2008 Primera División de México Apertura

Primera División de México
Season	2008−09
Champions	Toluca (9th title)
Champions League	Toluca Cruz Azul (Preliminary Round)
Copa Libertadores	San Luis Guadalajara Pachuca (First Stage)
SuperLiga	Guadalajara Pachuca Atlante Santos
Matches played	183
Goals scored	431 (2.36 per match)
Top goalscorer	Héctor Mancilla (13 goals)
Biggest home win	Atlas 5–0 Jaguares (July 26, 2008)
Biggest away win	Monterrey 0–4 Morelia (September 20, 2008)
Highest scoring	Guadalajara 3–5 Santos Laguna (8 goals; August 23, 2008)
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The 2008 Primera División Apertura is the first football tournament of the Mexican Primera División 2008−2009 season. The tournament began in August 2008 and was contested by the league's 18 teams.

Reigning champion Santos Laguna failed to advance to the final losing 2-1 on a two-leg aggregate (0-0 in the first leg) to eventual champions Toluca, and thus could not repeat. Toluca would beat Cruz Azul 7-6 in penalties after tying 2-2 on a two-leg aggregate (2-0 in the first leg). This was Toluca's 9th championship, placing them as the third most successful club behind América and Guadalajara.

Club information

Club	Home city	Stadium	Capacity
América	Mexico City	Azteca	115,000
Atlante	Cancún	Andrés Quintana Roo	20,000
Atlas	Guadalajara	Jalisco	72,600
Chiapas	Tuxtla Gutiérrez	Víctor Manuel Reyna	23,208
Ciudad Juárez	Ciudad Juárez	Olímpico Benito Juárez	22,300
Cruz Azul	Mexico City	Azul	35,000
Guadalajara	Guadalajara	Jalisco	72,600
Monterrey	Monterrey	Tecnológico	38,000
Morelia	Morelia	Morelos	41,500
Necaxa	Aguascalientes	Victoria	25,000
Pachuca	Pachuca	Hidalgo	30,000
Puebla	Puebla	Cuauhtémoc	42,649
San Luis	San Luis Potosí	Alfonso Lastras	24,000
Santos	Torreón	Corona	18,050
Toluca	Toluca	Nemesio Díez	27,000
Tecos	Guadalajara	3 de Marzo	30,015
UANL	Monterrey	Universitario	41,000
UNAM	México	Olímpico Universitario	83,700

Managerial changes

This is a list of managerial changes made during the tournament.

Team	Outgoing manager	Manner of departure	Date of departure	Incoming manager	Date hired	Position in table
Ciudad Juárez	Sergio Orduña	Sacked	Aug. 18, 2008^[1]	Héctor Eugui	Aug. 19, 2008^[2]	18th
Tecos	José Trejo	Sacked	Sep. 1, 2008^[3]	Miguel Herrera	Sep. 2, 2008^[4]	8th
Atlas	Miguel Brindisi	Resigned	Sep. 4, 2008^[5]	Darío Franco	Sep. 5, 2008^[6]	17th
Puebla	José Sánchez	Sacked	Sep. 17, 2008^[7]	Mario Carrillo	Sep. 17, 2008^[8]	16th
Chiapas	Sergio Almaguer	Sacked	Oct. 1, 2008^[9]	Francisco Avilán	Oct. 1, 2008^[10]	18th
Necaxa	Salvador Reyes	Sacked	Oct. 13, 2008^[11]	Octavio Becerril	Oct. 14, 2008^[12]	18th

Classification Phase

Standings


Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	San Luis !San Luis	17	8	5	4	24	20	+4	29	2009 Copa Libertadores Second Stage
2	Toluca !Toluca	17	7	6	4	25	16	+9	27	2009 InterLiga
3	Atlante !Atlante	17	7	6	4	22	16	+6	27
4	UNAM !UNAM	17	7	5	5	22	13	+9	26
5	Cruz Azul !Cruz Azul	17	7	5	5	29	23	+6	26
6	UANL !UANL	17	7	5	5	22	16	+6	26	2009 InterLiga
7	UAG !UAG	17	7	4	6	30	28	+2	25
8	Guadalajara !Guadalajara	17	6	7	4	23	23	0	25
9	Morelia !Morelia	17	6	6	5	27	20	+7	24
10	Santos Laguna !Santos Laguna	17	5	7	5	22	20	+2	22
11	Atlas !Atlas	17	6	4	7	23	27	−4	22	2009 InterLiga
12	Pachuca !Pachuca	17	5	6	6	25	25	0	21
13	América !América	17	5	6	6	22	23	−1	21
14	Ciudad Juárez !Ciudad Juárez	17	5	4	8	18	26	−8	19
15	Monterrey !Monterrey	17	5	4	8	18	26	−8	19
16	Chiapas !Chiapas	17	5	3	9	20	34	−14	18
17	Necaxa !Necaxa	17	3	6	8	17	24	−7	15
18	Puebla !Puebla	17	2	9	6	12	21	−9	15

Updated to games played on November 16, 2009.
Source: FeMexFut
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored
Atlante, UNAM, Cruz Azul, and Santos Laguna do not qualify to the InterLiga due to existing commitment in the 2008–09 CONCACAF Champions League.
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (E) = Eliminated; (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; (RQ) = Qualified to the relegation tournament indicated; (DQ) = Disqualified from tournament.

Group standings

Group 1


Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Atlante !Atlante	17	7	6	4	22	16	+6	27
2	Santos Laguna !Santos Laguna	17	5	7	5	22	20	+2	22
3	Pachuca !Pachuca	17	5	6	6	25	25	0	21
4	Monterrey !Monterrey	17	5	4	8	18	26	−8	19
5	Ciudad Juárez !Ciudad Juárez	17	5	4	8	18	26	−8	19
6	Puebla !Puebla	17	2	9	6	12	21	−9	15

Group 2


Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	UNAM !UNAM	17	7	5	5	22	13	+9	26
2	Cruz Azul !Cruz Azul	17	7	5	5	29	23	+6	26
3	UAG !UAG	17	7	4	6	30	28	+2	25
4	Guadalajara !Guadalajara	17	6	7	4	23	23	0	25
5	Morelia !Morelia	17	6	6	5	27	20	+7	24
6	América !América	17	5	6	6	22	23	−1	21

Group 3


Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	San Luis !San Luis	17	8	5	4	24	20	+4	29
2	Toluca !Toluca	17	7	6	4	25	16	+9	27
3	UANL !UANL	17	7	5	5	22	16	+6	26
4	Atlas !Atlas	17	6	4	7	23	27	−4	22
5	Chiapas !Chiapas	17	5	3	9	20	34	−14	18
6	Necaxa !Necaxa	17	3	6	8	17	24	−7	15

Source: FeMexFut
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (E) = Eliminated; (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; (RQ) = Qualified to the relegation tournament indicated; (DQ) = Disqualified from tournament.

	Advances to the Final Phase as the two-best teams in their group.
	Advances to the Final Phase as the two-highest teams in the general table not already advanced by the above method.

Results

Home ╲ Away	América !AMÉ	Atlante !ATE	Atlas !ATL	Chiapas !CHI	Ciudad Juárez !CIU	Cruz Azul !CRU	Guadalajara !GUA	Monterrey !MON	Morelia !MOR	Necaxa !NEC	Pachuca !PAC	Puebla !PUE	Santos Laguna !SLA	San Luis !SLU	Toluca !TOL	UAG !UAG	UANL !UNL	UNAM !UNM
América !América		1–2		2–3		2–0	1–2	1–0	1–1			1–1	3–2				1–3
Atlante !Atlante			2–2		3–3	1–1				0–1	2–1			1–0	2–1	3–1		2–0
Atlas !Atlas	1–1			5–0		2–4	0–1	0–0	2–1			2–0	2–1	0–1
Chiapas !Chiapas		1–1			2–1					4–0	2–1				0–0	1–3	1–3	0–3
Ciudad Juárez !Ciudad Juárez	0–0		2–4			1–0				2–3	2–1	1–0		2–3	1–1	0–1
Cruz Azul !Cruz Azul				4–1			2–2	3–2	0–2	2–1	1–2		1–1		1–1	2–0
Guadalajara !Guadalajara		1–0		1–0	2–0			1–1	1–1				3–5				2–2	1–1
Monterrey !Monterrey		2–1		1–2	2–0				0–4				2–0			2–4	1–4	1–0
Morelia !Morelia		0–0		5–2	0–1					3–1					3–2	2–2	1–2	1–0
Necaxa !Necaxa	2–0		0–1				2–2	0–1			1–1	0–0		1–1	1–1
Pachuca !Pachuca	1–1		1–1				5–2	2–1	1–1			2–0	2–0	2–3
Puebla !Puebla		0–2		1–1		2–2	2–1	2–2	2–0				0–0				0–0	0–0
Santos Laguna !Santos Laguna		0–0		1–0	3–0				1–0	1–1						2–0	1–1	1–1
San Luis !San Luis	1–2			2–0		2–1	0–0	2–0	2–2			1–1	2–2				1–0
Toluca !Toluca	2–1		4–0				0–1	0–0			3–0	3–1	2–1	1–0
UAG !UAG	1–3		3–1				1–0			2–2	2–2	3–0		5–2	2–2
UANL !UANL		1–0	3–0		0–1	1–3				1–1	0–0				0–1	1–0		0–2
UNAM !UNAM	1–1		3–0		1–1	0–2				2–0	3–1			0–1	2–1	3–0

Updated to games played on November 16, 2009.
Source: RSSSF
1 ^{^} The home team is listed in the left-hand column.
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
For coming matches, an a indicates there is an article about the match.

Final Phase

Quarterfinals					Semifinals					Finals

1	San Luis !San Luis	1	1	2
8	Santos Laguna !Santos Laguna	3	2	5
8	Santos Laguna !Santos Laguna	3	2	5	8	Santos Laguna !Santos Laguna	0	1	1
					8	Santos Laguna !Santos Laguna	0	1	1
					2	Toluca !Toluca	0	2	2
2	Toluca !Toluca	0	2	2	2	Toluca !Toluca	0	2	2
2	Toluca !Toluca	0	2	2
7	UAG !UAG	0	0	0
7	UAG !UAG	0	0	0						2	Toluca !Toluca (p)	2	0	2 (7)
										2	Toluca !Toluca (p)	2	0	2 (7)
										5	Cruz Azul !Cruz Azul	0	2	2 (6)
4	UNAM !UNAM	0	1	1						5	Cruz Azul !Cruz Azul	0	2	2 (6)
4	UNAM !UNAM	0	1	1
5	Cruz Azul !Cruz Azul	0	3	3
5	Cruz Azul !Cruz Azul	0	3	3	5	Cruz Azul !Cruz Azul	3	1	4
					5	Cruz Azul !Cruz Azul	3	1	4
					3	Atlante !Atlante	1	1	2
3	Atlante !Atlante	1	1	2	3	Atlante !Atlante	1	1	2
3	Atlante !Atlante	1	1	2
6	UANL !UANL	1	1	2

If the two teams are tied after both legs, the higher seeded team advances.
Both finalist qualify to the 2009–10 CONCACAF Champions League. The champion qualifies directly to the Group Stage, while the runner-up qualifies to the Preliminary Round.

Top goalscorers

P	Player	Team	Goals
1	Hector Mancilla	Toluca !Toluca	13
2	Andrés Mendoza	Morelia !Morelia	10
3	Adolfo Bautista	Chiapas !Chiapas	9
3	Hugo Rodallega	Necaxa !Necaxa	9
5	Lucas Lobos	UANL !UANL	8
5	Víctor Piríz	San Luis !San Luis	7
7	Christian Benítez	Santos Laguna !Santos Laguna	7
	Ariel Bogado	Atlas !Atlas	7
	Christian Giménez	Pachuca !Pachuca	7
	Pablo Zeballos	Cruz Azul !Cruz Azul	7
Last updated on December 15, 2008

References

↑ "No aguantaron más". ESPN. Retrieved 2008-08-18.
↑ "Regrese al banquillo". ESPN. Retrieved 2008-08-19.
↑ "Miguel Herrera es el nuevo técnico de Tecos". Mediotiempo. Archived from the original on September 3, 2008. Retrieved 2008-09-02.
↑ "Tecos contrata a Miguel Herrera". Televisa. Retrieved 2008-09-02.
↑ "Que la Fiel siga siendo fiel". ESPN. Retrieved 2008-09-04.
↑ "Otra vez con la playera puesta". ESPN. Retrieved 2008-09-05.
↑ "Gracias, Chelís". ESPN. Retrieved 2008-09-17.
↑ "Enfrenta el reto". ESPN. Retrieved 2008-09-17.
↑ "Se terminó la paciencia". ESPN. Retrieved 2008-10-01.
↑ "Nuevo". ESPN. Retrieved 2008-10-01.
↑ "Se terminó la paciencia". ESPN. Retrieved 2008-10-14.
↑ "Nuevo ciclo en su carrera". ESPN. Retrieved 2008-10-14.

External links

Official Website

Liga MX

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Seasons

2008–09 in North and Central America and Caribbean association football (CONCACAF)
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Domestic leagues	Belize Canada '08 '09 Costa Rica El Salvador '08 A '09 C Guatemala Honduras Jamaica Mexico '08 A '09 C Nicaragua Panama '08 C '09 A Trinidad and Tobago '08 '09 United States '08 '09
Domestic cups	Canada '08 '09 Trinidad and Tobago United States '08 '09
CONCACAF competitions	Champions League (Preliminary round Group stage Championship round Finals) North American SuperLiga '08 '09 CFU Club Championship

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