Primera División de México Clausura 2003

Primera División de México (Mexican First Division) Clausura 2003 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, 2003, and ran until May 17, when the regular season ended. Celaya's franchise was bought out by the owner of Aerolineas Internacionales, Jorge Rodriguez Marie, and it was moved to Cuernavaca. Thus, creating a team that was known as Los Colibries de Morelos. Monterrey defeated Morelia to win their second championship.

Primera División de México
Season2002−03
ChampionsMonterrey (2nd title)
RelegatedCuernavaca
Champions' CupMonterrey
Top goalscorerJosé Cardozo
(21 goals)

Overview edit

Location of the Primera División Clausura 2003 teams
Team City Stadium
América Mexico City Azteca
Atlante Ciudad Nezahualcóyotl, State of Mexico Neza 86
Atlas Guadalajara, Jalisco Jalisco
Chiapas Tuxtla Gutiérrez, Chiapas Víctor Manuel Reyna
Cruz Azul Mexico City Azul
Cuernavaca Cuernavaca, Morelos Mariano Matamoros
Guadalajara Guadalajara, Jalisco Jalisco
Morelia Morelia, Michoacán Morelos
Monterrey Monterrey, Nuevo León Tecnológico
Necaxa Mexico City Azteca
Pachuca Pachuca, Hidalgo Hidalgo
Puebla Puebla, Puebla Cuauhtémoc
Querétaro Querétaro, Querétaro Corregidora
San Luis San Luis Potosí, S.L.P. Alfonso Lastras
Santos Laguna Torreón, Coahuila Corona
Toluca Toluca, State of Mexico Nemesio Díez
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

Final standings (groups) edit

Group 1
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Toluca 19 10 3 6 40 30 +10 33 Directly qualified to the Liguilla (Playoffs)
2 Atlas 19 8 8 3 29 20 +9 32
3 América 19 8 5 6 29 20 +9 29
4 Cuernavaca 19 6 5 8 24 27 −3 23
5 Puebla 19 4 4 11 15 31 −16 16
Source: MedioTiempo
Group 2
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Monterrey 19 9 7 3 31 22 +9 34 Directly qualified to the Liguilla (Playoffs)
2 UANL 19 10 4 5 25 22 +3 34
3 Pachuca 19 4 9 6 21 23 −2 21
4 UNAM 19 4 8 7 25 35 −10 20
5 UAG 19 1 4 14 15 37 −22 7
Source: MedioTiempo
Group 3
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Morelia 19 10 5 4 34 20 +14 35 Directly qualified to the Liguilla (Playoffs)
2 Cruz Azul 19 5 9 5 24 24 0 24 Qualified for the Repechage
3 Necaxa 19 6 5 8 25 24 +1 23
4 San Luis 19 5 5 9 25 38 −13 20
5 Chiapas 19 5 4 10 15 26 −11 19
Source: MedioTiempo
Group 4
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Atlante 19 10 4 5 39 26 +13 34 Directly qualified to the Liguilla (Playoffs)
2 Veracruz 19 9 5 5 23 18 +5 32
3 Guadalajara 19 8 7 4 32 24 +8 31 Qualified for the Repechage
4 Santos 19 9 3 7 30 24 +6 30
5 Querétaro 19 3 8 8 13 23 −10 17
Source: MedioTiempo

League table edit

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Morelia 19 10 5 4 34 20 +14 35 Directly qualified to the Liguilla (Playoffs)
2 Atlante 19 10 4 5 39 26 +13 34
3 Monterrey 19 9 7 3 31 22 +9 34
4 UANL 19 10 4 5 25 22 +3 34
5 Toluca 19 10 3 6 40 30 +10 33
6 Atlas 19 8 8 3 29 20 +9 32
7 Veracruz 19 9 5 5 23 18 +5 32
8 Guadalajara 19 8 7 4 32 24 +8 31 Qualified for the Repechage
9 Santos Laguna 19 9 3 7 30 24 +6 30
10 América 19 8 5 6 29 20 +9 29
11 Cruz Azul 19 5 9 5 24 24 0 24 Qualified for the Repechage
12 Necaxa 19 6 5 8 25 24 +1 23
13 Cuernavaca 19 6 5 8 24 27 −3 23
14 Pachuca 19 4 9 6 21 23 −2 21
15 UNAM 19 4 8 7 25 35 −10 20
16 San Luis 19 5 5 9 25 38 −13 20
17 Chiapas 19 5 4 10 15 26 −11 19
18 Querétaro 19 3 8 8 13 23 −10 17
19 Puebla 19 4 4 11 15 31 −16 16
20 UAG 19 1 4 14 15 37 −22 7
Source: MedioTiempo

Results edit

Home \ Away AME ATE ATS CHI CAZ CUE GDL MTY MOR NEC PAC PUE QRO SNL SAN TOL UAG UNL UNM VER
América 1–0 4–4 1–3 2–0 1–1 1–1 0–1 0–1 0–1 1–1
Atlante 2–4 5–1 1–1 4–1 2–1 3–1 3–1 3–2 3–1
Atlas 1–0 0–0 1–0 0–1 1–0 2–0 1–1 1–1 2–0 3–0
Chiapas 0–1 0–1 1–2 0–0 0–0 0–0 3–1 1–1 1–0 1–2
Cruz Azul 1–3 1–1 0–1 3–3 0–0 4–0 2–2 1–3 2–0
Cuernavaca 1–1 0–0 1–1 2–2 2–3 2–4 2–3 3–0 2–0
Guadalajara 2–3 1–3 2–0 1–1 3–1 2–1 1–0 3–2 1–1
Monterrey 2–2 0–1 1–0 4–2 2–1 3–2 0–0 3–1 3–0 2–1
Morelia 1–2 0–0 1–1 3–1 1–1 2–1 4–0 1–1 2–0 2–1
Necaxa 0–2 4–0 2–2 3–0 1–0 0–1 3–0 1–2 0–0
Pachuca 2–1 0–0 0–0 2–0 3–1 2–2 0–1 1–1 1–1
Puebla 3–2 0–1 1–6 1–0 1–1 0–2 0–1 3–1 2–2 0–1
Querétaro 1–1 1–0 2–2 0–1 1–2 0–2 1–1 1–0 0–2 0–0
San Luis 0–4 2–2 0–2 2–4 1–0 1–1 2–3 2–0 0–3
Santos Laguna 1–0 3–0 1–2 1–2 2–0 1–1 2–0 3–1 4–1
Toluca 3–0 2–3 1–3 4–1 3–2 3–1 4–0 4–3 3–1 5–1
UAG 0–5 0–0 0–2 1–2 1–1 0–0 1–2 3–0 1–2
UANL 2–1 0–0 3–0 1–0 2–1 1–0 2–2 1–0 2–2
UNAM 2–1 3–1 1–3 2–3 0–1 4–4 1–1 1–0 2–2 2–1
Veracruz 0–2 2–2 2–0 1–0 0–2 1–1 1–0 1–0 4–1 0–0
Updated to match(es) played on 17 May 2003. Source: RSSSF
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Top goalscorers edit

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

Rank Player Club Goals
1   José Cardozo Toluca 21
2   Sebastián González Atlante 16
3   Reinaldo Navia Morelia 13
4   Jared Borgetti Santos Laguna 11
5   Omar Bravo Guadalajara 10
6   Luis Gabriel Rey Atlante 9
7   Sebastián Abreu Cruz Azul 8
  Juan Carlos Cacho Cruz Azul
  José Alfredo Castillo UAG
  Claudinho Cuernavaca
  Alex Fernandes Monterrey
  Walter Gaitán UANL
  Vicente Sánchez Toluca

Source: MedioTiempo

Playoffs edit

Preliminary round edit

Cruz Azul4–1Guadalajara
Cacho   8', 85'
Corona   9'
Palencia   37' (pen.)
Report Bravo   27'
Guadalajara4–1Cruz Azul
J. Sánchez   14'
Bravo   39' (pen.)
Jo. García   45'
Ja. García   60'
Report Palencia   11' (pen.)
Referee: José Abramo Lira (Nuevo León)

5–5 on aggregate. Guadalajara advanced for being the higher seeded team.

Bracket edit

Quarterfinals Semifinals Finals
               
1 Morelia 1 4 5
8 Guadalajara 1 2 3
1 Morelia 0 2 2
7 Veracruz 1 0 1
2 Atlante 1 0 1
7 Veracruz 1 1 2
1 Morelia 1 0 1
3 Monterrey 3 0 3
3 Monterrey 1 3 5
6 Atlas 1 2 4
3 Monterrey 4 1 5
4 UANL 1 2 3
4 UANL 2 2 4
5 Toluca 2 1 3

Quarterfinals edit

Guadalajara1–1Morelia
Mora   25' (pen.) Report Saavedra   7'
Referee: Gilberto Alcalá Pineda (Mexico City)
Morelia4–2Guadalajara
Bautista   14'
Palacios   43'
Navia   82'
Íñiguez   90'
Report Mora   19'
Medina   83'

Morelia won 5–3 on aggregate.


Veracruz1–1Atlante
Gutiérrez   67' Report Rey   33'
Referee: Jorge Eduardo Gasso (Mexico City)
Atlante0–1Veracruz
Report Hernández   51' (pen.)

Veracruz won 2–1 on aggregate.


Atlas1–1Monterrey
J. Rodríguez   54' (pen.) Report I. Rodríguez   33'
Referee: Manuel Ernesto Glower (Mexico City)
Monterrey3–2Atlas
Franco   16', 35'
Huitrón   72'
Report García   49'
Rodríguez   62'

Monterrey won 4–3 on aggregate.


Toluca1–2UANL
Valdéz   50' Report Kléber   70', 89'
Referee: Germán Arredondo Ramírez (Guanajuato)

UANL won 4–3 on aggregate.

Semifinals edit

Morelia won 2–1 on aggregate.


UANL1–4Monterrey
Kléber   29' Report Franco   39', 51'
Arellano   76'
Avilán   88'

Monterrey won 5–3 on aggregate.

Finals edit

Monterrey3–1Morelia
Erviti   1'
Franco   46'
Castro   57' (pen.)
Report Bautista   90+3'
First leg
Monterrey:
GK 30   Ricardo Martínez
DF 5   Flavio Rogério
DF 4   Pablo Rotchen   82'
DF 2   Ismael Rodríguez   78'
DF 71   Elliott Huitrón   86'
DF 8   Héctor Castro   38'
MF 18   Walter Erviti   73'
MF 7   Luis Ernesto Pérez   6'
MF 28   Jesús Arellano
FW 10   Guillermo Franco   58'   90+1'
FW 9   Alex Fernandes   71'   71'
Substitutions:
GK 20   Juan de Dios Ibarra
DF 13   Daniel Román
MF 11   Jesús Mendoza
MF 17   Omar Avilán   71'
MF 19   Hashim Suárez
MF 24   César Adame   90+1'
FW 64   Tomás Banda
Manager:
  Daniel Passarella
Morelia:
GK 30   Moisés Muñoz
DF 4   Carlos González   11'
DF 58   Darío Franco   41'
DF 15   Mario Ruíz   53'
DF 12   Enrique Vizcarra   79'
MF 8   Jorge Almirón
MF 23   Javier Saavedra
MF 7   Roberto Palacios
MF 28   Carlos Adrián Morales
MF 10   Adolfo Bautista
FW 9   Reinaldo Navia
Substitutions:
GK 1   Miguel Fuentes
DF 5   Christian Ramírez
DF 13   Miguel Hernández
DF 67   Charel Hernández
MF 18   Damián Álvarez   53'
MF 20   Ismael Íñiguez   79'
FW 11   Martín Gómez
Manager:
  Rubén Omar Romano
Second leg

Monterrey won 3–1 on aggregate.

Morelia:
GK 30   Moisés Muñoz
DF 4   Carlos González   72'
DF 58   Darío Franco
DF 15   Mario Ruíz   26'   46'
MF 23   Javier Saavedra
MF 8   Jorge Almirón   11'
MF 18   Damián Álvarez   50'
MF 7   Roberto Palacios
MF 28   Carlos Adrián Morales
MF 10   Adolfo Bautista
FW 9   Reinaldo Navia   68'
Substitutions:
GK 1   Miguel Fuentes
DF 5   Christian Ramírez
DF 12   Enrique Vizcarra
DF 13   Miguel Hernández
MF 20   Ismael Íñiguez   46'
MF 85   Hugo Magallón
FW 11   Martín Gómez   50'
Manager:
  Rubén Omar Romano
Monterrey:
GK 30   Ricardo Martínez   39'
DF 5   Flavio Rogério
DF 4   Pablo Rotchen
DF 2   Ismael Rodríguez
DF 8   Héctor Castro
MF 15   Paulo Chávez
MF 18   Walter Erviti   64'
MF 7   Luis Ernesto Pérez
MF 28   Jesús Arellano   88'
FW 10   Guillermo Franco
FW 9   Alex Fernandes   30'   55'
Substitutions:
GK 20   Juan de Dios Ibarra
DF 13   Daniel Román
DF 71   Tomás Banda   64'
MF 11   Jesús Mendoza   88'
MF 17   Omar Avilán   55'
MF 19   Hashim Suárez
MF 24   César Adame
Manager:
  Daniel Passarella


 Clausura 2003 winners 
Monterrey
2nd title

Relegation edit

Pos. Team Pts. Pld. Avg.
16. San Luis 44 38 1.1579
17. UAG 119 108 1.1019
18. Chiapas 116 108 1.0741
19. Puebla 115 108 1.0648
20. Cuernavaca[note 1] 114 108 1.0556

Notes edit

  1. ^ Cuernavaca inherited the points and games of Celaya.

References edit

  1. ^ "Colibríes, una historia sui géneris en Primera División" (in Spanish). Mediotiempo. 17 May 2013. Retrieved 19 April 2019.

External links edit