1996–97 Mexican Primera División season

Primera División de México
Season	1996-97
Champions	Inverno 1996: Santos (1st Title) Verano 1997: Guadalajara (10th Title)
Relegated	Pachuca
Champions' Cup	Santos Guadalajara Cruz Azul
CONCACAF Cup Winners Cup	Necaxa Cruz Azul^[1]
Matches played	306
Goals scored	993 (3.25 per match)
Top goalscorer	Invierno: Jared Borgetti Carlos Muñoz (16 goals) Verano: Gustavo Nápoles Gabriel Caballero (13 goals)
← 1995-96 1997-98 →

Statistics of México Primera División in season 1996-97.

Torneo Invierno 1996

Primera División de México (Mexican First Division) Invierno 1996 is a Mexican football tournament - one of two short tournaments that take up the entire year to determine the champion(s) of Mexican football. It began on Friday, August 9, 1996, and ran until November 24, when the regular season ended. In the final Santos defeated Necaxa and became champions for the 1st time.

Final Standings (groups)

Grupo 1


Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1.	Atlante	17	12	2	3	30	11	+19	38
2.	Puebla	17	9	4	4	32	22	+10	31
3.	Toros Neza	17	8	0	9	30	36	-6	24
4.	Cruz Azul	17	5	5	7	26	26	0	20
5.	Veracruz	17	4	6	7	14	21	-7	18

Grupo 2


Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1.	Necaxa	17	8	5	4	24	19	+5	29
2.	León	17	5	8	4	24	19	+5	23
3.	América	17	4	5	8	24	27	-3	17
4.	Pachuca	17	3	6	3	25	36	-11	15
5.	Morelia	17	3	3	11	20	31	-11	12

Grupo 3


Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1.	Guadalajara	17	9	4	4	33	19	+14	31
2.	Toluca	17	9	3	5	26	15	+11	30
3.	Atlas	17	6	8	3	28	26	+2	26
4.	UNAM	17	4	6	7	23	27	-4	18

Grupo 4


Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1.	Santos	17	10	4	3	21	15	+6	34
2.	Monterrey	17	5	4	8	15	21	-6	19
3.	Tecos	17	5	3	9	20	30	-10	18
4.	Celaya	17	5	2	10	19	33	-14	17


	Teams directly qualified to the Liguilla
	Teams qualified for the Repechaje

Final Standings (general)


Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1.	Atlante	17	12	2	3	30	11	+19	38
2.	Santos	17	10	4	3	21	15	+6	34
3.	Guadalajara	17	9	4	4	33	19	+14	31
4.	Puebla	17	9	4	4	32	22	+10	31
5.	Toluca	17	9	3	5	26	15	+11	30
6.	Necaxa	17	8	5	4	24	19	+5	29
7.	Atlas	17	6	8	3	28	26	+2	26
8.	Toros Neza	17	8	0	9	30	36	-6	24
9.	León	17	5	8	4	24	19	+5	23
10.	Cruz Azul	17	5	5	7	26	26	0	20
11.	Monterrey	17	5	4	8	15	21	-6	19
12.	UNAM	17	4	6	7	23	27	-4	18
13.	Veracruz	17	4	6	7	14	21	-7	18
14.	Tecos	17	5	3	9	20	30	-10	18
15.	América	17	4	5	8	24	27	-3	17
16.	Celaya	17	5	2	10	19	33	-14	17
17.	Pachuca	17	3	6	8	25	36	-11	15
18.	Morelia	17	3	3	11	20	31	-11	12

Top scorers

Goals scored throughout the entire tournament including Repechaje, Quarterfinals, Semifinals and Finals.

Pos.	Player	Team	Goals
1	Jared Borgetti	Santos	16
	Carlos Muñoz	Puebla	16
3	Nidelson Silva de Melo	Toros Neza	15
4	Gabriel García	Guadalajara	13
	Carlos Hermosillo	Cruz Azul	13
	Oscar Lorenzo Sáez	Pachuca	13
7	Luis Roberto Alves	Atlante	10
8	Alberto García Aspe	Necaxa	9
	Milton Queiroz	Leon	9
10	Daniel Guzmán	Puebla	8
	Luis García	America	8
	Marco Antonio Figueroa	Morelia	8
	Cristian Domizzi	Pumas	8
	Antonio Mohamed	Toros Neza	8

Playoffs

Repechaje					Qualifiers

9	Léon	1	1	2
8	Toros Neza	2	2	4	8	Toros Neza
11	Monterrey	1	2	3	7	Atlas
7	Atlas	5	1	6

Quarterfinals					Semifinals					Finals


5	Toluca	1	0	1

4	Puebla	2	0	2
					2	Santos	2	3	5

					8	Toros Neza	0	2	2
8	Toros Neza	4	5	9

1	Atlante	0	2	2
										2	Santos	0	4	4

										6	Necaxa	1	2	3
7	Atlas	1	1	2

2	Santos	1	3	4
					4	Puebla	2	1	3

					6	Necaxa	3	4	7
6	Necaxa	2	1	3

3	Guadalajara	0	2	2

Invierno 1996 winners:
Santos 1st Title

Torneo Verano 1997

Primera División de México (Mexican First Division) Verano 1997 is a Mexican football tournament - one of two short tournaments that take up the entire year to determine the champion(s) of Mexican football. It began on Saturday, January 11, 1997, and ran until May 4, when the regular season ended. In the final Guadalajara defeated Toros Neza and became champions for the 10th time.

Final Standings (groups)

Group 1


Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1.	Toros Neza	17	9	3	5	40	32	+8	30
2.	Atlante	17	8	4	5	23	19	+4	28
3.	Cruz Azul	17	7	4	6	21	24	-3	25
4.	Puebla	17	4	8	5	15	18	-3	20
5.	Veracruz	17	2	4	11	17	31	-14	10

Group 2


Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1.	América	17	11	4	2	27	12	+15	37
2.	Necaxa	17	8	4	5	33	20	+13	28
3.	Morelia	17	6	7	4	26	23	+3	25
4.	León	17	5	8	4	21	18	+3	23
5.	Pachuca	17	5	2	10	24	32	-8	17

Group 3


Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1.	Guadalajara	17	9	7	1	27	16	+11	34
2.	UNAM	17	8	3	6	25	26	-1	27
3.	Toluca	17	5	6	6	26	21	+5	21
4.	Atlas	17	4	4	9	23	36	-13	16

Group 4


Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1.	Santos	17	8	2	7	27	28	-1	26
2.	Tecos	17	5	5	7	26	24	+2	20
3.	Monterrey	17	5	3	9	25	38	-13	18
4.	Celaya	17	2	6	9	20	28	-8	12


	Teams directly qualified to the Liguilla
	Teams qualified for the Repechaje

Final Standings (general)


Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1.	América	17	11	4	2	27	12	+15	37
2.	Guadalajara	17	9	7	1	27	16	+11	34
3.	Toros Neza	17	9	3	5	40	32	+8	30
4.	Necaxa	17	8	4	5	33	20	+13	28
5.	Atlante	17	8	4	5	23	19	+3	28
6.	UNAM	17	8	3	6	25	26	-1	27
7.	Santos	17	8	2	7	27	28	-1	26
8.	Morelia	17	6	7	4	26	23	+3	25
9.	Cruz Azul	17	7	4	6	21	24	-3	25
10.	León	17	5	8	4	21	18	+3	23
11.	Toluca	17	5	6	6	26	21	+5	21
12.	Tecos	17	5	5	7	26	24	+2	20
13.	Puebla	17	4	8	5	15	18	-3	20
14.	Monterrey	17	5	3	9	25	38	-13	18
15.	Pachuca	17	5	2	10	24	32	-8	17
16.	Atlas	17	4	4	9	23	36	-13	16
17.	Celaya	17	2	6	9	20	28	-8	12
18.	Veracruz	17	2	4	11	17	31	-14	10

Top scorers

Goals scored throughout the entire tournament including Repechaje, Quarterfinals, Semifinals and Finals.

Pos.	Player	Team	Goals
1	Gustavo Nápoles	Guadalajara	13
	Gabriel Caballero	Santos	13
3	Lorenzo Sáez	Pachuca	12
	Claudio Da Silva	Morelia	12
5	Cristian Domizzi	Pumas	11
	Marco Antonio Figueroa	Morelia	11
7	Rodrigo Ruiz	Toros Neza	9
	David Embe	Tecos	9
9	Luis García	America	8
	Carlos Hermosillo	Cruz Azul	8
	Sergio Zárate	Necaxa	8
	Germán Arangio	Toros Neza	8

Playoffs

Repechaje

12	Tecos	2	0	2
8	Morelia	0	4	4
Qualifiers
8	Morelia

Quarterfinals					Semifinals					Finals


7	Santos	1	0	1

2	Guadalajara	1	5	6
					2	Guadalajara	0	1	1

					8	Morelia	1	0	1
8	Morelia	1	3	4

1	América	0	1	1
										1	Guadalajara	1	6	7

										3	Toros Neza	1	1	2
5	Atlante	2	1	3

4	Necaxa	0	3	3
					4	Necaxa	2	1	3

					3	Toros Neza	1	3	4
5	UNAM	1	2	3

3	Toros Neza	3	1	4

Verano 1997 winners
Guadalajara 10th Title

References

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External links

Mediotiempo.com (where information was obtained)

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