Primera División de México ''(Mexican First Division)'' Apertura 2004 is a Mexican

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tournament - one of two short tournaments that take up the entire year to determine the champion(s) of Mexican football. It began on Saturday, August 14, 2004, and ran until November 20, when the regular season ended.

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was promoted to the México Primera División thus, San Luis,

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and

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were all relegated to the

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, making it 18 teams in the Primera División as opposed to 20. On December 11,

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defeated

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and became champions for the fifth time.

Clubs

Regular phase

League table

Results

Top goalscorers

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

Final phase (Liguilla)

Bracket

Quarterfinals

''Monterrey won 3–2 on aggregate.'' ---- ''Atlante won 8–5 on aggregate.'' ---- ''Atlas won 4–3 on aggregate.'' ---- ''UNAM won 4–1 on aggregate.''

Semifinals

''Monterrey won 7–3 on aggregate.'' ---- ''UNAM won 6–4 on aggregate.''

Finals

''UNAM won 3–1 on aggregate.''

External links

Mediotiempo.com
(where information was obtained) {{DEFAULTSORT:Primera Division De Mexico Apertura 2004

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