Primera División A (Méxican First A Division) is a Mexican football tournament. This season was composed of Invieno 2000 and Verano 2001. Reboceros de La Piedad was the winner of the promotion to First Division after winning Gallos de Aguascalientes in the promotion playoff.
Changes for the 2000–01 season The Jaguares de Colima spot in Primera 'A' was bought by Halcones de Querétaro, Halcones remained in the league, Jaguares had dissolved. Toros Neza was relegated from Primera Division. Potros Marte was promoted from Second Division.
Stadiums and locations
ClubStadiumCapacityCityAguascalientesMunicipal de Aguascalientes12,500Aguascalientes, AguascalientesÁngeles / Real San SebastiánCuauhtémoc42,648Puebla, PueblaAtlético MexiquenseNemesio Díez35,000Toluca, State of MexicoBachilleresJalisco60,000Guadalajara, JaliscoCruz Azul Hidalgo10 de Diciembre17,000Cruz Azul, HidalgoCorrecaminos UATMarte R. Gómez20,000Ciudad Victoria, TamaulipasDurangoFrancisco Zarco15,000Durango, DurangoHalcones de QuerétaroCorregidora35,000Querétaro, QuerétaroLa PiedadJuan N. López15,000La Piedad, MichoacánLobos UAPIgnacio Zaragoza22,000Puebla, PueblaNacional TijuanaCerro Colorado12,000Tijuana, Baja CaliforniaPotros MarteCentenario14,500Cuernavaca, MorelosReal San LuisPlan de San Luis18,000San Luis Potosí, S.L.P.RS ZacatecasFrancisco Villa18,000Zacatecas, ZacatecasSaltilloFrancisco I. Madero10,000Saltillo, CoahuilaTigres de Ciudad JuárezOlímpico Benito Juárez22,000Ciudad Juárez, ChihuahuaToros NezaNeza 8620,000Ciudad Nezahualcóyotl, State of MexicoVeracruzLuis "Pirata" Fuente33,000Veracruz, VeracruzYucatánCarlos Iturralde24,000Mérida, YucatánZacatepecAgustín Coruco Díaz18,000Zacatepec, Morelos
Invierno 2000 Group league tables Group 1
Group 2
Group 3
Group 4
General league table
Results
Reclassification series
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Liguilla
Quarter-finals
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Semi-finals
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Final
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Verano 2001 Changes for Verano 2001 Ángeles de Puebla was acquired by the Universidad Cuauhtémoc and its name was changed to Real San Sebastián.
Group league tables Group 1
Group 2
Group 3
Group 4
General league table
Results
Reclassification series
First leg
Second leg
Liguilla
Quarter-finals
First leg
Second leg
Semi-finals
First leg
Second leg
Final
First leg
Second leg
Top scorers ScorerGoalsTeam Héctor Giménez16Gallos de Aguascalientes Daniel Rossello13Reboceros de La Piedad Christian Patiño13Reboceros de La Piedad Ángel Sosa12Real San Sebastián Marco Antonio de Almeida11Toros Neza
Relegation table Pos. Team Pld. Pts. 16.Bachilleres 114 137 1.2018 17.Saltillo 114 133 1.1667 18.Alacranes de Durango 76 88 1.1579 19.Lobos UAP 114 131 1.1491 20.Halcones de Querétaro 114 125 1.0965
Campeón de Ascenso 2001 The Promotion Final faced Gallos de Aguascalientes against Reboceros de La Piedad to determine the winner of the First Division Promotion.
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Second leg
First division promotion playoff The Mexican Football Federation decided to increase the number of teams in the Primera División to 19 participants, so it was decided to play a promotion series between Atlante, the last place in the Primera División relegation table, and Veracruz, which was the team with most points in the Primera A season. Finally, Atlante was the winner and remained in Primera División.
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Relegation playoff A relegation series faced Halcones de Querétaro, last team in the Primera A relegation table, against Potros Zitácuaro, champion of the Second Division.
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Second leg
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