La Primera División A 1997-1998

Ascenso MX
Season	1997–98
Champions	Apertura: Pachuca (2nd Title) ; Clausura: Tigrillos (1st title)
Promoted	Pachuca
Relegated	Marte
Top goalscorer	Invierno: Níver Arboleda (17) ; Verano: Carlos María Morales (12)
	← 1996–97 1998–99 →

Primera División A (Méxican First A Division) is a Mexican football tournament. This season was composed of Invieno 1997 and Verano 1998. Pachuca, Invierno 1997 champion, were able to gain promotion to Primera Division for the 1998-99 season after winning the playoff to Tigrillos, Verano 1998 champion.

Changes for the 1997-1998 season

Acapulco moved to State of Mexico and changed its name to Atlético Mexiquense.
Atlético Hidalgo moved to Querétaro and changed its name to Halcones de Querétaro.^[1]
Four new expansion teams: Unión de Curtidores,^[2] Chivas Tijuana,^[3] Tecos Colima^[4] and Cuautitlán.^[5]
Pachuca was relegated from Primera División.^[6]
Bachilleres, was promoted from Segunda División.^[7]

Stadiums and locations

Club	Stadium	Capacity	City
Atlético Mexiquense	Nemesio Díez	35,000	Toluca, State of Mexico
Bachilleres	Jalisco	60,000	Guadalajara, Jalisco
Chivas Tijuana	Cerro Colorado	12,000	Tijuana, Baja California
Cruz Azul Hidalgo	10 de Diciembre	17,000	Cruz Azul, Hidalgo
Correcaminos UAT	Marte R. Gómez	20,000	Ciudad Victoria, Tamaulipas
Cuautitlán	Los Pinos	8,000	Cuautitlán, State of Mexico
Halcones de Querétaro	Corregidora	35,000	Querétaro, Querétaro
Irapuato	Sergio León Chávez	26,000	Irapuato, Guanajuato
La Piedad	Juan N. López	15,000	La Piedad, Michoacán
Marte	Centenario	15,800	Cuernavaca, Morelos
Pachuca	Hidalgo	25,000	Pachuca, Hidalgo
Real San Luis	Plan de San Luis	18,000	San Luis Potosí, S.L.P.
RS Zacatecas	Francisco Villa	18,000	Zacatecas, Zacatecas
Saltillo	Francisco I. Madero	10,000	Saltillo, Coahuila
San Francisco	Domingo Velázquez	11,500	San Francisco del Rincón, Guanajuato
Tampico Madero	Tamaulipas	30,000	Tampico - Ciudad Madero, Tamaulipas
Tecos Colima	Colima	12,000	Colima, Colima
Tigrillos	Estadio Universitario	40,000	San Nicolás de los Garza, Nuevo León
Unión de Curtidores	La Martinica	12,000	León, Guanajuato
Yucatán	Carlos Iturralde	24,000	Mérida, Yucatán
Zacatepec	Agustín Coruco Díaz	18,000	Zacatepec, Morelos

Location of teams in the 1997–98 Primera División A

Invierno 1997

League Table (Groups)

Group 1

P	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	RS Zacatecas	20	11	5	4	38	26	+12	38
2	Pachuca	20	8	11	1	42	36	+6	35
3	Bachilleres	20	7	5	8	28	29	-1	26
4	Tigrillos	20	6	6	8	28	28	0	24
5	Tecos Colima	20	4	8	8	25	29	-4	20
6	Cuautitlán	20	4	7	9	24	32	-8	19

Group 2

P	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Yucatán	20	10	6	4	33	20	+13	36
2	Tampico Madero	20	8	9	3	32	25	+7	33
3	Correcaminos UAT	20	8	6	6	31	30	+1	30
4	Unión de Curtidores	20	7	8	5	27	22	+5	29
5	San Francisco	20	5	2	13	30	32	-2	17

Group 3

P	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Atlético Mexiquense	20	14	2	4	44	24	+20	44
2	Zacatepec	20	10	2	8	40	31	+9	32
3	Cruz Azul Hidalgo	20	7	4	9	26	34	-8	25
4	Halcones de Querétaro	20	5	4	11	24	38	-14	19
5	Reboceros de La Piedad	20	3	8	9	25	43	-18	17

Group 4

P	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Irapuato	20	9	6	5	28	23	+5	33
2	Saltillo	20	8	6	6	27	22	+5	30
3	Real San Luis	20	6	7	7	21	28	-7	25
4	Chivas Tijuana	20	4	7	9	23	33	-10	19
5	Marte	20	4	5	11	22	37	-15	17

As of: November 18, 1997
Source: Memoria Futbolera (subscription required)
Rules for classification: 1st points; 2nd goal difference; 3rd goals scored; 4th head-to-head; 5th away goals scored; 6th draw
P = Position; Pld = Matches played; W = Matches won; D = Matches drawn; L = Matches lost; GF = Goals for; GA = Goals against; GD = Goal difference; Pts = Points.

League Table (General)

P	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Atlético Mexiquense	20	14	2	4	44	24	+20	44
2	RS Zacatecas	20	11	5	4	38	26	+12	38
3	Yucatán	20	10	6	4	33	20	+13	36
4	Pachuca	20	8	11	1	42	36	+6	35
5	Tampico Madero	20	8	9	3	32	25	+7	33
6	Irapuato	20	9	6	5	28	23	+5	33
7	Zacatepec	20	10	2	8	40	31	+9	32
8	Saltillo	20	8	6	6	27	22	+5	30
9	Correcaminos UAT	20	8	6	6	31	30	+1	30
10	Unión de Curtidores	20	7	8	5	27	22	+5	29
11	Bachilleres	20	7	5	8	28	29	-1	26
12	Real San Luis	20	6	7	7	21	28	-7	25
13	Cruz Azul Hidalgo	20	7	4	9	26	34	-8	25
14	Tigrillos	20	6	6	8	28	28	0	24
15	Tecos Colima	20	4	8	8	25	29	-4	20
16	Cuautitlán	20	4	7	9	24	32	-8	19
17	Chivas Tijuana	20	4	7	9	23	33	-10	19
18	Halcones de Querétaro	20	5	4	11	24	38	-14	19
19	San Francisco	20	5	2	13	30	32	-2	17
20	Marte	20	4	5	11	22	37	-15	17
21	Reboceros de La Piedad	20	3	8	9	25	43	-18	17

As of: November 18, 1997
Source: Memoria Futbolera (subscription required)
Rules for classification: 1st points; 2nd goal difference; 3rd goals scored; 4th head-to-head; 5th away goals scored; 6th draw
P = Position; Pld = Matches played; W = Matches won; D = Matches drawn; L = Matches lost; GF = Goals for; GA = Goals against; GD = Goal difference; Pts = Points.

Results

Home \ Away^[1]	AMX	BAC	CHT	CRH	CUA	HAL	IRA	LAP	MAR	PAC	RSL	RSZ	SAL	SFR	TAM	TEC	TIG	UAT	UDC	YUC	ZAC
At. Mexiquense		1–0					3–1	3–3								1–0	0–0	3–1	1–3	3–0	4–3
Bachilleres							3–1	1–1	1–5		5–0	1–2		1–0	0–0			3–1	2–2	6–1
Chivas Tijuana	2–6	0–1			0–0	3–1				0–3			2–2			2–1	7–1				2–1
Cruz Azul Hidalgo	2–1		1–0		1–2	0–1			2–0	2–2			2–1			1–2	4–2				3–1
Cuautitlán	1–2	1–1														1–1	3–1	1–1	3–1	1–2	3–2
Halcones	4–0	1–3			3–1		0–2		2–0	1–2			7–2			0–4	1–1				2–1
Irapuato			2–1	2–0	1–2			1–1	2–0		2–1	3–3		2–1	0–0			0–0	0–1	0–1
La Piedad			1–1	1–3	2–1	1–0				3–3	2–2	1–2	3–2	1–1	2–2
Marte	1–2		1–2		1–1			0–0		5–2	1–4			2–1	1–1	1–1	3–2			1–3	0–4
Pachuca	5–1	2–0			2–2		2–2									2–2	2–1	2–1	0–0		2–5
Real San Luis	0–0		2–1	0–0	5–2	1–2				1–3		2–1	1–0	2–1	1–1
RS Zacatecas	2–1		1–1	2–1	3–0	3–2			0–2	1–1			2–1			2–1	0–1				1–1
Saltillo	1–2	3–0			1–0		0–0		3–1	0–0						2–1	2–1		0–0		2–0
San Francisco	1–2		1–3	8–0	0–1	3–1				0–0		1–3	2–1		1–3	4–0
Tampico Madero	3–2		1–1	0–0	4–1	2–0				1–2		2–2	2–4			1–5	0–0
Tecos Colima		4–1					2–3	2–2			1–1						0–2	1–1	1–1	2–2	1–2
Tigrillos		2–0					0–1	3–1			0–2			3–0				4–3	1–1	2–2	2–3
Correcaminos UAT			2–1	1–0		2–2		2–0	2–0		4–1	2–0	4–2	2–1	2–3					0–2
Unión de Curtidores			1–1	1–1		3–3		3–1	4–2		1–0	1–2		2–1	0–1			2–2		2–0
Yucatán			4–1	1–1		0–0		2–0		0–0	0–0	3–2	3–4	3–0	6–1
Zacatepec		3–1					1–2	2–4			3–1			3–1	2–0			4–0	5–1	2–0

Updated to games played on 18 November 1997.
Source: Memoria Futbolera (subscription required)
1 ^{^} The home team is listed in the left-hand column.
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Liguilla

Quarter-finals					Semi-finals					Final

2	RS Zacatecas (a)	2	1	3
7	Irapuato	1	2	3
7	Irapuato	1	2	3	2	RS Zacatecas	0	2	2
					2	RS Zacatecas	0	2	2
					3	Yucatán	1	1	2
3	Yucatán	1	2	3	3	Yucatán	1	1	2
3	Yucatán	1	2	3
6	Zacatepec	1	0	1
6	Zacatepec	1	0	1						2	RS Zacatecas	1	0	1
										2	RS Zacatecas	1	0	1
										4	Pachuca	2	0	2
1	Atlético Mexiquense	1	4	5						4	Pachuca	2	0	2
1	Atlético Mexiquense	1	4	5
8	Saltillo	0	0	0
8	Saltillo	0	0	0	1	Atlético Mexiquense	1	1	2
					1	Atlético Mexiquense	1	1	2
					4	Pachuca	4	1	5
4	Pachuca (a)	1	1	2	4	Pachuca	4	1	5
4	Pachuca (a)	1	1	2
5	Tampico Madero	1	1	2

Invierno 1997 winners:
Pachuca 2nd Title

Top scorers

Scorer	Goals	Team
Níver Arboleda	17	Zacatepec

|}Updated to games played on 18 November 1997.
Source: Memoria Futbolera (subscription required)
1 ^{^} The home team is listed in the left-hand column.
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Verano 1998

League Table (Groups)

Group 1

P	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Tigrillos	20	10	6	4	34	22	+12	36
2	Pachuca	20	7	8	5	34	29	+5	29
3	RS Zacatecas	20	5	10	5	22	25	-3	25
4	Bachilleres	20	4	9	7	27	29	-2	21
5	Tecos Colima	20	5	6	9	22	33	-11	21
6	Cuautitlán	20	3	9	8	28	33	-5	18

Group 2

P	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Yucatán	20	10	6	4	28	23	+5	36
2	Correcaminos UAT	20	8	6	6	27	18	+9	30
3	Unión de Curtidores	20	6	7	7	31	37	-6	25
4	Tampico Madero	20	4	8	8	24	26	-2	20
5	San Francisco	20	1	13	6	27	34	-7	16

Group 3

P	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Zacatepec	20	8	9	3	32	19	+13	33
2	La Piedad	20	9	6	5	28	26	+2	33
3	Cruz Azul Hidalgo	20	6	9	5	30	30	0	27
4	Atlético Mexiquense	20	5	9	6	28	28	0	24
5	Halcones de Querétaro	20	4	9	7	35	31	+4	21

Group 4

P	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Real San Luis	20	10	9	1	34	15	+19	39
2	Saltillo	20	10	6	4	27	18	+9	36
3	Irapuato	20	6	6	8	31	34	-3	24
4	Chivas Tijuana	20	4	8	8	26	35	-9	20
5	Marte	20	2	7	11	15	45	-30	13

|}Updated to games played on 19 April 1998.
Source: Memoria Futbolera (subscription required)
1 ^{^} The home team is listed in the left-hand column.
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

League Table (General)

P	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Real San Luis	20	10	9	1	34	15	+19	39
2	Tigrillos	20	10	6	4	34	22	+12	36
3	Saltillo	20	10	6	4	27	18	+9	36
4	Yucatán	20	10	6	4	28	23	+5	36
5	Zacatepec	20	8	9	3	32	19	+13	33
6	La Piedad	20	9	6	5	28	26	+2	33
7	Correcaminos UAT	20	8	6	6	27	18	+9	30
8	Pachuca	20	7	8	5	34	29	+5	29
9	Cruz Azul Hidalgo	20	6	9	5	30	30	0	27
10	RS Zacatecas	20	5	10	5	22	25	-3	25
11	Unión de Curtidores	20	6	7	7	31	37	-6	25
12	Atlético Mexiquense	20	5	9	6	28	28	0	24
13	Irapuato	20	6	6	8	31	34	-3	24
14	Halcones de Querétaro	20	4	9	7	35	31	+4	21
15	Bachilleres	20	4	9	7	27	29	-2	21
16	Tecos Colima	20	5	6	9	22	33	-11	21
17	Tampico Madero	20	4	8	8	24	26	-2	20
18	Chivas Tijuana	20	4	8	8	26	35	-9	20
19	Cuautitlán	20	3	9	8	28	33	-5	18
20	San Francisco	20	1	13	6	27	34	-7	16
21	Marte	20	2	7	11	15	45	-30	13

|}Updated to games played on 19 April 1998.
Source: Memoria Futbolera (subscription required)
1 ^{^} The home team is listed in the left-hand column.
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Results

Home \ Away^[1]	AMX	BAC	CHT	CRH	CUA	HAL	IRA	LAP	MAR	PAC	RSL	RSZ	SAL	SFR	TAM	TEC	TIG	UAT	UDC	YUC	ZAC
At. Mexiquense			0–0	1–1	2–0	0–0			4–1	1–3	1–2	1–2	2–0	1–1	4–0
Bachilleres	1–1		2–2		2–1	1–1				3–0			2–0			2–1	2–0				1–1
Chivas Tijuana				2–3			2–1	1–2	1–1		0–0	1–2		3–2	2–2			1–1	1–1	2–0
Cruz Azul Hidalgo		3–1					3–2	2–3			1–1	0–0		2–1	1–1			2–1	0–1	1–1
Cuautitlán			2–3	2–1		4–1	2–0	1–2	0–1	2–2	0–0	2–2	0–1	3–3	1–1
Halcones			1–1	3–3				1–1			2–2	4–0		4–1	2–1			1–1	3–4	1–2
Irapuato	3–1	4–4				3–1				2–1			2–2			4–2	2–0				1–3
La Piedad	1–1	2–1					4–5		0–0							3–1	0–0	1–3	3–2	1–1	1–2
Marte		2–1		0–0		0–6	0–1					0–0	1–3					2–1	1–1
Pachuca			3–0	1–1		3–3		0–1	3–3		1–1	1–2	1–4	0–0	1–0					3–0
Real San Luis		3–3					0–1	3–1	3–1							2–0	4–1	1–0	4–0	2–0	0–1
RS Zacatecas		0–0					0–0	7–2			1–2			2–2	2–1			2–1	0–0	4–4
Saltillo			2–0	2–1		1–0		2–1			1–1	0–0		2–0	5–2			1–0		1–1
San Francisco		2–2					1–1	0–0	4–2		0–0						2–2	2–2	2–2	0–1	1–1
Tampico Madero		1–1					0–0	3–1	6–0		0–4			3–2				1–0	0–0	0–2	3–0
Tecos Colima	0–0		0–0	3–5	2–1	1–0			1–1	2–2		3–2	1–0	1–1	2–1
Tigrillos	2–2		3–1	5–2	3–0	1–0			4–0	2–0		1–0	0–0		1–1	4–0
Correcaminos UAT	1–1	1–0			1–1		3–1			0–0						2–1	3–0		4–1		1–0
Unión de Curtidores	3–2	1–0			1–1		1–1			3–5			2–3			4–3	1–2				3–1
Yucatán	1–1	1–0			3–3		2–0		2–1							2–0	1–2	1–0	5–4		2–1
Zacatepec	3–0		3–0	2–2	2–2	1–1			3–0	5–2		0–0	1–1			1–1	0–0

Updated to games played on 19 April 1998.
Source: Memoria Futbolera (subscription required)
1 ^{^} The home team is listed in the left-hand column.
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Liguilla

Quarter-finals					Semi-finals					Final

2	Tigrillos	2	1	3
7	Pachuca	1	2	3
7	Pachuca	1	2	3	1	Tigrillos	2	1	3
					1	Tigrillos	2	1	3
					7	Correcaminos	1	2	3
1	Real San Luis	1	1	2	7	Correcaminos	1	2	3
1	Real San Luis	1	1	2
7	Correcaminos	2	1	3
7	Correcaminos	2	1	3						1	Tigrillos	1	3	4
										1	Tigrillos	1	3	4
										5	Zacatepec	3	0	3
4	Yucatán	0	0	0						5	Zacatepec	3	0	3
4	Yucatán	0	0	0
5	Zacatepec	1	3	4
5	Zacatepec	1	3	4	5	Zacatepec	1	2	3
					5	Zacatepec	1	2	3
					6	La Piedad	1	1	2
3	Saltillo	0	1	1	6	La Piedad	1	1	2
3	Saltillo	0	1	1
6	La Piedad	4	1	5

Verano 1998 winners:
Tigrillos 1st Title

Top scorers

Scorer	Goals	Team
Carlos María Morales	12	Pachuca
Daniel Fasciolli	12	Correcaminos
Valtencir Gomes	12	Tigrillos
Allan Oviedo	11	Unión de Curtidores
José Eduardo Ávila	10	Cuautitlán

|}Updated to games played on 19 April 1998.
Source: Memoria Futbolera (subscription required)
1 ^{^} The home team is listed in the left-hand column.
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Pos.	Team	Pld.	Pts.	Ave.
17.	Tecos Colima	41	40	1.0258
18.	Halcones de Querétaro	40	40	1.0000
19.	Chivas Tijuana	39	40	0.9750
20.	Marte	95	102	0.9314
21.	Cuautitlán	37	40	0.9250

Promotion Final

At the end of the season, the two champions played a final to determine the winner of the promotion to Primera División. The series faced Pachuca, champion of the Invierno 1997 tournament against Tigrillos, champion of the Verano 1998 tournament.

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Pachuca	4–2	Tigrillos	2–2	2–0

First leg

14 May 1998	Tigrillos	2–2	Pachuca	San Nicolás de los Garza, Nuevo León
	Gómes 28' Oliva 79'	Report	Nunes 61' Morales 76'	Stadium: Estadio Universitario Referee: Felipe Ramos Rizo

Second leg

17 May 1998	Pachuca	2–0 (4–2 agg.)	Tigrillos	Pachuca, Hidalgo
12:00	Almeida 9' Victorino 48'	Report		Stadium: Estadio Hidalgo Attendance: 25,000 Referee: Gilberto Alcalá

1997-98 winners:
Pachuca 1st Title

References

↑ "Estadio Corregidora, 3 décadas de historia queretana". ADN Informativo (in Spanish). 5 February 2015. Retrieved 4 October 2018.
↑ "El Unión de Curtidores". Fútbol sin compromisos (in Spanish). 17 October 2012. Retrieved 4 October 2018.
↑ Guzmán, Alejandro (18 July 2018). "Chivas y su historia en Tijuana Chivas y su historia en Tijuana". TJ Sports (in Spanish). Retrieved 4 October 2018.
↑ "Loros, cuarto equipo colimense en Liga de Ascenso". RadioLevy.com (in Spanish). 18 May 2015. Retrieved 4 October 2018.
↑ Trejo Gómez, Juan Carlos (3 August 2015). ""Cocoleros", un momento de gloria". Periodismo Independiente Mex (in Spanish). Retrieved 4 October 2018.
↑ "Adiós, Pachuca". La Nación (in Spanish). 21 April 1997. Retrieved 4 October 2018.
↑ "Leones Negros de la UDG" (in Spanish). Retrieved 4 October 2018.

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[2] "El Unión de Curtidores". Fútbol sin compromisos (in Spanish). 17 October 2012. Retrieved 4 October 2018.

[3] Guzmán, Alejandro (18 July 2018). "Chivas y su historia en Tijuana Chivas y su historia en Tijuana". TJ Sports (in Spanish). Retrieved 4 October 2018.

[4] "Loros, cuarto equipo colimense en Liga de Ascenso". RadioLevy.com (in Spanish). 18 May 2015. Retrieved 4 October 2018.

[5] Trejo Gómez, Juan Carlos (3 August 2015). ""Cocoleros", un momento de gloria". Periodismo Independiente Mex (in Spanish). Retrieved 4 October 2018.

[6] "Adiós, Pachuca". La Nación (in Spanish). 21 April 1997. Retrieved 4 October 2018.

[7] "Leones Negros de la UDG" (in Spanish). Retrieved 4 October 2018.

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Ascenso MX seasons
Primera A	Primera División A 1994-1995 Primera División A 1995-1996 Invierno 1996 Verano 1997 Invierno 1997 Verano 1998 Invierno 1998 Verano 1999 Invierno 1999 Verano 2000 Clausura 2008 Apertura 2008 Clausura 2009
Liga de Ascenso	Apertura 2009 Bicentenario 2010 2010–11 A C 2011–12 A C
Ascenso MX	2012–13 (A,C) 2013–14 (A,C) 2014–15 (A,C) 2015–16 (A,C) 2016–17 (A,C) 2017–18 (A,C) 2018–19 (A,C)