2009–10 Mexican Primera División season

Primera División de México

Season	2009–10
Champions	Apertura: Monterrey (3rd title) Bicentenario: Toluca (10th title)
Champions League	Monterrey Toluca Cruz Azul Santos Laguna
Copa Libertadores	Morelia
InterLiga	América Monterrey Santos Laguna Puebla Atlante UANL Estudiantes Tecos Chiapas
Matches played	176
Goals scored	472 (2.68 per match)
Top goalscorer	Apertura: Emanuel Villa (17 goals)
Biggest home win	América 7–2 Toluca (August 30, 2009) Morelia 5–0 Ciudad Juárez (August 16, 2009) América 5–0 Estudiantes Tecos (September 13, 2009) Morelia 5–0 Querétaro (September 27, 2009) Toluca 5–0 Estudiantes Tecos (April 4, 2010)
Biggest away win	Atlas 1–4 Guadalajara(November 7, 2009)
← Clausura 2009 2010–11 →

The 2009–10 Primera División de México season is the 63rd professional season of Mexico's top-flight football league, and 13th season in which the Apertura and Clausura system is used. The season is split into two tournaments—the Torneo Apertura and the Torneo Bicentenario—each with identical formats and each contested by the same eighteen teams.

Clubs

Seventeen teams returned for this season. Necaxa was relegated the previous season after accumulating the lowest coefficient over the past three seasons. They were replaced by Querétaro, who was promoted from the Liga de Ascenso.

Club Home City Stadium Capacity América Mexico City Azteca 105,000 Atlante Cancún Andrés Quintana Roo 20,000 Atlas Guadalajara Jalisco 56,700 Chiapas Tuxtla Gutiérrez Víctor Manuel Reyna 31,100 Ciudad Juárez Ciudad Juárez Olímpico Benito Juárez 22,300 Cruz Azul Mexico City Estadio Azul 35,000 Estudiantes Tecos Guadalajara 3 de Marzo 30,000 Guadalajara Guadalajara Jalisco 56,700 Monterrey Monterrey Tecnológico 38,000 Morelia Morelia Morelos 41,500 Pachuca Pachuca Hidalgo 30,000 Puebla Puebla Cuauhtémoc 42,650 Querétaro Querétaro La Corregidora 40,785 San Luis San Luis Potosí Alfonso Lastras Ramírez 24,000 Santos Laguna Torreón Nuevo Corona 30,000 Toluca Toluca Nemesio Díez 27,000 UANL Monterrey Universitario 45,000 UNAM Mexico City Olímpico Universitario 63,000

Atlante Jaguares Ciudad Juárez Monterrey Morelia Pachuca Puebla Querétaro San Luis Santos Laguna Tecos UANL América, Cruz Azul, UNAM Atlas Guadalajara Toluca Locations of the 2009–10 Primera División teams

Managerial changes

Team	Outgoing manager	Manner of departure	Date of vacancy	Replaced by	Date of appointment	Position in table
Querétaro	Héctor Medrano	Resigned	Aug. 23, 2009	Carlos Reinoso	Aug. 26, 2009	16th
Guadalajara	Francisco Ramírez	Sacked	Sep. 12, 2009	Raúl Arias	Sep. 15, 2009	15th
Ciudad Juárez	Héctor Hugo Eugui	Sacked	Sep. 28, 2009	José Treviño	Oct. 11, 2009	17th
San Luis	Juan Antonio Luna	Resigned	Oct. 12, 2009	Miguel Ángel López		10th
Guadalajara	Raúl Arias	Sacked	Nov. 3, 2009	José Luis Real	Nov. 3, 2009	14th
Changes during the Bicentenario
Ciudad Juárez	José Treviño	Sacked	March 1, 2010	TBA	TBA	18th

Torneo Apertura

The 2009 Torneo Apertura was the first tournament of the season. The tournament began on July 24 and ended on December 13. Defending champion UNAM failed to defend their title after missing the playoffs. On December 13, 2009, Monterrey defeated Cruz Azul 6–4 in aggregate score to win their third title. Cruz Azul forward Emanuel Villa won his first golden boot after scoring 17 goals, five more than Héctor Mancilla who won it the two previous tournaments.

Classification Phase

General table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Toluca	17	11	2	4	32	19	+13	35
2	Cruz Azul	17	11	0	6	35	19	+16	33
3	Morelia	17	10	3	4	31	15	+16	33	2010 Copa Libertadores Second Stage ^1
4	América	17	8	6	3	29	16	+13	30	2010 InterLiga
5	Monterrey	17	9	3	5	27	16	+11	30
6	Santos Laguna	17	7	6	4	29	24	+5	27
7	Puebla	17	6	8	3	19	19	0	26
8	Pachuca	17	7	3	7	24	29	−5	24
9	Atlante	17	7	2	8	18	23	−5	23	2010 InterLiga
10	UANL	17	5	7	5	23	18	+5	22
11	San Luis	17	5	6	6	21	24	−3	21
12	Estudiantes Tecos	17	5	5	7	23	29	−6	20	2010 InterLiga
13	Chiapas	17	5	4	8	17	22	−5	19
14	Guadalajara	17	5	4	8	23	29	−6	19
15	Atlas	17	5	3	9	14	25	−11	18
16	Querétaro	17	5	3	9	17	29	−12	18
17	UNAM	17	4	5	8	16	23	−7	17
18	Ciudad Juárez	17	0	6	11	7	26	−19	6

Updated to games played on November 14, 2009.
Source: FeMexFut
Rules for classification: 1st points; 2nd goal difference; 3rd goals scored; 4th head-to-head score; 5th away goals; 6th draw
1. The berth to the 2010 Copa Libertadores goes to the highest placed team currently not participating in the 2009–10 CONCACAF Champions League. This excludes Toluca, Pachuca, Cruz Azul, or UNAM from qualifying to the Copa Libertadores.
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (E) = Eliminated; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round.
Only applicable when the season is not finished:
(Q) = Qualified to the phase of tournament indicated; (TQ) = Qualified to tournament, but not yet to the particular phase indicated; (RQ) = Qualified to the relegation tournament indicated; (DQ) = Disqualified from tournament.

Group standings

Group 1

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Toluca	17	11	2	4	32	19	+13	35	Advances to the Final Phase
2	San Luis	17	5	6	6	21	24	−3	21
3	Guadalajara	17	5	4	8	23	29	−6	19
4	Atlas	17	5	3	9	14	25	−11	18
5	Querétaro	17	5	3	9	17	29	−12	18
6	Ciudad Juárez	17	0	6	11	7	26	−19	6

Group 2

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Morelia	17	10	3	4	31	15	+16	33	Advances to the Final Phase
2	América	17	8	6	3	29	16	+13	30
3	Monterrey	17	9	3	5	26	16	+10	30	Advances to the Final Phase^1
4	Puebla	17	6	8	3	19	19	0	26
5	Pachuca	17	7	3	7	24	29	−5	24
6	Chiapas	17	5	4	8	17	22	−5	19

Group 3

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Cruz Azul	17	11	0	6	35	19	+16	33	Advances to the Final Phase
2	Santos Laguna	17	7	6	4	29	24	+5	27
3	Atlante	17	7	2	8	18	23	−5	23
4	UANL	17	5	7	5	23	18	+5	22
5	Estudiantes Tecos	17	5	5	7	23	29	−6	20
6	UNAM	17	4	5	8	16	23	−7	17

Updated to games played on November 15, 2009.
Source: FeMexFut (Spanish)
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored
1. Advanced as the two best teams in general table that is not a group winner or runner-up.
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (E) = Eliminated; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round.
Only applicable when the season is not finished:
(Q) = Qualified to the phase of tournament indicated; (TQ) = Qualified to tournament, but not yet to the particular phase indicated; (RQ) = Qualified to the relegation tournament indicated; (DQ) = Disqualified from tournament.

Results

Home ╲ Away

AMÉ

ATE

ATL

CHI

CIU

CRU

EST

GUA

MON

MOR

PAC

PUE

QUE

SLU

SLA

TOL

UNL

UNM

América

1–0

2–1

1–1

5–0

1–0

1–0

1–2

0–0

7–2

Atlante

2–0

0–0

3–1

2–1

0–2

0–1

3–2

1–0

Atlas

0–1

1–4

0–2

1–1

0–1

0–0

2–1

2–1

1–0

Chiapas

1–1

2–3

0–1

1–2

0–1

1–1

0–2

0–2

Ciudad Juárez

0–1

0–2

1–1

0–1

1–2

0–0

0–2

1–1

0–1

Cruz Azul

2–3

3–1

0–2

2–0

3–1

2–0

4–0

4–2

1–2

Estudiantes Tecos

1–2

1–2

0–2

2–3

2–0

1–1

2–4

2–1

3–0

Guadalajara

1–0

2–2

0–1

1–0

2–2

2–0

1–3

Monterrey

3–0

3–0

1–2

2–2

1–1

2–1

2–1

1–0

Morelia

5–0

0–3

3–1

2–0

5–0

2–1

1–1

2–1

0–0

Pachuca

2–1

4–0

1–0

1–3

1–3

1–2

3–1

1–1

Puebla

1–0

1–0

1–1

2–2

2–1

3–3

0–2

1–1

Querétaro

0–0

1–2

2–2

3–1

2–1

1–3

1–1

4–0

1–0

San Luis

1–1

2–1

0–3

4–0

0–3

3–0

0–0

4–2

1–0

Santos Laguna

1–1

1–0

3–2

1–0

4–0

2–0

2–2

1–1

Toluca

2–0

4–3

1–0

3–0

2–0

1–1

3–0

1–1

3–0

UANL

1–1

4–0

0–1

0–0

2–0

2–2

1–2

1–1

1–0

UNAM

3–2

1–1

0–3

1–1

2–1

1–2

3–0

1–2

Updated to games played on November 9, 2009.
Source: FeMexFut
1 ^{^} The home team is listed in the left-hand column.
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Final Phase

	Quarterfinals							Semifinals							Finals
	1	Toluca	0	1	1
	8	San Luis	1	0	1
								1	Toluca	0	1	1
								4	Monterrey	2	1	3
	4	América	0	1	1
	5	Monterrey	1	1	2
															2	Monterrey	4	2	6
														1	Cruz Azul	3	1	4
	2	Cruz Azul	4	3	7
	7	Puebla	4	2	6
								2	Cruz Azul	0	2	2
								3	Morelia	0	1	1
	3	Morelia	1	3	4
	6	Santos Laguna	2	0	2

• If the two teams are tied after both legs, the higher seeded team advances.
• Both finalist qualify to the 2010–11 CONCACAF Champions League. The champion qualifies directly to the Group Stage, while the runner-up qualifies to the Preliminary Round.

Primera División Profesional 2009 Apertura Champion
Monterrey 3rd Title

Top goalscorers

Pos	Player	Club	Goals
1	Emanuel Villa	Cruz Azul	17
2	Héctor Mancilla	Toluca	12
3	Salvador Cabañas	América	11
	Javier Hernández	Guadalajara	11
5	Rafael Márquez	Atlante	9
	Alfredo Moreno	San Luis	9
7	Juan Carlos Cacho	Pachuca	7
	Aldo de Nigris	Monterrey	7
	Luis Gabriel Rey	Morelia	7
	Humberto Suazo	Monterrey	7

Updated to November 22, 2009
Source: FeMexFut

Awards

The awards for this tournament were given out in Mexico City on January 17, 2010.^[1]

Non-voting awards

• Super-leader: Toluca
• Champion: Monterrey
• Top-scorer: Emanuel Villa (Cruz Azul)
• Best physical trainer: Miguel Ángel Ramírez (Monterrey)
• Fair play: UNAM

Balón de Oro

• Best manager: Víctor Manuel Vucetich (Monterrey)
• Best goalkeeper: Jonathan Orozco (Monterrey)
• Best wingback: Rogelio Chávez (Cruz Azul)
• Best centre-back: Duilio Davino (Monterrey)
• Best defensive midfielder: Gerardo Torrado (Cruz Azul)
• Best offensive midfielder: Jaime Lozano (Cruz Azul)
• Best striker: Emanuel Villa (Cruz Azul)
• Best rookie: Raúl Nava (Toluca)
• Best player: Humberto Suazo (Monterrey)
• Best referee: Armando Archundia
• Best assistant referee: José Luis Camargo

Torneo Bicentenario

The 2010 Torneo Bicentenario is the second tournament of the season. The tournament began on January 16 and ended on May 15.

Classification Phase

General table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Monterrey	17	10	6	1	30	15	+15	36
2	Guadalajara	17	10	2	5	28	21	+7	32
3	Toluca	17	8	6	3	27	15	+12	30
4	UNAM	17	7	7	3	20	10	+10	28
5	Santos Laguna	17	8	4	5	27	25	+2	28
6	América	17	7	4	6	29	20	+9	25
7	Morelia	17	7	4	6	22	13	+9	25
8	Pachuca	17	7	4	6	27	26	+1	25
9	Cruz Azul	17	7	4	6	20	20	0	25
10	Atlas	17	7	3	7	26	23	+3	24
11	Querétaro	17	6	3	8	13	25	−12	21
12	Chiapas	17	4	7	6	22	24	−2	19
13	Puebla	17	5	4	8	28	31	−3	19
14	Estudiantes Tecos	17	5	4	8	26	32	−6	19
15	UANL	17	5	4	8	19	26	−7	19
16	Atlante	17	4	4	9	21	29	−8	16
17	Ciudad Juárez	17	4	3	10	10	29	−19	15
18	San Luis	17	3	5	9	18	29	−11	14

Updated to games played on 19 April 2010.
Source: FeMexFut (Spanish)
Rules for classification: 1st points; 2nd goal difference; 3rd goals scored; 4th head-to-head score; 5th away goals; 6th draw
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (E) = Eliminated; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round.
Only applicable when the season is not finished:
(Q) = Qualified to the phase of tournament indicated; (TQ) = Qualified to tournament, but not yet to the particular phase indicated; (RQ) = Qualified to the relegation tournament indicated; (DQ) = Disqualified from tournament.

Group standings

Group 1

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Guadalajara	17	10	2	5	28	21	+7	32	Advances to the Final Phase
2	Toluca	17	8	6	3	27	15	+12	30
3	Atlas	17	7	3	7	26	23	+3	24
4	Querétaro	17	6	3	8	13	25	−12	21
5	Ciudad Juárez	17	4	3	10	10	29	−19	15
6	San Luis	17	3	5	9	18	28	−10	14

Group 2

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Monterrey	17	10	6	1	30	15	+15	36	Advances to the Final Phase
2	América	17	7	4	6	29	20	+9	25
2	Morelia	17	7	4	6	22	13	+9	25	Advances to the Final Phase^1
3	Pachuca	17	7	4	6	27	26	+1	25
5	Chiapas	17	4	7	6	22	24	−2	19
6	Puebla	17	5	4	8	28	31	−3	19

Group 3

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	UNAM	17	7	7	3	20	10	+10	28	Advances to the Final Phase
2	Santos Laguna	17	8	4	5	27	25	+2	28
3	Cruz Azul	17	7	4	6	20	20	0	25
4	Estudiantes Tecos	17	5	4	8	26	32	−6	19
5	UANL	17	5	4	8	19	26	−7	19
6	Atlante	17	4	4	9	21	29	−8	16

Updated to games played on April 25, 2010.
Source: FeMexFut (Spanish)
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored
1. ^ Advanced as the two best teams in general table that are not either a group winner or runner-up.
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (E) = Eliminated; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round.
Only applicable when the season is not finished:
(Q) = Qualified to the phase of tournament indicated; (TQ) = Qualified to tournament, but not yet to the particular phase indicated; (RQ) = Qualified to the relegation tournament indicated; (DQ) = Disqualified from tournament.

Results

Home ╲ Away

AMÉ

ATE

ATL

CHI

CIU

CRU

EST

GUA

MON

MOR

PAC

PUE

QUE

SLU

SLA

TOL

UNL

UNM

América

1–0

2–0

2–2

6–0

5–1

1–0

2–2

0–0

Atlante

2–2

2–0

3–0

1–0

0–1

1–1

0–0

2–3

1–2

Atlas

1–0

3–3

1–1

7–1

0–1

3–0

0–2

1–1

Chiapas

1–3

1–0

0–1

4–0

1–1

2–2

0–1

1–1

2–2

Ciudad Juárez

0–0

1–0

0–1

1–2

1–0

0–0

0–1

2–0

Cruz Azul

3–1

1–1

1–0

2–2

1–0

0–2

4–0

0–0

Estudiantes Tecos

1–2

3–2

3–0

4–1

2–1

3–4

2–3

0–0

Guadalajara

1–0

2–0

0–2

3–2

0–3

3–2

2–0

6–2

3–1

0–0

Monterrey

2–1

4–0

2–0

2–1

3–0

3–0

1–1

2–1

1–0

Morelia

2–0

0–1

3–0

1–2

2–0

1–1

1–1

0–0

Pachuca

5–1

0–2

3–0

0–1

1–0

2–0

0–3

1–1

0–3

Puebla

2–1

3–3

1–2

4–1

1–1

3–5

1–2

1–0

0–1

Querétaro

2–1

1–0

0–2

1–1

1–0

1–1

0–1

3–2

San Luis

3–2

3–1

1–1

1–2

1–1

0–2

3–0

2–3

0–3

Santos Laguna

4–2

1–2

0–3

3–3

1–1

3–2

2–1

2–1

1–0

Toluca

3–1

2–0

1–1

3–0

2–3

5–0

1–1

2–1

UANL

0–1

1–3

0–3

1–2

2–1

1–2

0–1

2–2

UNAM

1–0

2–0

2–0

1–1

2–0

4–1

0–0

1–0

0–0

Updated to games played on April 25, 2010.
Source: FeMexFut (Spanish)
1 ^{^} The home team is listed in the left-hand column.
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Final Phase

	Quarterfinals							Semifinals							Final
	1	Monterrey	0	1	1
	8	Pachuca	1	2	3
								3	Toluca	2	1	3
								8	Pachuca	2	0	2
	3	Toluca	2	2	4
	6	América	2	0	2
															3	Toluca	2	0	2 (4)
														5	Santos Laguna	2	0	2 (3)
	4	UNAM	0	1	1
	5	Santos Laguna	2	0	2
								5	Santos Laguna	3	7	10
								7	Morelia	3	1	4
	2	Guadalajara	2	0	2
	7	Morelia	4	1	5

• If the two teams are tied after both legs, the higher seeded team advances.
• Both finalist qualify to the 2010–11 CONCACAF Champions League. The champion qualifies directly to the Group Stage, while the runner-up qualifies to the Preliminary Round.

Primera División de México Bicentenario 2010 Champion
Toluca 10th Title

Top goalscorers

Pos	Player	Club	Goals
1	Javier Hernández	Guadalajara	10
	Johan Fano	Atlante	10
	Herculez Gomez	Puebla	10
4	Jackson Martínez	Jaguares	9
5	Héctor Mancilla	Toluca	8
6	Miguel Sabah	Morelia	7
	Ángel Reyna	America	7
	Abraham Darío Carreño	Monterrey	7
	Miguel Zepeda	Atlas	7
	Fredy Bareiro	Estudiantes Tecos	7

Updated to April 25, 2010
Source: FeMexFut

Relegation

Pos Team '07 A Pts '08 C Pts '08 A Pts '09 C Pts '09 A Pts '10 C Pts Total Pts Total Pld Avg 1 Toluca 34 27 27 36 35 30 189 102 1.8529 2 Santos Laguna 38 31 22 22 27 28 168 102 1.6471 3 Guadalajara 31 33 25 21 19 32 161 102 1.5842 4 Cruz Azul 25 31 26 13 33 25 153 102 1.5 5 Pachuca 24 22 21 36 24 25 152 102 1.4902 6 Monterrey 14 24 19 26 30 36 149 102 1.4608 7 Morelia 22 18 24 22 33 25 144 102 1.4118 8 UNAM 24 20 26 28 17 28 143 102 1.402 9 San Luis 29 30 29 17 21 14 140 102 1.3725 10 América 26 11 21 23 30 25 136 102 1.3333 11 Atlante 33 17 27 17 23 16 133 102 1.3039 12 Puebla 17 21 15 26 26 19 124 102 1.2157 13 Estudiantes Tecos 17 17 25 25 20 19 123 102 1.2059 14 Chiapas 18 26 18 21 19 19 121 102 1.1863 15 Atlas 12 23 22 21 18 24 120 102 1.1765 16 Querétaro 0 0 0 0 18 21 39 34 1.1471 17 UANL 16 19 26 14 22 19 116 102 1.1373 18 Ciudad Juárez (R) 0 0 19 23 6 15 63 68 0.9265 Updated as of games played on April 25, 2010. Source: FeMexFut (Spanish)

Relegated to the Liga de Ascenso

References

1. "Balones de Oro del A2009... Monterrey y Cruz Azul Arrasan". Mediotiempo. 2010-01-17. Retrieved 2010-05-20.

External links

• FeMexFut's official website