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

Season	2002−03
Champions	Monterrey (2nd title)
Relegated	Cuernavaca
Champions' Cup	Monterrey
Top goalscorer	José Cardozo (21 goals)
← Apertura 2002 Apertura 2003 →

Clubs

• The franchise that was known as Celaya was bought by Jorge Rodríguez Marié, who moved the team to Cuernavaca and changed its name to Colibríes de Cuernavaca.^[1] Such was the impact of his ownership that the team's nickname, Colibries, came from the logo of his airline, Aerolineas Internacionales, and the company's wordmark also appeared as a shirt sponsor.

Mexico City

Atlas
Guadalajara
UAG

Toluca

Cuernavaca

Monterrey
UANL

Veracruz

San Luis

Morelia

Chiapas

Puebla

Querétaro

Pachuca

Santos Laguna

Greater Mexico City teams
América
Atlante
Cruz Azul
Necaxa
UNAM

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

Regular phase

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

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

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

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

Final phase (Liguilla)

Repechage

May 22, 2003

20:00

Cruz Azul	4–1	Guadalajara
Cacho 8', 85' Corona 9' Palencia 37' (pen.)	Report	Bravo 27'

Estadio Azul, Mexico City

Referee: Marco Antonio Rodríguez (Mexico City)

May 25, 2003

12:00

Guadalajara	4–1	Cruz Azul
J. Sánchez 14' Bravo 39' (pen.) Jo. García 45' Ja. García 60'	Report	Palencia 11' (pen.)

Estadio Jalisco, Guadalajara

Referee: José Abramo Lira (Nuevo León)

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

Bracket

	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

May 28, 2003

14:45

Guadalajara	1–1	Morelia
Mora 25' (pen.)	Report	Saavedra 7'

Estadio Jalisco, Guadalajara

Referee: Gilberto Alcalá Pineda (Mexico City)

May 31, 2003

20:30

Morelia	4–2	Guadalajara
Bautista 14' Palacios 43' Navia 82' Íñiguez 90'	Report	Mora 19' Medina 83'

Estadio Morelos, Morelia

Referee: Marco Antonio Rodríguez (Mexico City)

Morelia won 5–3 on aggregate.

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May 29, 2003

17:00

Veracruz	1–1	Atlante
Gutiérrez 67'	Report	Rey 33'

Estadio Luis "Pirata" Fuente, Veracruz

Referee: Jorge Eduardo Gasso (Mexico City)

June 1, 2003

12:00

Atlante	0–1	Veracruz
	Report	Hernández 51' (pen.)

Estadio Neza 86, Ciudad Nezahualcóyotl

Referee: José Abramo Lira (Nuevo León)

Veracruz won 2–1 on aggregate.

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May 28, 2003

21:00

Atlas	1–1	Monterrey
J. Rodríguez 54' (pen.)	Report	I. Rodríguez 33'

Estadio Jalisco, Guadalajara

Referee: Manuel Ernesto Glower (Mexico City)

May 31, 2003

17:00

Monterrey	3–2	Atlas
Franco 16', 35' Huitrón 72'	Report	García 49' Rodríguez 62'

Estadio Tecnológico, Monterrey

Referee: Armando Archundia (Estado de México)

Monterrey won 4–3 on aggregate.

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May 28, 2003

17:00

Toluca	1–2	UANL
Valdéz 50'	Report	Kléber 70', 89'

Estadio Nemesio Díez, Toluca

Referee: Germán Arredondo Ramírez (Guanajuato)

May 31, 2003

20:00

UANL	2–2	Toluca
Alex Mineiro 10' Kléber 24' (pen.)	Report	Cardozo 68' Franco 71'

Estadio Universitario, San Nicolás de los Garza

Referee: Felipe Ramos Rizo (Mexico City)

UANL won 4–3 on aggregate.

Semifinals

June 4, 2003

17:00

Veracruz	1–0	Morelia
Rodríguez 28'	Report

Estadio Luis "Pirata" Fuente, Veracruz

Referee: Felipe Ramos Rizo (Mexico City)

June 7, 2003

20:30

Morelia	2–0	Veracruz
Bautista 11', 66'	Report

Estadio Morelos, Morelia

Referee: Armando Archundia (Estado de México)

Morelia won 2–1 on aggregate.

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June 4, 2003

20:45

UANL	1–4	Monterrey
Kléber 29'	Report	Franco 39', 51' Arellano 76' Avilán 88'

Estadio Universitario, San Nicolás de los Garza

Referee: Gilberto Alcalá Pineda (Mexico City)

June 7, 2003

19:00

Monterrey	1–2	UANL
Alex 14'	Report	de Nigris 79' Alex Mineiro 86' (pen.)

Estadio Tecnológico, Monterrey

Referee: Marco Antonio Rodríguez (Mexico City)

Monterrey won 5–3 on aggregate.

Finals

June 11, 2003

20:30

Monterrey	3–1	Morelia
Erviti 1' Franco 46' Castro 57' (pen.)	Report	Bautista 90+3'

Estadio Tecnológico, Monterrey

Referee: Felipe Ramos Rizo (Mexico City)

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

June 14, 2003

20:30

Morelia	0–0	Monterrey
	Report

Estadio Morelos, Morelia

Referee: Marco Antonio Rodríguez (Mexico City)

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

Champions
Monterrey 2nd title

Relegation

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

1. Cuernavaca inherited the points and games of Celaya.