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''(Méxican First A Division)'' is a Mexican

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tournament. This season was composed of Apertura 2003 and Clausura 2004.

Dorados de Sinaloa Dorados de Sinaloa, or Dorados, is a Mexican professional football club based on Culiacán, Sinaloa, Mexico. History Dorados de Sinaloa was founded on August 9, 2003. The Dorados was the youngest team to play on First Division de México, hav ...

was the winner of the promotion to First Division after winning León in the promotion playoff. '

Changes for the 2003–04 season

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was bought by new owners, for that reason the team was relocated to

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and renamed

. *

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was relocated to

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and renamed Inter Riviera Maya. *

Chapulineros de Oaxaca Chapulineros de Oaxaca is a Mexican football team nicknamed ''Los chapulineros'' (Grasshoppers). The club was founded in 1983 and is based in the state of Oaxaca where it plays its home matches at the Estadio Independiente MRCI. The club has play ...

was relocated to

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and renamed Guerreros de Tlaxcala. *C.D. Guadalajara already had two subsidiary teams in the division (Tapatío and Nacional Tijuana), for this reason it was detached from the National Tijuana, which was bought by new owners who renamed to

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and relocated the team at

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. *

Real Sociedad de Zacatecas Real Sociedad de Zacatecas was a Mexican football team from Zacatecas, México. That played for 7 years in the Ascenso MX History Real Sociedad Deportiva de Zacatecas was founded in 1996 by the Mexican beer brewery Modelo. In 1997 the club woul ...

was moved to

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and renamed Estudiantes de Santander. *

Cruz Azul Hidalgo Club Deportivo Cruz Azul Hidalgo, also known as Cruz Azul Hidalgo, was a professional football club in Mexico who last played in the Liga Premier league of Mexico. Their stadium was the Estadio 10 de Diciembre located in Ciudad Cooperativa Cruz ...

was relocated to

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and changed renamed Cruz Azul Oaxaca. * Tigrillos was relocated to

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. *A new team called Trotamundos Tijuana was created from the franchise belonging to Colibríes de Morelos, which had been confiscated by the Femexfut. *

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was promoted from

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Changes for the Clausura 2004

*After violent incidents in a game, Zacatepec owner moved the team to

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and renamed as Leones de Morelos. This fact represented the end of the club's original franchise. *Trotamundos Tijuana was bought by

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, the new owner company moved the team to

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and renamed

Petroleros de Salamanca Salamanca F.C. is a Mexican football club based in Salamanca, Guanajuato, México which is playing in the Tercera División de México. History The club was founded in the 1950s and soon after, in 1958, the club joined the Segunda División de ...

. *Inter Riviera Maya was relocated to Córdoba and it was renamed Azucareros de Córdoba, however, the team played most of its games in Mexico City.

Stadiums and locations

Clausura 2004 new teams

Apertura 2003

Group league tables

Group 1

Group 2

Group 3

Group 4

General league table

Results

Reclasification series

First leg

Second leg

Liguilla

*(p.t.) 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

=First leg

=Second leg

Clausura 2004

Group league tables

Group 1

Group 2

Group 3

Group 4

General league table

Results

Reclasification series

First leg

Second leg

Liguilla

Quarter-finals

=First leg

=Second leg

Semi-finals

=First leg

=Second leg

Final

=First leg

=Second leg

Relegation table

Promotion final

The promotion final faced

Dorados Dorados de Sinaloa, or Dorados, is a Mexican professional football club based on Culiacán, Sinaloa, Mexico. History Dorados de Sinaloa was founded on August 9, 2003. The Dorados was the youngest team to play on First Division de México, hav ...

against León to determine the winner of the First Division Promotion. Dorados was the winner.

First leg

Second leg

References

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Ascenso MX seasons