Primera División de México Apertura 2004

Primera División de México (Mexican First Division) Apertura 2004 is a Mexican football tournament - one of two short tournaments that take up the entire year to determine the champion(s) of Mexican football. It began on Saturday, August 14, 2004, and ran until November 20, when the regular season ended. Dorados de Sinaloa was promoted to the México Primera División thus, San Luis, Irapuato and Querétaro were all relegated to the Primera División A, making it 18 teams in the Primera División as opposed to 20. On December 11, UNAM defeated Monterrey and became champions for the fifth time.

Primera División de México

Season	2004−05
Champions	UNAM (5th title)
Champions' Cup	Monterrey
Copa Libertadores	UANL Pachuca Guadalajara (First Stage)
Copa Sudamericana	UNAM
Top goalscorer	Guillermo Franco (15 goals)
← Clausura 2004 Clausura 2005 →

Clubs

Mexico City

Atlas
Guadalajara
UAG

Toluca

Necaxa

Monterrey
UANL

Veracruz

Morelia

Chiapas

Puebla

Sinaloa

Pachuca

Santos Laguna

Greater Mexico City teams
América
Atlante
Cruz Azul
UNAM

Location of the Primera División Apertura 2004 teams

Team	City	Stadium
América	Mexico City	Azteca
Atlante	Mexico City	Azteca
Atlas	Guadalajara, Jalisco	Jalisco
Chiapas	Tuxtla Gutiérrez, Chiapas	Víctor Manuel Reyna
Cruz Azul	Mexico City	Azul
Guadalajara	Guadalajara, Jalisco	Jalisco
Morelia	Morelia, Michoacán	Morelos
Monterrey	Monterrey, Nuevo León	Tecnológico
Necaxa	Aguascalientes, Aguascalientes	Victoria
Pachuca	Pachuca, Hidalgo	Hidalgo
Puebla	Puebla, Puebla	Cuauhtémoc
Santos Laguna	Torreón, Coahuila	Corona
Sinaloa	Culiacán, Sinaloa	Carlos González y González
Toluca	Toluca, State of Mexico	Nemesio Díez
UAG	Zapopan, Jalisco	Tres de Marzo
UANL	San Nicolás de los Garza, Nuevo León	Universitario
UNAM	Mexico City	Olímpico Universitario
Veracruz	Veracruz, Veracruz	Luis "Pirata" Fuente

Regular phase

Group 1

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Atlante	17	7	3	7	27	33	−6	24	Automatically qualified for the Liguilla (Playoffs)
2	UNAM	17	7	2	8	25	31	−6	23
3	Morelia	17	6	4	7	29	30	−1	22
4	América	17	5	5	7	17	23	−6	20
5	Sinaloa	17	4	4	9	25	32	−7	16
6	UAG	17	4	4	9	17	29	−12	16

Source: MedioTiempo

Group 2

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Toluca	17	10	2	5	27	15	+12	32	Automatically qualified for the Liguilla (Playoffs)
2	Atlas	17	9	4	4	34	24	+10	31
3	Guadalajara	17	8	5	4	34	22	+12	29	Qualified for Liguilla (Playoffs) on a points basis
4	UANL	17	6	5	6	37	27	+10	23
5	Puebla	17	5	6	6	17	23	−6	21
6	Cruz Azul	17	4	4	9	30	37	−7	16

Source: MedioTiempo

Group 3

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Veracruz	17	11	2	4	27	25	+2	35	Automatically qualified for the Liguilla (Playoffs)
2	Pachuca	17	9	5	3	30	19	+11	32
3	Monterrey	17	8	3	6	36	34	+2	27	Qualified for Liguilla (Playoffs) on a points basis
4	Necaxa	17	6	3	8	27	26	+1	21
5	Santos Laguna	17	5	3	9	22	22	0	18
6	Chiapas	17	4	6	7	20	29	−9	18

Source: MedioTiempo

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Veracruz	17	11	2	4	27	25	+2	35	Automatically qualified for the Liguilla (Playoffs)
2	Toluca	17	10	2	5	27	15	+12	32
3	Pachuca	17	9	5	3	30	19	+11	32
4	Atlas	17	9	4	4	34	24	+10	31
5	Guadalajara	17	8	5	4	34	22	+12	29	Qualified for Liguilla (Playoffs) on a points basis
6	Monterrey	17	8	3	6	36	34	+2	27
7	Atlante	17	7	3	7	27	33	−6	24	Automatically qualified for the Liguilla (Playoffs)
8	UANL	17	6	5	6	37	27	+10	23
9	UNAM	17	7	2	8	25	31	−6	23	Automatically qualified for the Liguilla (Playoffs)
10	Morelia	17	6	4	7	29	30	−1	22
11	Necaxa	17	6	3	8	27	26	+1	21
12	Puebla	17	5	6	6	17	23	−6	21
13	América	17	5	5	7	17	23	−6	20
14	Santos Laguna	17	5	3	9	22	22	0	18
15	Chiapas	17	4	6	7	20	29	−9	18
16	Cruz Azul	17	4	4	9	30	37	−7	16
17	Sinaloa	17	4	4	9	25	32	−7	16
18	UAG	17	4	4	9	17	29	−12	16

Source: MedioTiempo

Results

Home \ Away	AME	ATE	ATS	CHI	CAZ	GDL	MTY	MOR	NEC	PAC	PUE	SAN	SIN	TOL	UAG	UNL	UNM	VER
América	—	–	–	–	2–1	–	1–0	2–3	–	1–1	0–1	–	3–2	–	–	–	0–3	1–1
Atlante	1–0	—	3–2	–	–	–	7–1	1–6	–	–	2–1	–	–	2–1	4–0	1–2	0–1	–
Atlas	1–1	–	—	–	3–3	–	3–3	3–3	–	1–2	0–1	–	–	–	–	–	3–1	2–0
Chiapas	2–1	0–0	1–2	—	–	0–0	–	–	2–2	–	1–1	–	–	1–3	–	1–1	–	–
Cruz Azul	–	2–0	–	3–4	—	2–4	–	–	0–1	–	–	1–0	3–3	1–3	5–2	1–1	–	–
Guadalajara	1–1	7–0	1–3	–	–	—	1–0	2–1	–	–	3–1	–	–	1–1	2–2	3–1	–	–
Monterrey	–	–	–	5–1	3–0	–	—	2–1	–	4–1	–	1–0	6–2	–	–	–	1–1	2–0
Morelia	–	–	–	2–1	1–1	–	–	—	1–5	0–2	–	1–1	3–2	–	2–0	–	0–0	1–2
Necaxa	4–1	1–1	0–2	–	–	1–2	2–3	–	—	–	1–2	–	–	0–1	–	2–1	–	–
Pachuca	–	1–1	–	3–0	3–1	1–1	–	–	4–1	—	–	2–1	1–0	–	2–0	–	–	1–2
Puebla	–	–	–	–	3–1	–	1–1	0–3	–	1–1	—	1–0	1–1	–	–	–	2–3	0–0
Santos Laguna	1–1	2–1	2–0	4–2	–	4–1	–	–	1–1	–	–	—	–	0–1	–	2–1	–	–
Sinaloa	–	0–1	0–1	0–0	–	2–0	–	–	3–2	–	–	2–1	—	0–1	–	3–3	–	–
Toluca	0–1	–	0–2	–	–	–	4–0	3–1	–	3–2	1–0	–	–	—	1–1	4–1	0–1	–
UAG	1–0	–	2–3	0–1	–	–	3–2	–	0–1	–	1–1	1–0	1–2	–	—	–	–	–
UANL	0–1	–	1–3	–	–	–	6–2	3–0	–	0–0	4–0	–	–	–	2–2	—	3–1	7–1
UNAM	–	–	–	2–1	1–3	1–5	–	–	1–3	2–3	–	2–1	3–2	–	0–1	–	—	2–3
Veracruz	–	6–2	–	0–2	3–2	1–0	–	–	1–0	–	–	3–2	2–1	1–0	1–0	–	–	—

Updated to match(es) played on 21 November 2004. Source: RSSSF
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Top goalscorers

Players sorted first by goals scored, then by last name. Only regular season goals listed.

Rank	Player	Club	Goals
1	Guillermo Franco	Monterrey	15
2	José Cardozo	Toluca	12
	Robert de Pinho	Atlas
4	Rafael Márquez Lugo	Morelia	11
	Vicente Matías Vuoso	Santos Laguna
6	Luciano Figueroa	Cruz Azul	10
	Sebastián González	Atlante
8	Walter Gaitán	UANL	9
9	Jared Borgetti	Sinaloa	8
	Salvador Cabañas	Chiapas

Source: MedioTiempo

Final phase (Liguilla)

Bracket

	Quarterfinals							Semifinals							Finals
	3	Pachuca	1	1	2
	6	Monterrey	2	1	3
								6	Monterrey	4	3	7
								7	Atlante	2	1	3
	2	Toluca	2	3	5
	7	Atlante	4	4	8
															6	Monterrey	1	0	1
															9	UNAM	2	1	3
	4	Atlas	1	3	4
	5	Guadalajara	0	3	3
								4	Atlas	3	1	4
								9	UNAM	4	2	6
	1	Veracruz	0	1	1
	9	UNAM	3	1	4

Quarterfinals

Monterrey	2–1	Pachuca
Erviti 7' Franco 59'	Report	Chitiva  57'

November 25, 2004

19:00

Estadio Tecnológico, Monterrey

Referee: Jorge Eduardo Gasso (Mexico City)

Pachuca	1–1	Monterrey
Valdez  60'	Report	Franco  49'

November 28, 2004

12:00

Estadio Hidalgo, Pachuca

Referee: Manuel Ernesto Glower (Mexico City)

Monterrey won 3–2 on aggregate.

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Atlante	4–2	Toluca
Rey  33', 90' González 39', 79'	Report	Cardozo  20' Sánchez  37'

November 24, 2004

19:00

Estadio Azteca, Mexico City

Referee: Hugo León Guajardo (Mexico City)

Toluca	3–4	Atlante
de la Torre  38' Dueñas  44' Cardozo  59'	Report	Rey 10', 66' (pen.), 83' Garay 45'

November 27, 2004

15:00

Estadio Nemesio Díez, Toluca

Referee: Mauricio Morales (Mexico City)

Atlante won 8–5 on aggregate.

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Guadalajara	0–1	Atlas
	Report	J. M. García  17'

November 25, 2004

20:45

Estadio Jalisco, Guadalajara

Referee: Marco Antonio Rodríguez (Mexico City)

Atlas	3–3	Guadalajara
Robert  5', 23' J. P. García  20'	Report	Medina  66' Sabah 75', 90+3'

November 28, 2004

19:00

Estadio Jalisco, Guadalajara

Referee: Armando Archundia (Estado de México)

Atlas won 4–3 on aggregate.

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UNAM	3–0	Veracruz
Botero 15', 81' Lozano 73' (pen.)	Report

November 24, 2004

21:00

Estadio Olímpico Universitario, Mexico City

Referee: Germán Arredondo Ramírez (Guanajuato)

Veracruz	1–1	UNAM
Biscayzacú 87'	Report	Alonso  88'

November 27, 2004

19:00

Estadio Luis "Pirata" Fuente, Veracruz

Referee: Gilberto Alcalá Pineda (Mexico City)

UNAM won 4–1 on aggregate.

Semifinals

Atlante	2–4	Monterrey
Lash  60' Lucas  90+1'	Report	Arellano  56' Pérez  80', 90' Franco 88'

December 1, 2004

15:00

Estadio Azteca, Mexico City

Referee: Armando Archundia (Estado de México)

Monterrey	3–1	Atlante
Franco  23', 60' Pérez Núñez 69'	Report	Lash 86'

December 4, 2004

20:00

Estadio Tecnológico, Monterrey

Referee: Manuel Ernesto Glower (Mexico City)

Monterrey won 7–3 on aggregate.

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UNAM	4–3	Atlas
Fonseca  10' Botero 12', 47' Alonso 83'	Report	J. P. García 33' Osorno 54' Robert 62' (pen.)

December 2, 2004

20:30

Estadio Olímpico Universitario, Mexico City

Referee: Gilberto Alcalá Pineda (Mexico City)

Atlas	1–2	UNAM
Robert 86'	Report	Fonseca  43' López  47'

December 5, 2004

19:00

Estadio Jalisco, Guadalajara

Referee: Mauricio Morales (Mexico City)

UNAM won 6–4 on aggregate.

Finals

UNAM	2–1	Monterrey
Beltrán  49' Toledo  80'	Report	Franco 20'

December 8, 2004

20:30

Estadio Olímpico Universitario, Mexico City

Referee: Mauricio Morales (Mexico City)

Monterrey	0–1	UNAM
	Report	Fonseca  46'

December 11, 2004

19:00

Estadio Tecnológico, Monterrey

Referee: Armando Archundia (Estado de México)

UNAM won 3–1 on aggregate.

Champions
UNAM 5th title

External links

• Mediotiempo.com (where information was obtained)