Primera División de México Invierno 1998

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Primera División de México (Mexican First Division) Invierno 1998 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 Friday, July 31st, 1998, and ran until November 22nd, when the regular season ended. Pachuca was promoted to the Primera División de México thus, Veracruz was relegated to the Primera División A. In the final Necaxa defeated Chivas and became champions for the 3rd time.

1 Final Standings (groups)
2 Final Standings (general)
3 Top Scorers
4 Playoffs
5 External links

[edit] Final Standings (groups)

Group 1

	Club	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	+/-	Points
1.	Cruz Azul	17	12	4	1	41	14	+27	40
2.	Guadalajara	17	10	4	3	34	25	+9	34
3.	Celaya	17	6	4	7	28	29	-1	22
4.	León	17	4	4	9	25	34	-9	16
5.	Puebla	17	2	3	12	13	41	-28	9

Group 2

	Club	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	+/-	Points
1.	Morelia	17	8	3	6	28	28	0	27
2.	UNAM	17	7	5	5	26	20	+6	26
3.	América	17	6	4	7	30	31	-1	22
4.	Pachuca	17	5	1	11	28	39	-11	16
5.	Toros Neza	17	2	3	12	18	36	-18	9

Group 3

	Club	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	+/-	Points
1.	Necaxa	17	10	2	5	36	22	+14	32
2.	UAG	17	9	4	4	31	23	+8	31
3.	Atlante	17	5	4	8	22	30	-8	19
4.	Monterrey	17	4	7	6	20	30	-10	19

Group 4

	Club	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	+/-	Points
1.	Toluca	17	10	6	1	39	14	+25	36
2.	Atlas	17	8	2	7	34	28	+6	26
3.	UANL	17	5	7	5	30	28	+2	22
4.	Santos	17	4	5	8	22	33	-11	17


	Teams directly qualified to the Liguilla

[edit] Final Standings (general)

	Club	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	+/-	Points
1.	Cruz Azul	17	12	4	1	41	14	+27	40
2.	Toluca	17	10	6	1	39	14	+25	36
3.	Guadalajara	17	10	4	3	34	25	+9	34
4.	Necaxa	17	10	2	5	36	22	+14	32
5.	UAG	17	9	4	4	31	23	+8	31
6.	Morelia	17	8	3	6	28	28	0	27
7.	Atlas	17	8	2	7	34	28	+6	26
8.	UNAM	17	7	5	5	26	20	+6	26
9.	UANL	17	5	7	5	30	28	+2	22
10.	América	17	6	4	7	30	31	-1	22
11.	Celaya	17	6	4	7	28	29	-1	22
12.	Atlante	17	5	4	8	22	30	-8	19
13.	Monterrey	17	4	7	6	20	30	-10	19
14.	Santos	17	4	5	8	22	33	-11	17
15.	León	17	4	4	9	25	34	-9	16
16.	Pachuca	17	5	1	11	28	39	-11	16
17.	Toros Neza	17	2	3	12	18	36	-18	9
18.	Puebla	17	2	3	12	13	41	-28	9

[edit] Top Scorers

Goals scored throughout the entire tournament including Repechaje, Quarterfinals, Semifinals and Finals.

Pos.	Player	Team	Goals
1	Cuauhtémoc Blanco	America	16
2	Federico Lagorio	Atlas	13
	Carlos Pavón	Celaya	13
	José Saturnino Cardozo	Toluca	13
5	Luis García	Guadalajara	11
	Pedro Pineda	Necaxa	11
	Alejandro Glaría	Pachuca	11
8	Claudio Núñez	Tigres	10
	Claudio Da Silva	Morelia	10
10	Juan Francisco Palencia	Cruz Azul	9
	Ricardo Peláez	Guadalajara	9
	Sergio Vázquez	Necaxa	9
	Ariel Graziani	Morelia	9

[edit] Playoffs

Quarterfinals					Semifinals					Finals

8	UNAM	3	1	4
1	Cruz Azul	2	1	3
					7	Atlas	0	2	2

					4	Necaxa	0	3	3
5	UAG	2	1	3

4	Necaxa	0	3	3
										4	Necaxa	0	2	2
										3	Guadalajara	0	0	0
6	Morelia	1	1	2
3	Guadalajara	1	4	5
					3	Guadalajara	1	1	2

					8	UNAM	1	0	1
7	Atlas	1	2	3

2	Toluca	2	0	2