Primera División de México Apertura 2004

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Primera División de México
Season2004−05
ChampionsUNAM (5th title)
Champions' CupMonterrey
Copa LibertadoresUANL
Pachuca
Guadalajara (First Stage)
Copa SudamericanaUNAM
Top goalscorerGuillermo Franco
(15 goals)

Primera División de México (Mexican First Division) Apertura 2004 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 14, 2004, and ran until November 20, when the regular season ended. Dorados de Sinaloa was promoted to the México Primera División thus, San Luis, Irapuato and Querétaro were all relegated to the Primera División A, making it 18 teams in the Primera División as opposed to 20. On December 11, UNAM defeated Monterrey and became champions for the fifth time.

Overview[edit]

Team City Stadium
América Mexico City Azteca
Atlante Mexico City Azteca
Atlas Guadalajara, Jalisco Jalisco
Chiapas Tuxtla Gutiérrez, Chiapas Víctor Manuel Reyna
Cruz Azul Mexico City Azul
Guadalajara Guadalajara, Jalisco Jalisco
Morelia Morelia, Michoacán Morelos
Monterrey Monterrey, Nuevo León Tecnológico
Necaxa Aguascalientes, Aguascalientes Victoria
Pachuca Pachuca, Hidalgo Hidalgo
Puebla Puebla, Puebla Cuauhtémoc
Santos Laguna Torreón, Coahuila Corona
Sinaloa Culiacán, Sinaloa Carlos González y González
Toluca Toluca, State of Mexico Nemesio Díez
UAG Zapopan, Jalisco Tres de Marzo
UANL San Nicolás de los Garza, Nuevo León Universitario
UNAM Mexico City Olímpico Universitario
Veracruz Veracruz, Veracruz Luis "Pirata" Fuente

Final standings (groups)[edit]

Group 1
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Atlante 17 7 3 7 27 33 −6 24 Automatically qualified for the Liguilla (Playoffs)
2 UNAM 17 7 2 8 25 31 −6 23
3 Morelia 17 6 4 7 29 30 −1 22
4 América 17 5 5 7 17 23 −6 20
5 Sinaloa 17 4 4 9 25 32 −7 16
6 UAG 17 4 4 9 17 29 −12 16
Source: MedioTiempo
Group 2
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Toluca 17 10 2 5 27 15 +12 32 Automatically qualified for the Liguilla (Playoffs)
2 Atlas 17 9 4 4 34 24 +10 31
3 Guadalajara 17 8 5 4 34 22 +12 29 Qualified for Liguilla (Playoffs) on a points basis
4 UANL 17 6 5 6 37 27 +10 23
5 Puebla 17 5 6 6 17 23 −6 21
6 Cruz Azul 17 4 4 9 30 37 −7 16
Source: MedioTiempo
Group 3
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Veracruz 17 11 2 4 27 25 +2 35 Automatically qualified for the Liguilla (Playoffs)
2 Pachuca 17 9 5 3 30 19 +11 32
3 Monterrey 17 8 3 6 36 34 +2 27 Qualified for Liguilla (Playoffs) on a points basis
4 Necaxa 17 6 3 8 27 26 +1 21
5 Santos Laguna 17 5 3 9 22 22 0 18
6 Chiapas 17 4 6 7 20 29 −9 18
Source: MedioTiempo

League table[edit]

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Veracruz 17 11 2 4 27 25 +2 35 Automatically qualified for the Liguilla (Playoffs)
2 Toluca 17 10 2 5 27 15 +12 32
3 Pachuca 17 9 5 3 30 19 +11 32
4 Atlas 17 9 4 4 34 24 +10 31
5 Guadalajara 17 8 5 4 34 22 +12 29 Qualified for Liguilla (Playoffs) on a points basis
6 Monterrey 17 8 3 6 36 34 +2 27
7 Atlante 17 7 3 7 27 33 −6 24 Automatically qualified for the Liguilla (Playoffs)
8 UANL 17 6 5 6 37 27 +10 23
9 UNAM 17 7 2 8 25 31 −6 23 Automatically qualified for the Liguilla (Playoffs)
10 Morelia 17 6 4 7 29 30 −1 22
11 Necaxa 17 6 3 8 27 26 +1 21
12 Puebla 17 5 6 6 17 23 −6 21
13 América 17 5 5 7 17 23 −6 20
14 Santos Laguna 17 5 3 9 22 22 0 18
15 Chiapas 17 4 6 7 20 29 −9 18
16 Cruz Azul 17 4 4 9 30 37 −7 16
17 Sinaloa 17 4 4 9 25 32 −7 16
18 UAG 17 4 4 9 17 29 −12 16
Source: MedioTiempo

Results[edit]

Home \ Away AME ATE ATS CHI CAZ GDL MTY MOR NEC PAC PUE SAN SIN TOL UAG UNL UNM VER
América 2–1 1–0 2–3 1–1 0–1 3–2 0–3 1–1
Atlante 1–0 3–2 7–1 1–6 2–1 2–1 4–0 1–2 0–1
Atlas 1–1 3–3 3–3 3–3 1–2 0–1 3–1 2–0
Chiapas 2–1 0–0 1–2 0–0 2–2 1–1 1–3 1–1
Cruz Azul 2–0 3–4 2–4 0–1 1–0 3–3 1–3 5–2 1–1
Guadalajara 1–1 7–0 1–3 1–0 2–1 3–1 1–1 2–2 3–1
Monterrey 5–1 3–0 2–1 4–1 1–0 6–2 1–1 2–0
Morelia 2–1 1–1 1–5 0–2 1–1 3–2 2–0 0–0 1–2
Necaxa 4–1 1–1 0–2 1–2 2–3 1–2 0–1 2–1
Pachuca 1–1 3–0 3–1 1–1 4–1 2–1 1–0 2–0 1–2
Puebla 3–1 1–1 0–3 1–1 1–0 1–1 2–3 0–0
Santos Laguna 1–1 2–1 2–0 4–2 4–1 1–1 0–1 2–1
Sinaloa 0–1 0–1 0–0 2–0 3–2 2–1 0–1 3–3
Toluca 0–1 0–2 4–0 3–1 3–2 1–0 1–1 4–1 0–1
UAG 1–0 2–3 0–1 3–2 0–1 1–1 1–0 1–2
UANL 0–1 1–3 6–2 3–0 0–0 4–0 2–2 3–1 7–1
UNAM 2–1 1–3 1–5 1–3 2–3 2–1 3–2 0–1 2–3
Veracruz 6–2 0–2 3–2 1–0 1–0 3–2 2–1 1–0 1–0
Updated to match(es) played on 21 November 2004. Source: RSSSF
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Top goalscorers[edit]

Players sorted first by goals scored, then by last name. Only regular season goals listed.

Rank Player Club Goals
1 Argentina Guillermo Franco Monterrey 15
2 Paraguay José Cardozo Toluca 12
Brazil Robert de Pinho Atlas
4 Mexico Rafael Márquez Lugo Morelia 11
Argentina Vicente Matías Vuoso Santos Laguna
6 Argentina Luciano Figueroa Cruz Azul 10
Chile Sebastián González Atlante
8 Argentina Walter Gaitán UANL 9
9 Mexico Jared Borgetti Sinaloa 8
Paraguay Salvador Cabañas Chiapas

Source: MedioTiempo

Playoffs[edit]

Bracket[edit]

Quarterfinals Semifinals Finals
               
3 Pachuca 1 1 2
6 Monterrey 2 1 3
6 Monterrey 4 3 7
7 Atlante 2 1 3
2 Toluca 2 3 5
7 Atlante 4 4 8
6 Monterrey 1 0 1
9 UNAM 2 1 3
4 Atlas 1 3 4
5 Guadalajara 0 3 3
4 Atlas 3 1 4
9 UNAM 4 2 6
1 Veracruz 0 1 1
9 UNAM 3 1 4

Quarterfinals[edit]

Monterrey2–1Pachuca
Erviti 7'
Franco 59'
Report Chitiva  57'
Referee: Jorge Eduardo Gasso (Mexico City)
Pachuca1–1Monterrey
Valdez  60' Report Franco  49'
Referee: Manuel Ernesto Glower (Mexico City)

Monterrey won 3–2 on aggregate.


Atlante4–2Toluca
Rey  33', 90'
González 39', 79'
Report Cardozo  20'
Sánchez  37'
Referee: Hugo León Guajardo (Mexico City)
Toluca3–4Atlante
de la Torre  38'
Dueñas  44'
Cardozo  59'
Report Rey 10', 66' (pen.), 83'
Garay 45'
Referee: Mauricio Morales (Mexico City)

Atlante won 8–5 on aggregate.


Atlas3–3Guadalajara
Robert  5', 23'
J. P. García  20'
Report Medina  66'
Sabah 75', 90+3'

Atlas won 4–3 on aggregate.


UNAM3–0Veracruz
Botero 15', 81'
Lozano 73' (pen.)
Report
Referee: Germán Arredondo Ramírez (Guanajuato)
Veracruz1–1UNAM
Biscayzacú 87' Report Alonso  88'
Referee: Gilberto Alcalá Pineda (Mexico City)

UNAM won 4–1 on aggregate.

Semifinals[edit]

Atlante2–4Monterrey
Lash  60'
Lucas  90+1'
Report Arellano  56'
Pérez  80', 90'
Franco 88'
Monterrey3–1Atlante
Franco  23', 60'
Pérez Núñez 69'
Report Lash 86'
Referee: Manuel Ernesto Glower (Mexico City)

Monterrey won 7–3 on aggregate.


UNAM4–3Atlas
Fonseca  10'
Botero 12', 47'
Alonso 83'
Report J. P. García 33'
Osorno 54'
Robert 62' (pen.)
Referee: Gilberto Alcalá Pineda (Mexico City)
Atlas1–2UNAM
Robert 86' Report Fonseca  43'
López  47'
Referee: Mauricio Morales (Mexico City)

UNAM won 6–4 on aggregate.

Finals[edit]

UNAM2–1Monterrey
Beltrán  49'
Toledo  80'
Report Franco 20'

UNAM won 3–1 on aggregate.


 Apertura 2004 winners 
UNAM
5th title

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