Primera División de México Clausura 2003 explained

Season:	2002−03
Winners:	Monterrey (2nd title)
League Topscorer:	José Cardozo (21 goals)
Nextseason:	Apertura 2003

Primera División de México (Mexican First Division) Clausura 2003 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, January 11, 2003, and ran until May 17, when the regular season ended. Celaya's franchise was bought out by the owner of Aerolineas Internacionales, Jorge Rodriguez Marie, and it was moved to Cuernavaca. Thus, creating a team that was known as Los Colibries de Morelos. Monterrey defeated Morelia to win their second championship.

Overview

• The franchise that was known as Celaya was bought by Jorge Rodríguez Marié, who moved the team to Cuernavaca and changed its name to Colibríes de Cuernavaca.^[1] Such was the impact of his ownership that the team's nickname, Colibries, came from the logo of his airline, Aerolineas Internacionales, and the company's wordmark also appeared as a shirt sponsor.

Team	City	Stadium
América	Mexico City	Azteca
Atlante	Ciudad Nezahualcóyotl, State of Mexico	Neza 86
Atlas	Guadalajara, Jalisco	Jalisco
Chiapas	Tuxtla Gutiérrez, Chiapas	Víctor Manuel Reyna
Cruz Azul	Mexico City	Azul
Cuernavaca	Cuernavaca, Morelos	Mariano Matamoros
Guadalajara	Guadalajara, Jalisco	Jalisco
Morelia	Morelia, Michoacán	Morelos
Monterrey	Monterrey, Nuevo León	Tecnológico
Necaxa	Mexico City	Azteca
Pachuca	Pachuca, Hidalgo	Hidalgo
Puebla	Puebla, Puebla	Cuauhtémoc
Querétaro	Querétaro, Querétaro	Corregidora
San Luis	San Luis Potosí, S.L.P.	Alfonso Lastras
Santos Laguna	Torreón, Coahuila	Corona
Toluca	Toluca, State of Mexico	Nemesio Díez
UAG	Zapopan, Jalisco	Tres de Marzo
UANL	San Nicolás de los Garza, Nuevo León	Universitario
UNAM	Mexico City	Olímpico Universitario
Veracruz	Veracruz, Veracruz	Luis "Pirata" Fuente

League table

Top goalscorers

Players sorted first by goals scored, then by last name. Only regular season goals listed.

Rank	Player	Club	Goals
align=center rowspan=1	1	José Cardozo	Toluca	align=center rowspan=1	21
align=center rowspan=1	2	Sebastián González	Atlante	align=center rowspan=1	16
align=center rowspan=1	3	Reinaldo Navia	Morelia	align=center rowspan=1	13
align=center rowspan=1	4	Jared Borgetti	Santos Laguna	align=center rowspan=1	11
align=center rowspan=1	5	Omar Bravo	Guadalajara	align=center rowspan=1	10
align=center rowspan=1	6	Luis Gabriel Rey	Atlante	align=center rowspan=1	9
align=center rowspan=7	7	Sebastián Abreu	Cruz Azul	align=center rowspan=7	8
Juan Carlos Cacho	Cruz Azul
José Alfredo Castillo	UAG
Claudinho	Cuernavaca
Alex Fernandes	Monterrey
Walter Gaitán	UANL
Vicente Sánchez	Toluca

Source: MedioTiempo

Playoffs

Preliminary round

5–5 on aggregate. Guadalajara advanced for being the higher seeded team.

Quarterfinals

Morelia won 5–3 on aggregate.----

Veracruz won 2–1 on aggregate.----

Monterrey won 4–3 on aggregate.----

UANL won 4–3 on aggregate.

Semifinals

Morelia won 2–1 on aggregate.----

Monterrey won 5–3 on aggregate.

Finals

First leg

Monterrey: width=25 ! width=25 GK 30 Ricardo Martínez DF 5 Flavio Rogério DF 4 Pablo Rotchen DF 2 Ismael Rodríguez DF 71 Elliott Huitrón DF 8 Héctor Castro MF 18 Walter Erviti MF 7 Luis Ernesto Pérez MF 28 Jesús Arellano FW 10 Guillermo Franco FW 9 Alex Fernandes Substitutions: GK 20 Juan de Dios Ibarra DF 13 Daniel Román MF 11 Jesús Mendoza MF 17 Omar Avilán MF 19 Hashim Suárez MF 24 César Adame FW 64 Tomás Banda Manager: Daniel Passarella

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Morelia: width=25 ! width=25 GK 30 Moisés Muñoz DF 4 Carlos González DF 58 Darío Franco DF 15 Mario Ruíz DF 12 Enrique Vizcarra MF 8 Jorge Almirón MF 23 Javier Saavedra MF 7 Roberto Palacios MF 28 Carlos Adrián Morales MF 10 Adolfo Bautista FW 9 Reinaldo Navia Substitutions: GK 1 Miguel Fuentes DF 5 Christian Ramírez DF 13 Miguel Hernández DF 67 Charel Hernández MF 18 Damián Álvarez MF 20 Ismael Íñiguez FW 11 Martín Gómez Manager: Rubén Omar Romano

Second legMonterrey won 3–1 on aggregate.

Morelia: width=25 ! width=25 GK 30 Moisés Muñoz DF 4 Carlos González DF 58 Darío Franco DF 15 Mario Ruíz MF 23 Javier Saavedra MF 8 Jorge Almirón MF 18 Damián Álvarez MF 7 Roberto Palacios MF 28 Carlos Adrián Morales MF 10 Adolfo Bautista FW 9 Reinaldo Navia Substitutions: GK 1 Miguel Fuentes DF 5 Christian Ramírez DF 12 Enrique Vizcarra DF 13 Miguel Hernández MF 20 Ismael Íñiguez MF 85 Hugo Magallón FW 11 Martín Gómez Manager: Rubén Omar Romano

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Monterrey: width=25 ! width=25 GK 30 Ricardo Martínez DF 5 Flavio Rogério DF 4 Pablo Rotchen DF 2 Ismael Rodríguez DF 8 Héctor Castro MF 15 Paulo Chávez MF 18 Walter Erviti MF 7 Luis Ernesto Pérez MF 28 Jesús Arellano FW 10 Guillermo Franco FW 9 Alex Fernandes Substitutions: GK 20 Juan de Dios Ibarra DF 13 Daniel Román DF 71 Tomás Banda MF 11 Jesús Mendoza MF 17 Omar Avilán MF 19 Hashim Suárez MF 24 César Adame Manager: Daniel Passarella

Relegation

Pos.	Team	Pts.	Pld.	Avg.
16.	San Luis	44	38	1.1579
17.	UAG	119	108	1.1019
18.	Chiapas	116	108	1.0741
19.	Puebla	115	108	1.0648
20.	Cuernavaca^[2]	114	108	1.0556

External links

• Mediotiempo.com (where information was obtained)

Notes and References

1. Web site: Colibríes, una historia sui géneris en Primera División . Mediotiempo . 19 April 2019 . es . 17 May 2013.
2. Cuernavaca inherited the points and games of Celaya.