The 2009–10

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season is the 63rd professional season of

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's top-flight football league, and 13th season in which the

Apertura and Clausura The ' and ' tournaments is a split season format for Spanish-speaking sports leagues. It is a relatively recent innovation for many Latin American football leagues in which the traditional association football season from August to May is div ...

system is used. The season is split into two tournaments—the Torneo Apertura and the Torneo Bicentenario—each with identical formats and each contested by the same eighteen teams.

Clubs

Seventeen teams returned for this season.

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was relegated the previous season after accumulating the lowest coefficient over the past three seasons. They were replaced by

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, who was promoted from the

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Managerial changes

Torneo Apertura

The 2009 Torneo Apertura was the first tournament of the season. The tournament began on July 24 and ended on December 13. Defending champion

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failed to defend their title after missing the playoffs. On December 13, 2009,

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defeated

Cruz Azul Club de Futbol Cruz Azul or simply Cruz Azul () is a professional football club based in Mexico City, Mexico. It competes in the Liga MX, the top division of Mexican football. Because "azul" means "blue" in Spanish, the club has traditionally ...

6–4 in aggregate score to win their third title. Cruz Azul forward Emanuel Villa won his first golden boot after scoring 17 goals, five more than

Héctor Mancilla Héctor Raúl Mancilla Garcés (12 November 1980) is a Chilean former footballer who played as a striker. A true striker, Mancilla is not "the fastest or most skillful striker but his true threat is his ability to finish the play in short spaces ...

who won it the two previous tournaments.

Regular season

League table

Group standings

Results

Playoffs

* If the two teams are tied after both legs, the higher seeded team advances. * Both finalist qualify to the 2010–11 CONCACAF Champions League. The champion qualifies directly to the

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, while the runner-up qualifies to the

Preliminary Round A tournament is a competition involving at least three competitors, all participating in a sport or game. More specifically, the term may be used in either of two overlapping senses: # One or more competitions held at a single venue and concentr ...

Top goalscorers

Updated to November 22, 2009
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Awards

The awards for this tournament were given out in

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on January 17, 2010. ;Non-voting awards *Super-leader:

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*Champion:

*Top-scorer:

Emanuel Villa Emanuel Alejandro Villa (born 24 February 1982) is an Argentine former professional footballer. He is a Mexican naturalized citizen. He previously played for Huracán, Atlético Rafaela and Rosario Central in Argentina; Derby County in England ...

(

) *Best physical trainer:

Miguel Ángel Ramírez Miguel Ángel Ramírez Medina (born 23 October 1984) is a Spanish Association football, football Manager (association football), manager, currently in charge of Sporting de Gijón. Career Early career Born in Las Palmas, Canary islands, Ramíre ...

(

) *Fair play:

;Balón de Oro *Best manager:

Víctor Manuel Vucetich Víctor Manuel Vucetich Rojas (born 25 June 1955) is a Mexican professional football manager and former player, who is the current manager of Liga MX club Monterrey. With a career spanning more than thirty years, Vucetich is one of the most ...

(

) *Best goalkeeper:

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(

) *Best wingback: Rogelio Chávez (

) *Best centre-back:

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(

) *Best defensive midfielder:

Gerardo Torrado Gerardo Torrado Díez de Bonilla (born 30 April 1979) is a Mexican former professional footballer who played as a defensive midfielder. Torrado represented Mexico at the 2002, 2006 and 2010 FIFA World Cups and has won three CONCACAF Gold Cup ...

(

) *Best offensive midfielder:

Jaime Lozano Jaime Arturo "Jimmy" Lozano Espín (born 29 September 1978) is a Mexican professional football manager and former player who played as a midfielder. Lozano spent the majority of his playing career with Club Universidad Nacional, playing in ov ...

(

) *Best striker:

(

) *Best rookie: Raúl Nava (

) *Best player:

Humberto Suazo Humberto Andrés Suazo Pontivo (; born 10 May 1981), nicknamed ''Chupete'' (in English, ''Lollipop''), is a Chilean professional footballer who plays as a striker for Deportes La Serena. In 2006, he was awarded the IFFHS World's Top Goal Sc ...

(

) *Best referee: Armando Archundia *Best assistant referee: José Luis Camargo

Torneo Bicentenario

The 2010 Torneo Bicentenario is the second tournament of the season. The tournament began on January 16 and ended on May 15. The tournament got its name (the Bicentennial tournament) to commemorate the bicentennial anniversary of the

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Regular season

Points Standings

Group standings

Results

Playoff Stage

* If the two teams are tied after both legs, the higher seeded team advances. * Both finalist qualify to the 2010–11 CONCACAF Champions League. The champion qualifies directly to the

, while the runner-up qualifies to the

Top goalscorers

Updated to April 25, 2010
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Relegation

Updated as of games played on April 25, 2010.
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FeMexFut

References

External links

FeMexFut's official website
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