Primera División de México Invierno 1998

Primera División de México (Mexican First Division) Invierno 1998 is a Mexican football tournament - one of two short tournaments that take up the entire year to determine the champions of Mexican football. It began on Friday, July 31, 1998, and ran until November 22, when the regular season ended. Pachuca was promoted to the Primera División de México thus, Veracruz was relegated to the Primera División A. In the final Necaxa defeated Guadalajara and became champions for the 3rd time.

Top goalscorers

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

Rank	Player	Club	Goals
1	Template:Flagicon Cuauhtémoc Blanco	América	16
2	Template:Flagicon José Cardozo	Toluca	13
	Template:Flagicon Carlos Pavón	Necaxa
4	Template:Flagicon Federico Lagorio	Atlas	12
5	Template:Flagicon Alejandro Glaría	Pachuca	11
	Template:Flagicon Pedro Pineda	Necaxa
7	Template:Flagicon Claudinho	Morelia	10
	Template:Flagicon Claudio Núñez	UANL
9	Template:Flagicon Luis García	Guadalajara	8
	Template:Flagicon Luis Hernández	UANL

Source: MedioTiempo

Final phase (Liguilla)

Quarterfinals

Guadalajara won 5–2 on aggregate.

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UNAM won 4–3 on aggregate.

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

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Atlas won 3–2 on aggregate.

Semifinals

Guadalajara won 2–1 on aggregate.

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Necaxa won 3–2 on aggregate.

Final

First leg

Necaxa: GK 25 Template:Flagicon Adolfo Ríos DF 20 Template:Flagicon José Higareda DF 19 Template:Flagicon Eduardo Vilches Yellow card 34' Red card 84' DF 3 Template:Flagicon Sergio Almaguer DF 5 Template:Flagicon José Luis Montes de Oca Template:Yel DF 2 Template:Flagicon Salvador Cabrera DF 4 Template:Flagicon Markus López MF 7 Template:Flagicon Álex Aguinaga (c) downward-facing red arrow 90' MF 21 Template:Flagicon Sergio Vázquez Template:Yel MF 10 Template:Flagicon Sergio Zárate downward-facing red arrow 83' FW 27 Template:Flagicon Carlos Hermosillo Substitutions: MF 16 Template:Flagicon David Oliva upward-facing green arrow 83' MF 6 Template:Flagicon José Manuel de la Torre upward-facing green arrow 90' Manager: Template:Flagicon Raúl Arias

Guadalajara: GK 1 Template:Flagicon Martín Zúñiga DF 15 Template:Flagicon Paulo César Chávez Template:Yel DF 8 Template:Flagicon Joel Sánchez DF 4 Template:Flagicon Claudio Suárez MF 14 Template:Flagicon Felipe de Jesús Robles MF 28 Template:Flagicon Jesús Arellano MF 6 Template:Flagicon Alberto Coyote (c) Template:Yel MF 7 Template:Flagicon Ramón Ramírez MF 10 Template:Flagicon Luis García downward-facing red arrow 77' MF 11 Template:Flagicon Manuel Martínez FW 9 Template:Flagicon Ricardo Peláez Substitutions: DF 3 Template:Flagicon Héctor Castro upward-facing green arrow 77' Manager: Template:Flagicon Ricardo Ferretti

Second leg

Necaxa won 2–0 on aggregate.

Guadalajara: GK 1 Template:Flagicon Martín Zúñiga DF 15 Template:Flagicon Paulo César Chávez DF 8 Template:Flagicon Joel Sánchez DF 4 Template:Flagicon Claudio Suárez MF 14 Template:Flagicon Felipe de Jesús Robles downward-facing red arrow 79' MF 28 Template:Flagicon Jesús Arellano Template:Yel MF 6 Template:Flagicon Alberto Coyote (c) MF 7 Template:Flagicon Ramón Ramírez MF 10 Template:Flagicon Luis García downward-facing red arrow 85' MF 11 Template:Flagicon Manuel Martínez downward-facing red arrow 74' FW 9 Template:Flagicon Ricardo Peláez Substitutions: DF 3 Template:Flagicon Héctor Castro upward-facing green arrow 74' FW 17 Template:Flagicon Héctor Del Ángel upward-facing green arrow 79' DF 2 Template:Flagicon Noe Zárate upward-facing green arrow 85' Manager: Template:Flagicon Ricardo Ferretti

Necaxa: GK 25 Template:Flagicon Adolfo Ríos DF 20 Template:Flagicon José Higareda Template:Yel DF 3 Template:Flagicon Sergio Almaguer DF 4 Template:Flagicon Markus López Template:Yel DF 5 Template:Flagicon José Luis Montes de Oca DF 2 Template:Flagicon Salvador Cabrera Template:Yel MF 6 Template:Flagicon José Manuel de la Torre downward-facing red arrow 79' MF 7 Template:Flagicon Álex Aguinaga (c) MF 21 Template:Flagicon Sergio Vázquez MF 10 Template:Flagicon Sergio Zárate downward-facing red arrow 85' FW 27 Template:Flagicon Carlos Hermosillo downward-facing red arrow 90' Substitutions: MF 13 Template:Flagicon Marco Antonio Sánchez upward-facing green arrow 79' MF 12 Template:Flagicon Raúl Gordillo upward-facing green arrow 85' MF 16 Template:Flagicon David Oliva upward-facing green arrow 90' Manager: Template:Flagicon Raúl Arias

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External links

• Mediotiempo.com (where information was obtained)

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