# Primera División de México Invierno 1999

Primera División de México (Mexican First Division) Invierno 1999 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, August 14, 1999, and ran until November 21, when the regular season ended. In the final Pachuca defeated Cruz Azul and became champions for the first time.

## Regular phase

Group 1 :
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Toluca | 17 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 40 | 25 | +15 | 32 | Directly qualified to the Liguilla (Playoffs) |
| 2 | UAG | 17 | 7 | 2 | 8 | 26 | 35 | −9 | 23 | Directly qualified to the Liguilla (Playoffs) |
| 3 | UNAM | 17 | 6 | 3 | 8 | 28 | 32 | −4 | 21 | |
| 4 | León | 17 | 5 | 3 | 9 | 22 | 32 | −10 | 18 | |
| 5 | Toros Neza | 17 | 3 | 3 | 11 | 19 | 41 | −22 | 12 | |
Group 2 :
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Cruz Azul | 17 | 7 | 6 | 4 | 25 | 16 | +9 | 27 | Directly qualified to the Liguilla (Playoffs) |
| 2 | Morelia | 17 | 6 | 4 | 7 | 26 | 26 | 0 | 22 | Qualified for the Repechage |
| 3 | Puebla | 17 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 19 | 19 | 0 | 20 | |
| 4 | Monterrey | 17 | 6 | 2 | 9 | 29 | 35 | −6 | 20 | |
| 5 | Celaya | 17 | 5 | 4 | 8 | 19 | 27 | −8 | 19 | |
Group 3 :
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Atlas | 17 | 11 | 5 | 1 | 40 | 16 | +24 | 38 | Directly qualified to the Liguilla (Playoffs) |
| 2 | América | 17 | 8 | 4 | 5 | 31 | 18 | +13 | 28 | Directly qualified to the Liguilla (Playoffs) |
| 3 | Santos Laguna | 17 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 27 | 35 | −8 | 20 | |
| 4 | Atlante | 17 | 3 | 7 | 7 | 20 | 29 | −9 | 16 | |
Group 4 :
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Necaxa | 17 | 9 | 3 | 5 | 32 | 22 | +10 | 30 | Directly qualified to the Liguilla (Playoffs) |
| 2 | Guadalajara | 17 | 8 | 4 | 5 | 20 | 19 | +1 | 28 | Directly qualified to the Liguilla (Playoffs) |
| 3 | Pachuca | 17 | 8 | 2 | 7 | 28 | 28 | 0 | 26 | Qualified for the Repechage |
| 4 | UANL | 17 | 5 | 7 | 5 | 27 | 23 | +4 | 22 | |

## League table

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | |
| 1 | Atlas | 17 | 11 | 5 | 1 | 40 | 16 | +24 | 38 | Directly qualified to the Liguilla (Playoffs) |
| 2 | Toluca | 17 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 40 | 25 | +15 | 32 | Directly qualified to the Liguilla (Playoffs) |
| 3 | Necaxa | 17 | 9 | 3 | 5 | 32 | 22 | +10 | 30 | Directly qualified to the Liguilla (Playoffs) |
| 4 | América | 17 | 8 | 4 | 5 | 31 | 18 | +13 | 28 | Directly qualified to the Liguilla (Playoffs) |
| 5 | Guadalajara | 17 | 8 | 4 | 5 | 20 | 19 | +1 | 28 | Directly qualified to the Liguilla (Playoffs) |
| 6 | Cruz Azul | 17 | 7 | 6 | 4 | 25 | 16 | +9 | 27 | Directly qualified to the Liguilla (Playoffs) |
| 7 | Pachuca | 17 | 8 | 2 | 7 | 28 | 28 | 0 | 26 | Qualified for the Repechage |
| 8 | UAG | 17 | 7 | 2 | 8 | 26 | 35 | −9 | 23 | Directly qualified to the Liguilla (Playoffs) |
| 9 | UANL | 17 | 5 | 7 | 5 | 27 | 23 | +4 | 22 | |
| 10 | Morelia | 17 | 6 | 4 | 7 | 26 | 26 | 0 | 22 | Qualified for the Repechage |
| 11 | UNAM | 17 | 6 | 3 | 8 | 28 | 32 | −4 | 21 | |
| 12 | Puebla | 17 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 19 | 19 | 0 | 20 | |
| 13 | Monterrey | 17 | 6 | 2 | 9 | 29 | 35 | −6 | 20 | |
| 14 | Santos Laguna | 17 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 27 | 35 | −8 | 20 | |
| 15 | Celaya | 17 | 5 | 4 | 8 | 19 | 27 | −8 | 19 | |
| 16 | León | 17 | 5 | 3 | 9 | 22 | 32 | −10 | 18 | |
| 17 | Atlante | 17 | 3 | 7 | 7 | 20 | 29 | −9 | 16 | |
| 18 | Toros Neza | 17 | 3 | 3 | 11 | 19 | 41 | −22 | 12 | |

## Results

| Home \ Away | AME | ATE | ATS | CEL | CAZ | GDL | LEO | MTY | MOR | NEC | PAC | PUE | SAN | TOL | TRN | UAG | UNL | UNM |
| América | — | – | – | 6–0 | 1–3 | 2–0 | – | – | 1–1 | 0–1 | – | 1–0 | – | 1–2 | 2–0 | 4–0 | – | 1–2 |
| Atlante | 0–1 | — | 3–3 | – | 2–4 | – | 2–1 | – | 2–1 | 0–2 | – | 0–0 | – | 2–2 | – | 0–1 | – | – |
| Atlas | 1–1 | – | — | 3–0 | 2–3 | 0–0 | – | – | 2–1 | 1–1 | – | 1–0 | – | 3–2 | – | 2–0 | – | – |
| Celaya | – | 1–1 | – | — | – | – | 0–0 | 4–0 | – | 2–1 | 1–0 | | 0–1 | – | 1–3 | – | 0–0 | 0–2 |
| Cruz Azul | – | – | – | 1–1 | — | 0–0 | – | – | – | – | 1–2 | – | 1–1 | 2–2 | 2–0 | – | 2–0 | 0–0 |
| Guadalajara | – | 0–1 | – | 0–5 | – | — | – | 2–1 | – | 2–1 | 1–0 | – | 2–2 | – | 2–1 | – | 4–0 | 0–0 |
| León | 2–2 | – | 0–4 | – | 1–0 | 1–2 | — | – | 2–1 | 2–0 | – | 2–2 | – | 2–5 | – | 6–2 | – | – |
| Monterrey | 2–4 | 4–2 | 0–4 | – | 1–0 | – | 3–0 | — | 1–2 | – | – | 4–2 | – | – | – | 2–0 | – | – |
| Morelia | – | – | – | 2–0 | 0–3 | 0–2 | – | – | — | – | – | – | – | 0–1 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 6–2 |
| Necaxa | – | – | – | – | 2–1 | – | – | 3–0 | 0–2 | — | 4–1 | – | 3–1 | 2–1 | – | 4–2 | – | 3–3 |
| Pachuca | 2–1 | 3–0 | 2–2 | – | – | – | 1–0 | 2–1 | 4–2 | – | — | 2–0 | – | – | – | 1–2 | – | – |
| Puebla | – | – | – | 1–0 | 0–1 | 1–2 | – | – | 0–0 | 2–1 | – | — | – | 0–0 | 3–1 | 0–1 | 1–1 | – |
| Santos | 0–1 | 1–1 | 1–3 | – | – | – | 3–0 | 3–2 | 3–4 | – | 2–3 | 1–4 | — | – | – | – | – | – |
| Toluca | – | – | – | 5–2 | – | 1–0 | – | 2–2 | – | – | 3–3 | – | 2–3 | — | 6–1 | – | 2–1 | 2–0 |
| Toros Neza | – | 1–1 | 0–5 | – | – | – | 2–1 | 2–2 | – | 1–3 | 1–0 | – | 2–2 | – | — | – | 0–4 | 1–2 |
| UAG | – | – | – | 1–2 | 1–1 | 3–1 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1–3 | 1–2 | 3–2 | — | 2–0 | 5–4 |
| UANL | 2–2 | 1–1 | 2–3 | – | – | – | 3–1 | 2–0 | – | 1–1 | 6–2 | – | 0–0 | – | – | – | — | 3–1 |
| UNAM | – | 3–2 | 0–1 | – | – | – | 0–1 | 1–4 | – | – | 1–0 | 1–3 | 6–0 | – | – | – | – | — |

## Top goalscorers

Players sorted first by goals scored, then by last name. Only regular season goals listed.
| Rank | Player | Club | Goals |
| 1 | Jesús Olalde | UNAM | 15 |
| 2 | Sebastián Abreu | UAG | 13 |
| 3 | Pedro Pineda | Monterrey | 11 |
| 4 | Cuauhtémoc Blanco | América | 10 |
| 4 | Jafet Soto | Puebla | 10 |
| 6 | Jared Borgetti | Santos Laguna | 9 |
| 6 | José Cardozo | Toluca | 9 |
| 6 | Carlos María Morales | Toluca | 9 |
| 6 | Luis Fernando Soto | Celaya | 9 |
| 10 | Agustín Delgado | Necaxa | 8 |
| 10 | Claudio Núñez | UANL | 8 |
| 10 | Daniel Osorno | Atlas | 8 |
| 10 | Francisco Palencia | Cruz Azul | 8 |
| 10 | Víctor Ruiz | Toluca | 8 |
Source: MedioTiempo

## Final phase (Liguilla)
### Repechage

4–4 on aggregate. Pachuca advanced for being the higher seeded team.

### Bracket

| Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Finals | Finals | Finals | Finals | Finals |
| 4 | América | 0 | 1 | 1 | | | | | | | | | | |
| 5 | Guadalajara | 0 | 0 | 0 | | | | | | | | | | |
| 5 | Guadalajara | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | América | 0 | 1 | 1 | | | | | |
| | | | | | 6 | Cruz Azul | 0 | 2 | 2 | | | | | |
| 3 | Necaxa | 0 | 3 | 3 | 6 | Cruz Azul | 0 | 2 | 2 | | | | | |
| 6 | Cruz Azul | 1 | 4 | 5 | | | | | | | | | | |
| 6 | Cruz Azul | 1 | 4 | 5 | | | | | | 6 | Cruz Azul | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| | | | | | | | | | | 7 | Pachuca (asdet) | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 1 | Atlas | 3 | 2 | 5 | | | | | | | | | | | 7 | Pachuca (asdet) | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 8 | UAG | 2 | 2 | 4 | | | | | | | | | | |
| 8 | UAG | 2 | 2 | 4 | 1 | Atlas | 0 | 1 | 1 | | | | | |
| | | | | | 7 | Pachuca | 2 | 0 | 2 | | | | | |
| 2 | Toluca | 0 | 2 | 2 | 7 | Pachuca | 2 | 0 | 2 | | | | | |
| 7 | Pachuca | 1 | 2 | 3 | | | | | | | | | | |

### Quarterfinals

América won 1–0 on aggregate.
Cruz Azul won 5–3 on aggregate.
Atlas won 5–4 on aggregate.
Pachuca won 3–2 on aggregate.

### Semifinals

Cruz Azul won 2–1 on aggregate.
Pachuca won 2–1 on aggregate.

### Finals
#### First leg

Pachuca: :
| GK | 30 | Nacho González |
| DF | 99 | Manuel Vidrio | 90' |
| DF | 5 | Pablo Hernández |
| DF | 2 | Alberto Rodríguez (c) |
| MF | 7 | Octavio Valdez |
| MF | 9 | Marcelino Bernal |
| MF | 10 | Alfonso Sosa | | 62' |
| MF | 8 | Gabriel Caballero | 83' |
| MF | 21 | Cesáreo Victorino |
| FW | 20 | Pablo Hernán Gómez | | 69' |
| FW | 22 | Alejandro Glaría | | 79' |
| Substitutions: |||
| GK | 12 | Jesús Alfaro |
| DF | 26 | José Juan Hernández |
| MF | 3 | Marco Garcés |
| MF | 25 | César Gómez | | 62' |
| MF | 58 | Benjamín Galindo | | 79' |
| FW | 11 | Gerardo Mascareño | | 69' |
| FW | 15 | David Patiño |
| Manager: |||
| Javier Aguirre ||||
Cruz Azul: :
| GK | 1 | Óscar Pérez |
| DF | 2 | Guadalupe Castañeda |
| DF | 4 | Juan Reynoso (c) | 8' |
| DF | 5 | Francisco Gabriel de Anda |
| DF | 19 | Omar Rodríguez | 41' |
| MF | 6 | Luis García |
| MF | 7 | Joaquín Moreno | 20' |
| MF | 11 | Julio César Pinheiro | | 81' |
| MF | 10 | Ángel Morales |
| FW | 15 | Francisco Palencia |
| FW | 9 | Diego Latorre |
| Substitutions: |||
| GK | 33 | Carlos Pérez |
| DF | 3 | José Sixtos |
| DF | 23 | Moisés González |
| DF | 24 | Eustacio Rizo |
| MF | 13 | Carlos Barra |
| MF | 16 | Jaime Ruiz |
| FW | 30 | Pedro Reséndiz | | 81' |
| Manager: |||
| Luis Fernando Tena ||||
Pachuca won 3–2 on aggregate.

#### Second leg

Cruz Azul: :
| GK | 1 | Óscar Pérez |
| DF | 19 | Omar Rodríguez | 51' |
| DF | 4 | Juan Reynoso (c) |
| DF | 5 | Francisco Gabriel de Anda |
| DF | 2 | Guadalupe Castañeda |
| MF | 7 | Joaquín Moreno |
| MF | 6 | Luis García | | 75' |
| MF | 8 | Mauro Camoranesi |
| MF | 11 | Julio César Pinheiro | 58' | 62' |
| MF | 10 | Ángel Morales |
| FW | 15 | Francisco Palencia |
| Substitutions: |||
| GK | 33 | Carlos Pérez |
| DF | 3 | José Sixtos |
| DF | 23 | Moisés González |
| DF | 24 | Eustacio Rizo |
| MF | 13 | Carlos Barra | | 75' |
| FW | 9 | Diego Latorre | | 62' |
| FW | 30 | Pedro Reséndiz |
| Manager: |||
| Luis Fernando Tena ||||
Pachuca: :
| GK | 30 | Nacho González |
| DF | 2 | Alberto Rodríguez (c) | 41' |
| DF | 99 | Manuel Vidrio | 90' |
| DF | 5 | Pablo Hernández |
| MF | 7 | Octavio Valdez |
| MF | 9 | Marcelino Bernal | 17' |
| MF | 10 | Alfonso Sosa | | 46' |
| MF | 8 | Gabriel Caballero | | 69' |
| MF | 21 | Cesáreo Victorino |
| FW | 20 | Pablo Hernán Gómez |
| FW | 14 | Gerardo Mascareño | | 69' |
| Substitutions: |||
| GK | 12 | Jesús Alfaro |
| DF | 26 | José Juan Hernández | | 46' |
| MF | 3 | Marco Garcés | 80' | 69' |
| MF | 25 | César Gómez |
| MF | 58 | Benjamín Galindo |
| FW | 15 | David Patiño |
| FW | 22 | Alejandro Glaría | | 69' |
| Manager: |||
| Javier Aguirre ||||
* Champions
* Pachuca 1st title