Primera División de México Apertura 2007

Primera División de México (Mexican First Division) Apertura 2007 is a Mexican football tournament - one of two shorter tournaments that together make up the Mexican football season - to determine the champion(s) of Mexican football. It began on Friday, August 3, 2007. On June 10, 2007, FMF General Secretary Decio de Maria revealed the groups for the upcoming tournament. Reigning champions Pachuca were eliminated in Repechaje by Cruz Azul by a double leg aggregate score of 6-0 (0-2 in the first leg, 4-0 in the second leg) and thus could not retain their title. Puebla was promoted to the Primera División de México after they beat Sinaloa in the ascension final thus, Querétaro was relegated to the Primera División A. This is the first time they are taking part in a Primera División tournament since they were relegated after Clausura 2005. Atlante made the move to Cancún, Quintana Roo, and played in the Estadio Andrés Quintana Roo after having played in Estádio Azteca for over a decade. At their new home, on December 9, 2007 Atlante won the Apertura 2007 by defeating UNAM 2–1 on aggregate. It was Atlante's third title.

Primera División de México

Season	2007−08
Champions	Atlante (3rd title)
Champions' Cup	Atlante
Champions League	Atlante UNAM
Copa Libertadores	Guadalajara America Atlas (First Stage)
SuperLiga	Morelia Pachuca America Guadalajara
Top goalscorer	Alfredo Moreno (18 goals)
← Clausura 2007 Clausura 2008 →

Clubs

Mexico City

Atlante

Atlas
Guadalajara
UAG

Toluca

Necaxa

Monterrey
UANL

Puebla

Veracruz

Morelia

Chiapas

San Luis

Pachuca

Santos Laguna

Greater Mexico City teams
América
Cruz Azul
UNAM

Location of the Primera División Clausura 2006 teams

Team	City	Stadium
América	Mexico City	Azteca
Atlante	Cancún, Quintana Roo	Andrés Quintana Roo
Atlas	Guadalajara, Jalisco	Jalisco
Chiapas	Tuxtla Gutiérrez, Chiapas	Víctor Manuel Reyna
Cruz Azul	Mexico City	Azul
Guadalajara	Guadalajara, Jalisco	Jalisco
Morelia	Morelia, Michoacán	Morelos
Monterrey	Monterrey, Nuevo León	Tecnológico
Necaxa	Aguascalientes, Aguascalientes	Victoria
Pachuca	Pachuca, Hidalgo	Hidalgo
Pachuca	Puebla, Puebla	Cuauhtémoc
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	17	10	4	3	27	16	+11	34	Directly qualified to the Liguilla (Playoffs)
2	UNAM	17	6	6	5	32	19	+13	24
3	Pachuca	17	7	3	7	26	23	+3	24	Qualified for the Repechage
4	Chiapas	17	3	9	5	22	28	−6	18
5	Puebla	17	4	5	8	16	24	−8	17
6	UAG	17	5	2	10	24	38	−14	17

Source: MedioTiempo

Group 2

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Santos Laguna	17	11	5	1	40	22	+18	38	Directly qualified to the Liguilla (Playoffs)
2	Atlante	17	9	6	2	32	19	+13	33
3	América	17	7	5	5	26	22	+4	26	Qualified for the Repechage
4	Veracruz	17	5	3	9	20	35	−15	18
5	Monterrey	17	3	5	9	18	25	−7	14
6	Atlas	17	3	3	11	23	33	−10	12

Source: MedioTiempo

Group 3

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Guadalajara	17	9	4	4	28	16	+12	31	Directly qualified to the Liguilla (Playoffs)
2	San Luis	17	8	5	4	31	30	+1	29
3	Cruz Azul	17	7	4	6	27	22	+5	25	Qualified for the Repechage
4	Morelia	17	6	4	7	20	25	−5	22
5	Necaxa	17	5	5	7	23	32	−9	20
6	UANL	17	4	4	9	16	22	−6	16

Source: MedioTiempo

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Santos Laguna	17	11	5	1	40	22	+18	38	Directly qualified to the Liguilla (Playoffs)
2	Toluca	17	10	4	3	27	16	+11	34
3	Atlante	17	9	6	2	32	19	+13	33
4	Guadalajara	17	9	4	4	28	16	+12	31
5	San Luis	17	8	5	4	31	30	+1	29
6	América	17	7	5	5	26	22	+4	26	Qualified for the Repechage
7	Cruz Azul	17	7	4	6	27	22	+5	25
8	UNAM	17	6	6	5	32	19	+13	24	Directly qualified to the Liguilla (Playoffs)
9	Pachuca	17	7	3	7	26	23	+3	24	Qualified for the Repechage
10	Morelia	17	6	4	7	20	25	−5	22
11	Necaxa	17	5	5	7	23	32	−9	20
12	Chiapas	17	3	9	5	22	28	−6	18
13	Veracruz	17	5	3	9	20	35	−15	18
14	Puebla	17	4	5	8	16	24	−8	17
15	UAG	17	5	2	10	24	38	−14	17
16	UANL	17	4	4	9	16	22	−6	16
17	Monterrey	17	3	5	9	18	25	−7	14
18	Atlas	17	3	3	11	23	33	−10	12

Source: MedioTiempo

Top goalscorers

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

Rank	Player	Club	Goals
1	Alfredo Moreno	San Luis	18
2	Giancarlo Maldonado	Atlante	15
3	Esteban Solari	UNAM	14
4	Daniel Ludueña	Santos Laguna	13
5	Miguel Sabah	Cruz Azul	11
6	Bruno Marioni	Atlas	10
7	Salvador Cabañas	América	9
	Hugo Droguett	UAG
	Hugo Rodallega	Necaxa
	Vicente Sánchez	Toluca

Source: MedioTiempo

Results

Home \ Away	AMÉ	ATE	ATL	CAZ	CHI	GUA	MOR	MTY	NEX	PAC	PUE	SAN	SLU	TOL	UAG	UNL	UNM	VER
América			2–1	2–2	6–1	2–1			1–0						4–1	1–1		0–0
Atlante	2–1								0–2	1–2	4–0	2–2	4–3	2–0			1–0
Atlas		1–2			0–1			2–2		0–1		2–5	1–1	1–1	3–2
Cruz Azul		2–2	2–0		1–1			2–1	3–0	1–2				3–1	1–2	1–0
Chiapas		1–1					1–1	0–0		0–2		2–2	2–2	0–0			1–2
Guadalajara		1–1	3–1	1–0	5–4			1–0	5–1						0–0	1–0		3–1
Morelia	2–1	1–1	0–2	2–1		1–0					2–0					1–0	0–3	1–1
Monterrey	0–1	1–1					1–2			3–1	2–0	1–1	2–3	1–1			1–0
Necaxa			2–4		1–1		1–1	3–2			2–1	2–3			1–1	1–0	1–1
Pachuca	1–2					1–2	3–1		1–1		0–0	0–1	4–1	1–2			1–1
Puebla	0–0		1–0	1–1	1–2	0–3									3–0	3–0		0–0
Santos	4–0			2–0		2–1	3–2				4–1					0–0	3–2	2–0
San Luis	2–1			3–1		0–0	2–1		3–2		0–3	2–2					3–2	2–1
Toluca	3–1					1–0	2–0		4–0		2–0	2–3	2–1				0–0	2–1
UAG		0–3			2–1		3–2	3–0		1–4		3–1	2–3	2–3
UANL		2–3	3–2		1–1			1–0		3–2			0–0	0–1	4–0
UNAM	1–1		3–2	1–2		1–1					2–2				2–0	3–0		8–0
Veracuz		0–2	2–1	1–4	1–3			3–1	1–3	3–0					3–2	2–1

Updated to match(es) played on January 23, 2007. Source:
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Final phase (Liguilla)

Repechage

14 November 2007

19:10

Pachuca	0–2	Cruz Azul
	Report	Domínguez 5', 60'

Estadio Hidalgo, Pachuca

Referee: Fabricio Morales (Sinaloa)

17 November 2007

17:00

Cruz Azul	4–0	Pachuca
Delgado 13' Borgetti 31' Núñez 64', 67'	Report

Estadio Azul, Mexico City

Referee: Marco Antonio Rodríguez (Mexico City)

Cruz Azul won 6–0 on aggregate.

---

15 November 2007

20:00

Morelia	3–0	América
Cervantes 27' Romero 41' Landín 72'	Report

Estadio Morelos, Morelia

Referee: José Gabriel Gómez (Morelos)

18 November 2007

17:00

América	1–0	Morelia
Esqueda 41'	Report

Estadio Azteca, Mexico City

Referee: José Abramo Lira (Nuevo León)

Morelia won 3–1 on aggregate.

Bracket

	Quarterfinals							Semifinals							Finals
	3	Atlante	1	2	3
	6	Cruz Azul	0	1	1
								3	Atlante (s)	0	1	1
								4	Guadalajara	1	0	1
	4	Guadalajara	1	1	2
	5	San Luis	1	0	1
															3	Atlante	0	2	2
															7	UNAM	0	1	1
	1	Santos Laguna	2	3	5
	8	Morelia	0	2	2
								1	Santos Laguna	0	4	4
								7	UNAM	3	2	5
	2	Toluca	0	1	1
	7	UNAM	2	1	3

Quarterfinals

21 November 2007

19:00

Cruz Azul	0–1	Atlante
	Report	Pereyra 2'

Estadio Azul, Mexico City

Referee: Fabián Delgado Horcasitas (Morelos)

24 November 2007

21:00

Atlante	2–1	Cruz Azul
Maldonado 23' González 64'	Report	Borgetti 87'

Estadio Andrés Quintana Roo, Cancún

Referee: Marco Antonio Rodríguez (Mexico City)

Atlante won 3–1 on aggregate.

---

21 November 2007

21:00

San Luis	1–1	Guadalajara
Moreno 89'	Report	Santana 38'

Estadio Alfonso Lastras, San Luis Potosí

Referee: Paul Delgadillo (Jalisco)

24 November 2007

19:00

Guadalajara	1–0	San Luis
Santana 56' (pen.)	Report

Estadio Jalisco, Guadalajara

Referee: Armando Archundia (Estado de México)

Guadalajara won 2–1 on aggregate.

---

22 November 2007

19:00

Morelia	0–2	Santos Laguna
	Report	Castillo 19' Ludueña 49'

Estadio Morelos, Morelia

Referee: Mauricio Morales (Mexico City)

25 November 2007

16:00

Santos Laguna	3–2	Morelia
Ludueña 45' García 52' Vuoso 79'	Report	Guzmán 65' Arce 81'

Estadio Corona, Torreón

Referee: Germán Arredondo Ramírez (Guanajuato)

Santos Laguna won 5–2 on aggregate.

---

22 November 2007

21:00

UNAM	2–0	Toluca
Scocco 17', 54' (pen.)	Report

Estadio Olímpico Universitario, Mexico City

Referee: Francisco Chacón (Michoacán)

25 November 2007

12:00

Toluca	1–1	UNAM
Giménez  33'	Report	Solari 63'

Estadio Nemesio Díez, Toluca

Referee: Roberto García Orozco (Mexico City)

UNAM won 3–1 on aggregate.

Semifinals

28 November 2007

21:00

Guadalajara	1–0	Atlante
Morales 56' (pen.)	Report

Estadio Jalisco, Guadalajara

Referee: Germán Arredondo Ramírez (Guanajuato)

1 December 2007

21:00

Atlante	1–0	Guadalajara
Maldonado 3'	Report

Estadio Andrés Quintana Roo, Cancún

Referee: Armando Archundia (Estado de México)

1–1 on aggregate. Atlante advanced for being the higher seeded team.

---

29 November 2007

21:00

UNAM	3–0	Santos Laguna
Scocco 26', 54' Moreno 50'	Report

Estadio Olímpico Universitario, Mexico City

Referee: Mauricio Morales (Mexico City)

2 December 2007

17:00

Santos Laguna	4–2	UNAM
Ludueña 13', 36', 88' Vuoso 75'	Report	González 11' Scocco  53'

Estadio Corona, Torreón

Referee: Roberto García Orozco (Mexico City)

UNAM won 5–4 on aggregate.

Finals

6 December 2007

21:00

UNAM	0–0	Atlante
	Report

Estadio Olímpico Universitario, Mexico City

Referee: Mauricio Morales (Mexico City)

9 December 2007

18:00

Atlante	2–1	UNAM
Maldonado 59' Ovalle 86'	Report	Íñiguez 69'

Estadio Andrés Quintana Roo, Cancún

Referee: Armando Archundia (Estado de México)

Atlante won 2–1 on aggregate.

Champions
Atlante 3rd title

Notes

By winning Apertura 2007, Atlante earned a quarterfinal spot in the 2008 CONCACAF Champions' Cup, along with a berth in the 2008–09 CONCACAF Champions League Group Stage.

By being the Apertura 2007 runner-up, the Pumas earned a berth in the 2008–09 CONCACAF Champions League Preliminary Round.

External links

• MedioTiempo.com (where information was obtained)