Primera División de México Invierno 1997

Invierno 1997 was the 58th edition of the top professional division of Mexican football, known as Primera División de México, it was the first short tournament of the 1997–98 season. It started on July 25 and ended on October 26, 1997. UANL was promoted and Pachuca was relegated to the Primera División A. Cruz Azul were the champions and winning its 8th title, after defeated León in extra time with golden goal.

Regular phase

Group 1
	Club	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	+/-	Points
1.	León	17	9	5	3	30	22	+8	32
2.	Atlante	17	8	6	3	26	17	+9	30
3.	Veracruz	17	5	6	6	19	25	-6	21
4.	Celaya	17	5	5	7	21	26	-5	20
5.	Puebla	17	5	4	8	20	27	-7	19

Group 2
	Club	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	+/-	Points
1.	Cruz Azul	17	8	7	2	29	16	+13	31
2.	Guadalajara	17	8	5	4	28	24	+4	29
3.	Monterrey	17	6	4	7	22	22	0	22
4.	Toluca	17	5	4	8	21	21	0	19
5.	UANL	17	5	3	9	20	26	-6	18

Group 3
	Club	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	+/-	Points
1.	Morelia	17	7	7	3	25	19	+6	28
2.	Toros Neza	17	6	5	6	29	29	0	23
3.	UNAM	17	3	7	7	26	30	-4	16
4.	Santos Laguna	17	3	7	7	22	31	-9	16

Group 4
	Club	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	+/-	Points
1.	América	17	8	5	4	27	19	+8	29
2.	Atlas	17	6	5	6	28	26	+2	23
3.	Necaxa	17	4	6	7	26	31	-5	18
4.	UAG	17	3	7	7	19	27	-8	16


	Teams directly qualified to the Liguilla

League table

	Club	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	+/-	Points
1.	León	17	9	5	3	30	22	+8	32
2.	Cruz Azul	17	8	7	2	29	16	+13	31
3.	Atlante	17	8	6	3	26	17	+9	30
4.	América	17	8	5	4	27	19	+8	29
5.	Guadalajara	17	8	5	4	28	24	+4	29
6.	Morelia	17	7	7	3	25	19	+6	28
7.	Atlas	17	6	5	6	28	26	+2	23
8.	Toros Neza	17	6	5	6	29	29	0	23
9.	Monterrey	17	6	4	7	22	22	0	22
10.	Veracruz	17	5	6	6	19	25	-6	21
11.	Celaya	17	5	5	7	21	26	-5	20
12.	Toluca	17	5	4	8	21	21	0	19
13.	Puebla	17	5	4	8	20	27	-7	19
14.	Necaxa	17	4	6	7	26	31	-5	18
15.	UANL	17	5	3	9	20	26	-6	18
16.	UNAM	17	3	7	7	26	30	-4	16
17.	UAG	17	3	7	7	19	27	-8	16
18.	Santos Laguna	17	3	7	7	22	31	-9	16

Top goalscorers

Goals scored throughout the entire tournament including Repechaje, Quarterfinals, Semifinals and Finals.

Pos.	Player	Team	Goals
1	Luis García Postigo	Atlante	12
2	Carlos Hermosillo	Cruz Azul	10
3	Jesús Olalde	UNAM	10
	Ricardo Peláez	America	10
5	Daniel Guzmán	Atlas	9
	Germán Arangio	Toros Neza	9
7	Gustavo Nápoles	Guadalajara	8
	Julio César Yegros	Cruz Azul	8
	Antonio Mohamed	Toros Neza	8
10	Sigifredo Mercado	Leon	7
	Jared Borgetti	Santos Laguna	7
	Claudio Da Silva	Morelia	7
	José Saturnino Cardozo	Toluca	7
	Claudio Núñez	UANL	7
	Juan Ramón Fleita	Toros Neza	7
	Carlos Pavón	Necaxa	7

Final phase (Liguilla)

Quarterfinals					Semifinals					Finals

7	Atlas	0	1	1

2	Cruz Azul	1	4	5
					2	Cruz Azul	1	1	2

					3	Atlante	1	0	1
6	Morelia	0	0	0

3	Atlante	0	1	1
										2	Cruz Azul	1	1	2

										1	León	0	1	1
5	Guadalajara	1	0	1

4	América	3	1	4
					4	América	1	1	2

					1	León	0	3	3
8	Toros Neza	1	3	4

1	León	0	6	6

Champions
Cruz Azul 8th title

References

External links

Mediotiempo.com (where information was obtained)