Primera División de México Invierno 2001

Primera División de México

Season	2001−02
Champions	Pachuca (2nd title)
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Primera División de México (Mexican First Division) Invierno 2001 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 Saturday, July 21, 2001, and ran until November 25, when the regular season ended. La Piedad was promoted to the Primera División de México, allowing 19 teams to take part in the Mexican First Division as opposed to 18 teams that formed the previous tournaments. In the final Pachuca defeated UANL and became champions for the 2nd time.

Final Standings (groups)

Group 1

	Club	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	+/-	Points
1.	Cruz Azul	18	8	6	4	33	24	+9	30
2.	Guadalajara	18	6	8	4	20	20	0	26
3.	Atlas	18	6	3	9	25	29	-4	21
4.	Monterrey	18	4	8	6	23	31	-8	20
5.	Celaya	18	5	4	9	27	33	-6	19

Group 2

	Club	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	+/-	Points
1.	Toluca	18	8	8	2	33	22	+11	32
2.	Santos	18	7	3	8	36	34	+2	24
3.	Morelia	18	5	5	8	24	30	-6	20
4.	Irapuato	18	4	7	7	27	26	+1	19
5.	La Piedad	18	4	7	7	28	40	-12	19

Group 3

	Club	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	+/-	Points
1.	Necaxa	18	6	9	3	21	20	+1	27
2.	Atlante	18	6	8	4	24	21	+3	26
3.	América	18	6	6	6	21	21	0	24
4.	U.A.G.	18	4	7	7	21	23	-2	19
5.	León	18	4	4	7	25	31	-6	19

Group 4

	Club	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	+/-	Points
1.	U.A.N.L.	18	11	3	4	26	12	+14	36
2.	Pachuca	18	9	5	4	29	24	+5	32
3.	Puebla	18	5	8	5	22	22	0	23
4.	U.N.A.M.	18	3	8	7	20	22	-2	17

	Teams directly qualified to the Liguilla

Final Standings (general)

	Club	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	+/-	Points
1.	U.A.N.L.	18	11	3	4	26	12	+14	36
2.	Toluca	18	8	8	2	33	22	+11	32
3.	Pachuca	18	9	5	4	29	24	+5	32
4.	Cruz Azul	18	8	6	4	33	24	+9	30
5.	Necaxa	18	6	9	3	21	20	+1	27
6.	Atlante	18	6	8	4	24	21	+3	26
7.	Guadalajara	18	6	8	4	20	20	0	26
8.	Santos	18	7	3	8	36	34	+2	24
9.	América	18	6	6	6	21	21	0	24
10.	Puebla	18	5	8	5	22	22	0	23
11.	Atlas	18	6	3	9	25	29	-4	21
12.	Morelia	18	5	5	8	24	30	-6	20
13.	Monterrey	18	4	8	6	23	31	-8	20
14.	Irapuato	18	4	7	7	27	26	+1	19
15.	U.A.G.	18	4	7	7	21	23	-2	19
16.	Celaya	18	5	4	9	27	33	-6	19
17.	León	18	4	7	7	25	31	-6	19
18.	La Piedad	18	4	7	7	28	40	-12	19
19.	U.N.A.M.	18	3	8	7	20	22	-2	17

Top scorers

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

Pos.	Nat.	Player	Team	Goals
1		Martín Rodríguez	Irapuato	12
2		Walter Silvani	Pachuca	11
3		José Manuel Abundis	Atlante	11
		Alex Fernandes	Morelia	11
5		Jared Borgetti	Santos	10
		Vicente Sánchez	Toluca	10
7		José Luis Calderón	Atlas	9
		Iván Zamorano	America	9
9		Miguel Zepeda	Cruz Azul	8
		Gabriel Caballero	Pachuca	8
		Claudio da Silva	La Piedad	8

Playoffs

	Quarterfinals							Semifinals							Finals
	8	Santos	1	0	1
	1	UANL	1	3	4
								1	UANL	0	1	1
								4	Cruz Azul	1	0	1
	7	Guadalajara	1	0	1
	2	Toluca	1	2	3
															1	UANL	0	1	1
															3	Pachuca	2	1	3
	6	Atlante	1	1	2
	3	Pachuca	2	0	2
								3	Pachuca	1	4	5
								2	Toluca	1	2	3
	5	Necaxa	2	0	2
	4	Cruz Azul	0	4	4

Invierno 2001 winners:
Pachuca 2nd Title

External links

• Mediotiempo.com (where information was obtained)