Primera División de México Invierno 2001

Primera División de México Invierno 2001 (Mexico First Division Winter 2001) is the second part of a two tournament season in Association football in Mexico. It began on July 21, 2001, and ended on November 25, the end of the season. La Piedad was promoted to Primera División de México, making possible that 19 teams took part in the Mexican First Division instead of the 18 teams in previous seasons. Pachuca defeated UANL in the final, their second title win.

Primera División de México

Season	2001−02
Champions	Pachuca (2nd title)
Champions' Cup	Pachuca
Copa Libertadores	América Morelia
Top goalscorer	Martín Rodríguez (12 goals)
← Verano 2001 Verano 2002 →

Clubs

Mexico City

Atlas
Guadalajara
UAG

Toluca

Celaya

Monterrey
UANL

Irapuato

León

Morelia

Puebla

La Piedad

Pachuca

Santos Laguna

Greater Mexico City teams
América
Atlante
Cruz Azul
Necaxa
UNAM

Location of the Primera División Invierno 2001 teams

Team	City	Stadium
América	Mexico City	Azteca
Atlante	Mexico City	Azul
Atlas	Guadalajara, Jalisco	Jalisco
Celaya	Celaya, Guanajuato	Miguel Alemán Valdés
Cruz Azul	Mexico City	Azul
Guadalajara	Guadalajara, Jalisco	Jalisco
Irapuato	Irapuato, Guanajuato	Sergio León Chávez
La Piedad	La Piedad, Michoacán	Juan N. López
León	León, Guanajuato	León
Morelia	Morelia, Michoacán	Morelos
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	Nemesio Díez
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	18	8	6	4	33	24	+9	30	Directly qualified to the Liguilla (Playoffs)
2	Guadalajara	18	6	8	4	20	20	0	26
3	Atlas	18	6	3	9	25	29	−4	21
4	Monterrey	18	4	8	6	23	31	−8	20
5	Celaya	18	5	4	9	27	33	−6	19

Source: MedioTiempo

Group 2

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Toluca	18	8	8	2	33	22	+11	32	Directly qualified to the Liguilla (Playoffs)
2	Santos Laguna	18	7	3	8	36	34	+2	24
3	Morelia	18	5	5	8	24	30	−6	20
4	Irapuato	18	4	7	7	27	26	+1	19
5	La Piedad	18	4	7	7	28	40	−12	19

Source: MedioTiempo

Group 3

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Necaxa	18	6	9	3	21	20	+1	27	Directly qualified to the Liguilla (Playoffs)
2	Atlante	18	6	8	4	24	21	+3	26
3	América	18	6	6	6	21	21	0	24
4	UAG	18	4	7	7	21	23	−2	19
5	León	18	4	7	7	25	31	−6	19

Source: MedioTiempo

Group 4

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	UANL	18	11	3	4	26	12	+14	36	Directly qualified to the Liguilla (Playoffs)
2	Pachuca	18	9	5	4	29	24	+5	32
3	Puebla	18	5	8	5	22	22	0	23
4	UNAM	18	3	8	7	20	22	−2	17

Source: MedioTiempo

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	UANL	18	11	3	4	26	12	+14	36	Directly qualified to the Liguilla (Playoffs)
2	Toluca	18	8	8	2	33	22	+11	32
3	Pachuca	18	9	5	4	29	24	+5	32
4	Cruz Azul	18	8	6	4	33	24	+9	30
5	Necaxa	18	6	9	3	21	20	+1	27
6	Atlante	18	6	8	4	24	21	+3	26
7	Guadalajara	18	6	8	4	20	20	0	26
8	Santos Laguna	18	7	3	8	36	34	+2	24
9	América	18	6	6	6	21	21	0	24
10	Puebla	18	5	8	5	22	22	0	23
11	Atlas	18	6	3	9	25	29	−4	21
12	Morelia	18	5	5	8	24	30	−6	20
13	Monterrey	18	4	8	6	23	31	−8	20
14	Irapuato	18	4	7	7	27	26	+1	19
15	UAG	18	4	7	7	21	23	−2	19
16	Celaya	18	5	4	9	27	33	−6	19
17	León	18	4	7	7	25	31	−6	19
18	La Piedad	18	4	7	7	28	40	−12	19
19	UNAM	18	3	8	7	20	22	−2	17

Source: MedioTiempo

Results

Home \ Away	AME	ATE	ATS	CEL	CAZ	GDL	IRA	LAP	LEO	MTY	MOR	NEC	PAC	PUE	SAN	TOL	UAG	UNL	UNM
América	—	3–2	–	1–2	1–2	–	1–1	–	1–2	–	–	–	0–0	1–0	–	3–1	1–1	–	–
Atlante	–	—	–	2–1	2–2	–	1–0	–	3–1	–	1–1	–	2–0	–	–	2–2	2–1	–	–
Atlas	0–2	2–0	—	1–5	0–0	–	–	–	4–1	–	–	–	–	3–1	–	0–3	0–1	0–0	–
Celaya	–	–	–	—	0–2	2–2	2–1	–	2–1	–	5–2	–	1–3	–	1–3	0–1	–	–	–
Cruz Azul	–	–	–	–	—	2–3	2–3	–	–	4–2	2–2	0–0	3–2	1–0	0–0	–	–	–	1–0
Guadalajara	1–1	0–0	0–3	–	–	—	–	1–1	–	3–1	–	0–0	–	–	–	–	1–0	0–2	2–2
Irapuato	–	–	3–0	–	–	1–0	—	6–1	–	1–1	2–4	2–3	0–1	2–3	1–1	–	–	–	0–0
La Piedad	1–1	2–2	2–4	2–1	1–5	–	–	—	1–1	–	–	–	–	3–2	–	2–0	1–1	2–0	–
León	–	–	–	–	2–2	1–2	2–2	–	—	1–0	1–1	2–1	1–1	–	4–2	–	–	–	–
Monterrey	1–0	2–2	3–1	2–1	–	–	–	1–1	–	—	–	1–1	–	–	–	–	3–3	0–0	1–0
Morelia	2–0	–	0–3	–	–	0–1	–	2–2	–	2–0	—	0–1	–	–	3–2	–	–	3–1	1–1
Necaxa	0–1	0–0	1–0	2–2	–	–	–	2–0	–	–	–	—	–	–	–	2–2	1–0	0–4	2–1
Pachuca	–	–	2–1	–	–	2–1	–	3–1	–	3–3	1–0	2–2	—	–	2–1	–	–	1–0	2–0
Puebla	–	0–0	–	1–1	–	1–1	–	–	2–2	2–1	1–0	1–1	–	—	2–1	0–0	1–1	–	–
Santos Laguna	2–3	2–1	3–1	–	–	0–1	–	6–4	–	5–0	–	2–2	–	–	—	–	–	1–2	1–0
Toluca	–	–	–	–	2–1	1–1	1–1	–	3–1	1–1	3–1	–	4–3	–	6–2	—	–	–	–
UAG	–	–	–	1–1	1–2	–	1–1	–	2–1	–	3–0	–	1–1	–	1–2	0–1	—	–	–
UANL	2–0	2–0	–	1–0	3–2	–	2–0	–	1–0	–	–	–	–	2–0	–	1–1	3–1	—	–
UNAM	1–1	0–2	2–2	5–0	–	–	–	2–1	1–1	–	–	–	–	2–2	–	1–1	1–2	1–0	—

Updated to match(es) played on 25 November 2001. 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	Martín Rodríguez	Irapuato	12
2	Alex Fernandes	Morelia	11
3	José Manuel Abundis	Atlante	10
4	Jared Borgetti	Santos Laguna	9
	José Luis Calderón	Atlas
	Walter Silvani	Pachuca
	Iván Zamorano	América
8	Claudinho	La Piedad	8
	Vicente Sánchez	Toluca
	Miguel Zepeda	Cruz Azul

Source: MedioTiempo

Final phase (Liguilla)

Bracket

	Quarterfinals							Semifinals							Finals
	1	UANL	1	3	4
	8	Santos Laguna	1	0	1
								1	UANL (s)	0	1	1
								4	Cruz Azul	1	0	1
	4	Cruz Azul	0	4	4
	5	Necaxa	2	0	2
															1	UANL	0	1	1
															3	Pachuca	2	1	3
	2	Toluca	1	2	3
	7	Guadalajara	1	0	1
								2	Toluca	1	2	3
								3	Pachuca	1	4	5
	3	Pachuca (s)	2	0	2
	6	Atlante	1	1	2

Quarterfinals

November 28, 2001

15:00

Santos Laguna	1–1	UANL
Borgetti 58'	Report	Ochoa 76'

Estadio Corona, Torreón

Referee: José de Jesús Robles

December 1, 2001

17:00

UANL	3–0	Santos Laguna
del Olmo 75' Ochoa 82' Santillana 87'	Report

Estadio Universitario, San Nicolás de los Garza

Referee: Armando Archundia (Estado de México)

UANL won 4–1 on aggregate.

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November 28, 2001

20:45

Guadalajara	1–1	Toluca
García 25'	Report	Morales 42'

Estadio Jalisco, Guadalajara

Referee: Marco Antonio Rodríguez (Mexico City)

December 1, 2001

15:00

Toluca	2–0	Guadalajara
Sánchez 13' Morales 65'	Report

Estadio Nemesio Díez, Toluca

Referee: Antonio Marrufo (Chihuahua)

Toluca won 3–1 on aggregate.

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November 29, 2001

19:00

Atlante	1–2	Pachuca
Paredes 47'	Report	Silvani 6', 74'

Estadio Azteca, Mexico City

Referee: Germán Arredondo Ramírez (Guanajuato)

December 2, 2001

19:00

Pachuca	0–1	Atlante
	Report	Abundis 44'

Estadio Hidalgo, Pachuca

Referee: Gilberto Alcalá Pineda (Mexico City)

2–2 on aggregate. Pachuca advanced for being the higher seeded team.

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November 29, 2001

21:30

Necaxa	2–0	Cruz Azul
Pérez 38' González 57' (pen.)	Report

Estadio Azteca, Mexico City

Referee: Eduardo Brizio Carter (Mexico City)

December 2, 2001

16:02

Cruz Azul	4–0	Necaxa
Ledesma 11' Mendoza 45' Campos 56' Pinheiro 90'	Report

Estadio Azul, Mexico City

Referee: Felipe Ramos Rizo (Mexico City)

Cruz Azul won 4–2 on aggregate.

Semifinals

December 5, 2001

16:00

Cruz Azul	1–0	UANL
Ledesma 29'	Report

Estadio Azul, Mexico City

Referee: Gilberto Alcalá Pineda (Mexico City)

December 8, 2001

17:00

UANL	1–0	Cruz Azul
Suárez 51' (pen.)	Report

Estadio Universitario, San Nicolás de los Garza

Referee: Felipe Ramos Rizo (Mexico City)

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

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December 5, 2001

20:30

Pachuca	1–1	Toluca
Caballero 74'	Report	Cardozo 52'

Estadio Hidalgo, Pachuca

Referee: Antonio Marrufo (Chihuahua)

December 8, 2001

15:00

Toluca	2–4	Pachuca
Sánchez 25' Cardozo 47'	Report	Santana 6' Caballero 58' (pen.) Brizuela 66' Silvani 88'

Estadio Nemesio Díez, Toluca

Referee: Armando Archundia (Estado de México)

Pachuca won 5–3 on aggregate.

Finals

December 12, 2001

20:30

Pachuca	2–0	UANL
Silvani 23' Santana 28'	Report

Estadio Hidalgo, Pachuca

Referee: Armando Archundia (Estado de México)

First leg

Pachuca: GK 1 Miguel Calero DF 2 Alberto Rodríguez DF 5 Francisco Gabriel de Anda DF 99 Manuel Vidrio DF 14 Marco Sánchez Yacuta MF 6 Alfonso Sosa  13' MF 10 Marco Garcés  60' MF 8 Gabriel Caballero MF 15 Andrés Chitiva  71' FW 18 Sergio Santana  84' FW 9 Walter Silvani  19' Substitutions: GK 12 Jesús Alfaro DF 16 Israel Velázquez DF 26 José Juan Hernández MF 13 Jorge Orozco MF 28 Carlos Adrián Morales  84' MF 29 Jaime Correa FW 11 Hugo Brizuela  60' Manager: Alfredo Tena

UANL: GK 1 Óscar Dautt DF 23 Javier Saavedra  42' DF 2 Claudio Suárez DF 6 David Oteo DF 3 Sindey Balderas MF 13 Antonio Sancho  21'  75' MF 8 Joaquín del Olmo  72' MF 18 Irênio  8'  17' MF 11 Marcelo Domingues  25' FW 9 Jesús Olalde FW 29 Carlos Ochoa Substitutions: GK 25 Rogelio Rodríguez DF 20 Hugo Sánchez DF 21 Percy Colque MF 5 Mauricio Gallaga MF 10 Ramón Ramírez  80'  25' MF 15 Felipe Ayala  75' MF 19 Juan Montano  72' Manager: Ricardo Ferretti

Second leg

December 15, 2001

17:00

UANL	1–1	Pachuca
Olalde 19'	Report	Silvani 71'

Estadio Universitario, San Nicolás de los Garza

Referee: Felipe Ramos Rizo (Mexico City)

Pachuca won 3–1 on aggregate.

Pachuca: GK 1 Óscar Dautt DF 23 Javier Saavedra DF 2 Claudio Suárez  16' DF 6 David Oteo  29' DF 3 Sindey Balderas MF 13 Antonio Sancho  65' MF 8 Joaquín del Olmo  81' MF 11 Marcelo Domingues FW 17 Jorge Santillana  72' FW 9 Jesús Olalde  41' FW 29 Carlos Ochoa Substitutions: GK 25 Rogelio Rodríguez DF 20 Hugo Sánchez DF 21 Percy Colque MF 5 Mauricio Gallaga MF 10 Ramón Ramírez  72' MF 15 Felipe Ayala  81' MF 19 Juan Montano Manager: Ricardo Ferretti

UANL: GK 1 Miguel Calero  36' DF 2 Alberto Rodríguez DF 5 Francisco Gabriel de Anda DF 99 Manuel Vidrio  26' DF 14 Marco Sánchez Yacuta  18' MF 6 Alfonso Sosa  27' MF 10 Marco Garcés MF 8 Gabriel Caballero MF 15 Andrés Chitiva  48' FW 18 Sergio Santana FW 9 Walter Silvani  88' Substitutions: GK 12 Jesús Alfaro DF 16 Israel Velázquez  48' DF 26 José Juan Hernández MF 13 Jorge Orozco  88' MF 28 Carlos Adrián Morales MF 29 Jaime Correa FW 11 Hugo Brizuela Manager: Alfredo Tena

Champions
Pachuca 2nd title

External links

• Mediotiempo.com (where information was obtained)