The 2009 Primera División Clausura was the second football tournament of the Mexican Primera División 2008−2009 season. The tournament began on January 16th, 2009 and ended on May 31st, 2009. Necaxa was relegated to the Primera División A after being in last place of the relegation table. On May 31, 2009 UNAM defeated Pachuca 3–2 on aggregate to win their sixth title. Toluca forward Héctor Mancilla won his second consecutive golden boot after scoring 14 goals, only one ahead of America forward Salvador Cabañas.
[edit] Club information
[edit] Stadia and locations
| Club | Stadium | Capacity | City | | América | Azteca | 105,000 | Mexico City | | Atlante | Andrés Quintana Roo | 20,000 | Cancún | | Atlas | Jalisco | 56,713 | Guadalajara | | Chiapas | Víctor Manuel Reyna | 23,208 | Tuxtla Gutiérrez | | Ciudad Juárez | Olímpico Benito Juárez | 22,300 | Ciudad Juárez | | Cruz Azul | Estadio Azul | 35,000 | Mexico City | | Guadalajara | Jalisco | 56,713 | Guadalajara | | Monterrey | Tecnológico | 38,000 | Monterrey | | Morelia | Morelos | 41,500 | Morelia | | Necaxa | Victoria | 25,000 | Aguascalientes | | Pachuca | Hidalgo | 30,000 | Pachuca | | Puebla | Cuauhtémoc | 42,649 | Puebla | | San Luis | Alfonso Lastras Ramírez | 24,000 | San Luis Potosí | | Santos Laguna | Corona | 18,050 | Torreón | | Toluca | Nemesio Díez | 27,000 | Toluca | | UAG | 3 de Marzo | 30,015 | Guadalajara | | UANL | Universitario | 45,000 | Monterrey | | UNAM | Olímpico Universitario | 63,000 | Mexico City | | Locations of the Primera División 2008–09 teams |
[edit] Personnel
[edit] Managerial changes
| Team | Outgoing
manager | Manner of
departure | Date of
vacancy | Replaced by | Date of
appointment | Position in
table |
| Atlas |  Darío Franco | Resigned | Jan. 26, 2009 | Ricardo Lavolpe | Jan. 28, 2009 | 17th |
| América | Ramón Díaz | Sacked | Feb. 10, 2009 |  Jesús Ramírez | Feb. 11, 2009 | 12th |
| Morelia | Luis Fernando Tena | Sacked | Feb. 20, 2009 | Tomás Boy | Feb. 20, 2009 | 11th |
| UANL | Manuel Lapuente | Sacked | Feb. 22, 2009 | José Pekerman | Feb. 23, 2009 | 17th |
| Guadalajara | Efraín Flores | Sacked | Mar. 23, 2009 | Omar Arellano | Mar. 30, 2009 | 12th |
| Santos Laguna | Daniel Guzmán | Sacked | Mar. 24, 2009 | Sergio Bueno | Mar. 25, 2009 | 14th |
| Guadalajara | Omar Arellano | Resigned | Apr. 16, 2009 | Francisco Ramírez | Apr. 16, 2009 | 9th |
| Cruz Azul | Benjamin Galindo | Sacked | May. 4, 2009 |  Robert Siboldi | May. 5, 2009 | 18th |
[edit] Classification Phase
[edit] General table
Updated to games played on May 10, 2009
Source: FeMexFut
Rules for classification: 1st points; 2nd goal difference; 3rd goals scored.
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (Q) = Qualified to respective phase of tournament; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round.
[edit] Position by fixture
| Team \ Round | 01 | 02 | 03 | 04 | 05 | 06 | 07 | 08 | 09 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 |
| Pachuca | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Toluca | 9 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 |
| UNAM | 5 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 11 | 10 | 16 | 11 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 3 |
| Monterrey | 1 | 5 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 4 |
| Puebla | 18 | 10 | 13 | 13 | 8 | 9 | 5 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 5 |
| UAG | 13 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 9 | 6 | 6 | 8 | 12 | 9 | 9 | 11 | 12 | 10 | 6 | 6 | 6 |
| Ciudad Juárez | 3 | 9 | 7 | 8 | 10 | 5 | 11 | 10 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 15 | 15 | 14 | 14 | 13 | 7 |
| América | 6 | 8 | 10 | 12 | 15 | 14 | 10 | 13 | 16 | 11 | 10 | 8 | 8 | 11 | 13 | 12 | 8 |
| Santos Laguna | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 14 | 16 | 12 | 12 | 13 | 13 | 14 | 13 | 11 | 9 | 10 | 7 | 9 |
| Morelia | 11 | 13 | 12 | 7 | 7 | 11 | 14 | 15 | 15 | 16 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 12 | 11 | 9 | 10 |
| Guadalajara | 7 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 8 | 4 | 7 | 8 | 12 | 9 | 9 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 11 |
| Chiapas | 4 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 11 | 12 |
| Atlas | 14 | 17 | 17 | 18 | 17 | 17 | 13 | 14 | 9 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 10 | 13 |
| Atlante | 10 | 6 | 5 | 11 | 13 | 13 | 15 | 16 | 11 | 14 | 15 | 14 | 14 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 14 |
| San Luis | 12 | 12 | 11 | 6 | 6 | 8 | 9 | 6 | 8 | 10 | 8 | 10 | 10 | 13 | 12 | 14 | 15 |
| UANL | 17 | 18 | 18 | 17 | 16 | 15 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 16 | 17 | 16 |
| Necaxa | 15 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 17 | 16 | 17 |
| Cruz Azul | 8 | 4 | 8 | 10 | 12 | 12 | 7 | 9 | 10 | 12 | 13 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 18 | 18 | 18 |
Last updated: 10 May 2009
Source: [1] (Spanish)
[edit] Group standings
| Group 1 |
P
| Team
| Pld
| W
| D
| L
| GF
| GA
| GD
| Pts
|
| 1 | Pachuca | 17 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 42 | 23 | +19 | 36 |
| 2 | Monterrey | 17 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 28 | 22 | +6 | 26 |
| 3 | Puebla | 17 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 21 | 24 | −3 | 26 |
| 4 | Ciudad Juárez | 17 | 5 | 8 | 4 | 21 | 22 | −1 | 23 |
| 5 | Santos Laguna | 17 | 5 | 7 | 5 | 25 | 20 | +5 | 22 |
| 6 | Atlante | 17 | 3 | 8 | 6 | 18 | 21 | −3 | 17 |
| Group 2 |
P
| Team
| Pld
| W
| D
| L
| GF
| GA
| GD
| Pts
|
| 1 | UNAM | 17 | 8 | 4 | 5 | 23 | 17 | +6 | 28 |
| 2 | UAG | 17 | 6 | 7 | 4 | 21 | 17 | +4 | 25 |
| 3 | América | 17 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 25 | 27 | −2 | 23 |
| 4 | Morelia | 17 | 5 | 7 | 5 | 19 | 20 | −1 | 22 |
| 5 | Guadalajara | 17 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 21 | 20 | +1 | 21 |
| 6 | Cruz Azul | 17 | 2 | 7 | 8 | 26 | 33 | −7 | 13 |
| Group 3 |
P
| Team
| Pld
| W
| D
| L
| GF
| GA
| GD
| Pts
|
| 1 | Toluca | 17 | 10 | 6 | 1 | 34 | 19 | +15 | 36 |
| 2 | Chiapas | 17 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 22 | 24 | −2 | 21 |
| 3 | Atlas | 17 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 22 | 29 | −7 | 21 |
| 4 | San Luis | 17 | 4 | 5 | 8 | 21 | 27 | −6 | 17 |
| 5 | UANL | 17 | 2 | 8 | 7 | 15 | 26 | −11 | 14 |
| 6 | Necaxa | 17 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 17 | 30 | −13 | 14 |
Updated to games played on May 3, 2009
Source: FeMexFut
Rules for classification: 1st points; 2nd goal difference; 3rd goals scored.
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (Q) = Qualified to respective phase of tournament; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round.
| Advances to the Final Phase as the two-best teams in their group. |
| Advances to the Final Phase as the two-highest teams in the general table not already advanced by the above method. |
[edit] Results
Updated to games played on 10 May 2009
Source: FeMexFut
1The home team is listed in the left-hand column.
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
For coming matches, an a indicates there is an article about the match.
[edit] Final Phase
- If the two teams are tied after both legs, the higher seeded team advances.
- Both finalist qualify to the 2009–10 CONCACAF Champions League. The champion qualifies directly to the Group Stage, while the runner-up qualifies to the Preliminary Round.
[edit] Awards
[edit] Top-ten goalscorers
[edit] Relegation table
Relegation is determined by a quotient of the total points earned in the Primera División divided by the total amount of games played over the past three seasons of the Primera División (for clubs that have not been the Primera División all three season, the last consecutive seasons of participation are taken into account). The club with the lowest quotient is relegated to the Primera División A for the next season.
[edit] References
[edit] External links
