1996–97 Mexican Primera División season

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Primera División de México
Season1996–97
Champions
RelegatedPachuca
Champions' Cup
CONCACAF Cup Winners Cup
Matches played306
Goals scored993 (3.25 per match)
Top goalscorer

The following are statistics of Mexico's Primera División for the 1996–97 season.

Overview[]

Teams[]

1996–97 Mexican Primera División season is located in Mexico
Mexico City
Mexico City
Atlas Guadalajara UAG
Toluca
Celaya
Monterrey
Veracruz
Veracruz
León
Atl. Morelia
Atl. Morelia
Puebla
Puebla
Pachuca
Santos Laguna
Greater Mexico City teams América Atlante Cruz Azul Necaxa Toros Neza UNAM
Greater Mexico City teams
América Blue pog.svg
Atlante Blue pog.svg
Cruz Azul Blue pog.svg
Necaxa Blue pog.svg
Toros Neza Blue pog.svg
UNAM Blue pog.svg
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Location of the 1996-97 Primera División 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 Nemesio Díez
Toros Neza Nezahualcóyotl, State of Mexico Neza 86
UAG Zapopan, Jalisco Tres de Marzo
UNAM Mexico City Olímpico Universitario
Veracruz Veracruz, Veracruz Luis "Pirata" Fuente

Torneo Invierno 1996[]

Primera División de México (Mexican First Division) Invierno 1996 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 Friday, August 9, 1996, and ran until November 24, when the regular season ended. In the final Santos defeated Necaxa and became champions for the 1st time.

Final standings (groups)[]

Group 1
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Atlante 17 12 2 3 30 11 +19 38 Directly qualified to the Liguilla (Playoffs)
2 Puebla 17 9 4 4 32 22 +10 31
3 Toros Neza 17 8 0 9 30 36 −6 24 Qualified for the Repechage
4 Cruz Azul 17 5 5 7 26 26 0 20
5 Veracruz 17 4 6 7 14 21 −7 18
Source: MedioTiempo
Group 2
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Necaxa 17 8 5 4 24 19 +5 29 Directly qualified to the Liguilla (Playoffs)
2 León 17 5 8 4 24 19 +5 23 Qualified for the Repechage
3 América 17 4 5 8 24 27 −3 17
4 Pachuca 17 3 6 8 25 36 −11 15
5 Atlético Morelia 17 3 3 11 20 31 −11 12
Source: MedioTiempo
Group 3
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Guadalajara 17 9 4 4 33 19 +14 31 Directly qualified to the Liguilla (Playoffs)
2 Toluca 17 9 3 5 26 15 +11 30
3 Atlas 17 6 8 3 28 26 +2 26 Qualified for the Repechage
4 UNAM 17 4 6 7 23 27 −4 18
Source: MedioTiempo
Group 4
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Santos Laguna 17 10 4 3 21 15 +6 34 Directly qualified to the Liguilla (Playoffs)
2 Monterrey 17 5 4 8 15 21 −6 19 Qualified for the Repechage
3 UAG 17 5 3 9 20 30 −10 18
4 Celaya 17 5 2 10 19 33 −14 17
Source: MedioTiempo

League table[]

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Atlante 17 12 2 3 30 11 +19 38 Advance to Liguilla (Playoffs)
2 Santos Laguna (C) 17 10 4 3 21 15 +6 34
3 Guadalajara 17 9 4 4 33 19 +14 31
4 Puebla 17 9 4 4 32 22 +10 31
5 Toluca 17 9 3 5 26 15 +11 30
6 Necaxa 17 8 5 4 24 19 +5 29
7 Atlas 17 6 8 3 28 26 +2 26 Advance to Repechage
8 Toros Neza 17 8 0 9 30 36 −6 24
9 León 17 5 8 4 24 19 +5 23
10 Cruz Azul 17 5 5 7 26 26 0 20
11 Monterrey 17 5 4 8 15 21 −6 19 Advance to Repechage
12 UNAM 17 4 6 7 23 27 −4 18
13 Veracruz 17 4 6 7 14 21 −7 18
14 UAG 17 5 3 9 20 30 −10 18
15 América 17 4 5 8 24 27 −3 17
16 Celaya 17 5 2 10 19 33 −14 17
17 Pachuca 17 3 6 8 25 36 −11 15 Team is last in Relegation table
18 Atlético Morelia 17 3 3 11 20 31 −11 12
Source: Liga MX
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Number of goals scored; 4) Head-to-head results between tied teams; 5) Number of goals scored away; 6) Highest relegation coefficient; 7) Fair Play points
(C) Champion

Results[]

Home \ Away AME ATE ATS ATM CEL CAZ GDL LEO MTY NEC PAC PUE SAN TOL TRN UAG UNM VER
América — 1–2 – 5–1 – 2–1 – – 2–0 1–1 – – – 1–2 – 2–2 2–2 –
Atlante – — 1–1 2–0 6–0 3–1 – 1–0 – – – – – – 0–1 1–0 – 3–0
Atlas 2–1 – — – 2–1 – 2–2 – – – 5–1 2–2 1–1 1–1 – – 2–2 1–2
Atlético Morelia – – 1–2 — 1–2 – 1–4 1–1 – – 3–0 2–2 – – 2–1 – – 0–2
Celaya 0–2 – – – — – 3–0 – 0–0 1–2 3–2 0–1 0–2 0–1 – – 0–1 –
Cruz Azul – – 4–1 1–1 2–3 — – 2–2 – – 1–2 3–1 – – 3–0 – – 0–0
Guadalajara 5–0 1–0 – – – 1–0 — – 3–1 2–3 – – – 2–1 – 4–1 2–0 –
León 2–2 – 1–1 – 4–1 – 0–0 — – – 2–2 1–1 3–0 – 2–3 – – 2–1
Monterrey – 0–1 0–0 0–3 – 1–0 – 1–0 — – – – 0–1 – 5–1 2–1 – 2–1
Necaxa – 1–2 0–2 2–1 – 3–3 – 0–0 3–0 — – – 0–1 – 2–0 1–0 – –
Pachuca 2–2 1–2 – – – – 0–2 – 2–2 2–2 — 3–4 – 3–0 – – 0–0 –
Puebla 1–0 2–3 – – – – 1–1 – 1–0 1–2 – — – 2–1 – 5–2 2–1 –
Santos Laguna 1–0 1–0 – 2–1 – 0–2 1–1 – – – 2–1 1–0 — – – 1–2 – –
Toluca – 0–0 – 1–0 – 4–0 – 2–3 1–0 2–0 – – 0–2 — 1–0 5–0 – –
Toros Neza 2–1 – 6–2 – 1–2 – 2–1 – – – 5–2 0–3 2–3 – — – 2–6 2–0
UAG – – 0–1 1–0 5–2 1–1 – 0–1 – – 1–1 – – – 1–2 — – 1–0
UNAM – 1–3 – 3–2 – 1–2 – 1–0 1–1 0–1 – – 2–2 0–3 – 1–2 — –
Veracruz 1–0 – – – 1–1 – 3–2 – – 1–1 0–1 0–3 0–0 1–1 – – 1–1 —
Updated to match(es) played on 24 November 1996. 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 Spain Carlos Muñoz Puebla 15
2 Mexico Guadalajara 13
Mexico Carlos Hermosillo Cruz Azul
Argentina Pachuca
5 Mexico Zague Atlante 10
Brazil Nildeson Toros Neza
7 Mexico Jared Borgetti Santos Laguna 9
8 Argentina UNAM 8
Mexico Luis García América
Chile Marco Antonio Figueroa Atlético Morelia
Brazil León

Source: MedioTiempo

Playoffs[]

Repechage[]

León1–2Toros Neza
64' Report
Referee: Pascual Rebolledo (Veracruz)
Toros Neza2–1León
 Report 20'

Toros Neza won 4–2 on aggregate.

Monterrey1–5Atlas
Castillo 88' Report
Referee: Eduardo Brizio Carter (Mexico City)
Atlas1–2Monterrey
57' (pen.) Report
Estadio Jalisco, Guadalajara
Referee: León Padró Borja (Guanajuato)

Atlas won 6–3 on aggregate.

Bracket[]

  Quarterfinals Semifinals Finals
                                         
2 Santos Laguna 1 3 4  
7 Atlas 1 1 2  
  2 Santos Laguna 2 3 5  
  8 Toros Neza 0 2 2  
1 Atlante 0 2 2
8 Toros Neza 4 5 9  
  2 Santos Laguna 0 4 4
  6 Necaxa 1 2 3
4 Puebla 0 2 2  
5 Toluca 1 0 1  
  4 Puebla 1 3 4
  6 Necaxa 3 4 7  
3 Guadalajara 0 2 2
6 Necaxa 2 1 3  

Quarterfinals[]

Toros Neza4–0Atlante
 Report
Referee: Felipe Ramos Rizo (Mexico City)
Atlante2–5Toros Neza
 Report
Estadio Azteca, Mexico City
Referee: Eduardo Brizio Carter (Mexico City)

Toros Neza won 9–2 on aggregate.

Atlas1–1Santos Laguna
88' Report Borgetti 26'
Estadio Jalisco, Guadalajara
Referee: Gilberto Alcalá Pineda (Mexico City)
Santos Laguna3–1Atlas
 Report 39'

Santos Laguna won 4–2 on aggregate.

Necaxa2–0Guadalajara
 Report
Estadio Azteca, Mexico City
Referee: Pascual Rebolledo (Veracruz)
Guadalajara2–1Necaxa
 Report Aguinaga 76' (pen.)
Estadio Jalisco, Guadalajara
Referee: Arturo Brizio Carter (Mexico City)

Necaxa won 3–2 on aggregate.

Toluca1–2Puebla
Rangel 43' Report
Referee: Antonio Marrufo (Chihuahua)
Puebla0–0Toluca
Report
Referee: León Padró Borja (Guanajuato)

Puebla won 2–1 on aggregate.

Semifinals[]

Toros Neza0–2Santos Laguna
Report
Referee: Pascual Rebolledo (Veracruz)
Santos Laguna3–2Toros Neza
Borgetti 30', 61', 79' Report
Referee: Arturo Brizio Carter (Mexico City)

Santos Laguna won 5–2 on aggregate.

Necaxa3–2Puebla
 Report
Estadio Azteca, Mexico City
Referee: Arturo Brizio Carter (Mexico City)
Puebla1–4Necaxa
Guzmán 13' Report

Necaxa won 7–3 on aggregate.

Finals[]

Necaxa1–0Santos Laguna
Galindo 77' (o.g.) Report
Estadio Azteca, Mexico City
Referee: Gilberto Alcalá Pineda (Mexico City)
Santos Laguna4–2Necaxa
 Report
Referee: Arturo Brizio Carter (Mexico City)

Santos Laguna won 4–3 on aggregate.


 Invierno 1996 winners 
Santos Laguna
1st title

Torneo Verano 1997[]

Primera División de México (Mexican First Division) Verano 1997 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, January 11, 1997, and ran until May 4, when the regular season ended. In the final Guadalajara defeated Toros Neza and became champions for the 10th time.

Final standings (groups)[]

Group 1
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Toros Neza 17 9 3 5 40 32 +8 30 Directly qualified to the Liguilla (Playoffs)
2 Atlante 17 8 4 5 23 19 +4 28
3 Cruz Azul 17 7 4 6 21 24 −3 25
4 Puebla 17 4 8 5 15 18 −3 20
5 Veracruz 17 2 4 11 17 31 −14 10
Source: MedioTiempo
Group 2
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 América 17 11 4 2 27 12 +15 37 Directly qualified to the Liguilla (Playoffs)
2 Necaxa 17 8 4 5 33 20 +13 28
3 Atlético Morelia 17 6 7 4 26 23 +3 25 Qualified for the Repechage
4 León 17 5 8 4 21 18 +3 23
5 Pachuca 17 5 2 10 24 32 −8 17
Source: MedioTiempo
Group 3
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Guadalajara 17 9 7 1 27 16 +11 34 Directly qualified to the Liguilla (Playoffs)
2 UNAM 17 8 3 6 25 26 −1 27
3 Toluca 17 5 6 6 26 21 +5 21
4 Atlas 17 4 4 9 23 36 −13 16
Source: MedioTiempo
Group 4
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Santos Laguna 17 8 2 7 27 28 −1 26 Directly qualified to the Liguilla (Playoffs)
2 UAG 17 5 5 7 26 24 +2 20 Qualified for the Repechage
3 Monterrey 17 5 3 9 25 38 −13 18
4 Celaya 17 2 6 9 20 28 −8 12
Source: MedioTiempo

League table[]

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 América 17 11 4 2 27 12 +15 37 Advance to Liguilla (Playoffs)
2 Guadalajara (C) 17 9 7 1 27 16 +11 34
3 Toros Neza 17 9 3 5 40 32 +8 30
4 Necaxa 17 8 4 5 33 20 +13 28
5 Atlante 17 8 4 5 23 19 +4 28
6 UNAM 17 8 3 6 25 26 −1 27
7 Santos Laguna 17 8 2 7 27 28 −1 26
8 Atlético Morelia 17 6 7 4 26 23 +3 25 Advance to Repechage
9 Cruz Azul 17 7 4 6 21 24 −3 25
10 León 17 5 8 4 21 18 +3 23
11 Toluca 17 5 6 6 26 21 +5 21
12 UAG 17 5 5 7 26 24 +2 20 Advance to Repechage
13 Puebla 17 4 8 5 15 18 −3 20
14 Monterrey 17 5 3 9 25 38 −13 18
15 Pachuca 17 5 2 10 24 32 −8 17 Team is last in Relegation table
16 Atlas 17 4 4 9 23 36 −13 16
17 Celaya 17 2 6 9 20 28 −8 12
18 Veracruz 17 2 4 11 17 31 −14 10
Source: Liga MX
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Number of goals scored; 4) Head-to-head results between tied teams; 5) Number of goals scored away; 6) Highest relegation coefficient; 7) Fair Play points
(C) Champion

Results[]

Home \ Away AME ATE ATS ATM CEL CAZ GDL LEO MTY NEC PAC PUE SAN TOL TRN UAG UNM VER
América — – 3–0 – 4–0 – 0–0 3–2 – – 1–0 2–0 2–1 – 1–1 – – 2–1
Atlante 0–1 — – – – – 1–3 – 2–0 1–1 3–0 1–0 3–2 3–2 – – 0–1 –
Atlas – 2–0 — 1–2 – 2–2 – 1–1 3–3 0–2 – – – – 1–4 6–4 – –
Atlético Morelia 1–1 1–1 – — – 1–0 – – 4–1 2–1 – – 2–2 1–1 – 1–2 2–1 –
Celaya – 0–0 3–0 0–1 — 1–1 – 0–0 – – – – – – 2–2 1–1 – 1–1
Cruz Azul 2–1 1–1 – – – — 1–1 – 2–1 1–4 – – 2–0 3–2 – 0–3 0–1 –
Guadalajara – – 2–2 2–1 3–2 – — 1–1 – – 2–0 1–1 1–1 – 2–0 – – 1–0
León – 1–2 – 0–0 – 3–0 – — 0–0 2–1 – – – 1–1 – 1–0 2–1 –
Monterrey 0–1 – – – 1–0 – 1–2 – — 3–2 5–4 4–2 – 1–4 – – 2–2 –
Necaxa 1–2 – – – 2–1 – 1–1 – – — 2–1 1–1 – 1–1 – – 3–0 4–0
Pachuca – – 1–0 2–2 1–3 1–3 – 0–2 – – — – 3–1 – 4–1 2–1 – 3–2
Puebla – – 1–2 2–1 2–1 1–0 – 1–1 – – 1–0 — 1–2 – 1–1 – – 0–0
Santos Laguna – – 2–1 – 3–2 – – 3–2 1–2 1–3 – – — 2–1 2–0 – 2–0 2–0
Toluca 1–2 – 4–0 – 2–0 – 1–2 – – – 1–1 0–0 – — – – 1–0 2–1
Toros Neza – 1–2 – 4–2 – 1–2 – 4–2 5–1 3–2 – – – 2–1 — 3–2 – –
UAG 0–0 1–2 – – – – 1–2 – 3–0 0–2 – 0–0 3–0 1–1 – — 2–2 –
UNAM 2–1 – 1–0 – 4–3 – 2–1 – – – 2–1 1–1 – – 2–3 – — 3–2
Veracruz – 2–1 1–2 2–2 – 0–1 – 0–0 1–0 – – – – – 3–5 1–2 – —
Updated to match(es) played on 4 May 1997. 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 Argentina Gabriel Caballero Santos Laguna 12
Argentina Pachuca
3 Argentina UNAM 11
4 Brazil Atlético Morelia 10
5 Chile Marco Antonio Figueroa Atlético Morelia 9
Mexico Gustavo Nápoles Guadalajara
7 Cameroon David Embe UAG 8
Mexico Carlos Hermosillo Cruz Azul
Chile Rodrigo Ruiz Toros Neza
10 Mexico Luis García América 7
Mexico Francisco Palencia Cruz Azul
Chile León
Argentina Sergio Zárate Necaxa

Source: MedioTiempo

Playoffs[]

Repechage[]

UAG2–0Atlético Morelia
 Report
Referee: Felipe Ramos Rizo (Mexico City)
Atlético Morelia4–0UAG
 Report
Referee: Arturo Brizio Carter (Mexico City)

Morelia won 4–2 on aggregate.

Bracket[]

  Quarterfinals Semifinals Finals
                                         
2 Guadalajara 1 5 6  
7 Santos Laguna 1 0 1  
  2 Guadalajara (s) 0 1 1  
  8 Atlético Morelia 1 0 1  
1 América 0 1 1
8 Atlético Morelia 1 3 4  
  1 Guadalajara 1 6 7
  3 Toros Neza 1 1 2
3 Toros Neza 3 1 4  
5 UNAM 1 2 3  
  3 Toros Neza 1 3 4
  4 Necaxa 2 1 3  
4 Necaxa (s) 0 3 3
5 Atlante 2 1 3  

Quarterfinals[]

Santos Laguna1–1Guadalajara
Caballero 18' Report Ramírez 50'
Referee: León Padró Borja (Guanajuato)
Guadalajara5–0Santos Laguna
 Report
Estadio Jalisco, Guadalajara
Referee: Arturo Brizio Carter (Mexico City)

Guadalajara won 6–1 on aggregate.

Atlético Morelia1–0América
88' Report
Referee: Gilberto Alcalá Pineda (Mexico City)
América1–3Atlético Morelia
García 18' (pen.) Report
Estadio Azteca, Mexico City

Atlético Morelia won 4–1 on aggregate.

UNAM1–3Toros Neza
Sancho 89' Report
Referee: Antonio Marrufo (Chihuahua)
Toros Neza1–2UNAM
Mohamed 68' Report Sancho 80', 87'
Referee: Gilberto Alcalá Pineda (Mexico City)

Toros Neza won 4–3 on aggregate.

Atlante2–0Necaxa
Zague 36', 56' Report
Estadio Azteca, Mexico City
Referee: Pascual Rebolledo (Veracruz)
Necaxa3–1Atlante
 Report Ubaldi 52'
Estadio Azteca, Mexico City
Referee: Felipe Ramos Rizo (Mexico City)

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

Semifinals[]

Atlético Morelia1–0Guadalajara
Morales 54' Report
Referee: Felipe Ramos Rizo (Mexico City)
Guadalajara1–0Atlético Morelia
Chávez 80' Report
Estadio Jalisco, Guadalajara

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

Necaxa2–1Toros Neza
 Report Lussenhoff 54'
Estadio Azteca, Mexico City
Referee: León Padró Borja (Guanajuato)
Toros Neza3–1Necaxa
 Report García Aspe 34' (pen.)
Referee: Arturo Brizio Carter (Mexico City)

Toros Neza won 4–3 on aggregate.

Finals[]

Toros Neza1–1Guadalajara
79' Report Martínez 26'
Guadalajara6–1Toros Neza
 Report Arangio 79'
Estadio Jalisco, Guadalajara
Referee: Arturo Brizio Carter (Mexico City)

Guadalajara won 7–2 on aggregate.


 Verano 1997 winners 
Guadalajara
10th title

Relegation table[]

Pos. Team Pts. Pld. Ave.
14 Puebla 119 104 1.1442
15 Toluca 116 104 1.1153
16 Veracruz 113 104 1.0865
17 Atlético Morelia 103 104 0.9903
18 Pachuca 32 34 0.9411

References[]

  1. ^ "CONCACAF Cup Winners Cup and Giants Cup".

External links[]

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