real Sociedad 15:30 [Pablo Rodr�guez 73]

NB: Tigres on better position

Semifinals

First Legs [Dec 11] Estadio Tamaulipas Tampico 1-2 Tigres 15:30 [Gerardo Fern�ndez 88; Nilson Esidio 34, Claudio N��ez 75] [Dec 12] Estadio Hidalgo Atl. Hidalgo 2-0 Real Sociedad 20:30 [Jorge Uribe 69, Adri�n Mahia 76pen]

Second Legs [Dec 14] Estadio Universitario Tigres 8-0 Tampico 17:00 [Francisco "Flaco" G�mez 9, Claudio "Diablo" N��ez 46, Porfirio Escobar 51og, Marco Antonio Ruiz 57, Nilson Esidio 70, Francisco Javier Cruz 80pen, 87, 89] [Dec 15] Estadio Francisco Villa Real Sociedad 1-5 Atl. Hidalgo 16:00 [Germ�n Osorio 73; C�sar G�mez 8, 41, 71, Manuel R�os 83, Adri�n Mahia 89]

Final

First Leg [Dec 18] Estadio Hidalgo, Pachuca Atl. Hidalgo 1-0 Tigres 20:45 [C�sar G�mez 55]

Second Leg [Dec 21] Estadio Universitario, San Nicol�s de los Garza Tigres 3-0 Atl. Hidalgo 17:00 [Gabriel "Coca" Mendoza 7, Claudio "Diablo" N��ez 45, Nilson Esidio 47pen]

Changes for the next season:

Tijuana Stars change back its name to Inter Tijuana

Verano 1997

FINAL TABLES

Group 1 M W T L GF GA PTS AVGE 1. U.A.Tamaulipas 16 10 4 2 28 16 34 1.7500 (playoffs)[Ciudad Victoria] 2. Tigres U.A.N.L. 16 9 6 1 42 20 33 2.1000 (playoffs)[Monterrey]

  1. Tigrillos U.de N.L. 16 7 5 4 21 16 26 1.3125 (repesca)[Monterrey]
  1. Real Sociedad 16 4 5 7 27 25 17 1.0800 [Zacatecas]
  2. San Luis 16 3 8 5 25 32 17 0.7813 [San Luis Potos�]

Group 2 M W T L GF GA PTS AVGE 1. Yucat�n 16 6 4 6 19 21 22 0.9048 (playoffs)[M�rida]

  1. Tampico 16 6 2 8 24 29 20 0.8276 (repesca)
  1. La Piedad 16 3 6 7 26 34 15 0.7647
  1. Inter Tijuana 16 2 4 10 13 32 10 0.4063 (relegated)

Group 3 M W T L GF GA PTS AVGE 1. Atl�tico Hidalgo 16 9 4 3 33 27 31 1.2222 (playoffs)[Pachuca]

  1. Atl. San Francisco 16 4 5 7 26 30 17 0.8667 (repesca)[San Francisco del Rinc�n]
  1. Acapulco 16 3 6 7 17 33 15 0.5152
  2. Marte Morelos 16 2 6 8 23 28 12 0.8214 [Xochitepec]

Group 4 M W T L GF GA PTS AVGE 1. Cruz Azul Hidalgo 16 8 3 5 29 20 27 1.4500 (playoffs)[Ciudad Cooperativa] 2. Saltillo Soccer 16 7 5 4 24 19 26 1.2632 (playoffs)

  1. Zacatepec 16 7 3 6 21 23 24 0.9130 (repesca)
  1. Irapuato 16 4 8 4 26 19 20 1.3684

Regular Season

Round 1 [Jan 10] San Luis 2-4 Tigres [in Estadio Universitario] [Jan 11] Saltillo Soccer 1-1 Irapuato Atl. Hidalgo 2-0 Inter Tijuana Marte Morelos 2-3 Cruz Azul Hidalgo Tampico 2-1 Zacatepec Yucat�n 1-1 San Francisco Real Sociedad 1-2 La Piedad [Jan 12] Acapulco 0-1 U.A.Tamaulipas Tigrillos bye

Round 2 [Jan 18] San Francisco 0-1 Tigrillos Cruz Azul Hidalgo 2-3 Atl. Hidalgo Tigres 4-0 Acapulco U.A.Tamaulipas 2-1 Real Sociedad Inter Tijuana 1-1 San Luis [Jan 19] Irapuato 2-2 Marte Morelos Zacatepec 0-2 Saltillo Soccer La Piedad 0-1 Yucat�n Tampico bye

Round 3 [Jan 24] Tigrillos 2-1 La Piedad San Luis 1-0 Cruz Azul Hidalgo [Jan 25] Tigres 3-1 U.A.Tamaulipas Atl. Hidalgo 2-1 Irapuato Marte Morelos 1-2 Zacatepec Yucat�n 3-2 Real Sociedad Tampico 5-3 San Francisco [Jan 26] Acapulco 4-2 Inter Tijuana Saltillo Soccer bye

Round 4 [Feb 1] San Francisco 1-1 Saltillo Soccer Cruz Azul Hidalgo 6-0 Acapulco Inter Tijuana 1-2 Tigres U.A.Tamaulipas 1-0 Yucat�n Real Sociedad 0-2 Tigrillos [Feb 2] Irapuato 4-2 San Luis Zacatepec 1-0 Atl. Hidalgo La Piedad 4-1 Tampico Marte Morelos bye

Round 5 [Feb 7] Tigrillos 2-1 Yucat�n San Luis 1-1 Zacatepec [Feb 8] Saltillo Soccer 4-2 La Piedad Tigres 1-1 Cruz Azul Hidalgo Inter Tijuana 0-2 U.A.Tamaulipas Marte Morelos 2-3 San Francisco Tampico 1-0 Real Sociedad [Feb 9] Acapulco 0-0 Irapuato Atl. Hidalgo bye

Round 6 [Feb 15] San Francisco 2-3 Atl. Hidalgo Cruz Azul Hidalgo 3-0 Inter Tijuana U.A.Tamaulipas 0-0 Tigrillos Yucat�n 2-1 Tampico Real Sociedad 0-0 Saltillo Soccer [Feb 16] Irapuato 1-1 Tigres Zacatepec 0-0 Acapulco La Piedad 1-1 Marte Morelos San Luis bye

Round 7 [Feb 21] San Luis 0-0 San Francisco [Feb 22] Cruz Azul Hidalgo 2-1 U.A.Tamaulipas Saltillo Soccer 2-1 Yucat�n Tigres 4-1 Zacatepec Atl. Hidalgo 1-3 La Piedad Inter Tijuana 1-1 Irapuato Marte Morelos 2-4 Real Sociedad Tampico 0-2 Tigrillos Acapulco bye

Round 8 [Mar 1] San Francisco 3-1 Acapulco U.A.Tamaulipas 4-1 Tampico Yucat�n 1-0 Marte Morelos Real Sociedad 1-1 Atl. Hidalgo Tigrillos 2-1 Saltillo Soccer [Mar 2] Irapuato 2-0 Cruz Azul Hidalgo La Piedad 1-1 San Luis Zacatepec 3-0 Inter Tijuana Tigres bye

Round 9 [Mar 7] San Luis 2-2 Real Sociedad [Mar 8] Cruz Azul Hidalgo 3-1 Zacatepec Saltillo Soccer 1-0 Tampico Tigres 4-0 San Francisco Atl. Hidalgo 4-1 Yucat�n Marte Morelos 1-1 Tigrillos [Mar 9] Acapulco 4-3 La Piedad Irapuato 0-0 U.A.Tamaulipas Inter Tijuana bye

Round 10 [Mar 15] San Francisco 4-0 Inter Tijuana U.A.Tamaulipas 1-0 Saltillo Soccer Yucat�n 2-2 San Luis Tampico 0-0 Marte Morelos Real Sociedad 3-0 Acapulco Tigrillos 0-1 Atl. Hidalgo [Mar 16] Zacatepec 2-0 Irapuato La Piedad 2-2 Tigres Cruz Azul Hidalgo bye

Round 11 [Mar 21] San Luis 2-1 Tigrillos [Mar 22] Cruz Azul Hidalgo 2-1 San Francisco Tigres 3-2 Real Sociedad Atl. Hidalgo 3-2 Tampico Inter Tijuana 1-1 La Piedad Marte Morelos 1-1 Saltillo Soccer [Mar 23] Acapulco 0-0 Yucat�n Zacatepec 1-3 U.A.Tamaulipas Irapuato bye

Round 12 [Mar 29] San Francisco 1-1 Irapuato Saltillo Soccer 1-2 Atl. Hidalgo U.A.Tamaulipas 2-1 Marte Morelos Tampico 4-0 San Luis Yucat�n 3-2 Tigres Tigrillos 1-1 Acapulco Real Sociedad 3-1 Inter Tijuana [Mar 30] La Piedad 3-3 Cruz Azul Hidalgo Zacatepec bye

Round 13 [Apr 4] San Luis 2-2 Saltillo Soccer [Apr 5] Cruz Azul Hidalgo 1-1 Real Sociedad Tigres 1-1 Tigrillos Atl. Hidalgo 4-2 Marte Morelos Inter Tijuana 1-0 Yucat�n [Apr 6] Acapulco 0-2 Tampico Irapuato 6-0 La Piedad Zacatepec 3-1 San Francisco U.A.Tamaulipas bye

Round 14 [Apr 12] Saltillo Soccer 2-0 Acapulco U.A.Tamaulipas 2-2 Atl. Hidalgo Marte Morelos 5-1 San Luis Tampico 2-2 Tigres Yucat�n 0-1 Cruz Azul Hidalgo Tigrillos 1-1 Inter Tijuana Real Sociedad 1-1 Irapuato [Apr 13] La Piedad 0-1 Zacatepec San Francisco bye

Round 15 [Apr 18] San Luis 5-1 Atl. Hidalgo [Apr 19] San Francisco 2-3 U.A.Tamaulipas Tigres 6-1 Saltillo Soccer Cruz Azul Hidalgo 2-1 Tigrillos Inter Tijuana 4-1 Tampico [Apr 20] Acapulco 2-2 Marte Morelos Irapuato 2-3 Yucat�n Zacatepec 1-4 Real Sociedad La Piedad bye

Round 16 [Apr 25] San Luis 1-1 U.A.Tamaulipas [Apr 26] Saltillo Soccer 3-0 Inter Tijuana Atl. Hidalgo 2-2 Acapulco Marte Morelos 0-1 Tigres Tampico 1-0 Cruz Azul Hidalgo Yucat�n 0-0 Zacatepec Tigrillos 2-1 Irapuato [Apr 27] La Piedad 1-1 San Francisco Real Sociedad bye

Round 17 [May 4] Acapulco 3-2 San Luis Cruz Azul Hidalgo 0-2 Saltillo Soccer Inter Tijuana 0-1 Marte Morelos Irapuato 3-1 Tampico Tigres 2-2 Atl. Hidalgo U.A.Tamaulipas 4-2 La Piedad Zacatepec 3-2 Tigrillos San Francisco 3-2 Real Sociedad Yucat�n bye

FINAL TABLES

Group 1 M W T L GF GA PTS AVGE 1. U.A.Tamaulipas 16 10 4 2 28 16 34 1.7500 (playoffs)[Ciudad Victoria] 2. Tigres U.A.N.L. 16 9 6 1 42 20 33 2.1000 (playoffs)[Monterrey]

  1. Tigrillos U.de N.L. 16 7 5 4 21 16 26 1.3125 (repesca)[Monterrey]
  1. Real Sociedad 16 4 5 7 27 25 17 1.0800 [Zacatecas]
  2. San Luis 16 3 8 5 25 32 17 0.7813 [San Luis Potos�]

Group 2 M W T L GF GA PTS AVGE 1. Yucat�n 16 6 4 6 19 21 22 0.9048 (playoffs)[M�rida]

  1. Tampico 16 6 2 8 24 29 20 0.8276 (repesca)
  1. La Piedad 16 3 6 7 26 34 15 0.7647
  1. Inter Tijuana 16 2 4 10 13 32 10 0.4063 (relegated)

Group 3 M W T L GF GA PTS AVGE 1. Atl�tico Hidalgo 16 9 4 3 33 27 31 1.2222 (playoffs)[Pachuca]

  1. Atl. San Francisco 16 4 5 7 26 30 17 0.8667 (repesca)[San Francisco del Rinc�n]
  1. Acapulco 16 3 6 7 17 33 15 0.5152
  2. Marte Morelos 16 2 6 8 23 28 12 0.8214 [Xochitepec]

Group 4 M W T L GF GA PTS AVGE 1. Cruz Azul Hidalgo 16 8 3 5 29 20 27 1.4500 (playoffs)[Ciudad Cooperativa] 2. Saltillo Soccer 16 7 5 4 24 19 26 1.2632 (playoffs)

  1. Zacatepec 16 7 3 6 21 23 24 0.9130 (repesca)
  1. Irapuato 16 4 8 4 26 19 20 1.3684

Topscorers: �ngel Lemus 12 goals (Irapuato) Carlos Pav�n 12 goals (U.A.Tamaulipas)

Relegation Table AVG PTS/GMS 1. Tigres 1.5000 (48/32) 2. Atl�tico Hidalgo 1.2500 (40/32) 3. U.A.Tamaulipas 1.1774 (73/62) 4. San Luis 1.0556 (95/90) 5. La Piedad 1.0444 (94/90) 6. A.San Francisco 1.0333 (93/90) 7. Irapuato 1.0333 (93/90) 8. Cruz Azul Hgo. 1.0323 (64/62) 9. Tampico 1.0323 (64/62) 10. Real Sociedad 1.0000 (32/32) 11. Tigrillos 0.9688 (31/32) 12. Saltillo Soccer 0.9677 (60/62)
13. Yucat�n 0.9667 (87/90) 14. Zacatepec 0.9556 (86/90) 15. Acapulco 0.8778 (79/90) 16. Marte Morelos 0.8667 (78/90) [-7 goal difference]

  1. Inter Tijuana 0.8667 (78/90) [-30 goal difference] (relegated)

Championship Playoffs

Repechaje Round

First Legs [May 8] Estadio Tamaulipas Tampico 1-1 Zacatepec [Ricardo S�nchez (2)] [May 9] Estadio San Francisco San Francisco 1-1 Tigrillos [Ignacio Porras 71; Alberto Dur�n 51]

Second Legs [May 11] Estadio Agust�n "Coruco" D�az Zacatepec 3-1 Tampico [Jos� Enrique Rod�n (2), Rogerio; Gerardo Fern�ndez] Estadio Universitario Tigrillos 4-1 San Francisco [Alberto Dur�n 26, Israel Garc�a 32, Valtencir Gomes 39, Omar Guti�rrez 58; C�sar Rodr�guez 36]

Quarterfinals

First Legs [May 14] Estadio Agust�n "Coruco" D�az Zacatepec 1-3 Tigres 15:00 [Ricardo S�nchez; Nilson Esidio 43, Arnulfo Tinoco 53, Claudio N��ez 82] Estadio Francisco I. Madero Saltillo Soccer 0-1 Cruz Azul Hidalgo 16:00 [Verulio R�os 61] [May 15] Estadio Carlos Iturralde Yucat�n 1-1 U.A.Tamaulipas 16:00 [Fernando D�vila 76; Ricardo Rayas 52] Estadio Universitario Tigrillos 4-1 Atl. Hidalgo 20:30 [Alberto Dur�n 26, Carlos Guerra 59og, Israel Garc�a 61, Valtencir Gomes 89; Jos� Enrique Garc�a 7]

Second Legs [May 17] Estadio 10 de Diciembre Cruz Azul Hidalgo 0-1 Saltillo Soccer 12:00 [Edson Zwaricz] Estadio Universitario Tigres 2-0 Zacatepec 17:00 [Claudio N��ez 15, Nilson Esidio 84] [May 18] Estadio Eugenio Alvizo Porras U.A.Tamaulipas 2-1 Yucat�n 12:00 [Milton Nunez "Zico" 54, Carlos Pav�n 60; Amarildo 68] Estadio Hidalgo Atl. Hidalgo 3-1 Tigrillos 12:00 [Gerardo Jim�nez 38, Milton Hern�ndez 51, Fabi�n Luna 72; Jorge Cabrera 61]

NB: Cruz Azul Hidalgo on better season record

Semifinals

First Legs [May 21] Estadio 10 de Diciembre Cruz Azul Hidalgo 1-0 Tigres 16:00
[Verulio R�os 46] [May 22] Estadio Universitario Tigrillos 0-0 U.A.Tamaulipas 20:30

Second Legs [May 24] Estadio Universitario Tigres 3-0 Cruz Azul Hidalgo 17:00 [Nilson Esidio 18, 48, Claudio N��ez 71] [May 25] Estadio Eugenio Alvizo Porras U.A.Tamaulipas 6-2 Tigrillos 12:00 [Ricardo Rayas 8, Jos� Mendoza 13, Carlos Pav�n 66, 79, Carlos Medina 86, Richard Tabares 89; Alberto Dur�n 18, 51]

Final

First Leg [May 29] Estadio Universitario, San Nicol�s de los Garza Tigres 0-1 U.A.Tamaulipas 17:00 [Francisco Cruz 64]

Second Leg [Jun 1] Estadio Universitario Eugenio Alvizo Porras, Ciudad Victoria U.A.Tamaulipas 0-4 Tigres 16:00 [Nilson Esidio 20, 70, Marcos Ayala 37, Danilo Tosello 87]

Tigres promoted as winner of Invierno 1996 and Verano 1997.

I Juego de Estrellas 1a Divisi�n "A" (All-star match) [Mar 12, 1997] Estadio Universitario, Monterrey Mexican XI 2-1 Foreign XI

Changes for the next season:

Relegated from first level: Pachuca

Relegated to third level: Inter Tijuana

Promoted from third level: Atl�tico Bachilleres (Guadalajara)

Guerreros Acapulco moved to Cuautitl�n (Truenos)

Atl�tico Hidalgo moved to Toluca and changes its name to Atl�tico Mexiquense

Marte Morelos relocated from Xochitepec to Cuernavaca

For expansion to 21 teams three new teams enter: Uni�n de Curtidores (Le�n), Chivas Tijuana and Jaguares Colima.

Frozen license of Gallos Blancos is sold to Halcones Quer�taro.

For 1997/98 season all teams from first level must have a filial team in second level.

1995/96.

1997/98.

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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