Primera División de México Apertura 2004

Primera División de México (Mexican First Division) Apertura 2004 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, 2004, and ran until November 20, when the regular season ended. Dorados de Sinaloa was promoted to the México Primera División thus, San Luis, Irapuato and Querétaro were all relegated to the Primera División A, making it 18 teams in the Primera División as opposed to 20. On December 11, UNAM defeated Monterrey and became champions for the fifth time.

Clubs

TeamCityStadiumAméricaMexico CityAztecaAtlanteMexico CityAztecaAtlasGuadalajara, JaliscoJaliscoChiapasTuxtla Gutiérrez, ChiapasVíctor Manuel ReynaCruz AzulMexico CityAzulGuadalajaraGuadalajara, JaliscoJaliscoMoreliaMorelia, MichoacánMorelosMonterreyMonterrey, Nuevo LeónTecnológicoNecaxaAguascalientes, AguascalientesVictoriaPachucaPachuca, HidalgoHidalgoPueblaPuebla, PueblaCuauhtémocSantos LagunaTorreón, CoahuilaCoronaSinaloaCuliacán, SinaloaCarlos González y GonzálezTolucaToluca, State of MexicoNemesio DíezUAGZapopan, JaliscoTres de MarzoUANLSan Nicolás de los Garza, Nuevo LeónUniversitarioUNAMMexico CityOlímpico UniversitarioVeracruzVeracruz, VeracruzLuis "Pirata" Fuente

Regular phase

League table

Results

Top goalscorers Players sorted first by goals scored, then by last name. Only regular season goals listed. Rank Player Club Goals1 Guillermo FrancoMonterrey152 José CardozoToluca12 Robert de PinhoAtlas4 Rafael Márquez LugoMorelia11 Vicente Matías VuosoSantos Laguna6 Luciano FigueroaCruz Azul10 Sebastián GonzálezAtlante8 Walter GaitánUANL99 Jared BorgettiSinaloa8 Salvador CabañasChiapas

Source: MedioTiempo

Final phase (Liguilla) Bracket

Quarterfinals

Monterrey won 3–2 on aggregate.

Atlante won 8–5 on aggregate.

Atlas won 4–3 on aggregate.

UNAM won 4–1 on aggregate.

Semifinals

Monterrey won 7–3 on aggregate.

UNAM won 6–4 on aggregate.

Finals

UNAM won 3–1 on aggregate.

External links Mediotiempo.com (where information was obtained)