Primera División de México Invierno 2001

Football league season

Primera División de México
Season	2001−02
Champions	Pachuca (2nd title)
Champions' Cup	Pachuca
Copa Libertadores	América Morelia
Top goalscorer	Martín Rodríguez (12 goals)
← Verano 2001 Verano 2002 →

Primera División de México Invierno 2001 (Mexico First Division Winter 2001) is the second part of a two tournament season in Association football in Mexico. It began on July 21, 2001, and ended on November 25, the end of the season. La Piedad was promoted to Primera División de México, making possible that 19 teams took part in the Mexican First Division instead of the 18 teams in previous seasons. Pachuca defeated UANL in the final, their second title win.

Overview

Mexico City

Atlas
Guadalajara
UAG

Santos LagunaGreater Mexico City teams
América

Atlante

Cruz Azul

Necaxa

UNAM

class=notpageimage| Location of the Primera División Invierno 2001 teams

Team	City	Stadium
América	Mexico City	Azteca
Atlante	Mexico City	Azul
Atlas	Guadalajara, Jalisco	Jalisco
Celaya	Celaya, Guanajuato	Miguel Alemán Valdés
Cruz Azul	Mexico City	Azul
Guadalajara	Guadalajara, Jalisco	Jalisco
Irapuato	Irapuato, Guanajuato	Sergio León Chávez
La Piedad	La Piedad, Michoacán	Juan N. López
León	León, Guanajuato	León
Morelia	Morelia, Michoacán	Morelos
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
UAG	Zapopan, Jalisco	Tres de Marzo
UANL	San Nicolás de los Garza, Nuevo León	Universitario
UNAM	Mexico City	Olímpico Universitario

Final standings (groups)

Group 1
Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Cruz Azul	18	8	6	4	33	24	+9	30	Directly qualified to the Liguilla (Playoffs)
2	Guadalajara	18	6	8	4	20	20	0	26	Directly qualified to the Liguilla (Playoffs)
3	Atlas	18	6	3	9	25	29	−4	21
4	Monterrey	18	4	8	6	23	31	−8	20
5	Celaya	18	5	4	9	27	33	−6	19

Source: MedioTiempo

Group 2
Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Toluca	18	8	8	2	33	22	+11	32	Directly qualified to the Liguilla (Playoffs)
2	Santos Laguna	18	7	3	8	36	34	+2	24	Directly qualified to the Liguilla (Playoffs)
3	Morelia	18	5	5	8	24	30	−6	20
4	Irapuato	18	4	7	7	27	26	+1	19
5	La Piedad	18	4	7	7	28	40	−12	19

Source: MedioTiempo

Group 3
Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Necaxa	18	6	9	3	21	20	+1	27	Directly qualified to the Liguilla (Playoffs)
2	Atlante	18	6	8	4	24	21	+3	26	Directly qualified to the Liguilla (Playoffs)
3	América	18	6	6	6	21	21	0	24
4	UAG	18	4	7	7	21	23	−2	19
5	León	18	4	7	7	25	31	−6	19

Source: MedioTiempo

Group 4
Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	UANL	18	11	3	4	26	12	+14	36	Directly qualified to the Liguilla (Playoffs)
2	Pachuca	18	9	5	4	29	24	+5	32	Directly qualified to the Liguilla (Playoffs)
3	Puebla	18	5	8	5	22	22	0	23
4	UNAM	18	3	8	7	20	22	−2	17

Source: MedioTiempo

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	UANL	18	11	3	4	26	12	+14	36	Directly qualified to the Liguilla (Playoffs)
2	Toluca	18	8	8	2	33	22	+11	32
3	Pachuca	18	9	5	4	29	24	+5	32
4	Cruz Azul	18	8	6	4	33	24	+9	30
5	Necaxa	18	6	9	3	21	20	+1	27
6	Atlante	18	6	8	4	24	21	+3	26
7	Guadalajara	18	6	8	4	20	20	0	26
8	Santos Laguna	18	7	3	8	36	34	+2	24
9	América	18	6	6	6	21	21	0	24
10	Puebla	18	5	8	5	22	22	0	23
11	Atlas	18	6	3	9	25	29	−4	21
12	Morelia	18	5	5	8	24	30	−6	20
13	Monterrey	18	4	8	6	23	31	−8	20
14	Irapuato	18	4	7	7	27	26	+1	19
15	UAG	18	4	7	7	21	23	−2	19
16	Celaya	18	5	4	9	27	33	−6	19
17	León	18	4	7	7	25	31	−6	19
18	La Piedad	18	4	7	7	28	40	−12	19
19	UNAM	18	3	8	7	20	22	−2	17

Source: MedioTiempo

Results

Home \ Away	AME	ATE	ATS	CEL	CAZ	GDL	IRA	LAP	LEO	MTY	MOR	NEC	PAC	PUE	SAN	TOL	UAG	UNL	UNM
América	—	3–2	–	1–2	1–2	–	1–1	–	1–2	–	–	–	0–0	1–0	–	3–1	1–1	–	–
Atlante	–	—	–	2–1	2–2	–	1–0	–	3–1	–	1–1	–	2–0	–	–	2–2	2–1	–	–
Atlas	0–2	2–0	—	1–5	0–0	–	–	–	4–1	–	–	–	–	3–1	–	0–3	0–1	0–0	–
Celaya	–	–	–	—	0–2	2–2	2–1	–	2–1	–	5–2	–	1–3	–	1–3	0–1	–	–	–
Cruz Azul	–	–	–	–	—	2–3	2–3	–	–	4–2	2–2	0–0	3–2	1–0	0–0	–	–	–	1–0
Guadalajara	1–1	0–0	0–3	–	–	—	–	1–1	–	3–1	–	0–0	–	–	–	–	1–0	0–2	2–2
Irapuato	–	–	3–0	–	–	1–0	—	6–1	–	1–1	2–4	2–3	0–1	2–3	1–1	–	–	–	0–0
La Piedad	1–1	2–2	2–4	2–1	1–5	–	–	—	1–1	–	–	–	–	3–2	–	2–0	1–1	2–0	–
León	–	–	–	–	2–2	1–2	2–2	–	—	1–0	1–1	2–1	1–1	–	4–2	–	–	–	–
Monterrey	1–0	2–2	3–1	2–1	–	–	–	1–1	–	—	–	1–1	–	–	–	–	3–3	0–0	1–0
Morelia	2–0	–	0–3	–	–	0–1	–	2–2	–	2–0	—	0–1	–	–	3–2	–	–	3–1	1–1
Necaxa	0–1	0–0	1–0	2–2	–	–	–	2–0	–	–	–	—	–	–	–	2–2	1–0	0–4	2–1
Pachuca	–	–	2–1	–	–	2–1	–	3–1	–	3–3	1–0	2–2	—	–	2–1	–	–	1–0	2–0
Puebla	–	0–0	–	1–1	–	1–1	–	–	2–2	2–1	1–0	1–1	–	—	2–1	0–0	1–1	–	–
Santos Laguna	2–3	2–1	3–1	–	–	0–1	–	6–4	–	5–0	–	2–2	–	–	—	–	–	1–2	1–0
Toluca	–	–	–	–	2–1	1–1	1–1	–	3–1	1–1	3–1	–	4–3	–	6–2	—	–	–	–
UAG	–	–	–	1–1	1–2	–	1–1	–	2–1	–	3–0	–	1–1	–	1–2	0–1	—	–	–
UANL	2–0	2–0	–	1–0	3–2	–	2–0	–	1–0	–	–	–	–	2–0	–	1–1	3–1	—	–
UNAM	1–1	0–2	2–2	5–0	–	–	–	2–1	1–1	–	–	–	–	2–2	–	1–1	1–2	1–0	—

Updated to match(es) played on 25 November 2001. 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	Martín Rodríguez	Irapuato	12
2	Alex Fernandes	Morelia	11
3	José Manuel Abundis	Atlante	10
4	Jared Borgetti	Santos Laguna	9
	José Luis Calderón	Atlas
	Walter Silvani	Pachuca
	Iván Zamorano	América
8	Claudinho	La Piedad	8
	Vicente Sánchez	Toluca
	Miguel Zepeda	Cruz Azul

Source: MedioTiempo

Playoffs

Bracket

Quarterfinals					Semifinals					Finals

1	UANL	1	3	4

8	Santos Laguna	1	0	1
					1	UANL (s)	0	1	1

					4	Cruz Azul	1	0	1
4	Cruz Azul	0	4	4

5	Necaxa	2	0	2
										1	UANL	0	1	1

										3	Pachuca	2	1	3
2	Toluca	1	2	3

7	Guadalajara	1	0	1
					2	Toluca	1	2	3

					3	Pachuca	1	4	5
3	Pachuca (s)	2	0	2

6	Atlante	1	1	2

Quarterfinals

November 28, 200115:00

Santos Laguna	1–1	UANL
Borgetti 58'	Report	Ochoa 76'

Estadio Corona, TorreónReferee: José de Jesús Robles December 1, 200117:00

UANL	3–0	Santos Laguna
del Olmo 75' Ochoa 82' Santillana 87'	Report

Estadio Universitario, San Nicolás de los GarzaReferee: Armando Archundia (Estado de México)

UANL won 4–1 on aggregate.

November 28, 200120:45

Guadalajara	1–1	Toluca
García 25'	Report	Morales 42'

Estadio Jalisco, GuadalajaraReferee: Marco Antonio Rodríguez (Mexico City) December 1, 200115:00

Toluca	2–0	Guadalajara
Sánchez 13' Morales 65'	Report

Estadio Nemesio Díez, TolucaReferee: Antonio Marrufo (Chihuahua)

Toluca won 3–1 on aggregate.

November 29, 200119:00

Atlante	1–2	Pachuca
Paredes 47'	Report	Silvani 6', 74'

Estadio Azteca, Mexico CityReferee: Germán Arredondo Ramírez (Guanajuato) December 2, 200119:00

Pachuca	0–1	Atlante
	Report	Abundis 44'

Estadio Hidalgo, PachucaReferee: Gilberto Alcalá Pineda (Mexico City)

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

November 29, 200121:30

Necaxa	2–0	Cruz Azul
Pérez 38' González 57' (pen.)	Report

Estadio Azteca, Mexico CityReferee: Eduardo Brizio Carter (Mexico City) December 2, 200116:02

Cruz Azul	4–0	Necaxa
Ledesma 11' Mendoza 45' Campos 56' Pinheiro 90'	Report

Estadio Azul, Mexico CityReferee: Felipe Ramos Rizo (Mexico City)

Cruz Azul won 4–2 on aggregate.

Semifinals

December 5, 200116:00

Cruz Azul	1–0	UANL
Ledesma 29'	Report

Estadio Azul, Mexico CityReferee: Gilberto Alcalá Pineda (Mexico City) December 8, 200117:00

UANL	1–0	Cruz Azul
Suárez 51' (pen.)	Report

Estadio Universitario, San Nicolás de los GarzaReferee: Felipe Ramos Rizo (Mexico City)

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

December 5, 200120:30

Pachuca	1–1	Toluca
Caballero 74'	Report	Cardozo 52'

Estadio Hidalgo, PachucaReferee: Antonio Marrufo (Chihuahua) December 8, 200115:00

Toluca	2–4	Pachuca
Sánchez 25' Cardozo 47'	Report	Santana 6' Caballero 58' (pen.) Brizuela 66' Silvani 88'

Estadio Nemesio Díez, TolucaReferee: Armando Archundia (Estado de México)

Pachuca won 5–3 on aggregate.

Finals

December 12, 200120:30

Pachuca	2–0	UANL
Silvani 23' Santana 28'	Report

Estadio Hidalgo, PachucaReferee: Armando Archundia (Estado de México)

First leg


Pachuca:
GK	1	Miguel Calero
DF	2	Alberto Rodríguez
DF	5	Francisco Gabriel de Anda
DF	99	Manuel Vidrio
DF	14	Marco Sánchez Yacuta
MF	6	Alfonso Sosa	13'
MF	10	Marco Garcés		60'
MF	8	Gabriel Caballero
MF	15	Andrés Chitiva	71'
FW	18	Sergio Santana		84'
FW	9	Walter Silvani	19'
Substitutions:
GK	12	Jesús Alfaro
DF	16	Israel Velázquez
DF	26	José Juan Hernández
MF	13	Jorge Orozco
MF	28	Carlos Adrián Morales		84'
MF	29	Jaime Correa
FW	11	Hugo Brizuela		60'
Manager:
Alfredo Tena


UANL:
GK	1	Óscar Dautt
DF	23	Javier Saavedra	42'
DF	2	Claudio Suárez
DF	6	David Oteo
DF	3	Sindey Balderas
MF	13	Antonio Sancho	21'	75'
MF	8	Joaquín del Olmo		72'
MF	18	Irênio	8' 17'
MF	11	Marcelo Domingues		25'
FW	9	Jesús Olalde
FW	29	Carlos Ochoa
Substitutions:
GK	25	Rogelio Rodríguez
DF	20	Hugo Sánchez
DF	21	Percy Colque
MF	5	Mauricio Gallaga
MF	10	Ramón Ramírez	80'	25'
MF	15	Felipe Ayala		75'
MF	19	Juan Montano		72'
Manager:
Ricardo Ferretti

Second leg

December 15, 200117:00

UANL	1–1	Pachuca
Olalde 19'	Report	Silvani 71'

Estadio Universitario, San Nicolás de los GarzaReferee: Felipe Ramos Rizo (Mexico City)

Pachuca won 3–1 on aggregate.


Pachuca:
GK	1	Óscar Dautt
DF	23	Javier Saavedra
DF	2	Claudio Suárez	16'
DF	6	David Oteo	29'
DF	3	Sindey Balderas
MF	13	Antonio Sancho	65'
MF	8	Joaquín del Olmo		81'
MF	11	Marcelo Domingues
FW	17	Jorge Santillana		72'
FW	9	Jesús Olalde	41'
FW	29	Carlos Ochoa
Substitutions:
GK	25	Rogelio Rodríguez
DF	20	Hugo Sánchez
DF	21	Percy Colque
MF	5	Mauricio Gallaga
MF	10	Ramón Ramírez		72'
MF	15	Felipe Ayala		81'
MF	19	Juan Montano
Manager:
Ricardo Ferretti


UANL:
GK	1	Miguel Calero	36'
DF	2	Alberto Rodríguez
DF	5	Francisco Gabriel de Anda
DF	99	Manuel Vidrio	26'
DF	14	Marco Sánchez Yacuta	18'
MF	6	Alfonso Sosa	27'
MF	10	Marco Garcés
MF	8	Gabriel Caballero
MF	15	Andrés Chitiva		48'
FW	18	Sergio Santana
FW	9	Walter Silvani		88'
Substitutions:
GK	12	Jesús Alfaro
DF	16	Israel Velázquez		48'
DF	26	José Juan Hernández
MF	13	Jorge Orozco		88'
MF	28	Carlos Adrián Morales
MF	29	Jaime Correa
FW	11	Hugo Brizuela
Manager:
Alfredo Tena

Invierno 2001 winners
Pachuca 2nd title

External links

Mediotiempo.com (where information was obtained)

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