Primera División de México Verano 1999

Primera División

Season	1998-99
Champions	Toluca (5th Title)
Relegated	Puebla
Champions' Cup	Toluca
Top goalscorer	José Saturnino Cardozo (20 goals)
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Primera División de México (Mexican First Division) Verano 1999 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 Friday, January 15, 1999, and ran until May 9, when the regular season ended. In the final Toluca defeated Atlas and became champions for the 5th time.

Final Standings (groups)

Group 1

	Club	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	+/-	Points
1.	Cruz Azul	17	9	4	4	30	24	+6	31
2.	Guadalajara	17	7	5	5	24	21	+3	26
3.	Celaya	17	6	6	5	29	26	+3	24
4.	León	17	5	1	11	19	33	-14	16
5.	Puebla	17	3	4	10	15	30	-15	13

Group 2

	Club	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	+/-	Points
1.	América	17	9	4	4	30	25	+5	31
2.	Morelia	17	8	1	8	23	23	0	25
3.	Pachuca	17	6	6	5	23	22	+1	24
4.	UNAM	17	6	3	8	19	27	-8	21
5.	Toros Neza	17	4	5	8	21	29	-8	17

Group 3

	Club	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	+/-	Points
1.	Necaxa	17	5	7	5	30	25	+5	22
2.	Tecos	17	6	1	10	21	28	-7	19
3.	Atlante	17	4	6	7	31	34	-3	18
4.	Monterrey	17	4	2	11	25	38	-13	14

Group 4

	Club	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	+/-	Points
1.	Toluca	17	12	3	2	50	23	+27	39
2.	Atlas	17	10	4	3	34	22	+12	34
3.	Santos	17	9	2	6	33	29	+4	29
4.	UANL	17	7	2	8	34	32	+2	23

	Teams directly qualified to the Liguilla
	Teams qualified for the Repechaje

Final Standings (general)

	Club	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	+/-	Points
1.	Toluca	17	12	3	2	50	23	+27	39
2.	Atlas	17	10	4	3	34	22	+12	34
3.	Cruz Azul	17	9	4	4	30	24	+6	31
4.	América	17	9	4	4	30	25	+5	31
5.	Santos	17	9	2	6	33	29	+4	29
6.	Guadalajara	17	7	5	5	24	21	+3	26
7.	Morelia	17	8	1	8	23	23	0	25
8.	Celaya	17	6	6	5	29	26	+3	24
9.	Pachuca	17	6	6	5	23	22	+1	24
10.	UANL	17	7	2	8	34	32	+2	23
11.	Necaxa	17	5	7	5	30	25	+5	22
12.	UNAM	17	6	3	8	19	27	-8	21
13.	Tecos	17	6	1	10	21	28	-7	19
14.	Atlante	17	4	6	7	31	34	-3	18
15.	Toros Neza	17	4	5	8	21	29	-8	17
16.	León	17	5	1	11	19	33	-14	16
17.	Monterrey	17	4	2	11	25	38	-13	14
18.	Puebla	17	3	4	10	15	30	-15	13

Top scorers

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

Pos.	Nat.	Player	Team	Goals
1		José Saturnino Cardozo	Toluca	20
2		Cuauhtémoc Blanco	America	15
		José Manuel Abundis	Toluca	15
4		Jared Borgetti	Santos	13
		Pedro Pineda	Atlante	13
		Carlos Pavón	Celaya	13
7		Luis Hernández	Tigres	12
		Juan Francisco Palencia	Cruz Azul	12
9		Hugo Norberto Castillo	Atlas	11
10		Carlos Hermosillo	Necaxa	9
		Everaldo Begines	Leon	9

Playoffs

	Quarterfinals							Semifinals							Finals
	7	Morelia	1	2	3
	2	Atlas	1	2	3
								5	Santos	1	2	3
								1	Toluca	1	3	4
	11	Necaxa	1	2	3
	1	Toluca	3	1	4
															1	Toluca	3	2	5
															2	Atlas	3	2	5
	6	Guadalajara	1	2	3
	3	Cruz Azul	2	2	4
								3	Cruz Azul	0	0	0
								2	Atlas	4	2	6
	5	Santos	3	0	3
	4	América	0	2	2

Verano 1999 winners:
Toluca 5th Title

External links

• Mediotiempo.com (where information was obtained)