Primera División (Mexico) 2004/05

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With the start of the 2004/05 season, the Mexican Primera División consists of 18 teams - as was customary until the 2000/01 season - after 20 teams had belonged to it in the previous season . At a meeting of the owners of the first division clubs , the teams of CD Irapuato and Querétaro FC Gallos Blancos were unloaded for the purpose of reduction. Querétaro played in the 2004/05 season, like Club San Luis as a relegated athlete from the previous year, in the second-rate Primera División 'A' , while Irapuato did not take part in any professional competition this season. The team from Dorados de Sinaloa was promoted. At the end of the season, Puebla FC was relegated and was replaced in the 2005/06 season by Club San Luis, which was immediately promoted again.

The 2004 Apertura championship was won by the UNAM Pumas team, which was second to last in the season's overall table. The champions of the Clausura 2005 were Club America, which finished sixth in the overall table.

There were a total of 306 point games and 28 games in the Liguilla , the Spanish name for the play-offs .

Most games (42) completed the CF Monterrey, whose team was the only one to qualify for both Liguillas this season. In the Apertura 2004 she made it to the final, where she lost (1: 2 and 0: 1) to the UNAM Pumas. In the Clausura 2005 they failed with two draws (0-0 and 3-3) to Cruz Azul, because the capital city had scored more points in the previous round. A total of 15 teams had reached the Liguilla at least once. Only the Dorados de Sinaloa, the Jaguares de Chiapas and the Puebla FC failed to qualify. Ironically, the UNAM Pumas, as the team with the worst points of the entire season to reach the Liguilla, won the Apertura 2004.

This season was the last time the Campeón de Campeones was held between the winner of the Apertura (UNAM Pumas) and the winner of the Clausura (America). América narrowly won 0-0 and 2-1.

The point game round

In the total of 306 point games, 927 goals were scored, which corresponds to an average of 3.03. 552 goals (average 1.80) were scored by the home teams and 375 goals (average 1.23) by the away teams.

The five highest-scoring games of the season, in each of which eight goals were scored, all took place in the Apertura. In just four weeks, between the second and sixth game day, there was a 6-2 win three times; each from the perspective of the home team at the games between Tigres and Monterrey (August 21, 2004), Monterrey and Dorados (September 15) and Veracruz and Atlante (September 18). The other two games on the 10th and 15th matchdays ended with 7: 1; from the perspective of the home team at the games between Tigres and Veracruz (October 16) and Atlante and Monterrey (November 7).

The highest home and away wins of the season were also achieved in the Apertura:

  • Chivas Guadalajara - Atlante FC 7-0 on August 14, 2004 (1st matchday)
  • Atlante FC - Monarcas Morelia 6-1 on November 21, 2004 (17th matchday)

Seven goals were scored in each of the five highest-scoring games of Clausura:

  • Puebla FC 5-2 CF Atlas on 23 January 2005 (2nd matchday)
  • Cruz Azul 6-1 CF Monterrey on January 29, 2005 (3rd matchday)
  • Necaxa - Dorados 4-3 on February 19, 2005 (6th matchday)
  • Jaguares 4-3 Veracruz on May 8, 2005 (17th matchday)
  • Club América 5-2 CF Atlas on May 8, 2005 (17th matchday)

The highest home and away wins of the Clausura were achieved in the following games:

  • UANL Tigres 6-0 Deportivo Toluca on March 12, 2005 (9th matchday)
  • Chivas Guadalajara 0-4 CF Pachuca on January 22, 2005 (2nd matchday)

A special mention deserves the fact that Monarcas Morelia, the team with the highest points of the entire season, started with four defeats in a row and won for the first time on the seventh game day (3-2 against Dorados de Sinaloa). In contrast, the Puebla FC remained unbeaten as the worst team of the season in the first nine games (5 wins and four draws) before their first (home) defeat against Morelia (3-0) on matchday 10.

Tables for the 2004/05 season

Although the Mexican championship is played as a round-robin tournament (there are 18 teams that face each other twice per season in a home and away game), the overall table is not used to determine the champion, but two championships per half-season (Apertura and Clausura) carried out and determined the champions in the Liguilla . The consequence of this mode in the 2004/05 season was that the UNAM Pumas took a disappointing 17th place in the overall table for the 2004/05 season, which would have meant relegation in the German Bundesliga , but actually winning the Apertura 2004!

Annual table 2004/05

society Sp G U V Gates Diff. Points
01. Monarcas Morelia 34 17th 6th 11 56:46 +10 57
02. Deportivo Toluca 34 16 7th 11 44:37 +7 55
03. CF Monterrey 34 16 6th 12 60:59 +1 54
04th Chivas Guadalajara 34 14th 10 10 63:53 +10 52
05. CF Pachuca 34 14th 10 10 50:46 +4 52
06th Club America 34 12 14th 8th 55:50 +5 50
07th Necaxa 34 15th 4th 15th 55:46 +9 49
08th. CD Veracruz 34 14th 7th 13 42:58 −16 49
09. UANL Tigres 34 12 11 11 62:46 +16 47
10. CD Cruz Azul 34 13 8th 13 66:56 +10 47
11. Santos Laguna 34 14th 4th 16 53:53 0 46
12. UAG Tecos 34 12 9 13 48:50 −2 45
13. Atlante FC 34 12 8th 14th 51:54 −3 44
14th Dorados de Sinaloa 34 11 9 14th 48:51 −3 42
15th CF Atlas 34 11 9 14th 55:59 −4 42
16. Jaguares de Chiapas 34 10 10 14th 39:52 −13 40
17th UNAM Pumas 34 11 4th 19th 44:59 −15 37
18th Puebla FC 34 9 10 15th 36:52 −16 37
  • Champion of Apertura 2004: UNAM Pumas
  • Master of the Clausura 2005: Club America
  • Last season's newcomer: Dorados de Sinaloa
  • Relegated to the Primera División "A" : Puebla FC

    • The home and away tables

    Santos Laguna was the best home team with 42 points, but also by far the worst away team with a meager 4 points.

    Home table 2004/05
    society Sp G U V Gates Diff. Points
    01. Santos Laguna 17th 13 3 1 39:15 +24 42
    02. CF Monterrey 17th 12 3 2 39:16 +23 39
    03. CD Veracruz 16 11 3 2 26:14 +12 36
    04th UANL Tigres 17th 10 4th 3 42:17 +25 34
    05. Atlante FC 17th 10 3 4th 38:21 +17 33
    06th UAG Tecos 17th 10 3 4th 29:18 +11 33
    07th Chivas Guadalajara 17th 9 5 3 34:20 +14 32
    08th. Monarcas Morelia 17th 9 4th 4th 29:23 +6 31
    09. CF Pachuca 17th 8th 6th 3 29:17 +12 30th
    10. Deportivo Toluca 17th 9 2 6th 25:17 +8 29
    11. Necaxa 17th 9 1 7th 34:21 +13 28
    12. Club America 17th 7th 7th 3 33:25 +8 28
    13. Dorados de Sinaloa 17th 8th 4th 5 20:14 +6 28
    14th CD Cruz Azul 17th 8th 3 6th 40:27 +13 27
    15th Puebla FC 17th 6th 6th 5 23:23 0 24
    16. Jaguares de Chiapas 17th 4th 8th 5 21:23 −2 20th
    17th UNAM Pumas 17th 6th 0 11 24:35 −11 18th
    18th CF Atlas 17th 3 8th 6th 27:27 0 17th
    Away table 2004/05
    society Sp G U V Gates Diff. Points
    01. Monarcas Morelia 17th 8th 2 7th 27:23 +4 26th
    02. Deportivo Toluca 17th 7th 5 5 19:20 −1 26th
    03. CF Atlas 17th 8th 1 8th 28:32 −4 25th
    04th Club America 17th 5 7th 5 22:25 −3 22nd
    05. CF Pachuca 17th 6th 4th 7th 21:29 −8 22nd
    06th Necaxa 17th 6th 3 8th 21:25 −4 21st
    07th CD Cruz Azul 17th 5 5 7th 26:29 −3 20th
    08th. Chivas Guadalajara 17th 5 5 7th 29:33 −4 20th
    09. UNAM Pumas 17th 5 4th 8th 20:24 −4 19th
    10. Jaguares de Chiapas 16 5 2 9 16:29 −13 17th
    11. CF Monterrey 17th 4th 3 10 21:43 −22 15th
    12. Dorados de Sinaloa 17th 3 5 9 28:37 −9 14th
    13. UANL Tigres 17th 2 7th 8th 20:29 −9 13
    14th Puebla FC 17th 3 4th 10 13:29 −16 13
    15th CD Veracruz 17th 3 4th 10 16:42 −26 13
    16. UAG Tecos 17th 2 6th 9 19:32 −13 12
    17th Atlante FC 17th 2 5 10 13:33 −20 11
    18th Santos Laguna 17th 1 1 15th 14:38 −24 4th
  • The match between Veracruz and Jaguares, which was scheduled for the 17th matchday of Apertura 2004, was not played and the Mexican Football Association rated it 0-2. It remains unconsidered in the scoring of the home and away tables.

    • Cross table for the 2004/05 season

    The cross table shows the results of all games this season. The name of the home team is listed in the left column, the logo of the visiting team in the top row.

    2004/05 Monarcas Morelia Deportivo Toluca CF Monterrey Deportivo Guadalajara CF Pachuca Necaxa CD Veracruz UANL Tigres CD Cruz Azul Santos Laguna UAG Tecos CF Atlante CF Atlas UNAM Pumas Puebla FC
    Monarcas Morelia 1-0 1: 2 4: 2 0: 2 1: 1 1: 5 1: 2 2: 1 1: 1 1: 1 2-0 2: 1 3: 2 4: 1 2: 1 0-0 3: 1
    Deportivo Toluca 3: 1 4-0 2: 1 3: 2 0: 1 1-0 1: 1 4: 1 0: 2 2-0 1: 1 1-0 1: 2 0: 2 1: 2 0: 1 1-0
    CF Monterrey 2: 1 1: 3 0: 1 4: 1 4: 2 1: 1 2-0 1: 1 3-0 1-0 2: 1 1-0 6: 2 1-0 5: 1 1: 1 4: 1
    Chivas Guadalajara 2: 1 1: 1 1-0 0: 4 1: 1 2-0 2-0 3: 1 1: 1 5: 1 2: 2 7-0 1: 1 1: 3 0: 2 2: 1 3: 1
    CF Pachuca 0: 1 1: 1 2-0 1: 1 2: 2 4: 1 1: 2 1: 1 3: 1 2: 1 2-0 1: 1 1-0 3: 1 3-0 1: 3 1: 1
    Club America 2: 3 0-0 1-0 3: 3 1: 1 2-0 1: 1 1: 1 2: 1 4: 2 3: 3 1: 1 3: 2 5: 2 4: 1 0: 3 0: 1
    Necaxa 0: 1 0: 1 2: 3 1: 2 5-0 4: 1 4-0 2: 1 0: 1 4: 2 1-0 1: 1 4: 3 0: 2 2-0 3: 1 1: 2
    CD Veracruz 1: 1 1-0 0: 2 1-0 1: 2 1: 1 1-0 2-0 3: 2 3: 2 1-0 6: 2 2: 1 0-0 0: 2 1-0 2: 1
    UANL Tigres 3-0 6-0 6: 2 2: 2 0-0 0: 1 2-0 7: 1 0: 3 3: 1 2: 2 2: 1 1-0 1: 3 0-0 3: 1 4-0
    CD Cruz Azul 1-0 1: 3 6: 1 2: 4 4-0 2: 3 0: 1 3-0 1: 1 1-0 5: 2 2-0 3: 3 1: 2 3: 4 2: 2 3: 1
    Santos Laguna 3: 1 0: 1 3: 1 4: 1 2-0 1: 1 1: 1 4: 1 2: 1 2-0 4: 2 2: 1 2: 1 2-0 4: 2 1: 1 2-0
    UAG Tecos 2-0 4: 2 3: 2 3: 2 1-0 1-0 0: 1 1: 1 2-0 3: 3 1-0 3-0 1: 2 2: 3 0: 1 1-0 1: 1
    Atlante FC 1: 6 2: 1 7: 1 1: 1 1: 1 1-0 2: 3 5: 1 1: 2 2-0 3-0 4-0 1: 1 3: 2 2-0 0: 1 2: 1
    Dorados de Sinaloa 0: 1 0: 1 1-0 2-0 3: 1 0: 1 3: 2 2-0 3: 3 1: 1 2: 1 1-0 0: 1 0: 1 0-0 2: 1 0-0
    CF Atlas 3: 3 0-0 3: 3 2: 3 1: 2 1: 1 2-0 2-0 1: 1 3: 3 1: 2 1: 1 2: 2 2: 3 0: 1 3: 1 0: 1
    Jaguares de Chiapas 0: 2 1: 3 1: 1 0-0 0: 1 2: 1 2: 2 4: 3 1: 1 1: 3 2-0 1: 1 0-0 2: 2 1: 2 2-0 1: 1
    UNAM Pumas 0: 2 1: 2 1: 2 1: 5 2: 3 2: 3 1: 3 2: 3 2: 1 1: 3 2: 1 0: 1 0: 1 3: 2 3: 2 2: 1 1-0
    Puebla FC 0: 3 0-0 1: 1 4: 1 1: 1 2: 2 0: 1 0-0 0: 3 3: 1 1-0 0: 3 2: 1 1: 1 5: 2 1-0 2: 3
  • The match between Veracruz and Jaguares, which was scheduled for the 17th matchday of Apertura 2004, was not played and the Mexican Football Association rated it 0-2.

    • The Liguillas

    In the Liguillas (the Spanish name for the play-offs ) of Apertura and Clausura, there were a total of 14 encounters, each played in home and away games. In the total of 28 Liguilla games, there were 12 home and 7 away wins and 9 draws. There were 6 home wins in both tournaments, but there were more away wins (five) in the Apertura than in the Clausura (two). The goal difference from both tournaments was 55:46 from the perspective of the home teams (29:25 in the Apertura and 26:21 in the Clausura). a total of 101 goals were scored, which corresponds to an average of 3.61 goals (and from the home team's point of view is 1.96 to 1.64).

    The highest home win in the Liguillas of Apertura in 2004 was achieved by eventual champions UNAM Pumas, who defeated CD Veracruz 3-0 in the quarterfinals. The highest away win was achieved by CF Monterrey in the semi-finals at Atlante FC with 4-2. Seven goals were scored in Apertura's highest-scoring encounters, both in Atlante FC's 4-3 victory at Deportivo Toluca in the quarter-finals and the UNAM Pumas' 4-3 home win against CF Atlas in the semi-finals.

    The highest home win in the Liguillas of the Clausura in 2005 happened in the final second leg, of all things, in the encounter between Club América and UAG Tecos, which ended 6: 3. It was also the highest scoring game in the entire Clausura. Both teams were also involved in the only away wins: the 2-0 success of the Tecos in the quarter-finals at Necaxa and the 3-1 success of América in the Clásico Joven against city rivals CD Cruz Azul in the semifinals.

    Of the 18 teams in the league round, 15 teams qualified for the Liguillas. 14 teams were able to qualify once for the Liguilla and only CF Monterrey managed to qualify twice.

    Liguillas of Apertura 2004

    Quarter finals total First leg Return leg
    Atlante - Deportivo Toluca FC 8: 5 4: 2 4: 3
    UNAM Pumas - CD Veracruz 4: 1 3-0 1: 1
    CF Monterrey - CF Pachuca 3: 2 2: 1 1: 1
    Chivas Guadalajara - CF Atlas 3: 4 0: 1 3: 3

    One of the tense highlights of the quarter-finals was the Clásico Tapatío , the duel between Atlas and Chivas Guadalajara.

    Semifinals total First leg Return leg
    Atlante - CF Monterrey 3: 7 2: 4 1: 3
    UNAM Pumas - CF Atlas 6: 4 4: 3 2: 1
    final total First leg Return leg
    UNAM Pumas - CF Monterrey 3: 1 2: 1 1-0

    The Pumas do not lose a game in the play-offs and win five times. Their only draw was the 1-1 in the quarterfinals in Veracruz.

    Liguillas of the Clausura 2005

    Quarter finals total First leg Return leg
    UANL Tigres - Monarcas Morelia 4: 4 3: 2 1: 2
    CF Monterrey - Cruz Azul 3: 3 0-0 3: 3
    Santos Laguna - Club America 3: 3 2: 2 1: 1
    Necaxa - UAG Tecos 1: 4 0: 2 1: 2

    Only the Tecos prevailed against Necaxa with a convincing overall result of 4: 1. The other three comparisons ended in a draw, so that the more points scored from the preliminary round were the decisive factor for advancement: Morelia (35) versus Tigres (24), Cruz Azul (31) versus Monterrey (27) and America (30) versus Santos Laguna (28).

    Semifinals total First leg Return leg
    UAG Tecos - Monarcas Morelia 2: 1 1-0 1: 1
    Club America - Cruz Azul 6: 2 3: 1 3: 1

    The climax of the semifinals was the Clásico Joven , the duel between the capital city clubs America and Cruz Azul. With an overall result of 6: 2, the Americanistas clearly prevailed.

    final total First leg Return leg
    UAG Tecos - Club America 4: 7 1: 1 3: 6

    América wins the championship mainly because of their strong offense, scoring 16 goals in six games, while the defense has conceded nine goals. Like the Pumas in the Apertura, the Clausura master survived the play-offs without defeat.

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