Primera División de México Invierno 2000

Primera División de México (Mexican First Division) Invierno 2000 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, July 29, 2000, and ran until November 18, when the regular season ended. Irapuato was promoted to the Primera División de México thus, Toros Neza was relegated to the Primera División A. Morelia defeated Toluca in the final and were crowned Champions for the first, and to date, the only time.

Primera División de México

Season	2000−01
Champions	Morelia (1st title)
Champions' Cup	Morelia
Copa Libertadores	Cruz Azul
CONCACAF Giants Cup	América Guadalajara
Top goalscorer	Jared Borgetti (18 goals)
← Verano 2000 Verano 2001 →

Clubs

Mexico City

Atlas
Guadalajara
UAG

Toluca

Celaya

Monterrey
UANL

Irapuato

León

Morelia

Puebla

Pachuca

Santos Laguna

Greater Mexico City teams
América
Atlante
Cruz Azul
Necaxa
UNAM

Location of the Primera División Invierno 2000 teams

Regular phase

Group 1

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Cruz Azul	17	10	3	4	34	21	+13	33	Directly qualified to the Liguilla (Playoffs)
2	Toluca	17	9	3	5	32	26	+6	30
3	Morelia	17	7	6	4	29	24	+5	27	Qualified for the Repechage
4	León	17	4	6	7	27	33	−6	18
5	Atlante	17	3	8	6	22	28	−6	17

Source: MedioTiempo

Group 2

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Atlas	17	6	7	4	35	29	+6	25	Directly qualified to the Liguilla (Playoffs)
2	Irapuato	17	6	7	4	28	26	+2	25	Qualified for the Repechage
3	UANL	17	6	6	5	23	23	0	24
4	UNAM	17	5	4	8	24	29	−5	19
5	Celaya	17	3	4	10	21	27	−6	13

Source: MedioTiempo

Group 3

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Necaxa	17	8	4	5	29	22	+7	28	Directly qualified to the Liguilla (Playoffs)
2	Santos Laguna	17	7	5	5	32	29	+3	26
3	Monterrey	17	5	5	7	23	30	−7	20
4	Puebla	17	4	4	9	18	29	−11	16

Source: MedioTiempo

Group 4

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Pachuca	17	8	4	5	24	18	+6	28	Directly qualified to the Liguilla (Playoffs)
2	América	17	7	5	5	26	23	+3	26
3	UAG	17	7	4	6	33	36	−3	25
4	Guadalajara	17	3	5	9	18	27	−9	14

Source: MedioTiempo

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Cruz Azul	17	10	3	4	34	21	+13	33	Directly qualified to the Liguilla (Playoffs)
2	Toluca	17	9	3	5	32	26	+6	30
3	Necaxa	17	8	4	5	29	22	+7	28
4	Pachuca	17	8	4	5	24	18	+6	28
5	Morelia	17	7	6	4	29	24	+5	27	Qualified for the Repechage
6	Santos Laguna	17	7	5	5	32	29	+3	26	Directly qualified to the Liguilla (Playoffs)
7	América	17	7	5	5	26	23	+3	26
8	Atlas	17	6	7	4	35	29	+6	25
9	Irapuato	17	6	7	4	28	26	+2	25	Qualified for the Repechage
10	UAG	17	7	4	6	33	36	−3	25
11	UANL	17	6	6	5	23	23	0	24
12	Monterrey	17	5	5	7	23	30	−7	20
13	UNAM	17	5	4	8	24	29	−5	19
14	León	17	4	6	7	27	33	−6	18
15	Atlante	17	3	8	6	24	28	−4	17
16	Puebla	17	4	4	9	18	29	−11	16
17	Guadalajara	17	3	5	9	18	27	−9	14
18	Celaya	17	3	4	10	21	27	−6	13

Source: MedioTiempo

Results

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

Updated to match(es) played on 19 November 2000. 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	Jared Borgetti	Santos Laguna	18
2	Ángel Morales	Cruz Azul	12
3	Antonio de Nigris	Monterrey	11
	Daniel Osorno	Atlas
5	Carlos Pavón	Morelia	10
	Martín Rodríguez	Irapuato
7	Armando González	Celaya	9
	Julio César Yegros	UNAM
9	Adelino Batista	León	8
	Alejandro Glaría	Puebla
	Carlos María Morales	Toluca
	Cristián Morales	Irapuato
	Francisco Palencia	Cruz Azul
	Jafet Soto	UAG

Source: MedioTiempo

Final phase (Liguilla)

Repechage

November 23, 2000

20:30

Irapuato	1–0	Morelia
Gómez 55'	Report

Estadio Sergio León Chávez, Irapuato

Referee: Gilberto Alcalá Pineda (Mexico City)

November 26, 2000

12:00

Morelia	7–2	Irapuato
Pavón 24', 32', 34' Alex 29', 45' C. Morales 69', 90' (pen.)	Report	Briseño 40' Morales 52'

Estadio Morelos, Morelia

Referee: José de Jesús Robles

Morelia won 7–3 on aggregate.

Bracket

	Quarterfinals							Semifinals							Finals
	2	Toluca (s)	2	2	4
	7	América	0	4	4
								2	Toluca	3	3	6
								8	Atlas	3	1	4
	1	Cruz Azul	1	0	1
	8	Atlas	0	2	2
															2	Toluca	1	2	3 (4)
															5	Morelia (p)	3	0	3 (5)
	4	Pachuca	0	1	1
	5	Morelia	0	2	2
								5	Morelia	0	3	3
								6	Santos Laguna	0	2	2
	3	Necaxa	1	2	3
	6	Santos Laguna	2	2	4

Quarterfinals

November 29, 2000

20:00

América	0–2	Toluca
	Report	Morales 36' Cardozo 87'

Estadio Azteca, Mexico City

Referee: Edgar Ulises Rangel (Estado de México)

December 2, 2000

15:00

Toluca	2–4	América
Silva 7' (o.g.) Cardozo 90'	Report	Oviedo  18' Hernández 37' Calderón 52' Mendoza 89'

Estadio Nemesio Díez, Toluca

Referee: Antonio Marrufo (Chihuahua)

4–4 on aggregate. Toluca advanced for being the higher seeded team.

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November 29, 2000

20:45

Atlas	0–1	Cruz Azul
	Report	Morales  69'

Estadio Jalisco, Guadalajara

Referee: Gilberto Alcalá Pineda (Mexico City)

December 2, 2000

17:00

Cruz Azul	0–2	Atlas
	Report	Castillo  4' Zepeda  54' (pen.)

Estadio Azul, Mexico City

Referee: José de Jesús Robles

Atlas won 2–1 on aggregate.

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November 30, 2000

14:00

Morelia	0–0	Pachuca
	Report

Estadio Morelos, Morelia

Referee: Armando Archundia (Estado de México)

December 3, 2000

12:00

Pachuca	1–2	Morelia
Pineda 56'	Report	Pavón 2' H. Morales 67'

Estadio Hidalgo, Pachuca

Referee: Eduardo Brizio Carter (Mexico City)

Morelia won 2–1 on aggregate.

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November 29, 2000

16:00

Santos Laguna	2–1	Necaxa
Gomes 20' Róbson 76'	Report	Delgado 63'

Estadio Corona, Torreón

Referee: Jorge Eduardo Gasso (Mexico City)

December 2, 2000

20:00

Necaxa	2–2	Santos Laguna
Zague  69', 90+3'	Report	Borgetti  27' Róbson 36'

Estadio Azteca, Mexico City

Referee: Felipe Ramos Rizo (Mexico City)

Santos Laguna won 4–3 on aggregate.

Semifinals

December 6, 2000

20:45

Atlas	3–3	Toluca
Zepeda 39' Briceño 81' Esqueda 89'	Report	Espinosa 47' Cardozo 60' Sinha 87'

Estadio Jalisco, Guadalajara

Referee: Armando Archundia (Estado de México)

December 9, 2000

15:00

Toluca	3–1	Atlas
Cardozo 21', 24', 66'	Report	Méndez 7'

Estadio Nemesio Díez, Toluca

Referee: Felipe Ramos Rizo (Mexico City)

Toluca won 6–4 on aggregate.

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December 7, 2000

15:30

Santos Laguna	0–0	Morelia
	Report

Estadio Corona, Torreón

Referee: Gilberto Alcalá Pineda (Mexico City)

December 10, 2000

12:00

Morelia	3–2	Santos Laguna
Lozano 8' Almirón  48' C. Morales 57'	Report	Rodríguez 65', 72'

Estadio Morelos, Morelia

Referee: Eduardo Brizio Carter (Mexico City)

Morelia won 3–2 on aggregate.

Finals

December 13, 2000

15:00

Morelia	3–1	Toluca
Ruiz  23' Alex 38' Trujillo 56'	Report	Cardozo  69'

Estadio Morelos, Morelia

Referee: Armando Archundia (Estado de México)

First leg

Morelia: GK 1 Ángel Comizzo DF 4 Hugo Chávez DF 58 Darío Franco (c)  45' DF 5 Heriberto Morales DF 27 Omar Trujillo MF 8 Jorge Almirón  28' MF 17 José Antonio Noriega MF 7 Flavio Davino  44' MF 22 Javier Lozano MF 15 Mario Ruiz FW 9 Alex Fernandes  65' Substitutions: GK 12 Sergio Cisneros DF 2 Jaime Alarcón DF 3 Salvador Mariscal DF 13 Miguel Hernández DF 16 Eduardo Rodríguez MF 28 Carlos Adrián Morales FW 29 Antonio González Manager: Luis Fernando Tena

Toluca: GK 1 Hernán Cristante DF 4 Hassan Viades DF 19 Adrian García Arias DF 5 Omar Blanco MF 8 Rafael García MF 18 David Rangel (c) MF 7 Víctor Ruiz  87' MF 13 Erik Espinosa  69' MF 11 Manoel Ferreira MF 27 Enrique Alfaro  77' FW 9 José Cardozo  54' Substitutions: GK 30 Mario Albarrán DF 21 Robert Charles Forbes DF 58 Adán Nuñez MF 6 Antonio Taboada MF 10 Sinha MF 14 Manuel Martínez  61' FW 15 Carlos María Morales  77' Manager: Ricardo Ferrero

Second leg

December 16, 2000

15:00

Toluca	2–0 (a.e.t.)	Morelia
Espinosa 15' Cardozo  26'	Report
Penalties
Ruiz Taboada Sinha Blanco Cardozo Martínez García Arias	4−5	C. Morales Almirón Lozano Chávez Alex Hernández H. Morales

Estadio Nemesio Díez, Toluca

Referee: Felipe Ramos Rizo (Mexico City)

3–3 on aggregate. Morelia won 5–4 on penalty kicks.

Toluca: GK 1 Hernán Cristante DF 27 Enrique Alfaro DF 19 Adrian García Arias DF 5 Omar Blanco DF 4 Hassan Viades DF 18 David Rangel (c)  13'  83' MF 7 Víctor Ruiz MF 11 Manoel Ferreira  19'  61' MF 13 Erik Espinosa  69' FW 15 Carlos María Morales  85' FW 9 José Cardozo Substitutions: GK 30 Mario Albarrán DF 58 Adán Nuñez MF 6 Antonio Taboada  85' MF 8 Rafael García MF 10 Sinha  61' MF 14 Manuel Martínez  69' FW 17 Eduardo Lillingston Manager: Ricardo Ferrero

Morelia: GK 1 Ángel Comizzo  105' DF 4 Hugo Chávez  46' DF 58 Darío Franco (c) DF 5 Heriberto Morales  21' DF 27 Omar Trujillo MF 8 Jorge Almirón  118' MF 7 Flavio Davino  103' MF 17 José Antonio Noriega  79' MF 22 Javier Lozano MF 15 Mario Ruiz FW 9 Alex Fernandes  6' Substitutions: GK 12 Sergio Cisneros DF 2 Jaime Alarcón DF 3 Salvador Mariscal DF 13 Miguel Hernández  103' DF 16 Eduardo Rodríguez MF 28 Carlos Adrián Morales  79' FW 29 Antonio González Manager: Luis Fernando Tena

Champions
1st title

External links

• Mediotiempo.com (where information was obtained)