Primera División de México Apertura 2006

Primera División de México (Mexico First Division) Apertura 2006 was the 2006 edition of La Primera División del Futbol Méxicano, crowning Mexico's autumn football champion. The season ran from August 5 to December 10, 2006. Querétaro was promoted to the Primera División de México thus, Dorados was relegated to the Primera División A. Guadalajara won the championship for a record 11th time, qualifying for the CONCACAF Champions' Cup 2007.

Primera División de México

Season	2006−07
Champions	Guadalajara (11th title)
Champions' Cup	Guadalajara
Copa Libertadores	Toluca Necaxa América (First Stage)
Copa Sudamericana	Guadalajara
Top goalscorer	Bruno Marioni (11 goals)
← Clausura 2006 Clausura 2007 →

Clubs

Mexico City

Atlas
Guadalajara
UAG

Toluca

Necaxa

Monterrey
UANL

Veracruz

Morelia

Chiapas

San Luis

Querétaro

Pachuca

Santos Laguna

Greater Mexico City teams
América
Atlante
Cruz Azul
UNAM

Location of the Primera División Clausura 2006 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
Querétaro	Querétaro, Querétaro	Corregidora
San Luis	San Luis Potosí, S.L.P.	Alfonso Lastras
Santos Laguna	Torreón, Coahuila	Corona
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

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Cruz Azul	17	9	3	5	27	20	+7	30	Directly qualified to the Liguilla (Playoffs)
2	Atlas	17	7	6	4	25	19	+6	27
3	Guadalajara	17	7	5	5	26	18	+8	26	Qualified for the Repechaje
4	Chiapas	17	6	5	6	19	16	+3	23
5	Querétaro	17	5	6	6	20	25	−5	18[a]
6	Necaxa	17	4	5	8	18	26	−8	17

Source: MedioTiempo
Notes:

1. 3 points deducted for failure to fulfill under-21 player requirements

Group 2

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Monterrey	17	7	6	4	27	21	+6	27	Directly qualified to the Liguilla (Playoffs)
2	Pachuca	17	7	5	5	32	22	+10	26
3	Veracruz	17	8	2	7	26	31	−5	26	Qualified for the Repechaje
4	Atlante	17	6	5	6	19	20	−1	23
5	San Luis	17	6	5	6	14	12	+2	20[a]
6	UAG	17	3	4	10	22	35	−13	13

Source: MedioTiempo
Notes:

1. 3 points deducted for failure to fulfill under-21 player requirements

Group 3

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	UNAM	17	8	5	4	21	11	+10	29	Directly qualified to the Liguilla (Playoffs)
2	América	17	8	5	4	21	15	+6	29
3	Toluca	17	7	6	4	27	16	+11	27	Qualified for the Repechaje
4	Morelia	17	7	2	8	24	26	−2	23
5	UANL	17	3	5	9	14	37	−23	14
6	Santos Laguna	17	1	8	8	19	31	−12	11

Source: MedioTiempo

League table

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

Source: MedioTiempo
Notes:

1. 3 points deducted for failure to fulfill under-21 player requirements

Top goalscorers

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

Rank	Player	Club	Goals
1	Bruno Marioni	Toluca	11
2	Kléber Boas	Necaxa	9
	Miguel Sabah	Cruz Azul
4	Omar Bravo	Guadalajara	8
	Salvador Cabañas	América
	Juan Carlos Cacho	Pachuca
	Mauro Néstor Gerk	Querétaro
8	Sebastian Abreu	Sinaloa	7
	Gustavo Biscayzacú	Atlante
	Óscar Rojas	Chiapas

Source: MedioTiempo

Results

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

Updated to match(es) played on 12 November 2006. Source: RSSSF
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Final phase (Liguilla)

Repechaje

Chiapas	1–0	Toluca
Brown  59'	Report

November 16, 2006

15:00

Estadio Víctor Manuel Reyna, Tuxtla Gutiérrez

Referee: Jorge Eduardo Gasso (Mexico City)

Toluca	2–0	Chiapas
Hassan  77' Sánchez  90+2'	Report

November 19, 2006

16:00

Estadio Nemesio Díez, Toluca

Referee: Mauricio Morales (Mexico City)

Toluca won 2–1 on aggregate.

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Veracruz	1–2	Guadalajara
Sánchez  53'	Report	Martínez  18' Medina  62'

November 15, 2006

21:00

Estadio Luis "Pirata" Fuente, Veracruz

Referee: Germán Arredondo Ramírez (Guanajuato)

Guadalajara	4–0	Veracruz
Medina  12' Bautista 41' Ayala  60' (o.g.) Santana  90'	Report

November 18, 2006

19:00

Estadio Jalisco, Guadalajara

Referee: Roberto García Orozco (Mexico City)

Guadalajara won 6–1 on aggregate.

Bracket

	Quarterfinals							Semifinals							Finals
	4	Toluca	0	2	2
	5	Monterrey	0	1	1
								4	Toluca	1	1	2
								7	Pachuca	1	0	1
	2	UNAM	1	0	1
	7	Pachuca	1	1	2
															4	Toluca	1	1	2
															8	Guadalajara	1	2	3
	3	América	3	3	6
	6	Atlas	1	3	4
								3	América	0	0	0
								8	Guadalajara	2	0	2
	1	Cruz Azul	0	2	2
	8	Guadalajara	2	2	4

Quarterfinals

Monterrey	0–0	Toluca
	Report

November 23, 2006

19:00

Estadio Tecnológico, Monterrey

Referee: Roberto García Orozco (Mexico City)

Toluca	2–1	Monterrey
Sánchez  11' Marioni  38'	Report	Abreu  85' (pen.)

November 26, 2006

14:00

Estadio Nemesio Díez, Toluca

Referee: Germán Arredondo Ramírez (Guanajuato)

Toluca won 2–1 on aggregate.

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Pachuca	1–1	UNAM
de la Barrera 60'	Report	López  63'

November 24, 2006

20:00

Estadio Hidalgo, Pachuca

Referee: Paul Delgadillo (Jalisco)

UNAM	0–1	Pachuca
	Report	Caballero  53'

November 26, 2006

12:00

Estadio Olímpico Universitario, Mexico City

Referee: Marco Antonio Rodríguez (Mexico City)

Pachuca won 2–1 on aggregate.

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Atlas	1–3	América
Murguía  72'	Report	López  5' Vuoso  19' Villa  57'

November 23, 2006

21:00

Estadio Jalisco, Guadalajara

Referee: Hugo León Guajardo (Mexico City)

América	3–3	Atlas
Blanco  70' Cabañas  74' Santiago  81' (o.g.)	Report	Guardado  14' Osorno  26' Pérez  56'

November 26, 2006

16:00

Estadio Azteca, Mexico City

Referee: Armando Archundia (Estado de México)

América won 6–4 on aggregate.

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Guadalajara	2–0	Cruz Azul
Bravo  47' Bautista  71'	Report

November 22, 2006

20:30

Estadio Jalisco, Guadalajara

Referee: José Gabriel Gómez (Morelos)

Cruz Azul	2–2	Guadalajara
Núñez  44' Sabah  61'	Report	Morales  38' (pen.), 48'

November 25, 2006

17:00

Estadio Azul, Mexico City

Referee: Manuel Ernesto Glower (Mexico City)

Guadalajara won 4–2 on aggregate.

Semifinals

Pachuca	1–1	Toluca
Landín  70'	Report	Marioni  55'

November 29, 2006

19:00

Estadio Hidalgo, Pachuca

Referee: Manuel Ernesto Glower (Mexico City)

Toluca	1–0	Pachuca
Sánchez  51'	Report

December 3, 2006

12:00

Estadio Nemesio Díez, Toluca

Referee: Roberto García Orozco (Mexico City)

Toluca won 2–1 on aggregate.

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Guadalajara	2–0	América
Morales  53' (pen.) Bravo  60'	Report

November 30, 2006

21:00

Estadio Jalisco, Guadalajara

Referee: Marco Antonio Rodríguez (Mexico City)

América	0–0	Guadalajara
	Report

December 3, 2006

20:00

Estadio Azteca, Mexico City

Referee: Germán Arredondo Ramírez (Guanajuato)

Guadalajara won 2–0 on aggregate.

Finals

Guadalajara	1–1	Toluca
Bravo  44'	Report	Marioni  75'

December 7, 2006

21:00

Estadio Jalisco, Guadalajara

Referee: José Gabriel Gómez (Morelos)

Toluca	1–2	Guadalajara
Marioni  18'	Report	Rodríguez  51' Bautista  69'

December 10, 2006

12:00

Estadio Nemesio Díez, Toluca

Referee: Armando Archundia (Estado de México)

Guadalajara won 3–2 on aggregate.

Champions
Guadalajara 11th title