Primera División de México
Season2005−06
ChampionsToluca (8th title)
Champions' CupToluca
Copa LibertadoresUNAM
UANL
Guadalajara (First Stage)
Copa SudamericanaToluca
Top goalscorerSebastian Abreu
Kléber Boas
Walter Gaitán
Vicente Matías Vuoso
(11 goals)

Primera División de México (Mexican First Division) Apertura 2005 was the 2005 edition of the Primera Division de Mexico, crowning Mexico's fall champion in football. The season ran from August to December 2005. San Luis was promoted to the Primera División de México thus, Puebla was relegated to the Primera División A. Toluca won the championship and qualified for the CONCACAF Champions' Cup 2006.

Overview

Location of the Primera División Apertura 2005 teams
Team City Stadium
América Mexico City Azteca
Atlante Mexico City Azteca
Atlas Guadalajara, Jalisco Jalisco
Chiapas Tuxtla Gutiérrez, Chiapas Víctor Manuel Reyna
Cruz Azul Mexico City Azul
Guadalajara Guadalajara, Jalisco Jalisco
Morelia Morelia, Michoacán Morelos
Monterrey Monterrey, Nuevo León Tecnológico
Necaxa Aguascalientes, Aguascalientes Victoria
Pachuca Pachuca, Hidalgo Hidalgo
San Luis San Luis Potosí, S.L.P. Alfonso Lastras
Santos Laguna Torreón, Coahuila Corona
Sinaloa Culiacán, Sinaloa Banorte
Toluca Toluca, State of Mexico Nemesio Díez
UAG Zapopan, Jalisco Tres de Marzo
UANL San Nicolás de los Garza, Nuevo León Universitario
UNAM Mexico City Olímpico Universitario
Veracruz Veracruz, Veracruz Luis "Pirata" Fuente

Final standings (groups)

Group 1
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 América 17 12 2 3 34 22 +12 38 Automatically qualified for the Liguilla (Playoffs)
2 Necaxa 17 9 4 4 35 31 +4 31
3 UAG 17 7 3 7 27 28 −1 24 Qualified for Liguilla (Playoffs) on a points basis
4 Morelia 17 6 2 9 27 29 −2 20
5 San Luis 17 4 4 9 18 25 −7 16
6 Atlante 17 4 3 10 29 37 −8 15
Source: MedioTiempo
Group 2
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Toluca 17 9 3 5 27 21 +6 30 Automatically qualified for the Liguilla (Playoffs)
2 Pachuca 17 7 7 3 26 18 +8 28
3 Santos Laguna 17 5 5 7 31 31 0 20
4 Sinaloa 17 5 3 9 20 31 −11 18
5 UNAM 17 4 4 9 17 34 −17 16
6 Veracruz 17 3 6 8 24 34 −10 15
Source: MedioTiempo
Group 3
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Monterrey 17 10 5 2 32 20 +12 35 Automatically qualified for the Liguilla (Playoffs)
2 Cruz Azul 17 9 3 5 34 20 +14 30
3 UANL 17 6 4 7 30 25 +5 22 Qualified for Liguilla (Playoffs) on a points basis
4 Atlas 17 6 3 8 22 24 −2 21
5 Chiapas 17 5 8 4 30 27 +3 20[lower-alpha 1]
6 Guadalajara 17 4 7 6 16 22 −6 19
Source: MedioTiempo
Notes:
  1. ↑ Jaguares de Chiapas deducted 3 points for insufficient use of youth team players.

League table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 América 17 12 2 3 34 22 +12 38 Automatically qualified for the Liguilla (Playoffs)
2 Monterrey 17 10 5 2 32 20 +12 35
3 Necaxa 17 9 4 4 35 31 +4 31
4 Cruz Azul 17 9 3 5 34 20 +14 30
5 Toluca 17 9 3 5 27 21 +6 30
6 Pachuca 17 7 7 3 26 18 +8 28
7 UAG 17 7 3 7 27 28 −1 24 Qualified for Liguilla (Playoffs) on a points basis
8 UANL 17 6 4 7 30 25 +5 22
9 Atlas 17 6 3 8 22 24 −2 21
10 Chiapas 17 5 8 4 30 27 +3 20[lower-alpha 1]
11 Santos Laguna 17 5 5 7 31 31 0 20
12 Morelia 17 6 2 9 27 29 −2 20
13 Guadalajara 17 4 7 6 16 22 −6 19
14 Sinaloa 17 5 3 9 20 31 −11 18
15 San Luis 17 4 4 9 18 25 −7 16
16 UNAM 17 4 4 9 17 34 −17 16
17 Atlante 17 4 3 10 29 37 −8 15
18 Veracruz 17 3 6 8 24 34 −10 15
Source: MedioTiempo
Notes:
  1. ↑ Jaguares de Chiapas deducted 3 points for insufficient use of youth team players.

Top goalscorers

Players sorted first by goals scored, then by last name. Only regular season goals listed.

Rank Player Club Goals
1 Uruguay Sebastian Abreu Sinaloa 11
Brazil Kléber Boas América
Argentina Walter Gaitán UANL
Argentina Vicente Matías Vuoso Santos Laguna
5 Paraguay Salvador Cabañas Chiapas 9
Argentina César Delgado Cruz Azul
Mexico Guillermo Franco Monterrey
Chile Patricio Galaz Atlante
Argentina Daniel Ludueña UAG
Mexico Carlos Ochoa Chiapas
Chile Rodrigo Ruiz Santos Laguna

Source: MedioTiempo

Results

Home \ Away AME ATE ATS CHI CAZ GDL MTY MOR NEC PAC SNL SAN SIN TOL UAG UNL UNM VER
América — 4–3 – – 1–0 0–0 – – 4–1 – 3–1 2–1 2–1 – – 3–1 – 1–2
Atlante – — – 1–1 – – 0–2 4–3 2–1 – – 0–0 – – 0–1 2–0 – 4–5
Atlas 1–3 1–0 — 0–0 0–1 2–2 – – – 3–2 1–0 – 1–2 – 2–1 – – –
Chiapas 4–3 – – — – – 1–2 1–0 1–1 – – 5–1 – – 3–3 1–1 5–1 2–2
Cruz Azul – 5–3 – 3–1 — 0–0 1–2 2–1 – – 3–0 – 2–2 – 5–1 – – –
Guadalajara – 3–2 – 1–1 – — 2–3 1–2 1–2 – – – 1–0 – 1–0 – – 1–1
Monterrey 4–1 – 1–0 – – – — – 1–1 1–2 – 2–2 – 2–1 – 2–1 1–1 1–1
Morelia 1–2 – 1–0 – – – 2–2 — 3–4 – – 1–0 – 3–1 – 0–2 2–2 2–1
Necaxa – – 3–5 – 3–1 – – – — 2–1 2–1 4–3 – 0–0 – 3–2 2–0 –
Pachuca 0–0 3–2 – 5–1 0–0 0–0 – 1–3 – — 0–0 – 2–1 – 1–0 – – –
San Luis – 2–2 – 1–1 – 1–2 1–2 2–1 – – — – 4–1 – 2–1 – – 1–0
Santos Laguna – – 2–2 – 3–2 3–0 – – – 0–0 3–1 — – 4–1 – 1–4 1–2 –
Sinaloa – 3–1 – 2–1 – – 1–3 2–1 1–1 – – 0–3 — – 0–2 – - 1–0
Toluca 0–1 1–0 2–1 0–1 2–1 3–0 – – – 1–1 2–1 – 2–2 — – – – –
UAG 1–2 – – – – – 2–1 2–1 3–2 – – 3–2 – 1–2 — 1–1 3–1 2–2
UANL – – 1–2 – 1–2 1–1 – – – 2–2 1–0 – 3–1 1–3 — 3–1 –
UNAM 1–2 2–3 1–0 – 0–5 1–0 – – – 1–3 0–0 – 2–0 0–3 – – — –
Veracruz – – 2–1 – 0–1 – – – 2–3 1–3 – 2–2 – 2–3 0–5 1–1 —
Updated to match(es) played on 26 November 2005. Source: RSSSF
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Playoffs

Bracket

Quarterfinals Semifinals Finals
               
2 Monterrey 3 4 7
7 UAG 0 0 0
2 Monterrey (s) 0 2 2
9 UANL 1 1 2
1 América 3 1 4
9 UANL 1 4 5
2 Monterrey 3 0 3
5 Toluca 3 3 6
4 Cruz Azul 0 0 0
5 Toluca 1 0 1
5 Toluca 0 2 2
6 Pachuca 0 1 1
3 Necaxa 0 0 0
6 Pachuca 2 2 4

Quarterfinals

UAG0–3Monterrey
Report Franco  6', 54'
Casartelli  88' (pen.)
Referee: Hugo León Guajardo (Mexico City)
Monterrey4–0UAG
Franco  2'
Casartelli 73'
Pérez  75', 81'		 Report
Referee: Jorge Eduardo Gasso (Mexico City)

Monterrey won 7–0 on aggregate.

UANL1–3América
Júlio César  76' Report Kléber  40'
Pardo  62'
Blanco  70'
Referee: Mauricio Morales (Mexico City)

UANL won 5–4 on aggregate.

Toluca1–0Cruz Azul
Esquivel  62' Report
Referee: Gilberto Alcalá Pineda (Mexico City)
Cruz Azul0–0Toluca
Report
Referee: Manuel Ernesto Glower (Mexico City)

Toluca won 1–0 on aggregate.

Pachuca2–0Necaxa
Landín  16'
Cacho  33'		 Report
Necaxa0–2Pachuca
Report Landín  27'
Caballero  47'
Referee: Germán Arredondo Ramírez (Guanajuato)

Pachuca won 4–0 on aggregate.

Semifinals

Monterrey2–1UANL
Pérez  57' (pen.)
Franco  85'		 Report Gaitán  73'
Referee: Germán Arredondo Ramírez (Guanajuato)

2–2 on aggregate. Monterrey advanced for being the higher seeded team.

Pachuca0–0Toluca
Report
Referee: Jorge Eduardo Gasso (Mexico City)

Toluca won 2–1 on aggregate.

Final

Toluca3–3Monterrey
Sánchez  32'
Abundis  45'
Díaz  87'		 Report Pérez  3' (pen.)
Casartelli  8'
da Silva 61' (o.g.)
Referee: Gilberto Alcalá Pineda (Mexico City)

Toluca won 6–3 on aggregate.

 Apertura 2005 winners 
Toluca
8th title
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