Primera División de México Verano 1999
# Primera División de México Verano 1999

Primera División de México (Mexican First Division) Verano 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 Friday, January 15, 1999, and ran until May 9, when the regular season ended. In the final Toluca defeated Atlas and became champions for the fifth time.

## Final standings (groups)

Group 1 :

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Cruz Azul | 17 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 30 | 24 | +6 | 31 | Directly qualified to the Liguilla (Playoffs) |
| 2 | Guadalajara | 17 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 24 | 21 | +3 | 26 | Directly qualified to the Liguilla (Playoffs) |
| 3 | Celaya | 17 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 29 | 26 | +3 | 24 | |
| 4 | León | 17 | 5 | 1 | 11 | 19 | 33 | −14 | 16 | |
| 5 | Puebla | 17 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 15 | 30 | −15 | 13 | |

Group 2 :

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | América | 17 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 30 | 25 | +5 | 31 | Directly qualified to the Liguilla (Playoffs) |
| 2 | Atlético Morelia | 17 | 8 | 1 | 8 | 23 | 23 | 0 | 25 | Directly qualified to the Liguilla (Playoffs) |
| 3 | Pachuca | 17 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 23 | 22 | +1 | 24 | |
| 4 | UNAM | 17 | 6 | 3 | 8 | 19 | 27 | −8 | 21 | |
| 5 | Toros Neza | 17 | 4 | 5 | 8 | 21 | 29 | −8 | 17 | |

Group 3 :

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Necaxa | 17 | 5 | 7 | 5 | 30 | 25 | +5 | 22 | Directly qualified to the Liguilla (Playoffs) |
| 2 | UAG | 17 | 6 | 1 | 10 | 21 | 28 | −7 | 19 | Qualified for the Repechage |
| 3 | Atlante | 17 | 4 | 6 | 7 | 31 | 34 | −3 | 18 | |
| 4 | Monterrey | 17 | 4 | 2 | 11 | 25 | 38 | −13 | 14 | |

Group 4 :

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Toluca | 17 | 12 | 3 | 2 | 50 | 23 | +27 | 39 | Directly qualified to the Liguilla (Playoffs) |
| 2 | Atlas | 17 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 34 | 22 | +12 | 34 | Directly qualified to the Liguilla (Playoffs) |
| 3 | Santos Laguna | 17 | 9 | 2 | 6 | 33 | 29 | +4 | 29 | Qualified for the Repechage |
| 4 | UANL | 17 | 7 | 2 | 8 | 34 | 32 | +2 | 23 | |

## League table

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Toluca | 17 | 12 | 3 | 2 | 50 | 23 | +27 | 39 | Directly qualified to the Liguilla (Playoffs) |
| 2 | Atlas | 17 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 34 | 22 | +12 | 34 | Directly qualified to the Liguilla (Playoffs) |
| 3 | Cruz Azul | 17 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 30 | 24 | +6 | 31 | Directly qualified to the Liguilla (Playoffs) |
| 4 | América | 17 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 30 | 25 | +5 | 31 | Directly qualified to the Liguilla (Playoffs) |
| 5 | Santos Laguna | 17 | 9 | 2 | 6 | 33 | 29 | +4 | 29 | Qualified for the Repechage |
| 6 | Guadalajara | 17 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 24 | 21 | +3 | 26 | Directly qualified to the Liguilla (Playoffs) |
| 7 | Atlético Morelia | 17 | 8 | 1 | 8 | 23 | 23 | 0 | 25 | Directly qualified to the Liguilla (Playoffs) |
| 8 | Celaya | 17 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 29 | 26 | +3 | 24 | |
| 9 | Pachuca | 17 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 23 | 22 | +1 | 24 | |
| 10 | UANL | 17 | 7 | 2 | 8 | 34 | 32 | +2 | 23 | |
| 11 | Necaxa | 17 | 5 | 7 | 5 | 30 | 25 | +5 | 22 | Directly qualified to the Liguilla (Playoffs) |
| 12 | UNAM | 17 | 6 | 3 | 8 | 19 | 27 | −8 | 21 | |
| 13 | UAG | 17 | 6 | 1 | 10 | 21 | 28 | −7 | 19 | Qualified for the Repechage |
| 14 | Atlante | 17 | 4 | 6 | 7 | 31 | 34 | −3 | 18 | |
| 15 | Toros Neza | 17 | 4 | 5 | 8 | 21 | 29 | −8 | 17 | |
| 16 | León | 17 | 5 | 1 | 11 | 19 | 33 | −14 | 16 | |
| 17 | Monterrey | 17 | 4 | 2 | 11 | 25 | 38 | −13 | 14 | |
| 18 | Puebla | 17 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 15 | 30 | −15 | 13 | |

## 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 | 15 |
| 2 | Cuauhtémoc Blanco | América | 14 |
| 2 | José Manuel Abundis | Toluca | 14 |
| 4 | Carlos Pavón | Necaxa | 13 |
| 4 | Pedro Pineda | Necaxa | 13 |
| 6 | Luis Hernández | UANL | 12 |
| 7 | Francisco Palencia | Cruz Azul | 11 |
| 8 | Everaldo Begines | León | 9 |
| 8 | Jared Borgetti | Santos Laguna | 9 |
| 8 | Carlos Hermosillo | Necaxa | 9 |

Source: MedioTiempo

## Results

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

## Playoffs

### Repechage

Santos won 7–5 on aggregate.

### Bracket

| Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Finals | Finals | Finals | Finals | Finals |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Toluca | 3 | 1 | 4 | | | | | | | | | | |
| 11 | Necaxa | 1 | 2 | 3 | | | | | | | | | | |
| 11 | Necaxa | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | Toluca | 1 | 3 | 4 | | | | | |
| | | | | | 5 | Santos Laguna | 1 | 2 | 3 | | | | | |
| 4 | América | 0 | 2 | 2 | 5 | Santos Laguna | 1 | 2 | 3 | | | | | |
| 5 | Santos Laguna | 3 | 0 | 3 | | | | | | | | | | |
| 5 | Santos Laguna | 3 | 0 | 3 | | | | | | 1 | Toluca (p) | 3 | 2 | 5 (5) |
| | | | | | | | | | | 2 | Atlas | 3 | 2 | 5 (4) |
| 2 | Atlas (s) | 1 | 2 | 3 | | | | | | | | | | | 2 | Atlas | 3 | 2 | 5 (4) |
| 7 | Atlético Morelia | 1 | 2 | 3 | | | | | | | | | | |
| 7 | Atlético Morelia | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | Atlas | 4 | 2 | 6 | | | | | |
| | | | | | 3 | Cruz Azul | 0 | 0 | 0 | | | | | |
| 3 | Cruz Azul | 2 | 2 | 4 | 3 | Cruz Azul | 0 | 0 | 0 | | | | | |
| 6 | Guadalajara | 1 | 2 | 3 | | | | | | | | | | |

### Quarterfinals

Toluca won 4–3 on aggregate.

Santos won 3–2 on aggregate.

3–3 on aggregate. Atlas advanced for being the higher seeded team.

Cruz Azul won 4–3 on aggregate.

### Semifinals

Toluca won 4–3 on aggregate.

Atlas won 6–0 on aggregate.

### Finals

**First leg**

Atlas: :

| GK | 99 | Erubey Cabuto |
| - | - | - |
| DF | 22 | Julio Estrada |
| DF | 3 | Héctor López (c) |
| DF | 27 | Rafael Márquez | 66' |
| DF | 5 | Pablo Lavallén | 7' | 44' |
| MF | 18 | Miguel Zepeda |
| MF | 8 | Jorge Almirón | | 66' |
| MF | 17 | César Andrade | 45' |
| MF | 10 | Juan Pablo Rodríguez |
| FW | 11 | Daniel Osorno |
| FW | 58 | Hugo Norberto Castillo |
| Substitutions: |||
| GK | 25 | Isaac Mizrahi |
| DF | 19 | Gerardo Torres | | 44' 66' |
| DF | 20 | José Luis González China |
| DF | 29 | Mario Méndez |
| MF | 43 | Juan Urteaga | | 66' |
| FW | 7 | Eduardo Bustos | 80' | 66' |
| FW | 9 | Carlos Lagorio |
| Manager: |||
| Ricardo La Volpe ||||

Toluca: :

| GK | 1 | Hernán Cristante |
| - | - | - |
| DF | 4 | Salvador Carmona | 4' |
| DF | 5 | Omar Blanco |
| DF | 13 | Alberto Macías |
| MF | 8 | Rafael García |
| MF | 27 | Enrique Alfaro | | 57' |
| MF | 18 | David Rangel (c) |
| MF | 7 | Víctor Ruiz | 48' |
| MF | 10 | Fabián Estay |
| FW | 15 | Carlos María Morales | | 69' |
| FW | 9 | José Cardozo |
| Substitutions: |||
| GK | 30 | Mario Albarrán |
| DF | 2 | Eugenio Villazón |
| DF | 19 | Adrian García Arias | 67' | 57' |
| DF | 21 | Robert Charles Forbes |
| MF | 6 | Antonio Taboada |
| MF | 14 | Darko Vukić | | 78' |
| MF | 20 | Hugo Santana | | 69' 78' |
| Manager: |||
| Enrique Meza ||||

**Second leg**

5–5 on aggregate. Toluca won 5–4 on penalty kicks.

Toluca: :

| GK | 1 | Hernán Cristante |
| - | - | - |
| DF | 4 | Salvador Carmona |
| DF | 5 | Omar Blanco |
| DF | 13 | Alberto Macías |
| MF | 8 | Rafael García | | 90' |
| MF | 27 | Enrique Alfaro | | 74' |
| MF | 18 | David Rangel (c) |
| MF | 7 | Víctor Ruiz | 80' |
| MF | 10 | Fabián Estay |
| FW | 9 | José Cardozo |
| FW | 23 | José Manuel Abundis | | 65' |
| Substitutions: |||
| GK | 30 | Mario Albarrán |
| DF | 2 | Eugenio Villazón |
| DF | 19 | Adrian García Arias |
| DF | 21 | Robert Charles Forbes |
| MF | 6 | Antonio Taboada | | 90' |
| MF | 14 | Darko Vukić | | 74' |
| FW | 15 | Carlos María Morales | | 65' |
| Manager: |||
| Enrique Meza ||||

Atlas: :

| GK | 99 | Erubey Cabuto |
| - | - | - |
| DF | 22 | Julio Estrada | 80' |
| DF | 3 | Héctor López (c) | 38' |
| DF | 27 | Rafael Márquez | 88' |
| DF | 5 | Pablo Lavallén |
| MF | 18 | Miguel Zepeda |
| MF | 8 | Jorge Almirón | | 76' |
| MF | 17 | César Andrade | | 67' |
| MF | 10 | Juan Pablo Rodríguez |
| FW | 11 | Daniel Osorno |
| FW | 58 | Hugo Norberto Castillo | | 84' |
| Substitutions: |||
| GK | 25 | Isaac Mizrahi |
| DF | 19 | Gerardo Torres |
| DF | 20 | José Luis González China |
| DF | 29 | Mario Méndez | | 67' |
| MF | 43 | Juan Urteaga | | 76' |
| FW | 7 | Eduardo Bustos | | 84' |
| FW | 9 | Carlos Lagorio |
| Manager: |||
| Ricardo La Volpe ||||

* Verano 1999 winners:
* Toluca 5th title

## Relegation table

| Pos. | Team | Pts. | Pld. | Ave. |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| 14. | Toros Neza | 127 | 102 | 1.2450 |
| 15. | Pachuca | 40 | 34 | 1.1765 |
| 16. | Monterrey | 110 | 102 | 1.0784 (GD: -34) |
| 17. | Celaya | 110 | 102 | 1.0784 (GD: -35) |
| 18. | Puebla | 110 | 102 | 1.0784 (GD: -50) |

Puebla was relegated to Primera División 'A', however, the team remained in the First Division because its owners bought the Unión de Curtidores, a club that had won promotion to the First Division.

