Primera División de México Verano 2002
Primera División de México ' Verano 2002''' was the 2002 edition of the Primera División de México, crowning Mexico's spring champion in football. América won the championship for the ninth time in its history and thus qualified for the CONCACAF Champions' Cup 2003, ending a decade-long trophy-less drought.
Overview
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 | - |
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 | - |
Veracruz | Veracruz, Veracruz | Luis "Pirata" Fuente |
Moves
bought the place of Irapuato.Final standings (groups)
League table
Results
Top goalscorers
Players sorted first by goals scored, then by last name. Only regular season goals listed.Rank | Player | Club | Goals |
1 | Sebastian Abreu | Cruz Azul | 19 |
2 | José Cardozo | Toluca | 14 |
3 | Jared Borgetti | Santos Laguna | 13 |
3 | Claudinho | La Piedad | 13 |
5 | José Luis Calderón | Atlas | 11 |
5 | Martín Rodríguez | Veracruz | 11 |
7 | Alex Fernandes | Morelia | 10 |
8 | Héctor Altamirano | Santos Laguna | 9 |
9 | Reinaldo Navia | UAG | 8 |
9 | Iván Zamorano | América | 8 |
Source:
Playoffs
Repechage
Morelia won 5–3 on aggregate.----
3–3 on aggregate. Santos Laguna advanced for being the higher seeded team..
Bracket
Quarterfinals
3–3 on aggregatte. Santos Laguna advanced for being the higher seeded team.----
Necaxa won 3–0 on aggregate.
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UNAM won 4–1 on aggregate.
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América won 6–2 on aggregate.
Semifinals
Necaxa won 1–0 on aggregate.----
América won 2–1 on aggregate.
Finals
América won 3–2 on aggregate.Relegation
Relegation table
Relegation Playoff
The Mexican Football Federation decided to increase the number of teams in the Primera División to 20 participants, so it was decided to play a promotion series between León, the last place in the Primera División relegation table, and Veracruz, Primera 'A' season runner-up. Finally, Veracruz was the winner, and the team was promoted to Primera División and León was relegated to Primera 'A'.Veracruz won 3–1 on aggregate.
After Veracruz Team in Primera A won the promotion, there was already two teams in Veracruz with the same name, for that reason, the owners decided to transfer the team promoted to Tuxtla Gutiérrez, where it was renamed as Jaguares de Chiapas.