Primera División A (Méxican First A Division) is a Mexican football tournament. This season was composed of Invieno 2001 and Verano 2002. Real San Luis was the winner of the promotion to First Division after winning Tiburones Rojos de Veracruz in the promotion playoff. However, Veracruz was also promoted to First Division after defeating Club León in a promotional series.
Changes for the 2001–02 season Potros Marte was relocated to Acapulco and renamed Potros Guerrero. Yucatán was bought by new owners, they relocated the team to Querétaro and renamed Querétaro F.C. Real San Sebastián was relocated to Tuxtla Gutiérrez and renamed Atlético Chiapas. Lobos UAP was relocated to Oaxaca and renamed Chapulineros de Oaxaca. C.F. Monterrey and Tigres UANL exchanged their Primera A teams. Saltillo Soccer was moved to Ciudad Juárez and renamed Cobras Juárez and Tigres de Ciudad Juárez was moved to Saltillo and renamed Tigrillos Saltillo. Águilas de Tamaulipas was promoted from Second Division. However, before the season started, the team was renamed Tampico Madero F.C. Potros Zitácuaro was promoted from Second Division after winning a promotion playoff.
Stadiums and locations
ClubStadiumCapacityCityAguascalientesMunicipal de Aguascalientes12,500Aguascalientes, AguascalientesAtlético ChiapasVíctor Manuel Reyna25,000Tuxtla Gutiérrez, ChiapasAtlético MexiquenseNemesio Díez35,000Toluca, State of MexicoBachilleresJalisco60,000Guadalajara, JaliscoCobras JuárezOlímpico Benito Juárez22,000Ciudad Juárez, ChihuahuaCorrecaminos UATMarte R. Gómez20,000Ciudad Victoria, TamaulipasCruz Azul Hidalgo10 de Diciembre17,000Cruz Azul, HidalgoDurangoFrancisco Zarco15,000Durango, DurangoNacional TijuanaCerro Colorado12,000Tijuana, Baja CaliforniaOaxacaBenito Juárez15,000Oaxaca, OaxacaPotros GuerreroUnidad Deportiva Acapulco13,000Acapulco, GuerreroQuerétaroCorregidora35,000Querétaro, QuerétaroReal San LuisPlan de San Luis/Alfonso Lastras Ramírez18,000San Luis Potosí, S.L.P.RS ZacatecasFrancisco Villa18,000Zacatecas, ZacatecasTampico MaderoTamaulipas30,000Tampico - Madero, TamaulipasTigrillosFrancisco I. Madero10,000Saltillo, CoahuilaToros NezaNeza 8620,000Ciudad Nezahualcóyotl, State of MexicoVeracruzLuis "Pirata" Fuente33,000Veracruz, VeracruzZacatepecAgustín Coruco Díaz18,000Zacatepec, MorelosZitácuaroIgnacio López Rayón10,000Zitácuaro, Michoacán
Invierno 2001
Group league tables
Group 1
Group 2
Group 3
Group 4
General league table
Results
Reclassification series
First leg
Second leg
Liguilla
(t.p.) The team was classified by its best position in the general table
Quarter-finals
First leg
Second leg
Semi-finals
First leg
Second leg
Final
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Second leg
Top scorers ScorerGoalsTeam Héctor Carlos Álvarez16Tampico Madero Héctor Giménez13Atlético Mexiquense Ariel González12Querétaro Julio César Colman12RS Zacatecas Pablo Bocco11Zacatepec
Verano 2002
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 Ariel González15Querétaro Héctor Giménez14Atlético Mexiquense Héctor Carlos Álvarez13Tampico Madero José Enrique García12Real San Luis Juan Manuel Guerra12Oaxaca
Relegation table Pos. Team Pld. Pts. 16.Cobras Juárez 114 139 1.2192 17.Tigrillos 114 136 1.1929 18.Bachilleres 114 136 1.1929 19.Alacranes de Durango 114 135 1.1842 20.Oaxaca 114 128 1.1228
Campeón de Ascenso 2002 The Promotion Final faced Real San Luis against Veracruz to determine the winner of the First Division Promotion. San Luis was the winner.
First leg
Second leg
First division promotion playoff The Mexican Football Federation decided to increase the number of teams in the Primera División to 20 participants, so it was decided to play a promotion series between León, the last place in the Primera División relegation table, and Veracruz, Primera A season runner-up. Finally, Veracruz was the winner the team was promoted to Primera División. However, there was already a team in Veracruz, the owners decided to transfer the team promoted to Tuxtla Gutiérrez, where it was renamed as Jaguares de Chiapas.
First leg
Second leg
Relegation playoff A relegation series faced Chapulineros de Oaxaca, last team in the Primera A relegation table, against Astros de Ciudad Juárez, Second Division runner-up.
First leg
Second leg
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