2010–11 Mexican Primera División season

Primera División Profesional
Season	2010-11
Champions	Apertura: Monterrey (4th title)
Champions League	Template:Fb team Monterrey; Template:Fb team Santos Laguna
Copa Libertadores	Template:Fb team Club America ; Template:Fb team San Luis ; Template:Fb team Chiapas
Matches played	153
Goals scored	385 (2.52 per match)
Top goalscorer	Apertura: Christian Benítez (16 goals)
Biggest home win	Template:Fb team Morelia 6–0 Template:Fb team Querétaro; (August 8, 2010)
Biggest away win	Template:Fb team Atlante 1–4 Template:Fb team Santos Laguna; (July 24, 2010)
Highest scoring	Template:Fb team Monterrey 5–2 Template:Fb team UNAM; (August 14, 2010); Template:Fb team Querétaro 5–2 Template:Fb team Santos Laguna; (September 11, 2010)
Longest winning run	5 games: Template:Fb team Cruz Azul; (August 14–September 24, 2010)
Longest unbeaten run	13 games: Template:Fb team Monterrey; (July 24–October 27, 2010)
Longest winless run	8 games: Template:Fb team Atlas; (July 25–September 25, 2010)
Longest losing run	4 games: Template:Fb team Atlas; (August 21–September 25, 2010)
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The 2010–11 Primera División Profesional season is the 64th professional season top-flight football league. The season is split into two tournaments—the Torneo Apertura and the Torneo Clausura—each with identical formats and each contested by the same eighteen teams.

Clubs

Eighteen teams return for this season. Indios de Ciudad Juárez was relegated the previous season after accumulated the lowest coefficient over the past three season. They will be replaced by Necaxa, who returns after one year in the Liga de Ascenso.

Club	Home City	Stadium	Capacity
Template:Fb team Club América	Mexico City	Azteca	105,000
Template:Fb team Atlante	Cancún	Andrés Quintana Roo	20,000
Template:Fb team Atlas	Guadalajara	Jalisco	56,700
Template:Fb team Cruz Azul	Mexico City	Estadio Azul	35,000
Template:Fb team Estudiantes Tecos	Zapopan	3 de Marzo	30,000
Template:Fb team Guadalajara	Guadalajara	Omnilife	45,500
Template:Fb team Chiapas	Tuxtla Gutiérrez	Víctor Manuel Reyna	25,000
Template:Fb team Monterrey	Monterrey	Tecnológico	38,000
Template:Fb team Morelia	Morelia	Morelos	41,500
Template:Fb team Necaxa	Aguascalientes	Victoria	28,000
Template:Fb team Pachuca	Pachuca	Hidalgo	30,000
Template:Fb team Puebla	Puebla	Cuauhtémoc	42,650
Template:Fb team Querétaro	Querétaro	La Corregidora	40,785
Template:Fb team San Luis	San Luis Potosí	Alfonso Lastras Ramírez	24,000
Template:Fb team Santos Laguna	Torreón	Corona	30,000
Template:Fb team Toluca	Toluca	Nemesio Díez	27,000
Template:Fb team UANL	Monterrey	Universitario	45,000
Template:Fb team UNAM	Mexico City	Olímpico Universitario	63,000

Template:Primera División de México 2010−11 Labeled Map

Managerial changes

Team	Outgoing manager	Manner of departure	Date of vacancy	Replaced by	Date of appointment	Position in table
Pre-season changes
América	Jesús Ramírez	Sacked	June 30, 2010	Manuel Lapuente	July 1, 2010	6th
Atlante	José Guadalupe Cruz	End of contract	June 30, 2010	René Isidoro García	July 1, 2010	16th
Querétaro	Carlos Reinoso	End of contract	June 30, 2010	Ángel David Comizzo	July 1, 2010	11th
Jaguares	Pablo Marini	Sacked	June 30, 2010	José Guadalupe Cruz	July 1, 2010	12th
UNAM	Ricardo Ferretti	End of contract	June 30, 2010	Guillermo Vázquez	July 1, 2010	4th
UANL	Daniel Guzmán	Sacked	June 30, 2010	Ricardo Ferretti	July 1, 2010	15th
Apertura changes
Pachuca	Guillermo Rivarola	Resigned	August 16, 2010	Pablo Marini	August 18, 2010	13th
Atlas	Carlos Ischia	Sacked	August 23, 2010	José Luis Mata	August 24, 2010	18th
Puebla	José Luis Sánchez Solá	Resigned	August 23, 2010	Eduardo Fentanes	August 24, 2010	8th
Necaxa	Omar Arellano	Sacked	August 31, 2010	Daniel Brailovsky	September 1, 2010	13th
Estudiantes Tecos	Miguel Herrera	Sacked	September 6, 2010	Eduardo Acevedo	September 8, 2010	16th
Atlante	René Isidoro García	Sacked	September 13, 2010	Eduardo Bacas	September 13, 2010	17th
Puebla	Eduardo Fentanes	Resigned	September 13, 2010	José Luis Trejo	September 14, 2010	6th
Atlas	José Luis Mata	Sacked	October 15, 2010	Benjamín Galindo	October 15, 2010	18th
Inter-tournament changes
Querétaro	Ángel David Comizzo	End of contract	December 31, 2010	Gustavo Matosas	January 1, 2011	14th
Estudiantes Tecos	Eduardo Acevedo	Sacked	December 31, 2010	José Luis Sánchez Solá	January 1, 2011	17th
Atlante	Eduardo Bacas	Sacked	December 31, 2010	Miguel Herrera	January 1, 2011	16th
Toluca	José Manuel de la Torre	End of contract	December 31, 2010	Sergio Lugo Barrón	January 1, 2011	11th
Apertura changes
América	Manuel Lapuente	Sacked	January 25, 2011	Carlos Reinoso	January 25, 2011	16th

Torneo Apertura

The 2010 Torneo Apertura began on July 23, 2010 and ended on December 12, 2010.

Classification Phase

Final Phase

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Quarterfinals					Semifinals					Finals

1	Template:Fb team Cruz Azul	2	0	2

8	Template:Fb team UNAM	1	2	3
					2	Template:Fb team Monterrey	0	2	2

					8	Template:Fb team UNAM	0	0	0
2	Template:Fb team Monterrey	1	3	4

7	Template:Fb team Pachuca	1	3	4
										2	Template:Fb team Monterrey	2	3	5

										3	Template:Fb team Santos Laguna	3	0	3
4	Template:Fb team Club América	0	4	4

5	Template:Fb team San Luis	0	1	1
					4	Template:Fb team Club América	1	3	4

					3	Template:Fb team Santos Laguna	2	3	5
3	Template:Fb team Santos Laguna	1	1	2

6	Template:Fb team Chiapas	1	0	1

If the two teams are tied after both legs, the higher seeded team advances.
Both finalist qualify to the 2011–12 CONCACAF Champions League. The champion qualifies directly to the Group Stage, while the runner-up qualifies to the Preliminary Round.

Primera División Profesional 2010 Apertura Champion
Monterrey 4th Title

Top goalscorers

Pos	Player	Club	Goals
1	Christian Benítez	Santos Laguna	16
2	Humberto Suazo	Monterrey	15
3	Johan Fano	Atlante	9
3	Itamar	UANL	9
5	Sergio Blanco	Querétaro	8
	Darío Cvitanich	Pachuca	8
	Christian Giménez	Cruz Azul	8
	Gabriel Pereyra	Puebla	8
	Matías Vuoso	América	8
10	Mauro Cejas	Estudiantes Tecos	7
	Alfredo Moreno	Atlas	7
	Carlos Ochoa	Jaguares	7

Torneo Clausura

The 2011 Torneo Clausura is scheduled to begin on January 8, 2011 and end on May 22, 2011.

Classification Phase

General table

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Group standings

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Top goalscorers

Pos	Player	Club	Goals
1	Juan Carlos Cacho	UNAM	4
2	Carlos Bueno	Querétaro	3
2	Mauro Cejas	Estudiantes Tecos	3
4	Wilmer Aguirre	San Luis	2
	Édgar Benítez	Pachuca	2
	Félix Borja	Puebla	2
	Néstor Calderón	Toluca	2
	Gerardo Espinoza	Atlas	2
	Lucas Lobos	UANL	2
	Héctor Mancilla	UANL	2
	Rafael Márquez	Morelia	2
	Alfredo Moreno	Atlas	2
	Sergio Santana	Monterrey	2
	Emanuel Villa	Cruz Azul	2

Relegation

Pos	Team	'08 A Pts	'09 C Pts	'09 A Pts	'10 C Pts	'10 A Pts	'11 C Pts	Total Pts	Total Pld	Avg	Relegation
1	Template:Fb team Toluca	27	36	35	30	22	5	155	88	1.7614
2	Template:Fb team Monterrey	19	26	30	36	32	3	146	88	1.6591
3	Template:Fb team Cruz Azul	26	13	33	25	39	4	140	88	1.5909
4	Template:Fb team Pachuca	21	36	24	25	25	5	136	88	1.5455
5	Template:Fb team Santos Laguna	22	22	27	28	30	4	133	88	1.5114
6	Template:Fb team Morelia	24	22	33	25	21	4	129	88	1.4659
7	Template:Fb team UNAM	26	28	17	28	25	5	129	88	1.4659
8	Template:Fb team Club America	21	23	30	25	27	1	127	88	1.4432
9	Template:Fb team Guadalajara	25	21	19	32	22	3	122	88	1.3864
10	Template:Fb team San Luis	29	17	21	14	26	7	114	88	1.2955
11	Template:Fb team UANL	26	14	22	19	24	7	112	88	1.2727
12	Template:Fb team Puebla	15	26	26	19	19	4	109	88	1.2386
13	Template:Fb team Atlas	22	21	18	24	13	9	107	88	1.2159
14	Template:Fb team Estudiantes Tecos	25	25	20	19	15	3	107	88	1.2159
15	Template:Fb team Chiapas	18	21	19	19	25	4	106	88	1.2045
16	Template:Fb team Atlante	27	17	23	16	16	3	102	88	1.1591
17	Template:Fb team Querétaro	0	0	18	21	19	1	59	54	1.0926
18	Template:Fb team Necaxa	0	0	0	0	16	0	16	20	0.8	Relegation to the Liga de Ascenso

Updated as of games played on November 14, 2010.
Source: FeMexFut Template:Es icon

References

External links

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Clubs

Managerial changes

Torneo Apertura

Classification Phase

General table

Group standings

Results

Final Phase

Top goalscorers

Torneo Clausura

Classification Phase

General table

Group standings

Top goalscorers

Relegation

References

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