# Primera División de México Clausura 2008

Primera División de México (Mexican First Division) Clausura 2008 was a Mexican football tournament - the second of two tournaments held in the 2007-08 season. It began January 18, 2008 and ran until June 1, 2008. Veracruz and Morelia inaugurated the season, with Morelia winning 1–0. Reigning champions Atlante F.C. were eliminated from making the Liguilla with a 3-2 loss to Monterrey and thus could not defend their title, and Veracruz was relegated to the Primera División A after finishing last on the percentage table. Six teams qualified directly to the Liguilla (playoffs) by finishing in the top two of their respective groups, and these are the teams of Toluca, Jaguares, Santos Laguna, Monterrey, Guadalajara, and Cruz Azul. Four teams advanced to what is known as the Repechaje (playoff qualifiers), and these are being San Luis, Pachuca, Necaxa, and Atlas.
On June 1, 2008 Santos Laguna beat Cruz Azul on 3-2 aggregate to win the Clausura 2008 trophy. This was the club's third championship victory.

## Regular phase

Group 1 :
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Toluca | 17 | 7 | 6 | 4 | 23 | 19 | +4 | 27 | Directly qualified for Liguilla (Playoffs) |
| 2 | Chiapas | 17 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 23 | 19 | +4 | 26 | Directly qualified for Liguilla (Playoffs) |
| 3 | Pachuca | 17 | 6 | 4 | 7 | 27 | 25 | +2 | 22 | Qualified for |
| 4 | Puebla | 17 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 28 | 25 | +3 | 21 | |
| 5 | UNAM | 17 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 21 | 26 | −5 | 20 | |
| 6 | UAG | 17 | 4 | 5 | 8 | 17 | 29 | −12 | 17 | |
Group 2 :
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Santos Laguna | 17 | 8 | 7 | 2 | 36 | 19 | +17 | 31 | Directly qualified for Liguilla (Playoffs) |
| 2 | Monterrey | 17 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 27 | 22 | +5 | 24 | Directly qualified for Liguilla (Playoffs) |
| 3 | Atlas | 17 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 21 | 24 | −3 | 23 | Qualified for Repechage |
| 4 | Atlante | 17 | 3 | 8 | 6 | 24 | 30 | −6 | 17 | |
| 5 | Veracruz | 17 | 4 | 5 | 8 | 22 | 29 | −7 | 17 | Relegation to Primera División A |
| 6 | América | 17 | 3 | 2 | 12 | 12 | 27 | −15 | 11 | |
Group 3 :
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Guadalajara | 17 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 32 | 14 | +18 | 33 | Directly qualified for Liguilla (Playoffs) |
| 2 | Cruz Azul | 17 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 27 | 17 | +10 | 31 | Directly qualified for Liguilla (Playoffs) |
| 3 | San Luis | 17 | 8 | 6 | 3 | 25 | 23 | +2 | 30 | Qualified for Repechage |
| 4 | Necaxa | 17 | 5 | 9 | 3 | 18 | 12 | +6 | 24 | Qualified for Repechage |
| 5 | UANL | 17 | 5 | 4 | 8 | 19 | 28 | −9 | 19 | |
| 6 | Morelia | 17 | 5 | 3 | 9 | 11 | 25 | −14 | 18 | |
Last updated May 4, 2008

## League table

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Guadalajara (Q) | 17 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 32 | 14 | +18 | 33 | Directly qualified for Liguilla (Playoffs) |
| 2 | Santos Laguna | 17 | 8 | 7 | 2 | 36 | 19 | +17 | 31 | Directly qualified for Liguilla (Playoffs) |
| 3 | Cruz Azul | 17 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 27 | 17 | +10 | 31 | Directly qualified for Liguilla (Playoffs) |
| 4 | San Luis (Q) | 17 | 8 | 6 | 3 | 25 | 23 | +2 | 30 | Qualified for Repechage |
| 5 | Toluca | 17 | 7 | 6 | 4 | 23 | 19 | +4 | 27 | Directly qualified for Liguilla (Playoffs) |
| 6 | Chiapas | 17 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 23 | 19 | +4 | 26 | Directly qualified for Liguilla (Playoffs) |
| 7 | Necaxa | 17 | 5 | 9 | 3 | 18 | 12 | +6 | 24 | Qualified for Repechage |
| 8 | Monterrey | 17 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 27 | 22 | +5 | 24 | Directly qualified for Liguilla (Playoffs) |
| 9 | Atlas | 17 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 21 | 24 | −3 | 23 | Qualified for Repechage |
| 10 | Pachuca | 17 | 6 | 4 | 7 | 27 | 25 | +2 | 22 | Qualified for Repechage |
| 11 | Puebla | 17 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 28 | 25 | +3 | 21 | |
| 12 | UNAM | 17 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 21 | 26 | −5 | 20 | |
| 13 | UANL | 17 | 5 | 4 | 8 | 19 | 28 | −9 | 19 | |
| 14 | Morelia | 17 | 5 | 3 | 9 | 11 | 25 | −14 | 18 | |
| 15 | Atlante | 17 | 3 | 8 | 6 | 24 | 30 | −6 | 17 | |
| 16 | Veracruz | 17 | 4 | 5 | 8 | 22 | 29 | −7 | 17 | Relegation to Primera División A |
| 17 | UAG | 17 | 4 | 5 | 8 | 17 | 29 | −12 | 17 | |
| 18 | América | 17 | 3 | 2 | 12 | 12 | 27 | −15 | 11 | |

## Top goalscorers

Players sorted first by goals scored, then by last name. Only regular season goals listed.
| Rank | Player | Club | Goals |
| 1 | Humberto Suazo | Monterrey | 13 |
| 2 | Itamar | Chiapas | 10 |
| 2 | Esteban Solari | UNAM | 10 |
| 2 | Vicente Matías Vuoso | Santos Laguna | 10 |
| 5 | Omar Bravo | Guadalajara | 9 |
| 5 | Claudio Graf | Veracruz | 9 |
| 5 | Sergio Santana | Guadalajara | 9 |
| 8 | Christian Benítez | Santos Laguna | 8 |
| 8 | Álvaro González | Puebla | 8 |
| 10 | Giancarlo Maldonado | Atlante | 7 |
Source: MedioTiempo

## Results

| Home \ Away | AME | ATE | ATL | CHP | CAZ | GDL | MTY | MOR | NEC | PAC | PUE | SLP | SAN | TOL | TEC | UAN | UNA | VER |
| América | | 0–1 | 0–1 | 1–2 | 2–2 | 2–3 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 0–2 | 1–3 | 0–0 | 1–2 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 0–3 | 2–0 | 0–4 |
| Atlante | 1–0 | | 3–3 | 2–2 | 2–3 | 1–1 | 2–3 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 2–2 | 0–2 | 0–3 | 2–2 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 2–2 |
| Atlas | 1–0 | 3–3 | | 0–2 | 2–0 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 1–6 | 1–2 | 3–3 | 1–0 | 2–2 | 3–0 |
| Chiapas | 2–1 | 2–2 | 2–0 | | 1–2 | 2–2 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 3–2 | 1–4 | 1–2 |
| Cruz Azul | 2–2 | 3–2 | 0–2 | 2–1 | | 0–0 | 2–3 | 1–0 | 0–2 | 4–1 | 2–0 | 4–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 1–0 |
| Guadalajara | 3–2 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 2–2 | 0–0 | | 0–1 | 6–0 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 4–0 | 2–2 | 3–2 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 3–0 | 2–1 |
| Monterrey | 0–1 | 3–2 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 3–2 | 1–0 | | 1–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–3 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 2–3 | 1–2 | 7–2 |
| Morelia | 1–0 | 0–2 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 0–6 | 0–1 | | 0–0 | 3–2 | 0–4 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 0–2 | 2–2 | 0–1 | 1–0 |
| Necaxa | 2–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 0–0 | | 2–2 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 3–0 | 0–1 |
| Pachuca | 3–1 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 1–4 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 2–3 | 2–2 | | 2–5 | 1–2 | 1–2 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 6–1 | 0–0 | 1–1 |
| Puebla | 0–0 | 2–2 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 0–2 | 0–4 | 1–1 | 4–0 | 1–1 | 5–2 | | 1–2 | 3–3 | 1–2 | 2–3 | 3–0 | 1–1 | 2–0 |
| San Luis | 2–1 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 0–2 | 0–4 | 2–2 | 3–1 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 2–1 | | 1–4 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 3–2 | 1–1 |
| Santos | 1–0 | 3–0 | 6–1 | 1–3 | 1–1 | 2–3 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 3–3 | 4–1 | | 2–2 | 4–0 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 |
| Toluca | 1–0 | 2–2 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 0–2 | 2–1 | 0–2 | 2–2 | | 3–0 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 3–2 |
| Tecos | 1–2 | 2–1 | 3–3 | 0–2 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 0–3 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 3–2 | 1–1 | 0–4 | 0–3 | | 2–1 | 1–2 | 0–0 |
| UANL | 3–0 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 2–3 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 3–2 | 2–2 | 1–0 | 1–6 | 0–3 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 0–2 | 1–2 | | 2–0 | 0–3 |
| UNAM | 0–2 | 1–2 | 2–2 | 4–1 | 1–2 | 0–3 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 0–3 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 2–3 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 0–2 | | 4–2 |
| Veracruz | 4–0 | 2–2 | 0–3 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 1–2 | 2–7 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 2–3 | 0–0 | 3–0 | 2–4 | |

## Final phase (Liguilla)
### Repechage

2–2 on aggregate. San Luis advanced for being the higher seeded team.
1–1 on aggregate. Necaxa advanced for being the higher seeded team.

### Bracket

| Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Finals | Finals | Finals | Finals | Finals |
| 2 | Santos Laguna | 2 | 1 | 3 | | | | | | | | | | |
| 7 | Necaxa | 1 | 1 | 2 | | | | | | | | | | |
| 7 | Necaxa | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | Santos Laguna (s) | 1 | 2 | 3 | | | | | |
| | | | | | 8 | Monterrey | 1 | 2 | 3 | | | | | |
| 1 | Guadalajara | 1 | 4 | 5 | 8 | Monterrey | 1 | 2 | 3 | | | | | |
| 8 | Monterrey | 4 | 4 | 8 | | | | | | | | | | |
| 8 | Monterrey | 4 | 4 | 8 | | | | | | 2 | Santos Laguna | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| | | | | | | | | | | 3 | Cruz Azul | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 3 | Cruz Azul (s) | 0 | 2 | 2 | | | | | | | | | | | 3 | Cruz Azul | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 6 | Chiapas | 1 | 1 | 2 | | | | | | | | | | |
| 6 | Chiapas | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | Cruz Azul | 1 | 1 | 2 | | | | | |
| | | | | | 4 | San Luis | 0 | 1 | 1 | | | | | |
| 4 | San Luis (s) | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | San Luis | 0 | 1 | 1 | | | | | |
| 5 | Toluca | 1 | 0 | 1 | | | | | | | | | | |

### Quarterfinals

2–2 on aggregate. Cruz Azul advanced for being the higher seeded team.
Monterrey won 8–5 on aggregate.
2–2 on aggregate. San Luis advanced for being the higher seeded team.
Santos Laguna won 3–2 on aggregate.

### Semifinals

Cruz Azul won 2–1 on aggregate.
3–3 on aggregate. Santos Laguna advanced for being the higher seeded team.

### Finals

Santos Laguna won 3–2 on aggregate.
* Champions
* Santos Laguna 3rd title

#### Notes

By winning Clausura 2008, Santos earned a berth in the 2008–09 CONCACAF Champions League Group Stage.
By being the Clausura 2008 runner-up, Cruz Azul earned a berth in the 2008–09 CONCACAF Champions League Preliminary Round.

## Relegation

| Pos | Team | Total Pts | Games | P/G |
| 1 | Cruz Azul | 174 | 102 | 1.7059 |
| 2 | Pachuca | 170 | 102 | 1.6667 |
| 3 | Guadalajara | 163 | 102 | 1.5980 |
| 4 | Toluca | 161 | 102 | 1.5784 |
| 5 | América | 155 | 102 | 1.5196 |
| 6 | San Luis | 144 | 102 | 1.4118 |
| 7 | Santos Laguna | 140 | 102 | 1.3725 |
| 8 | Chiapas | 139 | 102 | 1.3627 |
| 9 | Monterrey | 137 | 102 | 1.3431 |
| 10 | Atlante | 136 | 102 | 1.3333 |
| 11 | UNAM | 131 | 102 | 1.2843 |
| 12 | Necaxa | 128 | 102 | 1.2549 |
| 13 | Atlas | 128 | 102 | 1.2549 |
| 14 | Morelia | 128 | 102 | 1.2549 |
| 15 | UAG | 118 | 102 | 1.1569 |
| 16 | UANL | 115 | 102 | 1.1275 |
| 17 | Puebla | 38 | 34 | 1.1176 |
| 18 | Veracruz | 108 | 102 | 1.0588 |