Primera División de México Invierno 1998

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.

Primera División de México

Season	1998–99
Champions	Necaxa (3rd title)
Champions' Cup	Necaxa
Copa Libertadores	Monterrey
Top goalscorer	Cuauhtémoc Blanco (16 goals)
← 1997–98 Verano 1999 →

Clubs

Mexico City

Atlas
Guadalajara
UAG

Toluca

Celaya

Monterrey
UANL

León

Atl. Morelia

Puebla

Pachuca

Santos Laguna

Greater Mexico City teams
América
Atlante
Cruz Azul
Necaxa
Toros Neza
UNAM

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	Cuauhtémoc Blanco	América	16
2	José Cardozo	Toluca	13
	Carlos Pavón	Necaxa
4	Federico Lagorio	Atlas	12
5	Alejandro Glaría	Pachuca	11
	Pedro Pineda	Necaxa
7	Claudinho	Morelia	10
	Claudio Núñez	UANL
9	Luis García	Guadalajara	8
	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

November 26, 1998

15:00

Atlético Morelia	1–1	Guadalajara
Graziani 28'	Report	Peláez 43'

Estadio Morelos, Morelia

Referee: Pascual Rebolledo (Veracruz)

November 29, 1998

12:00

Guadalajara	4–1	Atlético Morelia
Peláez 39' Arellano 71' García 74', 88'	Report	Graziani 75' (pen.)

Estadio Jalisco, Guadalajara

Referee: Armando Archundia (Estado de México)

Guadalajara won 5–2 on aggregate.

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November 25, 1998

20:00

UNAM	3–2	Cruz Azul
Sánchez 41' Álvarez 69', 73'	Report	Sosa 46' Palencia 55'

Estadio Olímpico Universitario, Mexico City

Referee: Eduardo Brizio Carter (Mexico City)

November 28, 1998

17:00

Cruz Azul	1–1	UNAM
Palencia 48'	Report	Lozano 86'

Estadio Azul, Mexico City

Referee: Felipe Ramos Rizo (Mexico City)

UNAM won 4–3 on aggregate.

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November 25, 1998

20:30

UAG	2–0	Necaxa
Palacios 47' da Silva 52'	Report

Estadio Tres de Marzo, Zapopan

Referee: Edgar Ulises Rangel (Estado de México)

November 29, 1998

17:00

Necaxa	3–1	UAG
Vázquez 12' López 24' Vega 40' (o.g.)	Report	Muf 90'

Estadio Azteca, Mexico City

Referee: Gilberto Alcalá Pineda (Mexico City)

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

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November 26, 1998

20:45

Atlas	1–2	Toluca
López 85'	Report	Abundis 21' Carmona 26'

Estadio Jalisco, Guadalajara

Referee: León Padró Borja (Guanajuato)

November 29, 1998

15:00

Toluca	0–2	Atlas
	Report	López 34' Rodríguez 67'

Estadio Nemesio Díez, Toluca

Referee: Antonio Marrufo (Chihuahua)

Atlas won 3–2 on aggregate.

Semifinals

December 3, 1998

20:00

UNAM	1–1	Guadalajara
Álvarez 19'	Report	Peláez 14'

Estadio Olímpico Universitario, Mexico City

Referee: Eduardo Brizio Carter (Mexico City)

December 6, 1998

12:00

Guadalajara	1–0	UNAM
García 50'	Report

Estadio Jalisco, Guadalajara

Referee: Antonio Marrufo (Chihuahua)

Guadalajara won 2–1 on aggregate.

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December 3, 1998

20:45

Atlas	0–0	Necaxa
	Report

Estadio Jalisco, Guadalajara

Referee: Pascual Rebolledo (Veracruz)

December 6, 1998

17:00

Necaxa	3–2	Atlas
Hermosillo 28', 78' Vázquez 49'	Report	Lagorio 16' Rodríguez 47'

Estadio Azteca, Mexico City

Referee: León Padró Borja (Guanajuato)

Necaxa won 3–2 on aggregate.

Final

First leg

December 10, 1998

17:00

Necaxa	0–0	Guadalajara
	Report

Estadio Azteca, Mexico City

Referee: Eduardo Brizio Carter (Mexico City)

Necaxa: GK 25 Adolfo Ríos DF 20 José Higareda DF 19 Eduardo Vilches  34'  84' DF 3 Sergio Almaguer DF 5 José Luis Montes de Oca  70' DF 2 Salvador Cabrera DF 4 Markus López MF 7 Álex Aguinaga (c)  90' MF 21 Sergio Vázquez  38' MF 10 Sergio Zárate  83' FW 27 Carlos Hermosillo Substitutions: MF 16 David Oliva  83' MF 6 José Manuel de la Torre  90' Manager: Raúl Arias

Guadalajara: GK 1 Martín Zúñiga DF 15 Paulo César Chávez  7' DF 8 Joel Sánchez DF 4 Claudio Suárez MF 14 Felipe de Jesús Robles MF 28 Jesús Arellano MF 6 Alberto Coyote (c)  74' MF 7 Ramón Ramírez MF 10 Luis García  77' MF 11 Manuel Martínez FW 9 Ricardo Peláez Substitutions: DF 3 Héctor Castro  77' Manager: Ricardo Ferretti

Second leg

December 13, 1998

12:00

Guadalajara	0–2	Necaxa
	Report	Cabrera 54' Vázquez 87'

Estadio Jalisco, Guadalajara

Referee: Pascual Rebolledo (Veracruz)

Necaxa won 2–0 on aggregate.

Guadalajara: GK 1 Martín Zúñiga DF 15 Paulo César Chávez DF 8 Joel Sánchez DF 4 Claudio Suárez MF 14 Felipe de Jesús Robles  79' MF 28 Jesús Arellano  66' MF 6 Alberto Coyote (c) MF 7 Ramón Ramírez MF 10 Luis García  85' MF 11 Manuel Martínez  74' FW 9 Ricardo Peláez Substitutions: DF 3 Héctor Castro  74' FW 17 Héctor Del Ángel  79' DF 2 Noe Zárate  85' Manager: Ricardo Ferretti

Necaxa: GK 25 Adolfo Ríos DF 20 José Higareda  28' DF 3 Sergio Almaguer DF 4 Markus López  82' DF 5 José Luis Montes de Oca DF 2 Salvador Cabrera  61' MF 6 José Manuel de la Torre  79' MF 7 Álex Aguinaga (c) MF 21 Sergio Vázquez MF 10 Sergio Zárate  85' FW 27 Carlos Hermosillo  90' Substitutions: MF 13 Marco Antonio Sánchez  79' MF 12 Raúl Gordillo  85' MF 16 David Oliva  90' Manager: Raúl Arias

Champions
Necaxa 3rd title

External links

• Mediotiempo.com (where information was obtained)