Primera División de México Clausura 2009

Primera División de México
Season	2008−09
Champions	UNAM (6th title)
Relegated	Necaxa
Champions League	UNAM (Group stage); Pachuca (Preliminary Round);
Copa Sudamericana	Monterrey; Puebla;
Interliga	Toluca; America; Morelia; Atlas; Guadalajara; UANL; Pachuca; Tecos;
SuperLiga	San Luis; Santos Laguna; UANL; Atlas;
Matches played	153
Goals scored	421 (2.75 per match)
Top goalscorer	Héctor Mancilla; (14 goals)
Biggest home win	Guadalajara 5–0 Pachuca (February 28, 2009)
Biggest away win	Atlas 0–5 Pachuca (May 9, 2009)
	← Apertura 2008 2009–10 →

The 2009 Primera División Clausura was the second football tournament of the Mexican Primera División 2008−09 season. The tournament began on January 16, 2009 and ended on May 31, 2009. Necaxa was relegated to the Primera División A after being in last place of the relegation table. On May 31, 2009 UNAM defeated Pachuca 3–2 on aggregate to win their sixth title. Toluca forward Héctor Mancilla won his second consecutive golden boot after scoring 14 goals, only one ahead of América forward Salvador Cabañas.

Club information[]

América,

Atlante

Atlas

Jaguares

Cruz Azul,

Morelia

Puebla

Santos Laguna

UAG

UANL

UNAM

Locations of the Primera División 2008–09 teams

Stadia and locations[]

Club	Stadium	Capacity	City
América	Azteca	105,000	Mexico City
Atlante	Andrés Quintana Roo	20,000	Cancún
Atlas	Jalisco	56,713	Guadalajara
Chiapas	Víctor Manuel Reyna	23,208	Tuxtla Gutiérrez
Ciudad Juárez	Olímpico Benito Juárez	22,300	Ciudad Juárez
Cruz Azul	Estadio Azul	35,000	Mexico City
Guadalajara	Jalisco	56,713	Guadalajara
Monterrey	Tecnológico	38,000	Monterrey
Morelia	Morelos	41,500	Morelia
Necaxa	Victoria	25,000	Aguascalientes
Pachuca	Hidalgo	30,000	Pachuca
Puebla	Cuauhtémoc	42,649	Puebla
San Luis	Alfonso Lastras Ramírez	24,000	San Luis Potosí
Santos Laguna	Corona	18,050	Torreón
Toluca	Nemesio Díez	27,000	Toluca
UAG	3 de Marzo	30,015	Guadalajara
UANL	Universitario	45,000	Monterrey
UNAM	Olímpico Universitario	63,000	Mexico City

Personnel[]

Club	Owner	President	Manager
América	Televisa		Jesús Ramírez
Atlante			José Cruz
Atlas			Ricardo La Volpe
Chiapas	State of Chiapas	Antonio Castañón	Luis Fernando Tena
Ciudad Juárez		Francisco Ibarra	Héctor Eugui
Cruz Azul	Cemento Cruz Azul	Guillermo Álvarez	Benjamín Galindo
Guadalajara	Jorge Vergara	Jorge Vergara	Francisco Ramírez
Monterrey	FEMSA		Víctor Vucetich
Morelia	TV Azteca		Tomás Boy
Necaxa	Televisa		Raúl Arias
Pachuca	Jesús Martínez	Jesús Martínez	Enrique Meza
Puebla			José Sánchez
San Luis	Televisa
Santos Laguna	Grupo Modelo		Sergio Bueno
Toluca		Fernando Corona	José de la Torre
UAG	UAG		Miguel Herrera
UANL	CEMEX	Enrique Borja	José Pekerman
UNAM	UNAM		Ricardo Ferretti

Managerial changes[]

Team	Outgoing manager	Manner of departure	Date of vacancy	Replaced by	Date of appointment	Position in table
Atlas	Darío Franco	Resigned	Jan. 26, 2009	Ricardo La Volpe	Jan. 28, 2009	17th
América	Ramón Díaz	Sacked	Feb. 10, 2009	Jesús Ramírez	Feb. 11, 2009	12th
Morelia	Luis Fernando Tena	Sacked	Feb. 20, 2009	Tomás Boy	Feb. 20, 2009	11th
UANL	Manuel Lapuente	Sacked	Feb. 22, 2009	José Pekerman	Feb. 23, 2009	17th
Guadalajara	Efraín Flores	Sacked	Mar. 23, 2009	Omar Arellano	Mar. 30, 2009	12th
Santos Laguna	Daniel Guzmán	Sacked	Mar. 24, 2009	Sergio Bueno	Mar. 25, 2009	14th
Guadalajara	Omar Arellano	Resigned	Apr. 16, 2009	Paco Ramírez	Apr. 16, 2009	9th
Cruz Azul	Benjamín Galindo	Sacked	May. 4, 2009	Robert Siboldi	May. 5, 2009	18th

Regular season[]

League table[]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Pachuca	17	11	3	3	42	23	+19	36	Advanced to final phase
2	Toluca	17	10	6	1	34	19	+15	36
3	UNAM	17	8	4	5	23	17	+6	28
4	Monterrey	17	7	5	5	28	22	+6	26
5	Puebla	17	7	5	5	21	24	−3	26
6	UAG	17	6	7	4	21	17	+4	25
7	Ciudad Juárez	17	5	8	4	21	22	−1	23
8	América	17	6	5	6	25	27	−2	23
9	Santos Laguna	17	5	7	5	25	20	+5	22
10	Morelia	17	5	7	5	19	20	−1	22
11	Guadalajara	17	5	6	6	21	20	+1	21
12	Chiapas	17	5	6	6	22	24	−2	21	Advanced to final phase
13	Atlas	17	5	6	6	22	29	−7	21
14	Atlante	17	3	8	6	18	21	−3	17
15	San Luis	17	4	5	8	21	27	−6	17
16	UANL	17	2	8	7	15	26	−11	14
17	Necaxa	17	3	5	9	17	30	−13	14
18	Cruz Azul	17	2	7	8	26	33	−7	13

Source: FeMexFut
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.

Group standings[]

Group 1
Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Pachuca (A)	17	11	3	3	42	23	+19	36
2	Monterrey (A)	17	7	5	5	28	22	+6	26
3	Puebla (Q)	17	7	5	5	21	24	−3	26
4	Ciudad Juárez (Q)	17	5	8	4	21	22	−1	23
5	Santos Laguna	17	5	7	5	25	20	+5	22
6	Atlante	17	3	8	6	18	21	−3	17

Source:^{[citation needed]}
(A) Advances to the Final Phase as the two-best teams in their group.; (Q) Advances to the Final Phase as the two-highest teams in the general table not already advanced by the above method.

Group 2
Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	UNAM (A)	17	8	4	5	23	17	+6	28
2	UAG (A)	17	6	7	4	21	17	+4	25
3	América	17	6	5	6	25	27	−2	23
4	Morelia	17	5	7	5	19	20	−1	22
5	Guadalajara	17	5	6	6	21	20	+1	21
6	Cruz Azul	17	2	7	8	26	33	−7	13

Source:^{[citation needed]}
(A) Advances to the Final Phase as the two-best teams in their group.

Group 3
Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Toluca (A)	17	10	6	1	34	19	+15	36
2	Chiapas (A)	17	5	6	6	22	24	−2	21
3	Atlas	17	5	6	6	22	29	−7	21
4	San Luis	17	4	5	8	21	27	−6	17
5	UANL	17	2	8	7	15	26	−11	14
6	Necaxa	17	3	5	9	17	30	−13	14

Updated to match(es) played on May 3, 2009. Source: FeMexFut
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(A) Advances to the Final Phase as the two-best teams in their group.

Results[]

Home \ Away	AMÉ	ATE	ATL	CHI	CIU	CAZ	GUA	MON	MOR	NEC	PAC	PUE	SLU	SLA	TOL	UAG	UNL	UNM
América			2–2		3–3					1–0	1–3		0–2		2–2	1–2		0–0
Atlante	3–1			0–2			2–2	0–1	2–0			0–1		2–1			1–1
Atlas		1–0			3–1					4–1	0–5				0–0	0–0	1–1	2–0
Chiapas	0–0		2–1			3–3	2–0	1–0	2–2			2–4	1–2	0–2
Ciudad Juárez		0–0		1–1			3–1	1–1	2–0					0–0			2–2	0–0
Cruz Azul	1–3	0–0	4–0		0–1							1–2	2–2				1–1	2–3
Guadalajara	1–0		0–1			3–3				1–1	5–0	0–0	1–0		1–2	1–0
Monterrey	2–3		2–2			3–1	1–2			3–0	2–0	4–0	1–0		3–3
Morelia	1–0		4–2			1–1	1–1	2–2			2–0	1–2	0–0	2–1
Necaxa		1–1		2–1	2–2	2–4			2–0					2–2		1–3	1–0	1–2
Pachuca		1–1		5–1	3–0	3–0				3–0					3–1	3–2	4–1	3–2
Puebla	2–3		1–1		0–2					1–0	2–2		2–1		0–2	1–1
San Luis		1–1	2–1		4–1					1–1	1–2				1–5	3–3		0–2
Santos Laguna	1–2		4–0			2–2	2–1	2–0			2–2	0–0	3–1		2–2
Toluca		3–3		1–0	1–0	3–1			2–1	1–0						1–1	4–1	1–0
UAG		2–1		0–0	1–2	1–0		2–3	0–0					1–0			0–0	2–0
UANL	2–3			0–3			1–0	0–0	1–1			1–2	1–0	1–1
UNAM		3–1		1–1			1–1	3–0	0–1			3–1		1–0			2–1

Updated to match(es) played on 10 May 2009. Source: FeMexFut
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Playoffs[]

Quarterfinals					Semifinals					Finals

1	Pachuca	3	2	5
8	Jaguares	1	0	1
8	Jaguares	1	0	1	1	Pachuca	2	2	4
					1	Pachuca	2	2	4
					7	Ciudad Juárez	0	3	3
2	Toluca	0	0	0	7	Ciudad Juárez	0	3	3
2	Toluca	0	0	0
7	Ciudad Juárez	1	0	1
7	Ciudad Juárez	1	0	1						1	Pachuca	0	2	2
										1	Pachuca	0	2	2
										3	UNAM	1	2	3
3	UNAM	0	3	3						3	UNAM	1	2	3
3	UNAM	0	3	3
6	UAG	2	0	2
6	UAG	2	0	2	3	UNAM	2	1	3
					3	UNAM	2	1	3
					5	Puebla	1	2	3
4	Monterrey	1	2	3	5	Puebla	1	2	3
4	Monterrey	1	2	3
5	Puebla	3	2	5

If the two teams are tied after both legs, the higher seeded team advances.
Both finalist qualify to the 2009–10 CONCACAF Champions League. The champion qualifies directly to the Group Stage, while the runner-up qualifies to the Preliminary Round.

Awards[]

Award	Player	Team
MVP	Christian Giménez	Pachuca
Best Manager	Ricardo Ferretti	UNAM
Best Goalkeeper	Jose de Jesus Corona	UAG
Best Wingback	Mario Méndez	Toluca
Best Centre back	Paulo da Silva	Toluca
Best Defensive Midfielder	Israel Castro	UNAM
Best Offensive Midfielder	Christian Giménez	Pachuca
Best Forward	Héctor Mancilla	Toluca
Best Rookie	Jorge Gastelum	Morelia
Golden Boot	Héctor Mancilla	Toluca
Source:Medio Tiempo

Top Goalscorers[]

Rank	Player	Club	Goals
1	Héctor Mancilla	Toluca	14
2	Salvador Cabañas	Club América	13
3	Miguel Sabah	Morelia	11
4	Humberto Suazo	Monterrey	9
4	Christian Giménez	Pachuca	9
6	Blas Pérez	Pachuca	8
7	Alvaro González	Puebla	7
	Alfredo Moreno	Necaxa	7
	Christian Benítez	Santos Laguna	7
	Danilinho	Jaguares	7
	Source: FeMexFut

Relegation table[]

Relegation is determined by a quotient of the total points earned in the Primera División divided by the total number of games played over the past three seasons of the Primera División (for clubs that have not been the Primera División all three season, the last consecutive seasons of participation are taken into account). The club with the lowest quotient is relegated to the Primera División A for the next season.

P	Club	Total Points	Total Games	Quotient
1	Toluca	170	102	1.6667
2	Pachuca	168	102	1.6471
3	Guadalajara	167	102	1.6373
4	Cruz Azul	153	102	1.5000
5	San Luis	152	102	1.4902
6	UNAM	147	102	1.4412
7	Santos Laguna	146	102	1.4314
8	América	140	102	1.3725
9	Atlante	138	102	1.3529
10	Morelia	131	102	1.2843
11	Atlas	130	102	1.2745
12	Monterrey	129	102	1.2647
13	Ciudad Juárez	42	34	1.2353
14	Chiapas	125	102	1.2255
15	UAG	122	102	1.1961
16	Puebla	79	68	1.1618
17	UANL	112	102	1.0980
18	Necaxa	110	102	1.0784
Source: FeMexFut; Updated as of: May 3, 2009

Relegated to Primera División A

References[]

External links[]

Official Website

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