Primera División de México Verano 2001

Primera División de México (Mexican First Division) Verano 2001 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, January 6, 2001, and ran until April 19, when the regular season ended. In the final Santos Laguna defeated Pachuca and became champions for the second time.

Primera División de México

Season	2000−01
Champions	Santos Laguna (2nd title)
Relegated	Atlante
Champions' Cup	Santos Laguna
Top goalscorer	Jared Borgetti (18 goals)
← Invierno 2000 Invierno 2001 →

Clubs

Mexico City

Atlas
Guadalajara
UAG

Toluca

Celaya

Monterrey
UANL

Irapuato

León

Morelia

Puebla

Pachuca

Santos Laguna

Greater Mexico City teams
América
Atlante
Cruz Azul
Necaxa
UNAM

Location of the Primera División Invierno 2000 teams

Team	City	Stadium
América	Mexico City	Azteca
Atlante	Mexico City	Azul
Atlas	Guadalajara, Jalisco	Jalisco
Celaya	Celaya, Guanajuato	Miguel Alemán Valdés
Cruz Azul	Mexico City	Azul
Guadalajara	Guadalajara, Jalisco	Jalisco
Irapuato	Irapuato, Guanajuato	Sergio León Chávez
León	León, Guanajuato	Nou Camp
Morelia	Morelia, Michoacán	Morelos
Monterrey	Monterrey, Nuevo León	Tecnológico
Necaxa	Mexico City	Azteca
Pachuca	Pachuca, Hidalgo	Hidalgo
Puebla	Puebla, Puebla	Cuauhtémoc
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

Regular phase

Group 1

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Atlante	17	6	5	6	16	16	0	23	Relegated
2	León	17	6	5	6	17	22	−5	23	Directly qualified to the Liguilla (Playoffs)
3	Morelia	17	6	5	6	21	27	−6	23	Qualified for the Repechage
4	Cruz Azul	17	6	4	7	25	27	−2	22
5	Toluca	17	3	8	6	28	33	−5	17

Source: MedioTiempo

Group 2

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	UANL	17	7	6	4	23	13	+10	27	Directly qualified to the Liguilla (Playoffs)
2	Atlas	17	6	4	7	32	33	−1	22	Qualified for the Repechage
3	UNAM	17	5	7	5	21	24	−3	22
4	Celaya	17	5	3	9	25	27	−2	18
5	Irapuato	17	3	4	10	27	38	−11	13

Source: MedioTiempo

Group 3

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Santos Laguna	17	8	4	5	35	27	+8	28	Directly qualified to the Liguilla (Playoffs)
2	Monterrey	17	7	7	3	25	18	+7	28
3	Puebla	17	7	6	4	21	17	+4	27	Qualified for the Repechage
4	Necaxa	17	5	4	8	20	25	−5	19

Source: MedioTiempo

Group 4

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	América	17	7	7	3	25	15	+10	28	Directly qualified to the Liguilla (Playoffs)
2	Pachuca	17	7	4	6	22	22	0	25
3	UAG	17	7	4	6	24	27	−3	25	Qualified for the Repechage
4	Guadalajara	17	5	7	5	21	17	+4	22

Source: MedioTiempo

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	América	17	7	7	3	25	15	+10	28	Directly qualified to the Liguilla (Playoffs)
2	Santos Laguna	17	8	4	5	35	27	+8	28
3	Monterrey	17	7	7	3	25	18	+7	28
4	UANL	17	7	6	4	23	13	+10	27
5	Puebla	17	7	6	4	21	17	+4	27	Qualified for the Repechage
6	Pachuca	17	7	4	6	22	22	0	25	Directly qualified to the Liguilla (Playoffs)
7	U.A.G.	17	7	4	6	24	27	−3	25	Qualified for the Repechage
8	Atlante	17	6	5	6	16	16	0	23	Relegated
9	León	17	6	5	6	17	22	−5	23	Directly qualified to the Liguilla (Playoffs)
10	Morelia	17	6	5	6	21	27	−6	23	Qualified for the Repechage
11	Guadalajara	17	5	7	5	21	17	+4	22
12	Atlas	17	6	4	7	32	33	−1	22	Qualified for the Repechage
13	Cruz Azul	17	6	4	7	25	27	−2	22
14	UNAM	17	5	7	5	21	24	−3	22
15	Necaxa	17	5	4	8	20	25	−5	19
16	Celaya	17	5	3	9	25	27	−2	18
17	Toluca	17	3	8	6	28	33	−5	17
18	Irapuato	17	3	4	10	27	38	−11	13

Source: MedioTiempo

Results

Home \ Away	AME	ATE	ATS	CEL	CAZ	GDL	IRA	LEO	MTY	MOR	NEC	PAC	PUE	SAN	TOL	UAG	UNL	UNM
América	—	3–0	3–0	1–0	0–0	–	2–2	–	–	–	2–1	0–1	–	5–1	–	–	0–0	–
Atlante	–	—	–	2–1	–	0–1	–	1–0	1–1	0–1	–	–	2–0	–	0–1	–	1–1	–
Atlas	–	1–1	—	2–2	–	–	1–0	–	3–3	3–0	2–3	–	–	2–4	4–4	4–1	–	–
Celaya	–	–	–	—	–	3–2	–	4–1	1–3	5–0	–	–	1–0	–	2–1	0–0	1–2	–
Cruz Azul	–	1–1	2–1	2–0	—	–	4–2	1–3	–	–	1–3	–	2–3	4–0	–	–	2–1	–
Guadalajara	1–2	–	2–3	–	2–1	—	–	–	2–0	1–1	–	0–2	–	–	4–0	1–1	–	0–0
Irapuato	–	1–2	–	2–1	–	0–0	—	2–2	–	–	1–0	–	2–2	1–4	–	–	4–1	–
León	1–1	–	1–0	–	–	1–1	–	—	1–1	1–0	–	0–0	–	–	2–0	2–1	–	1–2
Monterrey	3–1	–	–	–	1–1	–	3–2	–	—	2–2	–	2–0	–	–	1–1	1–0	–	3–0
Morelia	2–0	–	–	–	1–0	–	3–2	–	–	—	1–1	1–0	–	3–3	–	2–3	–	2–1
Necaxa	–	1–2	–	1–1	–	1–2	–	0–1	1–0	–	—	–	1–2	1–4	–	–	1–0	–
Pachuca	–	1–0	1–3	1–0	2–3	–	2–0	–	–	–	1–1	—	1–4	2–1	–	–	1–1	–
Puebla	0–0	–	2–0	–	–	0–0	–	1–0	0–0	1–0	–	–	—	–	0–0	2–2	–	1–2
Santos Laguna	–	1–0	–	–	5–2	1–0	–	5–0	0–1	–	–	–	3–1	—	2–2	–	0–0	–
Toluca	1–1	–	–	–	5–1	–	4–2	–	–	2–2	1–2	3–5	–	–	—	1–3	–	2–2
UAG	1–3	0–2	–	–	2–0	–	4–3	–	–	–	0–0	1–0	–	2–0	–	—	–	2–1
UANL	–	–	3–0	–	–	0–0	–	2–0	2–0	2–0	–	–	1–2	–	0–0	5–1	—	2–0
UNAM	1–1	1–1	1–3	2–1	0–0	–	3–1	–	–	–	2–1	2–2	–	1–1	–	–	–	—

Updated to match(es) played on 19 April 2001. 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	Jared Borgetti	Santos Laguna	13
2	José Cardozo	Toluca	11
3	Antonio de Nigris	Monterrey	9
	Leonardo Fabio Moreno	Celaya
	Daniel Osorno	Atlas
	Martín Rodríguez	Irapuato
	Iván Zamorano	América
8	Alejandro Glaría	UNAM	8
	Diego Latorre	Celaya
	Carlos María Morales	Toluca
	Juan Pablo Rodríguez	Atlas

Source: MedioTiempo

Final phase (Liguilla)

Repechage

Atlas	1–2	Puebla
Rodríguez 40' (pen.)	Report	Caballero  13' García Aspe 34'

April 25, 2001

20:45

Estadio Jalisco, Guadalajara

Referee: Antonio Marrufo (Chihuahua)

Puebla	3–3	Atlas
García Aspe 32' Jiménez 72' (pen.)  Capetillo 77'	Report	Caballero 15' (o.g.) Coyette 63' Zepeda 87'

April 28, 2001

19:00

Estadio Cuauhtémoc, Puebla

Referee: Felipe Ramos Rizo (Mexico City)

Puebla won 5–4 on aggregate.

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Morelia	3–3	UAG
Davino  13', 47' Noriega 55'	Report	Davino 5' (o.g.) Navia  41' Bautista  67' (pen.)

April 26, 2001

15:00

Estadio Morelos, Morelia

Referee: José Abramo Lira (Nuevo León)

UAG	1–1	Morelia
Bautista 79'	Report	Alex 73'

April 29, 2001

17:00

Estadio Tres de Marzo, Zapopan

Referee: Gilberto Alcalá Pineda (Mexico City)

4–4 on aggregate. UAG advanced for being the higher seeded team.

Bracket

	Quarterfinals							Semifinals							Finals
	2	Santos Laguna	3	4	7
	7	UAG	2	0	2
								2	Santos Laguna (s)	4	2	6
								5	Puebla	5	1	6
	4	UANL	1	2	3
	5	Puebla	3	2	5
															2	Santos Laguna	1	3	4
															6	Pachuca	2	1	3
	1	América	1	4	5
	9	León	1	1	2
								1	América	0	1	1
								6	Pachuca	2	1	3
	3	Monterrey	0	2	2
	6	Pachuca	4	2	6

Quarterfinals

UAG	2–3	Santos Laguna
Navia 9' Palacios  86'	Report	Borgetti 36', 65' Trujillo 61'

May 3, 2001

20:00

Estadio Tres de Marzo, Zapopan

Referee: Jorge Eduardo Gasso (Mexico City)

Santos Laguna	4–0	UAG
Borgetti 38', 76' Altamirano 59' Rodríguez 83'	Report

May 6, 2001

16:00

Estadio Corona, Torreón

Referee: Gilberto Alcalá Pineda (Mexico City)

Santos Laguna won 7–2 on aggregate.

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Puebla	3–1	UANL
Zárate 67' García Aspe  72' Caballero  82'	Report	Vázquez 32'

May 2, 2001

20:00

Estadio Cuauhtémoc, Puebla

Referee: Antonio Marrufo (Chihuahua)

UANL	2–2	Puebla
Olalde  57' Mascorro 86' (o.g.)	Report	Ruiz Esparza  48' Capetillo  54'

May 5, 2001

21:00

Estadio Universitario, San Nicolás de los Garza

Referee: Felipe Ramos Rizo (Mexico City)

Puebla won 5–3 on aggregate.

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León	1–1	América
Uribe 8'	Report	Murguía 88' (o.g.)

May 2, 2001

19:00

Estadio León, León

Referee: Marco Antonio Rodríguez (Mexico City)

América	4–1	León
Zamorano 31', 61' (pen.) Oviedo  51', 69'	Report	Mercado 77' (pen.)

May 5, 2001

19:15

Estadio Azteca, Mexico City

Referee: Armando Archundia (Estado de México)

América won 5–2 on aggregate.

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Pachuca	4–0	Monterrey
Victorino 34' Vidrio 66', 70' Morales 90'	Report

May 2, 2001

21:00

Estadio Hidalgo, Pachuca

Referee: Germán Arredondo Ramírez (Guanajuato)

Monterrey	2–2	Pachuca
de Nigris  32' Avilán 61'	Report	Victorino 52', 61'

May 5, 2001

17:00

Estadio Tecnológico, Monterrey

Referee: Eduardo Brizio Carter (Mexico City)

Pachuca won 6–2 on aggregate.

Semifinals

Puebla	5–4	Santos Laguna
Caballero 2' Claudinho 4', 51' García Aspe  57' (pen.), 87'	Report	Borgetti  21', 24', 59' Altamirano 37'

May 10, 2001

20:00

Estadio Cuauhtémoc, Puebla

Referee: Eduardo Brizio Carter (Mexico City)

Santos Laguna	2–1	Puebla
Ruiz 13' Rodríguez 45'	Report	Claudinho 42'

May 13, 2001

16:00

Estadio Corona, Torreón

Referee: Felipe Ramos Rizo (Mexico City)

6–6 on aggregate. Santos Laguna advanced for being the higher seeded team.

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Pachuca	2–0	América
Chitiva 33' Santana  79'	Report

May 9, 2001

20:00

Estadio Hidalgo, Pachuca

Referee: Armando Archundia (Estado de México)

América	1–1	Pachuca
Luna 5'	Report	Victorino 90'

May 12, 2001

19:15

Estadio Azteca, Mexico City

Referee: Gilberto Alcalá Pineda (Mexico City)

Pachuca won 3–1 on aggregate.

Finals

Pachuca	2–1	Santos Laguna
Santana 4' Pineda 85' (pen.)	Report	Borgetti 5'

May 17, 2001

20:00

Estadio Hidalgo, Pachuca

Referee: Felipe Ramos Rizo (Mexico City)

First leg

Pachuca: GK 1 Miguel Calero  67' DF 2 Alberto Rodríguez DF 5 Francisco Gabriel de Anda DF 99 Manuel Vidrio MF 7 Octavio Valdez MF 6 Alfonso Sosa  61' MF 8 Gabriel Caballero MF 10 Marco Garcés  59' MF 21 Cesáreo Victorino MF 15 Andrés Chitiva  73' FW 18 Sergio Santana  88' Substitutions: FW 11 Pedro Pineda  58' MF 27 Omar Arellano  88' Manager: Javier Aguirre

Santos Laguna: GK 1 Adrián Martínez  72' DF 21 Héctor Altamirano  42' DF 2 Héctor López DF 3 Jorge Campos DF 99 Miguel Carreón MF 22 Carlos Cariño MF 18 Johan Rodríguez MF 19 Mariano Trujillo  81' MF 11 Rodrigo Ruiz MF 17 Joaquín Reyes  88' FW 58 Jared Borgetti Substitutions: MF 8 Carlos Augusto Gomes  81' MF 7 Róbson Luís  88' Manager: Fernando Quirarte

Second leg

Santos Laguna	3–1	Pachuca
Borgetti 25' Trujillo  64' Róbson 79'	Report	Chitiva 38'

May 20, 2001

16:00

Estadio Corona, Torreón

Referee: Gilberto Alcalá Pineda (Mexico City)

Santos Laguna won 4–3 on aggregate.

Santos Laguna: GK 1 Adrián Martínez DF 21 Héctor Altamirano  50' DF 2 Héctor López  76' DF 5 Luis Romero DF 99 Miguel Carreón MF 22 Carlos Cariño MF 18 Johan Rodríguez  37' MF 19 Mariano Trujillo MF 11 Rodrigo Ruiz  33' MF 17 Joaquín Reyes  58' FW 58 Jared Borgetti Substitutions: MF 7 Róbson Luís  50' MF 8 Carlos Augusto Gomes  58' MF 3 Jorge Campos  76' Manager: Fernando Quirarte

Pachuca: GK 1 Miguel Calero DF 2 Alberto Rodríguez DF 5 Francisco Gabriel de Anda  37' DF 99 Manuel Vidrio  45' MF 7 Octavio Valdez MF 6 Alfonso Sosa MF 8 Gabriel Caballero MF 10 Marco Garcés  67' MF 21 Cesáreo Victorino  41' MF 15 Andrés Chitiva  78' FW 18 Sergio Santana Substitutions: FW 11 Pedro Pineda  67' MF 27 Omar Arellano  78'  83' FW 9 Francisco Ferreira  83' Manager: Javier Aguirre

Champions
Santos Laguna 2nd title

Relegation

Pos.	Team	Pts.	Pld.	Ave.
14.	Celaya	115	102	1.1274
15.	Irapuato	38	34	1.1176
16.	Puebla	109	102	1.0686
17.	León	106	102	1.0392
18.	Atlante	104	102	1.0196

Relegation playoff

Because the Mexican soccer federation determined the expansion of the league from 18 to 20 teams in two seasons,^[1] Atlante, the relegated team, was offered the possibility of playing a promotion of relegation against Veracruz, best team in the Primera División 'A' season table, Atlante was required to pay a bail of 5 million dollars for the celebration of the games, however, this was never paid.^[2] Atlante won the playoff.

Veracruz	0–0	Atlante
	Report

June 6, 2001

20:30

Estadio Luis "Pirata" Fuente, Veracruz

Atlante	4–1	Veracruz
Serafín  16' Sol  29'  Abundis  57', 61'	Report	Hernández  50'

June 9, 2001

13:00

Estadio Azul, Mexico City

Atlante won 4-1 on aggregate.

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