tournament - the second of two tournaments held in the 2007/2008 season. It began January 18, 2008 and ran until June 1, 2008.
and Morelia inaugurated the season, with Morelia winning 1-0. Reigning champions Atlante were eliminated from making the Liguilla with a 3-2 loss to Monterrey and thus could not defend their title, and
was relegated to the Primera División A after finishing last on the percentage table. Six teams- Toluca,
, Guadalajara, and Cruz Azul- qualified directly to the Liguilla (playoffs) by finishing in the top two of their respective groups. Four teams- San Luis, Pachuca, Necaxa, and Atlas- advanced to the Repechaje (playoff qualifiers).
On June 1, 2008 Santos Laguna beat Cruz Azul (3-2 Global Aggregate) to win the Clausura 2008 trophy. This was the club's third championship victory.
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Player |
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Goals |
| 1 |
 Humberto SuazoHumberto Andrés Suazo Pontivo , nicknamed Chupete, is a Chilean football player, who currently plays as a striker in Monterrey. In 2006 he was awarded by IFFHS as the world's top goal scorer of the year....
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Monterrey |
16 |
| 2 |
 ItamarItamar Batista da Silva, also known as "il bove", is a Brazilian football player. His previous clubs include Jaguares de Chiapas, Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma, Suwon Samsung Bluewings, Pohang Steelers, Chunnam Dragons and Tigres UANL...
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ChiapasThe Club de Fútbol Jaguares de Chiapas, is a Mexican football club now based in Tuxtla Gutiérrez, in the state of Chiapas. They currently play in Primera División de México...
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12 |
| 3 |
 Vicente VuosoVicente José Matías Vuoso is a Mexican footballer who currently plays as a striker for América.-Early Career:Matías Vuoso began his career in Argentina with Independiente. Playing alongside Diego Forlán, Vicente scored seven goals in 29 games for Independiente in 2000-01 and another seven in 35...
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Santos Club Santos Laguna is a Mexican football club. They represent the urban area of Comarca Lagunera, which is made up of Torreón, Gomez Palacio, and Lerdo. Santos Laguna currently plays in the Primera División. The club was founded in 1982, and reached Mexico's top division after buying the franchise...
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11 |
| 4 |
 Omar BravoOmar Bravo Tordecillas is a Mexican footballer who currently plays for Sporting Kansas City in Major League Soccer.-Club Deportivo Guadalajara:...
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Guadalajara |
10 |
Esteban SolariEsteban Andrés Solari, born June 2, 1980 in Rosario Santa Fe) is an Argentine football player who currently plays for APOEL in the Cypriot First Division.-Personal life:...
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UNAM UNAM or UNaM may refer to:* National University of Misiones, a National University in Posadas, Argentina*National Autonomous University of Mexico , the large public autonomous university based in Mexico City...
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10 |
 Christian Benítez |
Santos Club Santos Laguna is a Mexican football club. They represent the urban area of Comarca Lagunera, which is made up of Torreón, Gomez Palacio, and Lerdo. Santos Laguna currently plays in the Primera División. The club was founded in 1982, and reached Mexico's top division after buying the franchise...
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10 |
| 7 |
Sergio Santana Sergio Alejandro Santana Piedra is a Mexican footballer. He currently plays for Rayados de Monterrey.-Career:...
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Guadalajara |
9 |
| Claudio Graf |
Veracruz Tiburones Rojos de Veracruz, known as Veracruz, is a Mexican professional football club. Veracruz plays in the Liga de Ascenso de México. Their nickname "Tiburones Rojos" means red sharks. The club was founded in 1943 after two clubs from the city state of Veracruz, Iberia de Córdoba and Veracruz...
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9 |
| 9 |
Jared Borgetti Jared Francisco Borgetti Echavarría is a retired Mexican footballer. Borgetti is the all-time leading goal scorer for the Mexican national team, with 46 goals. A prolific goal scorer at both club and national level, Borgetti was renowned for his heading ability...
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Monterrey |
8 |
Miguel SabahMiguel Sabah Rodríguez is a Mexican footballer. He currently plays for Monarcas Morelia and the Mexican national team. Previously Sabah played with Guadalajara and Cruz Azul. Sabah made his debut in the Invierno 2000 with Guadalajara entering in the 46th minute. Sabah played five years with...
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Cruz Azul |
8 |
 Álvaro GonzálezÁlvaro Rafael González Luengo is a Uruguayan football right winger who currently plays for Lazio in the Italian Serie A.-Club career:...
|
Puebla |
8 |
| Last Updated: June 24, 2008, * http://espndeportes.espn.go.com/futbol/stats/topscorers?league=MEX.1 |
| | Team | AME | ATE | ATL | CHP | CAZ | GDL | MON | MOR | NEC | PAC | PUE | SLP | SAN | TOL | UAG | UANL | UNAM | VER |
| 1. |
América Club América is a Mexican Professional football club based in Mexico City. It competes in the Primera División, the top professional league in the country. The team's nickname is Las Águilas ....
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XXX |
0-1 |
0-1 |
1-2 |
2-2 |
2-3 El Súper Clásico , also known as El Clásico , is a football match between Mexican clubs América and Guadalajara. It is considered the biggest rivalry in Mexican football...
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1-0 |
0-1 |
0-2 |
1-3 |
0-0 |
1-2 |
0-1 |
0-1 |
2-1 |
0-3 |
2-0 |
0-4 |
| 2. |
AtlanteClub de Fútbol Atlante, is a Mexican professional football club, currently playing in the Mexican First Division League. The club is based in Cancún, Mexico as of the start of the 2007-08 season, when they relocated from Mexico City, and plays its home games in Estadio Andrés Quintana Roo.-Domestic...
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1-0 |
XXX |
3-3 |
2-2 |
2-3 |
1-1 |
2-3 |
2-0 |
1-1 |
0-2 |
2-2 |
0-2 |
0-3 |
2-2 |
1-2 |
1-1 |
2-1 |
2-2 |
| 3. |
Atlas |
1-0 |
3-3 |
XXX |
0-2 |
2-0 |
0-2 |
1-1 |
1-0 |
0-1 |
0-1 |
2-1 |
0-0 |
1-6 |
1-2 |
3-3 |
1-0 |
2-2 |
3-0 |
| 4. |
ChiapasThe Club de Fútbol Jaguares de Chiapas, is a Mexican football club now based in Tuxtla Gutiérrez, in the state of Chiapas. They currently play in Primera División de México...
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2-1 |
2-2 |
2-0 |
XXX |
1-2 |
2-2 |
0-0 |
0-1 |
0-0 |
1-0 |
0-1 |
2-0 |
3-1 |
1-1 |
2-0 |
3-2 |
1-4 |
1-2 |
| 5. |
Cruz Azul |
2-2 |
3-2 |
0-2 |
2-1 |
XXX |
0-0 |
2-3 |
1-0 |
0-2 |
4-1 |
2-0 |
4-0 |
1-1 |
1-1 |
2-0 |
0-1 |
2-1 |
1-0 |
| 6. |
Guadalajara |
3-2 El Súper Clásico , also known as El Clásico , is a football match between Mexican clubs América and Guadalajara. It is considered the biggest rivalry in Mexican football...
|
1-1 |
2-0 |
2-2 |
0-0 |
XXX |
0-1 |
6-0 |
0-1 |
2-1 |
4-0 |
2-2 |
3-2 |
1-0 |
1-1 |
0-0 |
3-0 |
2-1 |
| 7. |
Monterrey |
0-1 |
3-2 |
1-1 |
0-0 |
3-2 |
1-0 |
XXX |
1-0 |
1-1 |
1-1 |
1-1 |
1-3 |
0-2 |
1-1 |
3-0 |
2-3 Clásico Regiomontano is a football derby in Monterrey, Nuevo Leon, Mexico, between crosstown rival teams Monterrey and UANL.Since the first Clásico in 1974, the two teams have competed 91 times for bragging rights and city honour...
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1-2 |
7-2 |
| 8. |
Morelia |
1-0 |
0-2 |
0-1 |
1-0 |
0-1 |
0-6 |
0-1 |
XXX |
0-0 |
3-2 |
0-4 |
1-2 |
0-0 |
2-1 |
0-2 |
2-2 |
0-1 |
1-0 |
| 9. |
NecaxaNecaxa is a Mexican football club and is based in the city of Aguascalientes. it plays in the Estadio Victoria. Necaxa is ranked seventh overall and 1st in ranking in Mexican football within the IFFHS Central and North America's Clubs of the Century in the CONCACAF behind CD Saprissa San Juan de...
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2-0 |
1-1 |
1-0 |
0-0 |
2-0 |
1-0 |
1-1 |
0-0 |
XXX |
2-2 |
1-1 |
1-1 |
1-1 |
1-2 |
1-1 |
0-1 |
3-0 |
0-1 |
| 10. |
Pachuca |
3-1 |
2-0 |
1-0 |
0-1 |
1-4 |
1-2 |
1-1 |
2-3 |
2-2 |
XXX |
2-5 |
1-2 |
1-2 |
2-0 |
1-0 |
6-1 |
0-0 |
1-1 |
| 11. |
Puebla |
0-0 |
2-2 |
1-2 |
1-0 |
0-2 |
0-4 |
1-1 |
4-0 |
1-1 |
5-2 |
XXX |
1-2 |
3-3 |
1-2 |
2-3 |
3-0 |
1-1 |
2-0 |
| 12. |
San Luis |
2-1 |
2-0 |
0-0 |
0-2 |
0-4 |
2-2 |
3-1 |
2-1 |
1-1 |
2-1 |
2-1 |
XXX |
1-4 |
2-0 |
1-1 |
1-1 |
3-2 |
1-1 |
| 13. |
Santos Laguna Club Santos Laguna is a Mexican football club. They represent the urban area of Comarca Lagunera, which is made up of Torreón, Gomez Palacio, and Lerdo. Santos Laguna currently plays in the Primera División. The club was founded in 1982, and reached Mexico's top division after buying the franchise...
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1-0 |
3-0 |
6-1 |
1-3 |
1-1 |
2-3 |
2-0 |
0-0 |
1-1 |
2-1 |
3-3 |
4-1 |
XXX |
2-2 |
4-0 |
2-1 |
1-1 |
1-1 |
| 14. |
TolucaDeportivo Toluca Fútbol Club is a Mexican professional football club. Toluca's stadium Nemesio Diez Riega is located in Toluca, State of Mexico in Mexico. Toluca plays in the Primera División de México and has been champion ten times...
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1-0 |
2-2 |
2-1 |
1-1 |
1-1 |
0-1 |
1-1 |
1-2 |
2-1 |
0-2 |
2-1 |
0-2 |
2-2 |
XXX |
3-0 |
2-0 |
0-0 |
3-2 |
| 15. |
U.A.G. |
1-2 |
2-1 |
3-3 |
0-2 |
0-2 |
1-1 |
0-3 |
2-0 |
1-1 |
0-1 |
3-2 |
1-1 |
0-4 |
0-3 |
XXX |
2-1 |
1-2 |
0-0 |
| 16. |
U.A.N.L. |
3-0 |
1-1 |
0-1 |
2-3 |
1-0 |
0-0 |
3-2 Clásico Regiomontano is a football derby in Monterrey, Nuevo Leon, Mexico, between crosstown rival teams Monterrey and UANL.Since the first Clásico in 1974, the two teams have competed 91 times for bragging rights and city honour...
|
2-2 |
1-0 |
1-6 |
0-3 |
1-1 |
1-2 |
0-2 |
1-2 |
XXX |
2-0 |
0-3 |
| 17. |
U.N.A.M. |
0-2 |
1-2 |
2-2 |
4-1 |
1-2 |
0-3 |
2-1 |
1-0 |
0-3 |
0-0 |
1-1 |
2-3 |
1-1 |
0-0 |
2-1 |
0-2 |
XXX |
4-2 |
| 18. |
Veracruz Tiburones Rojos de Veracruz, known as Veracruz, is a Mexican professional football club. Veracruz plays in the Liga de Ascenso de México. Their nickname "Tiburones Rojos" means red sharks. The club was founded in 1943 after two clubs from the city state of Veracruz, Iberia de Córdoba and Veracruz...
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4-0 |
2-2 |
0-3 |
2-1 |
0-1 |
1-2 |
2-7 |
0-1 |
1-0 |
1-1 |
0-2 |
1-1 |
1-1 |
2-3 |
0-0 |
3-0 |
2-4 |
XXX |
| Stadium |
Capacity |
Tenant(s) |
City |
AztecaEstadio Azteca is a stadium in Santa Ursula, Mexico City, Mexico. It is the official home stadium of the Mexico national football team and the Mexican team Club América.The stadium was the venue for football soccer in the 1968 Summer Olympics....
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115,500 |
América Club América is a Mexican Professional football club based in Mexico City. It competes in the Primera División, the top professional league in the country. The team's nickname is Las Águilas ....
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Mexico DFMexico City is the Federal District , capital of Mexico and seat of the federal powers of the Mexican Union. It is a federal entity within Mexico which is not part of any one of the 31 Mexican states but belongs to the federation as a whole...
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| Olímpico Estadio Olímpico Universitario is a stadium located in Ciudad Universitaria, Mexico City. It was built in 1952 and at that time was the largest stadium in Mexico. This stadium has a capacity of 63,186 . During the 50s and the 60s this stadium was used mostly for college American football matches...
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75,849 |
UNAM |
Mexico DFMexico City is the Federal District , capital of Mexico and seat of the federal powers of the Mexican Union. It is a federal entity within Mexico which is not part of any one of the 31 Mexican states but belongs to the federation as a whole...
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JaliscoThe Estadio Jalisco is a football stadium located in Guadalajara, Mexico. It is the third largest Mexican football stadium behind Estadio Azteca and Estadio Olimpico Universitario...
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62,384 |
Guadalajara, Atlas |
GuadalajaraGuadalajara is the capital of the Mexican state of Jalisco, and the seat of the municipality of Guadalajara. The city is located in the central region of Jalisco in the western-pacific area of Mexico. With a population of 1,564,514 it is Mexico's second most populous municipality...
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| Universitario The Estadio Universitario – nicknamed El Volcán is a stadium property of the Universidad Autónoma de Nuevo León, located in its premises in San Nicolás de los Garza, Nuevo León in Mexico.-Sports:...
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57,000 |
UANL |
MonterreyMonterrey , is the capital city of the northeastern state of Nuevo León in the country of Mexico. The city is anchor to the third-largest metropolitan area in Mexico and is ranked as the ninth-largest city in the nation. Monterrey serves as a commercial center in the north of the country and is the...
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CuauhtémocEstadio Cuauhtémoc is a football stadium in Puebla, Puebla .The stadium, which has a capacity of 42,648 seats, is the home of Puebla F.C., it's one of the best and very historical football stadium in Mexico, being currently the fifth biggest stadium in Mexico in term of its capacity. It belongs to...
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46,913 |
Puebla |
PueblaPuebla officially Estado Libre y Soberano de Puebla is one of the 31 states which, with the Federal District, comprise the 32 Federal Entities of Mexico. It is divided in 217 municipalities and its capital city is Puebla....
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MorelosEstadio Morelos is a football stadium located along Periférico Independencia, in the Independencia sector, in the foot of the Cerro del Quinceo in northwest Morelia, Michoacán, México. It's the site of professional football teams, Monarcas Morelia in the top division of Mexican football and...
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45,650 |
Morelia |
MoreliaMorelia is a city and municipality in the north central part of the state of Michoacán in central Mexico. The city is in the Guayangareo Valley and is the capital of the state. The main pre-Hispanic cultures here were the P'urhépecha and the Matlatzinca, but no major cities were founded in the...
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TecnológicoThe Estadio Tecnológico is a stadium located in city of Monterrey, Mexico.It is the property of the Monterrey Institute of Technology and Higher Education. The Monterrey Football Club play their home games there, but only rent the space and are not affiliated with the Institute.The stadium was...
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41,800 |
Monterrey The Club de Fútbol Monterrey is a Mexican football club from Monterrey, Nuevo León, and the current champion of the CONCACAF Champions League. Founded on June 28, 1945, it is the oldest active team in the professional division from the northern part of Mexico....
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MonterreyMonterrey , is the capital city of the northeastern state of Nuevo León in the country of Mexico. The city is anchor to the third-largest metropolitan area in Mexico and is ranked as the ninth-largest city in the nation. Monterrey serves as a commercial center in the north of the country and is the...
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| Azul The Estadio Azul, is a 35,000-seat stadium located in Mexico City. This sports facility is currently used for association football matches and previously for American football. It is the home of Mexican football club Cruz Azul; it has been also home for Atlante F.C...
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38,000 |
Cruz AzulClub Deportivo, Social, y Cultural Cruz Azul, known simply as Cruz Azul, is a Mexican professional Association football club based in Mexico City, Mexico; after which initially was based in Ciudad Cooperativa Cruz Azul in the Mexican state of Hidalgo...
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Mexico DFMexico City is the Federal District , capital of Mexico and seat of the federal powers of the Mexican Union. It is a federal entity within Mexico which is not part of any one of the 31 Mexican states but belongs to the federation as a whole...
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3 de MarzoThe Estadio Tres de Marzo, is situated in Zapopan, Jalisco, México, district that forms part of the Guadalajara Metropolitan Area; it is the ground of Estudiantes Tecos; which plays in the Primera División de México...
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35,200 |
UAG |
GuadalajaraGuadalajara is the capital of the Mexican state of Jalisco, and the seat of the municipality of Guadalajara. The city is located in the central region of Jalisco in the western-pacific area of Mexico. With a population of 1,564,514 it is Mexico's second most populous municipality...
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| Hidalgo The Estadio Hidalgo is a football stadium named after Miguel Hidalgo y Costilla. It is located in Pachuca in the Mexican state of Hidalgo, also named in honor of Miguel Hidalgo....
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33,000 |
Pachuca |
PachucaPachuca, formally Pachuca de Soto is the capital of the Mexican state of Hidalgo. It is located in the south-central part of the state. Pachuca de Soto is also the name of the municipality of which the city serves as municipal seat...
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| Luis "Pirata" Fuente |
33,000 |
Veracruz Tiburones Rojos de Veracruz, known as Veracruz, is a Mexican professional football club. Veracruz plays in the Liga de Ascenso de México. Their nickname "Tiburones Rojos" means red sharks. The club was founded in 1943 after two clubs from the city state of Veracruz, Iberia de Córdoba and Veracruz...
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Veracruz Veracruz, formally Veracruz de Ignacio de la Llave officially Estado Libre y Soberano de Veracruz de Ignacio de la Llave , is one of the 31 states that, along with the Federal District, comprise the 32 federative entities of Mexico. It is divided in 212 municipalities and its capital city is...
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Alfonso LastrasEstadio Alfonso Lastras is a multi-use unfinished stadium in San Luis Potosí, Mexico. It is currently used mostly for football matches, and also music concerts, it is the home stadium of San Luis F.C. The stadium holds 35,000 people and was built in 2002. It is named after the late Alfonso...
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32,100 |
San Luis |
San Luis Potosí San Luis Potosí officially Estado Libre y Soberano de San Luis Potosí is one of the 31 states which, with the Federal District, comprise the 32 Federal Entities of Mexico. It is divided in 58 municipalities and its capital city is San Luis Potosí....
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Nemesio DíezThe Estadio Nemesio Díez, nicknamed La Bombonera, is one of the oldest football stadiums in Mexico. Opened on August 18, 1954, with a capacity of 27,000 seats, it is located in the city of Toluca, Mexico, near Mexico City. It is the home of Deportivo Toluca Fútbol Club. Because of its location this...
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29,700 |
TolucaDeportivo Toluca Fútbol Club is a Mexican professional football club. Toluca's stadium Nemesio Diez Riega is located in Toluca, State of Mexico in Mexico. Toluca plays in the Primera División de México and has been champion ten times...
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TolucaToluca, formally known as Toluca de Lerdo, is the state capital of Mexico State as well as the seat of the Municipality of Toluca. It is the center of a rapidly growing urban area, now the fifth largest in Mexico. It is located west-southwest of Mexico City and only about 40 minutes by car to the...
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| Victoria Estadio Victoria is sports stadium located in the Mexican city of Aguascalientes, Aguascalientes. The stadium opened in the year 2003 and has a capacity of 25,000 seats...
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27,500 |
NecaxaNecaxa is a Mexican football club and is based in the city of Aguascalientes. it plays in the Estadio Victoria. Necaxa is ranked seventh overall and 1st in ranking in Mexican football within the IFFHS Central and North America's Clubs of the Century in the CONCACAF behind CD Saprissa San Juan de...
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Aguascalientes Aguascalientes is one of the 31 states which, with the Federal District, comprise the 32 Federal Entities of Mexico. It is divided in 11 municipalities and its capital city is Aguascalientes....
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| Victor Manuel Reyna The Estadio Víctor Manuel Reyna is a football stadium located in Tuxtla Gutierrez, Chiapas, México. This facility has a capacity of 31,500 seats and was built in 2003. This sport facility is used mostly for football matches and is the home of football club Jaguares de Chiapas .It has been used...
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27,500 |
ChiapasThe Club de Fútbol Jaguares de Chiapas, is a Mexican football club now based in Tuxtla Gutiérrez, in the state of Chiapas. They currently play in Primera División de México...
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Tuxtla GutiérrezTuxtla Gutiérrez is the capital and largest city of the Mexican state of Chiapas. It is considered to be the state’s most modern city, with most of its public buildings dating from the 20th century. One exception to this is the San Marcos Cathedral which began as a Dominican parish church built in...
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| Andrés Quintana Roo The Estadio Olímpico Andrés Quintana Roo is a 20,000-seat stadium in Cancún, Quintana Roo, Mexico. It is the new home field of Primera División de México's Atlante F.C.. The stadium was inaugurated on August 11, 2007 in a game against Pumas UNAM. Atlante F.C. won in this stadium their 3rd league...
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23,100 |
AtlanteClub de Fútbol Atlante, is a Mexican professional football club, currently playing in the Mexican First Division League. The club is based in Cancún, Mexico as of the start of the 2007-08 season, when they relocated from Mexico City, and plays its home games in Estadio Andrés Quintana Roo.-Domestic...
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CancúnCancún is a city of international tourism development certified by the UNWTO . Located on the northeast coast of Quintana Roo in southern Mexico, more than 1,700 km from Mexico City, the Project began operations in 1974 as Integrally Planned Center, a pioneer of FONATUR Cancún is a city of...
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| Corona The Estadio Corona was one of the smallest football stadiums in Mexico having only capacity for 20,100 seats. It was located in the city of Torreón, Coahuila. This sport facility was used mostly for football games and was the home of the club Santos Laguna...
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19,800 |
Santos Laguna Club Santos Laguna is a Mexican football club. They represent the urban area of Comarca Lagunera, which is made up of Torreón, Gomez Palacio, and Lerdo. Santos Laguna currently plays in the Primera División. The club was founded in 1982, and reached Mexico's top division after buying the franchise...
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TorreónTorreón is a city and seat of the surrounding municipality of the same name in the Mexican state of Coahuila. As of 2010, the city's population was 608,836 with 639,629 in the municipality. The metropolitan population, including Matamoros, Coahuila, and Gómez Palacio and Lerdo in adjacent Durango,...
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By winning Clausura 2008, Santos Laguna earned a berth in the 2008–09 CONCACAF Champions League Group Stage.
By being the Clausura 2008 runner-up, Cruz Azul earned a berth in the 2008–09 CONCACAF Champions League Preliminary Round.