Primera División de México Clausura 2008

Primera División de México

Season	2007−08
Champions	Santos Laguna (3rd title)
Relegated	Veracruz
Champions League	Santos Laguna Cruz Azul
Interliga	Cruz Azul América UNAM Toluca Monterrey Morelia San Luis Atlas
Copa Sudamericana	Guadalajara San Luis
SuperLiga	Guadalajara Atlante Santos Pachuca
Top goalscorer	Humberto Suazo (13 goals)
← Apertura 2007 Apertura 2008 →

Primera División de México (Mexican First Division) Clausura 2008 was a Mexican football tournament - the second of two tournaments held in the 2007-08 season. It began January 18, 2008 and ran until June 1, 2008. Veracruz and Morelia inaugurated the season, with Morelia winning 1–0. Reigning champions Atlante F.C. were eliminated from making the Liguilla with a 3-2 loss to Monterrey and thus could not defend their title, and Veracruz was relegated to the Primera División A after finishing last on the percentage table. Six teams qualified directly to the Liguilla (playoffs) by finishing in the top two of their respective groups, and these are the teams of Toluca, Jaguares, Santos Laguna, Monterrey, Guadalajara, and Cruz Azul. Four teams advanced to what is known as the Repechaje (playoff qualifiers), and these are being San Luis, Pachuca, Necaxa, and Atlas.

On June 1, 2008 Santos Laguna beat Cruz Azul on 3-2 aggregate to win the Clausura 2008 trophy. This was the club's third championship victory.

Overview[]

Team	City	Stadium
América	Mexico City	Azteca
Atlante	Cancún, Quintana Roo	Andrés Quintana Roo
Atlas	Guadalajara, Jalisco	Jalisco
Chiapas	Tuxtla Gutiérrez, Chiapas	Víctor Manuel Reyna
Cruz Azul	Mexico City	Azul
Guadalajara	Guadalajara, Jalisco	Jalisco
Morelia	Morelia, Michoacán	Morelos
Monterrey	Monterrey, Nuevo León	Tecnológico
Necaxa	Aguascalientes, Aguascalientes	Victoria
Pachuca	Pachuca, Hidalgo	Hidalgo
Pachuca	Puebla, Puebla	Cuauhtémoc
San Luis	San Luis Potosí, S.L.P.	Alfonso Lastras
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
Veracruz	Veracruz, Veracruz	Luis "Pirata" Fuente

Final standings (Groups)[]

Group 1

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Toluca	17	7	6	4	23	19	+4	27	Directly qualified for Liguilla (Playoffs)
2	Chiapas	17	7	5	5	23	19	+4	26
3	Pachuca	17	6	4	7	27	25	+2	22	Qualified for
4	Puebla	17	5	6	6	28	25	+3	21
5	UNAM	17	5	5	7	21	26	−5	20
6	UAG	17	4	5	8	17	29	−12	17

Group 2

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Santos Laguna	17	8	7	2	36	19	+17	31	Directly qualified for Liguilla (Playoffs)
2	Monterrey	17	6	6	5	27	22	+5	24
3	Atlas	17	6	5	6	21	24	−3	23	Qualified for Repechage
4	Atlante	17	3	8	6	24	30	−6	17
5	Veracruz	17	4	5	8	22	29	−7	17	Relegation to Primera División A
6	América	17	3	2	12	12	27	−15	11

Group 3

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Guadalajara	17	9	6	2	32	14	+18	33	Directly qualified for Liguilla (Playoffs)
2	Cruz Azul	17	9	4	4	27	17	+10	31
3	San Luis	17	8	6	3	25	23	+2	30	Qualified for Repechage
4	Necaxa	17	5	9	3	18	12	+6	24
5	UANL	17	5	4	8	19	28	−9	19
6	Morelia	17	5	3	9	11	25	−14	18

Last updated May 4, 2008

League table[]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Guadalajara (Q)	17	9	6	2	32	14	+18	33	Directly qualified for Liguilla (Playoffs)
2	Santos Laguna	17	8	7	2	36	19	+17	31
3	Cruz Azul	17	9	4	4	27	17	+10	31
4	San Luis (Q)	17	8	6	3	25	23	+2	30	Qualified for Repechage
5	Toluca	17	7	6	4	23	19	+4	27	Directly qualified for Liguilla (Playoffs)
6	Chiapas	17	7	5	5	23	19	+4	26
7	Necaxa	17	5	9	3	18	12	+6	24	Qualified for Repechage
8	Monterrey	17	6	6	5	27	22	+5	24	Directly qualified for Liguilla (Playoffs)
9	Atlas	17	6	5	6	21	24	−3	23	Qualified for Repechage
10	Pachuca	17	6	4	7	27	25	+2	22
11	Puebla	17	5	6	6	28	25	+3	21
12	UNAM	17	5	5	7	21	26	−5	20
13	UANL	17	5	4	8	19	28	−9	19
14	Morelia	17	5	3	9	11	25	−14	18
15	Atlante	17	3	8	6	24	30	−6	17
16	Veracruz	17	4	5	8	22	29	−7	17	Relegation to Primera División A
17	UAG	17	4	5	8	17	29	−12	17
18	América	17	3	2	12	12	27	−15	11

Top goalscorers[]

Players sorted first by goals scored, then by last name. Only regular season goals listed.

Rank	Player	Club	Goals
1	Humberto Suazo	Monterrey	13
2	Itamar	Chiapas	10
	Esteban Solari	UNAM
	Vicente Matías Vuoso	Santos Laguna
5	Omar Bravo	Guadalajara	9
	Claudio Graf	Veracruz
	Sergio Santana	Guadalajara
8	Christian Benítez	Santos Laguna	8
	Álvaro González	Puebla
10	Giancarlo Maldonado	Atlante	7

Source: MedioTiempo

Playoffs[]

Repechage[]

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

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

Bracket[]

	Quarterfinals							Semifinals							Finals
	2	Santos Laguna	2	1	3
	7	Necaxa	1	1	2
								2	Santos Laguna (s)	1	2	3
								8	Monterrey	1	2	3
	1	Guadalajara	1	4	5
	8	Monterrey	4	4	8
															2	Santos Laguna	2	1	3
														3	Cruz Azul	1	1	2
	3	Cruz Azul (s)	0	2	2
	6	Chiapas	1	1	2
								3	Cruz Azul	1	1	2
								4	San Luis	0	1	1
	4	San Luis (s)	1	0	1
	5	Toluca	1	0	1

Quarterfinals[]

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

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Monterrey won 8–5 on aggregate.

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

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Santos Laguna won 3–2 on aggregate.

Semifinals[]

Cruz Azul won 2–1 on aggregate.

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

Finals[]

Santos Laguna won 3–2 on aggregate.

Clausura 2008 Champions
Santos Laguna 3rd title

By winning Clausura 2008, Santos earned a berth in the 2008–09 CONCACAF Champions League Group Stage.

By being the Clausura 2008 runner-up, Cruz Azul earned a berth in the 2008–09 CONCACAF Champions League Preliminary Round.

Relegation table[]

Pos	Team	Total Pts	Games	P/G
1	Cruz Azul	174	102	1.7059
2	Pachuca	170	102	1.6667
3	Guadalajara	163	102	1.5980
4	Toluca	161	102	1.5784
5	América	155	102	1.5196
6	San Luis	144	102	1.4118
7	Santos Laguna	140	102	1.3725
8	Chiapas	139	102	1.3627
9	Monterrey	137	102	1.3431
10	Atlante	136	102	1.3333
11	UNAM	131	102	1.2843
12	Necaxa	128	102	1.2549
13	Atlas	128	102	1.2549
14	Morelia	128	102	1.2549
15	UAG	118	102	1.1569
16	UANL	115	102	1.1275
17	Puebla	38	34	1.1176
18		108	102	1.0588

External links[]

• MedioTiempo.com (where information was obtained)