Primera División de México Clausura 2005

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Primera División de México
Season2004–05
ChampionsAmérica (10th title)
RelegatedPuebla
Champions' CupAmérica
InterligaUANL
Guadalajara
Atlante
Santos Laguna
Chiapas
Toluca
América
Necaxa
Copa SudamericanaAmérica
Top goalscorerVicente Matías Vuoso
(15 goals)

Primera División de México (Mexican First Division) Clausura 2005 was the 2005 edition of Primera División de México, crowning Mexico's spring champion in football. América won the championship for the tenth time in its history and thus qualified for the CONCACAF Champions' Cup 2006.

Overview

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Location of the Primera División Clausura 2005 teams
Team City Stadium
América Mexico City Azteca
Atlante Mexico City Azteca
Atlas Guadalajara, Jalisco Jalisco
Chiapas Tuxtla Gutiérrez, Chiapas Víctor Manuel Reyna
Cruz Azul Mexico City Azul
Guadalajara Guadalajara, Jalisco Jalisco
Morelia Morelia, Michoacán Morelos
Monterrey Monterrey, Nuevo León Tecnológico
Necaxa Aguascalientes, Aguascalientes Victoria
Pachuca Pachuca, Hidalgo Hidalgo
Puebla Puebla, Puebla Cuauhtémoc
Santos Laguna Torreón, Coahuila Corona
Sinaloa Culiacán, Sinaloa Carlos González y González
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 Morelia 17 11 2 4 27 16 +11 35 Automatically qualified for the Liguilla (Playoffs)
2 América 17 7 9 1 38 27 +11 30
3 UAG 17 8 5 4 31 21 +10 29 Qualified for Liguilla (Playoffs) on a points basis
4 Sinaloa 17 7 5 5 23 19 +4 26
5 Atlante 17 5 5 7 24 21 +3 20
6 UNAM 17 4 2 11 11 28 −17 14
Source: MedioTiempo
Group 2
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Cruz Azul 17 9 4 4 36 19 +17 31 Automatically qualified for the Liguilla (Playoffs)
2 UANL 17 6 6 5 25 19 +6 24
3 Guadalajara 17 6 5 6 29 31 −2 23
4 Toluca 17 6 5 6 17 22 −5 23
5 Puebla 17 4 4 9 19 29 −10 16
6 Atlas 17 2 5 10 21 35 −14 11
Source: MedioTiempo
Group 3
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Necaxa 17 9 1 7 28 20 +8 28 Automatically qualified for the Liguilla (Playoffs)
2 Santos Laguna 17 9 1 7 31 31 0 28
3 Monterrey 17 8 3 6 24 25 −1 27 Qualified for Liguilla (Playoffs) on a points basis
4 Chiapas 17 6 4 7 19 23 −4 22
5 Pachuca 17 5 5 7 20 27 −7 20
6 Veracruz 17 3 5 9 15 33 −18 14
Source: MedioTiempo

League table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Morelia 17 11 2 4 27 16 +11 35 Automatically qualified for the Liguilla (Playoffs)
2 Cruz Azul 17 9 4 4 36 19 +17 31
3 América 17 7 9 1 38 27 +11 30
4 UAG 17 8 5 4 31 21 +10 29 Qualified for Liguilla (Playoffs) on a points basis
5 Necaxa 17 9 1 7 28 20 +8 28 Automatically qualified for the Liguilla (Playoffs)
6 Santos Laguna 17 9 1 7 31 31 0 28
7 Monterrey 17 8 3 6 24 25 −1 27 Qualified for Liguilla (Playoffs) on a points basis
8 Sinaloa 17 7 5 5 23 19 +4 26
9 UANL 17 6 6 5 25 19 +6 24 Automatically qualified for the Liguilla (Playoffs)
10 Guadalajara 17 6 5 6 29 31 −2 23
11 Toluca 17 6 5 6 17 22 −5 23
12 Chiapas 17 6 4 7 19 23 −4 22
13 Atlante 17 5 5 7 24 21 +3 20
14 Pachuca 17 5 5 7 20 27 −7 20
15 Puebla 17 4 4 9 19 29 −10 16
16 UNAM 17 4 2 11 19 28 −9 14
17 Veracruz 17 3 5 9 15 33 −18 14
18 Atlas 17 2 5 10 21 35 −14 11
Source: MedioTiempo

Results

Home \ Away AME ATE ATS CHI CAZ GDL MTY MOR NEC PAC PUE SAN SIN TOL UAG UNL UNM VER
América — 1–1 5–2 4–1 – 3–3 – – 2–0 – – 4–2 – 0–0 3–3 1–1 – –
Atlante – — – 2–0 2–0 1–1 – – 2–3 1–1 – 3–0 1–1 – – – – 5–1
Atlas – 2–2 — 0–1 – 2–3 – – 2–0 – – 1–2 2–3 0–0 1–1 1–1 – –
Chiapas – – – — 1–3 – 1–1 0–2 – 0–1 – 2–0 2–2 – 1–1 – 2–0 4–3
Cruz Azul 2–3 – – – — – 6–1 1–0 – 4–0 3–1 1–2 – – – – 2–2 3–0
Guadalajara – – – 0–2 1–1 — – – 2–0 0–4 – 5–1 1–1 – – – 2–1 2–0
Monterrey 4–2 1–0 1–0 – – 0–1 — – 1–1 – 4–1 – – 1–3 2–1 1–1 – –
Morelia 1–1 2–1 4–1 – – 4–2 1–2 — – – 3–1 – – 1–0 – 2–1 – –
Necaxa – – – 2–0 0–1 – – 0–1 — 5–0 – 4–2 4–3 – 1–0 – 3–1 4–0
Pachuca 2–2 – 3–1 – – – 2–0 0–1 – — 1–1 – – 1–1 – 1–1 1–3 –
Puebla 2–2 2–1 5–2 1–0 – 4–1 – – 0–1 – — – – 0–0 0–3 0–3 – –
Santos – – – – 2–0 – 3–1 3–1 – 2–0 2–0 — 2–1 – 4–2 – 1–1 4–1
Sinaloa 0–1 – – – 1–1 – 1–0 0–1 – 3–1 0–0 – — – 1–0 – 2–1 2–0
Toluca – 1–0 – 1–2 0–2 2–1 – – 1–0 – – 2–0 1–2 — – – – 1–1
UAG – 3–0 – – 3–3 3–2 – 2–0 – 1–0 – – – 4–2 — 2–0 1–0 1–1
UANL – 2–1 – 0–0 0–3 2–2 – – 2–0 – – 3–1 1–0 6–0 – — – –
UNAM 2–3 0–1 3–2 – – – 1–2 0–2 – – 1–0 – – 1–2 – 2–1 — –
Veracruz 1–1 – 0–0 – – – 0–2 1–1 – 1–2 2–1 – – – – 2–0 1–0 —
Updated to match(es) played on 8 May 2005. 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 Argentina Vicente Matías Vuoso Santos Laguna 15
2 Brazil Kléber Boas América 12
Mexico Omar Bravo Guadalajara
4 Uruguay Gustavo Biscayzacú Veracruz 10
Argentina Walter Gaitán UANL
Chile Sebastián González Atlante
7 Argentina Claudio López América 9
Argentina Daniel Ludueña UAG
Brazil Eliomar Marcón UAG
10 Mexico Jared Borgetti Pachuca 8
Paraguay Salvador Cabañas Chiapas
Argentina Carlos Casartelli Monterrey
Argentina César Delgado Cruz Azul
Mexico Francisco Fonseca Cruz Azul
Argentina Alfredo Moreno Necaxa

Source: MedioTiempo

Playoffs

Bracket

Quarterfinals Semifinals Finals
               
2 Cruz Azul (s) 0 3 3
7 Monterrey 0 3 3
2 Cruz Azul 1 1 2
3 América 3 3 6
3 América (s) 2 1 3
6 Santos Laguna 2 1 3
3 América 1 6 7
4 UAG 1 3 4
1 Morelia (s) 2 2 4
9 UANL 3 1 4
1 Morelia 0 1 1
4 UAG 1 1 2
4 UAG 2 2 4
5 Necaxa 0 1 1

Quarterfinals

Monterrey0–0Cruz Azul
Report
Cruz Azul3–3Monterrey
Zepeda  45' (pen.)
Fonseca 52'
Delgado 77'		 Report Martínez  6'
Erviti  13'
Arellano 90'
Referee: Jorge Eduardo Gasso (Mexico City)

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

Santos Laguna2–2América
Rangel 72'
Vuoso  90'		 Report Kléber 15' 
López 67'
Referee: Mauricio Morales (Mexico City)
América1–1Santos Laguna
Kléber 34' Report Ruiz  76'
Referee: Manuel Ernesto Glower (Mexico City)

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

UANL3–2Morelia
Gaitán  32' (pen.), 51' (pen.), 63' Report Márquez Lugo  12'
M. Trujillo 78' (pen.)
Referee: Adolfo Aquino Benítez (Guerrero)
Morelia2–1UANL
Márquez Lugo  31'
Castro 40'		 Report de Nigris  67'

4–4 on aggregate. Morelia advanced for being the higher seeded team.

Necaxa0–2UAG
Report Ludueña  16'
Marcón  27'
Referee: Gilberto Alcalá Pineda (Mexico City)
UAG2–1Necaxa
Rodríguez  13'
Ludueña 90'		 Report López  24'
Referee: José Gabriel Gómez (Morelos)

Tecos won 4–1 on aggregate.

Semifinals

América3–1Cruz Azul
Blanco  2', 56'
López 81'		 Report Fonseca  71'
Referee: Manuel Ernesto Glower (Mexico City)
Cruz Azul1–3América
Delgado  9' Report Padilla 14'
Torres  38'
López 43'

América won 6–2 on aggregate.

UAG1–0Morelia
Leaño  30' Report
Morelia1–1UAG
Castro 53' Report Morales  18'
Referee: Gilberto Alcalá Pineda (Mexico City)

UAG won 2–1 on aggregate.

Finals

UAG1–1América
Colotto  59' Report Blanco  87' (pen.)
América6–3UAG
Padilla 2', 37'
López 4', 89'
Blanco  62'
Mendoza  68'		 Report Lillingston 21'
Morales  59'
Davino  86'
Referee: Gilberto Alcalá Pineda (Mexico City)

América won 7–4 on aggregate.


 Clausura 2005 winners 
América
10th title

Relegation

Pos. Team Pts. Pld. Ave.
14. Atlas 142 110 1.2909
15. Chiapas 138 110 1.2545
16. Sinaloa 42 34 1.2352
17. UAG 130 110 1.1818
18. Puebla 115 110 1.0454

References

  1. ^ http://www.bari91.com/football_stats/Mexico,_Primera_Division_de_Mexico_-_Torneo_Clausura/2004-2005
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