1989–90 Copa México

The 1989–90 Copa México was the 62nd staging of the Copa México, the 35th staging in the professional era.

1989–90 Copa México

Tournament details
Country	Mexico
Teams	20
Final positions
Champions	Puebla (4th title)
Runners-up	Tigres UANL
Tournament statistics
Matches played	23
Goals scored	91 (3.96 per match)
← 1988–89 1990–91 →

The competition started on January 17, 1990, and concluded on April 18, 1990, with the final, held at the Estadio Cuauhtémoc in Puebla City, in which Puebla lifted the trophy for the fourth time ever with a 4–3 victory over Tigres UANL.

For this edition the teams were seeded 1–20 based on points at the end of the round 19 in the 1989–90 league:

Seeding

Seed	Team	seed	team
1	Puebla	11	Irapuato
2	América	12	Cobras
3	U. de G.	13	Santos Laguna
4	UNAM	14	Tecos
5	Necaxa	15	Correcaminos
6	Morelia	16	Toluca
7	Monterrey	17	Atlante F.C.
8	Tigres UANL	18	Guadalajara
9	Cruz Azul	19	Veracruz
10	Atlas	20	Tampico Madero

Preliminary round

	Preliminary From January 17 to January 31							Qualifiers
	20	Tampico Madero (a)	1	1	2
	13	Santos Laguna	0	2	2			20	Tampico Madero
	14	Tecos	2	1	3			14	Tecos
	19	Veracruz	0	0	0

	Preliminary From January 17 to January 31							Qualifiers
	18	Guadalajara	2	1	3
	15	Correcaminos	0	1	1			18	Guadalajara
	17	Atlante F.C.	1	1	2			16	Toluca
	16	Toluca	1	2	3

Knock-out rounds

	Round of 16 From February 13 to March 1st							Quarter-finals From March 7 to March 14							Semi-finals From March 21 to April 4							Finals April 11 and April 18
	18	Guadalajara	4	0	4
	3	U. de G.	2	1	3
								18	Guadalajara	0	1	1
								1	Puebla	0	2	2
	20	Tampico Madero	1	2	3
	1	Puebla	0	4	4
															1	Puebla	1	1	2
															7	Monterrey	1	0	1
	7	Monterrey	3	0	3
	9	Cruz Azul	2	0	2
								7	Monterrey	2	1	3
								5	Necaxa	1	0	1
	5	Necaxa	3	0	3
	11	Irapuato	0	0	0
																						1	Puebla	0	4	4
																						8	Tigres UANL	2	1	3
	16	Toluca	0	0	0
	2	América	3	0	0
								2	América (a)	1	0	1
								14	Tecos	1	0	1
	14	Tecos	4	4	5
	4	UNAM	1	2	3
															2	América	1	2	3
															8	Tigres UANL (a)	1	2	3
	12	Cobras	2	2	4
	6	Morelia	0	2	2
								12	Cobras	2	1	3
								8	Tigres UANL	1	3	4
	10	Atlas	3	0	3
	8	Tigres UANL	2	2	4

Semifinals

First leg

March 21

Monterrey	1–1	Puebla
Francisco Javier Cruz 69'		Sergio Almaguer 54'

Estadio Tecnológico, Monterrey

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March 28

Tigres UANL	1–1	América
Sergio Almirón 84' (pen.)		Jesús Eduardo Córdova 91'

Estadio Universitario, San Nicolás de los Garza

Second leg

March 28

Puebla	1–0	Monterrey
Jorge Aravena 24'

Estadio Cuauhtémoc, Puebla City

Puebla F.C. go to the final 2–1 on aggregate

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April 4

América	2–2	Tigres UANL
Raúl Vicente Amarilla 15' Gonzalo Farfán 71'		Sergio Almirón 47' (pen.) Miguel Ángel Esparza 73'

Estadio Azteca, Mexico DF

Puebla F.C. go to the final 2–1 on aggregate on away goals

Finals

First leg

April 11

Tigres UANL	2–0	Puebla
Sergio Almirón 28' Jorge Gama 33'

Estadio Universitario, San Nicolás de los Garza

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Second leg

Jun 8

Puebla	4–1	Tigres UANL
Carlos Poblete 3', 20' Jorge Aravena 39' Marcelino Bernal 83'		Sergio Almirón 36'

Estadio Cuauhtémoc, Puebla City

Puebla won the Cup 4-3 on aggregate

Copa México 1989-90 Winners
Puebla 4th Title

References

• Mexico - Statistics of Copa México in season 1989/1990. (RSSSF)