Primera División de México Invierno 2001

Primera División de México
Season	2001−02
Champions	Pachuca (2nd title)
Champions' Cup	Pachuca
Copa Libertadores	América; Morelia
Top goalscorer	Martín Rodríguez; (12 goals)
	← Verano 2001 Verano 2002 →

Primera División de México Invierno 2001 (Mexico First Division Winter 2001) is the second part of a two tournament season in Association football in Mexico. It began on July 21, 2001, and ended on November 25, the end of the season. La Piedad was promoted to Primera División de México, making possible that 19 teams took part in the Mexican First Division instead of the 18 teams in previous seasons. Pachuca defeated UANL in the final, their second title win.

Overview

Mexico City

Atlas
Guadalajara
UAG

Greater Mexico City teams
América

Atlante

Cruz Azul

Necaxa

UNAM

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Location of the Primera División Invierno 2001 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
Irapuato	Irapuato, Guanajuato	Sergio León Chávez
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

Final standings (groups)

Group 1
Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Cruz Azul	18	8	6	4	33	24	+9	30	Directly qualified to the Liguilla (Playoffs)
2	Guadalajara	18	6	8	4	20	20	0	26	Directly qualified to the Liguilla (Playoffs)
3	Atlas	18	6	3	9	25	29	−4	21
4	Monterrey	18	4	8	6	23	31	−8	20
5	Celaya	18	5	4	9	27	33	−6	19

Source: MedioTiempo

Group 2
Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Toluca	18	8	8	2	33	22	+11	32	Directly qualified to the Liguilla (Playoffs)
2	Santos Laguna	18	7	3	8	36	34	+2	24	Directly qualified to the Liguilla (Playoffs)
3	Morelia	18	5	5	8	24	30	−6	20
4	Irapuato	18	4	7	7	27	26	+1	19
5	La Piedad	18	4	7	7	28	40	−12	19

Source: MedioTiempo

Group 3
Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Necaxa	18	6	9	3	21	20	+1	27	Directly qualified to the Liguilla (Playoffs)
2	Atlante	18	6	8	4	24	21	+3	26	Directly qualified to the Liguilla (Playoffs)
3	América	18	6	6	6	21	21	0	24
4	UAG	18	4	7	7	21	23	−2	19
5	León	18	4	7	7	25	31	−6	19

Source: MedioTiempo

Group 4
Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	UANL	18	11	3	4	26	12	+14	36	Directly qualified to the Liguilla (Playoffs)
2	Pachuca	18	9	5	4	29	24	+5	32	Directly qualified to the Liguilla (Playoffs)
3	Puebla	18	5	8	5	22	22	0	23
4	UNAM	18	3	8	7	20	22	−2	17

Source: MedioTiempo

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	UANL	18	11	3	4	26	12	+14	36	Directly qualified to the Liguilla (Playoffs)
2	Toluca	18	8	8	2	33	22	+11	32
3	Pachuca	18	9	5	4	29	24	+5	32
4	Cruz Azul	18	8	6	4	33	24	+9	30
5	Necaxa	18	6	9	3	21	20	+1	27
6	Atlante	18	6	8	4	24	21	+3	26
7	Guadalajara	18	6	8	4	20	20	0	26
8	Santos Laguna	18	7	3	8	36	34	+2	24
9	América	18	6	6	6	21	21	0	24
10	Puebla	18	5	8	5	22	22	0	23
11	Atlas	18	6	3	9	25	29	−4	21
12	Morelia	18	5	5	8	24	30	−6	20
13	Monterrey	18	4	8	6	23	31	−8	20
14	Irapuato	18	4	7	7	27	26	+1	19
15	UAG	18	4	7	7	21	23	−2	19
16	Celaya	18	5	4	9	27	33	−6	19
17	León	18	4	7	7	25	31	−6	19
18	La Piedad	18	4	7	7	28	40	−12	19
19	UNAM	18	3	8	7	20	22	−2	17

Source: MedioTiempo

Results

Home \ Away	AME	ATE	ATS	CEL	CAZ	GDL	IRA	LAP	LEO	MTY	MOR	NEC	PAC	PUE	SAN	TOL	UAG	UNL	UNM
América	—	3–2	–	1–2	1–2	–	1–1	–	1–2	–	–	–	0–0	1–0	–	3–1	1–1	–	–
Atlante	–	—	–	2–1	2–2	–	1–0	–	3–1	–	1–1	–	2–0	–	–	2–2	2–1	–	–
Atlas	0–2	2–0	—	1–5	0–0	–	–	–	4–1	–	–	–	–	3–1	–	0–3	0–1	0–0	–
Celaya	–	–	–	—	0–2	2–2	2–1	–	2–1	–	5–2	–	1–3	–	1–3	0–1	–	–	–
Cruz Azul	–	–	–	–	—	2–3	2–3	–	–	4–2	2–2	0–0	3–2	1–0	0–0	–	–	–	1–0
Guadalajara	1–1	0–0	0–3	–	–	—	–	1–1	–	3–1	–	0–0	–	–	–	–	1–0	0–2	2–2
Irapuato	–	–	3–0	–	–	1–0	—	6–1	–	1–1	2–4	2–3	0–1	2–3	1–1	–	–	–	0–0
La Piedad	1–1	2–2	2–4	2–1	1–5	–	–	—	1–1	–	–	–	–	3–2	–	2–0	1–1	2–0	–
León	–	–	–	–	2–2	1–2	2–2	–	—	1–0	1–1	2–1	1–1	–	4–2	–	–	–	–
Monterrey	1–0	2–2	3–1	2–1	–	–	–	1–1	–	—	–	1–1	–	–	–	–	3–3	0–0	1–0
Morelia	2–0	–	0–3	–	–	0–1	–	2–2	–	2–0	—	0–1	–	–	3–2	–	–	3–1	1–1
Necaxa	0–1	0–0	1–0	2–2	–	–	–	2–0	–	–	–	—	–	–	–	2–2	1–0	0–4	2–1
Pachuca	–	–	2–1	–	–	2–1	–	3–1	–	3–3	1–0	2–2	—	–	2–1	–	–	1–0	2–0
Puebla	–	0–0	–	1–1	–	1–1	–	–	2–2	2–1	1–0	1–1	–	—	2–1	0–0	1–1	–	–
Santos Laguna	2–3	2–1	3–1	–	–	0–1	–	6–4	–	5–0	–	2–2	–	–	—	–	–	1–2	1–0
Toluca	–	–	–	–	2–1	1–1	1–1	–	3–1	1–1	3–1	–	4–3	–	6–2	—	–	–	–
UAG	–	–	–	1–1	1–2	–	1–1	–	2–1	–	3–0	–	1–1	–	1–2	0–1	—	–	–
UANL	2–0	2–0	–	1–0	3–2	–	2–0	–	1–0	–	–	–	–	2–0	–	1–1	3–1	—	–
UNAM	1–1	0–2	2–2	5–0	–	–	–	2–1	1–1	–	–	–	–	2–2	–	1–1	1–2	1–0	—

Updated to match(es) played on 25 November 2001. 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	Martín Rodríguez	Irapuato	12
2	Alex Fernandes	Morelia	11
3	José Manuel Abundis	Atlante	10
4	Jared Borgetti	Santos Laguna	9
	José Luis Calderón	Atlas
	Walter Silvani	Pachuca
	Iván Zamorano	América
8	Claudinho	La Piedad	8
	Vicente Sánchez	Toluca
	Miguel Zepeda	Cruz Azul

Source: MedioTiempo

Playoffs

Bracket

Quarterfinals					Semifinals					Finals

1	UANL	1	3	4

8	Santos Laguna	1	0	1
					1	UANL (s)	0	1	1

					4	Cruz Azul	1	0	1
4	Cruz Azul	0	4	4

5	Necaxa	2	0	2
										1	UANL	0	1	1

										3	Pachuca	2	1	3
2	Toluca	1	2	3

7	Guadalajara	1	0	1
					2	Toluca	1	2	3

					3	Pachuca	1	4	5
3	Pachuca (s)	2	0	2

6	Atlante	1	1	2

Quarterfinals

November 28, 2001