2005–06 Primera División A season explained

Competition:	Primera División A
Winners:	Apertura: Puebla (1st Title) Clausura: Querétaro (2nd title)
Season:	2005–06
Promoted:	Querétaro
Relegated:	Tijuana Irapuato
League Topscorer:	Apertura: Mauricio Romero Alvizu (16) Clausura: Diego Olsina (15)
Prevseason:	2004–05
Nextseason:	2006–07

Primera División A (Méxican First A Division) is a Mexican football tournament. This season was composed of Apertura 2005 and Clausura 2006. Querétaro was the winner of the promotion to First Division after winning Puebla in the promotion playoff.

Changes for the 2005–06 season

• Chivas La Piedad relocated to Tepic and renamed to Chivas Coras.^[1]
• Celaya relocated to Salamanca and renamed Petroleros de Salamanca.^[2]
• Mérida F.C. was acquired by new owners, for that reason the team was moved to Irapuato and renamed Club Irapuato.^[3]
• Pachuca Juniors relocated to Ciudad Juárez and renamed Indios.^[4]
• Pioneros de Obregón relocated to Tijuana and renamed Dorados de Tijuana.^[5]
• Potros Neza was relocated to Tampico and renamed Tampico Madero.
• Académicos de Atlas was promoted from Second Division, the club was renamed Coyotes de Sonora and re-located to Hermosillo, Sonora.^[6]
• Huracanes de Colima was bought by Televisa, the team relocated to Playa del Carmen and renamed to Águilas Riviera Maya.^[7] At the end of the Apertura tournament, the team was relocated to Zacatepec as a result of Hurricane Wilma impact. From the Clausura tournament, the team was renamed as Club Zacatepec.^[8]
• Rayados A and Tigres Mochis new teams.

Stadiums and locations

Club	Stadium	Capacity	City
Águilas Riviera Maya	Mario Villanueva Madrid	7,000	Playa del Carmen, Quintana Roo
Atlético Mexiquense	Nemesio Díez	35,000	Toluca, State of Mexico
Chivas Coras	Nicolás Álvarez Ortega	7,000	Tepic, Nayarit
Coatzacoalcos	Rafael Hernández Ochoa	4,800	Coatzacoalcos, Veracruz
Correcaminos UAT	Marte R. Gómez	20,000	Ciudad Victoria, Tamaulipas
Coyotes de Sonora	Héroe de Nacozari	22,000	Hermosillo, Sonora
Cruz Azul Oaxaca	Benito Juárez	15,000	Oaxaca, Oaxaca
Durango	Francisco Zarco	15,000	Durango, Durango
Indios	Olímpico Benito Juárez	22,000	Ciudad Juárez, Chihuahua
Irapuato	Sergio León Chávez	28,500	Irapuato, Guanajuato
León	Nou Camp	35,000	León, Guanajuato
Lobos BUAP	Olímpico BUAP	20,000	Puebla, Puebla
Puebla	Cuauhtémoc	42,600	Puebla, Puebla
Rayados A	El Barrial / Tecnológico	1,000 / 36,000	Monterrey, Nuevo León
Querétaro	Corregidora	35,000	Querétaro, Querétaro
Salamanca	Olímpico Sección 24	10,000	Salamanca, Guanajuato
Tabasco	Olímpico de Villahermosa	12,000	Villahermosa, Tabasco
Tampico Madero	Tamaulipas	30,000	Tampico - Madero, Tamaulipas
Tigres Mochis	Centenario LM	7,000	Los Mochis, Sinaloa
Tijuana	Unidad Deportiva CREA	10,000	Tijuana, Baja California

Clausura 2006 new team

Apertura 2005

Group league tables

Group 1

Group 2

Group 3

Group 4

Reclasification series

Second leg

Liguilla

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

Quarter-finals

Second leg

Semi-finals

Second leg

Final

Second leg

Clausura 2006

Group league tables

Group 1

Group 2

Group 3

Group 4

Reclasification series

Second leg

Liguilla

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

Quarter-finals

Second leg

Semi-finals

Second leg

Final

Second leg

Relegation table

Pos.	Team	Pld.	Pts.		GD
16.	Puebla	38	47	1.2368	-9
17.	Lobos BUAP	76	94	1.2368	-17
18.	Zacatepec	114	139	1.2193	-39
19.	Irapuato	114	138	1.2105	-12
20.	Tijuana	114	123	1.0789	-44

Promotion final

The Promotion Final faced Puebla against Querétaro to determine the winner of the First Division Promotion. Querétaro was the winner.

Second leg

Notes and References

1. Web site: Tepic será la casa del nuevo equipo de Chivas en Primera "A". Mediotiempo . 28 February 2019 . Spanish . 6 July 2005.
2. Web site: Club de Fútbol Petroleros de Salamanca . 28 February 2019 . Spanish . https://web.archive.org/web/20190301135957/https://www.clubsalamanca.com.mx/ . 1 March 2019 . dead .
3. Web site: Historia del Club Irapuato . Ascenso MX . 28 February 2019 . Spanish.
4. Web site: Indios de Juárez, un equipo que cambió a una ciudad . La Nación . 28 February 2019 . Spanish . 21 May 2009.
5. Web site: Club Tijuana . FMF . 28 February 2019 . Spanish.
6. Web site: En acuerdo, Atlas-Grupo Mecable forman a los Coyotes de Sonora . Mediotiempo . 28 February 2019 . Spanish . 16 July 2005.
7. Web site: Hernández . Juan Carlos . [REPORTAJE] ¿Dónde quedó la “original” franquicia de La Franja? ]. En Línea Deportiva . 28 February 2019 . 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 .
8. Web site: Historia del Club Zacatepec, futbol Morelos Mexico (1920- 2013) . El Incansable . 28 February 2019 . Spanish . 7 November 2013.