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Primera División de México Apertura 2002

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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.

Primera División de México
Season2002−03
ChampionsToluca (7th title)
Champions' CupToluca
Morelia
Copa LibertadoresUNAM
Cruz Azul
Top goalscorerJosé Cardozo
(29 goals)

Teams

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Stadiums and Locations

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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

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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

Final standings (groups)

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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
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
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
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
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

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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

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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

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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

Playoffs

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Bracket

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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

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Guadalajara2–1Toluca
García   85'
Mora   88'		 Report Cardozo   56'
Referee: Germán Arredondo Ramírez (Guanajuato)
Toluca3–0Guadalajara
Carmona   74'
Cardozo   77'
Sánchez   90'		 Report
Referee: Gilberto Alcalá Pineda (Mexico City)

Toluca won 4–2 on aggregate.

Santos Laguna3–3América
Ruiz   30', 64'
Lillingston   60'		 Report Blanco   33'
Castillo   38', 70'
América1–2Santos Laguna
Blanco   70' (pen.) Report Borgetti   40'
Villa   63' (o.g.)
Referee: Antonio Marrufo (Chihuahua)

Santos Laguna won 5–4 on aggregate.

Cruz Azul0–0UNAM
Report
Referee: Eduardo Brizio Carter (Mexico City)
UNAM3–2Cruz Azul
González   14', 41'
Brown   78' (o.g.)		 Report Abreu   50'
Cabrera   83'

UNAM won 3–2 on aggregate.

UAG1–3Morelia
Donizete   35' Report Almirón   7'
C. Morales   65'
González   79'
Referee: Sergio Fernando Silva (Coahuila)
Morelia4–1UAG
Alex   21'
Saavedra   62'
Bautista   74'
Buján   83'		 Report Donizete   26'
Referee: José Abramo Lira (Nuevo León)

Morelia won 7–2 on aggregate.

Semifinals

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Santos Laguna3–5Toluca
Borgetti   18'
Rodríguez   47'
Altamirano   55'		 Report Cardozo   22' (pen.), 32'
Sánchez   42'
Cuberas   70'
Sinha   71'
Referee: Antonio Marrufo (Chihuahua)
Toluca2–1Santos Laguna
Cardozo   32', 82' Report Borgetti   28'

Toluca won 7–4 on aggregate.

Morelia4–0UNAM
Bautista   14', 55'
Saavedra   29'
Alex   44'		 Report
Referee: Eduardo Brizio Carter (Mexico City)
UNAM2–1Morelia
Lemos   30'
González   44'		 Report Bautista   39'

Morelia won 5–2 on aggregate.

Finals

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Morelia1–0Toluca
Saavedra   58' Report
Referee: Eduardo Brizio Carter (Mexico City)
First leg
Morelia:
GK 30   Moisés Muñoz
DF 58   Darío Franco
DF 5   Heriberto Morales   82'
DF 3   Omar Rodríguez   64'
DF 27   Omar Trujillo
MF 23   Javier Saavedra
MF 17   José Antonio Noriega   55'
MF 8   Jorge Almirón   77'
MF 28   Carlos Adrián Morales   73'
MF 10   Adolfo Bautista
FW 9   Alex Fernandes   64'
Substitutions:
GK 1   Miguel Fuentes
DF 4   Carlos González   64'
DF 13   Miguel Hernández
MF 18   Hernán Buján   73'
MF 20   Ismael Íñiguez   55'
MF 22   Javier Lozano
FW 7   Antonio González
Manager:
  Rubén Omar Romano
Toluca:
GK 1   Hernán Cristante
DF 7   Salvador Carmona
DF 3   Maximiliano Cuberas
DF 18   José Manuel Cruzalta   64'
MF 5   Israel López
MF 6   Octavio Valdez
MF 23   Erik Espinosa
MF 8   Rafael García   35'
MF 10   Sinha   89'
MF 11   Vicente Sánchez
FW 9   José Cardozo
Substitutions:
GK 30   Mario Albarrán
DF 2   Christian Ramírez
DF 14   Ariel Franco   64'
MF 16   Miguel Almazán
MF 19   Sergio Ponce
MF 37   Josué Castillejos
FW 28   Édgar González   89'
Manager:
  Alberto Jorge
Second leg
Toluca4–1Morelia
Carmona   32'
López   40'
Cardozo   51'
García   65'		 Report Bautista   1'

Toluca won 4–2 on aggregate.

Toluca:
GK 1   Hernán Cristante
DF 7   Salvador Carmona
DF 3   Maximiliano Cuberas
DF 18   José Manuel Cruzalta
MF 5   Israel López   24'
MF 6   Octavio Valdez
MF 23   Erik Espinosa
MF 8   Rafael García
MF 10   Sinha   76'
MF 11   Vicente Sánchez   86'
FW 9   José Cardozo
Substitutions:
GK 30   Mario Albarrán
DF 2   Christian Ramírez
DF 14   Ariel Franco   88'   86'
MF 16   Miguel Almazán
MF 19   Sergio Ponce   76'
MF 37   Josué Castillejos
FW 28   Édgar González
Manager:
  Alberto Jorge
Morelia:
GK 30   Moisés Muñoz
DF 58   Darío Franco   67'
DF 5   Heriberto Morales   88'
DF 3   Omar Rodríguez
DF 27   Omar Trujillo   54'
MF 23   Javier Saavedra
MF 17   José Antonio Noriega   53'
MF 8   Jorge Almirón   28'
MF 28   Carlos Adrián Morales   70'
MF 10   Adolfo Bautista
FW 9   Alex Fernandes   62'
Substitutions:
GK 1   Miguel Fuentes
DF 4   Carlos González
DF 13   Miguel Hernández
MF 18   Hernán Buján   70'
MF 20   Ismael Íñiguez   53'
MF 22   Javier Lozano
FW 7   Antonio González   62'
Manager:
  Rubén Omar Romano
 Apertura 2002 winners 
Toluca
7th title

References

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  2. ^ "Jaguares y sus múltiples dueños" (in Spanish). Mediotiempo. 12 April 2016. Retrieved 18 April 2019.
  3. ^ Juárez, Rigoberto (5 June 2016). "Sólo en México, en 4 años un equipo de Primera División no perdió la categoría" (in Spanish). Milenio Diario. Retrieved 18 April 2019.
  4. ^ "Futbol en Ciudad Nezahualcóyotl" (in Spanish). Apuntes de Rabona. 12 December 2018. Retrieved 18 April 2019.
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