Primera División de México (Mexican First Division) Apertura 2003 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 2 August 2003, and ran until 22 November, when the regular season ended. Irapuato was promoted to the Primera División de México to play this tournament, and Cuernavaca was to be relegated to the Primera División A. The Cuernavaca did not get to play in Primera A, though, as the team was disbanded by FMF. On 20 December, Pachuca defeated Tigres UANL and became champions for the third time.
Clubs Necaxa moved from Mexico City to Aguascalientes.
TeamCityStadiumAméricaMexico CityAztecaAtlanteCiudad Nezahualcóyotl, State of MexicoNeza 86AtlasGuadalajara, JaliscoJaliscoChiapasTuxtla Gutiérrez, ChiapasVíctor Manuel ReynaCruz AzulMexico CityAzulGuadalajaraGuadalajara, JaliscoJaliscoIrapuatoIrapuato, GuanajuatoSergio León ChávezMoreliaMorelia, MichoacánMorelosMonterreyMonterrey, Nuevo LeónTecnológicoNecaxaAguascalientes, AguascalientesVictoriaPachucaPachuca, HidalgoHidalgoPueblaPuebla, PueblaCuauhtémocQuerétaroQuerétaro, QuerétaroCorregidoraSan LuisSan Luis Potosí, S.L.P.Alfonso LastrasSantos LagunaTorreón, CoahuilaCoronaTolucaToluca, 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 Luis Gabriel ReyAtlante152 José CardozoToluca133 Carlos María MoralesAtlas12 Reinaldo NaviaMorelia5 Alex FernandesMonterrey11 Emilio MoraVeracruz6 Jared BorgettiSantos Laguna10 Eliomar MarcónUAG Alfredo MorenoNecaxa9 Cuauhtémoc BlancoAmérica9 Walter GaitánUANL Luis Ignacio QuinterosPuebla Andrés SilveraUANL
Source: MedioTiempo
Final phase (Liguilla) Repechage
Toluca won 6–4 on aggregate.
Cruz Azul won 4–1 on aggregate.
Bracket
Quarterfinals
2–2 on aggregate. UANL advanced for being the higher seeded team.
Toluca won 4–2 on aggregate.
Pachuca won 4–3 on aggregate.
Atlante won 5–3 on aggregate.
Semifinals
UANL won 2–1 on aggregate.
Pachuca won 2–1 on aggregate.
Finals
First leg Pachuca: GK 1 Miguel CaleroDF 2 Alberto RodríguezDF 5 Francisco Gabriel de AndaDF 4 Joel HuiquiDF 99 Manuel VidrioDF 7 Octavio ValdezMF 29 Jaime CorreaMF 8 Gabriel CaballeroMF 15 Andrés ChitivaFW 18 Sergio SantanaFW 11 ClaudinhoSubstitutions:GK 20 Melitón HernándezDF 19 Marco SánchezMF 33 Braulio GodínezMF 10 Marco GarcésMF 19 Marinho LedesmaMF 58 Adolfo BautistaFW 9 Jorge AlvezManager: Víctor Manuel VucetichUANL: GK 1 Gustavo CampagnuoloDF 20 Hugo SánchezDF 4 David OteoDF 6 Omar BriceñoDF 15 Mario RuizMF 5 Eduardo RergisMF 13 Antonio SanchoMF 23 Javier SaavedraMF 8 IrênioFW 11 Kléber PereiraFW 22 Andrés SilveraSubstitutions:GK 1 Miguel FuentesDF 3 Sindey BalderasMF 19 Juan MontanoMF 21 Marco RuizMF 38 Jesús PalaciosFW 9 Jesús OlaldeFW 18 Aldo de NigrisManager: Nery Pumpido
Pachuca won 3–2 on aggregate.
References
External links Mediotiempo.com (where information was obtained)