Primera División de México Apertura 2002

Primera División de México

Season	2002−03
Champions	Toluca (7th title)
Champions' Cup	Toluca Morelia
Copa Libertadores	UNAM Cruz Azul
Top goalscorer	José Saturnino Cardozo (36 goals)
← Verano 2002 Clausura 2003 →

Primera División de México (Mexican First Division) Apertura 2002 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, August 3, 2002, and ran until November 24, when the regular season ended. San Luis, Chiapas and Querétaro were promoted to the Primera División de México thus, Léon and La Piedad were relegated to the Primera División A, allowing 20 teams to compete in the Mexican First Division. On December 21, Toluca defeated Morelia and became champions for the 7th time.

Final Standings (groups)

Group 1

	Club	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	+/-	Points
1.	América	19	13	4	2	34	14	+20	43
2.	Toluca	19	12	5	2	55	25	+30	41
3.	Atlas	19	7	1	11	28	31	-3	22
4.	Puebla	19	6	4	9	23	29	-6	22
5.	Celaya	19	5	6	8	24	32	-8	21

Group 2

	Club	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	+/-	Points
1.	UNAM	19	10	3	6	39	35	+4	33
2.	Tecos	19	8	5	6	26	29	-3	29
3.	UANL	19	6	5	8	32	33	-1	23
4.	Monterrey	19	5	7	7	18	20	-2	22
5.	Pachuca	19	2	9	8	21	35	-14	15

Group 3

	Club	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	+/-	Points
1.	Morelia	19	9	5	5	35	23	+12	32
2.	Cruz Azul	19	7	7	5	30	26	+4	28
3.	Necaxa	19	8	2	9	28	32	-4	26
4.	San Luis	19	6	6	7	31	28	+3	24
5.	Chiapas	19	3	7	9	19	34	-15	16

Group 4

	Club	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	+/-	Points
1.	Guadalajara	19	6	9	4	28	29	-1	27
2.	Santos	19	7	5	7	30	28	+2	26
3.	Atlante	19	6	7	6	31	33	-2	25
4.	Querétaro	19	6	5	8	28	34	-6	23
5.	Veracruz	19	4	6	9	30	40	-10	18

	Teams directly qualified to the Liguilla

Final Standings (general)

	Club	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	+/-	Points
1.	América	19	13	4	2	34	14	+20	43
2.	Toluca	19	12	5	2	55	25	+30	41
3.	UNAM	19	10	3	6	39	35	+4	33
4.	Morelia	19	9	5	5	35	23	+12	32
5.	Tecos	19	8	5	6	26	29	-3	29
6.	Cruz Azul	19	7	7	5	30	26	+4	28
7.	Guadalajara	19	6	9	4	28	29	-1	27
8.	Santos	19	7	5	7	30	28	+2	26
9.	Necaxa	19	8	2	9	28	32	-4	26
10.	Atlante	19	6	7	6	31	33	-2	25
11.	San Luis	19	6	6	7	31	28	+3	24
12.	UANL	19	6	5	8	32	33	-1	23
13.	Querétaro	19	6	5	8	28	34	-6	23
14.	Monterrey	19	5	7	7	18	20	-2	22
15.	Atlas	19	7	1	11	28	31	-3	22
16.	Puebla	19	6	4	9	23	29	-6	22
17.	Celaya	19	5	6	8	24	32	-8	21
18.	Veracruz	19	4	6	9	30	40	-10	18
19.	Chiapas	19	3	7	9	19	34	-15	16
20.	Pachuca	19	2	9	8	21	35	-14	15

Results

Tablewise results

	Team	AME	ATE	ATL	CEL	CHP	CAZ	GDL	MON	MOR	NEC	PAC	PUE	QUE	SAN	SLP	TOL	TEC	UANL	UNAM	VER
1.	América	XXX	4-1	2-3	1-0	0-0	1-1	1-0	0-0	1-1	2-1	3-0	1-0	3-1	1-0	2-1	1-2	2-1	1-0	3-1	5-1
2.	Atlante	1-4	XXX	1-2	4-2	1-1	2-0	0-0	0-2	2-1	0-3	1-1	1-1	2-1	3-1	2-2	2-3	2-2	2-2	1-4	4-1
3.	Atlas	3-2	2-1	XXX	1-2	2-0	3-2	1-2	1-2	0-2	3-2	1-1	1-2	2-5	1-2	0-1	0-1	0-1	1-0	6-0	0-3
4.	Celaya	0-1	2-4	2-1	XXX	2-2	1-1	2-3	1-0	1-1	2-0	2-0	0-3	2-0	0-2	1-1	2-2	2-3	1-6	0-1	1-1
5.	Chiapas	0-0	1-1	0-2	2-2	XXX	1-2	1-1	0-0	0-2	1-3	3-3	2-0	3-3	2-0	1-0	1-5	0-2	1-3	0-2	0-3
6.	Cruz Azul	1-1	0-2	2-3	1-1	2-1	XXX	1-1	1-1	1-3	2-1	3-2	2-1	1-1	3-1	0-1	1-1	1-2	1-0	2-2	5-1
7.	Guadalajara	0-1	0-0	2-1	3-2	1-1	1-1	XXX	2-0	1-0	0-0	1-1	1-1	2-4	2-4	1-1	3-3	1-1	4-0	1-7	2-1
8.	Monterrey	0-0	2-0	2-1	0-1	0-0	1-1	0-2	XXX	0-2	1-2	3-1	1-2	2-0	0-0	0-3	3-1	0-0	1-1	1-2	1-1
9.	Morelia	1-1	1-2	2-0	1-1	2-0	3-1	0-1	2-0	XXX	6-0	1-1	2-0	0-1	2-2	3-2	1-4	1-0	1-2	2-2	4-3
10.	Necaxa	1-2	3-0	2-3	0-2	3-1	1-2	0-0	2-1	0-6	XXX	0-2	2-0	3-1	2-3	3-2	0-3	1-1	2-3	1-0	2-0
11.	Pachuca	0-3	1-1	1-1	0-2	3-3	2-3	1-1	1-3	1-1	2-0	XXX	1-1	1-2	0-0	4-2	1-5	0-2	1-1	0-3	1-1
12.	Puebla	0-1	1-1	2-1	3-0	0-2	1-2	1-1	2-1	0-2	0-2	1-1	XXX	3-1	3-1	0-1	0-5	2-3	2-1	0-1	2-2
13.	Querétaro	1-3	1-2	5-2	0-2	3-3	1-1	4-2	0-2	1-0	1-3	2-1	1-3	XXX	0-0	1-1	0-2	2-0	1-4	1-1	3-2
14.	Santos	0-1	1-3	2-1	2-0	0-2	1-3	4-2	0-0	2-2	3-2	0-0	1-3	0-0	XXX	1-1	5-2	1-2	3-1	0-1	4-2
15.	San Luis	1-2	2-2	1-0	1-1	0-1	1-0	1-1	3-0	2-3	2-3	2-4	1-0	1-1	1-1	XXX	1-3	0-0	4-0	6-3	1-3
16.	Toluca	2-1	3-2	0-1	2-2	5-1	1-1	3-3	1-3	4-1	3-0	5-1	5-0	2-0	2-5	3-1	XXX	6-0	2-2	4-1	1-1
17.	Tecos	1-2	2-2	1-0	3-2	2-0	2-1	1-1	0-0	0-1	1-1	2-0	3-2	0-2	2-1	0-0	0-6	XXX	1-3	4-3	1-2
18.	UANL	0-1	2-2	0-1	6-1	3-1	0-1	0-4	1-1	2-1	3-2	1-1	1-2	4-1	1-3	0-4	2-2	3-1	XXX	2-3	1-1
19.	UNAM	1-3	4-1	0-6	1-0	2-0	2-2	7-1	2-1	2-2	0-1	3-0	1-0	1-1	1-0	3-6	1-4	3-4	3-2	XXX	2-1
20.	Veracruz	1-5	1-4	3-0	1-1	3-0	1-5	1-2	1-1	3-4	0-2	1-1	2-2	2-3	2-4	3-1	1-1	2-1	1-1	2-1	XXX

Top scorers

Goals scored throughout the entire tournament including Repechaje, Quarterfinals, Semifinals and Finals.

Pos.	Nat.	Player	Team	Goals
1		José Saturnino Cardozo	Toluca	36
2		Jared Borgetti	Santos	16
3		Alex Fernandes	Morelia	15
4		Sebastián González	Atlante	13
5		Edson De Faria	San Luis	12
6		Jesús Olalde	Tigres	10
		Cuauhtémoc Blanco	America	10
8		Reinaldo Navia	Tecos	9
		Álvaro González	Pumas	9

Playoffs

	Quarterfinals							Semifinals							Finals
	5	Tecos	1	1	2
	4	Morelia	3	4	7
								4	Morelia	4	1	5
								3	UNAM	0	2	2
	6	Cruz Azul	0	2	2
	3	UNAM	0	3	3
															4	Morelia	1	1	2
															2	Toluca	0	4	4
	7	Guadalajara	2	0	2
	2	Toluca	1	3	4
								2	Toluca	5	2	7
								8	Santos	3	1	4
	8	Santos	3	2	5
	1	América	3	1	4

Apertura 2002 winners:
Toluca 7th Title

External links

• Mediotiempo.com (where information was obtained)