Primera División de México Verano 2002

Primera División de México (Mexican First Division) 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.

Clubs

Notes

1. Veracruz bought the place of Irapuato.

Top goalscorers

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

Rank	Player	Club	Goals
1	Template:Flagicon Sebastian Abreu	Cruz Azul	19
2	Template:Flagicon José Cardozo	Toluca	14
3	Template:Flagicon Jared Borgetti	Santos Laguna	13
	Template:Flagicon Claudinho	La Piedad
5	Template:Flagicon José Luis Calderón	Atlas	11
	Template:Flagicon Martín Rodríguez	Veracruz
7	Template:Flagicon Alex Fernandes	Morelia	10
8	Template:Flagicon Héctor Altamirano	Santos Laguna	9
9	Template:Flagicon Reinaldo Navia	UAG	8
	Template:Flagicon Iván Zamorano	América

Source: MedioTiempo

Final phase (Liguilla)

Repechage

Morelia won 5–3 on aggregate.

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

Quarterfinals

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

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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.

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América won 2–1 on aggregate.

Finals

First leg

América: GK 25 Template:Flagicon Adolfo Ríos DF 3 Template:Flagicon José Antonio Castro DF 16 Template:Flagicon Ricardo Rojas DF 5 Template:Flagicon Duilio Davino DF 28 Template:Flagicon Raúl Salinas downward-facing red arrow 84' MF 6 Template:Flagicon Raúl Lara MF 9 Template:Flagicon Álvaro Ortiz MF 10 Template:Flagicon Hugo Castillo downward-facing red arrow 69' MF 27 Template:Flagicon Christian Patiño FW 9 Template:Flagicon Iván Zamorano Template:Yel FW 17 Template:Flagicon Jesús Mendoza downward-facing red arrow 62' Substitutions: GK 1 Template:Flagicon Hugo Pineda DF 66 Template:Flagicon Carlos Infante MF 14 Template:Flagicon Octavio Valdez upward-facing green arrow 84' MF 64 Template:Flagicon Manuel Ríos upward-facing green arrow 62' FW 8 Template:Flagicon Marcelo Lipatín upward-facing green arrow 69' FW 65 Template:Flagicon Moctezuma Serrato Manager: Template:Flagicon Manuel Lapuente

Necaxa: GK 25 Template:Flagicon Nicolás Navarro Template:Yel DF 2 Template:Flagicon Diego Martínez DF 3 Template:Flagicon Miguel Acosta DF 8 Template:Flagicon Salvador Cabrera Template:Yel DF 5 Template:Flagicon José Luis Montes de Oca Template:Sentoff MF 99 Template:Flagicon Carlos González MF 6 Template:Flagicon Fabián Peña Template:Yel MF 18 Template:Flagicon Víctor Ruiz MF 8 Template:Flagicon Luis Ernesto Pérez Template:Yel FW 26 Template:Flagicon Ángel Sosa downward-facing red arrow 69' FW 10 Template:Flagicon Zague downward-facing red arrow 66' Substitutions: GK 12 Template:Flagicon Isaac Mizrahi DF 15 Template:Flagicon Edgar Solano upward-facing green arrow 86' DF 17 Template:Flagicon Jose Nuñez MF 5 Template:Flagicon Carlos Gutiérrez upward-facing green arrow 69' MF 35 Template:Flagicon Rodolfo Espinoza MF 52 Template:Flagicon Juan Carlos Franco FW 9 Template:Flagicon Carlos Castro upward-facing green arrow 66' downward-facing red arrow 86' Manager: Template:Flagicon Raúl Arias

Second leg

América won 3–2 on aggregate.

Necaxa: GK 25 Template:Flagicon Nicolás Navarro DF 2 Template:Flagicon Diego Martínez Template:Yel DF 3 Template:Flagicon Miguel Acosta DF 8 Template:Flagicon Salvador Cabrera DF 15 Template:Flagicon Edgar Solano MF 99 Template:Flagicon Carlos González MF 6 Template:Flagicon Fabián Peña MF 18 Template:Flagicon Víctor Ruiz MF 8 Template:Flagicon Luis Ernesto Pérez Red card 65' FW 26 Template:Flagicon Ángel Sosa Template:Yel downward-facing red arrow 66' FW 10 Template:Flagicon Zague Template:Yel Substitutions: GK 12 Template:Flagicon Isaac Mizrahi DF 32 Template:Flagicon Salvador Arevalo DF 17 Template:Flagicon Jose Nuñez MF 5 Template:Flagicon Carlos Gutiérrez upward-facing green arrow 66' MF 22 Template:Flagicon Miguel Ostersen MF 35 Template:Flagicon Rodolfo Espinoza MF 52 Template:Flagicon Juan Carlos Franco FW 9 Template:Flagicon Carlos Castro Manager: Template:Flagicon Raúl Arias

América: GK 25 Template:Flagicon Adolfo Ríos DF 3 Template:Flagicon José Antonio Castro DF 16 Template:Flagicon Ricardo Rojas DF 5 Template:Flagicon Duilio Davino downward-facing red arrow 50' DF 45 Template:Flagicon Carlos Sánchez Template:Yel downward-facing red arrow 91' DF 28 Template:Flagicon Raúl Salinas MF 9 Template:Flagicon Álvaro Ortiz MF 13 Template:Flagicon Pável Pardo downward-facing red arrow 46' MF 10 Template:Flagicon Hugo Castillo MF 27 Template:Flagicon Christian Patiño FW 8 Template:Flagicon Marcelo Lipatín Template:Yel Substitutions: GK 1 Template:Flagicon Hugo Pineda DF 66 Template:Flagicon Carlos Infante upward-facing green arrow 46' MF 6 Template:Flagicon Raúl Lara MF 64 Template:Flagicon Manuel Ríos upward-facing green arrow 91' MF 102 Template:Flagicon Francisco Torres FW 9 Template:Flagicon Iván Zamorano upward-facing green arrow 50' FW 65 Template:Flagicon Moctezuma Serrato Manager: Template:Flagicon Manuel Lapuente

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Relegation

Pos.	Team	Pts.	Pld.	Ave.
15.	Puebla	121	104	1.1634
16.	Veracruz	81	70	1.1571
17.	Atlante	113	104	1.0865
18.	Celaya	108	104	1.0384
19.	León	103	104	0.9903

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.

References

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