Primera División de México Clausura 2003

Primera División de México
Season	2002−03
Champions	Monterrey (2nd title)
Relegated	Cuernavaca
Champions' Cup	Monterrey
Top goalscorer	José Cardozo; (21 goals)
	← Apertura 2002 Apertura 2003 →

Primera División de México (Mexican First Division) Clausura 2003 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, 2003, and ran until May 17, when the regular season ended. Celaya's franchise was bought out by the owner of Aerolineas Internacionales, Jorge Rodriguez Marie, and it was moved to Cuernavaca. Thus, creating a team that was known as Los Colibries de Morelos. Monterrey defeated Morelia to win their second championship.

Overview

The franchise that was known as Celaya was bought by Jorge Rodríguez Marié, who moved the team to Cuernavaca and changed its name to Colibríes de Cuernavaca.^[1] Such was the impact of his ownership that the team's nickname, Colibries, came from the logo of his airline, Aerolineas Internacionales, and the company's wordmark also appeared as a shirt sponsor.

Mexico City

Atlas
Guadalajara
UAG

Greater Mexico City teams
América

Atlante

Cruz Azul

Necaxa

UNAM

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Location of the Primera División Clausura 2003 teams

Team	City	Stadium
América	Mexico City	Azteca
Atlante	Ciudad Nezahualcóyotl, State of Mexico	Neza 86
Atlas	Guadalajara, Jalisco	Jalisco
Chiapas	Tuxtla Gutiérrez, Chiapas	Víctor Manuel Reyna
Cruz Azul	Mexico City	Azul
Cuernavaca	Cuernavaca, Morelos	Mariano Matamoros
Guadalajara	Guadalajara, Jalisco	Jalisco
Morelia	Morelia, Michoacán	Morelos
Monterrey	Monterrey, Nuevo León	Tecnológico
Necaxa	Mexico City	Azteca
Pachuca	Pachuca, Hidalgo	Hidalgo
Puebla	Puebla, Puebla	Cuauhtémoc
Querétaro	Querétaro, Querétaro	Corregidora
San Luis	San Luis Potosí, S.L.P.	Alfonso Lastras
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

Final standings (groups)

Group 1
Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Toluca	19	10	3	6	40	30	+10	33	Directly qualified to the Liguilla (Playoffs)
2	Atlas	19	8	8	3	29	20	+9	32	Directly qualified to the Liguilla (Playoffs)
3	América	19	8	5	6	29	20	+9	29
4	Cuernavaca	19	6	5	8	24	27	−3	23
5	Puebla	19	4	4	11	15	31	−16	16

Source: MedioTiempo

Group 2
Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Monterrey	19	9	7	3	31	22	+9	34	Directly qualified to the Liguilla (Playoffs)
2	UANL	19	10	4	5	25	22	+3	34	Directly qualified to the Liguilla (Playoffs)
3	Pachuca	19	4	9	6	21	23	−2	21
4	UNAM	19	4	8	7	25	35	−10	20
5	UAG	19	1	4	14	15	37	−22	7

Source: MedioTiempo

Group 3
Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Morelia	19	10	5	4	34	20	+14	35	Directly qualified to the Liguilla (Playoffs)
2	Cruz Azul	19	5	9	5	24	24	0	24	Qualified for the Repechage
3	Necaxa	19	6	5	8	25	24	+1	23
4	San Luis	19	5	5	9	25	38	−13	20
5	Chiapas	19	5	4	10	15	26	−11	19

Source: MedioTiempo

Group 4
Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Atlante	19	10	4	5	39	26	+13	34	Directly qualified to the Liguilla (Playoffs)
2	Veracruz	19	9	5	5	23	18	+5	32	Directly qualified to the Liguilla (Playoffs)
3	Guadalajara	19	8	7	4	32	24	+8	31	Qualified for the Repechage
4	Santos	19	9	3	7	30	24	+6	30
5	Querétaro	19	3	8	8	13	23	−10	17

Source: MedioTiempo

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Morelia	19	10	5	4	34	20	+14	35	Directly qualified to the Liguilla (Playoffs)
2	Atlante	19	10	4	5	39	26	+13	34
3	Monterrey	19	9	7	3	31	22	+9	34
4	UANL	19	10	4	5	25	22	+3	34
5	Toluca	19	10	3	6	40	30	+10	33
6	Atlas	19	8	8	3	29	20	+9	32
7	Veracruz	19	9	5	5	23	18	+5	32
8	Guadalajara	19	8	7	4	32	24	+8	31	Qualified for the Repechage
9	Santos Laguna	19	9	3	7	30	24	+6	30
10	América	19	8	5	6	29	20	+9	29
11	Cruz Azul	19	5	9	5	24	24	0	24	Qualified for the Repechage
12	Necaxa	19	6	5	8	25	24	+1	23
13	Cuernavaca	19	6	5	8	24	27	−3	23
14	Pachuca	19	4	9	6	21	23	−2	21
15	UNAM	19	4	8	7	25	35	−10	20
16	San Luis	19	5	5	9	25	38	−13	20
17	Chiapas	19	5	4	10	15	26	−11	19
18	Querétaro	19	3	8	8	13	23	−10	17
19	Puebla	19	4	4	11	15	31	−16	16
20	UAG	19	1	4	14	15	37	−22	7

Source: MedioTiempo

Results

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

Updated to match(es) played on 17 May 2003. 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	21
2	Sebastián González	Atlante	16
3	Reinaldo Navia	Morelia	13
4	Jared Borgetti	Santos Laguna	11
5	Omar Bravo	Guadalajara	10
6	Luis Gabriel Rey	Atlante	9
7	Sebastián Abreu	Cruz Azul	8
	Juan Carlos Cacho	Cruz Azul
	José Alfredo Castillo	UAG
	Claudinho	Cuernavaca
	Alex Fernandes	Monterrey
	Walter Gaitán	UANL
	Vicente Sánchez	Toluca

Source: MedioTiempo

Playoffs

Preliminary round

May 22, 2003

20:00

Cruz Azul	4–1	Guadalajara
Cacho 8', 85' Corona 9' Palencia 37' (pen.)	Report	Bravo 27'

Estadio Azul, Mexico City

Referee: Marco Antonio Rodríguez (Mexico City)

May 25, 2003

12:00

Guadalajara	4–1	Cruz Azul
J. Sánchez 14' Bravo 39' (pen.) Jo. García 45' Ja. García 60'	Report	Palencia 11' (pen.)

Estadio Jalisco, Guadalajara

Referee: José Abramo Lira (Nuevo León)

5–5 on aggregate. Guadalajara advanced for being the higher seeded team.

Bracket

Quarterfinals					Semifinals					Finals

1	Morelia	1	4	5

8	Guadalajara	1	2	3
					1	Morelia	0	2	2

					7	Veracruz	1	0	1
2	Atlante	1	0	1

7	Veracruz	1	1	2
										1	Morelia	1	0	1

										3	Monterrey	3	0	3
3	Monterrey	1	3	5

6	Atlas	1	2	4
					3	Monterrey	4	1	5

					4	UANL	1	2	3
4	UANL	2	2	4

5	Toluca	2	1	3

Quarterfinals

May 28, 2003