2001–02 Primera División A season explained

Competition:	Primera División A
Winners:	Invierno: Veracruz (1st Title) Verano: Real San Luis (1st title)
Season:	2001–2002
Promoted:	Real San Luis Veracruz
Relegated:	Chapulineros de Oaxaca (won promotion playoff)
League Topscorer:	Invierno: Héctor Carlos Álvarez (16) Verano: Ariel González (15)
Prevseason:	2000–01
Nextseason:	2002–03

Primera División A (Méxican First A Division) is a Mexican football tournament. This season was composed of Invieno 2001 and Verano 2002. Real San Luis was the winner of the promotion to First Division after winning Tiburones Rojos de Veracruz in the promotion playoff. However, Veracruz was also promoted to First Division after defeating Club León in a promotional series.

Changes for the 2001–02 season

• Potros Marte was relocated to Acapulco and renamed Potros Guerrero.^[1]
• Yucatán was bought by new owners, they relocated the team to Querétaro and renamed Querétaro F.C.^[2]
• Real San Sebastián was relocated to Tuxtla Gutiérrez and renamed Atlético Chiapas.^[3]
• Lobos UAP was relocated to Oaxaca and renamed Chapulineros de Oaxaca.^[4]
• C.F. Monterrey and Tigres UANL exchanged their Primera A teams. Saltillo Soccer was moved to Ciudad Juárez and renamed Cobras Juárez and Tigres de Ciudad Juárez was moved to Saltillo and renamed Tigrillos Saltillo.^[5]
• Águilas de Tamaulipas was promoted from Second Division. However, before the season started, the team was renamed Tampico Madero F.C.^[6]
• Potros Zitácuaro was promoted from Second Division after winning a promotion playoff.^[7]

Stadiums and locations

Club	Stadium	Capacity	City
Aguascalientes	Municipal de Aguascalientes	12,500	Aguascalientes, Aguascalientes
Atlético Chiapas	Víctor Manuel Reyna	25,000	Tuxtla Gutiérrez, Chiapas
Atlético Mexiquense	Nemesio Díez	35,000	Toluca, State of Mexico
Bachilleres	Jalisco	60,000	Guadalajara, Jalisco
Cobras Juárez	Olímpico Benito Juárez	22,000	Ciudad Juárez, Chihuahua
Correcaminos UAT	Marte R. Gómez	20,000	Ciudad Victoria, Tamaulipas
Cruz Azul Hidalgo	10 de Diciembre	17,000	Cruz Azul, Hidalgo
Durango	Francisco Zarco	15,000	Durango, Durango
Nacional Tijuana	Cerro Colorado	12,000	Tijuana, Baja California
Oaxaca	Benito Juárez	15,000	Oaxaca, Oaxaca
Potros Guerrero	Unidad Deportiva Acapulco	13,000	Acapulco, Guerrero
Querétaro	Corregidora	35,000	Querétaro, Querétaro
Real San Luis	Plan de San Luis	18,000	San Luis Potosí, S.L.P.
RS Zacatecas	Francisco Villa	18,000	Zacatecas, Zacatecas
Tampico Madero	Tamaulipas	30,000	Tampico - Madero, Tamaulipas
Tigrillos	Francisco I. Madero	10,000	Saltillo, Coahuila
Toros Neza	Neza 86	20,000	Ciudad Nezahualcóyotl, State of Mexico
Veracruz	Luis "Pirata" Fuente	33,000	Veracruz, Veracruz
Zacatepec	Agustín Coruco Díaz	18,000	Zacatepec, Morelos
Zitácuaro	Ignacio López Rayón	10,000	Zitácuaro, Michoacán

Invierno 2001

Group league tables

Group 1

Group 2

Group 3

Group 4

Reclassification series

Second leg

Liguilla

• (t.p.) The team was classified by its best position in the general table

Quarter-finals

Second leg

Semi-finals

Second leg

Final

Second leg

Top scorers

Scorer	Goals	Team
Héctor Carlos Álvarez	16	Tampico Madero
Héctor Giménez	13	Atlético Mexiquense
Ariel González	12	Querétaro
Julio César Colman	12	RS Zacatecas
Pablo Bocco	11	Zacatepec

Verano 2002

Group league tables

Group 1

Group 2

Group 3

Group 4

Reclassification series

Second leg

Liguilla

Quarter-finals

Second leg

Semi-finals

Second leg

Final

Second leg

Top scorers

Scorer	Goals	Team
Ariel González	15	Querétaro
Héctor Giménez	14	Atlético Mexiquense
Héctor Carlos Álvarez	13	Tampico Madero
José Enrique García	12	Real San Luis
Juan Manuel Guerra	12	Oaxaca

Relegation table

Pos.	Team	Pld.	Pts.
16.	Cobras Juárez	114	139	1.2192
17.	Tigrillos	114	136	1.1929
18.	Bachilleres	114	136	1.1929
19.	Alacranes de Durango	114	135	1.1842
20.	Oaxaca	114	128	1.1228

Promotion final

The Promotion Final faced Real San Luis against Veracruz to determine the winner of the First Division Promotion. San Luis was the winner.

Second leg

First division promotion 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 the team was promoted to Primera División. However, there was already a team in Veracruz, the owners decided to transfer the team promoted to Tuxtla Gutiérrez, where it was renamed as Jaguares de Chiapas.^[8]

Second leg

Relegation playoff

A relegation series faced Chapulineros de Oaxaca, last team in the Primera A relegation table, against Astros de Ciudad Juárez, Second Division runner-up.

Second leg

Notes and References

1. Web site: Cetto . Francelle . Primera "A": Grupo 2 . Mediotiempo . 29 October 2018 . Spanish . 14 July 2001.
2. Web site: Venados de Yucatán, se mudan a Querétaro finalizado el Verano 2001, jugadores como Lorenzo Sáez, Hugo Aparecido y Humberto Romero . History Liga MX on Twitter . 29 October 2018 . Spanish . 17 October 2017.
3. Web site: Hernández . Juan Carlos . [REPORTAJE] ¿Dónde quedó la "original" franquicia de La Franja? ]. En Línea Deportiva . 29 October 2018 . Spanish . 12 October 2014 . 19 October 2018 . https://web.archive.org/web/20181019041143/http://www.enlineadeportiva.com.mx/reportaje-donde-quedo-la-original-franquicia-de-la-franja/ . dead .
4. Web site: LOBOS UAP, GRUPO PEGASO. 1999-2001 . Lobos BUAP: Blog Lobos BUAP . 28 October 2018 . Spanish . February 2015.
5. Web site: Mendoza . Carlos . Saltillo Soccer . Cenizas de Equipos Mexicanos . 29 October 2018 . Spanish . 23 October 2013.
6. Web site: El Tampico-Madero a 15 años del último ascenso - Milenio . Milenio . 29 October 2018 . Spanish . 15 May 2016.
7. Web site: Andrés . Juan Pablo . Toscano . Martín . Mexico - List of Third Level Champions . RSSSF . 29 October 2018.
8. Web site: Jaguares y sus múltiples dueños . Mediotiempo . 29 October 2018 . Spanish . 12 April 2016.