2008–09 Primera División A season

Primera División A

Season	2008–09
Champions	Apertura: Querétaro Clausura: Mérida
Promoted	Querétaro
Relegated	Tapachula
← 2007–08 2009–10 →

The format for the 2008–09 season changed from 2 groups of 12 to 3 groups of 9 teams. This gave the opportunity and the number increased from 24 to 27, many teams served as reserve teams from teams in D1.

• Coatzacoalcos moved to Orizaba and was rebranded Orizaba after Apertura 2008
• Veracruz were demoted from Primera División
• Indios were promoted to Mexican Primera Division
• Irapuato won promotion to Primera División A when Pachuca Jr. did not meet the qualifications for promotion.

Added teams

• Atlante Chetumal
• Mérida FC
• Chihuahua
• Club Tapatio From Morelia B

Club	Stadium	Capacity	City
Académicos	Jalisco Alfredo Pistache Torres	63,000 3,000	Guadalajara
Atlético Mexiquense	Nemesio Díez	25,000	Toluca
Coatzacoalcos	Rafael Hérnandez Ochoa	4,800	Coatzacoalcos
Correcaminos	Marte R. Gómez	19,000	Ciudad Victoria
Cruz Azul Hidalgo	10 de Diciembre	17,000	Ciudad Cooperativa Cruz Azul
Dorados de Sinaloa	Banorte	19,000	Culiacán
Durango	Francisco Zarco	15,000	Durango City
Indios de Chihuahua	Olímpico Universitario José Reyes Baeza	22,000	Chihuahua City
Irapuato	Sergio León Chávez	26,000	Irapuato
Jaguares 'A'	Víctor Manuel Reyna	17,000	Tuxtla Gutiérrez, Chiapas
León	León	35,000	León
Lobos BUAP	Cuauhtémoc	42,600	Puebla City
Mérida	Carlos Iturralde	18,000	Mérida
Potros Chetumal	José López Portillo	10,000	Chetumal
Pumas Morelos	Centenario	14,800	Cuernavaca
Querétaro	Corregidora	33,000	Querétaro City
Rayados 'A'	El Barrial	1,000	Santiago
Real Colima	Colima	12,000	Colima City
Salamanca	Olímpico Sección 24	10,000	Salamanca
Santos Laguna 'A'	Corona	19,000	Torreón
Socio Águila	Azteca	114,600	Mexico City
Tampico Madero	Tamaulipas	20,000	Tampico and Ciudad Madero
Tapatío	Jalisco	63,000	Guadalajara
Tecos 'A'	Tres de Marzo	25,000	Zapopan
Tigres "B"	Universitario	42,000	San Nicolás de los Garza
Tijuana	Caliente	22,000	Tijuana
Veracruz	Luis "Pirata" Fuente	30,000	Boca del Río

Primera Division A

Season	Apertura 2008
Champions	Querétaro

The Primera División A Apertura 2008 is a Mexican football tournament, one of two short tournaments held each year. It began on July 18, 2008, and ran until December 7, 2008. The reigning champions, León, were eliminated in the quarterfinals by Irapuato on a 2–1 two-leg aggregate, and thus could not successfully defend their Clausura 2008 title. Querétaro won the tournament, defeating Irapuato on a 2–0 two-leg aggregate, and will earn a spot into the promotional playoff held after the end of the Clausura 2009 season, where the winners of the two tournaments meet in an effort to gain promotion to the Primera División.

After winning the 2008 promotional playoff against León, the Indios were promoted to the Primera División. Veracruz were relegated to the Primera División A due to finishing at the bottom of the Primera División relegation table. Pachuca Juniors won the right to be promoted to the Primera División A after winning the Segunda División promotional playoff but lacked the certificate of promotion given to teams by the Federación Mexicana de Fútbol Asociación. Instead, Irapuato were promoted to the Primera División A, and two new reserve teams were created for the Indios of Ciudad Juárez (Chihuahua) and Atlante (Chetumal).

A total of 27 teams are divided into three groups of nine teams each. Each team plays the other eight teams in its group twice, once at home and once away, for a total of 16 games. At the end of the regular season the top two teams in each group, as well as the next two highest placed teams, qualify to the Liguilla. The teams are seeded based on their position in the general table and are arranged before each round so that the highest seeded team remaining always plays the lowest seed remaining. The teams play a home and home series and whichever team has the better aggregate score advances. If the two teams are tied after both legs in the quarterfinals and semifinals the higher seed advances automatically. In the finals, if the two teams are tied after both legs two 15 minute halves of extra time are added. If the teams are still tied after extra time the champion is determined through a penalty shootout.

One team is promoted to the Primera División each year (two short tournaments). After the Clausura 2009 tournament, the champions of the Apertura 2008 and Clausura 2009 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.

Currently certified teams

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 2006, Clausura 2007, Apertura 2007, Clausura 2008, Apertura 2008, Clausura 2009) is relegated to the Segunda División.

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	León	16	10	5	1	21	12	+9	35	Qualifies for the Liguilla and is certified for promotion
2	Tijuana	16	9	5	2	20	8	+12	32
3	Irapuato	16	8	6	2	20	6	+14	30
4	Tapatío	16	5	4	7	12	16	−4	19
5	Tecos A	16	4	5	7	17	16	+1	17
6	Académicos	16	3	7	6	12	14	−2	16
7	Real Colima	16	3	6	7	10	18	−8	15
8	Dorados de Sinaloa	16	4	3	9	11	21	−10	15	Certified for promotion
9	Salamanca	16	2	7	7	10	22	−12	13

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Querétaro	16	10	3	3	36	20	+16	33	Qualifies for the Liguilla and is certified for promotion
2	Correcaminos	16	9	4	3	21	12	+9	31
3	Tigres B	16	9	2	5	19	12	+7	29	Qualifies for the Liguilla
4	Chihuahua	16	6	3	7	25	28	−3	21
5	Durango	16	4	8	4	15	16	−1	20	Certified for promotion
6	Socio Águila	16	5	4	7	13	16	−3	19
7	Tampico Madero	16	4	5	7	25	30	−5	17
8	Santos Laguna A	16	4	3	9	18	27	−9	15	Certified for promotion
9	Monterrey A	16	2	6	8	19	30	−11	12

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Pumas Morelos	16	11	2	3	27	12	+15	35	Qualifies for the Liguilla
2	Mérida	16	10	2	4	22	13	+9	32	Qualifies for the Liguilla and is certified for promotion
3	Veracruz	16	8	4	4	25	16	+9	28	Certified for promotion
4	Cruz Azul Hidalgo	16	7	3	6	25	15	+10	24
5	Lobos BUAP	16	6	3	7	22	30	−8	21
6	Atlético Mexiquense	16	5	4	7	19	19	0	19
7	Coatzacoalcos	16	4	7	5	14	16	−2	19
8	Chetumal	16	1	8	7	15	28	−13	11	Last on the relegation table
9	Tapachula	16	1	5	10	12	32	−20	8

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Pumas Morelos	16	11	2	3	27	12	+15	35	Qualifies for the Liguilla
2	León	16	10	5	1	21	12	+9	35	Qualifies for the Liguilla and is certified for promotion
3	Querétaro	16	10	3	3	36	20	+16	33
4	Tijuana	16	9	5	2	20	8	+12	32
5	Mérida	16	10	2	4	22	13	+9	32
6	Correcaminos	16	9	4	3	21	12	+9	31
7	Irapuato	16	8	6	2	20	6	+14	30
8	Tigres B	16	9	2	5	19	12	+7	29	Qualifies for the Liguilla
9	Veracruz	16	8	4	4	25	16	+9	28	Certified for promotion
10	Cruz Azul Hidalgo	16	7	3	6	25	15	+10	24
11	Chihuahua	16	6	3	7	25	28	−3	21
12	Lobos BUAP	16	6	3	7	22	30	−8	21	Certified for promotion
13	Durango	16	4	8	4	15	16	−1	20
14	Atlético Mexiquense	16	5	4	7	19	19	0	19
15	Coatzacoalcos	16	4	7	5	14	16	−2	19
16	Socio Águila	16	5	4	7	13	16	−3	19
17	Tapatío	16	5	4	7	12	16	−4	19
18	Tecos A	16	4	5	7	17	16	+1	17
19	Tampico Madero	16	4	5	7	25	30	−5	17
20	Académicos	16	3	7	6	12	14	−2	16
21	Real Colima	16	3	6	7	10	18	−8	15
22	Santos Laguna A	16	4	3	9	18	27	−9	15	Certified for promotion
23	Sinaloa	16	4	3	9	11	21	−10	15
24	Salamanca	16	2	7	7	10	22	−12	13
25	Monterrey A	16	2	6	8	19	30	−11	12
26	Chetumal	16	1	8	7	15	28	−13	11	Last on the relegation table
27	Tapachula	16	1	5	10	12	32	−20	8

	Quarterfinals							Semifinals							Finals
	1	Pumas Morelos (s.)	2	0	2
	8	Tigres B	1	1	2
								1	Pumas Morelos	0	0	0
								7	Irapuato	1	1	2
	5	Tijuana	0	4	4
	4	Mérida	1	0	1
															7	Irapuato	0	0	0
															3	Querétaro	0	2	2
	3	Querétaro (s.)	1	1	2
	6	Correcaminos	2	0	2
								4	Tijuana	1	1	2
								3	Querétaro	0	3	3
	7	León	0	1	1
	2	Irapuato	1	1	2

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Querétaro (s.)	2–2	Correcaminos	1–2	1–0
Tijuana	4–1	Mérida	0–1	4–0
Pumas Morelos (s.)	2–2	Tigres B	2–1	0–1
León	1–2	Irapuato	0–1	1–1

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Querétaro	3–2	Tijuana	0–1	3–1
Pumas Morelos	0–2	Irapuato	0–1	0–1

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Querétaro	2–0	Irapuato	0–0	2–0

Apertura 2008 winner
Querétaro 3rd title

Scorer	Goals	Team
Mauro Gerk	14	Querétaro
Raúl Enríquez		Tijuana
Bosco Frontan	10	Tampico Madero
José Gutiérrez	9	Chihuahua
Javier Orozco	8	Cruz Azul Hidalgo
Nicolás Olivera		Veracruz
Dany González		Monterrey A
Diego Olsina	7	Mérida
Juan Úbeda		Lobos BUAP
Marco Reyna	6	Durango
José Ojeda		Tampico Madero
Luis Orozco		Mérida
Sebastián González		León
Sergio Pérez	5	Irapuato
Carlos Vela		Correcaminos

Pos.	Team	Pts	G	Ave.
1	Tijuana	32	16	2.0000
2	León	166	84	1.9762
3	Irapuato	30	16	1.8750
4	Veracruz	28	16	1.7500
5	Cruz Azul Hidalgo	144	84	1.7143
6	Dorados de Sinaloa	144	84	1.7143
7	Querétaro	140	84	1.6667
8	Correcaminos	131	84	1.5595
9	Pumas Morelos	126	84	1.5000
10	Coatzacoalcos	126	84	1.5000
11	Lobos BUAP	116	84	1.3810
12	Salamanca	114	84	1.3571
13	Mérida	67	50	1.3400
14	Chihuahua	21	16	1.3125
15	Tigres B	110	84	1.3095
16	Durango	109	84	1.2976
17	Real Colima	106	84	1.2619
18	Tampico Madero	103	84	1.2262
19	Tapatío	102	84	1.2143
20	Atlético Mexiquense	98	84	1.1667
21	Monterrey A	96	84	1.1429
22	Socio Águila	93	84	1.1071
23	Académicos	91	84	1.0833
24	Tecos A	90	84	1.0714
25	Santos Laguna A	81	84	0.9643
26	Tapachula	36	50	0.7200
27	Chetumal	11	16	0.6875

Ascenso MX

Season	Clausura 2009
Champions	Mérida

The Primera División A Clausura 2009 is a Mexican football tournament, the second of two short tournaments held during the 2008–2009 Mexican football season. It began on January 10, 2009, and will run until May 23 or May 24, 2009. The winner of the tournament will earn a place in the promotional playoff against Querétaro, the winners of the Apertura 2008 tournament, to determine which team will be promoted to the Primera División.

A total of 27 teams are divided into three groups of nine teams each. Each team plays the other eight teams in its group twice, once at home and once away, for a total of 16 games. At the end of the regular season the top two teams in each group, as well as the next two highest placed teams, qualify to the Liguilla (playoffs). The teams are seeded based on their position in the general table and are arranged before each round so that the highest seeded team remaining always plays the lowest seed remaining. The teams play a home and away series and whichever team has the better aggregate score advances. If the two teams are tied after both legs in the quarterfinals and semifinals the higher seed advances automatically. In the finals, if the two teams are tied after both legs two 15 minute halves of extra time are added. If the teams are still tied after extra time the champion is determined through a penalty shootout.

One team is promoted to the Primera División each year (two short tournaments). After the Clausura 2009 tournament, the champions of the Apertura 2008 and Clausura 2009 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 away 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.

Currently certified teams

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 2006, Clausura 2007, Apertura 2007, Clausura 2008, Apertura 2008, Clausura 2009) is relegated to the Segunda División.

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Mérida	16	9	3	4	25	13	+12	30	Qualifies for the Liguilla and is certified for promotion
2	Socio Águila	16	8	3	5	21	18	+3	27	Qualifies for the Liguilla
3	Salamanca	16	7	5	4	22	20	+2	26
4	Chetumal	16	5	6	5	23	20	+3	21
5	Querétaro	16	6	2	8	28	25	+3	20	Certified for promotion
6	Irapuato	16	5	5	6	17	23	−6	20
7	Chihuahua	16	5	5	6	19	26	−7	20
8	Santos Laguna A	16	5	3	8	17	20	−3	18	Certified for promotion
9	Real Colima	16	3	6	7	16	23	−7	15

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Dorados de Sinaloa	16	8	7	1	30	15	+15	31	Qualifies for the Liguilla and is certified for promotion
2	Veracruz	16	8	6	2	27	14	+13	30
3	Pumas Morelos	16	6	6	4	26	15	+11	24
4	León	16	6	5	5	21	19	+2	23	Certified for promotion
5	Correcaminos	16	4	8	4	17	18	−1	20
6	Tigres B	16	4	6	6	14	23	−9	18
7	Atlético Mexiquense	16	4	4	8	12	23	−11	16	Certified for promotion
8	Tampico Madero	16	3	6	7	18	28	−10	15
9	Tapatío	16	2	6	8	16	26	−10	12

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Tijuana	16	9	6	1	28	16	+12	33	Qualifies for the Liguilla and is certified for promotion
2	Cruz Azul Hidalgo	16	7	6	3	23	16	+7	27
3	Lobos BUAP	16	6	7	3	25	17	+8	25
4	Durango	16	5	10	1	24	16	+8	25	Certified for promotion
5	Orizaba	16	5	5	6	15	16	−1	20
6	Monterrey A	16	5	5	6	16	18	−2	20
7	Tapachula	16	3	7	6	18	21	−3	16	Last on the relegation table
8	Académicos	16	1	8	7	15	27	−12	11
9	Tecos A	16	1	6	9	8	25	−17	9

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Tijuana	16	9	6	1	28	16	+12	33	Qualifies for the Liguilla and is certified for promotion
2	Dorados de Sinaloa	16	8	7	1	30	15	+15	31
3	Veracruz	16	8	6	2	27	14	+13	30
4	Mérida	16	9	3	4	25	13	+12	30
5	Cruz Azul Hidalgo	16	7	6	3	23	16	+7	27
6	Socio Águila	16	8	3	5	21	18	+3	27	Qualifies for the Liguilla
7	Salamanca	16	7	5	4	22	20	+2	26
8	Lobos BUAP	16	6	7	3	25	17	+8	25	Qualifies for the Liguilla and is certified for promotion
9	Durango	16	5	10	1	24	16	+8	25	Certified for promotion
10	Pumas Morelos	16	6	6	4	26	15	+11	24
11	León	16	6	5	5	21	19	+2	23	Certified for promotion
12	Chetumal	16	5	6	5	23	20	+3	21
13	Querétaro	16	6	2	8	28	25	+3	20	Certified for promotion
14	Correcaminos	16	4	8	4	17	18	−1	20
15	Orizaba	16	5	5	6	15	16	−1	20
16	Monterrey A	16	5	5	6	16	18	−2	20
17	Irapuato	16	5	5	6	17	23	−6	20	Certified for promotion
18	Chihuahua	16	5	5	6	19	26	−7	20
19	Santos Laguna A	16	5	3	8	17	20	−3	18	Certified for promotion
20	Tigres B	16	4	6	6	14	23	−9	18
21	Tapachula	16	3	7	6	18	21	−3	16	Last on the relegation table
22	Atlético Mexiquense	16	4	4	8	12	23	−11	16	Certified for promotion
23	Real Colima	16	3	6	7	16	23	−7	15
24	Tampico Madero	16	3	6	7	18	28	−10	15
25	Tapatío	16	2	6	8	16	26	−10	12
26	Académicos	16	1	8	7	15	27	−12	11
27	Tecos A	16	1	6	9	8	25	−17	9

	Quarterfinals							Semifinals							Finals
	1	Tijuana	3	1	4
	8	Lobos BUAP	1	1	2
								1	Tijuana	2	2	4
								5	Salamanca	1	0	1
	5	Dorados de Sinaloa	0	0	0
	4	Salamanca	2	1	3
															1	Tijuana	0	0	0
															3	Mérida	1	0	1
	3	Mérida	1	3	4
	6	Cruz Azul Hidalgo	0	1	1
								3	Mérida	3	0	3
								2	Veracruz	0	0	0
	7	Veracruz	0	2	2
	2	Socio Águila	2	0	2

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Tijuana	4–2	Lobos BUAP	3–1	1–1
Dorados	0–3	Salamanca	0–2	0–1
Mérida	4–1	Cruz Azul Hidalgo	1–0	3–1
Veracruz (s.)	2–2	Socio Águila	0–2	2–0

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Tijuana	4–1	Salamanca	2–1	2–0
Veracruz	0–3	Mérida	0–3	0–0

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Tijuana	0–1	Mérida	0–1	0–0

Clausura 2009 winner
Mérida 1st title

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Scorer	Goals	Team
Mauro Gerk	11	Querétaro
Raúl Enríquez	9	Tijuana
Felipe Flores		Salamanca
Francisco Bravo	8	Veracruz
Luis Nieves		León
Jesús Morales		Chetumal
Luis Orozco		Mérida
Óscar Rojas		Pumas Morelos
Fernando González		Cruz Azul Hidalgo
Ismael Valadez	7	Chetumal
José Gutiérrez	6	Irapuato
Juan Hernández		Lobos BUAP
Nicolás Olivera		Veracruz
Osvaldo Moreno		Real Colima

Pos.	Team	Pts	G	Ave.
1	Tijuana	65	32	2.0313
2	León	189	100	1.8900
3	Veracruz	58	32	1.8125
4	Dorados de Sinaloa	175	100	1.7500
5	Cruz Azul Hidalgo	171	100	1.7100
6	Querétaro	160	100	1.6000
7	Irapuato	50	32	1.5625
8	Correcaminos	151	100	1.5100
9	Pumas Morelos	150	100	1.5000
10	Mérida	97	66	1.4697
11	Orizaba	146	100	1.4600
12	Lobos BUAP	141	100	1.4100
13	Salamanca	140	100	1.4000
14	Durango	134	100	1.3400
15	Chihuahua	41	32	1.2813
16	Tigres B	128	100	1.2800
17	Real Colima	121	100	1.2100
18	Socio Águila	120	100	1.2000
19	Tampico Madero	118	100	1.1800
20	Monterrey	116	100	1.1600
21	Atlético Mexiquense	114	100	1.1400
22	Tapatío	114	100	1.1400
23	Académicos	102	100	1.0200
24	Chetumal	32	32	1.0000
25	Tecos	99	100	0.9900
26	Santos Laguna A	99	100	0.9900
27	Tapachula	52	66	0.7879

• Federación Mexicana de Fútbol Asociación, A. C.