# Primera División de México Invierno 2000

Primera División de México (Mexican First Division) Invierno 2000 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, July 29, 2000, and ran until November 18, when the regular season ended. Irapuato was promoted to the Primera División de México thus, Toros Neza was relegated to the Primera División A. Morelia defeated Toluca in the final and were crowned Champions for the first, and to date, the only time.

## Regular phase

Group 1 :
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Cruz Azul | 17 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 34 | 21 | +13 | 33 | Directly qualified to the Liguilla (Playoffs) |
| 2 | Toluca | 17 | 9 | 3 | 5 | 32 | 26 | +6 | 30 | Directly qualified to the Liguilla (Playoffs) |
| 3 | Morelia | 17 | 7 | 6 | 4 | 29 | 24 | +5 | 27 | Qualified for the Repechage |
| 4 | León | 17 | 4 | 6 | 7 | 27 | 33 | −6 | 18 | |
| 5 | Atlante | 17 | 3 | 8 | 6 | 22 | 28 | −6 | 17 | |
Group 2 :
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Atlas | 17 | 6 | 7 | 4 | 35 | 29 | +6 | 25 | Directly qualified to the Liguilla (Playoffs) |
| 2 | Irapuato | 17 | 6 | 7 | 4 | 28 | 26 | +2 | 25 | Qualified for the Repechage |
| 3 | UANL | 17 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 23 | 23 | 0 | 24 | |
| 4 | UNAM | 17 | 5 | 4 | 8 | 24 | 29 | −5 | 19 | |
| 5 | Celaya | 17 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 21 | 27 | −6 | 13 | |
Group 3 :
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Necaxa | 17 | 8 | 4 | 5 | 29 | 22 | +7 | 28 | Directly qualified to the Liguilla (Playoffs) |
| 2 | Santos Laguna | 17 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 32 | 29 | +3 | 26 | Directly qualified to the Liguilla (Playoffs) |
| 3 | Monterrey | 17 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 23 | 30 | −7 | 20 | |
| 4 | Puebla | 17 | 4 | 4 | 9 | 18 | 29 | −11 | 16 | |
Group 4 :
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Pachuca | 17 | 8 | 4 | 5 | 24 | 18 | +6 | 28 | Directly qualified to the Liguilla (Playoffs) |
| 2 | América | 17 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 26 | 23 | +3 | 26 | Directly qualified to the Liguilla (Playoffs) |
| 3 | UAG | 17 | 7 | 4 | 6 | 33 | 36 | −3 | 25 | |
| 4 | Guadalajara | 17 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 18 | 27 | −9 | 14 | |

## League table

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Cruz Azul | 17 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 34 | 21 | +13 | 33 | Directly qualified to the Liguilla (Playoffs) |
| 2 | Toluca | 17 | 9 | 3 | 5 | 32 | 26 | +6 | 30 | Directly qualified to the Liguilla (Playoffs) |
| 3 | Necaxa | 17 | 8 | 4 | 5 | 29 | 22 | +7 | 28 | Directly qualified to the Liguilla (Playoffs) |
| 4 | Pachuca | 17 | 8 | 4 | 5 | 24 | 18 | +6 | 28 | Directly qualified to the Liguilla (Playoffs) |
| 5 | Morelia | 17 | 7 | 6 | 4 | 29 | 24 | +5 | 27 | Qualified for the Repechage |
| 6 | Santos Laguna | 17 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 32 | 29 | +3 | 26 | Directly qualified to the Liguilla (Playoffs) |
| 7 | América | 17 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 26 | 23 | +3 | 26 | Directly qualified to the Liguilla (Playoffs) |
| 8 | Atlas | 17 | 6 | 7 | 4 | 35 | 29 | +6 | 25 | Directly qualified to the Liguilla (Playoffs) |
| 9 | Irapuato | 17 | 6 | 7 | 4 | 28 | 26 | +2 | 25 | Qualified for the Repechage |
| 10 | UAG | 17 | 7 | 4 | 6 | 33 | 36 | −3 | 25 | |
| 11 | UANL | 17 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 23 | 23 | 0 | 24 | |
| 12 | Monterrey | 17 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 23 | 30 | −7 | 20 | |
| 13 | UNAM | 17 | 5 | 4 | 8 | 24 | 29 | −5 | 19 | |
| 14 | León | 17 | 4 | 6 | 7 | 27 | 33 | −6 | 18 | |
| 15 | Atlante | 17 | 3 | 8 | 6 | 24 | 28 | −4 | 17 | |
| 16 | Puebla | 17 | 4 | 4 | 9 | 18 | 29 | −11 | 16 | |
| 17 | Guadalajara | 17 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 18 | 27 | −9 | 14 | |
| 18 | Celaya | 17 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 21 | 27 | −6 | 13 | |

## Results

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

## Top goalscorers

Players sorted first by goals scored, then by last name. Only regular season goals listed.
| Rank | Player | Club | Goals |
| 1 | Jared Borgetti | Santos Laguna | 18 |
| 2 | Ángel Morales | Cruz Azul | 12 |
| 3 | Antonio de Nigris | Monterrey | 11 |
| 3 | Daniel Osorno | Atlas | 11 |
| 5 | Carlos Pavón | Morelia | 10 |
| 5 | Martín Rodríguez | Irapuato | 10 |
| 7 | Armando González | Celaya | 9 |
| 7 | Julio César Yegros | UNAM | 9 |
| 9 | Adelino Batista | León | 8 |
| 9 | Alejandro Glaría | Puebla | 8 |
| 9 | Carlos María Morales | Toluca | 8 |
| 9 | Cristián Morales | Irapuato | 8 |
| 9 | Francisco Palencia | Cruz Azul | 8 |
| 9 | Jafet Soto | UAG | 8 |
Source: MedioTiempo

## Final phase (Liguilla)
### Repechage

Morelia won 7–3 on aggregate.

### Bracket

| Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Finals | Finals | Finals | Finals | Finals |
| 2 | Toluca (s) | 2 | 2 | 4 | | | | | | | | | | |
| 7 | América | 0 | 4 | 4 | | | | | | | | | | |
| 7 | América | 0 | 4 | 4 | 2 | Toluca | 3 | 3 | 6 | | | | | |
| | | | | | 8 | Atlas | 3 | 1 | 4 | | | | | |
| 1 | Cruz Azul | 1 | 0 | 1 | 8 | Atlas | 3 | 1 | 4 | | | | | |
| 8 | Atlas | 0 | 2 | 2 | | | | | | | | | | |
| 8 | Atlas | 0 | 2 | 2 | | | | | | 2 | Toluca | 1 | 2 | 3 (4) |
| | | | | | | | | | | 5 | Morelia (p) | 3 | 0 | 3 (5) |
| 4 | Pachuca | 0 | 1 | 1 | | | | | | | | | | | 5 | Morelia (p) | 3 | 0 | 3 (5) |
| 5 | Morelia | 0 | 2 | 2 | | | | | | | | | | |
| 5 | Morelia | 0 | 2 | 2 | 5 | Morelia | 0 | 3 | 3 | | | | | |
| | | | | | 6 | Santos Laguna | 0 | 2 | 2 | | | | | |
| 3 | Necaxa | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | Santos Laguna | 0 | 2 | 2 | | | | | |
| 6 | Santos Laguna | 2 | 2 | 4 | | | | | | | | | | |

### Quarterfinals

4–4 on aggregate. Toluca advanced for being the higher seeded team.
Atlas won 2–1 on aggregate.
Morelia won 2–1 on aggregate.
Santos Laguna won 4–3 on aggregate.

### Semifinals

Toluca won 6–4 on aggregate.
Morelia won 3–2 on aggregate.

### Finals
#### First leg

Morelia: :
| GK | 1 | Ángel Comizzo |
| DF | 4 | Hugo Chávez |
| DF | 58 | Darío Franco (c) | 45' |
| DF | 5 | Heriberto Morales |
| DF | 27 | Omar Trujillo |
| MF | 8 | Jorge Almirón | 28' |
| MF | 17 | José Antonio Noriega |
| MF | 7 | Flavio Davino | 44' |
| MF | 22 | Javier Lozano |
| MF | 15 | Mario Ruiz |
| FW | 9 | Alex Fernandes | 65' |
| Substitutions: |||
| GK | 12 | Sergio Cisneros |
| DF | 2 | Jaime Alarcón |
| DF | 3 | Salvador Mariscal |
| DF | 13 | Miguel Hernández |
| DF | 16 | Eduardo Rodríguez |
| MF | 28 | Carlos Adrián Morales |
| FW | 29 | Antonio González |
| Manager: |||
| Luis Fernando Tena ||||
Toluca: :
| GK | 1 | Hernán Cristante |
| DF | 4 | Hassan Viades |
| DF | 19 | Adrian García Arias |
| DF | 5 | Omar Blanco |
| MF | 8 | Rafael García |
| MF | 18 | David Rangel (c) |
| MF | 7 | Víctor Ruiz | 87' |
| MF | 13 | Erik Espinosa | | 69' |
| MF | 11 | Manoel Ferreira |
| MF | 27 | Enrique Alfaro | | 77' |
| FW | 9 | José Cardozo | 54' |
| Substitutions: |||
| GK | 30 | Mario Albarrán |
| DF | 21 | Robert Charles Forbes |
| DF | 58 | Adán Nuñez |
| MF | 6 | Antonio Taboada |
| MF | 10 | Sinha |
| MF | 14 | Manuel Martínez | | 61' |
| FW | 15 | Carlos María Morales | | 77' |
| Manager: |||
| Ricardo Ferrero ||||
3–3 on aggregate. Morelia won 5–4 on penalty kicks.

#### Second leg

Toluca: :
| GK | 1 | Hernán Cristante |
| DF | 27 | Enrique Alfaro |
| DF | 19 | Adrian García Arias |
| DF | 5 | Omar Blanco |
| DF | 4 | Hassan Viades |
| DF | 18 | David Rangel (c) | 13' 83' |
| MF | 7 | Víctor Ruiz |
| MF | 11 | Manoel Ferreira | 19' | 61' |
| MF | 13 | Erik Espinosa | | 69' |
| FW | 15 | Carlos María Morales | | 85' |
| FW | 9 | José Cardozo |
| Substitutions: |||
| GK | 30 | Mario Albarrán |
| DF | 58 | Adán Nuñez |
| MF | 6 | Antonio Taboada | | 85' |
| MF | 8 | Rafael García |
| MF | 10 | Sinha | | 61' |
| MF | 14 | Manuel Martínez | | 69' |
| FW | 17 | Eduardo Lillingston |
| Manager: |||
| Ricardo Ferrero ||||
Morelia: :
| GK | 1 | Ángel Comizzo | 105' |
| DF | 4 | Hugo Chávez | 46' |
| DF | 58 | Darío Franco (c) |
| DF | 5 | Heriberto Morales | 21' |
| DF | 27 | Omar Trujillo |
| MF | 8 | Jorge Almirón | 118' |
| MF | 7 | Flavio Davino | | 103' |
| MF | 17 | José Antonio Noriega | | 79' |
| MF | 22 | Javier Lozano |
| MF | 15 | Mario Ruiz |
| FW | 9 | Alex Fernandes | 6' |
| Substitutions: |||
| GK | 12 | Sergio Cisneros |
| DF | 2 | Jaime Alarcón |
| DF | 3 | Salvador Mariscal |
| DF | 13 | Miguel Hernández | | 103' |
| DF | 16 | Eduardo Rodríguez |
| MF | 28 | Carlos Adrián Morales | | 79' |
| FW | 29 | Antonio González |
| Manager: |||
| Luis Fernando Tena ||||
* Champions
* Morelia 1st title