Primera División de México Clausura 2008

Primera División de México
Season	2007−08
Champions	Santos Laguna (3rd title)
Relegated	Veracruz
← Apertura 2007 Apertura 2008 →

Primera División de México (Mexican First Division) Clausura 2008 was a Mexican football tournament - the second of two tournaments held in the 2007/2008 season. It began January 18, 2008 and ran until June 1, 2008. Veracruz and Morelia inaugurated the season, with Morelia winning 1-0. Reigning champions Atlante were eliminated from making the Liguilla with a 3-2 loss to Monterrey and thus could not defend their title, and Veracruz was relegated to the Primera División A after finishing last on the percentage table. Six teams- Toluca, Jaguares, Santos Laguna, Monterrey, Guadalajara, and Cruz Azul- qualified directly to the Liguilla (playoffs) by finishing in the top two of their respective groups. Four teams- San Luis, Pachuca, Necaxa, and Atlas- advanced to the Repechaje (playoff qualifiers).

On June 1, 2008 Santos Laguna beat Cruz Azul (3-2 Global Aggregate) to win the Clausura 2008 trophy. This was the club's third championship victory.

Final Standings (Groups)

Last updated May 4, 2008

Group 1

Pos	Team	P	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Toluca	17	7	6	4	23	19	+4	27
2	Jaguares	17	7	5	5	23	19	+4	26
3	Pachuca	17	6	4	7	27	25	+2	22
4	Puebla	17	5	6	6	28	25	+3	21
5	UNAM	17	5	5	7	21	26	-5	20
6	Tecos	17	4	5	8	17	29	-12	17

Group 2

Pos	Team	P	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Santos Laguna	17	8	7	2	36	19	+17	31
2	Monterrey	17	6	6	5	27	22	+5	24
3	Atlas	17	6	5	6	21	24	-3	23
4	Atlante	17	3	8	6	24	30	-6	17
5	Veracruz	17	4	5	8	22	29	-7	17
6	América	17	3	2	12	12	27	-15	11

Group 3

Pos	Team	P	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Guadalajara	17	9	6	2	32	14	+18	33
2	Cruz Azul	17	9	4	4	27	17	+10	31
3	San Luis	17	8	6	3	25	23	+2	30
4	Necaxa	17	5	9	3	18	12	+6	24
5	UANL	17	5	4	8	19	28	-9	19
6	Morelia	17	5	3	9	11	25	-14	18

	Qualify for Liguilla
	Qualify for Repechaje
	Relegation to Primera División A

Final Standings (General)

Pos	Team	P	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Guadalajara *	17	9	6	2	32	14	+18	33
2	Santos Laguna	17	8	7	2	36	19	+17	31
3	Cruz Azul	17	9	4	4	27	17	+10	31
4	San Luis *	17	8	6	3	25	23	+2	30
5	Toluca	17	7	6	4	23	19	+4	27
6	Jaguares	17	7	5	5	23	19	+4	26
7	Necaxa	17	5	9	3	18	12	+6	24
8	Monterrey	17	6	6	5	27	22	+5	24
9	Atlas	17	6	5	6	21	24	-3	23
10	Pachuca	17	6	4	7	27	25	+2	22
11	Puebla	17	5	6	6	28	25	+3	21
12	U.N.A.M.	17	5	5	7	21	26	-5	20
13	U.A.N.L.	17	5	4	8	19	28	-9	19
14	Morelia	17	5	3	9	11	25	-14	18
15	Atlante	17	3	8	6	24	30	-6	17
16	Veracruz	17	4	5	8	22	29	-7	17
17	U.A.G.	17	4	5	8	17	29	-12	17
18	América	17	3	2	12	12	27	-15	11

* Qualify for Copa Sudamericana

	Qualify for Liguilla
	Qualify for Repechaje
	Relegation to Primera División A

Table of Relegation

Pos	Team	Total Pts	Games	P/G
1	Cruz Azul	174	102	1.7059
2	Pachuca	170	102	1.6667
3	Guadalajara	163	102	1.5980
4	Toluca	161	102	1.5784
5	América	155	102	1.5196
6	San Luis	144	102	1.4118
7	Santos Laguna	140	102	1.3725
8	Jaguares	139	102	1.3627
9	Monterrey	137	102	1.3431
10	Atlante	136	102	1.3333
11	U.N.A.M.	131	102	1.2843
12	Necaxa	128	102	1.2549
13	Atlas	128	102	1.2549
14	Morelia	128	102	1.2549
15	U.A.G.	118	102	1.1569
16	U.A.N.L.	115	102	1.1275
17	Puebla	38	34	1.1176
18	Veracruz	108	102	1.0588

Top scorers

Pos	Player	Team	Goals
1	Humberto Suazo	Monterrey	16
2	Itamar	Chiapas	12
3	Vicente Vuoso	Santos	11
4	Omar Bravo	Guadalajara	10
	Esteban Solari	UNAM	10
	Christian Benítez	Santos	10
7	Sergio Santana	Guadalajara	9
7	Claudio Graf	Veracruz	9
9	Jared Borgetti	Monterrey	8
	Miguel Sabah	Cruz Azul	8
	Álvaro González	Puebla	8
Last Updated: June 24, 2008, *

Table Results

	Team	AME	ATE	ATL	CHP	CAZ	GDL	MON	MOR	NEC	PAC	PUE	SLP	SAN	TOL	UAG	UANL	UNAM	VER
1.	América	XXX	0-1	0-1	1-2	2-2	2-3	1-0	0-1	0-2	1-3	0-0	1-2	0-1	0-1	2-1	0-3	2-0	0-4
2.	Atlante	1-0	XXX	3-3	2-2	2-3	1-1	2-3	2-0	1-1	0-2	2-2	0-2	0-3	2-2	1-2	1-1	2-1	2-2
3.	Atlas	1-0	3-3	XXX	0-2	2-0	0-2	1-1	1-0	0-1	0-1	2-1	0-0	1-6	1-2	3-3	1-0	2-2	3-0
4.	Chiapas	2-1	2-2	2-0	XXX	1-2	2-2	0-0	0-1	0-0	1-0	0-1	2-0	3-1	1-1	2-0	3-2	1-4	1-2
5.	Cruz Azul	2-2	3-2	0-2	2-1	XXX	0-0	2-3	1-0	0-2	4-1	2-0	4-0	1-1	1-1	2-0	0-1	2-1	1-0
6.	Guadalajara	3-2	1-1	2-0	2-2	0-0	XXX	0-1	6-0	0-1	2-1	4-0	2-2	3-2	1-0	1-1	0-0	3-0	2-1
7.	Monterrey	0-1	3-2	1-1	0-0	3-2	1-0	XXX	1-0	1-1	1-1	1-1	1-3	0-2	1-1	3-0	2-3	1-2	7-2
8.	Morelia	1-0	0-2	0-1	1-0	0-1	0-6	0-1	XXX	0-0	3-2	0-4	1-2	0-0	2-1	0-2	2-2	0-1	1-0
9.	Necaxa	2-0	1-1	1-0	0-0	2-0	1-0	1-1	0-0	XXX	2-2	1-1	1-1	1-1	1-2	1-1	0-1	3-0	0-1
10.	Pachuca	3-1	2-0	1-0	0-1	1-4	1-2	1-1	2-3	2-2	XXX	2-5	1-2	1-2	2-0	1-0	6-1	0-0	1-1
11.	Puebla	0-0	2-2	1-2	1-0	0-2	0-4	1-1	4-0	1-1	5-2	XXX	1-2	3-3	1-2	2-3	3-0	1-1	2-0
12.	San Luis	2-1	2-0	0-0	0-2	0-4	2-2	3-1	2-1	1-1	2-1	2-1	XXX	1-4	2-0	1-1	1-1	3-2	1-1
13.	Santos Laguna	1-0	3-0	6-1	1-3	1-1	2-3	2-0	0-0	1-1	2-1	3-3	4-1	XXX	2-2	4-0	2-1	1-1	1-1
14.	Toluca	1-0	2-2	2-1	1-1	1-1	0-1	1-1	1-2	2-1	0-2	2-1	0-2	2-2	XXX	3-0	2-0	0-0	3-2
15.	U.A.G.	1-2	2-1	3-3	0-2	0-2	1-1	0-3	2-0	1-1	0-1	3-2	1-1	0-4	0-3	XXX	2-1	1-2	0-0
16.	U.A.N.L.	3-0	1-1	0-1	2-3	1-0	0-0	3-2	2-2	1-0	1-6	0-3	1-1	1-2	0-2	1-2	XXX	2-0	0-3
17.	U.N.A.M.	0-2	1-2	2-2	4-1	1-2	0-3	2-1	1-0	0-3	0-0	1-1	2-3	1-1	0-0	2-1	0-2	XXX	4-2
18.	Veracruz	4-0	2-2	0-3	2-1	0-1	1-2	2-7	0-1	1-0	1-1	0-2	1-1	1-1	2-3	0-0	3-0	2-4	XXX

Stadiums

Stadium	Capacity	Tenant(s)	City
Azteca	115,500	América	Mexico DF
Olímpico	75,849	UNAM	Mexico DF
Jalisco	62,384	Guadalajara, Atlas	Guadalajara
Universitario	57,000	UANL	Monterrey
Cuauhtémoc	46,913	Puebla	Puebla
Morelos	45,650	Morelia	Morelia
Tecnológico	41,800	Monterrey	Monterrey
Azul	38,000	Cruz Azul	Mexico DF
3 de Marzo	35,200	UAG	Guadalajara
Hidalgo	33,000	Pachuca	Pachuca
Luis "Pirata" Fuente	33,000	Veracruz	Veracruz
Alfonso Lastras	32,100	San Luis	San Luis Potosí
Nemesio Díez	29,700	Toluca	Toluca
Victoria	27,500	Necaxa	Aguascalientes
Victor Manuel Reyna	27,500	Chiapas	Tuxtla Gutiérrez
Andrés Quintana Roo	23,100	Atlante	Cancún
Corona	19,800	Santos Laguna	Torreón

Playoffs

If the two teams are tied after two legs, the higher-seeded team advances.

Repechaje					Qualifiers

4	San Luis	1	1	2
10	Pachuca	0	2	2	4	San Luis
7	Necaxa	1	0	1	7	Necaxa
9	Atlas	1	0	1

Quarterfinals					Semifinals					Finals

2	Santos Laguna	2	1	3
7	Necaxa	1	1	2
					2	Santos Laguna	1	2	3

					8	Monterrey	1	2	3
1	Guadalajara	1	4	5

8	Monterrey	4	4	8
										2	Santos Laguna	2	1	3
										3	Cruz Azul	1	1	2
3	Cruz Azul	0	2	2
6	Chiapas	1	1	2
					3	Cruz Azul	1	1	2

					4	San Luis	0	1	1
4	San Luis	1	0	1

5	Toluca	1	0	1

Clausura 2008 Champions:
Santos Laguna 3rd Title

By winning Clausura 2008, Santos Laguna earned a berth in the 2008–09 CONCACAF Champions League Group Stage.

By being the Clausura 2008 runner-up, Cruz Azul earned a berth in the 2008–09 CONCACAF Champions League Preliminary Round.

External links

MedioTiempo.com (where information was obtained)

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