2007–08 Primera División A season

Primera División A
Season2007–08
ChampionsApertura: Indios
Clausura: León
PromotedIndios
RelegatedTijuana

Changes for the 2007–08 season

Added Teams

  • Coatzacoalcos
  • Real Colima
  • Tapatio
  • Salamanca
  • Tapachula
  • Socio Aguila (Clausura 2007)

Dropped Teams

  • La Piedad
  • Veracruz B (Apertura 2006)
  • Guerreros
  • U de G
  • Tabasco (Apertura 2006)
  • Zacatepec (Apertura 2006)
  • Celaya (Clausura 2007)
  • Orizaba (Clausura 2007)

Stadium and locations

Club Stadium Capacity City
Académicos Unidad Deportiva Revolución Mexicana 5,000 Tonalá
Atlético Mexiquense Ixtapan 90 4,000 Toluca
Coatzacoalcos Rafael Hernández Ochoa 6,000 Coatzacoalcos
Correcaminos Marte R. Gómez 19,500 Ciudad Victoria
Cruz Azul Hidalgo 10 de Diciembre 17,000 Mexico City
Dorados de Sinaloa Banorte 21,000 Culiacán
Durango Francisco Zarco 18,000 Durango
Indios Olímpico Benito Juárez 22,000 Ciudad Juárez
Jaguares de Tapachula Víctor Manuel Reyna 17,000 Tapachula
León Nou Camp 33,943 León
Lobos BUAP Cuauhtémoc 46,912 Puebla
Monarcas Morelia A Morelos 39,000 Morelia
Pumas Morelos Centenario 15,237 Cuernavaca
Querétaro Corregidora 33,000 Querétaro City
Rayados A El Barrial 1,000 Monterrey
Real Colima Colima 12,000 Colima
Salamanca Estadio Sección XXIV 12,000 Salamanca
Santos Laguna A Corona 19,000 Torreón
Socio Águila Azteca 105,000 Mexico City
Tampico Madero Tamaulipas 20,000 Tampico - Ciudad Madero
Tapatío Jalisco 65,000 Guadalajara
Tecos A Tres de Marzo 25,000 Zapopan
Tigres B Adolfo López Mateos 10,000 Reynosa
Tijuana Caliente 33,333 Tijuana

Torneo Apertura 2007

Primera División A
SeasonApertura 2007
ChampionsIndios

Tournament Format

Promotion

One team is promoted to the Primera División each year (two short tournaments). After the Clausura 2008 tournament, the champions of the Apertura 2007 and Clausura 2008 tournaments will play a home and home series to determine which team will be promoted. If the same team wins both tournaments it will be promoted automatically. In order for a team to be promoted it has to obtain a certification from the Federación Mexicana de Fútbol Asociación. If the winner of the promotional final is not certified for promotion a home and home series is played between the highest placed certified team and the club being relegated to the Primera División A to determine which will be in the Primera División.

Relegation

One team is relegated to the Segunda División each year (two short tournaments). The team that has the worst points to games played ratio over the previous three years (Apertura 2005, Clausura 2006, Apertura 2006, Clausura 2007, Apertura 2007, Clausura 2008) is relegated to the Segunda División.

General league table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 León 17 12 4 1 35 16 +19 40 Qualifies for the Liguilla
2 Correcaminos 17 11 3 3 24 14 +10 36
3 Dorados de Sinaloa 17 10 5 2 36 18 +18 35
4 Lobos BUAP 17 9 3 5 24 19 +5 30
5 Indios 17 9 3 5 26 22 +4 30
6 Académicos 17 8 5 4 20 14 +6 29
7 Atlético Mexiquense 17 8 3 6 29 21 +8 27
8 Monterrey A 17 6 7 4 18 16 +2 25
9 Cruz Azul Hidalgo 17 6 7 4 20 20 0 25 Last on the relegation table
10 Tijuana 17 7 3 7 22 22 0 24 Qualifies for the Liguilla
11 Tampico Madero 17 7 2 8 35 29 +6 23
12 Querétaro 17 5 8 4 32 27 +5 23
13 Coatzacoalcos 17 6 5 6 21 24 −3 23
14 Real Colima 17 6 4 7 19 26 −7 22
15 Tapatío 17 6 4 7 28 29 −1 22
16 Tigres B 17 4 7 6 16 21 −5 19
17 Tecos A 17 4 5 8 19 21 −2 17
18 Monarcas Morelia A 17 3 8 6 24 27 −3 17
19 Salamanca 17 4 5 8 22 31 −9 17
20 Durango 17 4 4 9 18 27 −9 16
21 Tapachula 17 4 4 9 17 29 −12 16
22 Santos Laguna A 17 3 6 8 21 30 −9 15
23 Pumas Morelos 17 2 8 7 16 22 −6 14
24 Socio Águila 17 1 5 11 16 35 −19 8
Source: FMF
Rules for classification: 1st points; 2nd goal difference; 3rd goals scored; 4th head-to-head; 5th away goals scored; 6th draw

Liguilla

Quarterfinals Semifinals Finals
               
1 León 1 3 4
8 Tijuana 0 0 0
1 León 0 1 1
4 Indios 1 1 2
5 Lobos BUAP 1 2 3
4 Indios 2 2 4
1 Dorados de Sinaloa 0 0 0
2 Indios 3 4 7
3 Dorados de Sinaloa 1 3 4
6 Académicos 1 0 1
3 Dorados de Sinaloa 1 0 1
2 Correcaminos 0 0 0
7 Correcaminos 0 1 1
2 Atlético Mexiquense 0 1 1

Quarter-finals

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
León 4–0 Tijuana 1–0 3–0
Lobos BUAP 3–4 Indios 1–2 2–2
Dorados de Sinaloa 4–1 Académicos 1–1 3–0
Correcaminos (s) 1–1 Atlético Mexiquense 0–0 1–1
First leg
28 November 2007 Atlético Mexiquense 0–0 UAT Ixtapan de la Sal
15:00 Report Stadium: Estadio Ixtapan 90
Referee: Ricardo Arellano Nieves
28 November 2007 Académicos 1–1 Dorados Tonalá
15:00 Santos  56' Report Silva 85' Stadium: Estadio Revolución Mexicana
Referee: Juan Genaro Medrano Avalos
29 November 2007 Tijuana 0–1 León Tijuana
14:00 Report Bareiro  50' Stadium: Estadio Caliente
Referee: Hugo León Guajardo
29 November 2007 Indios 2–1 Lobos BUAP Ciudad Juárez
18:00 Frías  39'
Orozco 43' (own)		 Report López 24' Stadium: Estadio Olímpico Benito Juárez
Referee: Román Rafael Medina Vázquez
Second leg
1 December 2007 Dorados 3–0
(4–1 agg.)		 Académicos Culiacán
19:00 Silva 28' 
Padilla  44' 
Pinto 57'		 Report Stadium: Estadio Banorte
Referee: Manuel Ernesto Glower Guerra
1 December 2007 Correcaminos 1–1
(1–1 agg.)		 Atlético Mexiquense Ciudad Victoria
20:00 Ayala 35' Report García 68' Stadium: Estadio Marte R. Gómez
Referee: Miguel Ángel Ortega Rojas
2 December 2007 León 3–0
(4–0 agg.)		 Tijuana León
12:00 Torres  10'
Romero  25', 61'		 Report Stadium: Estadio León
Referee: José Alfredo Peñaloza Soto
2 December 2007 Lobos BUAP 2–2
(3–4 agg.)		 Indios Puebla
12:00 Cercado  22'
Hernández  59'		 Report Maz  36'
Gómez  37'		 Stadium: Estadio Cuauhtémoc
Referee: Jesús Fabricio Morales Bojorquez

Semi-finals

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
León 1–2 Indios 0–1 1–1
Dorados 1–0 Correcaminos 1–0 0–0
First leg
5 December 2007 Dorados 1–0 Correcaminos Culiacán
20:30 Gaytán 85' Report Stadium: Estadio Banorte
Referee: Manuel Ernesto Glower Guerra
6 December 2007 Indios 1–0 León Ciudad Juárez
19:00 Frías 35' Report Stadium: Estadio Olímpico Benito Juárez
Referee: Adolfo Aquino Benítez
Second leg
8 December 2007 Correcaminos 0–0
(0–1 agg.)		 Dorados Ciudad Victoria
20:00 Report Stadium: Estadio Marte R. Gómez
Referee: Hugo León Guajardo
9 December 2007 León 1–1
(1–2 agg.)		 Indios León
12:00 Romero  38' Report Santibáñez  23' Stadium: Estadio León
Referee: José Abramo Lira

Final

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Dorados 0–7 Indios 0–3 0–4
First leg
12 December 2007 Indios 3–0 Dorados Ciudad Juárez
19:00 Frías 8'
González  12' (own)
Maz 55'		 Report Stadium: Estadio Olímpico Benito Juárez
Referee: Hugo León Guajardo
Second leg
15 December 2007 Dorados 0–4
(0–7 agg.)		 Indios Culiacán
19:00 Report Maz  6', 87'
Martínez  61'
Santibáñez  72'		 Stadium: Estadio Banorte
Referee: Roberto García Orozco


 Apertura 2007 winner 
Indios
1st title

Torneo Clausura 2008

Primera División A
SeasonClausura 2008
ChampionsLeón
Matches played221
Goals scored552 (2.5 per match)
Biggest home winIndios 5–0 Monarcas Morelia A (March 22)
Biggest away winTapachula 0–5 León (March 30)
Highest scoringSocio Águila 2–6 León (April 11)
Longest winning runLeón
Sinaloa (3 Games)
Longest losing runSocio Águila (5 Games)

Primera División A (Méxican First A Division) Clausura 2008 is a Méxican football tournament – one of two tournaments held in one year. It began Friday, January 11, 2008. Reigning champions Indios could not defend their title, as León won their 3rd title in Primera División A, and earned the right to battle Indios in a two-leg aggregate to try to earn promotion to the Primera División de México.

Group league tables

Group 1

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Dorados de Sinaloa 17 10 5 2 31 14 +17 35 Qualifies for the Liguilla
2 León 17 9 6 2 45 23 +22 33
3 Durango 17 9 4 4 28 23 +5 31
4 Tijuana 17 8 3 6 23 16 +7 27 Last on the relegation table
5 Salamanca 17 7 3 7 21 23 −2 24 Qualifies for the Liguilla
6 Tecos 17 6 4 7 17 21 −4 22
7 Tapatío 17 6 3 8 14 21 −7 21
8 Monarcas Morelia A 17 4 6 7 21 25 −4 18
9 Querétaro 17 4 6 7 23 30 −7 18
10 Real Colima 17 4 5 8 19 26 −7 17
11 Académicos 17 4 4 9 18 27 −9 16
12 Santos Laguna A 17 3 3 11 16 31 −15 12
Source: FMF
Rules for classification: 1st points; 2nd goal difference; 3rd goals scored; 4th head-to-head; 5th away goals scored; 6th draw

Group 2

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Coatzacoalcos 17 8 6 3 21 18 +3 30 Qualifies for the Liguilla
2 Tampico Madero 17 8 5 4 23 23 0 29
3 Tigres B 17 7 7 3 22 15 +7 28
4 Cruz Azul Hidalgo 17 8 4 5 21 15 +6 28
5 Indios 17 6 8 3 27 14 +13 26
6 Lobos BUAP 17 7 4 6 22 16 +6 25
7 Pumas Morelos 17 7 4 6 23 26 −3 25
8 Atlético Mexiquense 17 6 5 6 17 16 +1 23
9 Correcaminos 17 5 6 6 23 17 +6 21
10 Monterrey A 17 4 6 7 23 28 −5 18
11 Socio Águila 17 5 2 10 14 26 −12 17
12 Tapachula 17 3 3 11 14 32 −18 12
Source: FMF
Rules for classification: 1st points; 2nd goal difference; 3rd goals scored; 4th head-to-head; 5th away goals scored; 6th draw

General league table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Dorados de Sinaloa 17 10 5 2 31 14 +17 35 Qualifies for the Liguilla
2 León 17 9 6 2 45 23 +22 33
3 Durango 17 9 4 4 28 23 +5 31
4 Coatzacoalcos 17 8 6 3 21 18 +3 30
5 Tampico Madero 17 8 5 4 23 23 0 29
6 Tigres B 17 7 7 3 22 15 +7 28
7 Cruz Azul Hidalgo 17 8 4 5 21 15 +6 28
8 Tijuana 17 8 3 6 23 16 +7 27 Last on the relegation table
9 Indios 17 6 8 3 27 14 +13 26
10 Lobos BUAP 17 7 4 6 22 16 +6 25
11 Pumas Morelos 17 7 4 6 23 26 −3 25
12 Salamanca 17 7 3 7 21 23 −2 24 Qualifies for the Liguilla
13 Atlético Mexiquense 17 6 5 6 17 16 +1 23
14 Tecos A 17 6 4 7 17 21 −4 22
15 Correcaminos 17 5 6 6 23 17 +6 21
16 Tapatío 17 6 3 8 14 21 −7 21
17 Monarcas Morelia A 17 4 6 7 21 25 −4 18
18 Monterrey A 17 4 6 7 23 28 −5 18
19 Querétaro 17 4 6 7 23 30 −7 18
20 Real Colima 17 4 5 8 19 26 −7 17
21 Socio Águila 17 5 2 10 14 26 −12 17
22 Académicos 17 4 4 9 18 27 −9 16
23 Santos Laguna A 17 3 3 11 16 31 −15 12
24 Tapachula 17 3 3 11 14 32 −18 12
Source: FMF
Rules for classification: 1st points; 2nd goal difference; 3rd goals scored; 4th head-to-head; 5th away goals scored; 6th draw

Liguilla

Quarterfinals Semifinals Finals
               
1 Dorados de Sinaloa 0 1 1
8 Salamanca 0 1 1
1 Dorados de Sinaloa 0 1 1
4 Coatzacoalcos 0 0 0
5 Coatzacoalcos 1 4 5
4 Tampico Madero 0 2 2
1 Dorados de Sinaloa 2 0 2
2 León 2 1 3
3 Durango 0 0 0
6 Tigres B 0 0 0
3 Durango 0 2 2
2 León 0 3 3
7 León 2 1 3
2 Cruz Azul Hidalgo 0 1 1

Quarter-finals

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Dorados (s.) 1–1 Salamanca 0–0 1–1
Coatzacoalcos 5–2 Tampico Madero 1–0 4–2
León 3–1 Cruz Azul Hidalgo 2–0 1–1
Durango (s.) 0–0 Tigres B 0–0 0–0
First leg
30 April 2008 Salamanca 0–0 Dorados Salamanca
17:00 Report Stadium: Estadio Sección XXIV
Attendance: 8,000
Referee: Miguel Angel Solano González
30 April 2008 Tigres B 0–0 Durango Reynosa
17:45 Report Stadium: Estadio Adolfo López Mateos
Attendance: 2,500
Referee: Antonio Guillermo Ojeda Moreno
30 April 2008 Tampico Madero 0–1 Coatzacoalcos Tampico - Ciudad Madero
21:00 Report Domínguez 29' Stadium: Estadio Tamaulipas
Attendance: 18,000
Referee: Jorge Macías Romo
1 May 2008 Cruz Azul Hidalgo 0–2 León Ciudad Cooperativa Cruz Azul
17:00 Report Bareiro 77' 
Romero  89'		 Stadium: Estadio 10 de Diciembre
Attendance: 7,000
Referee: Julio David Escobar Barba
Second leg
3 May 2008 Durango 0–0
(0–0 agg.)		 Tigres B Durango City
15:30 Report Stadium: Estadio Francisco Zarco
Attendance: 12,500
Referee: Román Rafael Medina Vázquez
3 May 2008 Coatzacoalcos 4–2
(5–2 agg.)		 Tampico Madero Coatzacoalcos
17:00 Mancilla  5', 17'
Arvizu 74' 
Flores 85'		 Report Pardini  24', 52' Stadium: Estadio Rafael Hernández Ochoa
Attendance: 6,000
Referee: Ricardo Arellano Nieves
3 May 2008 Dorados 1–1
(1–1 agg.)		 Salamanca Culiacán
19:00 Padilla  25' Report Manrique 54' Stadium: Estadio Banorte
Attendance: 15,000
Referee: Miguel Ángel Ortega Rojas
4 May 2008 León 1–1
(3–1 agg.)		 Cruz Azul Hidalgo León3
12:00 Almirón  66' Report Orozco  23' Stadium: Estadio León
Attendance: 27,000
Referee: Miguel Ángel Chacón Viveros

Semi-finals

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Dorados 1–0 Coatzacoalcos 0–0 1–0
León 3–2 Durango 0–0 3–2
First leg
7 May 2008 Coatzacoalcos 0–0 Dorados Coatzacoalcos
17:00 Report Stadium: Estadio Rafael Hernández Ochoa
Attendance: 6,000
Referee: Julio David Escobar Barba
8 May 2008 Durango 0–0 León Durango City
15:30 Report Stadium: Estadio Francisco Zarco
Attendance: 13,250
Referee: Jorge Macías Romo
Second leg
10 May 2008 Dorados 1–0
(1–0 agg.)		 Coatzacoalcos Culiacán
19:00 Gerk  73' Report Stadium: Estadio Banorte
Attendance: 12,000
Referee: José Alfredo Peñaloza Soto
11 May 2008 León 3–2
(3–2 agg.)		 Durango León
12:00 Borboa  12'
Rojas 14' 
Almirón  41'		 Report Calderón 15'
Silva 46'		 Stadium: Estadio León
Attendance: 33,000
Referee: Jaime Herrera Garduño

Final

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Dorados 2–3 León 2–2 0–1
First leg
14 May 2008 León 2–2 Dorados León
20:00 Bareiro  49' 
Romero  50'		 Report Polo  25' 
Henríquez  29'		 Stadium: Estadio León
Attendance: 33,000
Referee: Roberto García Orozco
Second leg
17 May 2008 Dorados 0–1
(2–3 agg.)		 León Culiacán
19:00 Report Bareiro 74' Stadium: Estadio Banorte
Attendance: 21,000
Referee: Marco Antonio Rodríguez


 Clausura 2008 winner 
León
3rd title

Promotional final

First leg

Indios1–0León
Carlos Casartelli 76'
Referee: Hugo León Guajardo [1]

Second leg

León2-2Indios
David Quiñones 21'
Héctor Gómez 84'		 David Stringel 59'
Nelson Sebastián Maz 73'
Referee: [2]

Top scorers

Scorer Goals Team
Paraguay Fredy Bareiro 17 León
Mexico Víctor Lojero 15 Tampico Madero
Mexico Martín Calderón 12 Durango
Mexico Julio Frías 8 Indios
Mexico Pedro Solís Correcaminos
Mexico Alejandro Molina Monterrey A
Mexico Javier Orozco Cruz Azul Hidalgo
Uruguay Nelson Maz Indios
Mexico Miguel Casanova 7 Tapachula
Mexico Mauricio Romero León
Mexico Bardo Fierros Dorados de Sinaloa
Mexico Roberto Nurse Querétaro
Mexico Samuel Ochoa Tecos A
Mexico Eduardo García Académicos
Mexico Jair García 6 Cruz Azul Hidalgo

Last updated: May 3, 2008
Source: FMF

References

  1. ^ "Resultado Indios de Ciudad Juarez Vs Esmeraldas de Leon Final Primera Division a Fotos".
  2. ^ http://mensual.prensa.com/mensual/contenido/2008/05/25/Uhora/depor_2008052515062073.shtml [dead link‍]