Primera División de México Apertura 2004

Football league season

Primera División de México
Season	2004−05
Champions	UNAM (5th title)
Champions' Cup	Monterrey
Copa Libertadores	UANL Pachuca Guadalajara (First Stage)
Copa Sudamericana	UNAM
Top goalscorer	Guillermo Franco (15 goals)
← Clausura 2004 Clausura 2005 →

Primera División de México (Mexican First Division) Apertura 2004 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, August 14, 2004, and ran until November 20, when the regular season ended. Dorados de Sinaloa was promoted to the México Primera División thus, San Luis, Irapuato and Querétaro were all relegated to the Primera División A, making it 18 teams in the Primera División as opposed to 20. On December 11, UNAM defeated Monterrey and became champions for the fifth time.

Clubs

Mexico City

Atlas
Guadalajara
UAG

Santos LagunaGreater Mexico City teams
América

Atlante

Cruz Azul

UNAM

class=notpageimage| Location of the Primera División Apertura 2004 teams

Team	City	Stadium
América	Mexico City	Azteca
Atlante	Mexico City	Azteca
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
Puebla	Puebla, Puebla	Cuauhtémoc
Santos Laguna	Torreón, Coahuila	Corona
Sinaloa	Culiacán, Sinaloa	Carlos González y González
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

Regular phase

Group 1
Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Atlante	17	7	3	7	27	33	−6	24	Automatically qualified for the Liguilla (Playoffs)
2	UNAM	17	7	2	8	25	31	−6	23	Automatically qualified for the Liguilla (Playoffs)
3	Morelia	17	6	4	7	29	30	−1	22
4	América	17	5	5	7	17	23	−6	20
5	Sinaloa	17	4	4	9	25	32	−7	16
6	UAG	17	4	4	9	17	29	−12	16

Source: MedioTiempo

Group 2
Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Toluca	17	10	2	5	27	15	+12	32	Automatically qualified for the Liguilla (Playoffs)
2	Atlas	17	9	4	4	34	24	+10	31	Automatically qualified for the Liguilla (Playoffs)
3	Guadalajara	17	8	5	4	34	22	+12	29	Qualified for Liguilla (Playoffs) on a points basis
4	UANL	17	6	5	6	37	27	+10	23
5	Puebla	17	5	6	6	17	23	−6	21
6	Cruz Azul	17	4	4	9	30	37	−7	16

Source: MedioTiempo

Group 3
Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Veracruz	17	11	2	4	27	25	+2	35	Automatically qualified for the Liguilla (Playoffs)
2	Pachuca	17	9	5	3	30	19	+11	32	Automatically qualified for the Liguilla (Playoffs)
3	Monterrey	17	8	3	6	36	34	+2	27	Qualified for Liguilla (Playoffs) on a points basis
4	Necaxa	17	6	3	8	27	26	+1	21
5	Santos Laguna	17	5	3	9	22	22	0	18
6	Chiapas	17	4	6	7	20	29	−9	18

Source: MedioTiempo

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Veracruz	17	11	2	4	27	25	+2	35	Automatically qualified for the Liguilla (Playoffs)
2	Toluca	17	10	2	5	27	15	+12	32
3	Pachuca	17	9	5	3	30	19	+11	32
4	Atlas	17	9	4	4	34	24	+10	31
5	Guadalajara	17	8	5	4	34	22	+12	29	Qualified for Liguilla (Playoffs) on a points basis
6	Monterrey	17	8	3	6	36	34	+2	27	Qualified for Liguilla (Playoffs) on a points basis
7	Atlante	17	7	3	7	27	33	−6	24	Automatically qualified for the Liguilla (Playoffs)
8	UANL	17	6	5	6	37	27	+10	23
9	UNAM	17	7	2	8	25	31	−6	23	Automatically qualified for the Liguilla (Playoffs)
10	Morelia	17	6	4	7	29	30	−1	22
11	Necaxa	17	6	3	8	27	26	+1	21
12	Puebla	17	5	6	6	17	23	−6	21
13	América	17	5	5	7	17	23	−6	20
14	Santos Laguna	17	5	3	9	22	22	0	18
15	Chiapas	17	4	6	7	20	29	−9	18
16	Cruz Azul	17	4	4	9	30	37	−7	16
17	Sinaloa	17	4	4	9	25	32	−7	16
18	UAG	17	4	4	9	17	29	−12	16

Source: MedioTiempo

Results

Home \ Away	AME	ATE	ATS	CHI	CAZ	GDL	MTY	MOR	NEC	PAC	PUE	SAN	SIN	TOL	UAG	UNL	UNM	VER
América	—	–	–	–	2–1	–	1–0	2–3	–	1–1	0–1	–	3–2	–	–	–	0–3	1–1
Atlante	1–0	—	3–2	–	–	–	7–1	1–6	–	–	2–1	–	–	2–1	4–0	1–2	0–1	–
Atlas	1–1	–	—	–	3–3	–	3–3	3–3	–	1–2	0–1	–	–	–	–	–	3–1	2–0
Chiapas	2–1	0–0	1–2	—	–	0–0	–	–	2–2	–	1–1	–	–	1–3	–	1–1	–	–
Cruz Azul	–	2–0	–	3–4	—	2–4	–	–	0–1	–	–	1–0	3–3	1–3	5–2	1–1	–	–
Guadalajara	1–1	7–0	1–3	–	–	—	1–0	2–1	–	–	3–1	–	–	1–1	2–2	3–1	–	–
Monterrey	–	–	–	5–1	3–0	–	—	2–1	–	4–1	–	1–0	6–2	–	–	–	1–1	2–0
Morelia	–	–	–	2–1	1–1	–	–	—	1–5	0–2	–	1–1	3–2	–	2–0	–	0–0	1–2
Necaxa	4–1	1–1	0–2	–	–	1–2	2–3	–	—	–	1–2	–	–	0–1	–	2–1	–	–
Pachuca	–	1–1	–	3–0	3–1	1–1	–	–	4–1	—	–	2–1	1–0	–	2–0	–	–	1–2
Puebla	–	–	–	–	3–1	–	1–1	0–3	–	1–1	—	1–0	1–1	–	–	–	2–3	0–0
Santos Laguna	1–1	2–1	2–0	4–2	–	4–1	–	–	1–1	–	–	—	–	0–1	–	2–1	–	–
Sinaloa	–	0–1	0–1	0–0	–	2–0	–	–	3–2	–	–	2–1	—	0–1	–	3–3	–	–
Toluca	0–1	–	0–2	–	–	–	4–0	3–1	–	3–2	1–0	–	–	—	1–1	4–1	0–1	–
UAG	1–0	–	2–3	0–1	–	–	3–2	–	0–1	–	1–1	1–0	1–2	–	—	–	–	–
UANL	0–1	–	1–3	–	–	–	6–2	3–0	–	0–0	4–0	–	–	–	2–2	—	3–1	7–1
UNAM	–	–	–	2–1	1–3	1–5	–	–	1–3	2–3	–	2–1	3–2	–	0–1	–	—	2–3
Veracruz	–	6–2	–	0–2	3–2	1–0	–	–	1–0	–	–	3–2	2–1	1–0	1–0	–	–	—

Updated to match(es) played on 21 November 2004. 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	Guillermo Franco	Monterrey	15
2	José Cardozo	Toluca	12
2	Robert de Pinho	Atlas	12
4	Rafael Márquez Lugo	Morelia	11
4	Vicente Matías Vuoso	Santos Laguna	11
6	Luciano Figueroa	Cruz Azul	10
6	Sebastián González	Atlante	10
8	Walter Gaitán	UANL	9
9	Jared Borgetti	Sinaloa	8
9	Salvador Cabañas	Chiapas	8

Source: MedioTiempo

Final phase (Liguilla)

Bracket

Quarterfinals					Semifinals					Finals

3	Pachuca	1	1	2

6	Monterrey	2	1	3
					6	Monterrey	4	3	7

					7	Atlante	2	1	3
2	Toluca	2	3	5

7	Atlante	4	4	8
										6	Monterrey	1	0	1

										9	UNAM	2	1	3
4	Atlas	1	3	4

5	Guadalajara	0	3	3
					4	Atlas	3	1	4

					9	UNAM	4	2	6
1	Veracruz	0	1	1

9	UNAM	3	1	4

Quarterfinals

November 25, 200419:00

Monterrey	2–1	Pachuca
Erviti 7' Franco 59'	Report	Chitiva 57'

Estadio Tecnológico, MonterreyReferee: Jorge Eduardo Gasso (Mexico City) November 28, 200412:00

Pachuca	1–1	Monterrey
Valdez 60'	Report	Franco 49'

Estadio Hidalgo, PachucaReferee: Manuel Ernesto Glower (Mexico City)

Monterrey won 3–2 on aggregate.

November 24, 200419:00

Atlante	4–2	Toluca
Rey 33', 90' González 39', 79'	Report	Cardozo 20' Sánchez 37'

Estadio Azteca, Mexico CityReferee: Hugo León Guajardo (Mexico City) November 27, 200415:00

Toluca	3–4	Atlante
de la Torre 38' Dueñas 44' Cardozo 59'	Report	Rey 10', 66' (pen.), 83' Garay 45'

Estadio Nemesio Díez, TolucaReferee: Mauricio Morales (Mexico City)

Atlante won 8–5 on aggregate.

November 25, 200420:45

Guadalajara	0–1	Atlas
	Report	J. M. García 17'

Estadio Jalisco, GuadalajaraReferee: Marco Antonio Rodríguez (Mexico City) November 28, 200419:00

Atlas	3–3	Guadalajara
Robert 5', 23' J. P. García 20'	Report	Medina 66' Sabah 75', 90+3'

Estadio Jalisco, GuadalajaraReferee: Armando Archundia (Estado de México)

Atlas won 4–3 on aggregate.

November 24, 200421:00

UNAM	3–0	Veracruz
Botero 15', 81' Lozano 73' (pen.)	Report

Estadio Olímpico Universitario, Mexico CityReferee: Germán Arredondo Ramírez (Guanajuato) November 27, 200419:00

Veracruz	1–1	UNAM
Biscayzacú 87'	Report	Alonso 88'

Estadio Luis "Pirata" Fuente, VeracruzReferee: Gilberto Alcalá Pineda (Mexico City)

UNAM won 4–1 on aggregate.

Semifinals

December 1, 200415:00

Atlante	2–4	Monterrey
Lash 60' Lucas 90+1'	Report	Arellano 56' Pérez 80', 90' Franco 88'

Estadio Azteca, Mexico CityReferee: Armando Archundia (Estado de México) December 4, 200420:00

Monterrey	3–1	Atlante
Franco 23', 60' Pérez Núñez 69'	Report	Lash 86'

Estadio Tecnológico, MonterreyReferee: Manuel Ernesto Glower (Mexico City)

Monterrey won 7–3 on aggregate.

December 2, 200420:30

UNAM	4–3	Atlas
Fonseca 10' Botero 12', 47' Alonso 83'	Report	J. P. García 33' Osorno 54' Robert 62' (pen.)

Estadio Olímpico Universitario, Mexico CityReferee: Gilberto Alcalá Pineda (Mexico City) December 5, 200419:00

Atlas	1–2	UNAM
Robert 86'	Report	Fonseca 43' López 47'

Estadio Jalisco, GuadalajaraReferee: Mauricio Morales (Mexico City)

UNAM won 6–4 on aggregate.

Finals

December 8, 200420:30

UNAM	2–1	Monterrey
Beltrán 49' Toledo 80'	Report	Franco 20'

Estadio Olímpico Universitario, Mexico CityReferee: Mauricio Morales (Mexico City) December 11, 200419:00

Monterrey	0–1	UNAM
	Report	Fonseca 46'

Estadio Tecnológico, MonterreyReferee: Armando Archundia (Estado de México)

UNAM won 3–1 on aggregate.

Champions
UNAM 5th title

External links

Mediotiempo.com (where information was obtained)

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