Primera División de México ''(Mexican First Division)'' Clausura 2006 is a Mexican
football
Football is a family of team sports that involve, to varying degrees, kicking a ball to score a goal. Unqualified, the word ''football'' normally means the form of football that is the most popular where the word is used. Sports commonly c ...
tournament - one of two short tournaments that take up the entire year to determine the champion(s) of Mexican football. It began on Friday, January 20, 2006, and ran until April 30, when the regular season ended.
Tecos and
San Luis inaugurated the season with a match that resulted in a 2-1 victory for Tecos. On May 21,
Pachuca
Pachuca (; ote, Nju̱nthe), formally known as Pachuca de Soto, is the capital and largest city of the Mexican state of Hidalgo. It is located in the south-central part of the state. Pachuca de Soto is also the name of the municipality of whic ...
defeated
San Luis 1-0 and became champions for the fourth time. Although the team fielded one of two top scorers for this season,
Sebastian Abreu,
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 relegated to Primera 'A' in a dramatic last game of regular season against San Luis.
Overview
Final standings (groups)
League table
Top goalscorers
Players sorted first by goals scored, then by last name. Only regular season goals listed.
Source
MedioTiempo
Results
Playoffs
Bracket
Quarterfinals
''Pachuca won 4–3 on aggregate.''
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''Guadalajara won 6–5 on aggregate.''
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''San Luis won 1–0 on aggregate.''
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''Toluca won 3–2 on aggregate.''
Semifinals
''4–4 on aggregate. Pachuca advanced for being the higher seeded team.''
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''San Luis won 4–2 on aggregate.''
Finals
''Pachuca won 1–0 on aggregate.''
Relegation
External links
Mediotiempo.com(where information was obtained)
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Mexico
Mexico (Spanish: México), officially the United Mexican States, is a country in the southern portion of North America. It is bordered to the north by the United States; to the south and west by the Pacific Ocean; to the southeast by Guatema ...
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 ...