Primera División de México Apertura 2002

Primera División de México
Season	2002−03
Champions	Toluca (7th title)
Champions' Cup	Toluca; Morelia
Copa Libertadores	UNAM; Cruz Azul
Top goalscorer	José Cardozo; (29 goals)
	← Verano 2002 Clausura 2003 →

Primera División de México (Mexican First Division) Apertura 2002 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, August 3, 2002, and ran until November 24, when the regular season ended. San Luis, Chiapas and Querétaro were promoted to the Primera División de México thus, Léon and La Piedad were relegated to the Primera División A, allowing 20 teams to compete in the Mexican First Division. On December 21, Toluca defeated Morelia and became champions for the seventh time.

Clubs

The number of participants in the league was expanded to 20 teams.
La Piedad was moved to Querétaro and was renamed as Gallos Blancos de Querétaro.^[1]
Veracruz was promoted from Primera 'A', however, another team with the same name and venue already existed, so the promoted team was moved to Tuxtla Gutiérrez and was renamed as Jaguares de Chiapas.^[2]
San Luis was promoted from Primera 'A'.^[3]
Atlante F.C. was moved from Mexico City to Ciudad Nezahualcóyotl.^[4]

Stadiums and Locations

Mexico City

Atlas
Guadalajara
UAG

Greater Mexico City teams
América

Atlante

Cruz Azul

Necaxa

UNAM

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Location of the Primera División Apertura 2002 teams

Team	Location	Stadium	Capacity
América	Mexico City	Estadio Azteca	87,523
Atlante	Ciudad Nezahualcóyotl, State of Mexico	Estadio Neza 86	20,000
Atlas	Guadalajara, Jalisco	Estadio Jalisco	55,110
Celaya	Celaya, Guanajuato	Estadio Miguel Alemán Valdés	23,182
Chiapas	Tuxtla Gutiérrez, Chiapas	Estadio Víctor Manuel Reyna	29,001
Cruz Azul	Mexico City	Estadio Azul	33,000
Guadalajara	Guadalajara, Jalisco	Estadio Jalisco	55,110
Monterrey	Monterrey, Nuevo León	Estadio Tecnológico	36,485
Morelia	Morelia, Michoacán	Estadio Morelos	35,000
Necaxa	Mexico City	Estadio Azteca	87,523
Pachuca	Pachuca, Hidalgo	Estadio Hidalgo	27,512
Puebla	Puebla City, Puebla	Estadio Cuauhtémoc	42,649
Querétaro	Querétaro City, Querétaro	Estadio Corregidora	33,162
San Luis	San Luis Potosí City, San Luis Potosí	Estadio Alfonso Lastras	30,000
Santos Laguna	Torreón, Coahuila	Estadio Corona	20,100
Toluca	Toluca, State of Mexico	Estadio Nemesio Díez	27,000
UAG	Zapopan, Jalisco	Estadio Tres de Marzo	18,779
UANL	San Nicolás de los Garza, Nuevo León	Estadio Universitario	72,000
UNAM	Mexico City	Estadio Olímpico Universitario	41,615
Veracruz	Boca del Río, Veracruz	Estadio Luis "Pirata" Fuente	28,703

Personnel and kits

Team	Manager	Captain	Kit manufacturer	Shirt sponsor
América	Mario Carrillo	Pável Pardo	Nike	Coca-Cola
Atlante	Miguel Herrera	Damián Grosso	Garcis	Pegaso
Atlas	Enrique Meza		Nike	Coca-Cola/Omnilife
Celaya	Carlos Trucco		Keuka	Lala
Chiapas	Salvador Capitano	Sergio Almaguer	Atletica	Farmacias del Ahorro
Cruz Azul	José Luis Trejo	Óscar Pérez	Umbro	Cemento Cruz Azul
Guadalajara	Daniel Guzmán		Atletica	Cemento Tolteca
Monterrey	Daniel Passarella	Jesús Arellano	Atletica	Bimbo
Morelia	Rubén Omar Romano	Darío Franco	Atletica	LG
Necaxa	Raúl Arias		Atletica	Bimbo
Pachuca	Alfredo Tena		Atletica	Cemento Cruz Azul
Puebla	Gustavo Vargas		Atletica	Volkswagen
Querétaro	Mario Zanabria		Marval	Kellogg's
San Luis	Juan Antonio Luna		Atletica	Bimbo
Santos Laguna	Sergio Bueno	Jared Borgetti	Atletica	Soriana
Toluca	Ricardo La Volpe	Salvador Carmona	Atletica	Banamex
UAG	Julio César Uribe		Atletica	Ocho Columnas
UANL	Ricardo Ferretti		Atletica	Cemento Monterrey
UNAM	Hugo Sánchez		Lotto	Banamex
Veracruz	Hugo Fernández		Spalding	Gigante

Regular phase

Group 1
Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	América	19	13	4	2	34	14	+20	43	Directly qualified to the Liguilla (Playoffs)
2	Toluca	19	12	5	2	55	25	+30	41	Directly qualified to the Liguilla (Playoffs)
3	Atlas	19	7	1	11	28	31	−3	22
4	Puebla	19	6	4	9	23	29	−6	22
5	Celaya	19	5	6	8	24	32	−8	21

Source: MedioTiempo

Group 2
Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	UNAM	19	10	3	6	39	35	+4	33	Directly qualified to the Liguilla (Playoffs)
2	UAG	19	8	5	6	26	29	−3	29	Directly qualified to the Liguilla (Playoffs)
3	UANL	19	6	5	8	32	33	−1	23
4	Monterrey	19	5	7	7	18	20	−2	22
5	Pachuca	19	2	9	8	21	35	−14	15

Source: MedioTiempo

Group 3
Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Morelia	19	9	5	5	35	23	+12	32	Directly qualified to the Liguilla (Playoffs)
2	Cruz Azul	19	7	7	5	30	26	+4	28	Directly qualified to the Liguilla (Playoffs)
3	Necaxa	19	8	2	9	28	32	−4	26
4	San Luis	19	6	6	7	31	28	+3	24
5	Chiapas	19	3	7	9	19	34	−15	16

Source: MedioTiempo

Group 4
Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Guadalajara	19	6	9	4	28	29	−1	27	Directly qualified to the Liguilla (Playoffs)
2	Santos Laguna	19	7	5	7	30	28	+2	26	Directly qualified to the Liguilla (Playoffs)
3	Atlante	19	6	7	6	31	33	−2	25
4	Querétaro	19	6	5	8	28	34	−6	23
5	Veracruz	19	4	6	9	30	40	−10	18

Source: MedioTiempo

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	América	19	13	4	2	34	14	+20	43	Directly qualified to the Liguilla (Playoffs)
2	Toluca	19	12	5	2	55	25	+30	41
3	UNAM	19	10	3	6	39	35	+4	33
4	Morelia	19	9	5	5	35	23	+12	32
5	UAG	19	8	5	6	26	29	−3	29
6	Cruz Azul	19	7	7	5	30	26	+4	28
7	Guadalajara	19	6	9	4	28	29	−1	27
8	Santos Laguna	19	7	5	7	30	28	+2	26
9	Necaxa	19	8	2	9	28	32	−4	26
10	Atlante	19	6	7	6	31	33	−2	25
11	San Luis	19	6	6	7	31	28	+3	24
12	UANL	19	6	5	8	32	33	−1	23
13	Querétaro	19	6	5	8	28	34	−6	23
14	Monterrey	19	5	7	7	18	20	−2	22
15	Atlas	19	7	1	11	28	31	−3	22
16	Puebla	19	6	4	9	23	29	−6	22
17	Celaya	19	5	6	8	24	32	−8	21
18	Veracruz	19	4	6	9	30	40	−10	18
19	Chiapas	19	3	7	9	19	34	−15	16
20	Pachuca	19	2	9	8	21	35	−14	15

Source: MedioTiempo

Results

Home \ Away	AME	ATE	ATS	CEL	CHI	CAZ	GDL	MTY	MOR	NEC	PAC	PUE	QRO	SNL	SAN	TOL	UAG	UNL	UNM	VER
América	—	–	–	–	0–0	–	–	–	1–1	2–1	3–0	–	3–1	2–1	–	1–2	2–1	–	–	5–1
Atlante	1–4	—	–	4–2	–	2–0	0–0	–	2–1	–	–	–	2–1	–	3–1	2–3	–	2–2	–	4–1
Atlas	3–2	2–1	—	–	–	3–2	1–2	1–2	–	–	–	–	2–5	–	1–2	–	–	1–0	6–0	–
Celaya	0–1	–	2–1	—	2–2	–	–	1–0	1–1	–	–	0–3	2–0	–	–	2–2	–	–	0–1	1–1
Chiapas	–	1–1	1–2		—	1–2	1–1	0–0	–	–	–	2–0	–	–	2–0	–	–	1–3	0–2	–
Cruz Azul	1–1	–	–	1–1	–	—	–	–	1–3	2–1	3–2	–	1–1	0–1	–	1–1	1–2	–	–	5–1
Guadalajara	0–1	–	–	3–2	–	1–1	—	–	1–0	0–0	–	–	2–4	1–1	–	3–3	–	4–0	–	2–1
Monterrey	0–0	2–0	–	–	–	1–1	0–2	—	–	–	–	–	2–0	–	0–0	3–1	–	1–1	1–2	–
Morelia	–	–	2–0	–	2–0	–	–	2–0	—	6–0	1–1	2–0	–	3–2	–	–	1–0	–	2–2	–
Necaxa	–	3–0	2–3	0–2	3–1	–	–	2–1	–	—	0–2	2–0	–	3–2	–	–	1–1	–	1–0	–
Pachuca	–	1–1	1–1	0–2	–	–	1–1	1–3	–	–	—	1–1	3–3	–	0–0	–	0–2	–	0–3	–
Puebla	0–1	1–1	2–1	–	–	1–2	1–1	2–1	–	–	–	—	–	–	3–1	–	–	2–1	0–1	–
Querétaro	–	–	–	–	3–3	–	–	–	1–0	1–3	2–1	1–3	—	0–0	–	0–2	2–0	–	–	3–2
San Luis	–	2–2	1–0	1–1	0–1	–	–	3–0	–	–	2–4	1–0		—	1–1	–	0–0	–	–	–
Santos Laguna	0–1	–	–	2–0	0–0	1–3	4–2	–	2–2	3–2	–	–	–	–	—	5–2	–	3–1	–	4–2
Toluca	–	–	1–0	–	5–1	–	–	–	4–1	3–0	5–1	5–0	–	3–1	–	—	6–0	–	–	1–1
UAG	–	2–2	1–0	3–2	2–0	–	1–1	0–0	–	–	–	3–2	–	–	2–1	–	—	1–3	4–3	–
UANL	0–1	–	–	6–1	–	0–1	–	–	2–1	3–2	1–1	–	4–1	0–4	–	2–2	–	—	–	1–1
UNAM	1–3	4–1	–	–	–	2–2	7–1	–	–	–	–	–	1–1	–	1–0	1–4	–	3–2	—	2–1
Veracruz	–	–	3–0	–	3–0	–	–	1–1	3–4	0–2	1–1	2–2	–	3–1	–	–	2–1	–	–	—

Updated to match(es) played on 24 November 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	José Cardozo	Toluca	29
2	Jared Borgetti	Santos Laguna	13
	Sebastián González	Atlante
	Alex Fernandes	Morelia
5	Marcelo de Faria	San Luis	12
6	Jesús Olalde	UNAM	10
7	Reinaldo Navia	UAG	9
8	Cuauhtémoc Blanco	América	8
	Diego Latorre	Celaya
	Josemir Lujambio	Querétaro
	Mariano Trujillo	UNAM

Source: MedioTiempo

Final phase (Liguilla)

Bracket

Quarterfinals					Semifinals					Finals

2	Toluca	1	3	4

7	Guadalajara	2	0	2
					2	Toluca	5	2	7

					8	Santos Laguna	3	1	4
1	América	3	1	4

8	Santos Laguna	3	2	5
										2	Toluca	0	4	4

										4	Morelia	1	1	2
3	UNAM	0	3	3

6	Cruz Azul	0	2	2
					3	UNAM	0	2	2

					4	Morelia	4	1	5
4	Morelia	3	4	7

5	UAG	1	1	2

Quarterfinals

December 4, 2002