Primera División de México Verano 1998

Primera División de México (Mexican First Division) Verano 1998 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, January 3, 1998, and ran until April 6, when the regular season ended. In the final Club Toluca defeated Necaxa and became champions for the 4th time, erasing a three-goal deficit in the second leg.

Final Standings (groups)

Group 1
	Club	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	+/-	Points
1.	Atlante F.C.	17	5	8	4	19	18	+1	23
2.	Puebla	17	4	6	7	23	30	-7	18
3.	León	17	4	5	8	20	32	-12	17
4.	Celaya	17	3	6	8	13	23	-10	15
5.	Veracruz	17	3	5	9	20	29	-9	14

Group 2
	Club	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	+/-	Points
1.	Toluca	17	10	3	4	39	25	+14	33
2.	Cruz Azul	17	8	6	3	32	18	+14	30
3.	UANL	17	7	2	8	15	22	-7	23
4.	Guadalajara	17	5	4	8	19	17	+2	19
5.	Monterrey	17	4	6	7	20	25	-5	18

Group 3
	Club	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	+/-	Points
1.	Santos	17	8	2	7	24	22	+2	26
2.	Toros Neza	17	7	3	7	21	24	-3	24
3.	Morelia	17	5	6	6	26	30	-4	21
4.	UNAM	17	6	3	8	23	28	-5	21

Group 4
	Club	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	+/-	Points
1.	Necaxa	17	10	2	5	34	18	+16	32
2.	Atlas	17	9	3	5	29	23	+6	30
3.	UAG	17	9	3	5	23	21	+2	30
4.	América	17	7	5	5	27	22	+5	26


	Teams directly qualified to the Liguilla
	Teams qualified for the Repechaje

Final Standings (general)

	Club	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	+/-	Points
1.	Toluca	17	10	3	4	39	25	+14	33
2.	Necaxa	17	10	2	5	34	18	+16	32
3.	Cruz Azul	17	8	6	3	32	18	+14	30
4.	Atlas	17	9	3	5	29	23	+6	30
5.	UAG	17	9	3	5	23	21	+2	30
6.	América	17	7	5	5	27	22	+5	26
7.	Santos	17	8	2	7	24	22	+2	26
8.	Toros Neza	17	7	3	7	21	24	-3	24
9.	Atlante F.C.	17	5	8	4	19	18	+1	23
10.	UANL	17	7	2	8	15	22	-7	23
11.	Morelia	17	5	6	6	26	30	-4	21
12.	UNAM	17	6	3	8	23	28	-5	21
13.	Guadalajara	17	5	4	8	19	17	+2	19
14.	Monterrey	17	4	6	7	20	25	-5	18
15.	Puebla	17	4	6	7	23	30	-7	18
16.	León	17	4	5	8	20	32	-12	17
17.	Celaya	17	3	6	8	13	23	-10	15
18.	Veracruz	17	3	5	9	20	29	-9	14

Top scorers

Goals scored throughout the entire tournament including Repechaje, Quarterfinals, Semifinals and Finals.

Pos.	Player	Team	Goals
1	José Saturnino Cardozo	Toluca	18
2	Pedro Pineda	Necaxa	11
	Carlos Hermosillo	Cruz Azul	11
	Claudio Da Silva	Morelia	11
5	José Manuel Abundis	Toluca	10
	Hugo Norberto Castillo	Atlas	10
7	Luis Hernández	Necaxa	9
	Ruben Da Silva	Tecos	9
9	Jesús Olalde	Pumas	8
10	Ricardo Peláez	America	7
	Cuauhtémoc Blanco	Necaxa	7
	Jared Borgetti	Santos	7
	Daniel Guzmán	Atlas	7
	Carlos Muñoz	Puebla	7
	Germán Arangio	Toros Neza	7
	Martín Felix Ubaldi	Atlante	7

Playoffs

Repechaje					Qualifiers

15	Puebla	2	1	3
5	UAG	1	4	5	5	UAG
8	Toros Neza	1	2	3	6	América
6	América	2	4	6

Quarterfinals					Semifinals					Finals

9	Atlante F.C.	0	1	1

1	Toluca	1	5	6
					4	Atlas	1	1	2

					2	Necaxa	2	1	3
7	Santos	0	1	1

2	Necaxa	0	2	2
										2	Necaxa	2	2	4

										1	Toluca	1	5	6
5	UAG	2	2	4

4	Atlas	1	4	5
					6	América	0	1	1

					1	Toluca	1	2	3
6	América	2	1	3

3	Cruz Azul	1	1	2

Verano 1998 winners:
Toluca 4th Title

External links

Mediotiempo.com (where information was obtained)