2003–04 Primera División A season

Primera División A (Méxican First A Division) is a Mexican football tournament. This season was composed of Apertura 2003 and Clausura 2004. Dorados de Sinaloa was the winner of the promotion to First Division after winning León in the promotion playoff. '

Primera División A

Season	2003–04
Champions	Apertura: Dorados (1st Title) Clausura: León (2nd title)
Promoted	Dorados
Relegated	Salamanca Jaguares de Tapachula
Top goalscorer	Apertura: Héctor Carlos Álvarez (8) Clausura: Francisco Bravo Bravo (18)
← 2002–03 2004–05 →

Changes for the 2003–04 season

• Cihuatlán was bought by new owners, for that reason the team was relocated to Culiacán and renamed Dorados de Sinaloa.^[1]
• Yucatán was relocated to Playa del Carmen and renamed Inter Riviera Maya.^[2]
• Chapulineros de Oaxaca was relocated to Tlaxcala and renamed Guerreros de Tlaxcala.
• C.D. Guadalajara already had two subsidiary teams in the division (Tapatío and Nacional Tijuana), for this reason it was detached from the National Tijuana, which was bought by new owners who renamed to Mérida F.C. and relocated the team at Mérida, Yucatán.
• Real Sociedad de Zacatecas was moved to Altamira and renamed Estudiantes de Santander.^[3]
• Cruz Azul Hidalgo was relocated to Oaxaca and changed renamed Cruz Azul Oaxaca.^[4]
• Tigrillos was relocated to Mexico City.^[5]
• A new team called Trotamundos Tijuana was created from the franchise belonging to Colibríes de Morelos, which had been confiscated by the Femexfut.^[6]
• Delfines de Coatzacoalcos was promoted from Second Division.^[7]

Changes for the Clausura 2004

• After violent incidents in a game, Zacatepec owner moved the team to Xochitepec and renamed as Leones de Morelos. This fact represented the end of the club's original franchise.^[8]
• Trotamundos Tijuana was bought by Pemex, the new owner company moved the team to Salamanca and renamed Petroleros de Salamanca.^[9]
• Inter Riviera Maya was relocated to Córdoba and it was renamed Azucareros de Córdoba, however, the team played most of its games in Mexico City.^[2]

Stadiums and locations

Club	Stadium	Capacity	City
Acapulco	Unidad Deportiva Acapulco	13,000	Acapulco, Guerrero
Atlético Mexiquense	Nemesio Díez	35,000	Toluca, State of Mexico
Celaya	Miguel Alemán Valdés	25,000	Celaya, Guanajuato
Coatzacoalcos	Rafael Hernández Ochoa	4,800	Coatzacoalcos, Veracruz
Cobras Juárez	Olímpico Benito Juárez	22,000	Ciudad Juárez, Chihuahua
Correcaminos UAT	Marte R. Gómez	20,000	Ciudad Victoria, Tamaulipas
Cruz Azul Oaxaca	Benito Juárez	15,000	Oaxaca, Oaxaca
Dorados	Carlos González y González	23,000	Culiacán, Sinaloa
Durango	Francisco Zarco	15,000	Durango, Durango
Estudiantes de Santander	Lázaro Cárdenas / Altamira	3,000 / 13,500	Altamira, Tamaulipas
Inter Riviera Maya	Mario Villanueva Madrid	10,000	Playa del Carmen, Quintana Roo
Jaguares de Tapachula	Olímpico de Tapachula	10,000	Tapachula, Chiapas
León	Nou Camp	35,000	León, Guanajuato
Mérida F.C.	Carlos Iturralde	25,000	Mérida, Yucatán
Tabasco	Olímpico de Villahermosa	12,000	Villahermosa, Tabasco
Tapatío	Anacleto Macías Tolán	3,500	Guadalajara, Jalisco
Tigrillos	Azteca	105,000	Mexico City
Trotamundos Tijuana	Cerro Colorado	12,000	Tijuana, Baja California
Tlaxcala	Tlahuicole	12,000	Tlaxcala, Tlaxcala
Zacatepec	Agustín Coruco Díaz	18,000	Zacatepec, Morelos

Clausura 2004 new teams

Club	Stadium	Capacity	City
Córdoba	Rafael Murillo Vidal / C.A.R.	4,000 / 1,000	Córdoba, Veracruz
Leones de Morelos	Mariano Matamoros	18,000	Cuernavaca, Morelos
Salamanca	Olímpico Sección 24	10,000	Salamanca, Guanajuato

Dorados

Tigrillos

Acapulco

Córdoba

Salamanca

Tlaxcala

Zacatepec
Leones

León

Inter RM

Durango

Cobras

Trotamundos

Mexiquense

UAT

Cruz Azul

Estudiantes

Mérida

Cruz Azul Oaxaca

Celaya

Tapatío

Coatzacoalcos

Tabasco

Jaguares

Location of teams in the 2003-2004 Primera División A

Apertura 2003

Group league tables

Group 1

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Atlético Mexiquense	19	8	4	7	32	31	+1	28
2	Mérida F.C.	19	6	6	7	29	32	−3	24
3	Estudiantes Santander	19	6	3	10	25	29	−4	21
4	Trotamundos	19	5	5	9	20	26	−6	20
5	Tlaxcala	19	2	8	9	20	37	−17	14

Source: Ascenso MX
Rules for classification: 1st points; 2nd goal difference; 3rd goals scored; 4th head-to-head; 5th away goals scored; 6th draw

Group 2

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Correcaminos UAT	19	8	5	6	35	25	+10	29
2	Tigrillos	19	7	8	4	23	23	0	29
3	Cruz Azul Oaxaca	19	8	2	9	36	32	+4	26
4	Durango	19	7	5	7	27	33	−6	26
5	Tapatío	19	4	4	11	21	37	−16	16

Source: Ascenso MX
Rules for classification: 1st points; 2nd goal difference; 3rd goals scored; 4th head-to-head; 5th away goals scored; 6th draw

Group 3

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Zacatepec	19	12	4	3	38	21	+17	40
2	Cobras Juárez	19	12	0	7	36	25	+11	36
3	Coatzacoalcos	19	9	7	3	23	16	+7	34
4	León	19	6	4	9	36	37	−1	22
5	Inter Riviera Maya	19	2	6	11	19	41	−22	12

Source: Ascenso MX
Rules for classification: 1st points; 2nd goal difference; 3rd goals scored; 4th head-to-head; 5th away goals scored; 6th draw

Group 4

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Dorados	19	10	6	3	43	28	+15	36
2	Celaya	19	11	3	5	38	24	+14	36
3	Tabasco	19	10	6	3	35	25	+10	36
4	Acapulco	19	7	5	7	26	24	+2	26
5	Jaguares de Tapachula	19	3	3	13	21	39	−18	12

Source: Ascenso MX
Rules for classification: 1st points; 2nd goal difference; 3rd goals scored; 4th head-to-head; 5th away goals scored; 6th draw

General league table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Zacatepec	19	12	4	3	38	21	+17	40
2	Dorados	19	10	6	3	43	28	+15	36
3	Celaya	19	11	3	5	38	24	+14	36
4	Cobras Juárez	19	12	0	7	36	25	+11	36
5	Tabasco	19	10	6	3	35	25	+10	36
6	Coatzacoalcos	19	9	7	3	23	16	+7	34
7	Correcaminos UAT	19	8	5	6	35	25	+10	29
8	Tigrillos	19	7	8	4	23	23	0	29
9	Atlético Mexiquense	19	8	4	7	32	31	+1	28
10	Cruz Azul Oaxaca	19	8	2	9	36	32	+4	26
11	Acapulco	19	7	5	7	26	24	+2	26
12	Durango	19	7	5	7	27	33	−6	26
13	Mérida F.C.	19	6	6	7	29	32	−3	24
14	León	19	6	4	9	36	37	−1	22
15	Estudiantes Santander	19	6	3	10	25	29	−4	21
16	Trotamundos	19	5	5	9	20	26	−6	20
17	Tapatío	19	4	4	11	21	37	−16	16
18	Tlaxcala	19	2	8	9	20	37	−17	14
19	Jaguares de Tapachula	19	3	3	13	21	39	−18	12
20	Inter Riviera Maya	19	2	6	11	19	41	−22	12

Source: Ascenso MX
Rules for classification: 1st points; 2nd goal difference; 3rd goals scored; 4th head-to-head; 5th away goals scored; 6th draw

Results

Home \ Away	ACA	AMX	CEL	COA	COB	CRO	DOS	DUR	EST	IRM	JAG	LEO	MER	TAB	TAP	TGR	TLA	TRO	UAT	ZAC
Acapulco		1–2	0–2	0–0			2–1				2–1					0–1	3–1		1–2	2–3
At. Mexiquense			1–2		0–3		2–4				1–0	0–1				1–1	1–1	5–0	3–2	3–1
Celaya					1–0		4–1				5–1	1–0	2–2			0–0	4–0	1–1	1–0	1–0
Coatzacoalcos		1–0	4–2				1–1				1–0	2–0				0–0	2–1		1–1	1–1
Cobras Juárez	1–2			2–1		3–2		2–1	3–1	5–1			2–0	1–3	1–0
Cruz Azul Oaxaca	0–2	5–0	4–1	2–1				0–1			3–1			0–2					0–1	0–1
Dorados					4–2	3–1		4–1	2–1	3–0		4–3		0–0	4–0
Durango	3–2	3–3	2–1	0–3							1–0					0–0	3–3		3–2	1–1
Est. Santander	1–0	1–2	3–2	1–0		3–4		1–0			1–0			1–1				0–1		2–3
Inter Riviera Maya	1–2	0–4	1–3	1–1		4–7		0–2	1–1					0–1	3–0			2–1
Jaguares					1–2		2–3			0–0		4–5	2–2			2–1	2–1	0–3	2–2	1–2
León	3–3				1–0	0–1		3–0	3–2	2–2			3–4	5–1	2–2
Mérida F.C.	1–1	2–0		1–2		3–2	1–1	2–0	1–4	3–0				2–4	2–1			1–0
Tabasco	1–1	1–1	3–2	1–1				3–2			1–2						3–1		2–1	1–3
Tapatío	0–2	1–0	1–3	2–3		4–2		0–1	1–1		3–0			1–2				1–0
Tigrillos					2–1	0–1	2–1		2–1	1–1		2–1	1–0	1–5	4–3
Tlaxcala					1–2	1–1	1–1		1–0	1–1		2–2	1–1		1–1	1–0
Trotamundos	0–0			0–1		1–1	0–1	3–1				1–0		0–0		2–2	5–1
Correcaminos UAT					1–4		3–3		2–0	1–0		3–0	2–1		1–1	0–0	3–0	7–1
Zacatepec					2–0		2–2			3–0		3–2	3–0		5–0	3–3	2–1	1–0	2–1

Updated to match(es) played on 23 November 2003. Source: Ascenso MX
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Reclasification series

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Coatzacoalcos	1–1	Tigrilos	1–1	0–0
Tabasco	4–3	Mérida F.C.	2–0	2–3

First leg

Tigrillos v Coatzacoalcos

26 November 2003	Tigrillos	1–1	Coatzacoalcos	Mexico City
12:00		Report		Stadium: Estadio Azteca

Mérida F.C. v Tabasco

26 November 2003	Mérida F.C.	0–2	Tabasco	Mérida, Yucatán
20:45		Report		Stadium: Estadio Carlos Iturralde

Second leg

Coatzacoalcos v Tigrillos

29 November 2003	Coatzacoalcos	0–0 (1–1 agg.)	Tigrillos	Coatzacoalcos, Veracruz
15:30		Report		Stadium: Estadio Rafael Hernández Ochoa

Tabasco v Mérida F.C.

29 November 2003	Tabasco	2–3 (4–3 agg.)	Mérida F.C.	Villahermosa, Tabasco
16:00		Report		Stadium: Estadio Olímpico de Villahermosa

Liguilla

	Quarter-finals							Semi-finals							Final
	2	Dorados	2	2	4
	7	Correcaminos UAT	1	1	2
								2	Dorados (p.t.)	1	1	2
								3	Celaya	2	0	2
	3	Celaya (p.t.)	0	1	1
	6	Coatzacoalcos	0	1	1
															2	Dorados (g.g.)	2	4	6
															4	Cobras	3	3	6
	1	Zacatepec (p.t.)	1	2	3
	8	Atlético Mexiquense	1	2	3
								1	Zacatepec	0	0	0
								4	Cobras	1	1	2
	4	Cobras	1	4	5
	5	Tabasco	2	1	3

• (p.t.) The team was classified by its best position in the general table

Quarter-finals

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Dorados	4–2	Correcaminos UAT	2–1	2–1
Celaya (p.t.)	1–1	Coatzacoalcos	0–0	1–1
Zacatepec (p.t.)	3–3	Atlético Mexiquense	1–1	2–2
Cobras	5–3	Tabasco	1–2	4–1

First leg

Atlético Mexiquense v Zacatepec

3 December 2003	Atlético Mexiquense	1–1	Zacatepec	Toluca, State of Mexico
12:00		Report		Stadium: Estadio Nemesio Díez

Correcaminos UAT v Dorados

3 December 2003	Correcaminos UAT	1–2	Dorados	Ciudad Victoria, Tamaulipas
15:00		Report		Stadium: Estadio Marte R. Gómez

Tabasco v Cobras

3 December 2003	Tabasco	2–1	Cobras	Villahermosa, Tabasco
20:00		Report		Stadium: Estadio Olímpico de Villahermosa

Coatzacoalcos v Celaya

3 December 2003	Coatzacoalcos	0–0	Celaya	Coatzacoalcos, Veracruz
20:30		Report		Stadium: Estadio Rafael Hernández Ochoa

Second leg

Zacatepec v Atlético Mexiquense

6 December 2003	Zacatepec	2–2 (3–3 agg.)	Atlético Mexiquense	Zacatepec, Morelos
16:00		Report		Stadium: Estadio Agustín Coruco Díaz

Cobras v Tabasco

6 December 2003	Cobras	4–1 (5–3 agg.)	Tabasco	Ciudad Juárez, Chihuahua
17:00		Report		Stadium: Estadio Olímpico Benito Juárez

Dorados v Correcaminos UAT

6 December 2003	Dorados	2–1 (4–2 agg.)	Correcaminos UAT	Culiacán, Sinaloa
19:00		Report		Stadium: Estadio Carlos González y González

Celaya v Coatzacoalcos

6 December 2003	Celaya	1–1 (1–1 agg.)	Coatzacoalcos	Celaya, Guanajuato
20:00		Report		Stadium: Estadio Miguel Alemán Valdés

Semi-finals

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Dorados (p.t.)	2–2	Celaya	1–2	1–0
Zacatepec	0–2	Cobras	0–1	0–1

First leg

Cobras v Zacatepec

10 December 2003	Cobras	1–0	Zacatepec	Ciudad Juárez, Chihuahua
19:00		Report		Stadium: Estadio Olímpico Benito Juárez

Celaya v Dorados

10 December 2003	Celaya	2–1	Dorados	Celaya, Guanajuato
20:00		Report		Stadium: Estadio Miguel Alemán Valdés

Second leg

Zacatepec v Cobras

13 December 2003	Zacatepec	0–1 (0–2 agg.)	Cobras	Zacatepec, Morelos
16:00		Report		Stadium: Estadio Agustín Coruco Díaz

Dorados v Celaya

13 December 2003	Dorados	1–0 (2–2 agg.)	Celaya	Culiacán, Sinaloa
19:00		Report		Stadium: Estadio Carlos González y González

Final

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Dorados (g.g.)	6–6	Cobras	4–3	2–3

First leg

Dorados v Cobras

17 December 2003	Dorados	4–3	Cobras	Culiacán, Sinaloa
20:00		Report		Stadium: Estadio Carlos González y González

Second leg

Cobras v Dorados

20 December 2003	Cobras	3–2 (6–6 agg.)	Dorados	Ciudad Juárez, Chihuahua
19:00		Report		Stadium: Estadio Olímpico Benito Juárez

Apertura 2003 winners
Dorados 1st title

Clausura 2004

Group league tables

Group 1

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Mérida F.C.	19	8	5	6	34	29	+5	29
2	Atlético Mexiquense	19	7	7	5	28	24	+4	28
3	Estudiantes Santander	19	7	5	7	24	21	+3	26
4	Salamanca	19	5	6	8	30	37	−7	21
5	Tlaxcala	19	6	2	11	29	34	−5	20

Source: Ascenso MX
Rules for classification: 1st points; 2nd goal difference; 3rd goals scored; 4th head-to-head; 5th away goals scored; 6th draw

Group 2

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Tigrillos	19	7	7	5	28	24	+4	28
2	Cruz Azul Oaxaca	19	7	7	5	21	25	−4	28
3	Correcaminos UAT	19	6	3	10	18	31	−13	21
4	Tapatío	19	5	4	10	20	27	−7	19
5	Durango	19	3	7	9	21	31	−10	16

Source: Ascenso MX
Rules for classification: 1st points; 2nd goal difference; 3rd goals scored; 4th head-to-head; 5th away goals scored; 6th draw

Group 3

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	León	19	12	3	4	42	29	+13	39
2	Leones Morelos	19	8	4	7	43	35	+8	28
3	Córdoba	19	8	3	8	23	30	−7	27
4	Cobras Juárez	19	7	4	8	25	24	+1	25
5	Coatzacoalcos	19	6	5	8	32	37	−5	23

Source: Ascenso MX
Rules for classification: 1st points; 2nd goal difference; 3rd goals scored; 4th head-to-head; 5th away goals scored; 6th draw

Group 4

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Dorados	19	10	6	3	32	17	+15	36
2	Tabasco	19	9	7	3	42	27	+15	34
3	Celaya	19	9	6	4	36	27	+9	33
4	Jaguares de Tapachula	19	7	3	9	24	26	−2	24
5	Acapulco	19	5	2	12	24	41	−17	17

Source: Ascenso MX
Rules for classification: 1st points; 2nd goal difference; 3rd goals scored; 4th head-to-head; 5th away goals scored; 6th draw

General league table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	León	19	12	3	4	42	29	+13	39
2	Dorados	19	10	6	3	32	17	+15	36
3	Tabasco	19	9	7	3	42	27	+15	34
4	Celaya	19	9	6	4	36	27	+9	33
5	Mérida F.C.	19	8	5	6	34	29	+5	29
6	Leones Morelos	19	8	4	7	43	35	+8	28
7	Atlético Mexiquense	19	7	7	5	28	24	+4	28
8	Tigrillos	19	7	7	5	28	24	+4	28
9	Cruz Azul Oaxaca	19	7	7	5	21	25	−4	28
10	Córdoba	19	8	3	8	23	30	−7	27
11	Estudiantes Santander	19	7	5	7	24	21	+3	26
12	Cobras Juárez	19	7	4	8	25	24	+1	25
13	Jaguares de Tapachula	19	7	3	9	24	26	−2	24
14	Coatzacoalcos	19	6	5	8	32	37	−5	23
15	Salamanca	19	5	6	8	30	37	−7	21
16	Correcaminos UAT	19	6	3	10	18	31	−13	21
17	Tlaxcala	19	6	2	11	29	34	−5	20
18	Tapatío	19	5	4	10	20	27	−7	19
19	Acapulco	19	5	2	12	24	41	−17	17
20	Durango	19	3	7	9	21	31	−10	16

Source: Ascenso MX
Rules for classification: 1st points; 2nd goal difference; 3rd goals scored; 4th head-to-head; 5th away goals scored; 6th draw

Results

Home \ Away	ACA	AMX	CEL	COA	COB	CRO	DOS	DUR	EST	CRD	JAG	LEO	MER	TAB	TAP	TGR	TLA	SAL	UAT	LMR
Acapulco					0–2	1–2		4–1	2–1	3–0		2–5	1–3	0–3	1–0				1–1
At. Mexiquense	2–3			4–1		1–2		0–0	1–0	4–0			1–1	2–1	2–1
Celaya	2–1	2–2		3–2		2–1		2–2	1–0	2–2				1–1	2–3
Coatzacoalcos	3–0				1–1	0–0		3–2	1–3	1–2			3–2	2–2	3–0			2–2
Cobras Juárez		2–0	0–1				1–1				1–0	2–4				2–2	2–1	1–3	1–2	0–1
Cruz Azul Oaxaca					0–3		1–2		0–0	1–1		1–3	2–1		1–1	0–0	2–2	2–0
Dorados	2–1	1–1	0–0	3–1							2–0		4–1			2–0	2–1	4–1	2–0	3–0
Durango					0–2	1–2	0–0		2–1	2–0		1–1	1–2	2–2	1–1			1–1
Est. Santander					3–2		1–1			0–0		1–2	4–2		1–0	3–0	2–1		1–1
Córdoba					1–0		3–0				2–1	1–2	1–0			1–3	1–3		3–2	1–1
Jaguares	3–1	0–1	2–1	2–2		0–1		2–1	2–0					2–5	1–1
León		1–0	3–4	2–0			1–1				0–2					3–3	2–1	5–1	4–0	2–1
Mérida F.C.			1–1		0–0						2–1	5–0				2–2	2–0		1–1	3–1
Tabasco					4–1	2–2	3–2		1–1	2–3		2–0	4–2		4–2	0–0		3–2
Tapatío					0–2		1–0			3–1		1–2	0–1			0–0	4–2		0–1	2–1
Tigrillos	2–2	0–1	0–4	4–0				1–0			2–1						2–0	1–0	5–0	1–3
Tlaxcala	2–0	4–1	1–0	0–3				1–2			3–1			1–2				2–3	2–1	2–2
Salamanca		2–2	2–4						0–1	2–1	1–1		2–3		1–0				3–0	3–3
Correcaminos UAT	2–0	0–0	0–1	1–2		0–1		2–0			0–2			1–0						4–3
Leones Morelos	5–1	3–3	4–3	4–2		5–0		4–2	2–1		0–1			1–1

Updated to match(es) played on 1 May 2004. Source: Ascenso MX
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Reclasification series

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Celaya	4–1	Cruz Azul Oaxaca	1–1	3–0

First leg

Cruz Azul Oaxaca v Celaya

5 May 2004	Cruz Azul Oaxaca	1–1	Celaya	Oaxaca, Oaxaca
20:00	Orozco 58'	Report	Gerk 9'	Stadium: Estadio Benito Juárez Attendance: 5,000 Referee: Adolfo Aquino Benitez

Second leg

Celaya v Cruz Azul Oaxaca

8 May 2004	Celaya	3–0 (4–1 agg.)	Cruz Azul Oaxaca	Celaya, Guanajuato
20:00	Gerk 7' García 81' González 66'	Report		Stadium: Estadio Miguel Alemán Valdés Attendance: 15,000 Referee: Francisco Javier Caspeta Aranda

Liguilla

	Quarter-finals							Semi-finals							Final
	1	León	2	2	4
	8	Tigrillos	0	2	2
								1	León	5	2	7
								6	Leones Morelos	2	2	4
	3	Tabasco	2	0	2
	6	Leones Morelos	3	1	4
															1	León	1	1	2
															2	Dorados	0	1	1
	2	Dorados	2	2	4
	7	Atlético Mexiquense	2	1	3
								2	Dorados	1	2	3
								5	Mérida	1	0	1
	4	Celaya	1	2	3
	5	Mérida	4	1	5

Quarter-finals

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
León	4–2	Tigrillos	2–0	2–2
Dorados	4–3	Atlético Mexiquense	2–2	2–1
Tabasco	2–4	Leones Morelos	2–3	0–1
Celaya	3–5	Mérida	1–4	2–1

First leg

Tigrillos v León

12 May 2004	Tigrillos	0–2	León	Mexico City
12:00		Report	Álvarez 26' Romero 88'	Stadium: Estadio Azteca Attendance: 300 Referee: Adolfo Aquino Benítez

Mérida v Celaya

12 May 2004	Mérida	4–1	Celaya	Mérida, Yucatán
15:00	Olsina 25', 39', 85' Padilla 67'	Report	Gerk 73'	Stadium: Estadio Carlos Iturralde Attendance: 4,000 Referee: Jaime Luis Molina Sánchez

Atlético Mexiquense v Dorados

12 May 2004	Atlético Mexiquense	2–2	Dorados	Toluca, State of Mexico
15:00	Caetano 7' Núñez 41'	Report	Castañeda 10' Esquivel 29'	Stadium: Estadio Nemesio Díez Attendance: 500 Referee: Manuel Ernesto Glower Guerra

Leones Morelos v Tabasco

12 May 2004	Leones Morelos	3–2	Tabasco	Xochitepec, Morelos
17:00	Estévez 22' Hernández 24' Montoya 89'	Report	Padilla 10' González 65'	Stadium: Estadio Mariano Matamoros Attendance: 1,000 Referee: Armando Rosales Rodríguez

Second leg

León v Tigrillos

15 May 2004	León	2–2 (4–2 agg.)	Tigrillos	León, Guanajuato
19:00	Sarria 21' Álvarez 37'	Report	Fernández 20' Torres 44'	Stadium: Estadio León Attendance: 17,000 Referee: Paul Enrique Delgadillo Haro

Tabasco v Leones Morelos

15 May 2004	Tabasco	0–1 (2–4 agg.)	Leones Morelos	Villahermosa, Tabasco
20:00		Report	Salcedo 36'	Stadium: Estadio Olímpico de Villahermosa Referee: Roberto García Orozco

Celaya v Mérida

15 May 2004	Celaya	2–1 (5–3 agg.)	Mérida	Celaya, Guanajuato
20:00	García 32' Pacheco 87'	Report	Prieto 88'	Stadium: Estadio Miguel Alemán Valdés Attendance: 15,000 Referee: Oliver Enrique Quiroz Díaz

Dorados v Atlético Mexiquense

15 May 2004	Dorados	2–1 (4–3 agg.)	Atlético Mexiquense	Culiacán, Sinaloa
20:00		Report		Stadium: Estadio Carlos González y González

Semi-finals

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
León	7–4	Leones Morelos	5–2	2–2
Dorados	3–1	Mérida	1–1	2–0

First leg

Mérida v Dorados

19 May 2004	Mérida	1–1	Dorados	Mérida, Yucatán
15:00	Leyva 13'	Report	Giménez 50'	Stadium: Estadio Carlos Iturralde Attendance: 8,000 Referee: Hugo León Guajardo

Leones Morelos v León

19 May 2004	Leones Morelos	2–5	León	Xochitepec, Morelos
17:00	Bravo 21' Cortés 86'	Report	Romero 27' Peralta 29', 37' Álvarez 55', 88'	Stadium: Estadio Mariano Matamoros Attendance: 10,000 Referee: Jorge Eduardo Gasso Flores

Second leg

León v Leones Morelos

22 May 2004	León	2–2 (7–4 agg.)	Leones Morelos	León, Guanajuato
19:00	Álvarez 35', 44'	Report	Álvarez 11' (og) Díaz 85'	Stadium: Estadio León Attendance: 15,000 Referee: Sergio Fernando Silva Rigau

Dorados v Mérida

22 May 2004	Dorados	2–0 (3–1 agg.)	Mérida	Culiacán, Sinaloa
20:00	Giménez 18', 86'	Report		Stadium: Estadio Carlos González y González Attendance: 12,000 Referee: Marco Antonio Rodríguez Moreno

Final

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
León	2–1	Dorados	1–0	1–1

First leg

Dorados v León

26 May 2004	Dorados	0–1	León	Culiacán, Sinaloa
20:00		Report	Perrone 88'	Stadium: Estadio Carlos González y González Attendance: 14,000 Referee: Mauricio Rafael Morales Ovalle

Second leg

León v Dorados

29 May 2004	León	1–1 (2–1 agg.)	Dorados	León, Guanajuato
19:00	Perrone 61'	Report	Mercado 58' (og)	Stadium: Estadio León Attendance: 50,000 Referee: José Abramo Lira

Clausura 2004 winners:
León 2nd title

Relegation table

Pos.	Team	Pld.	Pts.	Ave.
16.	Cruz Azul Oaxaca	113	136	1.2035
17.	Tlaxcala	75	88	1.1733
18.	Acapulco	113	125	1.1062
19.	Salamanca	38	41	1.0789
20.	Jaguares	113	121	1.0708

Promotion final

The promotion final faced Dorados against León to determine the winner of the First Division Promotion. Dorados was the winner.

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Dorados	4–3	León	2–2	2–1

First leg

León v Dorados

2 June 2004	León	2–2	Dorados	León, Guanajuato
20:00	Romero 43' Perrone 83'	Report	Molina 24' Rojas 43'	Stadium: Estadio León Attendance: 20,000 Referee: Manuel Ernesto Glower Guerra

Second leg

Dorados v León

6 June 2004	Dorados	2–1 (4–3 agg.)	León	Culiacán, Sinaloa
20:00	Valdez 15' Domínguez 65'	Report	Guerra 52'	Stadium: Estadio Carlos González y González Attendance: 14,000 Referee: Armando Archundia Tellez

2003–04 season winners
Dorados 1st title

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