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)

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 Mexico Sergio Orduña Sacked Aug. 18, 2008[1] Uruguay Héctor Eugui Aug. 19, 2008[2] 18th
Tecos Mexico José Trejo Sacked Sep. 1, 2008[3] Mexico Miguel Herrera Sep. 2, 2008[4] 8th
Atlas Argentina Miguel Brindisi Resigned Sep. 4, 2008[5] Argentina Darío Franco Sep. 5, 2008[6] 17th
Puebla Mexico José Sánchez Sacked Sep. 17, 2008[7] Mexico Mario Carrillo Sep. 17, 2008[8] 16th
Chiapas Mexico Sergio Almaguer Sacked Oct. 1, 2008[9] Mexico Francisco Avilán Oct. 1, 2008[10] 18th
Necaxa Mexico Salvador Reyes Sacked Oct. 13, 2008[11] Mexico 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 17 8 5 4 24 20+4 29 2009 Copa Libertadores Second Stage
2 Toluca 17 7 6 4 25 16+9 27 2009 InterLiga
3 Atlante 17 7 6 4 22 16+6 27
4 UNAM 17 7 5 5 22 13+9 26
5 Cruz Azul 17 7 5 5 29 23+6 26
6 UANL 17 7 5 5 22 16+6 26 2009 InterLiga
7 UAG 17 7 4 6 30 28+2 25
8 Guadalajara 17 6 7 4 23 230 25
9 Morelia 17 6 6 5 27 20+7 24
10 Santos Laguna 17 5 7 5 22 20+2 22
11 Atlas 17 6 4 7 23 274 22 2009 InterLiga
12 Pachuca 17 5 6 6 25 250 21
13 América 17 5 6 6 22 231 21
14 Ciudad Juárez 17 5 4 8 18 268 19
15 Monterrey 17 5 4 8 18 268 19
16 Chiapas 17 5 3 9 20 3414 18
17 Necaxa 17 3 6 8 17 247 15
18 Puebla 17 2 9 6 12 219 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 17 7 6 4 22 16+6 27
2 Santos Laguna 17 5 7 5 22 20+2 22
3 Pachuca 17 5 6 6 25 250 21
4 Monterrey 17 5 4 8 18 268 19
5 Ciudad Juárez 17 5 4 8 18 268 19
6 Puebla 17 2 9 6 12 219 15

Group 2

Pos
Team
Pld
W
D
L
GF
GA
GD
Pts
1 UNAM 17 7 5 5 22 13+9 26
2 Cruz Azul 17 7 5 5 29 23+6 26
3 UAG 17 7 4 6 30 28+2 25
4 Guadalajara 17 6 7 4 23 230 25
5 Morelia 17 6 6 5 27 20+7 24
6 América 17 5 6 6 22 231 21

Group 3

Pos
Team
Pld
W
D
L
GF
GA
GD
Pts
1 San Luis 17 8 5 4 24 20+4 29
2 Toluca 17 7 6 4 25 16+9 27
3 UANL 17 7 5 5 22 16+6 26
4 Atlas 17 6 4 7 23 274 22
5 Chiapas 17 5 3 9 20 3414 18
6 Necaxa 17 3 6 8 17 247 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 AMÉ ATE ATLCHICIUCRUGUAMONMORNECPACPUESLASLUTOLUAGUNLUNM
América 12 23 20 12 10 11 11 32 13
Atlante 22 33 11 01 21 10 21 31 20
Atlas 11 50 24 01 00 21 20 21 01
Chiapas 11 21 40 21 00 13 13 03
Ciudad Juárez 00 24 10 23 21 10 23 11 01
Cruz Azul 41 22 32 02 21 12 11 11 20
Guadalajara 10 10 20 11 11 35 22 11
Monterrey 21 12 20 04 20 24 14 10
Morelia 00 52 01 31 32 22 12 10
Necaxa 20 01 22 01 11 00 11 11
Pachuca 11 11 52 21 11 20 20 23
Puebla 02 11 22 21 22 20 00 00 00
Santos Laguna 00 10 30 10 11 20 11 11
San Luis 12 20 21 00 20 22 11 22 10
Toluca 21 40 01 00 30 31 21 10
UAG 13 31 10 22 22 30 52 22
UANL 10 30 01 13 11 00 01 10 02
UNAM 11 30 11 02 20 31 01 21 30

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

Top goalscorers

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

References

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