1996–97 Mexican Primera División season

The following are statistics of Mexico's Primera División for the 1996–97 season.

Primera División de México
Season1996–97
Champions
RelegatedPachuca
Champions' Cup
CONCACAF Cup Winners Cup
Matches played306
Goals scored993 (3.25 per match)
Top goalscorer

Overview

Teams
Location of the 1996-97 Primera División teams
Team City Stadium
América Mexico City Azteca
Atlante Mexico City Azteca
Atlas Guadalajara, Jalisco Jalisco
Atlético Morelia Morelia, Michoacán Morelos
Celaya Celaya, Guanajuato Miguel Alemán Valdés
Cruz Azul Mexico City Azul
Guadalajara Guadalajara, Jalisco Jalisco
León León, Guanajuato León
Monterrey Monterrey, Nuevo León Tecnológico
Necaxa Mexico City Azteca
Pachuca Pachuca, Hidalgo Hidalgo
Puebla Puebla, Puebla Cuauhtémoc
Santos Laguna Torreón, Coahuila Corona
Toluca Toluca, State of Mexico Nemesio Díez
Toros Neza Nezahualcóyotl, State of Mexico Neza 86
UAG Zapopan, Jalisco Tres de Marzo
UNAM Mexico City Olímpico Universitario
Veracruz Veracruz, Veracruz Luis "Pirata" Fuente

Torneo Invierno 1996

Primera División de México (Mexican First Division) Invierno 1996 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, August 9, 1996, and ran until November 24, when the regular season ended. In the final Santos defeated Necaxa and became champions for the 1st time.

Final standings (groups)
Group 1
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Atlante 17 12 2 3 30 11 +19 38 Directly qualified to the Liguilla (Playoffs)
2 Puebla 17 9 4 4 32 22 +10 31
3 Toros Neza 17 8 0 9 30 36 −6 24 Qualified for the Repechage
4 Cruz Azul 17 5 5 7 26 26 0 20
5 Veracruz 17 4 6 7 14 21 −7 18
Source: MedioTiempo
Group 2
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Necaxa 17 8 5 4 24 19 +5 29 Directly qualified to the Liguilla (Playoffs)
2 León 17 5 8 4 24 19 +5 23 Qualified for the Repechage
3 América 17 4 5 8 24 27 −3 17
4 Pachuca 17 3 6 8 25 36 −11 15
5 Atlético Morelia 17 3 3 11 20 31 −11 12
Source: MedioTiempo
Group 3
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Guadalajara 17 9 4 4 33 19 +14 31 Directly qualified to the Liguilla (Playoffs)
2 Toluca 17 9 3 5 26 15 +11 30
3 Atlas 17 6 8 3 28 26 +2 26 Qualified for the Repechage
4 UNAM 17 4 6 7 23 27 −4 18
Source: MedioTiempo
Group 4
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Santos Laguna 17 10 4 3 21 15 +6 34 Directly qualified to the Liguilla (Playoffs)
2 Monterrey 17 5 4 8 15 21 −6 19 Qualified for the Repechage
3 UAG 17 5 3 9 20 30 −10 18
4 Celaya 17 5 2 10 19 33 −14 17
Source: MedioTiempo

League table
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Atlante 17 12 2 3 30 11 +19 38 Advance to Liguilla (Playoffs)
2 Santos Laguna (C) 17 10 4 3 21 15 +6 34
3 Guadalajara 17 9 4 4 33 19 +14 31
4 Puebla 17 9 4 4 32 22 +10 31
5 Toluca 17 9 3 5 26 15 +11 30
6 Necaxa 17 8 5 4 24 19 +5 29
7 Atlas 17 6 8 3 28 26 +2 26 Advance to Repechage
8 Toros Neza 17 8 0 9 30 36 −6 24
9 León 17 5 8 4 24 19 +5 23
10 Cruz Azul 17 5 5 7 26 26 0 20
11 Monterrey 17 5 4 8 15 21 −6 19 Advance to Repechage
12 UNAM 17 4 6 7 23 27 −4 18
13 Veracruz 17 4 6 7 14 21 −7 18
14 UAG 17 5 3 9 20 30 −10 18
15 América 17 4 5 8 24 27 −3 17
16 Celaya 17 5 2 10 19 33 −14 17
17 Pachuca 17 3 6 8 25 36 −11 15 Team is last in Relegation table
18 Atlético Morelia 17 3 3 11 20 31 −11 12
Source: Liga MX
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Number of goals scored; 4) Head-to-head results between tied teams; 5) Number of goals scored away; 6) Highest relegation coefficient; 7) Fair Play points
(C) Champion.

Results
Home \ Away AME ATE ATS ATM CEL CAZ GDL LEO MTY NEC PAC PUE SAN TOL TRN UAG UNM VER
América — 1–2 – 5–1 – 2–1 – – 2–0 1–1 – – – 1–2 – 2–2 2–2 –
Atlante – — 1–1 2–0 6–0 3–1 – 1–0 – – – – – – – 1–0 – 3–0
Atlas 2–1 – — – 2–1 – 2–2 – – – 5–1 2–2 1–1 1–1 – – 2–2 –
Atlético Morelia – – 1–2 — 1–2 – 1–4 1–1 – – 3–0 – – – 2–1 – – 0–2
Celaya 0–2 – – – — – 3–0 – 0–0 1–2 3–2 0–1 0–2 – – – 0–1 –
Cruz Azul – – 4–1 1–1 2–3 — – 2–2 – – 1–2 3–1 – – 3–0 – – 0–0
Guadalajara 5–0 1–0 – – – 1–0 — – 3–1 2–3 – – – 2–1 – 4–1 2–0 –
León 2–2 – 1–1 – 4–1 – 0–0 — – – – 1–1 3–0 – 2–3 – – 2–1
Monterrey – 0–1 0–0 0–3 – 1–0 – 1–0 — – – – 0–1 – 5–1 2–1 – 2–1
Necaxa – 1–2 0–2 2–1 – 3–3 – 0–0 3–0 — – – 0–1 – 2–0 1–0 – –
Pachuca 2–2 1–2 – – – – 0–2 – 2–2 2–2 — 3–4 – 3–0 – – – –
Puebla 1–0 2–3 – – – – 1–1 – 1–0 1–2 – — – 2–1 – 5–2 2–1 –
Santos Laguna 1–0 1–0 – 2–1 – 0–2 – – – – 2–1 1–0 — – – 1–2 – –
Toluca – 0–0 – 1–0 – 4–0 – 2–3 – 2–0 – – 0–2 — 1–0 5–0 – –
Toros Neza 2–1 – 6–2 – 1–2 – 2–1 – – – 5–2 0–3 2–3 – — – 2–6 2–0
UAG – – 0–1 1–0 5–2 1–1 – 0–1 – – 1–1 – – – 1–2 — – 1–0
UNAM – 1–3 – 3–2 – 1–2 – 1–0 1–1 0–1 – – 2–2 0–3 – 1–2 — –
Veracruz 1–0 – – – 1–1 – 3–2 – – 1–1 0–1 0–3 0–0 1–1 – – 1–1 —
Updated to match(es) played on 24 November 1996. Source: RSSSF
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Top goalscorers

Players sorted first by goals scored, then by last name. Only regular season goals listed.

Rank Player Club Goals
1 Carlos Muñoz Puebla 15
2 Gabriel García Guadalajara 13
Carlos Hermosillo Cruz Azul
Lorenzo Sáez Pachuca
5 Zague Atlante 10
Nildeson Toros Neza
7 Jared Borgetti Santos Laguna 9
8 Cristian Domizzi UNAM 8
Luis García América
Marco Antonio Figueroa Atlético Morelia
Tita León

Source: MedioTiempo

Playoffs

Repechage
León1–2Toros Neza
Tita  64' Report
Referee: Pascual Rebolledo (Veracruz)
Toros Neza2–1León
 Report Torres  20'

Toros Neza won 4–2 on aggregate.

Monterrey1–5Atlas
Castillo  88' Report
Referee: Eduardo Brizio Carter (Mexico City)
Atlas1–2Monterrey
Duana  57' (pen.) Report
Referee: León Padró Borja (Guanajuato)

Atlas won 6–3 on aggregate.

Bracket
  Quarterfinals Semifinals Finals
                                         
2 Santos Laguna 1 3 4  
7 Atlas 1 1 2  
  2 Santos Laguna 2 3 5  
  8 Toros Neza 0 2 2  
1 Atlante 0 2 2
8 Toros Neza 4 5 9  
  2 Santos Laguna 0 4 4
  6 Necaxa 1 2 3
4 Puebla 0 2 2  
5 Toluca 1 0 1  
  4 Puebla 1 3 4
  6 Necaxa 3 4 7  
3 Guadalajara 0 2 2
6 Necaxa 2 1 3  

Quarterfinals
Toros Neza4–0Atlante
 Report
Atlante2–5Toros Neza
 Report
Referee: Eduardo Brizio Carter (Mexico City)

Toros Neza won 9–2 on aggregate.

Atlas1–1Santos Laguna
Larrosa  88' Report Borgetti  26'
Referee: Gilberto Alcalá Pineda (Mexico City)
Santos Laguna3–1Atlas
 Report Duana  39'

Santos Laguna won 4–2 on aggregate.

Necaxa2–0Guadalajara
 Report
Referee: Pascual Rebolledo (Veracruz)
Guadalajara2–1Necaxa
 Report Aguinaga  76' (pen.)

Necaxa won 3–2 on aggregate.

Toluca1–2Puebla
Rangel  43' Report
  • Blanco  46' (o.g.)
  • Marquinho  66'
Referee: Antonio Marrufo (Chihuahua)
Puebla0–0Toluca
Report
Referee: León Padró Borja (Guanajuato)

Puebla won 2–1 on aggregate.

Semifinals
Toros Neza0–2Santos Laguna
Report
Referee: Pascual Rebolledo (Veracruz)
Santos Laguna3–2Toros Neza
Borgetti  30', 61', 79' Report

Santos Laguna won 5–2 on aggregate.

Necaxa3–2Puebla
 Report
  • Marquinho  37'
  • Muñoz  51'
Puebla1–4Necaxa
Guzmán  13' Report

Necaxa won 7–3 on aggregate.

Finals
Necaxa1–0Santos Laguna
Galindo  77' (o.g.) Report
Referee: Gilberto Alcalá Pineda (Mexico City)
Santos Laguna4–2Necaxa
 Report

Santos Laguna won 4–3 on aggregate.

 Invierno 1996 winners 
Santos Laguna
1st title

Torneo Verano 1997

Primera División de México (Mexican First Division) Verano 1997 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 Saturday, January 11, 1997, and ran until May 4, when the regular season ended. In the final Guadalajara defeated Toros Neza and became champions for the 10th time.

Final standings (groups)
Group 1
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Toros Neza 17 9 3 5 40 32 +8 30 Directly qualified to the Liguilla (Playoffs)
2 Atlante 17 8 4 5 23 19 +4 28
3 Cruz Azul 17 7 4 6 21 24 −3 25
4 Puebla 17 4 8 5 15 18 −3 20
5 Veracruz 17 2 4 11 17 31 −14 10
Source: MedioTiempo
Group 2
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 América 17 11 4 2 27 12 +15 37 Directly qualified to the Liguilla (Playoffs)
2 Necaxa 17 8 4 5 33 20 +13 28
3 Atlético Morelia 17 6 7 4 26 23 +3 25 Qualified for the Repechage
4 León 17 5 8 4 21 18 +3 23
5 Pachuca 17 5 2 10 24 32 −8 17
Source: MedioTiempo
Group 3
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Guadalajara 17 9 7 1 27 16 +11 34 Directly qualified to the Liguilla (Playoffs)
2 UNAM 17 8 3 6 25 26 −1 27
3 Toluca 17 5 6 6 26 21 +5 21
4 Atlas 17 4 4 9 23 36 −13 16
Source: MedioTiempo
Group 4
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Santos Laguna 17 8 2 7 27 28 −1 26 Directly qualified to the Liguilla (Playoffs)
2 UAG 17 5 5 7 26 24 +2 20 Qualified for the Repechage
3 Monterrey 17 5 3 9 25 38 −13 18
4 Celaya 17 2 6 9 20 28 −8 12
Source: MedioTiempo

League table
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 América 17 11 4 2 27 12 +15 37 Advance to Liguilla (Playoffs)
2 Guadalajara (C) 17 9 7 1 27 16 +11 34
3 Toros Neza 17 9 3 5 40 32 +8 30
4 Necaxa 17 8 4 5 33 20 +13 28
5 Atlante 17 8 4 5 23 19 +4 28
6 UNAM 17 8 3 6 25 26 −1 27
7 Santos Laguna 17 8 2 7 27 28 −1 26
8 Atlético Morelia 17 6 7 4 26 23 +3 25 Advance to Repechage
9 Cruz Azul 17 7 4 6 21 24 −3 25
10 León 17 5 8 4 21 18 +3 23
11 Toluca 17 5 6 6 26 21 +5 21
12 UAG 17 5 5 7 26 24 +2 20 Advance to Repechage
13 Puebla 17 4 8 5 15 18 −3 20
14 Monterrey 17 5 3 9 25 38 −13 18
15 Pachuca 17 5 2 10 24 32 −8 17 Team is last in Relegation table
16 Atlas 17 4 4 9 23 36 −13 16
17 Celaya 17 2 6 9 20 28 −8 12
18 Veracruz 17 2 4 11 17 31 −14 10
Source: Liga MX
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Number of goals scored; 4) Head-to-head results between tied teams; 5) Number of goals scored away; 6) Highest relegation coefficient; 7) Fair Play points
(C) Champion.

Results
Home \ Away AME ATE ATS ATM CEL CAZ GDL LEO MTY NEC PAC PUE SAN TOL TRN UAG UNM VER
América — – 3–0 – 4–0 – 0–0 3–2 – – 1–0 2–0 2–1 – 1–1 – – 2–1
Atlante 0–1 — – – – – 1–3 – 2–0 1–1 3–0 1–0 3–2 3–2 – – 0–1 –
Atlas – 2–0 — 1–2 – 2–2 – 1–1 3–3 0–2 – – – – 1–4 6–4 – –
Atlético Morelia 1–1 1–1 – — – 1–0 – – 4–1 2–1 – – 2–2 1–1 – 1–2 2–1 –
Celaya – 0–0 3–0 0–1 — 1–1 – 0–0 – – – – – – 2–2 1–1 – 1–1
Cruz Azul 2–1 1–1 – – – — 1–1 – 2–1 1–4 – – 2–0 3–2 – 0–3 0–1 –
Guadalajara – – 2–2 2–1 3–2 – — 1–1 – – 2–0 1–1 1–1 – 2–0 – – 1–0
León – 1–2 – 0–0 – 3–0 – — 0–0 2–1 – – – 1–1 – 1–0 2–1 –
Monterrey 0–1 – – – 1–0 – 1–2 – — 3–2 5–4 4–2 – 1–4 – – 2–2 –
Necaxa 1–2 – – – 2–1 – 1–1 – – — 2–1 1–1 – 1–1 – – 3–0 4–0
Pachuca – – 1–0 2–2 1–3 1–3 – 0–2 – – — – 3–1 – 4–1 2–1 – 3–2
Puebla – – 1–2 2–1 2–1 1–0 – 1–1 – – 1–0 — 1–2 – 1–1 – – 0–0
Santos Laguna – – 2–1 – 3–2 – – 3–2 1–2 1–3 – – — 2–1 2–0 – 2–0 2–0
Toluca 1–2 – 4–0 – 2–0 – 1–2 – – – 1–1 0–0 – — – – 1–0 2–1
Toros Neza – 1–2 – 4–2 – 1–2 – 4–2 5–1 3–2 – – – 2–1 — 3–2 – –
UAG 0–0 1–2 – – – – 1–2 – 3–0 0–2 – 0–0 3–0 1–1 – — 2–2 –
UNAM 2–1 – 1–0 – 4–3 – 2–1 – – – 2–1 1–1 – – 2–3 – — 3–2
Veracruz – 2–1 1–2 2–2 – 0–1 – 0–0 1–0 – – – – – 3–5 1–2 – —
Updated to match(es) played on 4 May 1997. Source: RSSSF
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Top goalscorers

Players sorted first by goals scored, then by last name. Only regular season goals listed.

Rank Player Club Goals
1 Gabriel Caballero Santos Laguna 12
Lorenzo Sáez Pachuca
3 Cristian Domizzi UNAM 11
4 Claudinho Atlético Morelia 10
5 Marco Antonio Figueroa Atlético Morelia 9
Gustavo Nápoles Guadalajara
7 David Embe UAG 8
Carlos Hermosillo Cruz Azul
Rodrigo Ruiz Toros Neza
10 Luis García América 7
Francisco Palencia Cruz Azul
Christian Torres León
Sergio Zárate Necaxa

Source: MedioTiempo

Playoffs

Repechage
UAG2–0Atlético Morelia
 Report
Atlético Morelia4–0UAG
  • Figueroa  50', 83'
  • Juárez  60'
  • Claudinho  70'
 Report

Morelia won 4–2 on aggregate.

Bracket
  Quarterfinals Semifinals Finals
                                         
2 Guadalajara 1 5 6  
7 Santos Laguna 1 0 1  
  2 Guadalajara (s) 0 1 1  
  8 Atlético Morelia 1 0 1  
1 América 0 1 1
8 Atlético Morelia 1 3 4  
  1 Guadalajara 1 6 7
  3 Toros Neza 1 1 2
3 Toros Neza 3 1 4  
5 UNAM 1 2 3  
  3 Toros Neza 1 3 4
  4 Necaxa 2 1 3  
4 Necaxa (s) 0 3 3
5 Atlante 2 1 3  

Quarterfinals
Santos Laguna1–1Guadalajara
Caballero  18' Report Ramírez  50'
Referee: León Padró Borja (Guanajuato)
Guadalajara5–0Santos Laguna
  • Vázquez  19', 57'
  • Zárate  29'
  • Arreola  80', 89'
 Report

Guadalajara won 6–1 on aggregate.

Atlético Morelia1–0América
Juárez  88' Report
Referee: Gilberto Alcalá Pineda (Mexico City)
América1–3Atlético Morelia
García  18' (pen.) Report
  • Claudinho  40'
  • Soto  68'
  • Juárez  75'

Atlético Morelia won 4–1 on aggregate.

UNAM1–3Toros Neza
Sancho  89' Report
Referee: Antonio Marrufo (Chihuahua)
Toros Neza1–2UNAM
Mohamed  68' Report Sancho  80', 87'
Referee: Gilberto Alcalá Pineda (Mexico City)

Toros Neza won 4–3 on aggregate.

Atlante2–0Necaxa
Zague  36', 56' Report
Referee: Pascual Rebolledo (Veracruz)
Necaxa3–1Atlante
 Report Ubaldi  52'

3–3 on aggregate. Necaxa advanced for being the higher seeded team.

Semifinals
Atlético Morelia1–0Guadalajara
Morales  54' Report
Guadalajara1–0Atlético Morelia
Chávez  80' Report

1–1 on aggregate. Guadalajara advanced for being the higher seeded team.

Necaxa2–1Toros Neza
 Report Lussenhoff  54'
Referee: León Padró Borja (Guanajuato)
Toros Neza3–1Necaxa
 Report García Aspe  34' (pen.)

Toros Neza won 4–3 on aggregate.

Finals
Toros Neza1–1Guadalajara
Briseño  79' Report Martínez  26'
Guadalajara6–1Toros Neza
 Report Arangio  79'

Guadalajara won 7–2 on aggregate.

 Verano 1997 winners 
Guadalajara
10th title

Relegation table
Pos. Team Pts. Pld. Ave.
14 Puebla 119 104 1.1442
15 Toluca 116 104 1.1153
16 Veracruz 113 104 1.0865
17 Atlético Morelia 103 104 0.9903
18 Pachuca 32 34 0.9411

References
  1. http://www.rsssf.com/tablesc/ca2.html
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