Primera División A Clausura 2009


The Primera División A Clausura 2009 is a Mexican football tournament, the second of two short tournaments held during the 2008–2009 Mexican football season. It began on January 10, 2009 and will run until May 23 or May 24, 2009. The winner of the tournament will earn a place in the promotional playoff against Querétaro, the winners of the Apertura 2008 tournament, to determine which team will be promoted to the Primera División.

Tournament format

A total of 27 teams are divided into three groups of nine teams each. Each team plays the other eight teams in its group twice, once at home and once away, for a total of 16 games. At the end of the regular season the top two teams in each group, as well as the next two highest placed teams, qualify to the Liguilla. The teams are seeded based on their position in the general table and are arranged before each round so that the highest seeded team remaining always plays the lowest seed remaining. The teams play a home and away series and whichever team has the better aggregate score advances. If the two teams are tied after both legs in the quarterfinals and semifinals the higher seed advances automatically. In the finals, if the two teams are tied after both legs two 15 minute halves of extra time are added. If the teams are still tied after extra time the champion is determined through a penalty shootout.

Promotion

One team is promoted to the Primera División each year. After the Clausura 2009 tournament, the champions of the Apertura 2008 and Clausura 2009 tournaments will play a home and home series to determine which team will be promoted. If the same team wins both tournaments it will be promoted automatically. In order for a team to be promoted it has to obtain a certification from the Federación Mexicana de Fútbol Asociación. If the winner of the promotional final is not certified for promotion a home and away series is played between the highest placed certified team and the club being relegated to the Primera División A to determine which will be in the Primera División.
;Currently certified teams
One team is relegated to the Segunda División each year. The team that has the worst points to games played ratio over the previous three years is relegated to the Segunda División.

Group league tables

Group 1

Group 2

Group 3

General league table

Liguilla

Promotional Final

First Leg

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Second leg

Results

Group 1

Group 2

Group 3

Top scorers

ScorerGoalsTeam
Mauro Gerk11Querétaro
Raúl Enríquez9Tijuana
Felipe Flores9Salamanca
Francisco Bravo8Veracruz
Luis Nieves8León
Jesús Morales8Chetumal
Luis Orozco8Mérida
Óscar Rojas8UNAM
Fernando González8Cruz Azul
Ismael Valadez7Chetumal
José Gutiérrez6Irapuato
Juan Hernández6BUAP
Nicolás Olivera6Veracruz
Osvaldo Moreno6Real Colima

As of: May 4, 2009
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Relegation table

Pos.TeamPts
1Tijuana65322.0313
2León1891001.8900
3Veracruz58321.8125
4Sinaloa1751001.7500
5Cruz Azul1711001.7100
6Querétaro1601001.6000
7Irapuato50321.5625
8UAT1511001.5100
9UNAM1501001.5000
10Mérida97661.4697
11Orizaba1461001.4600
12BUAP1411001.4100
13Salamanca1401001.4000
14Durango1341001.3400
15Chihuahua41321.2813
16UANL1281001.2800
17Real Colima1211001.2100
18Socio Águila1201001.2000
19Tampico Madero1181001.1800
20Monterrey1161001.1600
21Atlético Mexiquense1141001.1400
22Tapatío1141001.1400
23Académicos1021001.0200
24Chetumal32321.0000
25UAG991000.9900
26Santos Laguna991000.9900
27Tapachula52660.7879