# Primera División de México Clausura 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.

## Clubs

* 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. 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.

## Regular phase

Group 1 :
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Toluca | 19 | 10 | 3 | 6 | 40 | 30 | +10 | 33 | Directly qualified to the Liguilla (Playoffs) |
| 2 | Atlas | 19 | 8 | 8 | 3 | 29 | 20 | +9 | 32 | Directly qualified to the Liguilla (Playoffs) |
| 3 | América | 19 | 8 | 5 | 6 | 29 | 20 | +9 | 29 | |
| 4 | Cuernavaca | 19 | 6 | 5 | 8 | 24 | 27 | −3 | 23 | |
| 5 | Puebla | 19 | 4 | 4 | 11 | 15 | 31 | −16 | 16 | |
Group 2 :
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Monterrey | 19 | 9 | 7 | 3 | 31 | 22 | +9 | 34 | Directly qualified to the Liguilla (Playoffs) |
| 2 | UANL | 19 | 10 | 4 | 5 | 25 | 22 | +3 | 34 | Directly qualified to the Liguilla (Playoffs) |
| 3 | Pachuca | 19 | 4 | 9 | 6 | 21 | 23 | −2 | 21 | |
| 4 | UNAM | 19 | 4 | 8 | 7 | 25 | 35 | −10 | 20 | |
| 5 | UAG | 19 | 1 | 4 | 14 | 15 | 37 | −22 | 7 | |
Group 3 :
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Morelia | 19 | 10 | 5 | 4 | 34 | 20 | +14 | 35 | Directly qualified to the Liguilla (Playoffs) |
| 2 | Cruz Azul | 19 | 5 | 9 | 5 | 24 | 24 | 0 | 24 | Qualified for the Repechage |
| 3 | Necaxa | 19 | 6 | 5 | 8 | 25 | 24 | +1 | 23 | |
| 4 | San Luis | 19 | 5 | 5 | 9 | 25 | 38 | −13 | 20 | |
| 5 | Chiapas | 19 | 5 | 4 | 10 | 15 | 26 | −11 | 19 | |
Group 4 :
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Atlante | 19 | 10 | 4 | 5 | 39 | 26 | +13 | 34 | Directly qualified to the Liguilla (Playoffs) |
| 2 | Veracruz | 19 | 9 | 5 | 5 | 23 | 18 | +5 | 32 | Directly qualified to the Liguilla (Playoffs) |
| 3 | Guadalajara | 19 | 8 | 7 | 4 | 32 | 24 | +8 | 31 | Qualified for the Repechage |
| 4 | Santos | 19 | 9 | 3 | 7 | 30 | 24 | +6 | 30 | |
| 5 | Querétaro | 19 | 3 | 8 | 8 | 13 | 23 | −10 | 17 | |

## League table

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Morelia | 19 | 10 | 5 | 4 | 34 | 20 | +14 | 35 | Directly qualified to the Liguilla (Playoffs) |
| 2 | Atlante | 19 | 10 | 4 | 5 | 39 | 26 | +13 | 34 | Directly qualified to the Liguilla (Playoffs) |
| 3 | Monterrey | 19 | 9 | 7 | 3 | 31 | 22 | +9 | 34 | Directly qualified to the Liguilla (Playoffs) |
| 4 | UANL | 19 | 10 | 4 | 5 | 25 | 22 | +3 | 34 | Directly qualified to the Liguilla (Playoffs) |
| 5 | Toluca | 19 | 10 | 3 | 6 | 40 | 30 | +10 | 33 | Directly qualified to the Liguilla (Playoffs) |
| 6 | Atlas | 19 | 8 | 8 | 3 | 29 | 20 | +9 | 32 | Directly qualified to the Liguilla (Playoffs) |
| 7 | Veracruz | 19 | 9 | 5 | 5 | 23 | 18 | +5 | 32 | Directly qualified to the Liguilla (Playoffs) |
| 8 | Guadalajara | 19 | 8 | 7 | 4 | 32 | 24 | +8 | 31 | Qualified for the Repechage |
| 9 | Santos Laguna | 19 | 9 | 3 | 7 | 30 | 24 | +6 | 30 | |
| 10 | América | 19 | 8 | 5 | 6 | 29 | 20 | +9 | 29 | |
| 11 | Cruz Azul | 19 | 5 | 9 | 5 | 24 | 24 | 0 | 24 | Qualified for the Repechage |
| 12 | Necaxa | 19 | 6 | 5 | 8 | 25 | 24 | +1 | 23 | |
| 13 | Cuernavaca | 19 | 6 | 5 | 8 | 24 | 27 | −3 | 23 | |
| 14 | Pachuca | 19 | 4 | 9 | 6 | 21 | 23 | −2 | 21 | |
| 15 | UNAM | 19 | 4 | 8 | 7 | 25 | 35 | −10 | 20 | |
| 16 | San Luis | 19 | 5 | 5 | 9 | 25 | 38 | −13 | 20 | |
| 17 | Chiapas | 19 | 5 | 4 | 10 | 15 | 26 | −11 | 19 | |
| 18 | Querétaro | 19 | 3 | 8 | 8 | 13 | 23 | −10 | 17 | |
| 19 | Puebla | 19 | 4 | 4 | 11 | 15 | 31 | −16 | 16 | |
| 20 | UAG | 19 | 1 | 4 | 14 | 15 | 37 | −22 | 7 | |

## Results

| Home \ Away | AME | ATE | ATS | CHI | CAZ | CUE | GDL | MTY | MOR | NEC | PAC | PUE | QRO | SNL | SAN | TOL | UAG | UNL | UNM | VER |
| América | — | 1–0 | 4–4 | – | 1–3 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | – | – | – | 0–1 | – | – | 0–1 | – | – | 0–1 | 1–1 | – |
| Atlante | – | — | 2–4 | 5–1 | – | – | – | 1–1 | – | 4–1 | 2–1 | 3–1 | – | 3–1 | – | – | 3–2 | – | 3–1 | – |
| Atlas | – | – | — | 1–0 | – | 0–0 | – | – | 1–0 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 2–0 | – | 1–1 | – | 1–1 | 2–0 | – | – | 3–0 |
| Chiapas | 0–1 | – | – | — | – | 0–1 | – | – | 1–2 | 0–0 | 0–0 | – | 0–0 | 3–1 | – | 1–1 | 1–0 | – | – | 1–2 |
| Cruz Azul | – | 1–3 | 1–1 | 0–1 | — | | 3–3 | 0–0 | – | – | – | 4–0 | – | – | 2–2 | – | – | 1–3 | 2–0 | – |
| Cuernavaca | – | 1–1 | – | – | 0–0 | — | 1–1 | – | – | 2–2 | 2–3 | – | – | 2–4 | 2–3 | – | 3–0 | 2–0 | – | – |
| Guadalajara | – | 2–3 | 1–3 | 2–0 | – | – | — | 1–1 | – | – | 3–1 | 2–1 | – | – | 1–0 | – | 3–2 | – | 1–1 | – |
| Monterrey | – | – | 2–2 | 0–1 | – | 1–0 | – | — | 4–2 | 2–1 | 3–2 | 0–0 | – | 3–1 | – | – | 3–0 | – | – | 2–1 |
| Morelia | 1–2 | 0–0 | – | – | 1–1 | 3–1 | 1–1 | – | — | – | – | – | 2–1 | – | 4–0 | 1–1 | – | 2–0 | – | 2–1 |
| Necaxa | 0–2 | – | – | – | 4–0 | – | 2–2 | – | 3–0 | — | – | – | 1–0 | – | 0–1 | 3–0 | – | 1–2 | – | 0–0 |
| Pachuca | 2–1 | – | – | – | 0–0 | – | – | – | 0–0 | 2–0 | — | – | 3–1 | 2–2 | – | 0–1 | – | 1–1 | – | 1–1 |
| Puebla | – | – | – | 3–2 | – | 0–1 | – | – | 1–6 | 1–0 | 1–1 | — | 0–2 | 0–1 | – | 3–1 | 2–2 | – | – | 0–1 |
| Querétaro | 1–1 | 1–0 | 2–2 | – | 0–1 | 1–2 | 0–2 | 1–1 | – | – | – | – | — | – | 1–0 | – | – | 0–2 | 0–0 | – |
| San Luis | 0–4 | – | – | – | 2–2 | – | 0–2 | – | 2–4 | 1–0 | – | – | 1–1 | — | – | 2–3 | – | 2–0 | – | 0–3 |
| Santos Laguna | – | 1–0 | 3–0 | 1–2 | – | – | – | 1–2 | – | – | 2–0 | 1–1 | – | 2–0 | — | – | 3–1 | – | 4–1 | – |
| Toluca | 3–0 | 2–3 | – | – | 1–3 | 4–1 | 3–2 | 3–1 | – | – | – | – | 4–0 | – | 4–3 | — | – | 3–1 | 5–1 | – |
| UAG | 0–5 | – | – | – | 0–0 | – | – | – | 0–2 | 1–2 | 1–1 | – | 0–0 | 1–2 | – | 3–0 | — | – | – | 1–2 |
| UANL | – | 2–1 | 0–0 | 3–0 | – | – | 1–0 | 2–1 | – | – | – | 1–0 | – | – | 2–2 | – | 1–0 | — | 2–2 | – |
| UNAM | – | – | 2–1 | 3–1 | – | 1–3 | – | 2–3 | 0–1 | 4–4 | 1–1 | 1–0 | – | 2–2 | – | – | 2–1 | – | — | – |
| Veracruz | 0–2 | 2–2 | – | – | 2–0 | 1–0 | 0–2 | – | – | – | – | – | 1–1 | – | 1–0 | 1–0 | – | 4–1 | 0–0 | — |

## Top goalscorers

Players sorted first by goals scored, then by last name. Only regular season goals listed.
| Rank | Player | Club | Goals |
| 1 | José Cardozo | Toluca | 21 |
| 2 | Sebastián González | Atlante | 16 |
| 3 | Reinaldo Navia | Morelia | 13 |
| 4 | Jared Borgetti | Santos Laguna | 11 |
| 5 | Omar Bravo | Guadalajara | 10 |
| 6 | Luis Gabriel Rey | Atlante | 9 |
| 7 | Sebastián Abreu | Cruz Azul | 8 |
| 7 | Juan Carlos Cacho | Cruz Azul | 8 |
| 7 | José Alfredo Castillo | UAG | 8 |
| 7 | Claudinho | Cuernavaca | 8 |
| 7 | Alex Fernandes | Monterrey | 8 |
| 7 | Walter Gaitán | UANL | 8 |
| 7 | Vicente Sánchez | Toluca | 8 |
Source: MedioTiempo

## Final phase (Liguilla)
### Repechage

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

### Bracket

| Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Finals | Finals | Finals | Finals | Finals |
| 1 | Morelia | 1 | 4 | 5 | | | | | | | | | | |
| 8 | Guadalajara | 1 | 2 | 3 | | | | | | | | | | |
| 8 | Guadalajara | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | Morelia | 0 | 2 | 2 | | | | | |
| | | | | | 7 | Veracruz | 1 | 0 | 1 | | | | | |
| 2 | Atlante | 1 | 0 | 1 | 7 | Veracruz | 1 | 0 | 1 | | | | | |
| 7 | Veracruz | 1 | 1 | 2 | | | | | | | | | | |
| 7 | Veracruz | 1 | 1 | 2 | | | | | | 1 | Morelia | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| | | | | | | | | | | 3 | Monterrey | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 3 | Monterrey | 1 | 3 | 5 | | | | | | | | | | | 3 | Monterrey | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 6 | Atlas | 1 | 2 | 4 | | | | | | | | | | |
| 6 | Atlas | 1 | 2 | 4 | 3 | Monterrey | 4 | 1 | 5 | | | | | |
| | | | | | 4 | UANL | 1 | 2 | 3 | | | | | |
| 4 | UANL | 2 | 2 | 4 | 4 | UANL | 1 | 2 | 3 | | | | | |
| 5 | Toluca | 2 | 1 | 3 | | | | | | | | | | |

### 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: :
| GK | 30 | Ricardo Martínez |
| DF | 5 | Flavio Rogério |
| DF | 4 | Pablo Rotchen | 82' |
| DF | 2 | Ismael Rodríguez | 78' |
| DF | 71 | Elliott Huitrón | 86' |
| DF | 8 | Héctor Castro | 38' |
| MF | 18 | Walter Erviti | 73' |
| MF | 7 | Luis Ernesto Pérez | 6' |
| MF | 28 | Jesús Arellano |
| FW | 10 | Guillermo Franco | 58' | 90+1' |
| FW | 9 | Alex Fernandes | 71' | 71' |
| Substitutions: |||
| GK | 20 | Juan de Dios Ibarra |
| DF | 13 | Daniel Román |
| MF | 11 | Jesús Mendoza |
| MF | 17 | Omar Avilán | | 71' |
| MF | 19 | Hashim Suárez |
| MF | 24 | César Adame | | 90+1' |
| FW | 64 | Tomás Banda |
| Manager: |||
| Daniel Passarella ||||
Morelia: :
| GK | 30 | Moisés Muñoz |
| DF | 4 | Carlos González | 11' |
| DF | 58 | Darío Franco | 41' |
| DF | 15 | Mario Ruíz | | 53' |
| DF | 12 | Enrique Vizcarra | | 79' |
| 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 | | 53' |
| MF | 20 | Ismael Íñiguez | | 79' |
| FW | 11 | Martín Gómez |
| Manager: |||
| Rubén Omar Romano ||||

#### Second leg

Monterrey won 3–1 on aggregate.
Morelia: :
| GK | 30 | Moisés Muñoz |
| DF | 4 | Carlos González | 72' |
| DF | 58 | Darío Franco |
| DF | 15 | Mario Ruíz | 26' | 46' |
| MF | 23 | Javier Saavedra |
| MF | 8 | Jorge Almirón | 11' |
| MF | 18 | Damián Álvarez | | 50' |
| MF | 7 | Roberto Palacios |
| MF | 28 | Carlos Adrián Morales |
| MF | 10 | Adolfo Bautista |
| FW | 9 | Reinaldo Navia | 68' |
| Substitutions: |||
| GK | 1 | Miguel Fuentes |
| DF | 5 | Christian Ramírez |
| DF | 12 | Enrique Vizcarra |
| DF | 13 | Miguel Hernández |
| MF | 20 | Ismael Íñiguez | | 46' |
| MF | 85 | Hugo Magallón |
| FW | 11 | Martín Gómez | | 50' |
| Manager: |||
| Rubén Omar Romano ||||
Monterrey: :
| GK | 30 | Ricardo Martínez | 39' |
| DF | 5 | Flavio Rogério |
| DF | 4 | Pablo Rotchen |
| DF | 2 | Ismael Rodríguez |
| DF | 8 | Héctor Castro |
| MF | 15 | Paulo Chávez |
| MF | 18 | Walter Erviti | | 64' |
| MF | 7 | Luis Ernesto Pérez |
| MF | 28 | Jesús Arellano | | 88' |
| FW | 10 | Guillermo Franco |
| FW | 9 | Alex Fernandes | 30' | 55' |
| Substitutions: |||
| GK | 20 | Juan de Dios Ibarra |
| DF | 13 | Daniel Román |
| DF | 71 | Tomás Banda | | 64' |
| MF | 11 | Jesús Mendoza | | 88' |
| MF | 17 | Omar Avilán | | 55' |
| MF | 19 | Hashim Suárez |
| MF | 24 | César Adame |
| Manager: |||
| Daniel Passarella ||||
* Champions
* Monterrey 2nd title

## 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 | 114 | 108 | 1.0556 |