# Primera División de México Invierno 1998

Primera División de México (Mexican First Division) Invierno 1998 is a Mexican football tournament - one of two short tournaments that take up the entire year to determine the champions of Mexican football. It began on Friday, July 31, 1998, and ran until November 22, when the regular season ended. Pachuca was promoted to the Primera División de México thus, Veracruz was relegated to the Primera División A. In the final Necaxa defeated Guadalajara and became champions for the 3rd time.

## Regular phase

Group 1 :
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Cruz Azul | 17 | 12 | 4 | 1 | 41 | 14 | +27 | 40 | Directly qualified to the Liguilla (Playoffs) |
| 2 | Guadalajara | 17 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 34 | 25 | +9 | 34 | Directly qualified to the Liguilla (Playoffs) |
| 3 | Celaya | 17 | 6 | 4 | 7 | 28 | 29 | −1 | 22 | |
| 4 | León | 17 | 4 | 4 | 9 | 25 | 34 | −9 | 16 | |
| 5 | Puebla | 17 | 2 | 3 | 12 | 13 | 41 | −28 | 9 | |
Group 2 :
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Atlético Morelia | 17 | 8 | 3 | 6 | 28 | 28 | 0 | 27 | Directly qualified to the Liguilla (Playoffs) |
| 2 | UNAM | 17 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 26 | 20 | +6 | 26 | Directly qualified to the Liguilla (Playoffs) |
| 3 | América | 17 | 6 | 4 | 7 | 30 | 31 | −1 | 22 | |
| 4 | Pachuca | 17 | 5 | 1 | 11 | 28 | 39 | −11 | 16 | |
| 5 | Toros Neza | 17 | 2 | 3 | 12 | 18 | 36 | −18 | 9 | |
Group 3 :
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Necaxa | 17 | 10 | 2 | 5 | 36 | 22 | +14 | 32 | Directly qualified to the Liguilla (Playoffs) |
| 2 | UAG | 17 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 31 | 23 | +8 | 31 | Directly qualified to the Liguilla (Playoffs) |
| 3 | Atlante | 17 | 5 | 4 | 8 | 22 | 30 | −8 | 19 | |
| 4 | Monterrey | 17 | 4 | 7 | 6 | 20 | 30 | −10 | 19 | |
Group 4 :
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Toluca | 17 | 10 | 6 | 1 | 39 | 14 | +25 | 36 | Directly qualified to the Liguilla (Playoffs) |
| 2 | Atlas | 17 | 8 | 2 | 7 | 34 | 28 | +6 | 26 | Directly qualified to the Liguilla (Playoffs) |
| 3 | UANL | 17 | 5 | 7 | 5 | 30 | 28 | +2 | 22 | |
| 4 | Santos Laguna | 17 | 4 | 5 | 8 | 22 | 33 | −11 | 17 | |

## League table

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Cruz Azul | 17 | 12 | 4 | 1 | 41 | 14 | +27 | 40 | Advance to Liguilla (Playoffs) |
| 2 | Toluca | 17 | 10 | 6 | 1 | 39 | 14 | +25 | 36 | Advance to Liguilla (Playoffs) |
| 3 | Guadalajara | 17 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 34 | 25 | +9 | 34 | Advance to Liguilla (Playoffs) |
| 4 | Necaxa (C) | 17 | 10 | 2 | 5 | 36 | 22 | +14 | 32 | Advance to Liguilla (Playoffs) |
| 5 | UAG | 17 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 31 | 23 | +8 | 31 | Advance to Liguilla (Playoffs) |
| 6 | Atlético Morelia | 17 | 8 | 3 | 6 | 28 | 28 | 0 | 27 | Advance to Liguilla (Playoffs) |
| 7 | Atlas | 17 | 8 | 2 | 7 | 34 | 28 | +6 | 26 | Advance to Liguilla (Playoffs) |
| 8 | UNAM | 17 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 26 | 20 | +6 | 26 | Advance to Liguilla (Playoffs) |
| 9 | UANL | 17 | 5 | 7 | 5 | 30 | 28 | +2 | 22 | |
| 10 | América | 17 | 6 | 4 | 7 | 30 | 31 | −1 | 22 | |
| 11 | Celaya | 17 | 6 | 4 | 7 | 28 | 29 | −1 | 22 | |
| 12 | Atlante | 17 | 5 | 4 | 8 | 22 | 30 | −8 | 19 | |
| 13 | Monterrey | 17 | 4 | 7 | 6 | 20 | 30 | −10 | 19 | |
| 14 | Santos Laguna | 17 | 4 | 5 | 8 | 22 | 33 | −11 | 17 | |
| 15 | León | 17 | 4 | 4 | 9 | 25 | 34 | −9 | 16 | |
| 16 | Pachuca | 17 | 5 | 1 | 11 | 28 | 39 | −11 | 16 | |
| 17 | Toros Neza | 17 | 2 | 3 | 12 | 18 | 36 | −18 | 9 | |
| 18 | Puebla | 17 | 2 | 3 | 12 | 13 | 41 | −28 | 9 | |

## Top goalscorers

Players sorted first by goals scored, then by last name. Only regular season goals listed.
| Rank | Player | Club | Goals |
| 1 | Cuauhtémoc Blanco | América | 16 |
| 2 | José Cardozo | Toluca | 13 |
| 2 | Carlos Pavón | Necaxa | 13 |
| 4 | Federico Lagorio | Atlas | 12 |
| 5 | Alejandro Glaría | Pachuca | 11 |
| 5 | Pedro Pineda | Necaxa | 11 |
| 7 | Claudinho | Morelia | 10 |
| 7 | Claudio Núñez | UANL | 10 |
| 9 | Luis García | Guadalajara | 8 |
| 9 | Luis Hernández | UANL | 8 |
Source: MedioTiempo

## Results

| Home \ Away | AME | ATE | ATS | ATM | CEL | CAZ | GDL | LEO | MTY | NEC | PAC | PUE | SAN | TOL | TRN | UAG | UNL | UNM |
| América | — | 1–1 | – | – | 1–0 | 1–1 | 0–0 | – | – | 2–0 | – | – | – | – | 0–1 | 1–3 | – | 5–2 |
| Atlante | – | — | – | – | 0–0 | 0–2 | 1–0 | – | – | 0–3 | – | 1–0 | – | – | 2–0 | 2–3 | 2–2 | 1–0 |
| Atlas | 1–1 | 1–0 | — | – | 2–0 | 1–2 | 3–2 | – | – | 1–2 | – | – | – | – | – | 4–1 | – | 2–0 |
| Atlético Morelia | 1–2 | 2–2 | 4–3 | — | – | 2–1 | 1–0 | – | – | 2–1 | – | – | – | – | – | 0–0 | – | 1–1 |
| Celaya | – | – | – | 0–2 | — | – | – | 4–1 | 0–0 | – | 0–0 | 1–0 | – | 1–1 | 1–2 | – | – | – |
| Cruz Azul | – | – | – | – | 5–0 | — | 2–2 | – | – | 1–1 | – | 1–0 | 2–0 | – | 5–2 | 2–2 | 3–1 | 1–2 |
| Guadalajara | – | – | – | – | 0–0 | – | — | 1–1 | – | 1–2 | 2–0 | 0–2 | 0–1 | – | 1–2 | 4–0 | 2–0 | – |
| León | 2–1 | 2–2 | 2–0 | 3–3 | – | 1–1 | – | — | 2–1 | – | 0–0 | – | – | 1–2 | – | – | 1–5 | – |
| Monterrey | 3–2 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 1–1 | – | 1–2 | 2–1 | – | — | – | – | – | – | – | – | 3–1 | – | 2–2 |
| Necaxa | – | – | – | – | 2–1 | – | – | 2–0 | 4–0 | — | 5–2 | 3–0 | 4–0 | 1–2 | 1–2 | – | – | – |
| Pachuca | 1–3 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 5–3 | – | 1–1 | – | – | 1–1 | – | — | – | – | 2–4 | – | – | 3–1 | 1–0 |
| Puebla | 1–1 | – | 2–3 | 2–2 | – | – | – | 3–0 | 2–1 | – | 3–0 | — | 2–0 | 2–0 | – | – | 1–3 | – |
| Santos Laguna | 3–1 | 0–3 | 0–2 | 2–0 | – | – | – | 2–1 | 1–0 | – | 1–1 | – | — | 3–0 | – | – | 0–3 | – |
| Toluca | 1–2 | 0–0 | 1–1 | – | – | 1–0 | 0–1 | – | 2–3 | 2–1 | – | – | – | — | – | – | – | 2–0 |
| Toros Neza | – | – | 1–2 | 3–1 | – | – | – | 1–0 | 1–0 | – | 3–2 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 1–0 | — | – | – | – |
| UAG | – | – | – | – | 3–1 | – | – | 3–1 | – | 0–1 | 0–2 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 1–2 | 1–1 | — | – | – |
| UANL | 1–3 | – | 4–1 | 2–0 | 3–3 | – | – | – | 2–1 | 2–0 | – | – | – | 1–4 | 2–1 | 2–1 | — | – |
| UNAM | – | – | – | – | 1–0 | – | 0–2 | 1–2 | – | 2–2 | – | 5–1 | 0–2 | – | 1–1 | 1–2 | 2–2 | — |

## Final phase (Liguilla)
### Bracket

| Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Finals | Finals | Finals | Finals | Finals |
| 3 | Guadalajara | 1 | 4 | 5 | | | | | | | | | | |
| 6 | Atlético Morelia | 1 | 1 | 2 | | | | | | | | | | |
| 6 | Atlético Morelia | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | Guadalajara | 1 | 1 | 2 | | | | | |
| | | | | | 8 | UNAM | 1 | 0 | 1 | | | | | |
| 1 | Cruz Azul | 2 | 1 | 3 | 8 | UNAM | 1 | 0 | 1 | | | | | |
| 8 | UNAM | 3 | 1 | 4 | | | | | | | | | | |
| 8 | UNAM | 3 | 1 | 4 | | | | | | 3 | Guadalajara | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | | | | | | | | | | 4 | Necaxa | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 4 | Necaxa (s) | 0 | 3 | 3 | | | | | | | | | | | 4 | Necaxa | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 5 | UAG | 2 | 1 | 3 | | | | | | | | | | |
| 5 | UAG | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 | Necaxa | 0 | 3 | 3 | | | | | |
| | | | | | 7 | Atlas | 0 | 2 | 2 | | | | | |
| 2 | Toluca | 2 | 0 | 2 | 7 | Atlas | 0 | 2 | 2 | | | | | |
| 7 | Atlas | 1 | 2 | 3 | | | | | | | | | | |

### Quarterfinals

Guadalajara won 5–2 on aggregate.
UNAM won 4–3 on aggregate.
3–3 on aggregate. Necaxa advanced for being the higher seeded team.
Atlas won 3–2 on aggregate.

### Semifinals

Guadalajara won 2–1 on aggregate.
Necaxa won 3–2 on aggregate.

### Final
#### First leg

Necaxa: :
| GK | 25 | Adolfo Ríos |
| DF | 20 | José Higareda |
| DF | 19 | Eduardo Vilches | 34' 84' |
| DF | 3 | Sergio Almaguer |
| DF | 5 | José Luis Montes de Oca | 70' |
| DF | 2 | Salvador Cabrera |
| DF | 4 | Markus López |
| MF | 7 | Álex Aguinaga (c) | | 90' |
| MF | 21 | Sergio Vázquez | 38' |
| MF | 10 | Sergio Zárate | | 83' |
| FW | 27 | Carlos Hermosillo |
| Substitutions: |||
| MF | 16 | David Oliva | | 83' |
| MF | 6 | José Manuel de la Torre | | 90' |
| Manager: |||
| Raúl Arias ||||
Guadalajara: :
| GK | 1 | Martín Zúñiga |
| DF | 15 | Paulo César Chávez | 7' |
| DF | 8 | Joel Sánchez |
| DF | 4 | Claudio Suárez |
| MF | 14 | Felipe de Jesús Robles |
| MF | 28 | Jesús Arellano |
| MF | 6 | Alberto Coyote (c) | 74' |
| MF | 7 | Ramón Ramírez |
| MF | 10 | Luis García | | 77' |
| MF | 11 | Manuel Martínez |
| FW | 9 | Ricardo Peláez |
| Substitutions: |||
| DF | 3 | Héctor Castro | | 77' |
| Manager: |||
| Ricardo Ferretti ||||

#### Second leg

Necaxa won 2–0 on aggregate.
Guadalajara: :
| GK | 1 | Martín Zúñiga |
| DF | 15 | Paulo César Chávez |
| DF | 8 | Joel Sánchez |
| DF | 4 | Claudio Suárez |
| MF | 14 | Felipe de Jesús Robles | | 79' |
| MF | 28 | Jesús Arellano | 66' |
| MF | 6 | Alberto Coyote (c) |
| MF | 7 | Ramón Ramírez |
| MF | 10 | Luis García | | 85' |
| MF | 11 | Manuel Martínez | | 74' |
| FW | 9 | Ricardo Peláez |
| Substitutions: |||
| DF | 3 | Héctor Castro | | 74' |
| FW | 17 | Héctor Del Ángel | | 79' |
| DF | 2 | Noe Zárate | | 85' |
| Manager: |||
| Ricardo Ferretti ||||
Necaxa: :
| GK | 25 | Adolfo Ríos |
| DF | 20 | José Higareda | 28' |
| DF | 3 | Sergio Almaguer |
| DF | 4 | Markus López | 82' |
| DF | 5 | José Luis Montes de Oca |
| DF | 2 | Salvador Cabrera | 61' |
| MF | 6 | José Manuel de la Torre | | 79' |
| MF | 7 | Álex Aguinaga (c) |
| MF | 21 | Sergio Vázquez |
| MF | 10 | Sergio Zárate | | 85' |
| FW | 27 | Carlos Hermosillo | | 90' |
| Substitutions: |||
| MF | 13 | Marco Antonio Sánchez | | 79' |
| MF | 12 | Raúl Gordillo | | 85' |
| MF | 16 | David Oliva | | 90' |
| Manager: |||
| Raúl Arias ||||
* Champions
* Necaxa 3rd title