Primera División de México Invierno 1998

Primera División de México
Season1998–99
ChampionsNecaxa (3rd title)
Champions' CupNecaxa
Copa LibertadoresMonterrey
Top goalscorerCuauhtémoc Blanco (16 goals)

Primera División de México (Mexican First Division) Invierno 1998 is a Mexican football tournament - one of two short tournaments that take up the entire year to determine the champions of Mexican football. It began on Friday, July 31, 1998, and ran until November 22, when the regular season ended. Pachuca was promoted to the Primera División de México thus, Veracruz was relegated to the Primera División A. In the final Necaxa defeated Guadalajara and became champions for the 3rd time.

Clubs

Location of the Primera División Invierno 1998 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
Pachuca Pachuca, Hidalgo Hidalgo
Puebla Puebla, Puebla Cuauhtémoc
Santos Laguna Torreón, Coahuila Corona
Toluca Toluca, State of Mexico Estadio 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

Regular phase

Group 1
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Cruz Azul 17 12 4 1 41 14 +27 40 Directly qualified to the Liguilla (Playoffs)
2 Guadalajara 17 10 4 3 34 25 +9 34
3 Celaya 17 6 4 7 28 29 −1 22
4 León 17 4 4 9 25 34 −9 16
5 Puebla 17 2 3 12 13 41 −28 9
Source: MedioTiempo
Group 2
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Atlético Morelia 17 8 3 6 28 28 0 27 Directly qualified to the Liguilla (Playoffs)
2 UNAM 17 7 5 5 26 20 +6 26
3 América 17 6 4 7 30 31 −1 22
4 Pachuca 17 5 1 11 28 39 −11 16
5 Toros Neza 17 2 3 12 18 36 −18 9
Source: MedioTiempo
Group 3
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Necaxa 17 10 2 5 36 22 +14 32 Directly qualified to the Liguilla (Playoffs)
2 UAG 17 9 4 4 31 23 +8 31
3 Atlante 17 5 4 8 22 30 −8 19
4 Monterrey 17 4 7 6 20 30 −10 19
Source: MedioTiempo
Group 4
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Toluca 17 10 6 1 39 14 +25 36 Directly qualified to the Liguilla (Playoffs)
2 Atlas 17 8 2 7 34 28 +6 26
3 UANL 17 5 7 5 30 28 +2 22
4 Santos Laguna 17 4 5 8 22 33 −11 17
Source: MedioTiempo

League table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Cruz Azul 17 12 4 1 41 14 +27 40 Advance to Liguilla (Playoffs)
2 Toluca 17 10 6 1 39 14 +25 36
3 Guadalajara 17 10 4 3 34 25 +9 34
4 Necaxa (C) 17 10 2 5 36 22 +14 32
5 UAG 17 9 4 4 31 23 +8 31
6 Atlético Morelia 17 8 3 6 28 28 0 27
7 Atlas 17 8 2 7 34 28 +6 26
8 UNAM 17 7 5 5 26 20 +6 26
9 UANL 17 5 7 5 30 28 +2 22
10 América 17 6 4 7 30 31 −1 22
11 Celaya 17 6 4 7 28 29 −1 22
12 Atlante 17 5 4 8 22 30 −8 19
13 Monterrey 17 4 7 6 20 30 −10 19
14 Santos Laguna 17 4 5 8 22 33 −11 17
15 León 17 4 4 9 25 34 −9 16
16 Pachuca 17 5 1 11 28 39 −11 16
17 Toros Neza 17 2 3 12 18 36 −18 9
18 Puebla 17 2 3 12 13 41 −28 9
Source: MedioTiempo
(C) Champions

Top goalscorers

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

Rank Player Club Goals
1 Mexico Cuauhtémoc Blanco América 16
2 Paraguay José Cardozo Toluca 13
Honduras Carlos Pavón Necaxa
4 Argentina Federico Lagorio Atlas 12
5 Argentina Alejandro Glaría Pachuca 11
Mexico Pedro Pineda Necaxa
7 Brazil Claudinho Morelia 10
Chile Claudio Núñez UANL
9 Mexico Luis García Guadalajara 8
Mexico Luis Hernández UANL

Source: MedioTiempo

Results

Home \ Away AME ATE ATS ATM CEL CAZ GDL LEO MTY NEC PAC PUE SAN TOL TRN UAG UNL UNM
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 – – 2–0 2–3 2–2 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 – – –
Cruz Azul – – – – 5–0 — 2–2 – – 1–1 – 1–0 2–0 – 5–2 2–2 3–1 1–2
Guadalajara – – – – 0–0 – — 1–1 – 1–2 2–0 0–2 0–1 – 1–2 4–0 2–0 –
León 2–1 2–2 2–0 3–3 – 1–1 – — 2–1 – 0–0 – – 1–2 – – 1–5 –
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 4–0 1–2 1–2 – – –
Pachuca 1–3 1–1 1–2 5–3 – 1–1 – – 1–1 – — – – 2–4 – – 3–1 1–0
Puebla 1–1 – 2–3 2–2 – – – 3–0 2–1 – 3–0 — 2–0 2–0 – – 1–3 –
Santos Laguna 3–1 0–3 0–2 2–0 – – – 2–1 1–0 – 1–1 – — 3–0 – – 0–3 –
Toluca 1–2 0–0 1–1 – – 1–0 0–1 – 2–3 2–1 – – – — – – – 2–0
Toros Neza – – 1–2 3–1 – – – 1–0 1–0 – 3–2 1–2 0–0 1–0 — – – –
UAG – – – – 3–1 – – 3–1 – 0–1 0–2 0–1 2–0 1–2 1–1 — – –
UANL 1–3 – 4–1 2–0 3–3 – – – 2–1 2–0 – – – 1–4 2–1 2–1 — –
UNAM – – – – 1–0 – 0–2 1–2 – 2–2 – 5–1 0–2 – 1–1 1–2 2–2 —
Updated to match(es) played on 22 November 1998. Source: RSSSF
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Final phase (Liguilla)

Bracket

Quarterfinals Semifinals Finals
               
3 Guadalajara 1 4 5
6 Atlético Morelia 1 1 2
3 Guadalajara 1 1 2
8 UNAM 1 0 1
1 Cruz Azul 2 1 3
8 UNAM 3 1 4
3 Guadalajara 0 0 0
4 Necaxa 0 2 2
4 Necaxa (s) 0 3 3
5 UAG 2 1 3
4 Necaxa 0 3 3
7 Atlas 0 2 2
2 Toluca 2 0 2
7 Atlas 1 2 3

Quarterfinals

Atlético Morelia1–1Guadalajara
Graziani 28' Report Peláez 43'
Referee: Pascual Rebolledo (Veracruz)
Guadalajara4–1Atlético Morelia
Peláez 39'
Arellano 71'
García 74', 88'		 Report Graziani 75' (pen.)

Guadalajara won 5–2 on aggregate.

UNAM3–2Cruz Azul
Sánchez 41'
Álvarez 69', 73'		 Report Sosa 46'
Palencia 55'
Referee: Eduardo Brizio Carter (Mexico City)
Cruz Azul1–1UNAM
Palencia 48' Report Lozano 86'

UNAM won 4–3 on aggregate.

UAG2–0Necaxa
Palacios 47'
da Silva 52'		 Report
Referee: Edgar Ulises Rangel (Estado de México)
Necaxa3–1UAG
Vázquez 12'
López 24'
Vega 40' (o.g.)		 Report Muf 90'
Referee: Gilberto Alcalá Pineda (Mexico City)

3–3 on aggregate. Necaxa advanced for being the higher seeded team.

Atlas1–2Toluca
López 85' Report Abundis 21'
Carmona 26'
Referee: León Padró Borja (Guanajuato)
Toluca0–2Atlas
Report López 34'
Rodríguez 67'
Referee: Antonio Marrufo (Chihuahua)

Atlas won 3–2 on aggregate.

Semifinals

UNAM1–1Guadalajara
Álvarez 19' Report Peláez 14'
Referee: Eduardo Brizio Carter (Mexico City)
Guadalajara1–0UNAM
García 50' Report
Referee: Antonio Marrufo (Chihuahua)

Guadalajara won 2–1 on aggregate.

Atlas0–0Necaxa
Report
Referee: Pascual Rebolledo (Veracruz)
Necaxa3–2Atlas
Hermosillo 28', 78'
Vázquez 49'		 Report Lagorio 16'
Rodríguez 47'
Referee: León Padró Borja (Guanajuato)

Necaxa won 3–2 on aggregate.

Final

First leg
Necaxa0–0Guadalajara
Report
Referee: Eduardo Brizio Carter (Mexico City)
Necaxa:
GK 25 Mexico Adolfo Ríos
DF 20 Mexico José Higareda
DF 19 Chile Eduardo Vilches Yellow card 34' Red card 84'
DF 3 Mexico Sergio Almaguer
DF 5 Mexico José Luis Montes de Oca Yellow card 70'
DF 2 Mexico Salvador Cabrera
DF 4 Mexico Markus López
MF 7 Ecuador Álex Aguinaga (c) downward-facing red arrow 90'
MF 21 Uruguay Sergio Vázquez Yellow card 38'
MF 10 Argentina Sergio Zárate downward-facing red arrow 83'
FW 27 Mexico Carlos Hermosillo
Substitutions:
MF 16 Mexico David Oliva upward-facing green arrow 83'
MF 6 Mexico José Manuel de la Torre upward-facing green arrow 90'
Manager:
Mexico Raúl Arias
Guadalajara:
GK 1 Mexico Martín Zúñiga
DF 15 Mexico Paulo César Chávez Yellow card 7'
DF 8 Mexico Joel Sánchez
DF 4 Mexico Claudio Suárez
MF 14 Mexico Felipe de Jesús Robles
MF 28 Mexico Jesús Arellano
MF 6 Mexico Alberto Coyote (c) Yellow card 74'
MF 7 Mexico Ramón Ramírez
MF 10 Mexico Luis García downward-facing red arrow 77'
MF 11 Mexico Manuel Martínez
FW 9 Mexico Ricardo Peláez
Substitutions:
DF 3 Mexico Héctor Castro upward-facing green arrow 77'
Manager:
Brazil Ricardo Ferretti
Second leg
Guadalajara0–2Necaxa
Report Cabrera 54'
Vázquez 87'
Referee: Pascual Rebolledo (Veracruz)

Necaxa won 2–0 on aggregate.


Guadalajara:
GK 1 Mexico Martín Zúñiga
DF 15 Mexico Paulo César Chávez
DF 8 Mexico Joel Sánchez
DF 4 Mexico Claudio Suárez
MF 14 Mexico Felipe de Jesús Robles downward-facing red arrow 79'
MF 28 Mexico Jesús Arellano Yellow card 66'
MF 6 Mexico Alberto Coyote (c)
MF 7 Mexico Ramón Ramírez
MF 10 Mexico Luis García downward-facing red arrow 85'
MF 11 Mexico Manuel Martínez downward-facing red arrow 74'
FW 9 Mexico Ricardo Peláez
Substitutions:
DF 3 Mexico Héctor Castro upward-facing green arrow 74'
FW 17 Mexico Héctor Del Ángel upward-facing green arrow 79'
DF 2 Mexico Noe Zárate upward-facing green arrow 85'
Manager:
Brazil Ricardo Ferretti
Necaxa:
GK 25 Mexico Adolfo Ríos
DF 20 Mexico José Higareda Yellow card 28'
DF 3 Mexico Sergio Almaguer
DF 4 Mexico Markus López Yellow card 82'
DF 5 Mexico José Luis Montes de Oca
DF 2 Mexico Salvador Cabrera Yellow card 61'
MF 6 Mexico José Manuel de la Torre downward-facing red arrow 79'
MF 7 Ecuador Álex Aguinaga (c)
MF 21 Uruguay Sergio Vázquez
MF 10 Argentina Sergio Zárate downward-facing red arrow 85'
FW 27 Mexico Carlos Hermosillo downward-facing red arrow 90'
Substitutions:
MF 13 Mexico Marco Antonio Sánchez upward-facing green arrow 79'
MF 12 Argentina Raúl Gordillo upward-facing green arrow 85'
MF 16 Mexico David Oliva upward-facing green arrow 90'
Manager:
Mexico Raúl Arias


 Champions 
Necaxa
3rd title
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