1997–98 Mexican Primera División season

The 1997–98 Primera División de México (Mexican First Division) was the 56th professional season of Mexico's top-flight football league. The season began on Friday, July 25, 1997, and ended on April 6, 1998.

Primera División de México
Season1997–98
Champions
RelegatedVeracruz
Champions' Cup
Copa Libertadores
Matches played338
Goals scored958 (2.83 per match)
Top goalscorer

UANL was promoted to the Mexico Primera División as Pachuca was relegated to the Primera División A.

Overview

Teams

Location of the 1997-98 Primera División teams
Team City Stadium
América Mexico City Azteca
Atlante Mexico City Azteca
Atlas Guadalajara, Jalisco Jalisco
Atlético Morelia Morelia, Michoacán Morelos
Celaya Celaya, Guanajuato Miguel Alemán Valdés
Cruz Azul Mexico City Azul
Guadalajara Guadalajara, Jalisco Jalisco
León León, Guanajuato León
Monterrey Monterrey, Nuevo León Tecnológico
Necaxa Mexico City Azteca
Puebla Puebla, Puebla Cuauhtémoc
Santos Laguna Torreón, Coahuila Corona
Toluca Toluca, State of Mexico Nemesio Díez
Toros Neza Nezahualcóyotl, State of Mexico Neza 86
UAG Zapopan, Jalisco Tres de Marzo
UANL San Nicolás de los Garza, Nuevo León Universitario
UNAM Mexico City Olímpico Universitario
Veracruz Veracruz, Veracruz Luis "Pirata" Fuente

Torneo Invierno

"Invierno 1997" began on Friday, July 25, 1997, and ran until October 26 not including the playoffs. In the final Cruz Azul defeated León and became champions for the 8th time.

Group 1

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 León 17 9 5 3 30 22 +8 32 Qualified directly to the Liguilla (Playoffs)
2 Atlante 17 8 6 3 26 17 +9 30
3 Veracruz 17 5 6 6 19 25 6 21
4 Celaya 17 5 5 7 21 26 5 20
5 Puebla 17 5 4 8 20 27 7 19
Source: MedioTiempo

Group 2

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Cruz Azul 17 8 7 2 29 16 +13 31 Qualified directly to the Liguilla (Playoffs)
2 Guadalajara 17 8 5 4 28 24 +4 29
3 Monterrey 17 6 4 7 22 22 0 22
4 Toluca 17 5 4 8 21 21 0 19
5 UANL 17 5 3 9 20 26 6 18
Source: MedioTiempo

Group 3

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Atlético Morelia 17 7 7 3 25 19 +6 28 Qualified directly to the Liguilla (Playoffs)
2 Toros Neza 17 6 5 6 29 29 0 23
3 UNAM 17 3 7 7 26 30 4 16
4 Santos Laguna 17 3 7 7 22 31 9 16
Source: MedioTiempo

Group 4

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 América 17 8 5 4 27 19 +8 29 Qualified directly to the Liguilla (Playoffs)
2 Atlas 17 6 5 6 28 26 +2 23
3 Necaxa 17 4 6 7 26 31 5 18
4 UAG 17 3 7 7 19 27 8 16
Source: MedioTiempo

League table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 León 17 9 5 3 30 22 +8 32 Advance to Liguilla (Playoffs)
2 Cruz Azul (C) 17 8 7 2 29 16 +13 31
3 Atlante 17 8 6 3 26 17 +9 30
4 América 17 8 5 4 27 19 +8 29
5 Guadalajara 17 8 5 4 28 24 +4 29
6 Atlético Morelia 17 7 7 3 25 19 +6 28
7 Atlas 17 6 5 6 28 26 +2 23
8 Toros Neza 17 6 5 6 29 29 0 23
9 Monterrey 17 6 4 7 22 22 0 22
10 Veracruz 17 5 6 6 19 25 6 21
11 Celaya 17 5 5 7 21 26 5 20
12 Toluca 17 5 4 8 21 21 0 19
13 Puebla 17 5 4 8 20 27 7 19
14 Necaxa 17 4 6 7 26 31 5 18
15 UANL 17 5 3 9 20 26 6 18
16 UNAM 17 3 7 7 26 30 4 16
17 UAG 17 3 7 7 19 27 8 16
18 Santos Laguna 17 3 7 7 22 31 9 16
Source: MedioTiempo
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Number of goals scored; 4) Head-to-head results between tied teams; 5) Number of goals scored away; 6) Highest relegation coefficient; 7) Fair Play points
(C) Champions

Results

Home \ Away AME ATE ATS ATM CEL CAZ GDL LEO MTY NEC PUE SAN TOL TRN UAG UNL UNM VER
América 0–2 1–1 2–3 1–0 4–0 2–1 4–2 1–1 3–1
Atlante 2–1 2–0 1–1 3–1 1–0 2–2 2–1 2–0
Atlas 4–2 2–3 2–1 2–1 1–1 1–1 3–1 1–1 2–0
Atlético Morelia 3–2 1–1 2–1 1–0 6–3 1–0 3–0 0–0 0–0
Celaya 1–1 0–1 2–1 0–3 1–2 1–3 1–0 2–2 1–0
Cruz Azul 0–1 1–1 3–1 0–1 2–2 3–1 0–0 2–2
Guadalajara 1–2 3–2 2–1 1–1 1–1 2–2 3–1 1–1
León 1–2 3–2 3–2 2–2 2–0 1–0 2–0 3–1
Monterrey 1–1 0–0 3–1 2–1 2–1 1–0 1–1 0–1 2–3
Necaxa 2–2 2–2 3–3 2–0 1–3 0–1 1–1 2–2 1–1
Puebla 2–1 3–2 1–0 0–1 1–1 1–1 2–1 3–2
Santos Laguna 0–2 0–0 1–1 3–1 1–0 1–2 4–3 1–1
Toluca 1–1 2–3 0–0 1–2 1–0 4–0 1–3 4–0
Toros Neza 2–1 1–1 4–2 3–1 2–2 2–0 4–1 3–2 1–3
UAG 0–0 1–0 3–4 0–2 2–3 2–3 1–2 2–2 1–1
UANL 1–1 0–1 1–2 2–0 1–0 1–1 2–4 2–1
UNAM 1–2 1–0 1–1 1–1 2–2 0–1 1–3 0–1 1–1
Veracruz 1–0 2–2 2–1 2–1 0–2 1–2 3–2 1–0
Updated to match(es) played on 26 October 1997. Source: RSSSF
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Top goalscorers

Players sorted first by goals scored, then by last name. Only regular season goals listed.

Rank Player Club Goals
1 Luis García Atlante 12
2 Carlos Hermosillo Cruz Azul 10
Jesús Olalde UNAM
4 Germán Arangio Toros Neza 9
Daniel Guzmán Atlas
6 Gustavo Nápoles Guadalajara 8
7 Jared Borgetti Santos Laguna 7
José Cardozo Toluca
Claudinho Atlético Morelia
Juan Ramón Fleita Toros Neza
Antonio Mohamed Toros Neza
Sigifredo Mercado León
Claudio Núñez UANL
Carlos Pavón Necaxa
Ricardo Peláez América

Source: Liga MX

Bracket

Quarterfinals Semifinals Finals
               
1 Léon 0 6 6
8 Toros Neza 1 3 4
1 Léon 0 3 3
4 América 1 1 2
4 América 3 1 4
5 Guadalajara 1 0 1
1 Léon 0 1 1
2 Cruz Azul (asdet) 1 1 2
2 Cruz Azul 1 4 5
7 Atlas 0 1 1
2 Cruz Azul 1 1 2
3 Atlante 1 0 1
3 Atlante 1 0 1
6 Atlético Morelia 0 0 0

Quarterfinals

Toros Neza1–0León
Ruiz 24' Report
Referee: Eduardo Brizio Carter (Mexico City)
León6–3Toros Neza
Report

León won 6–4 on aggregate.


Guadalajara1–3América
Suárez 15' Report
Referee: León Padró Borja (Guanajuato)

América won 4–1 on aggregate.


Atlas0–1Cruz Azul
Report Hermosillo 62'
Referee: Antonio Marrufo (Chihuahua)
Cruz Azul4–1Atlas
Report Pardo 22'
Referee: Gilberto Alcalá Pineda (Mexico City)

Cruz Azul won 5–1 on aggregate.


Atlético Morelia0–0Atlante
Report
Referee: Pascual Rebolledo (Veracruz)

Atlante won 1–0 on aggregate.

Semifinals

Atlante1–1Cruz Azul
Ubaldi 53' Report Galindo 59' (pen.)
Referee: León Padró Borja (Guanajuato)

Cruz Azul won 2–1 on aggregate.


América1–0León
Peláez 53' Report
Referee: Gilberto Alcalá Pineda (Mexico City)
León3–1América
Report Zárate 3'

León won 3–2 on aggregate.

Finals

First leg
Cruz Azul:
GK1 Óscar Pérez
DF2 Guadalupe Castañeda 78'
DF3 José Luis Sixtos
DF4 Juan Reynoso (c)
DF19 Omar Rodríguez
MF13 Carlos Barra
MF16 Joaquín Moreno 31' 55'
MF7 Benjamín Galindo
MF10 Héctor Adomaitis
FW11 Julio César Yegros 84'
FW15 Francisco Palencia
Substitutions:
FW27 Carlos Hermosillo 55'
FW9 Jorge Campos 78'
Manager:
Luis Fernando Tena
León:
GK1 Ángel Comizzo
DF19 Sigifredo Mercado 66'
DF3 Edgardo Prátola 43'  45'
DF58 Carlos Turrubiates (c) 74'
DF2 Ricardo Cadena
MF5 Flavio Davino
MF6 Roberto Medina
MF11 Alberto García 42'
MF14 José Antonio Reinoso 47' 55'
MF15 Missael Espinoza 46'
FW17 Hernán Medford 66'
Substitutions:
FW27 Carlos López 46'
MF8 Martín Peña 55'
DF31 David Alba 47' 66'
Manager:
Carlos Reinoso
Second leg
León1–1 (a.e.t.)Cruz Azul
Espinoza 53' Report Hermosillo  101'  (pen.)

Cruz Azul won 2–1 on aggregate.

León:
GK1 Ángel Comizzo
DF19 Sigifredo Mercado
DF58 Carlos Turrubiates (c)
DF2 Ricardo Cadena 35'
MF5 Flavio Davino 15'  72'
MF6 Roberto Medina 33'
MF8 Martín Peña 29'
MF14 José Antonio Reinoso 30' 46'
MF15 Missael Espinoza
FW18 Everaldo Begines
FW17 Hernán Medford 32'
Substitutions:
MF13 Omar Santacruz 29'  59'
FW7 Dejan Batrović 46'
DF27 Carlos López 59'
Manager:
Carlos Reinoso
Cruz Azul:
GK1 Óscar Pérez
DF2 Guadalupe Castañeda 44'  71'
DF3 José Luis Sixtos
DF4 Juan Reynoso (c)
DF19 Omar Rodríguez 20' 90'
MF13 Carlos Barra
MF16 Joaquín Moreno
MF7 Benjamín Galindo 52'
MF10 Héctor Adomaitis
FW11 Julio César Yegros 76'
FW15 Francisco Palencia
Substitutions:
MF22 José Agustín Morales 52'
MF17 Eduardo Fuentes 76'
FW27 Carlos Hermosillo 90'
Manager:
Luis Fernando Tena
 Invierno 1997 winners 
Cruz Azul
8th title

Torneo Verano

"Verano 1998" began on Saturday, January 3, 1998, and ran until April 6. In the final Toluca defeated Necaxa and became champions for the fourth time on May 10.

Group 1

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Atlante 17 5 8 4 19 18 +1 23 Qualified directly to the Liguilla (Playoffs)
2 Puebla 17 4 6 7 23 30 7 18 Qualified for the Repechage
3 León 17 4 5 8 20 32 12 17
4 Celaya 17 3 6 8 13 23 10 15
5 Veracruz 17 3 5 9 20 29 9 14
Source: MedioTiempo

Group 2

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Toluca 17 10 3 4 39 25 +14 33 Qualified directly to the Liguilla (Playoffs)
2 Cruz Azul 17 8 6 3 32 18 +14 30
3 UANL 17 7 2 8 15 22 7 23
4 Guadalajara 17 5 4 8 19 17 +2 19
5 Monterrey 17 4 6 7 20 25 5 18
Source: MedioTiempo

Group 3

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Santos Laguna 17 8 2 7 24 22 +2 26 Qualified directly to the Liguilla (Playoffs)
2 Toros Neza 17 7 3 7 21 24 3 24 Qualified for the Repechage
3 Atlético Morelia 17 5 6 6 26 30 4 21
4 UNAM 17 6 3 8 23 28 5 21
Source: MedioTiempo

Group 4

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Necaxa 17 10 2 5 34 18 +16 32 Qualified directly to the Liguilla (Playoffs)
2 Atlas 17 9 3 5 29 23 +6 30
3 UAG 17 9 3 5 23 21 +2 30 Qualified for the Repechage
4 América 17 7 5 5 27 22 +5 26
Source: MedioTiempo

League table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Toluca (C) 17 10 3 4 39 25 +14 33 Advance to Liguilla (Playoffs)
2 Necaxa 17 10 2 5 34 18 +16 32
3 Cruz Azul 17 8 6 3 32 18 +14 30
4 Atlas 17 9 3 5 29 23 +6 30
5 UAG 17 9 3 5 23 21 +2 30 Advance to Repechage
6 América 17 7 5 5 27 22 +5 26
7 Santos Laguna 17 8 2 7 24 22 +2 26 Advance to Liguilla (Playoffs)
8 Toros Neza 17 7 3 7 21 24 3 24 Advance to Repechage
9 Atlante 17 5 8 4 19 18 +1 23 Advance to Liguilla (Playoffs)
10 UANL 17 7 2 8 15 22 7 23
11 Atlético Morelia 17 5 6 6 26 30 4 21
12 UNAM 17 6 3 8 23 28 5 21
13 Guadalajara 17 5 4 8 19 17 +2 19
14 Monterrey 17 4 6 7 20 25 5 18
15 Puebla 17 4 6 7 23 30 7 18 Advance to Repechage
16 León 17 4 5 8 20 32 12 17
17 Celaya 17 3 6 8 13 23 10 15
18 Veracruz 17 3 5 9 20 29 9 14 Team is last in Relegation table
Source: MedioTiempo
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Number of goals scored; 4) Head-to-head results between tied teams; 5) Number of goals scored away; 6) Highest relegation coefficient; 7) Fair Play points
(C) Champions

Results

Home \ Away AME ATE ATS ATM CEL CAZ GDL LEO MTY NEC PUE SAN TOL TRN UAG UNL UNM VER
América 1–1 1–0 1–1 0–0 2–0 0–1 1–3 5–2
Atlante 0–0 0–2 1–0 0–3 1–0 2–2 2–0 2–3 1–0
Atlas 1–1 1–0 2–0 1–2 3–2 1–2 4–1 2–0
Atlético Morelia 1–2 2–2 4–3 2–1 1–0 2–1 0–0 1–1
Celaya 0–2 4–1 0–0 0–0 1–0 1–1 1–2 1–0
Cruz Azul 5–0 2–2 1–1 1–0 3–1 5–2 2–0 2–2 1–2
Guadalajara 0–0 1–1 1–2 2–0 0–2 2–0 1–2 0–1 4–0
León 2–1 2–2 2–0 3–3 1–1 2–1 0–0 1–5 1–2
Monterrey 3–2 1–1 0–0 1–1 1–2 2–1 3–1 2–2
Necaxa 2–1 2–0 4–0 5–2 3–0 1–2 1–2 4–0
Puebla 1–3 1–1 1–2 5–3 1–1 1–1 3–1 2–4 1–0
Santos 1–1 2–3 2–2 3–0 2–1 3–0 1–3 2–0 2–0
Toluca 1–3 4–1 2–0 3–3 2–1 2–0 4–1 2–1 2–1
Toros Neza 1–2 0–0 1–1 2–1 1–0 0–1 2–3 2–0
UAG 1–2 3–1 1–0 1–0 3–2 1–2 1–0 0–0
UANL 3–1 0–3 0–2 2–0 2–1 1–0 1–1 0–3 3–0
UNAM 3–1 3–1 0–1 0–2 0–1 1–2 1–1 2–0
Veracruz 1–0 0–2 1–2 2–2 5–1 2–2 1–1 0–2 1–2
Updated to match(es) played on 6 April 1998. Source: RSSSF
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Top goalscorers

Players sorted first by goals scored, then by last name. Only regular season goals listed.

Rank Player Club Goals
1 José Cardozo Toluca 13
2 Claudinho Atlético Morelia 11
Carlos Hermosillo Cruz Azul
4 Luis Hernández Necaxa 9
5 Hugo Norberto Castillo Atlas 8
Jesús Olalde UNAM
7 Germán Arangio Toros Neza 7
Cuauhtémoc Blanco Necaxa
Ricardo Peláez América
Martín Félix Ubaldi Atlante

Source: MedioTiempo

Repechage

Puebla2–1UAG
Report da Silva 29' (pen.)
Referee: León Padró Borja (Guanajuato)
UAG4–1Puebla
Report Rivera 87'
Referee: Gilberto Alcalá Pineda (Mexico City)

UAG won 5–3 on aggregate.


América4–2Toros Neza
Report Fleita 17', 65'

América won 6–3 on aggregate.

Bracket

Quarterfinals Semifinals Finals
               
1 Toluca 1 5 6
9 Atlante 0 1 1
1 Toluca 1 2 3
6 América 0 1 1
3 Cruz Azul 1 1 2
6 América 2 1 3
1 Toluca 1 5 6
2 Necaxa 2 2 4
2 Necaxa 0 2 2
7 Santos Laguna 0 1 1
2 Necaxa (s) 2 1 2
4 Atlas 1 1 2
4 Atlas 1 4 5
5 UAG 2 2 4

Quarterfinals

Atlante0–1Toluca
Report Cardozo 28'
Referee: Edgar Ulises Rangel (Estado de México)
Toluca5–1Atlante
Report Moreno 77' (pen.)

Toluca won 6–1 on aggregate.


América2–1Cruz Azul
Report Galindo 89'
Referee: Gilberto Alcalá Pineda (Mexico City)

América won 3–2 on aggregate.


Santos Laguna0–0Necaxa
Report
Referee: Eduardo Brizio Carter (Mexico City)
Necaxa2–1Santos Laguna
Report Borgetti 82'
Referee: León Padró Borja (Guanajuato)

Necaxa won 2–1 on aggregate.


UAG2–1Atlas
da Silva 65', 90' Report Obledo 17'
Referee: Pascual Rebolledo (Veracruz)
Atlas4–2UAG
Report

Atlas won 5–4 on aggregate.

Semifinals

Toluca2–1América
Report Cedrés 83'
Referee: Gilberto Alcalá Pineda (Mexico City)

Toluca won 3–1 on aggregate.


Necaxa won 3–2 on aggregate.

Finals

First leg
Necaxa2–1Toluca
Pineda 56', 87' Report Ruiz 76'
Referee: Gilberto Alcalá Pineda (Mexico City)
Necaxa:
GK25 Adolfo Ríos
DF2 Salvador Cabrera
DF3 Sergio Almaguer
DF4 Ricardo Wagner De Souza 75'
DF5 José Luis Montes de Oca 25'
DF15 Octavio Becerril
DF19 Eduardo Vilches
MF6 Joaquín del Olmo 69'
MF7 Álex Aguinaga (c) 48'
MF21 Sergio Vázquez 86'
FW31 Pedro Pineda
Substitutions:
GK1 Raúl Orvañanos Jr.
DF18 José Milián
DF20 José Higareda
MF6 José Manuel de la Torre
FW9 Carlos Pavón 75'
FW11 José Luis Mendoza
FW13 Edson Alvarado 86'
Manager:
Raúl Arias
Toluca:
GK30 Mario Alberto Albarrán
DF13 Alberto Macías 12'
DF58 Adán Nuñez
DF18 David Rangel (c)
DF5 Omar Blanco
MF6 Antonio Taboada
MF7 Víctor Ruiz
MF10 Fabián Estay
MF27 Enrique Alfaro 86'
FW9 José Cardozo 54'
FW23 José Manuel Abundis
Substitutions:
GK1 Martín Herrera
DF2 Eugenio Villazón
DF3 Manuel López
DF21 Robert Forbes 86'
MF14 Darko Vukić
FW11 Édgar García de Dios
FW15 Eduardo Lillingston
Manager:
Enrique Meza
Second leg
Toluca5–2Necaxa
Report

Toluca won 6–4 on aggregate.

Toluca:
GK30 Mario Alberto Albarrán
DF13 Alberto Macías
DF58 Adán Nuñez 33'
DF18 David Rangel (c)
DF5 Omar Blanco
MF6 Antonio Taboada
MF7 Víctor Ruiz 6'
MF10 Fabián Estay
MF27 Enrique Alfaro 68'
FW9 José Cardozo 32'
FW23 José Manuel Abundis 78'
Substitutions:
GK1 Martín Herrera
DF2 Eugenio Villazón 78'
DF3 Manuel López 68'
DF21 Robert Forbes
MF14 Darko Vukić 33'
FW11 Édgar García de Dios
FW15 Eduardo Lillingston
Manager:
Enrique Meza
Necaxa:
GK25 Adolfo Ríos
DF2 Salvador Cabrera
DF3 Sergio Almaguer 60'
DF4 Ricardo Wagner De Souza 60'
DF5 José Luis Montes de Oca 20'
DF15 Octavio Becerril
DF19 Eduardo Vilches 44' 78'
MF6 Joaquín del Olmo
MF7 Álex Aguinaga (c) 65'
MF21 Sergio Vázquez 82'
FW31 Pedro Pineda
Substitutions:
GK16 José Guadarrama
DF18 José Milián
DF20 José Higareda
MF6 José Manuel de la Torre 78'
FW9 Carlos Pavón 60'
FW11 José Luis Mendoza
FW13 Edson Alvarado 82'
Manager:
Raúl Arias
 Verano 1998 winners 
Toluca
4th title

Relegation table

Pos. Team Pts. Pld. Ave.
14 UANL 41 34 1.2058
15 Atlético Morelia 122 102 1.1961
16 Celaya 116 102 1.1372
17 Puebla 116 102 1.1372
18 Veracruz 113 102 1.1078
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