2009–10 Mexican Primera División season

Primera División de México
Season 2009–10
Champions Apertura: Monterrey (3rd title)
Bicentenario: Toluca (10th title)
Champions League Monterrey
Toluca
Cruz Azul
Santos Laguna
Copa Libertadores Morelia
InterLiga América
Monterrey
Santos Laguna
Puebla
Atlante
UANL
Estudiantes Tecos
Jaguares
Matches played 176
Goals scored 472 (2.68 per match)
Top goalscorer Apertura: Emanuel Villa (17 goals)
Biggest home win

América 7–2 Toluca (August 30, 2009)
Morelia 5–0 Ciudad Juárez (August 16, 2009)
América 5–0 Estudiantes Tecos (September 13, 2009)
Morelia 5–0 Querétaro (September 27, 2009)


Toluca 5–0 Estudiantes Tecos (April 4, 2010)
Biggest away win Atlas 1–4 Guadalajara(November 7, 2009)

The 2009–10 Primera División de México season is the 63rd professional season of Mexico's top-flight football league, and 13th season in which the Apertura and Clausura system is used. The season is split into two tournaments—the Torneo Apertura and the Torneo Bicentenario—each with identical formats and each contested by the same eighteen teams.

Contents

Clubs

Seventeen teams return for this season. Necaxa was relegated the previous season after accumulated the lowest coefficient over the past three season. They were replaced by Querétaro, who was promoted from the Liga de Ascenso.

Club Home City Stadium Capacity
América Mexico City Azteca 105,000
Atlante Cancún Andrés Quintana Roo 20,000
Atlas Guadalajara Jalisco 56,700
Jaguares Tuxtla Gutiérrez Víctor Manuel Reyna 31,100
Ciudad Juárez Ciudad Juárez Olímpico Benito Juárez 22,300
Cruz Azul Mexico City Estadio Azul 35,000
Estudiantes Tecos Guadalajara 3 de Marzo 30,000
Guadalajara Guadalajara Jalisco 56,700
Monterrey Monterrey Tecnológico 38,000
Morelia Morelia Morelos 41,500
Pachuca Pachuca Hidalgo 30,000
Puebla Puebla Cuauhtémoc 42,650
Querétaro Querétaro La Corregidora 40,785
San Luis San Luis Potosí Alfonso Lastras Ramírez 24,000
Santos Laguna Torreón Nuevo Corona 30,000
Toluca Toluca Nemesio Díez 27,000
UANL Monterrey Universitario 45,000
UNAM Mexico City Olímpico Universitario 63,000
Locations of the 2009–10 Primera División teams

Managerial changes

Team Outgoing
manager		 Manner of
departure		 Date of
vacancy		 Replaced by Date of
appointment		 Position in
table
Querétaro Héctor Medrano Resigned Aug. 23, 2009 Carlos Reinoso Aug. 26, 2009 16th
Guadalajara Francisco Ramírez Sacked Sep. 12, 2009 Raúl Arias Sep. 15, 2009 15th
Ciudad Juárez Héctor Hugo Eugui Sacked Sep. 28, 2009 José Treviño Oct. 11, 2009 17th
San Luis Juan Antonio Luna Resigned Oct. 12, 2009 Miguel Ángel López 10th
Guadalajara Raúl Arias Sacked Nov. 3, 2009 José Luis Real Nov. 3, 2009 14th
Changes during the Bicentenario
Ciudad Juárez José Treviño Sacked March 1, 2010 TBA TBA 18th

Torneo Apertura

The 2009 Torneo Apertura was the first tournament of the season. The tournament began on July 24 and ended on December 13. Defending champion UNAM failed to defend their title after missing the playoffs. On December 13, 2009, Monterrey defeated Cruz Azul 6–4 in aggregate score to win their third title. Cruz Azul forward Emanuel Villa won his first golden boot after scoring 17 goals, five more than Héctor Mancilla who won it the two previous tournaments.

Classification Phase

General table

Pos
 Team
 Pld
 W
 D
 L
 GF
 GA
 GD
 Pts
Qualification or relegation
1 Toluca 17 11 2 4 32 19 +13 35
2 Cruz Azul 17 11 0 6 35 19 +16 33
3 Morelia 17 10 3 4 31 15 +16 33 2010 Copa Libertadores Second Stage 1
4 América 17 8 6 3 29 16 +13 30 2010 InterLiga
5 Monterrey 17 9 3 5 27 16 +11 30
6 Santos Laguna 17 7 6 4 29 24 +5 27
7 Puebla 17 6 8 3 19 19 0 26
8 Pachuca 17 7 3 7 24 29 −5 24
9 Atlante 17 7 2 8 18 23 −5 23 2010 InterLiga
10 UANL 17 5 7 5 23 18 +5 22
11 San Luis 17 5 6 6 21 24 −3 21
12 Estudiantes Tecos 17 5 5 7 23 29 −6 20 2010 InterLiga
13 Jaguares 17 5 4 8 17 22 −5 19
14 Guadalajara 17 5 4 8 23 29 −6 19
15 Atlas 17 5 3 9 14 25 −11 18
16 Querétaro 17 5 3 9 17 29 −12 18
17 UNAM 17 4 5 8 16 23 −7 17
18 Ciudad Juárez 17 0 6 11 7 26 −19 6

Updated to games played on November 14, 2009
Source: FeMexFut
Rules for classification: 1st points; 2nd goal difference; 3rd goals scored; 4th head-to-head score; 5th away goals; 6th draw.
1. The berth to the 2010 Copa Libertadores goes to the highest placed team currently not participating in the 2009–10 CONCACAF Champions League. This excludes Toluca, Pachuca, Cruz Azul, or UNAM from qualifying to the Copa Libertadores.
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round.
Only applicable when the season is not finished:
(Q) = Qualified to the phase of tournament indicated; (TQ) = Qualified to tournament, but not yet to the particular phase indicated; (DQ) = Disqualified from tournament.

Group standings

Group 1

Pos
 Team
 Pld
 W
 D
 L
 GF
 GA
 GD
 Pts
Qualification or relegation
1 Toluca 17 11 2 4 32 19 +13 35 Advances to the Final Phase
2 San Luis 17 5 6 6 21 24 −3 21
3 Guadalajara 17 5 4 8 23 29 −6 19
4 Atlas 17 5 3 9 14 25 −11 18
5 Querétaro 17 5 3 9 17 29 −12 18
6 Ciudad Juárez 17 0 6 11 7 26 −19 6

Group 2

Pos
 Team
 Pld
 W
 D
 L
 GF
 GA
 GD
 Pts
Qualification or relegation
1 Morelia 17 10 3 4 31 15 +16 33 Advances to the Final Phase
2 América 17 8 6 3 29 16 +13 30
3 Monterrey 17 9 3 5 26 16 +10 30 Advances to the Final Phase1
4 Puebla 17 6 8 3 19 19 0 26
5 Pachuca 17 7 3 7 24 29 −5 24
6 Jaguares 17 5 4 8 17 22 −5 19

Group 3

Pos
 Team
 Pld
 W
 D
 L
 GF
 GA
 GD
 Pts
Qualification or relegation
1 Cruz Azul 17 11 0 6 35 19 +16 33 Advances to the Final Phase
2 Santos Laguna 17 7 6 4 29 24 +5 27
3 Atlante 17 7 2 8 18 23 −5 23
4 UANL 17 5 7 5 23 18 +5 22
5 Estudiantes Tecos 17 5 5 7 23 29 −6 20
6 UNAM 17 4 5 8 16 23 −7 17

Updated to games played on November 15, 2009
Source: FeMexFut (Spanish)
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
1. Advanced as the two best teams in general table that is not a group winner or runner-up.
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round.
Only applicable when the season is not finished:
(Q) = Qualified to the phase of tournament indicated; (TQ) = Qualified to tournament, but not yet to the particular phase indicated; (DQ) = Disqualified from tournament.

Results

Home \ Away1 AMÉ ATE ATL JAG CIU CRU EST GUA MON MOR PAC PUE QUE SLU SLA TOL UNL UNM
América 1–0 2–1 1–1 5–0 1–0 1–0 1–2 0–0 7–2
Atlante 2–0 0–0 3–1 2–1 0–2 0–1 3–2 1–0
Atlas 0–1 1–4 0–2 1–1 0–1 0–0 2–1 2–1 1–0
Jaguares 1–1 2–3 0–1 1–2 0–1 1–1 0–2 0–2
Ciudad Juárez 0–1 0–2 1–1 0–1 1–2 0–0 0–2 1–1 0–1
Cruz Azul 2–3 3–1 0–2 2–0 3–1 2–0 4–0 4–2 1–2
Estudiantes Tecos 1–2 1–2 0–2 2–3 2–0 1–1 2–4 2–1 3–0
Guadalajara 1–0 2–2 0–1 1–0 2–2 2–0 1–3
Monterrey 3–0 3–0 1–2 2–2 1–1 2–1 2–1 1–0
Morelia 5–0 0–3 3–1 2–0 5–0 2–1 1–1 2–1 0–0
Pachuca 2–1 4–0 1–0 1–3 1–3 1–2 3–1 1–1
Puebla 1–0 1–0 1–1 2–2 2–1 3–3 0–2 1–1
Querétaro 0–0 1–2 2–2 3–1 2–1 1–3 1–1 4–0 1–0
San Luis 1–1 2–1 0–3 4–0 0–3 3–0 0–0 4–2 1–0
Santos Laguna 1–1 1–0 3–2 1–0 4–0 2–0 2–2 1–1
Toluca 2–0 4–3 1–0 3–0 2–0 1–1 3–0 1–1 3–0
UANL 1–1 4–0 0–1 0–0 2–0 2–2 1–2 1–1 1–0
UNAM 3–2 1–1 0–3 1–1 2–1 1–2 3–0 1–2

Updated to games played on November 9, 2009
Source: FeMexFut
1The home team is listed in the left-hand column.
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Final Phase

Main article: Primera División de México Apertura 2009 Liguilla
  Quarterfinals Semifinals Finals
                                         
1  Toluca 0 1 1  
8  San Luis 1 0 1  
  1  Toluca 0 1 1  
  4  Monterrey 2 1 3  
4  América 0 1 1
5  Monterrey 1 1 2  
  2  Monterrey 4 2 6
  1  Cruz Azul 3 1 4
2  Cruz Azul 4 3 7  
7  Puebla 4 2 6  
  2  Cruz Azul 0 2 2
  3  Morelia 0 1 1  
3  Morelia 1 3 4
6  Santos Laguna 2 0 2  
Primera División Profesional
2009 Apertura Champion
Monterrey
3rd Title

Top goalscorers

Pos Player Club Goals
1 Emanuel Villa Cruz Azul 17
2 Héctor Mancilla Toluca 12
3 Salvador Cabañas América 11
Javier Hernández Guadalajara 11
5 Rafael Márquez Atlante 9
Alfredo Moreno San Luis 9
7 Juan Carlos Cacho Pachuca 7
Aldo de Nigris Monterrey 7
Luis Gabriel Rey Morelia 7
Humberto Suazo Monterrey 7

Updated to November 22, 2009
Source: FeMexFut

Awards

The awards for this tournament were given out in Mexico City on January 17, 2010.[1]

Non-voting awards
Balón de Oro

Torneo Bicentenario

The 2010 Torneo Bicentenario is the second tournament of the season. The tournament began on January 16 and ended on May 15.

Classification Phase

General table

Pos
 Team
 Pld
 W
 D
 L
 GF
 GA
 GD
 Pts
1 Monterrey 17 10 6 1 30 15 +15 36
2 Guadalajara 17 10 2 5 28 21 +7 32
3 Toluca 17 8 6 3 27 15 +12 30
4 UNAM 17 7 7 3 20 10 +10 28
5 Santos Laguna 17 8 4 5 27 25 +2 28
6 América 17 7 4 6 29 20 +9 25
7 Morelia 17 7 4 6 22 13 +9 25
8 Pachuca 17 7 4 6 27 26 +1 25
9 Cruz Azul 17 7 4 6 20 20 0 25
10 Atlas 17 7 3 7 26 23 +3 24
11 Querétaro 17 6 3 8 13 25 −12 21
12 Jaguares 17 4 7 6 22 24 −2 19
13 Puebla 17 5 4 8 28 31 −3 19
14 Estudiantes Tecos 17 5 4 8 26 32 −6 19
15 UANL 17 5 4 8 19 26 −7 19
16 Atlante 17 4 4 9 21 29 −8 16
17 Ciudad Juárez 17 4 3 10 10 29 −19 15
18 San Luis 17 3 5 9 18 29 −11 14

Updated to games played on 19 April 2010
Source: FeMexFut (Spanish)
Rules for classification: 1st points; 2nd goal difference; 3rd goals scored; 4th head-to-head score; 5th away goals; 6th draw.
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round.
Only applicable when the season is not finished:
(Q) = Qualified to the phase of tournament indicated; (TQ) = Qualified to tournament, but not yet to the particular phase indicated; (DQ) = Disqualified from tournament.

Group standings

Group 1

Pos
 Team
 Pld
 W
 D
 L
 GF
 GA
 GD
 Pts
Qualification or relegation
1 Guadalajara 17 10 2 5 28 21 +7 32 Advances to the Final Phase
2 Toluca 17 8 6 3 27 15 +12 30
3 Atlas 17 7 3 7 26 23 +3 24
4 Querétaro 17 6 3 8 13 25 −12 21
5 Ciudad Juárez 17 4 3 10 10 29 −19 15
6 San Luis 17 3 5 9 18 28 −10 14

Group 2

Pos
 Team
 Pld
 W
 D
 L
 GF
 GA
 GD
 Pts
Qualification or relegation
1 Monterrey 17 10 6 1 30 15 +15 36 Advances to the Final Phase
2 América 17 7 4 6 29 20 +9 25
2 Morelia 17 7 4 6 22 13 +9 25 Advances to the Final Phase1
3 Pachuca 17 7 4 6 27 26 +1 25
5 Jaguares 17 4 7 6 22 24 −2 19
6 Puebla 17 5 4 8 28 31 −3 19

Group 3

Pos
 Team
 Pld
 W
 D
 L
 GF
 GA
 GD
 Pts
Qualification or relegation
1 UNAM 17 7 7 3 20 10 +10 28 Advances to the Final Phase
2 Santos Laguna 17 8 4 5 27 25 +2 28
3 Cruz Azul 17 7 4 6 20 20 0 25
4 Estudiantes Tecos 17 5 4 8 26 32 −6 19
5 UANL 17 5 4 8 19 26 −7 19
6 Atlante 17 4 4 9 21 29 −8 16

Updated to games played on April 25, 2010
Source: FeMexFut (Spanish)
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
1. ^ Advanced as the two best teams in general table that are not either a group winner or runner-up.
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round.
Only applicable when the season is not finished:
(Q) = Qualified to the phase of tournament indicated; (TQ) = Qualified to tournament, but not yet to the particular phase indicated; (DQ) = Disqualified from tournament.

Results

Home \ Away1 AMÉ ATE ATL JAG CIU CRU EST GUA MON MOR PAC PUE QUE SLU SLA TOL UNL UNM
América 1–0 2–0 2–2 6–0 5–1 1–0 2–2 0–0
Atlante 2–2 2–0 3–0 1–0 0–1 1–1 0–0 2–3 1–2
Atlas 1–0 3–3 1–1 7–1 0–1 3–0 0–2 1–1
Jaguares 1–3 1–0 0–1 4–0 1–1 2–2 0–1 1–1 2–2
Ciudad Juárez 0–0 1–0 0–1 1–2 1–0 0–0 0–1 2–0
Cruz Azul 3–1 1–1 1–0 2–2 1–0 0–2 4–0 0–0
Estudiantes Tecos 1–2 3–2 3–0 4–1 2–1 3–4 2–3 0–0
Guadalajara 1–0 2–0 0–2 3–2 0–3 3–2 2–0 6–2 3–1 0–0
Monterrey 2–1 4–0 2–0 2–1 3–0 3–0 1–1 2–1 1–0
Morelia 2–0 0–1 3–0 1–2 2–0 1–1 1–1 0–0
Pachuca 5–1 0–2 3–0 0–1 1–0 2–0 0–3 1–1 0–3
Puebla 2–1 3–3 1–2 4–1 1–1 3–5 1–2 1–0 0–1
Querétaro 2–1 1–0 0–2 1–1 1–0 1–1 0–1 3–2
San Luis 3–2 3–1 1–1 1–2 1–1 0–2 3–0 2–3 0–3
Santos Laguna 4–2 1–2 0–3 3–3 1–1 3–2 2–1 2–1 1–0
Toluca 3–1 2–0 1–1 3–0 2–3 5–0 1–1 2–1
UANL 0–1 1–3 0–3 1–2 2–1 1–2 0–1 2–2
UNAM 1–0 2–0 2–0 1–1 2–0 4–1 0–0 1–0 0–0

Updated to games played on April 25, 2010
Source: FeMexFut (Spanish)
1The home team is listed in the left-hand column.
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Final Phase

Main article: Primera División de México Bicentenario 2010 Liguilla
  Quarterfinals Semifinals Final
                                         
1  Monterrey 0 1 1  
8  Pachuca 1 2 3  
  3  Toluca 2 1 3  
  8  Pachuca 2 0 2  
3  Toluca 2 2 4
6  América 2 0 2  
  3  Toluca 2 0 2 (4)
  5  Santos Laguna 2 0 2 (3)
4  UNAM 0 1 1  
5  Santos Laguna 2 0 2  
  5  Santos Laguna 3 7 10
  7  Morelia 3 1 4  
2  Guadalajara 2 0 2
7  Morelia 4 1 5  
Primera División de México
Bicentenario 2010 Champion
Toluca
10th Title

Top goalscorers

Pos Player Club Goals
1 Javier Hernández Guadalajara 10
Johan Fano Atlante 10
Herculez Gomez Puebla 10
4 Jackson Martínez Jaguares 9
5 Héctor Mancilla Toluca 8
6 Miguel Sabah Morelia 7
Ángel Reyna America 7
Abraham Darío Carreño Monterrey 7
Miguel Zepeda Atlas 7
Fredy Bareiro Estudiantes Tecos 7

Updated to April 25, 2010
Source: FeMexFut

Relegation

Pos
 Team '07 A
Pts		 '08 C
Pts		 '08 A
Pts		 '09 C
Pts		 '09 A
Pts		 '10 C
Pts		 Total
Pts		 Total
Pld		 Avg
1 Toluca 34 27 27 36 35 30 189 102 1.8529
2 Santos Laguna 38 31 22 22 27 28 168 102 1.6471
3 Guadalajara 31 33 25 21 19 32 161 102 1.5842
4 Cruz Azul 25 31 26 13 33 25 153 102 1.5
5 Pachuca 24 22 21 36 24 25 152 102 1.4902
6 Monterrey 14 24 19 26 30 36 149 102 1.4608
7 Morelia 22 18 24 22 33 25 144 102 1.4118
8 UNAM 24 20 26 28 17 28 143 102 1.402
9 San Luis 29 30 29 17 21 14 140 102 1.3725
10 América 26 11 21 23 30 25 136 102 1.3333
11 Atlante 33 17 27 17 23 16 133 102 1.3039
12 Puebla 17 21 15 26 26 19 124 102 1.2157
13 Estudiantes Tecos 17 17 25 25 20 19 123 102 1.2059
14 Jaguares 18 26 18 21 19 19 121 102 1.1863
15 Atlas 12 23 22 21 18 24 120 102 1.1765
16 Querétaro 0 0 0 0 18 21 39 34 1.1471
17 UANL 16 19 26 14 22 19 116 102 1.1373
18 Ciudad Juárez (R) 0 0 19 23 6 15 63 68 0.9265

Updated as of games played on April 25, 2010.
Source: FeMexFut (Spanish)
Relegated to the Liga de Ascenso

References

  1. ^ "Balones de Oro del A2009... Monterrey y Cruz Azul Arrasan". Mediotiempo. 2010-01-17. http://www.mediotiempo.com/futbol/mexico/noticias/2010/01/17/balones-de-oro-del-a2009-monterrey-y-cruz-azul-arrasan-suazo-el-mejor-jugador. Retrieved 2010-05-20. 

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