Primera División de México Invierno 1997

Primera División de México (Mexico First Division) Invierno 1997 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 Friday, July 25, 1997, and ran until October 26, when the regular season ended. U.A.N.L. was promoted to the Primera División de México thus, Pachuca was relegated to the Primera División A. In the final Cruz Azul defeated León and became champions for the 8th time.

Final Standings (groups)[edit]

Group 1
	Club	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	+/-	Points
1.	León	17	9	5	3	30	22	+8	32
2.	Atlante F.C.	17	8	6	3	26	17	+9	30
3.	Veracruz	17	5	6	6	19	25	-6	21
4.	Celaya	17	5	5	7	21	26	-5	20
5.	Puebla	17	5	4	8	20	27	-7	19

Group 2
	Club	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	+/-	Points
1.	Cruz Azul	17	8	7	2	29	16	+13	31
2.	Guadalajara	17	8	5	4	28	24	+4	29
3.	Monterrey	17	6	4	7	22	22	0	22
4.	Toluca	17	5	4	8	21	21	0	19
5.	U.A.N.L.	17	5	3	9	20	26	-6	18

Group 3
	Club	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	+/-	Points
1.	Morelia	17	7	7	3	25	19	+6	28
2.	Toros Neza	17	6	5	6	29	29	0	23
3.	U.N.A.M.	17	3	7	7	26	30	-4	16
4.	Santos	17	3	7	7	22	31	-9	16

Group 4
	Club	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	+/-	Points
1.	América	17	8	5	4	27	19	+8	29
2.	Atlas	17	6	5	6	28	26	+2	23
3.	Necaxa	17	4	6	7	26	31	-5	18
4.	U.A.G.	17	3	7	7	19	27	-8	16


	Teams directly qualified to the Liguilla

Final Standings (general)[edit]

	Club	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	+/-	Points
1.	León	17	9	5	3	30	22	+8	32
2.	Cruz Azul	17	8	7	2	29	16	+13	31
3.	Atlante F.C.	17	8	6	3	26	17	+9	30
4.	América	17	8	5	4	27	19	+8	29
5.	Guadalajara	17	8	5	4	28	24	+4	29
6.	Morelia	17	7	7	3	25	19	+6	28
7.	Atlas	17	6	5	6	28	26	+2	23
8.	Toros Neza	17	6	5	6	29	29	0	23
9.	Monterrey	17	6	4	7	22	22	0	22
10.	Veracruz	17	5	6	6	19	25	-6	21
11.	Celaya	17	5	5	7	21	26	-5	20
12.	Toluca	17	5	4	8	21	21	0	19
13.	Puebla	17	5	4	8	20	27	-7	19
14.	Necaxa	17	4	6	7	26	31	-5	18
15.	U.A.N.L.	17	5	3	9	20	26	-6	18
16.	U.N.A.M.	17	3	7	7	26	30	-4	16
17.	U.A.G.	17	3	7	7	19	27	-8	16
18.	Santos	17	3	7	7	22	31	-9	16

Top scorers[edit]

Goals scored throughout the entire tournament including Repechaje, Quarterfinals, Semifinals and Finals.

Pos.	Player	Team	Goals
1	Carlos Hermosillo	Cruz Azul	14
2	Luis García Postigo	Atlante	13
3	Jesús Olalde	Pumas	10
	Ricardo Peláez	America	10
5	Daniel Guzmán	Atlas	9
	Germán Arangio	Toros Neza	9
7	Gustavo Nápoles	Guadalajara	8
	Julio César Yegros	Cruz Azul	8
	Antonio Mohamed	Toros Neza	8
10	Sigifredo Mercado	Leon	7
	Jared Borgetti	Santos	7
	Claudio Da Silva	Morelia	7
	José Saturnino Cardozo	Toluca	7
	Claudio Núñez	U.A.N.L.	7
	Juan Ramón Fleita	Toros Neza	7
	Carlos Pavón	Necaxa	7

Playoffs[edit]

Quarterfinals					Semifinals					Finals

7	Atlas	0	1	1

2	Cruz Azul	1	4	5
					2	Cruz Azul	1	1	2

					3	Atlante F.C.	1	0	1
6	Morelia	0	0	0

3	Atlante F.C.	0	1	1
										2	Cruz Azul	1	1	2

										1	León	0	1	1
5	Guadalajara	1	0	1

4	América	3	1	4
					4	América	1	1	2

					1	León	0	3	3
8	Toros Neza	1	3	4

1	León	0	6	6

Invierno 1997 winners:
Cruz Azul 8th Title

References[edit]

External links[edit]

Mediotiempo.com (where information was obtained)

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