Primera División de México Apertura 2007

Primera División de México
Season	2007−08
Champions	Atlante (3rd title)
Champions' Cup	Atlante
Champions League	Atlante; UNAM
Copa Libertadores	Guadalajara; America; Atlas (First Stage)
SuperLiga	Morelia; Pachuca; America; Guadalajara
Top goalscorer	Alfredo Moreno (19 goals)
	← Clausura 2007 Clausura 2008 →

Primera División de México (Mexican First Division) Apertura 2007 is a Mexican football tournament - one of two shorter tournaments that together make up the Mexican football season - to determine the champion(s) of Mexican football. It began on Friday, August 3, 2007. On June 10, 2007, FMF General Secretary Decio de Maria revealed the groups for the upcoming tournament. Reigning champions Pachuca were eliminated in Repechaje by Cruz Azul by a double leg aggragate score of 6-0 (0-2 in the first leg, 4-0 in the second leg) and thus could not retain their title. Puebla was promoted to the Primera División de México after they beat Sinaloa in the ascension final thus, Querétaro was relegated to the Primera División A. This is the first time they are taking part in a Primera División tournament since they were relegated after Clausura 2005. Atlante made the move to Cancún, Quintana Roo, and will play in the Estadio Andrés Quintana Roo after having played in Estádio Azteca for over a decade. At their new home, on December 9, 2007 Atlante won the Apertura 2007 by defeating UNAM Pumas 2-1 after the first game ended 0-0 in Mexico City. It was Atlante's 3rd title.

Final Standings (groups)

Group 1

	Club	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	+/-	Points
1.	Toluca	17	10	4	3	27	16	+11	34
2.	UNAM	17	6	6	5	32	19	+13	24
3.	Pachuca	17	7	3	7	26	23	+3	24
4.	Chiapas	17	3	9	5	22	28	-6	18
5.	Puebla	17	4	5	8	16	24	-8	17
6.	Tecos	17	5	2	10	24	38	-14	17

Group 2

	Club	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	+/-	Points
1.	Santos	17	11	5	1	40	22	+18	38
2.	Atlante	17	9	6	2	32	19	+13	33
3.	América	17	7	5	5	26	22	+4	26
4.	Veracruz	17	5	3	9	20	35	-15	18
5.	Monterrey	17	3	5	9	18	25	-7	14
6.	Atlas	17	3	3	11	23	33	-10	12

Group 3

	Club	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	+/-	Points
1.	Guadalajara	17	9	4	4	28	16	+12	31
2.	San Luis	17	8	5	4	31	30	+1	29
3.	Cruz Azul	17	7	4	6	27	22	+5	25
4.	Morelia	17	6	4	7	20	25	-5	22
5.	Necaxa	17	5	5	7	23	32	-9	20
6.	UANL	17	4	4	9	16	22	-6	16


	Teams directly qualified to the Liguilla
	Teams qualified for the Repechaje

Final Standings (general)

	Club	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	+/-	Points
1.	Santos	17	11	5	1	40	22	+18	38
2.	Toluca	17	10	4	3	27	16	+11	34
3.	Atlante	17	9	6	2	32	19	+13	33
4 .	Guadalajara	17	9	4	4	28	16	+12	31
5.	San Luis	17	8	5	4	31	30	+1	29
6.	América	17	7	5	5	26	22	+4	26
7.	Cruz Azul	17	7	4	6	27	22	+5	25
8.	UNAM	17	6	6	5	32	19	+13	24
9.	Pachuca	17	7	3	7	26	23	+3	24
10.	Morelia	17	6	4	7	20	25	-5	22
11.	Necaxa	17	5	5	7	23	32	-9	20
12.	Chiapas	17	3	9	5	22	28	-6	18
13.	Veracruz	17	5	3	9	20	35	-15	18
14.	Puebla	17	4	5	8	16	24	-8	17
15.	Tecos	17	5	2	10	24	38	-14	17
16.	UANL	17	4	4	9	16	22	-6	16
17.	Monterrey	17	3	5	9	18	25	-7	14
18.	Atlas	17	3	3	11	23	33	-10	12

Top scorers

Pos.	Player	Team	Goals
1	Alfredo Moreno	San Luis	19
2	Giancarlo Maldonado	Atlante	18
	Daniel Ludueña	Santos	18
4	Esteban Solari	UNAM	15
5	Miguel Sabah	Cruz Azul	11
6	Bruno Marioni	Atlas	10
	Vicente Matías Vuoso	Santos	10
8	Salvador Cabañas	América	9
	Vicente Sánchez	Toluca	9
	Hugo Rodallega	Necaxa	9
	Hugo Droguett	Tecos	9

Table Results

	Team	AME	ATE	ATL	CHP	CAZ	GDL	MON	MOR	NEC	PAC	PUE	SAN	SLP	TOL	UANL	TEC	UNAM	VER
1.	América	XXX	1-2	2-1	6-1	2-2	2-1	1-0	1-2	1-0	2-1	0-0	0-4	1-2	1-3	1-1	4-1	1-1	0-0
2.	Atlante	2-1	XXX	2-1	1-1	2-2	1-1	1-1	1-1	0-2	1-2	4-0	2-2	4-3	2-0	3-2	3-0	1-0	2-0
3.	Atlas	1-2	1-2	XXX	0-1	0-2	1-3	2-2	2-0	4-2	0-1	0-1	2-5	1-1	1-1	2-3	3-2	2-3	1-2
4.	Chiapas	1-6	1-1	1-0	XXX	1-1	4-5	0-0	0-0	1-1	0-2	2-1	2-2	2-2	0-0	1-1	1-2	1-2	3-1
5.	Cruz Azul	2-2	2-2	2-0	1-1	XXX	0-1	2-1	1-2	3-0	1-2	1-1	0-2	1-3	3-1	0-1	1-2	2-1	4-1
6.	Guadalajara	1-2	1-1	3-1	5-4	1-0	XXX	1-0	0-1	5-1	2-1	3-0	1-2	0-0	0-1	1-0	0-0	1-1	3-1
7.	Monterrey	0-1	1-1	2-2	0-0	1-2	0-1	XXX	1-2	2-3	3-1	2-0	1-1	2-3	1-1	0-1	0-3	1-0	1-3
8.	Morelia	2-1	1-1	0-2	1-1	2-1	1-0	2-1	XXX	1-1	1-3	2-0	2-3	1-2	0-2	1-0	2-3	0-3	1-1
9.	Necaxa	0-1	2-0	2-4	1-1	0-3	1-5	3-2	1-1	XXX	1-1	2-1	2-3	2-3	0-4	1-0	1-1	1-1	3-1
10.	Pachuca	1-2	2-1	1-0	2-0	2-1	1-2	1-3	3-1	1-1	XXX	0-0	0-1	4-1	1-2	2-3	4-1	1-1	0-3
11.	Puebla	0-0	0-4	1-0	1-2	1-1	0-3	0-2	0-2	1-2	0-0	XXX	1-4	3-0	0-2	3-0	3-0	2-2	0-0
12.	Santos	4-0	2-2	5-2	2-2	2-0	2-1	1-1	3-2	3-2	1-0	4-1	XXX	2-2	3-2	0-0	1-3	3-2	2-0
13.	San Luis	2-1	3-4	1-1	2-2	3-1	0-0	3-2	2-1	3-2	1-4	0-3	2-2	XXX	1-2	0-0	3-2	3-2	2-1
14.	Toluca	3-1	0-2	1-1	0-0	1-3	1-0	1-1	2-0	4-0	2-1	2-0	2-3	2-1	XXX	1-0	3-2	0-0	2-1
15.	UANL	1-1	2-3	3-2	1-1	0-1	0-1	1-0	0-1	0-1	3-2	0-3	0-0	0-0	0-1	XXX	4-0	0-3	1-2
16.	Tecos	1-4	0-3	2-3	2-1	2-1	0-0	3-0	3-2	1-1	1-4	0-3	3-1	2-3	2-3	0-4	XXX	0-2	2-3
17.	UNAM	1-1	0-1	3-2	2-1	1-2	1-1	0-1	3-0	1-1	1-1	2-2	2-3	2-3	0-0	3-0	2-0	XXX	8-0
18.	Veracruz	0-0	0-2	2-1	1-3	1-4	1-3	3-1	1-1	1-3	3-0	0-0	0-2	1-2	1-2	2-1	3-2	0-8	XXX

Stadiums

Stadium	Capacity	Tenant(s)	City
Azteca	115,500	América	Mexico City
Olímpico	75,849	UNAM	Mexico City
Jalisco	62,384	Guadalajara, Atlas	Guadalajara
Cuauhtémoc	46,912	Puebla	Puebla
Universitario	45,100	UANL	Monterrey
Morelos	41,500	Morelia	Morelia
Azul	35,161	Cruz Azul	Mexico City
Hidalgo	33,000	Pachuca	Pachuca
Tecnológico	33,000	Monterrey	Monterrey
Luis "Pirata" Fuente	30,000	Veracruz	Veracruz
Nemesio Díez	29,700	Toluca	Toluca
Victoria	27,500	Necaxa	Aguascalientes
Victor Manuel Reyna	25,000	Chiapas	Tuxtla Gutiérrez
Alfonso Lastras	24,000	San Luis	San Luis Potosí
3 de Marzo	23,000	Tecos	Guadalajara
Corona	22,000	Santos	Torreón
Andrés Quintana Roo	22,000	Atlante	Cancún

Playoffs

Repechaje					Qualifiers

6	América	0	1	1
10	Morelia	3	0	3	10	Morelia
7	Cruz Azul	2	4	6	7	Cruz Azul
9	Pachuca	0	0	0

Quarterfinals					Semifinals					Finals


1	Santos	2	3	5

8	Morelia	0	2	2
					1	Santos	0	4	4

					7	UNAM	3	2	5
3	Toluca	0	1	1

6	UNAM	2	1	3
										7	UNAM	0	1	1

										2	Atlante	0	2	2
4	Guadalajara	1	1	2

5	San Luis	1	0	1
					4	Guadalajara	1	0	1

					2	Atlante	0	1	1
2	Atlante	1	2	3

7	Cruz Azul	0	1	1

Apertura 2007 winners:
Atlante 3rd Title

By winning Apertura 2007, Atlante earned a quarterfinal spot in the 2008 CONCACAF Champions' Cup, along with a berth in the 2008–09 CONCACAF Champions League Group Stage.

By being the Apertura 2007 runner-up, the Pumas earned a berth in the 2008–09 CONCACAF Champions League Preliminary Round.

External links

MedioTiempo.com (where information was obtained)

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