1988–89 Copa México
# 1988–89 Copa México

The 1988–89 Copa México is the 61st staging of the Copa México, the 34th staging in the professional era.

The competition started on September 8, 1988, and concluded on January 25, 1989 with the final, in which Toluca lifted the trophy for the second time ever with a 3–2 victory over U. de G.

This edition was played by 20 teams, first with a group stage and later a knock-out stage.

## Group stage

Group A

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Club Toluca (A) | 8 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 11 | 8 | +3 | 12 | Advances to the next phase |
| 2 | Club América | 8 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 10 | 6 | +4 | 10 | |
| 3 | Atlas FC | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 15 | 12 | +3 | 10 | |
| 4 | Irapuato F.C. | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 12 | 17 | −5 | 5 | |
| 5 | Pumas UNAM | 8 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 13 | −5 | 3 | |

Results

| Home \ Away | AMÉ | ATL | IRA | UNM | TOL |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| América | | 2–1 | 2–2 | 1–0 | 3–0 |
| Atlas | 0–0 | | 4–2 | 1–0 | 2–1 |
| Irapuato | 0–0 | 3–4 | | 2–1 | 1–2 |
| UNAM | 1–1 | 3–3 | 2–2 | | 0–1 |
| Toluca | 2–1 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 2–1 | |

Group B

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | U. de G. (A) | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 17 | 11 | +6 | 11 | Advances to the next phase |
| 2 | Santos Laguna | 8 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 6 | +1 | 10 | |
| 3 | Tampico Madero | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 14 | 11 | +3 | 9 | |
| 4 | Atlético Morelia | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 13 | 14 | −1 | 7 | |
| 5 | Puebla F.C. | 8 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 16 | −9 | 3 | |

Results

| Home \ Away | MOR | PUE | SLA | TAM | UDG |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Morelia | | 1–2 | 1–1 | 4–1 | 2–1 |
| Puebla | 1–1 | | 0–1 | 0–1 | 1–2 |
| Santos Laguna | 1–1 | 2–1 | | 2–0 | 0–0 |
| Tampico Madero | 2–0 | 5–2 | 2–2 | | 4–1 |
| U. de G. | 5–3 | 3–0 | 3–0 | 2–1 | |

Group C

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Atlético Potosino (A) | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 9 | +2 | 10 | Advances to the next phase |
| 2 | Atlante F.C. | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 12 | 8 | +4 | 9 | |
| 3 | Guadalajara | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 8 | +2 | 9 | |
| 4 | Necaxa | 8 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 10 | 14 | −4 | 6 | |
| 5 | Tigres UANL | 8 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 12 | −4 | 6 | |

Results

| Home \ Away | ATE | GUA | NEC | POT | UNL |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Atlante | | 0–3 | 2–0 | 3–0 | 3–0 |
| Guadalajara | 0–2 | | 3–4 | 0–0 | 1–1 |
| Necaxa | 2–1 | 0–1 | | 0–1 | 2–3 |
| Atlético Potosino | 3–1 | 1–2 | 2–0 | | 3–2 |
| UANL | 0–0 | 0–0 | 1–2 | 1–1 | |

Group D

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Cruz Azul (A) | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 17 | 11 | +6 | 9 | Advances to the next phase |
| 2 | Tecos UAG | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 16 | 12 | +4 | 9 | |
| 3 | Correcaminos UAT | 8 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 12 | 10 | +2 | 8 | |
| 4 | C.F. Monterrey | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 11 | 14 | −3 | 8 | |
| 5 | Cobras | 8 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 10 | 19 | −9 | 6 | |

Results

| Home \ Away | CJU | CAZ | MON | UAG | UAT |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Cobras Ciudad Juárez | | 0–3 | 2–0 | 2–5 | 2–0 |
| Cruz Azul | 5–1 | | 0–0 | 0–1 | 2–1 |
| Monterrey | 3–1 | 4–3 | | 0–0 | 2–1 |
| UAG | 1–2 | 2–4 | 4–2 | | 3–0 |
| UAT | 2–0 | 2–0 | 3–0 | 2–1 | |

## Final stage

| Semifinals From November 16 to November 30 | Semifinals From November 16 to November 30 | Semifinals From November 16 to November 30 | Semifinals From November 16 to November 30 | Semifinals From November 16 to November 30 | Final January 11 and January 25 | Final January 11 and January 25 | Final January 11 and January 25 | Final January 11 and January 25 | Final January 11 and January 25 |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| A | Toluca | 2 | 2 | 4 | | | | | |
| D | Cruz Azul | 1 | 2 | 3 | | | | | |
| D | Cruz Azul | 1 | 2 | 3 | A | Toluca | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| | | | | | B | U. de G. | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| C | Atlético Potosino | 1 | 0 | 1 | B | U. de G. | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| B | U. de G. | 1 | 2 | 3 | | | | | |

## Semifinals

### Second leg

Toluca advanced to final aggregate 4-3

U. de G. advanced to final aggregate 3-1

## Final

### Second leg

The match was suspended at 111' due to U de G only 6 players left, result stood Toluca Won the cup aggregate 3-2

* Copa México 1988-89 Winners
* Toluca 2nd title
