Primera División de México Clausura 2008

Primera División de México

Season	2007−08
Champions	Santos Laguna (3rd title)
Relegated	Veracruz
Champions League	Santos Laguna Cruz Azul
Interliga	Cruz Azul América UNAM Toluca Monterrey Morelia San Luis Atlas
Copa Sudamericana	Guadalajara San Luis
SuperLiga	Guadalajara Atlante Santos Pachuca
Top goalscorer	Humberto Suazo (13 goals)
← Apertura 2007 Apertura 2008 →

Primera División de México (Mexican First Division) Clausura 2008 was a Mexican football tournament - the second of two tournaments held in the 2007-08 season. It began January 18, 2008 and ran until June 1, 2008. Veracruz and Morelia inaugurated the season, with Morelia winning 1–0. Reigning champions Atlante F.C. were eliminated from making the Liguilla with a 3-2 loss to Monterrey and thus could not defend their title, and Veracruz was relegated to the Primera División A after finishing last on the percentage table. Six teams qualified directly to the Liguilla (playoffs) by finishing in the top two of their respective groups, and these are the teams of Toluca, Jaguares, Santos Laguna, Monterrey, Guadalajara, and Cruz Azul. Four teams advanced to what is known as the Repechaje (playoff qualifiers), and these are being San Luis, Pachuca, Necaxa, and Atlas.

On June 1, 2008 Santos Laguna beat Cruz Azul on 3-2 aggregate to win the Clausura 2008 trophy. This was the club's third championship victory.

Clubs

Mexico City

Atlante

Atlas
Guadalajara
UAG

Toluca

Necaxa

Monterrey
UANL

Puebla

Veracruz

Morelia

Chiapas

San Luis

Pachuca

Santos Laguna

Greater Mexico City teams
América
Cruz Azul
UNAM

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Location of the Primera División Clausura 2006 teams

Regular phase

Group 1

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Toluca	17	7	6	4	23	19	+4	27	Directly qualified for Liguilla (Playoffs)
2	Chiapas	17	7	5	5	23	19	+4	26
3	Pachuca	17	6	4	7	27	25	+2	22	Qualified for
4	Puebla	17	5	6	6	28	25	+3	21
5	UNAM	17	5	5	7	21	26	−5	20
6	UAG	17	4	5	8	17	29	−12	17

Source: MedioTiempo

Group 2

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Santos Laguna	17	8	7	2	36	19	+17	31	Directly qualified for Liguilla (Playoffs)
2	Monterrey	17	6	6	5	27	22	+5	24
3	Atlas	17	6	5	6	21	24	−3	23	Qualified for Repechage
4	Atlante	17	3	8	6	24	30	−6	17
5	Veracruz	17	4	5	8	22	29	−7	17	Relegation to Primera División A
6	América	17	3	2	12	12	27	−15	11

Source: MedioTiempo

Group 3

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Guadalajara	17	9	6	2	32	14	+18	33	Directly qualified for Liguilla (Playoffs)
2	Cruz Azul	17	9	4	4	27	17	+10	31
3	San Luis	17	8	6	3	25	23	+2	30	Qualified for Repechage
4	Necaxa	17	5	9	3	18	12	+6	24
5	UANL	17	5	4	8	19	28	−9	19
6	Morelia	17	5	3	9	11	25	−14	18

Source: MedioTiempo

Last updated May 4, 2008

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Guadalajara (Q)	17	9	6	2	32	14	+18	33	Directly qualified for Liguilla (Playoffs)
2	Santos Laguna	17	8	7	2	36	19	+17	31
3	Cruz Azul	17	9	4	4	27	17	+10	31
4	San Luis (Q)	17	8	6	3	25	23	+2	30	Qualified for Repechage
5	Toluca	17	7	6	4	23	19	+4	27	Directly qualified for Liguilla (Playoffs)
6	Chiapas	17	7	5	5	23	19	+4	26
7	Necaxa	17	5	9	3	18	12	+6	24	Qualified for Repechage
8	Monterrey	17	6	6	5	27	22	+5	24	Directly qualified for Liguilla (Playoffs)
9	Atlas	17	6	5	6	21	24	−3	23	Qualified for Repechage
10	Pachuca	17	6	4	7	27	25	+2	22
11	Puebla	17	5	6	6	28	25	+3	21
12	UNAM	17	5	5	7	21	26	−5	20
13	UANL	17	5	4	8	19	28	−9	19
14	Morelia	17	5	3	9	11	25	−14	18
15	Atlante	17	3	8	6	24	30	−6	17
16	Veracruz	17	4	5	8	22	29	−7	17	Relegation to Primera División A
17	UAG	17	4	5	8	17	29	−12	17
18	América	17	3	2	12	12	27	−15	11

Source: MedioTiempo
(Q) Qualified for 2008 Copa Sudamericana

Top goalscorers

Players sorted first by goals scored, then by last name. Only regular season goals listed.

Rank	Player	Club	Goals
1	Humberto Suazo	Monterrey	13
2	Itamar	Chiapas	10
	Esteban Solari	UNAM
	Vicente Matías Vuoso	Santos Laguna
5	Omar Bravo	Guadalajara	9
	Claudio Graf	Veracruz
	Sergio Santana	Guadalajara
8	Christian Benítez	Santos Laguna	8
	Álvaro González	Puebla
10	Giancarlo Maldonado	Atlante	7

Source: MedioTiempo

Results

Home \ Away	AME	ATE	ATL	CHP	CAZ	GDL	MTY	MOR	NEC	PAC	PUE	SLP	SAN	TOL	TEC	UAN	UNA	VER
América		0–1	0–1	1–2	2–2	2–3	1–0	0–1	0–2	1–3	0–0	1–2	0–1	0–1	2–1	0–3	2–0	0–4
Atlante	1–0		3–3	2–2	2–3	1–1	2–3	2–0	1–1	0–2	2–2	0–2	0–3	2–2	1–2	1–1	2–1	2–2
Atlas	1–0	3–3		0–2	2–0	0–2	1–1	1–0	0–1	0–1	2–1	0–0	1–6	1–2	3–3	1–0	2–2	3–0
Chiapas	2–1	2–2	2–0		1–2	2–2	0–0	0–1	0–0	1–0	0–1	2–0	3–1	1–1	2–0	3–2	1–4	1–2
Cruz Azul	2–2	3–2	0–2	2–1		0–0	2–3	1–0	0–2	4–1	2–0	4–0	1–1	1–1	2–0	0–1	2–1	1–0
Guadalajara	3–2	1–1	2–0	2–2	0–0		0–1	6–0	0–1	2–1	4–0	2–2	3–2	1–0	1–1	0–0	3–0	2–1
Monterrey	0–1	3–2	1–1	0–0	3–2	1–0		1–0	1–1	1–1	1–1	1–3	0–2	1–1	3–0	2–3	1–2	7–2
Morelia	1–0	0–2	0–1	1–0	0–1	0–6	0–1		0–0	3–2	0–4	1–2	0–0	2–1	0–2	2–2	0–1	1–0
Necaxa	2–0	1–1	1–0	0–0	2–0	1–0	1–1	0–0		2–2	1–1	1–1	1–1	1–2	1–1	0–1	3–0	0–1
Pachuca	3–1	2–0	1–0	0–1	1–4	1–2	1–1	2–3	2–2		2–5	1–2	1–2	2–0	1–0	6–1	0–0	1–1
Puebla	0–0	2–2	1–2	1–0	0–2	0–4	1–1	4–0	1–1	5–2		1–2	3–3	1–2	2–3	3–0	1–1	2–0
San Luis	2–1	2–0	0–0	0–2	0–4	2–2	3–1	2–1	1–1	2–1	2–1		1–4	2–0	1–1	1–1	3–2	1–1
Santos	1–0	3–0	6–1	1–3	1–1	2–3	2–0	0–0	1–1	2–1	3–3	4–1		2–2	4–0	2–1	1–1	1–1
Toluca	1–0	2–2	2–1	1–1	1–1	0–1	1–1	1–2	2–1	0–2	2–1	0–2	2–2		3–0	2–0	0–0	3–2
Tecos	1–2	2–1	3–3	0–2	0–2	1–1	0–3	2–0	1–1	0–1	3–2	1–1	0–4	0–3		2–1	1–2	0–0
UANL	3–0	1–1	0–1	2–3	1–0	0–0	3–2	2–2	1–0	1–6	0–3	1–1	1–2	0–2	1–2		2–0	0–3
UNAM	0–2	1–2	2–2	4–1	1–2	0–3	2–1	1–0	0–3	0–0	1–1	2–3	1–1	0–0	2–1	0–2		4–2
Veracruz	4–0	2–2	0–3	2–1	0–1	1–2	2–7	0–1	1–0	1–1	0–2	1–1	1–1	2–3	0–0	3–0	2–4

Source:
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Final phase (Liguilla)

Repechage

7 May 2008

19:30

Pachuca	0–1	San Luis
	Report	Coudet 90+2' (pen.)

Estadio Hidalgo, Pachuca

Referee: Fabricio Morales (Sinaloa)

10 May 2008

19:00

San Luis	1–2	Pachuca
Píriz 17'	Report	Caballero 65' Giménez 90+2'

Estadio Alfonso Lastras, San Luis Potosí

Referee: Hugo León Guajardo (Mexico City)

2–2 on aggregate. San Luis advanced for being the higher seeded team.

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8 May 2008

20:45

Atlas	1–1	Necaxa
Medina 71'	Report	Reyna 45'

Estadio Jalisco, Guadalajara

Referee: Mauricio Morales (Mexico City)

11 May 2008

16:00

Necaxa	0–0	Atlas
	Report

Estadio Victoria, Aguascalientes

Referee: José Gabriel Gómez (Morelos)

1–1 on aggregate. Necaxa advanced for being the higher seeded team.

Bracket

	Quarterfinals							Semifinals							Finals
	2	Santos Laguna	2	1	3
	7	Necaxa	1	1	2
								2	Santos Laguna (s)	1	2	3
								8	Monterrey	1	2	3
	1	Guadalajara	1	4	5
	8	Monterrey	4	4	8
															2	Santos Laguna	2	1	3
															3	Cruz Azul	1	1	2
	3	Cruz Azul (s)	0	2	2
	6	Chiapas	1	1	2
								3	Cruz Azul	1	1	2
								4	San Luis	0	1	1
	4	San Luis (s)	1	0	1
	5	Toluca	1	0	1

Quarterfinals

14 May 2008

19:00

Chiapas	1–0	Cruz Azul
Itamar Batista 85'	Report

Estadio Víctor Manuel Reyna, Tuxtla Gutiérrez

Referee: Paul Delgadillo (Jalisco)

17 May 2007

17:00

Cruz Azul	2–1	Chiapas
Zeballos 71' Sabah 73'	Report	Itamar Batista 48'

Estadio Azul, Mexico City

Referee: Hugo León Guajardo (Mexico City)

2–2 on aggregate. Cruz Azul advanced for being the higher seeded team.

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14 May 2008

21:00

Monterrey	4–1	Guadalajara
Borgetti 44', 68', 74' Suazo 45+3'	Report	Morales 7'

Estadio Tecnológico, Monterrey

Referee: Francisco Chacón (Michoacán)

17 May 2007

20:00

Guadalajara	4–4	Monterrey
Bravo 14' Medina 27' Ávila 63' Magallón 88'	Report	Ochoa 21', 90+2' Arellano 24' Erviti 80'

Estadio Jalisco, Guadalajara

Referee: Armando Archundia (Estado de México)

Monterrey won 8–5 on aggregate.

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15 May 2008

19:00

Toluca	1–1	San Luis
Fernández 90+2'	Report	Moreno 34'

Estadio Nemesio Díez, Toluca

Referee: José Gabriel Gómez (Morelos)

18 May 2008

12:00

San Luis	0–0	Toluca
	Report

Estadio Alfonso Lastras, San Luis Potosí

Referee: Roberto García Orozco (Mexico City)

2–2 on aggregate. San Luis advanced for being the higher seeded team.

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15 May 2008

21:00

Necaxa	1–2	Santos Laguna
Rodallega 35'	Report	Ludueña 6' Jiménez 85'

Estadio Victoria, Aguascalientes

Referee: Marco Antonio Rodríguez (Mexico City)

18 May 2018

17:00

Santos Laguna	1–1	Necaxa
Rodríguez 80' (pen.)	Report	Quatrocchi 57'

Estadio Corona, Torreón

Referee: Mauricio Morales (Mexico City)

Santos Laguna won 3–2 on aggregate.

Semifinals

21 May 2008

20:00

San Luis	0–1	Cruz Azul
	Report	Sabah 25'

Estadio Alfonso Lastras, San Luis Potosí

Referee: Francisco Chacón (Michoacán)

24 May 2008

17:00

Cruz Azul	1–1	San Luis
Zeballos 78'	Report	Coudet 31'

Estadio Azul, Mexico City

Referee: Marco Antonio Rodríguez (Mexico City)

Cruz Azul won 2–1 on aggregate.

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22 May 2008

21:00

Monterrey	1–1	Santos Laguna
Suazo 10'	Report	Benítez 63'

Estadio Tecnológico, Monterrey

Referee: Armando Archundia (Estado de México)

25 May 2008

17:00

Santos Laguna	2–2	Monterrey
Vuoso  77' Arce 90+3'	Report	Borgetti  53' Suazo 63'

Estadio Corona, Torreón

Referee: Mauricio Morales (Mexico City)

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

Finals

29 May 2008

20:00

Cruz Azul	1–2	Santos Laguna
Vigneri  15'	Report	Arce 60' Benítez 85'

Estadio Azul, Mexico City

Referee: Marco Antonio Rodríguez (Mexico City)

1 June 2008

17:00

Santos Laguna	1–1	Cruz Azul
Ludueña 16'	Report	Lozano 82'

Estadio Corona, Torreón

Referee: Armando Archundia (Estado de México)

Santos Laguna won 3–2 on aggregate.

Champions
Santos Laguna 3rd title

Notes

By winning Clausura 2008, Santos earned a berth in the 2008–09 CONCACAF Champions League Group Stage.

By being the Clausura 2008 runner-up, Cruz Azul earned a berth in the 2008–09 CONCACAF Champions League Preliminary Round.

Relegation

Pos	Team	Total Pts	Games	P/G
1	Cruz Azul	174	102	1.7059
2	Pachuca	170	102	1.6667
3	Guadalajara	163	102	1.5980
4	Toluca	161	102	1.5784
5	América	155	102	1.5196
6	San Luis	144	102	1.4118
7	Santos Laguna	140	102	1.3725
8	Chiapas	139	102	1.3627
9	Monterrey	137	102	1.3431
10	Atlante	136	102	1.3333
11	UNAM	131	102	1.2843
12	Necaxa	128	102	1.2549
13	Atlas	128	102	1.2549
14	Morelia	128	102	1.2549
15	UAG	118	102	1.1569
16	UANL	115	102	1.1275
17	Puebla	38	34	1.1176
18	Veracruz	108	102	1.0588

External links

• MedioTiempo.com (where information was obtained)