2009 Primera División de México Clausura

Primera División de México
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)
← Apertura 2008 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

Club	Stadium	Capacity	City
América !América	Azteca	105,000	Mexico City
Atlante !Atlante	Andrés Quintana Roo	20,000	Cancún
Atlas !Atlas	Jalisco	56,713	Guadalajara
Chiapas !Chiapas	Víctor Manuel Reyna	23,208	Tuxtla Gutiérrez
Ciudad Juárez !Ciudad Juárez	Olímpico Benito Juárez	22,300	Ciudad Juárez
Cruz Azul !Cruz Azul	Estadio Azul	35,000	Mexico City
Guadalajara !Guadalajara	Jalisco	56,713	Guadalajara
Monterrey !Monterrey	Tecnológico	38,000	Monterrey
Morelia !Morelia	Morelos	41,500	Morelia
Necaxa !Necaxa	Victoria	25,000	Aguascalientes
Pachuca !Pachuca	Hidalgo	30,000	Pachuca
Puebla !Puebla	Cuauhtémoc	42,649	Puebla
San Luis !San Luis	Alfonso Lastras Ramírez	24,000	San Luis Potosí
Santos Laguna !Santos Laguna	Corona	18,050	Torreón
Toluca !Toluca	Nemesio Díez	27,000	Toluca
UAG !UAG	3 de Marzo	30,015	Guadalajara
UANL !UANL	Universitario	45,000	Monterrey
UNAM !UNAM	Olímpico Universitario	63,000	Mexico City

Locations of the Primera División 2008–09 teams

Personnel

Club	Owner	President	Manager
América !América	Televisa	Michel Bauer	Jesús Ramírez
Atlante !Atlante	Grupo Pegaso	Miguel Couchonal	José Cruz
Atlas !Atlas	Atlas A.C.	Fernando Acosta	Ricardo La Volpe
Chiapas !Chiapas	State of Chiapas	Antonio Castañón	Luis Fernando Tena
Ciudad Juárez !Ciudad Juárez	YVASA	Francisco Ibarra	Héctor Eugui
Cruz Azul !Cruz Azul	Cemento Cruz Azul	Guillermo Álvarez	Benjamín Galindo
Guadalajara !Guadalajara	Jorge Vergara	Jorge Vergara	Francisco Ramírez
Monterrey !Monterrey	FEMSA	Jorge Urdiales	Víctor Vucetich
Morelia !Morelia	TV Azteca	Álvaro Dávila	Tomás Boy
Necaxa !Necaxa	Televisa	Roberto Muñoz	Raúl Arias
Pachuca !Pachuca	Jesús Martínez	Jesús Martínez	Enrique Meza
Puebla !Puebla	Francisco Bernat	Ricardo Mezher	José Sánchez
San Luis !San Luis	Televisa	Eduardo del Villar	Américo Scatolaro
Santos Laguna !Santos Laguna	Grupo Modelo	Alejandro Irarragorri	Sergio Bueno
Toluca !Toluca	Valentín Diez	Fernando Corona	José de la Torre
UAG !UAG	UAG	José Leaño	Miguel Herrera
UANL !UANL	CEMEX	Enrique Borja	José Pekerman
UNAM !UNAM	UNAM	Víctor Mahbub	Ricardo Ferretti

Managerial changes

Team	Outgoing manager	Manner of departure	Date of vacancy	Replaced by	Date of appointment	Position in table
Atlas !Atlas	Darío Franco	Resigned	Jan. 26, 2009	Ricardo La Volpe	Jan. 28, 2009	17th
América !América	Ramón Díaz	Sacked	Feb. 10, 2009	Jesús Ramírez	Feb. 11, 2009	12th
Morelia !Morelia	Luis Fernando Tena	Sacked	Feb. 20, 2009	Tomás Boy	Feb. 20, 2009	11th
UANL !UANL	Manuel Lapuente	Sacked	Feb. 22, 2009	José Pekerman	Feb. 23, 2009	17th
Guadalajara !Guadalajara	Efraín Flores	Sacked	Mar. 23, 2009	Omar Arellano	Mar. 30, 2009	12th
Santos Laguna !Santos Laguna	Daniel Guzmán	Sacked	Mar. 24, 2009	Sergio Bueno	Mar. 25, 2009	14th
Guadalajara !Guadalajara	Omar Arellano	Resigned	Apr. 16, 2009	Francisco Ramírez	Apr. 16, 2009	9th
Cruz Azul !Cruz Azul	Benjamín Galindo	Sacked	May. 4, 2009	Robert Siboldi	May. 5, 2009	18th

Classification Phase

General table


Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Pachuca !Pachuca	17	11	3	3	42	23	+19	36
2	Toluca !Toluca	17	10	6	1	34	19	+15	36
3	UNAM !UNAM	17	8	4	5	23	17	+6	28
4	Monterrey !Monterrey	17	7	5	5	28	22	+6	26
5	Puebla !Puebla	17	7	5	5	21	24	−3	26
6	UAG !UAG	17	6	7	4	21	17	+4	25
7	Ciudad Juárez !Ciudad Juárez	17	5	8	4	21	22	−1	23
8	América !América	17	6	5	6	25	27	−2	23
9	Santos Laguna !Santos Laguna	17	5	7	5	25	20	+5	22
10	Morelia !Morelia	17	5	7	5	19	20	−1	22
11	Guadalajara !Guadalajara	17	5	6	6	21	20	+1	21
12	Chiapas !Chiapas	17	5	6	6	22	24	−2	21
13	Atlas !Atlas	17	5	6	6	22	29	−7	21
14	Atlante !Atlante	17	3	8	6	18	21	−3	17
15	San Luis !San Luis	17	4	5	8	21	27	−6	17
16	UANL !UANL	17	2	8	7	15	26	−11	14
17	Necaxa !Necaxa	17	3	5	9	17	30	−13	14
18	Cruz Azul !Cruz Azul	17	2	7	8	26	33	−7	13

Source: FeMexFut
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored
(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
1	Pachuca !Pachuca	17	11	3	3	42	23	+19	36
2	Monterrey !Monterrey	17	7	5	5	28	22	+6	26
3	Puebla !Puebla	17	7	5	5	21	24	−3	26
4	Ciudad Juárez !Ciudad Juárez	17	5	8	4	21	22	−1	23
5	Santos Laguna !Santos Laguna	17	5	7	5	25	20	+5	22
6	Atlante !Atlante	17	3	8	6	18	21	−3	17

Group 2


Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	UNAM !UNAM	17	8	4	5	23	17	+6	28
2	UAG !UAG	17	6	7	4	21	17	+4	25
3	América !América	17	6	5	6	25	27	−2	23
4	Morelia !Morelia	17	5	7	5	19	20	−1	22
5	Guadalajara !Guadalajara	17	5	6	6	21	20	+1	21
6	Cruz Azul !Cruz Azul	17	2	7	8	26	33	−7	13

Group 3


Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Toluca !Toluca	17	10	6	1	34	19	+15	36
2	Chiapas !Chiapas	17	5	6	6	22	24	−2	21
3	Atlas !Atlas	17	5	6	6	22	29	−7	21
4	San Luis !San Luis	17	4	5	8	21	27	−6	17
5	UANL !UANL	17	2	8	7	15	26	−11	14
6	Necaxa !Necaxa	17	3	5	9	17	30	−13	14

Updated to games played on May 3, 2009.
Source: FeMexFut
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored
(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.

	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

Home ╲ Away	América !AMÉ	Atlante !ATE	Atlas !ATL	Chiapas !CHI	Ciudad Juárez !CIU	Cruz Azul !CRU	Guadalajara !GUA	Monterrey !MON	Morelia !MOR	Necaxa !NEC	Pachuca !PAC	Puebla !PUE	San Luis !SLU	Santos Laguna !SLA	Toluca !TOL	UAG !UAG	UANL !UNL	UNAM !UNM
América !América			2–2		3–3					1–0	1–3		0–2		2–2	1–2		0–0
Atlante !Atlante	3–1			0–2			2–2	0–1	2–0			0–1		2–1			1–1
Atlas !Atlas		1–0			3–1					4–1	0–5				0–0	0–0	1–1	2–0
Chiapas !Chiapas	0–0		2–1			3–3	2–0	1–0	2–2			2–4	1–2	0–2
Ciudad Juárez !Ciudad Juárez		0–0		1–1			3–1	1–1	2–0					0–0			2–2	0–0
Cruz Azul !Cruz Azul	1–3	0–0	4–0		0–1							1–2	2–2				1–1	2–3
Guadalajara !Guadalajara	1–0		0–1			3–3				1–1	5–0	0–0	1–0		1–2	1–0
Monterrey !Monterrey	2–3		2–2			3–1	1–2			3–0	2–0	4–0	1–0		3–3
Morelia !Morelia	1–0		4–2			1–1	1–1	2–2			2–0	1–2	0–0	2–1
Necaxa !Necaxa		1–1		2–1	2–2	2–4			2–0					2–2		1–3	1–0	1–2
Pachuca !Pachuca		1–1		5–1	3–0	3–0				3–0					3–1	3–2	4–1	3–2
Puebla !Puebla	2–3		1–1		0–2					1–0	2–2		2–1		0–2	1–1
San Luis !San Luis		1–1	2–1		4–1					1–1	1–2				1–5	3–3		0–2
Santos Laguna !Santos Laguna	1–2		4–0			2–2	2–1	2–0			2–2	0–0	3–1		2–2
Toluca !Toluca		3–3		1–0	1–0	3–1			2–1	1–0						1–1	4–1	1–0
UAG !UAG		2–1		0–0	1–2	1–0		2–3	0–0					1–0			0–0	2–0
UANL !UANL	2–3			0–3			1–0	0–0	1–1			1–2	1–0	1–1
UNAM !UNAM		3–1		1–1			1–1	3–0	0–1			3–1		1–0			2–1

Updated to games played on 10 May 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.
For coming matches, an a indicates there is an article about the match.

Final Phase

Main article: Primera División de México Clausura 2009 Liguilla

Quarterfinals					Semifinals					Finals

1	Pachuca	3	2	5
8	Jaguares	1	0	1
8	Jaguares	1	0	1	1	Pachuca	2	2	4
					1	Pachuca	2	2	4
					7	Ciudad Juárez	0	3	3
2	Toluca	0	0	0	7	Ciudad Juárez	0	3	3
2	Toluca	0	0	0
7	Ciudad Juárez	1	0	1
7	Ciudad Juárez	1	0	1						1	Pachuca	0	2	2
										1	Pachuca	0	2	2
										3	UNAM	1	2	3
3	UNAM	0	3	3						3	UNAM	1	2	3
3	UNAM	0	3	3
6	UAG	2	0	2
6	UAG	2	0	2	3	UNAM	2	1	3
					3	UNAM	2	1	3
					5	Puebla	1	2	3
4	Monterrey	1	2	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
MVP	Christian Giménez	Pachuca
Best Manager	Ricardo Ferretti	UNAM
Best Goalkeeper	Jose de Jesus Corona	UAG
Best Wingback	Mario Méndez	Toluca
Best Centre back	Paulo da Silva	Toluca
Best Defensive Midfielder	Israel Castro	UNAM
Best Offensive Midfielder	Christian Giménez	Pachuca
Best Forward	Héctor Mancilla	Toluca
Best Rookie	Jorge Gastelum	Morelia
Golden Boot	Héctor Mancilla	Toluca
Source:Medio Tiempo

Top-ten goalscorers

Rank	Player	Club	Goals
1	Héctor Mancilla	Toluca	14
2	Salvador Cabañas	Club América	13
3	Miguel Sabah	Morelia	11
4	Humberto Suazo	Monterrey	9
4	Christian Giménez	Pachuca	9
6	Blas Pérez	Pachuca	8
7	Alvaro González	Puebla	7
	Alfredo Moreno	Necaxa	7
	Christian Benítez	Santos Laguna	7
	Danilinho	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 !Toluca	170	102	1.6667
2	Pachuca !Pachuca	168	102	1.6471
3	Guadalajara !Guadalajara	167	102	1.6373
4	Cruz Azul !Cruz Azul	153	102	1.5000
5	San Luis !San Luis	152	102	1.4902
6	UNAM !UNAM	147	102	1.4412
7	Santos Laguna	146	102	1.4314
8	América !América	140	102	1.3725
9	Atlante !Atlante	138	102	1.3529
10	Morelia !Morelia	131	102	1.2843
11	Atlas !Atlas	130	102	1.2745
12	Monterrey !Monterrey	129	102	1.2647
13	Ciudad Juárez !Ciudad Juárez	42	34	1.2353
14	Chiapas !Chiapas	125	102	1.2255
15	UAG !UAG	122	102	1.1961
16	Puebla !Puebla	79	68	1.1618
17	UANL !UANL	112	102	1.0980
18	Necaxa !Necaxa	110	102	1.0784
Source: FeMexFut; Updated as of: May 3, 2009

	Relegated to Primera División A

References

External links

Official Website

Liga MX

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