Primera División de México Clausura 2009
| Season | 2008−09 |
|---|---|
| Champions | UNAM (6th title) |
| Relegated | Necaxa |
| Champions League | UNAM (Group stage) Pachuca (Preliminary Round) |
| Copa Sudamericana | Monterrey Puebla |
| Interliga | Toluca America Morelia Atlas Guadalajara UANL Pachuca Tecos |
| SuperLiga | San Luis Santos UANL Atlas |
| Matches played | 153 |
| Goals scored | 421 (2.75 per match) |
| Top goalscorer | Héctor Mancilla (14 goals) |
| Biggest home win | Guadalajara 5–0 Pachuca (February 28, 2009) |
| Biggest away win | Atlas 0–5 Pachuca (May 9, 2009) |
2009-10 → | |
The 2009 Primera División Clausura was the second football tournament of the Mexican Primera División 2008−2009 season. The tournament began on January 16, 2009 and ended on May 31, 2009. Necaxa was relegated to the Primera División A after being in last place of the relegation table. On May 31, 2009 UNAM defeated Pachuca 3–2 on aggregate to win their sixth title. Toluca forward Héctor Mancilla won his second consecutive golden boot after scoring 14 goals, only one ahead of América forward Salvador Cabañas.
Club information
Stadia and locations
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  Locations of the Primera División 2008–09 teams
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Personnel
Managerial changes
| Team | Outgoing manager |
Manner of departure |
Date of vacancy |
Replaced by | Date of appointment |
Position in table |
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| Atlas |  Darío Franco
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Resigned | Jan. 26, 2009 | Ricardo La Volpe
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Jan. 28, 2009 | 17th |
| América | Ramón Díaz
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Sacked | Feb. 10, 2009 |  Jesús Ramírez
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Feb. 11, 2009 | 12th |
| Morelia | Luis Fernando Tena
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Sacked | Feb. 20, 2009 | Tomás Boy
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Feb. 20, 2009 | 11th |
| UANL | Manuel Lapuente
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Sacked | Feb. 22, 2009 | José Pekerman
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Feb. 23, 2009 | 17th |
| Guadalajara | Efraín Flores
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Sacked | Mar. 23, 2009 | Omar Arellano
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Mar. 30, 2009 | 12th |
| Santos Laguna | Daniel Guzmán
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Sacked | Mar. 24, 2009 | Sergio Bueno
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Mar. 25, 2009 | 14th |
| Guadalajara | Omar Arellano
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Resigned | Apr. 16, 2009 | Paco Ramírez
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Apr. 16, 2009 | 9th |
| Cruz Azul | Benjamín Galindo
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Sacked | May. 4, 2009 |  Robert Siboldi
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May. 5, 2009 | 18th |
Classification Phase
General table
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Group standings
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| Advances to the Final Phase as the two-best teams in their group. | |
| Advances to the Final Phase as the two-highest teams in the general table not already advanced by the above method. |
Results
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Final Phase
| Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Finals | ||||||||||||||||||
| 1 | Pachuca | 3 | 2 | 5 | ||||||||||||||||
| 8 | Jaguares | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||||||||||||||||
| 1 | Pachuca | 2 | 2 | 4 | ||||||||||||||||
| 7 | Ciudad Juárez | 0 | 3 | 3 | ||||||||||||||||
| 2 | Toluca | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||||
| 7 | Ciudad Juárez | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||||||||||||||||
| 1 | Pachuca | 0 | 2 | 2 | ||||||||||||||||
| 3 | UNAM | 1 | 2 | 3 | ||||||||||||||||
| 3 | UNAM | 0 | 3 | 3 | ||||||||||||||||
| 6 | UAG | 2 | 0 | 2 | ||||||||||||||||
| 3 | UNAM | 2 | 1 | 3 | ||||||||||||||||
| 5 | Puebla | 1 | 2 | 3 | ||||||||||||||||
| 4 | Monterrey | 1 | 2 | 3 | ||||||||||||||||
| 5 | Puebla | 3 | 2 | 5 | ||||||||||||||||
- If the two teams are tied after both legs, the higher seeded team advances.
- Both finalist qualify to the 2009–10 CONCACAF Champions League. The champion qualifies directly to the Group Stage, while the runner-up qualifies to the Preliminary Round.
Awards
| Award | Player | Team | |
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| MVP | Christian Giménez
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Pachuca | |
| Best Manager |  Ricardo Ferretti
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UNAM | |
| Best Goalkeeper | Jose de Jesus Corona
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UAG | |
| Best Wingback | Mario Méndez
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Toluca | |
| Best Centre back |  Paulo da Silva
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Toluca | |
| Best Defensive Midfielder | Israel Castro
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UNAM | |
| Best Offensive Midfielder | Christian Giménez
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Pachuca | |
| Best Forward |  Héctor Mancilla
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Toluca | |
| Best Rookie | Jorge Gastelum
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Morelia | |
| Golden Boot | Héctor Mancilla
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Toluca | |
| Source:Medio Tiempo | |||
Top-ten goalscorers
| Rank | Player | Club | Goals |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Héctor Mancilla
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Toluca | 14 |
| 2 | Salvador Cabañas
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Club América | 13 |
| 3 | Miguel Sabah
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Morelia | 11 |
| 4 | Humberto Suazo
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Monterrey | 9 |
| Christian Giménez
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Pachuca | 9 | |
| 6 |  Blas Pérez
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Pachuca | 8 |
| 7 | Alvaro González
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Puebla | 7 |
| Alfredo Moreno
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Necaxa | 7 | |
 Christian Benítez
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Santos Laguna | 7 | |
| Danilinho
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Jaguares | 7 | |
| Source: FeMexFut | |||
Relegation table
Relegation is determined by a quotient of the total points earned in the Primera División divided by the total amount of games played over the past three seasons of the Primera División (for clubs that have not been the Primera División all three season, the last consecutive seasons of participation are taken into account). The club with the lowest quotient is relegated to the Primera División A for the next season.
| P | Club | Total Points | Total Games | Quotient |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Toluca | 170 | 102 | 1.6667 |
| 2 | Pachuca | 168 | 102 | 1.6471 |
| 3 | Guadalajara | 167 | 102 | 1.6373 |
| 4 | Cruz Azul | 153 | 102 | 1.5000 |
| 5 | San Luis | 152 | 102 | 1.4902 |
| 6 | UNAM | 147 | 102 | 1.4412 |
| 7 | Santos Laguna | 146 | 102 | 1.4314 |
| 8 | América | 140 | 102 | 1.3725 |
| 9 | Atlante | 138 | 102 | 1.3529 |
| 10 | Morelia | 131 | 102 | 1.2843 |
| 11 | Atlas | 130 | 102 | 1.2745 |
| 12 | Monterrey | 129 | 102 | 1.2647 |
| 13 | Ciudad Juárez | 42 | 34 | 1.2353 |
| 14 | Chiapas | 125 | 102 | 1.2255 |
| 15 | UAG | 122 | 102 | 1.1961 |
| 16 | Puebla | 79 | 68 | 1.1618 |
| 17 | UANL | 112 | 102 | 1.0980 |
| 18 | Necaxa | 110 | 102 | 1.0784 |
| Relegated to Primera División A |