1997–98 Primera División A season explained

Primera División A (Méxican First A Division) is a Mexican football tournament. This season was composed of Invierno (winter) 1997 and Verano (summer) 1998. Pachuca, the Invierno 1997 champion, were able to gain promotion to Primera Division for the 1998-99 season after winning the playoff to Tigrillos, the Verano 1998 champion.

Changes for the 1997–98 season

• Acapulco was bought by Toluca, the team was relocated to State of Mexico and renamed Atlético Mexiquense.
• Atlético Hidalgo relocated to Querétaro and renamed Halcones de Querétaro.^[1]
• Four new expansion teams: Unión de Curtidores,^[2] Chivas Tijuana,^[3] Tecos Colima^[4] and Cuautitlán.^[5]
• Pachuca was relegated from Primera División.^[6]
• Bachilleres, was promoted from Segunda División.^[7]

Stadiums and locations

Club	Stadium	Capacity	City
Atlético Mexiquense	Nemesio Díez	35,000	Toluca, State of Mexico
Bachilleres	Jalisco	60,000	Guadalajara, Jalisco
Chivas Tijuana	Cerro Colorado	12,000	Tijuana, Baja California
Cruz Azul Hidalgo	10 de Diciembre	17,000	Cruz Azul, Hidalgo
Correcaminos UAT	Marte R. Gómez	20,000	Ciudad Victoria, Tamaulipas
Cuautitlán	Los Pinos	8,000	Cuautitlán, State of Mexico
Halcones de Querétaro	Corregidora	35,000	Querétaro, Querétaro
Irapuato	Sergio León Chávez	26,000	Irapuato, Guanajuato
La Piedad	Juan N. López	15,000	La Piedad, Michoacán
Marte	Mariano Matamoros	18,000	Xochitepec, Morelos
Pachuca	Hidalgo	25,000	Pachuca, Hidalgo
Real San Luis	Plan de San Luis	18,000	San Luis Potosí, S.L.P.
RS Zacatecas	Francisco Villa	18,000	Zacatecas, Zacatecas
Saltillo	Francisco I. Madero	10,000	Saltillo, Coahuila
San Francisco	San Francisco	11,500	San Francisco del Rincón, Guanajuato
Tampico Madero	Tamaulipas	30,000	Tampico - Ciudad Madero, Tamaulipas
Tecos Colima	Colima	12,000	Colima, Colima
Tigrillos	Estadio Universitario	40,000	San Nicolás de los Garza, Nuevo León
Unión de Curtidores	La Martinica	12,000	León, Guanajuato
Yucatán	Carlos Iturralde	24,000	Mérida, Yucatán
Zacatepec	Agustín Coruco Díaz	18,000	Zacatepec, Morelos

Invierno 1997

Group league tables

Group 1

Group 2

Group 3

Group 4

Top scorers

Verano 1998

Group league tables

Group 1

Group 2

Group 3

Group 4

Top scorers

Scorer	Goals	Team
Carlos María Morales	12	Pachuca
Daniel Fasciolli	12	Correcaminos
Valtencir Gomes	12	Tigrillos
Allan Oviedo	11	Unión de Curtidores
José Eduardo Ávila	10	Cuautitlán

Relegation table

Pos.	Team	Pld.	Pts.
17.	Tecos Colima	41	40	1.0258
18.	Halcones de Querétaro	40	40	1.0000
19.	Chivas Tijuana	39	40	0.9750
20.	Marte	95	102	0.9314
21.	Cuautitlán	37	40	0.9250

Promotion final

At the end of the season, the two champions played a final to determine the winner of the promotion to Primera División. The series faced Pachuca, champion of the Invierno 1997 tournament against Tigrillos, champion of the Verano 1998 tournament.

Second leg

Notes and References

1. Web site: Estadio Corregidora, 3 décadas de historia queretana . ADN Informativo . 4 October 2018 . Spanish . 5 February 2015 . https://web.archive.org/web/20181005032235/http://adninformativo.mx/estadio-corregidora-3-decadas-de-historia-queretana/ . 5 October 2018 . dead .
2. Web site: El Unión de Curtidores . Fútbol sin compromisos . 4 October 2018 . Spanish . 17 October 2012.
3. Web site: Guzmán . Alejandro . Chivas y su historia en Tijuana Chivas y su historia en Tijuana . TJ Sports . 4 October 2018 . Spanish . 18 July 2018.
4. Web site: Loros, cuarto equipo colimense en Liga de Ascenso . RadioLevy.com . 4 October 2018 . Spanish . 18 May 2015.
5. Web site: Trejo Gómez . Juan Carlos . "Cocoleros", un momento de gloria . Periodismo Independiente Mex . 4 October 2018 . Spanish . 3 August 2015.
6. Web site: Adiós, Pachuca . La Nación . 4 October 2018 . Spanish . 21 April 1997.
7. Web site: Leones Negros de la UDG . 4 October 2018 . Spanish.