1989–90 Copa Mexico

The Copa Mexico 1989–90 was the 62nd staging of the Copa Mexico, the 35th staging in the professional era.

The competition started on January 17, 1990 and concluded on April 18, 1990 with the final, held at the Estadio Cuauhtémoc in Puebla City, in which Puebla FC lifted the trophy for the fourth time ever with a 4–3 victory over Tigres UANL.

For this edition the teams were seeded 1–20 based on points at the end of the round 19 in the 1989–90 league:

Seeding

Seed	Team	seed	team
1	Puebla FC	11	Irapuato FC
2	Club America	12	CD Juarez
3	U. de G.	13	Santos Laguna
4	Pumas UNAM	14	Tecos UAG
5	Necaxa	15	Correcaminos UAT
6	Atletico Morelia	16	Club Toluca
7	CF Monterrey	17	Atlante
8	Tigres UANL	18	Guadalajara
9	Cruz Azul	19	Veracruz
10	Atlas FC	20	Tampico Madero

Contents 1 Preliminary round 2 Knock-out rounds 3 Semifinals 3.1 First leg 3.2 Second leg 4 Finals 4.1 First leg 4.2 Second leg 5 Reference

Preliminary round

Preliminary From January 17 to January 31							Qualifiers
20	Tampico Madero (a)	1	1	2
13	Santos Laguna	0	2	2			20	Tampico Madero
14	Tecos UAG	2	1	3			14	Tecos UAG
19	Veracruz	0	0	0

Preliminary From January 17 to January 31							Qualifiers
18	Guadalajara	2	1	3
15	Correcaminos UAT	0	1	1			18	Guadalajara
17	Atlante	1	1	2			16	Club Toluca
16	Club Toluca	1	2	3

Knock-out rounds

	Round of 16 From February 13 to March 1st							Quarter-finals From March 7 to March 14							Semi-finals From March 21 to April 4							Finals April 11 and April 18
	18	Guadalajara	4	0	4
	3	U. de G.	2	1	3
								18	Guadalajara	0	1	1
								1	Puebla FC	0	2	2
	20	Tampico Madero	1	2	3
	1	Puebla FC	0	4	4
															1	Puebla FC	1	1	2
														7	CF Monterrey	1	0	1
	7	CF Monterrey	3	0	3
	9	Cruz Azul	2	0	2
								7	CF Monterrey	2	1	3
								5	Necaxa	1	0	1
	5	Necaxa	3	0	3
	11	Irapuato FC	0	0	0
																						1	Puebla FC	0	4	4
																						8	Tigres UANL	2	1	3
	16	Club Toluca	0	0	0
	2	Club America	3	0	0
								2	Club America (a)	1	0	1
								14	Tecos UAG	1	0	1
	14	Tecos UAG	4	4	5
	4	Pumas UNAM	1	2	3
															2	Club America	1	2	3
														8	Tigres UANL (a)	1	2	3
	12	CD Juarez	2	2	4
	6	Atletico Morelia	0	2	2
								12	CD Juarez	2	1	3
								8	Tigres UANL	1	3	4
	10	Atlas FC	3	0	3
	8	Tigres UANL	2	2	4

Semifinals

First leg

March 21	CF Monterrey	1–1	Puebla FC	Estadio Tecnologico, Monterrey
	Francisco Javier Cruz  69'		Sergio Almaguer  54'

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March 28	Tigres UANL	1–1	Club America	Estadio Universitario, San Nicolás de los Garza
	Sergio Almirón  84' (pen.)		Jesús Eduardo Córdova  91'

Second leg

March 28	Puebla FC	1–0	CF Monterrey	Estadio Cuauhtémoc, Puebla City
	Jorge Aravena  24'

Puebla FC go to the final 2–1 on aggregate

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April 4	Club America	2–2	Tigres UANL	Estadio Azteca, Mexico DF
	Raúl Vicente Amarilla  15' Gonzalo Farfán  71'		Sergio Almirón  47' (pen.) Miguel Ángel Esparza  73'

Puebla FC go to the final 2–1 on aggregate on away goals

Finals

First leg

April 11	Tigres UANL	2–0	Puebla FC	Estadio Universitario, San Nicolás de los Garza
	Sergio Almirón  28' Jorge Gama  33'

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Second leg

Jun 8	Puebla FC	4–1	Tigres UANL	Estadio Cuauhtémoc, Puebla City
	Carlos Poblete  3',  20' Jorge Aravena  39' Marcelino Bernal  83'		Sergio Almirón 36'

Puebla won the Cup 4-3 on aggregate

Copa Mexico 1989-90 Winners
Puebla FC 4th Title

Reference

• Mexico - Statistics of Copa México in season 1989/1990. (RSSSF)