Primera División de México Apertura 2003

Primera División de México
Season	2003−04
Champions	Pachuca (3rd title)
Champions' Cup	Pachuca
Copa Libertadores	América; Santos Laguna
Top goalscorer	Luis Gabriel Rey; (15 goals)
	← Clausura 2003 Clausura 2004 →

Primera División de México (Mexican First Division) Apertura 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 2 August 2003, and ran until 22 November, when the regular season ended. Irapuato was promoted to the Primera División de México to play this tournament, and Cuernavaca was to be relegated to the Primera División A. The Cuernavaca did not get to play in Primera A, though, as the team was disbanded by FMF. On 20 December, Pachuca defeated Tigres UANL and became champions for the third time.

Clubs

Necaxa moved from Mexico City to Aguascalientes.^[1]

Mexico City

Atlas
Guadalajara
UAG

Greater Mexico City teams
América

Atlante

Cruz Azul

UNAM

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Location of the Primera División Apertura 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
Guadalajara	Guadalajara, Jalisco	Jalisco
Irapuato	Irapuato, Guanajuato	Sergio León Chávez
Morelia	Morelia, Michoacán	Morelos
Monterrey	Monterrey, Nuevo León	Tecnológico
Necaxa	Aguascalientes, Aguascalientes	Victoria
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

Regular phase

Group 1
Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Pachuca	19	10	6	3	28	19	+9	36	Directly qualified to the Liguilla (Playoffs)
2	Toluca	19	8	3	8	33	24	+9	27	Qualified for the Repechage
3	Monterrey	19	5	7	7	29	29	0	22
4	Puebla	19	5	5	9	23	30	−7	20
5	Atlas	19	5	4	10	29	32	−3	19

Source: MedioTiempo

Group 2
Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	UNAM	19	11	5	3	34	23	+11	38	Directly qualified to the Liguilla (Playoffs)
2	Santos Laguna	19	8	7	4	41	29	+12	31	Directly qualified to the Liguilla (Playoffs)
3	UAG	19	9	4	6	31	29	+2	31	Qualified for the Repechage
4	América	19	8	4	7	34	26	+8	28
5	Querétaro	19	1	4	14	16	44	−28	7

Source: MedioTiempo

Group 3
Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	UANL	19	11	5	3	38	20	+18	38	Directly qualified to the Liguilla (Playoffs)
2	Cruz Azul	19	7	6	6	30	30	0	27	Qualified for the Repechage
3	Morelia	19	7	4	8	25	29	−4	25
4	Chiapas	19	5	6	8	21	34	−13	21
5	San Luis	19	2	5	12	20	39	−19	11

Source: MedioTiempo

Group 4
Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Atlante	19	8	7	4	32	21	+11	31	Directly qualified to the Liguilla (Playoffs)
2	Necaxa	19	7	9	3	23	18	+5	30	Directly qualified to the Liguilla (Playoffs)
3	Guadalajara	19	9	2	8	30	28	+2	29	Qualified for the Repechage
4	Veracruz	19	8	3	8	34	38	−4	27
5	Irapuato	19	6	4	9	23	32	−9	22

Source: MedioTiempo

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	UANL	19	11	5	3	38	20	+18	38	Directly qualified to the Liguilla (Playoffs)
2	UNAM	19	11	5	3	34	23	+11	38
3	Pachuca	19	10	6	3	28	19	+9	36
4	Santos Laguna	19	8	7	4	41	29	+12	31
5	Atlante	19	8	7	4	32	21	+11	31
6	UAG	19	9	4	6	31	29	+2	31	Qualified for the Repechage
7	Necaxa	19	7	9	3	23	18	+5	30	Directly qualified to the Liguilla (Playoffs)
8	Guadalajara	19	9	2	8	30	28	+2	29	Qualified for the Repechage
9	América	19	8	4	7	34	26	+8	28
10	Toluca	19	8	3	8	33	24	+9	27	Qualified for the Repechage
11	Cruz Azul	19	7	6	6	30	30	0	27	Qualified for the Repechage
12	Veracruz	19	8	3	8	34	38	−4	27
13	Morelia	19	7	4	8	25	29	−4	25
14	Monterrey	19	5	7	7	29	29	0	22
15	Irapuato	19	6	4	9	23	32	−9	22
16	Chiapas	19	5	6	8	21	34	−13	21
17	Puebla	19	5	5	9	23	30	−7	20
18	Atlas	19	5	4	10	29	32	−3	19
19	San Luis	19	2	5	12	20	39	−19	11
20	Querétaro	19	1	4	14	16	44	−28	7

Source: MedioTiempo

Results

Home \ Away	AME	ATE	ATS	CHI	CAZ	GDL	IRA	MTY	MOR	NEC	PAC	PUE	QRO	SNL	SAN	TOL	UAG	UNL	UNM	VER
América	—	–	3–0	5–0	1–1	1–2	1–0	–	1–0	–	–	4–1	–	–	0–0	–	0–1	2–1	–	–
Atlante	0–0	—	–	3–0	3–3	2–2	0–1	–	2–2	–	–	3–0	–	2–0	–	–	1–0	2–2	–	–
Atlas	–	2–1	—	–	–	–	6–1	2–3	–	1–1	3–1	–	0–1	4–1	–	2–0	–	–	0–1	2–2
Chiapas	–	–	1–1	—	–	–	2–2	3–2	–	1–1	0–2	–	0–0	–	1–1	0–1	–	–	2–5	1–0
Cruz Azul	–	–	4–1	1–3	—	2–1	–	1–0	0–2	–	–	1–0	–	–	0–2	–	–	1–1	–	2–3
Guadalajara	–	–	1–0	0–1	–	—	–	0–2	0–1	2–3	–	–	–	–	2–1	–	–	2–3	2–0	3–1
Irapuato	–	–	–	–	1–2	2–3	—	–	1–1	1–3	0–1	3–1	2–1	–	–	2–1	–	2–0	0–1	–
Monterrey	2–2	1–0	–	–	–	–	2–2	—	–	0–0	2–2	–	3–1	3–2	–	0–0	–	–	0–1	1–1
Morelia	–	–	2–1	1–1	–	–	–	1–0	—	3–3	–	–	3–2	–	2–4	1–2	–	–	0–3	2–0
Necaxa	1–0	2–0	–	–	0–0	–	–	–	–	—	1–1	1–0	1–0	1–1	–	1–0	0–0	–	–	–
Pachuca	2–1	0–0	–	–	4–1	2–0	–	–	2–1	–	—	0–2	–	2–0	–	–	2–1	1–1	–	–
Puebla	–	–	1–1	4–1	–	1–1	–	1–0	4–2	–	–	—	–	–	1–1	–	–	0–1	1–1	3–4
Querétaro	1–3	0–2	–	–	3–3	1–2	–	–	–	–	0–0	0–2	—	4–4	–	–	0–3	1–7	–	–
San Luis	1–5	–	–	1–2	0–0	1–2	0–0	–	0–1	–	–	4–0	–	—	3–0	–	1–3	0–2	–	–
Santos Laguna	–	2–3	3–2	–	–	–	5–0	5–5	–	1–1	1–2	–	2–1	–	—	3–2	–	–	3–0	3–0
Toluca	6–0	3–4	–	–	1–2	2–1	–	–	–	–	1–1	0–0	2–0	5–0	–	—	2–1	–	–	–
UAG	–	–	1–0	3–2	2–5	2–4	1–3	2–1	1–0	–	–	2–1	–	–	3–3	–	—	2–1	–	–
UANL	–	–	4–1	1–0	–	–	–	3–2	2–0	2–1	–	–	–	–	1–1	1–0	–	—	1–1	4–1
UNAM	4–3	1–1	–	–	2–1	–	–	–	–	2–0	1–2	–	2–0	0–0	–	3–0	2–2	–	—	-
Veracruz	3–2	0–3	–	–	–	–	-	–	–	3–2	3–1	–	3–0	3–1	–	2–3	1–1	–	3–4	—

Updated to match(es) played on 22 November 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	Luis Gabriel Rey	Atlante	15
2	José Cardozo	Toluca	13
3	Carlos María Morales	Atlas	12
3	Reinaldo Navia	Morelia	12
5	Alex Fernandes	Monterrey	11
5	Emilio Mora	Veracruz	11
6	Jared Borgetti	Santos Laguna	10
	Eliomar Marcón	UAG
	Alfredo Moreno	Necaxa
9	Cuauhtémoc Blanco	América	9
	Walter Gaitán	UANL
	Luis Ignacio Quinteros	Puebla
	Andrés Silvera	UANL

Source: MedioTiempo

Final phase (Liguilla)

Repechage

November 26, 2003

15:00

Toluca	4–0	Guadalajara
Cardozo 55', 65' Carmona 82' Sánchez 90'	Report

Estadio Nemesio Díez, Toluca

Referee: Marco Antonio Rodríguez (Mexico City)

November 29, 2003

19:00

Guadalajara	4–2	Toluca
Morales 11' (pen.) Parra 62' Medina 89' Bravo 90+2'	Report	Cardozo 42' Sánchez 61'

Estadio Jalisco, Guadalajara

Referee: Manuel Ernesto Glower (Mexico City)

Toluca won 6–4 on aggregate.

November 26, 2003

21:00

Cruz Azul	1–0	UAG
Galindo 65'	Report

Estadio Azul, Mexico City

Referee: Germán Arredondo Ramírez (Guanajuato)

November 29, 2003

17:00

UAG	1–3	Cruz Azul
Davino 44'	Report	Cata 20' C. Delgado 80' Marín 90+2'

Estadio Tres de Marzo, Zapopan

Referee: Gilberto Alcalá Pineda (Mexico City)

Cruz Azul won 4–1 on aggregate.

Bracket

Quarterfinals					Semifinals					Finals

1	UANL (s)	1	1	2

11	Cruz Azul	0	2	2
					1	UANL	0	2	2

					10	Toluca	1	0	1
2	UNAM	2	0	2

10	Toluca	2	2	4
										1	UANL	1	1	2

										3	Pachuca	3	0	3
3	Pachuca	3	1	4

7	Necaxa	1	2	3
					3	Pachuca	0	2	2

					5	Atlante	0	1	1
4	Santos Laguna	1	2	3

5	Atlante	3	2	5

Quarterfinals

December 3, 2003