Dates 24 Jul 2009 – 15 May 2010 Goals scored 472 | Relegated Indios de Ciudad Juárez Matches played 176 | |
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Champions League Monterrey !Monterrey
Toluca !Toluca
Cruz Azul !Cruz Azul
Santos Laguna !Santos Laguna Copa Libertadores Morelia !Morelia
Monterrey
Tecos
Guadalajara
San Luis InterLiga América !América
Monterrey !Monterrey
Santos Laguna !Santos Laguna
Puebla !Puebla
Atlante !Atlante
UANL !UANL
Estudiantes Tecos !Estudiantes Tecos
Chiapas !Chiapas SuperLiga Pachuca
Morelia
Puebla
UNAM Top goalscorer Apertura:
Emanuel Villa (17 goals)
Bicentenario:
Javier Hernández
Johan Fano
Hérculez Gómez (10 goals) Biggest home win América !América 7–2 Toluca !Toluca (August 30, 2009)
Morelia !Morelia 5–0 Ciudad Juárez !Ciudad Juárez (August 16, 2009)
América !América 5–0 Estudiantes Tecos !Estudiantes Tecos (September 13, 2009)
Morelia !Morelia 5–0 Querétaro !Querétaro (September 27, 2009)
Toluca !Toluca 5–0 Estudiantes Tecos !Estudiantes Tecos (April 4, 2010) Champions C.F. Monterrey, Deportivo Toluca F.C. Similar 2008 Primera División d, Primera División de México Cl, 2011–12 Mexican Primera, 2012–13 Liga MX season, 2006 Primera División d | ||
The 2009–10 Primera División de México season is the 63rd professional season of Mexico's top-flight football league, and 13th season in which the Apertura and Clausura system is used. The season is split into two tournaments—the Torneo Apertura and the Torneo Bicentenario—each with identical formats and each contested by the same eighteen teams.
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Clubs
Seventeen teams returned for this season. Necaxa was relegated the previous season after accumulating the lowest coefficient over the past three seasons. They were replaced by Querétaro, who was promoted from the Liga de Ascenso.
Torneo Apertura
The 2009 Torneo Apertura was the first tournament of the season. The tournament began on July 24 and ended on December 13. Defending champion UNAM failed to defend their title after missing the playoffs. On December 13, 2009, Monterrey defeated Cruz Azul 6–4 in aggregate score to win their third title. Cruz Azul forward Emanuel Villa won his first golden boot after scoring 17 goals, five more than Héctor Mancilla who won it the two previous tournaments.
General table
Updated to games played on November 14, 2009.
Source: FeMexFut
Rules for classification: 1st points; 2nd goal difference; 3rd goals scored; 4th head-to-head score; 5th away goals; 6th draw
1. The berth to the 2010 Copa Libertadores goes to the highest placed team currently not participating in the 2009–10 CONCACAF Champions League. This excludes Toluca, Pachuca, Cruz Azul, or UNAM from qualifying to the Copa Libertadores.
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (E) = Eliminated; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round.
Only applicable when the season is not finished:
(Q) = Qualified to the phase of tournament indicated; (TQ) = Qualified to tournament, but not yet to the particular phase indicated; (RQ) = Qualified to the relegation tournament indicated; (DQ) = Disqualified from tournament.
Group standings
Group 1
Group 2
Group 3
Updated to games played on November 15, 2009.
Source: FeMexFut (Spanish)
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored
1. Advanced as the two best teams in general table that is not a group winner or runner-up.
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (E) = Eliminated; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round.
Only applicable when the season is not finished:
(Q) = Qualified to the phase of tournament indicated; (TQ) = Qualified to tournament, but not yet to the particular phase indicated; (RQ) = Qualified to the relegation tournament indicated; (DQ) = Disqualified from tournament.
Results
Updated to games played on November 9, 2009.
Source: FeMexFut
1 ^ The home team is listed in the left-hand column.
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
Final Phase
Top goalscorers
Updated to November 22, 2009
Source: FeMexFut
Awards
The awards for this tournament were given out in Mexico City on January 17, 2010.
Torneo Bicentenario
The 2010 Torneo Bicentenario is the second tournament of the season. The tournament began on January 16 and ended on May 15.
General table
Updated to games played on 19 April 2010.
Source: FeMexFut (Spanish)
Rules for classification: 1st points; 2nd goal difference; 3rd goals scored; 4th head-to-head score; 5th away goals; 6th draw
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (E) = Eliminated; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round.
Only applicable when the season is not finished:
(Q) = Qualified to the phase of tournament indicated; (TQ) = Qualified to tournament, but not yet to the particular phase indicated; (RQ) = Qualified to the relegation tournament indicated; (DQ) = Disqualified from tournament.
Group standings
Group 1
Group 2
Group 3
Updated to games played on April 25, 2010.
Source: FeMexFut (Spanish)
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored
1. ^ Advanced as the two best teams in general table that are not either a group winner or runner-up.
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (E) = Eliminated; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round.
Only applicable when the season is not finished:
(Q) = Qualified to the phase of tournament indicated; (TQ) = Qualified to tournament, but not yet to the particular phase indicated; (RQ) = Qualified to the relegation tournament indicated; (DQ) = Disqualified from tournament.
Results
Updated to games played on April 25, 2010.
Source: FeMexFut (Spanish)
1 ^ The home team is listed in the left-hand column.
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
Final Phase
Top goalscorers
Updated to April 25, 2010
Source: FeMexFut