Primera División de México Verano 2002

Primera División de México (Mexican First Division) Verano 2002 was the 2002 edition of the Primera División de México, crowning Mexico's spring champion in football. América won the championship for the ninth time in its history and thus qualified for the CONCACAF Champions' Cup 2003, ending a decade-long trophy-less drought.

Primera División de México
Season2001−02
ChampionsAmérica (9th title)
RelegatedLeón
Champions' CupAmérica
Necaxa
Top goalscorerSebastián Abreu
(19 goals)

Overview
Location of the Primera División Verano 2002 teams
Team City Stadium
América Mexico City Azteca
Atlante Mexico City Azul
Atlas Guadalajara, Jalisco Jalisco
Celaya Celaya, Guanajuato Miguel Alemán Valdés
Cruz Azul Mexico City Azul
Guadalajara Guadalajara, Jalisco Jalisco
La Piedad La Piedad, Michoacán Juan N. López
León León, Guanajuato León
Morelia Morelia, Michoacán Morelos
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
UAG Zapopan, Jalisco Tres de Marzo
UANL San Nicolás de los Garza, Nuevo León Universitario
UNAM Mexico City Olímpico Universitario
Veracruz Veracruz, Veracruz Luis "Pirata" Fuente

Moves

Veracruz bought the place of Irapuato.[1]

Final standings (groups)
Group 1
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Atlas 18 8 6 4 30 28 +2 30 Directly qualified to the Liguilla (Playoffs)
2 Cruz Azul 18 7 6 5 32 29 +3 27 Qualified for the Repechage
3 Guadalajara 18 5 7 6 22 21 +1 22
4 Monterrey 18 5 5 8 21 28 −7 20
5 Celaya 18 5 5 8 19 29 −10 20
Source: MedioTiempo
Group 2
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 La Piedad 18 12 1 5 35 17 +18 37 Directly qualified to the Liguilla (Playoffs)
2 Toluca 18 10 5 3 35 17 +18 35
3 Santos Laguna 18 9 4 5 42 31 +11 31 Qualified for the Repechage
4 Morelia 18 8 5 5 34 25 +9 29
5 Veracruz 18 7 3 8 22 30 −8 24
Source: MedioTiempo
Group 3
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Necaxa 18 7 6 5 34 23 +11 27 Directly qualified to the Liguilla (Playoffs)
2 América 18 7 6 5 27 23 +4 27[lower-alpha 1]
3 Atlante 18 5 5 8 23 29 −6 20
4 UAG 18 2 8 8 25 34 −9 14
5 León 18 2 4 12 17 36 −19 10
Source: MedioTiempo
Notes:
  1. América was qualified directly because of goal difference.
Group 4
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 UNAM 18 9 5 4 30 22 +8 32 Directly qualified to the Liguilla (Playoffs)
2 UANL 18 7 6 5 25 23 +2 27 Qualified for the Repechage
3 Pachuca 18 6 4 8 26 23 +3 22
4 Puebla 18 2 5 11 24 45 −21 11
Source: MedioTiempo

League table
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 La Piedad 18 12 1 5 35 17 +18 37 Directly qualified to the Liguilla (Playoffs)
2 Toluca 18 10 5 3 35 17 +18 35
3 UNAM 18 9 5 4 30 22 +8 32
4 Santos Laguna 18 9 4 5 42 31 +11 31 Qualified for the Repechage
5 Atlas 18 8 6 4 30 28 +2 30 Directly qualified to the Liguilla (Playoffs)
6 Morelia 18 8 5 5 34 25 +9 29 Qualified for the Repechage
7 Necaxa 18 7 6 5 34 23 +11 27 Directly qualified to the Liguilla (Playoffs)
8 América 18 7 6 5 27 23 +4 27
9 Cruz Azul 18 7 6 5 32 29 +3 27 Qualified for the Repechage
10 UANL 18 7 6 5 25 23 +2 27
11 Veracruz 18 7 3 8 22 30 −8 24
12 Guadalajara 18 5 7 6 22 21 +1 22
13 Pachuca 18 6 4 8 26 33 −7 22
14 Atlante 18 5 5 8 23 29 −6 20
15 Monterrey 18 5 5 8 21 28 −7 20
16 Celaya 18 5 5 8 19 29 −10 20
17 UAG 18 2 8 8 25 34 −9 14
18 Puebla 18 2 5 11 24 45 −21 11
19 León 18 2 4 12 17 36 −19 10
Source: MedioTiempo

Results
Home \ Away AME ATE ATS CEL CAZ GDL LAP LEO MTY MOR NEC PAC PUE SAN TOL UAG UNL UNM VER
América — – 0–1 – – 2–3 2–1 – 4–2 1–1 0–0 – – 2–2 – – 3–1 0–0 –
Atlante 0–1 — 2–3 – – 0–0 0–1 – 2–0 – 1–1 – 3–3 2–1 – – 2–1 1–1 –
Atlas – – — – – 1–1 2–0 – 5–1 2–0 1–3 3–1 – 3–3 – – – 2–1 1–1
Celaya 2–2 2–1 0–0 — – – 0–4 – 0–1 – 2–2 – 1–3 – – 2–0 1–0 3–4 –
Cruz Azul 2–0 3–1 4–2 1–0 — – 1–5 3–1 – – – – – – 2–2 3–1 2–3 – –
Guadalajara – – – 2–0 3–0 — – 2–2 – 0–1 – 1–2 4–0 0–0 0–3 – – – 1–2
La Piedad – – – – – 1–1 — – 1–0 1–2 3–1 2–1 – 1–0 – – – 3–1 2–0
León 0–1 2–1 1–1 1–1 – – 2–1 — – – – – 2–3 – 0–2 0–0 2–3 2–4 –
Monterrey – – – – 1–1 3–0 – 4–1 — 0–3 – 1–0 1–1 2–3 1–1 – – – 0–0
Morelia – 2–3 – 2–0 1–3 – – 2–0 – — – 4–1 5–2 – 0–0 2–2 – – 2–2
Necaxa – – – – 1–1 0–1 – 2–0 3–1 1–2 — 3–0 3–0 4–1 – – – – 3–0
Pachuca 3–2 1–2 – 1–1 2–1 – – 2–1 – – – — – – 1–2 2–2 – – 3–2
Puebla 1–2 – 1–1 – 2–2 – 2–4 – – – – 1–2 — – – – 1–1 1–2 1–2
Santos Laguna – – – 4–1 2–2 – – 3–0 – 4–3 0–1 3–2 3–0 — – 3–2 – – 5–1
Toluca 2–1 0–0 5–1 0–1 – – 3–1 – – – 3–1 – – – — 2–2 3–1 0–2 –
UAG 2–2 4–0 1–2 – – 1–1 0–2 – 2–3 – 3–3 – 2–1 – – — 1–1 0–3 –
UANL – – 3–0 – – 1–0 0–2 – 0–0 1–1 3–3 1–1 – 2–1 – – — 1–0 –
UNAM – – – – 0–0 2–2 – – 1–0 2–1 1–0 1–1 – 3–4 – – – — 2–1
Veracruz 0–2 3–2 – 1–2 2–1 – – 1–0 – – – – – – 2–1 2–0 0–2 – —
Updated to match(es) played on 27 April 2002. Source: RSSSF
Legend: 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 Uruguay Sebastian Abreu Cruz Azul 19
2 Paraguay José Cardozo Toluca 14
3 Mexico Jared Borgetti Santos Laguna 13
Brazil Claudinho La Piedad
5 Argentina José Luis Calderón Atlas 11
Uruguay Martín Rodríguez Veracruz
7 Brazil Alex Fernandes Morelia 10
8 Mexico Héctor Altamirano Santos Laguna 9
9 Chile Reinaldo Navia UAG 8
Chile Iván Zamorano América

Source: MedioTiempo

Playoffs

Repechage
Cruz Azul1–2Morelia
Abreu  56' (pen.) Report Alex 15'
C. Morales  45'
Morelia3–2Cruz Azul
Íñiguez  54'
Noriega  59', 85' (pen.)		 Report Zepeda 41'
Abreu 48'

Morelia won 5–3 on aggregate.

UANL2–2Santos Laguna
Enílton 45'
Thomas 90' (pen.)		 Report Lillingston 25'
Gallaga  72'
Santos Laguna1–1UANL
Altamirano 87' (pen.) Report Thomas 12'
Referee: Antonio Marrufo (Chihuahua)

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

Bracket
Quarterfinals Semifinals Finals
               
4 Santos Laguna (s) 1 2 3
5 Atlas 2 1 3
4 Santos Laguna 0 0 0
7 Necaxa 1 0 1
2 Toluca 0 0 0
7 Necaxa 1 2 3
7 Necaxa 2 0 2
8 América (a.s.d.e.t.) 0 3 3
3 UNAM 3 1 4
6 Morelia 1 0 1
3 UNAM 0 1 1
8 América 0 2 2
1 La Piedad 1 1 2
8 América 3 3 6

Quarterfinals
Atlas2–1Santos Laguna
Calderón 25', 27' Report Gomes 15' (pen.)
Referee: José Abramo Lira (Nuevo León)
Santos Laguna2–1Atlas
Caniza  73'
Lillingston  89'		 Report Pajuelo  82'

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

Necaxa1–0Toluca
Sosa 10' Report
Referee: Gilberto Alcalá Pineda (Mexico City)
Toluca0–2Necaxa
Report Zague 80'
Castro 90+4'
Referee: Eduardo Brizio Carter (Mexico City)

Necaxa won 3–0 on aggregate.

Morelia1–3UNAM
Alex 74' Report Müller 19'
López 75', 77'
UNAM1–0Morelia
Márquez Lugo  30' Report

UNAM won 4–1 on aggregate.

América3–1La Piedad
Patiño 16'
Ríos 40'
Castillo  90'		 Report Medina  83'
Referee: José de Jesús Robles
La Piedad1–3América
Medina 58' Report Patiño 17'
Ortíz  29'
Mendoza 56'
Referee: Antonio Marrufo (Chihuahua)

América won 6–2 on aggregate.

Semifinals
Necaxa1–0Santos Laguna
Sosa 19' Report
Referee: Antonio Marrufo (Chihuahua)
Santos Laguna0–0Necaxa
Report

Necaxa won 1–0 on aggregate.

América0–0UNAM
Report
UNAM1–2América
Müller 43' Report España 6' (o.g.)
Patiño 67'

América won 2–1 on aggregate.

Finals
América0–2Necaxa
Report Ruiz  12'
Zague 42'
Necaxa0–3 (a.e.t.)América
Report Patiño 58'
Zamorano  62'
Castillo gold-colored soccer ball 107'

América won 3–2 on aggregate.

 Verano 2002 winners 
América
9th title

Relegation

Relegation table
Pos. Team Pts. Pld. Ave.
15. Puebla 121 104 1.1634
16. Veracruz 81 70 1.1571
17. Atlante 113 104 1.0865
18. Celaya 108 104 1.0384
19. León 103 104 0.9903

Relegation playoff

The Mexican Football Federation decided to increase the number of teams in the Primera División to 20 participants, so it was decided to play a promotion series between León, the last place in the Primera División relegation table, and Veracruz, Primera 'A' season runner-up. Finally, Veracruz was the winner, and the team was promoted to Primera División and León was relegated to Primera 'A'.[2]

Veracruz3–1León
Casartelli 13', 44'
Juárez 61'		 Report Toledano 77'
León0–0Veracruz
Report

Veracruz won 3–1 on aggregate.

After Veracruz Team in Primera A won the promotion, there was already two teams in Veracruz with the same name, for that reason, the owners decided to transfer the team promoted to Tuxtla Gutiérrez, where it was renamed as Jaguares de Chiapas.[3]

References
  1. León, Kathya (14 January 2002). "Veracruz-Irapuato Y Usted...¿a cuál le va?". Mediotiempo (in Spanish). Retrieved 17 April 2019.
  2. Calderón, Carlos (28 April 2012). "León, el dramático descenso" (in Spanish). Mediotiempo. Retrieved 18 April 2019.
  3. "Jaguares y sus múltiples dueños". Mediotiempo (in Spanish). 12 April 2016. Retrieved 18 April 2019.
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