Primera División de México Apertura 2003

Primera División de México

Season	2003−04
Champions	Pachuca (3rd title)
Champions' Cup	Pachuca
Copa Libertadores	América Santos Laguna
Top goalscorer	Luis Gabriel Rey (15 goals)
← Clausura 2003 Clausura 2004 →

Primera División de México (Mexican First Division) Apertura 2003 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 2 August 2003, and ran until 22 November, when the regular season ended. Irapuato was promoted to the Primera División de México to play this tournament, and Cuernavaca was to be relegated to the Primera División A. The Cuernavaca did not get to play in Primera A, though, as the team was disbanded by FMF. On 20 December, Pachuca defeated Tigres UANL and became champions for the third time.

Overview

• Necaxa moved from Mexico City to Aguascalientes.

Mexico City

Atlas
Guadalajara
UAG

Toluca

Irapuato

Necaxa

Monterrey
UANL

Veracruz

San Luis

Morelia

Chiapas

Puebla

Querétaro

Pachuca

Santos Laguna

Greater Mexico City teams
América
Atlante
Cruz Azul
UNAM

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Location of the Primera División Apertura 2003 teams

Final standings (groups)

Group 1

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Pachuca	19	10	6	3	28	19	+9	36	Directly qualified to the Liguilla (Playoffs)
2	Toluca	19	8	3	8	33	24	+9	27	Qualified for the Repechage
3	Monterrey	19	5	7	7	29	29	0	22
4	Puebla	19	5	5	9	23	30	−7	20
5	Atlas	19	5	4	10	29	32	−3	19

Source: MedioTiempo

Group 2

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	UNAM	19	11	5	3	34	23	+11	38	Directly qualified to the Liguilla (Playoffs)
2	Santos Laguna	19	8	7	4	41	29	+12	31
3	UAG	19	9	4	6	31	29	+2	31	Qualified for the Repechage
4	América	19	8	4	7	34	26	+8	28
5	Querétaro	19	1	4	14	16	44	−28	7

Source: MedioTiempo

Group 3

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	UANL	19	11	5	3	38	20	+18	38	Directly qualified to the Liguilla (Playoffs)
2	Cruz Azul	19	7	6	6	30	30	0	27	Qualified for the Repechage
3	Morelia	19	7	4	8	25	29	−4	25
4	Chiapas	19	5	6	8	21	34	−13	21
5	San Luis	19	2	5	12	20	39	−19	11

Source: MedioTiempo

Group 4

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Atlante	19	8	7	4	32	21	+11	31	Directly qualified to the Liguilla (Playoffs)
2	Necaxa	19	7	9	3	23	18	+5	30
3	Guadalajara	19	9	2	8	30	28	+2	29	Qualified for the Repechage
4	Veracruz	19	8	3	8	34	38	−4	27
5	Irapuato	19	6	4	9	23	32	−9	22

Source: MedioTiempo

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	UANL	19	11	5	3	38	20	+18	38	Directly qualified to the Liguilla (Playoffs)
2	UNAM	19	11	5	3	34	23	+11	38
3	Pachuca	19	10	6	3	28	19	+9	36
4	Santos Laguna	19	8	7	4	41	29	+12	31
5	Atlante	19	8	7	4	32	21	+11	31
6	UAG	19	9	4	6	31	29	+2	31	Qualified for the Repechage
7	Necaxa	19	7	9	3	23	18	+5	30	Directly qualified to the Liguilla (Playoffs)
8	Guadalajara	19	9	2	8	30	28	+2	29	Qualified for the Repechage
9	América	19	8	4	7	34	26	+8	28
10	Toluca	19	8	3	8	33	24	+9	27	Qualified for the Repechage
11	Cruz Azul	19	7	6	6	30	30	0	27
12	Veracruz	19	8	3	8	34	38	−4	27
13	Morelia	19	7	4	8	25	29	−4	25
14	Monterrey	19	5	7	7	29	29	0	22
15	Irapuato	19	6	4	9	23	32	−9	22
16	Chiapas	19	5	6	8	21	34	−13	21
17	Puebla	19	5	5	9	23	30	−7	20
18	Atlas	19	5	4	10	29	32	−3	19
19	San Luis	19	2	5	12	20	39	−19	11
20	Querétaro	19	1	4	14	16	44	−28	7

Source: MedioTiempo

Results

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

Updated to match(es) played on 22 November 2003. 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	Luis Gabriel Rey	Atlante	15
2	José Cardozo	Toluca	13
3	Carlos María Morales	Atlas	12
	Reinaldo Navia	Morelia
5	Alex Fernandes	Monterrey	11
	Emilio Mora	Veracruz
6	Jared Borgetti	Santos Laguna	10
	Eliomar Marcón	UAG
	Alfredo Moreno	Necaxa
9	Cuauhtémoc Blanco	América	9
	Walter Gaitán	UANL
	Luis Ignacio Quinteros	Puebla
	Andrés Silvera	UANL

Source: MedioTiempo

Playoffs

Repechage

November 26, 2003

15:00

Toluca	4–0	Guadalajara
Cardozo  55', 65' Carmona  82' Sánchez 90'	Report

Estadio Nemesio Díez, Toluca

Referee: Marco Antonio Rodríguez (Mexico City)

November 29, 2003

19:00

Guadalajara	4–2	Toluca
Morales  11' (pen.) Parra  62' Medina  89' Bravo 90+2'	Report	Cardozo  42' Sánchez 61'

Estadio Jalisco, Guadalajara

Referee: Manuel Ernesto Glower (Mexico City)

Toluca won 6–4 on aggregate.

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November 26, 2003

21:00

Cruz Azul	1–0	UAG
Galindo 65'	Report

Estadio Azul, Mexico City

Referee: Germán Arredondo Ramírez (Guanajuato)

November 29, 2003

17:00

UAG	1–3	Cruz Azul
Davino 44'	Report	Cata 20' C. Delgado 80' Marín 90+2'

Estadio Tres de Marzo, Zapopan

Referee: Gilberto Alcalá Pineda (Mexico City)

Cruz Azul won 4–1 on aggregate.

Bracket

	Quarterfinals							Semifinals							Finals
	1	UANL (s)	1	1	2
	11	Cruz Azul	0	2	2
								1	UANL	0	2	2
								10	Toluca	1	0	1
	2	UNAM	2	0	2
	10	Toluca	2	2	4
															1	UANL	1	1	2
															3	Pachuca	3	0	3
	3	Pachuca	3	1	4
	7	Necaxa	1	2	3
								3	Pachuca	0	2	2
								5	Atlante	0	1	1
	4	Santos Laguna	1	2	3
	5	Atlante	3	2	5

Quarterfinals

December 3, 2003

21:00

Cruz Azul	0–1	UANL
	Report	Gaitán  27'

Estadio Azul, Mexico City

Referee: Paul Delgadillo (Jalisco)

December 6, 2003

19:00

UANL	1–2	Cruz Azul
Silvera 6'	Report	M. Delgado  10' C. Delgado  17'

Estadio Universitario, San Nicolás de los Garza

Referee: Mauricio Morales (Mexico City)

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

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December 3, 2003

15:00

Toluca	2–2	UNAM
Cuberas  26' Cardozo  45' (pen.)	Report	Botero 5' Verón 60'

Estadio Nemesio Díez, Toluca

Referee: José Abramo Lira (Nuevo León)

December 6, 2003

12:00

UNAM	0–2	Toluca
	Report	Carmona 31' López 53'

Estadio Olímpico Universitario, Mexico City

Referee: Marco Antonio Rodríguez (Mexico City)

Toluca won 4–2 on aggregate.

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December 4, 2003

20:00

Necaxa	1–3	Pachuca
Sosa  51'	Report	Vidrio  48' Santana  57' Ledesma 83'

Estadio Victoria, Aguascalientes

Referee: Jorge Eduardo Gasso (Mexico City)

December 7, 2003

12:00

Pachuca	1–2	Necaxa
Claudinho 65'	Report	Luna 9', 44'

Estadio Hidalgo, Pachuca

Referee: Manuel Ernesto Glower (Mexico City)

Pachuca won 4–3 on aggregate.

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December 4, 2003

15:00

Atlante	3–1	Santos Laguna
S. González  25', 49', 66' (pen.)	Report	Ruiz 30'

Estadio Neza 86, Ciudad Nezahualcóyotl

Referee: Hugo León Guajardo (Mexico City)

December 7, 2003

16:00

Santos Laguna	2–2	Atlante
Vuoso  14' Borgetti 69'	Report	Baños 1' Hernández 75'

Estadio Corona, Torreón

Referee: Gilberto Alcalá Pineda (Mexico City)

Atlante won 5–3 on aggregate.

Semifinals

December 10, 2003

15:00

Toluca	1–0	UANL
Cardozo 63'	Report

Estadio Nemesio Díez, Toluca

Referee: Gilberto Alcalá Pineda (Mexico City)

December 13, 2003

19:00

UANL	2–0	Toluca
Rergis  32' Kléber  55'	Report

Estadio Universitario, San Nicolás de los Garza

Referee: Jorge Eduardo Gasso (Mexico City)

UANL won 2–1 on aggregate.

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December 11, 2003

15:00

Atlante	0–0	Pachuca
	Report

Estadio Neza 86, Ciudad Nezahualcóyotl

Referee: José Abramo Lira (Nuevo León)

December 14, 2003

19:00

Pachuca	2–1	Atlante
Claudinho 2' Caballero 70'	Report	S. González 74'

Estadio Hidalgo, Pachuca

Referee: Marco Antonio Rodríguez (Mexico City)

Pachuca won 2–1 on aggregate.

Finals

December 17, 2003

20:00

Pachuca	3–1	UANL
Sánchez  23' (o.g.) Bautista  77' Gabriel 86' (pen.)	Report	Soares 59'

Estadio Hidalgo, Pachuca

Referee: Gilberto Alcalá Pineda (Mexico City)

December 20, 2003

19:00

UANL	1–0	Pachuca
Silvera 90'	Report

Estadio Universitario, San Nicolás de los Garza

Referee: Marco Antonio Rodríguez (Mexico City)

Pachuca won 3–2 on aggregate.

Apertura 2003 winners
Pachuca 3rd title

External links

• Mediotiempo.com (where information was obtained)