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1997–98 Primera División A season

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Primera División A de México
Season	1997–98
Champions	Invierno: Pachuca (2nd title) Verano: Tigrillos UANL (1st title) Campeón de Ascenso: Pachuca (1st title)
Promoted	Pachuca
Relegated	Marte
Top goalscorer	Invierno: Níver Arboleda (17) Verano: Carlos María Morales (12)
← 1996–97 1998–99 →

Primera División A (Méxican First A Division) is a Mexican football tournament. This season was composed of Invierno 1997 and Verano 1998 tournaments. Pachuca were the Invierno 1997 champions and Tigrillos UANL were the Verano 1998 champions. The promoted club was Pachuca after winning the Campeón de Ascenso final.

Moves

Acapulco was bought by Toluca, the team was relocated to State of Mexico and renamed Atlético Mexiquense.
Atlético Hidalgo relocated to Querétaro and renamed Halcones de Querétaro.^[1]
Four new expansion teams: Unión de Curtidores,^[2] Chivas Tijuana,^[3] Tecos Colima^[4] and Cuautitlán.^[5]
Pachuca was relegated from Primera División.^[6]
Bachilleres UdeG was promoted from Segunda División.^[7]

Stadiums and locations

1997–98 Primera División A season is located in Mexico

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Location of teams in the 1997–98 Primera División A

Club	Stadium	Capacity	City
Atlético Mexiquense	Nemesio Díez	35,000	Toluca, State of Mexico
Bachilleres UdeG	Jalisco	60,000	Guadalajara, Jalisco
Chivas Tijuana	Cerro Colorado	12,000	Tijuana, Baja California
Cruz Azul Hidalgo	10 de Diciembre	17,000	Cruz Azul, Hidalgo
Cuautitlán	Los Pinos	8,000	Cuautitlán, State of Mexico
Halcones de Querétaro	Corregidora	35,000	Querétaro, Querétaro
Irapuato	Sergio León Chávez	26,000	Irapuato, Guanajuato
La Piedad	Juan N. López	15,000	La Piedad, Michoacán
Marte	Mariano Matamoros	18,000	Xochitepec, Morelos
Pachuca	Hidalgo	25,000	Pachuca, Hidalgo
Real San Luis	Plan de San Luis	18,000	San Luis Potosí, S.L.P.
RS Zacatecas	Francisco Villa	18,000	Zacatecas, Zacatecas
Saltillo	Francisco I. Madero	10,000	Saltillo, Coahuila
San Francisco	San Francisco	11,500	San Francisco del Rincón, Guanajuato
Tampico Madero	Tamaulipas	30,000	Tampico - Ciudad Madero, Tamaulipas
Tecos Colima	Colima	12,000	Colima, Colima
Tigrillos UANL	Estadio Universitario	40,000	San Nicolás de los Garza, Nuevo León
UAT	Marte R. Gómez	20,000	Ciudad Victoria, Tamaulipas
Unión de Curtidores	La Martinica	12,000	León, Guanajuato
Yucatán	Carlos Iturralde	24,000	Mérida, Yucatán
Zacatepec	Agustín Coruco Díaz	18,000	Zacatepec, Morelos

Invierno 1997

Group league tables

Group 1

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	RS Zacatecas	20	11	5	4	38	26	+12	38
2	Pachuca	20	8	11	1	42	36	+6	35
3	Bachilleres UdeG	20	7	5	8	28	29	−1	26
4	Tigrillos UANL	20	6	6	8	28	28	0	24
5	Tecos Colima	20	4	8	8	25	29	−4	20
6	Cuautitlán	20	4	7	9	24	32	−8	19

Source: Memoria Futbolera (subscription required)
Rules for classification: 1st points; 2nd goal difference; 3rd goals scored; 4th head-to-head; 5th away goals scored; 6th draw

Group 2

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Yucatán	20	10	6	4	33	20	+13	36
2	Tampico Madero	20	8	9	3	32	25	+7	33
3	UAT	20	8	6	6	31	30	+1	30
4	Unión de Curtidores	20	7	8	5	27	22	+5	29
5	San Francisco	20	5	2	13	30	32	−2	17

Source: Memoria Futbolera (subscription required)
Rules for classification: 1st points; 2nd goal difference; 3rd goals scored; 4th head-to-head; 5th away goals scored; 6th draw

Group 3

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Atlético Mexiquense	20	14	2	4	44	24	+20	44
2	Zacatepec	20	10	2	8	40	31	+9	32
3	Cruz Azul Hidalgo	20	7	4	9	26	34	−8	25
4	Halcones de Querétaro	20	5	4	11	24	38	−14	19
5	Reboceros de La Piedad	20	3	8	9	25	43	−18	17

Source: Memoria Futbolera (subscription required)
Rules for classification: 1st points; 2nd goal difference; 3rd goals scored; 4th head-to-head; 5th away goals scored; 6th draw

Group 4

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Irapuato	20	9	6	5	28	23	+5	33
2	Saltillo	20	8	6	6	27	22	+5	30
3	Real San Luis	20	6	7	7	21	28	−7	25
4	Chivas Tijuana	20	4	7	9	23	33	−10	19
5	Marte	20	4	5	11	22	37	−15	17

Source: Memoria Futbolera (subscription required)
Rules for classification: 1st points; 2nd goal difference; 3rd goals scored; 4th head-to-head; 5th away goals scored; 6th draw

General league table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Atlético Mexiquense	20	14	2	4	44	24	+20	44
2	RS Zacatecas	20	11	5	4	38	26	+12	38
3	Yucatán	20	10	6	4	33	20	+13	36
4	Pachuca	20	8	11	1	42	36	+6	35
5	Tampico Madero	20	8	9	3	32	25	+7	33
6	Irapuato	20	9	6	5	28	23	+5	33
7	Zacatepec	20	10	2	8	40	31	+9	32
8	Saltillo	20	8	6	6	27	22	+5	30
9	UAT	20	8	6	6	31	30	+1	30
10	Unión de Curtidores	20	7	8	5	27	22	+5	29
11	Bachilleres UdeG	20	7	5	8	28	29	−1	26
12	Real San Luis	20	6	7	7	21	28	−7	25
13	Cruz Azul Hidalgo	20	7	4	9	26	34	−8	25
14	Tigrillos UANL	20	6	6	8	28	28	0	24
15	Tecos Colima	20	4	8	8	25	29	−4	20
16	Cuautitlán	20	4	7	9	24	32	−8	19
17	Chivas Tijuana	20	4	7	9	23	33	−10	19
18	Halcones de Querétaro	20	5	4	11	24	38	−14	19
19	San Francisco	20	5	2	13	30	32	−2	17
20	Marte	20	4	5	11	22	37	−15	17
21	Reboceros de La Piedad	20	3	8	9	25	43	−18	17

Source: Memoria Futbolera (subscription required)
Rules for classification: 1st points; 2nd goal difference; 3rd goals scored; 4th head-to-head; 5th away goals scored; 6th draw

Results

Home \ Away	AMX	BAC	CHT	CRH	CUA	HAL	IRA	LAP	MAR	PAC	RSL	RSZ	SAL	SFR	TAM	TEC	TIG	UAT	UDC	YUC	ZAC
Atlético Mexiquense		1–0					3–1	3–3								1–0	0–0	3–1	1–3	3–0	4–3
Bachilleres UdeG							3–1	1–1	1–5		5–0	1–2		1–0	0–0			3–1	2–2	6–1
Chivas Tijuana	2–6	0–1			0–0	3–1				0–3			2–2			2–1	7–1				2–1
Cruz Azul Hidalgo	2–1		1–0		1–2	0–1			2–0	2–2			2–1			1–2	4–2				3–1
Cuautitlán	1–2	1–1														1–1	3–1	1–1	3–1	1–2	3–2
Halcones	4–0	1–3			3–1		0–2		2–0	1–2			7–2			0–4	1–1				2–1
Irapuato			2–1	2–0	1–2			1–1	2–0		2–1	3–3		2–1	0–0			0–0	0–1	0–1
La Piedad			1–1	1–3	2–1	1–0				3–3	2–2	1–2	3–2	1–1	2–2
Marte	1–2		1–2		1–1			0–0		5–2	1–4			2–1	1–1	1–1	3–2			1–3	0–4
Pachuca	5–1	2–0			2–2		2–2									2–2	2–1	2–1	0–0		2–5
Real San Luis	0–0		2–1	0–0	5–2	1–2				1–3		2–1	1–0	2–1	1–1
RS Zacatecas	2–1		1–1	2–1	3–0	3–2			0–2	1–1			2–1			2–1	0–1				1–1
Saltillo	1–2	3–0			1–0		0–0		3–1	0–0						2–1	2–1		0–0		2–0
San Francisco	1–2		1–3	8–0	0–1	3–1				0–0		1–3	2–1		1–3	4–0
Tampico Madero	3–2		1–1	0–0	4–1	2–0				1–2		2–2	2–4			1–5	0–0
Tecos Colima		4–1					2–3	2–2			1–1						0–2	1–1	1–1	2–2	1–2
Tigrillos UANL		2–0					0–1	3–1			0–2			3–0				4–3	1–1	2–2	2–3
UAT			2–1	1–0		2–2		2–0	2–0		4–1	2–0	4–2	2–1	2–3					0–2
Unión de Curtidores			1–1	1–1		3–3		3–1	4–2		1–0	1–2		2–1	0–1			2–2		2–0
Yucatán			4–1	1–1		0–0		2–0		0–0	0–0	3–2	3–4	3–0	6–1
Zacatepec		3–1					1–2	2–4			3–1			3–1	2–0			4–0	5–1	2–0

Updated to match(es) played on 18 November 1997. Source: Memoria Futbolera (subscription required)
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Liguilla

	Quarter-finals							Semi-finals							Final

	2	RS Zacatecas (a)	2	1	3

	7	Irapuato	1	2	3
								2	RS Zacatecas	0	2	2

								3	Yucatán	1	1	2
	3	Yucatán	1	2	3

	6	Zacatepec	1	0	1
															2	RS Zacatecas	1	0	1

															4	Pachuca	2	0	2
	1	Atlético Mexiquense	1	4	5

	8	Saltillo	0	0	0
								1	Atlético Mexiquense	1	1	2

								4	Pachuca	4	1	5
	4	Pachuca (a)	1	1	2

	5	Tampico Madero	1	1	2

Champions
Pachuca 2nd title

Top scorers

Scorer	Goals	Team
Níver Arboleda	17	Zacatepec

Last updated: 18 November 1997.
Source: Memoria Futbolera (subscription required)

Verano 1998

Group league tables

Group 1

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Tigrillos UANL	20	10	6	4	34	22	+12	36
2	Pachuca	20	7	8	5	34	29	+5	29
3	RS Zacatecas	20	5	10	5	22	25	−3	25
4	Bachilleres UdeG	20	4	9	7	27	29	−2	21
5	Tecos Colima	20	5	6	9	22	33	−11	21
6	Cuautitlán	20	3	9	8	28	33	−5	18

Source: Memoria Futbolera (subscription required)

Group 2

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Yucatán	20	10	6	4	28	23	+5	36
2	UAT	20	8	6	6	27	18	+9	30
3	Unión de Curtidores	20	6	7	7	31	37	−6	25
4	Tampico Madero	20	4	8	8	24	26	−2	20
5	San Francisco	20	1	13	6	27	34	−7	16

Source: Memoria Futbolera (subscription required)

Group 3

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Zacatepec	20	8	9	3	32	19	+13	33
2	La Piedad	20	9	6	5	28	26	+2	33
3	Cruz Azul Hidalgo	20	6	9	5	30	30	0	27
4	Atlético Mexiquense	20	5	9	6	28	28	0	24
5	Halcones de Querétaro	20	4	9	7	35	31	+4	21

Source: Memoria Futbolera (subscription required)

Group 4

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Real San Luis	20	10	9	1	34	15	+19	39
2	Saltillo	20	10	6	4	27	18	+9	36
3	Irapuato	20	6	6	8	31	34	−3	24
4	Chivas Tijuana	20	4	8	8	26	35	−9	20
5	Marte	20	2	7	11	15	45	−30	13

Source: Memoria Futbolera (subscription required)

General league table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Real San Luis	20	10	9	1	34	15	+19	39
2	Tigrillos UANL	20	10	6	4	34	22	+12	36
3	Saltillo	20	10	6	4	27	18	+9	36
4	Yucatán	20	10	6	4	28	23	+5	36
5	Zacatepec	20	8	9	3	32	19	+13	33
6	La Piedad	20	9	6	5	28	26	+2	33
7	UAT	20	8	6	6	27	18	+9	30
8	Pachuca	20	7	8	5	34	29	+5	29
9	Cruz Azul Hidalgo	20	6	9	5	30	30	0	27
10	RS Zacatecas	20	5	10	5	22	25	−3	25
11	Unión de Curtidores	20	6	7	7	31	37	−6	25
12	Atlético Mexiquense	20	5	9	6	28	28	0	24
13	Irapuato	20	6	6	8	31	34	−3	24
14	Halcones de Querétaro	20	4	9	7	35	31	+4	21
15	Bachilleres UdeG	20	4	9	7	27	29	−2	21
16	Tecos Colima	20	5	6	9	22	33	−11	21
17	Tampico Madero	20	4	8	8	24	26	−2	20
18	Chivas Tijuana	20	4	8	8	26	35	−9	20
19	Cuautitlán	20	3	9	8	28	33	−5	18
20	San Francisco	20	1	13	6	27	34	−7	16
21	Marte	20	2	7	11	15	45	−30	13

Source: Memoria Futbolera (subscription required)

Results

Home \ Away	AMX	BAC	CHT	CRH	CUA	HAL	IRA	LAP	MAR	PAC	RSL	RSZ	SAL	SFR	TAM	TEC	TIG	UAT	UDC	YUC	ZAC
At. Mexiquense			0–0	1–1	2–0	0–0			4–1	1–3	1–2	1–2	2–0	1–1	4–0
Bachilleres UdeG	1–1		2–2		2–1	1–1				3–0			2–0			2–1	2–0				1–1
Chivas Tijuana				2–3			2–1	1–2	1–1		0–0	1–2		3–2	2–2			1–1	1–1	2–0
Cruz Azul Hidalgo		3–1					3–2	2–3			1–1	0–0		2–1	1–1			2–1	0–1	1–1
Cuautitlán			2–3	2–1		4–1	2–0	1–2	0–1	2–2	0–0	2–2	0–1	3–3	1–1
Halcones			1–1	3–3				1–1			2–2	4–0		4–1	2–1			1–1	3–4	1–2
Irapuato	3–1	4–4				3–1				2–1			2–2			4–2	2–0				1–3
La Piedad	1–1	2–1					4–5		0–0							3–1	0–0	1–3	3–2	1–1	1–2
Marte		2–1		0–0		0–6	0–1					0–0	1–3					2–1	1–1
Pachuca			3–0	1–1		3–3		0–1	3–3		1–1	1–2	1–4	0–0	1–0					3–0
Real San Luis		3–3					0–1	3–1	3–1							2–0	4–1	1–0	4–0	2–0	0–1
RS Zacatecas		0–0					0–0	7–2			1–2			2–2	2–1			2–1	0–0	4–4
Saltillo			2–0	2–1		1–0		2–1			1–1	0–0		2–0	5–2			1–0		1–1
San Francisco		2–2					1–1	0–0	4–2		0–0						2–2	2–2	2–2	0–1	1–1
Tampico Madero		1–1					0–0	3–1	6–0		0–4			3–2				1–0	0–0	0–2	3–0
Tecos Colima	0–0		0–0	3–5	2–1	1–0			1–1	2–2		3–2	1–0	1–1	2–1
Tigrillos UANL	2–2		3–1	5–2	3–0	1–0			4–0	2–0		1–0	0–0		1–1	4–0
UAT	1–1	1–0			1–1		3–1			0–0						2–1	3–0		4–1		1–0
Unión de Curtidores	3–2	1–0			1–1		1–1			3–5			2–3			4–3	1–2				3–1
Yucatán	1–1	1–0			3–3		2–0		2–1							2–0	1–2	1–0	5–4		2–1
Zacatepec	3–0		3–0	2–2	2–2	1–1			3–0	5–2		0–0	1–1			1–1	0–0

Updated to match(es) played on 19 April 1998. Source: Memoria Futbolera (subscription required)
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Liguilla

	Quarter-finals							Semi-finals							Final

	2	Tigrillos UANL	2	1	3

	7	Pachuca	1	2	3
								1	Tigrillos UANL	2	1	3

								7	UAT	1	2	3
	1	Real San Luis	1	1	2

	7	UAT	2	1	3
															1	Tigrillos UANL	1	3	4

															5	Zacatepec	3	0	3
	4	Yucatán	0	0	0

	5	Zacatepec	1	3	4
								5	Zacatepec	1	2	3

								6	La Piedad	1	1	2
	3	Saltillo	0	1	1

	6	La Piedad	4	1	5

Champions
Tigrillos UANL 1st title

Top scorers

Scorer	Goals	Team
Carlos María Morales	12	Pachuca
Daniel Fasciolli	12	UAT
Valtencir Gomes	12	Tigrillos UANL
Allan Oviedo	11	Unión de Curtidores
José Eduardo Ávila	10	Cuautitlán

Last updated: 19 April 1998.
Source: Memoria Futbolera (subscription required)

Relegation

Pos.	Team	Pld.	Pts.	Ave.
17.	Tecos Colima	41	40	1.0258
18.	Halcones de Querétaro	40	40	1.0000
19.	Chivas Tijuana	39	40	0.9750
20.	Marte	95	102	0.9314
21.	Cuautitlán	37	40	0.9250

Campeón de Ascenso 1998

The super cup matches of the Primera División A between the Invierno 1997 champions and the Verano 1998 champions to determine the winners of the promotion to Primera División. The series faced Pachuca (Invierno 1997 champions) and Tigrillos UANL (Verano 1998 champions).

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Pachuca	4–2	Tigrillos UANL	2–2	2–0

First leg

14 May 1998	Tigrillos UANL	2–2	Pachuca	San Nicolás de los Garza, Nuevo León
	Gómes 28' Oliva 79'	Report	Nunes 61' Morales 76'	Stadium: Estadio Universitario Referee: Felipe Ramos Rizo

Second leg

17 May 1998	Pachuca	2–0 (4–2 agg.)	Tigrillos	Pachuca, Hidalgo
12:00	Almeida 9' Victorino 48'	Report		Stadium: Estadio Hidalgo Attendance: 25,000 Referee: Gilberto Alcalá

Champions
Pachuca 1st title

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