Primera División A Clausura 2009 Explained

The Primera División A Clausura 2009 is a Mexican football tournament, the second of two short tournaments held during the 2008–2009 Mexican football season. It began on January 10, 2009 and will run until May 23 or May 24, 2009. The winner of the tournament will earn a place in the promotional playoff against Querétaro, the winners of the Apertura 2008 tournament, to determine which team will be promoted to the Primera División.

Tournament format

A total of 27 teams are divided into three groups of nine teams each. Each team plays the other eight teams in its group twice, once at home and once away, for a total of 16 games. At the end of the regular season the top two teams in each group, as well as the next two highest placed teams, qualify to the Liguilla (playoffs). The teams are seeded based on their position in the general table and are arranged before each round so that the highest seeded team remaining always plays the lowest seed remaining. The teams play a home and away series and whichever team has the better aggregate score advances. If the two teams are tied after both legs in the quarterfinals and semifinals the higher seed advances automatically. In the finals, if the two teams are tied after both legs two 15 minute halves of extra time are added. If the teams are still tied after extra time the champion is determined through a penalty shootout.

Promotion

One team is promoted to the Primera División each year (two short tournaments). After the Clausura 2009 tournament, the champions of the Apertura 2008 and Clausura 2009 tournaments will play a home and home series to determine which team will be promoted. If the same team wins both tournaments it will be promoted automatically. In order for a team to be promoted it has to obtain a certification from the Federación Mexicana de Fútbol Asociación. If the winner of the promotional final is not certified for promotion a home and away series is played between the highest placed certified team and the club being relegated to the Primera División A to determine which will be in the Primera División.

Currently certified teams

Relegation

One team is relegated to the Segunda División each year (two short tournaments). The team that has the worst points to games played ratio over the previous three years (Apertura 2006, Clausura 2007, Apertura 2007, Clausura 2008, Apertura 2008, Clausura 2009) is relegated to the Segunda División.

Group league tables

Group 1

Group 2

Group 3

Promotional Final

First leg

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Second leg

Results

Group 3

Top scorers

ScorerGoalsTeam
Mauro Gerk11Querétaro
Raúl Enríquez9Tijuana
Felipe FloresSalamanca
Francisco Bravo8Veracruz
Luis NievesLeón
Jesús MoralesChetumal
Luis OrozcoMérida
Óscar RojasUNAM
Fernando GonzálezCruz Azul
Ismael Valadez7Chetumal
José Gutiérrez6Irapuato
Juan HernándezBUAP
Nicolás OliveraVeracruz
Osvaldo MorenoReal Colima
As of: May 4, 2009
Source: FMF

Relegation table

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1 align=left 65 32 2.0313
2 align=left 189 100 1.8900
3 align=left 58 32 1.8125
4 align=left 175 100 1.7500
5 align=left 171 100 1.7100
6 align=left 160 100 1.6000
7 align=left 50 32 1.5625
8 align=left 151 100 1.5100
9 align=left 150 100 1.5000
10 align=left 97 66 1.4697
11 align=left 146 100 1.4600
12 align=left 141 100 1.4100
13 align=left 140 100 1.4000
14 align=left 134 100 1.3400
15 align=left 41 32 1.2813
16 align=left 128 100 1.2800
17 align=left 121 100 1.2100
18 align=left 120 100 1.2000
19 align=left 118 100 1.1800
20 align=left 116 100 1.1600
21 align=left 114 100 1.1400
22 align=left 114 100 1.1400
23 align=left 102 100 1.0200
24 align=left 32 32 1.0000
25 align=left 99 100 0.9900
26 align=left 99 100 0.9900
27 align=left 52 66 0.7879

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