Primera División de México ''(Mexican First Division)'' Clausura 2003 is a Mexican

football Football is a family of team sports that involve, to varying degrees, kick (football), kicking a football (ball), ball to score a goal (sports), goal. Unqualified, football (word), the word ''football'' generally means the form of football t ...

tournament - one of two short tournaments that take up the entire year to determine the champion(s) of Mexican football. It began on Saturday, January 11, 2003, and ran until May 17, when the regular season ended.

Celaya Celaya (; Otomi: ) is a city and its surrounding municipality in the state of Guanajuato, Mexico, located in the southeast quadrant of the state. It is the third most populous city in the state, with a 2005 census population of 310,413. The muni ...

's franchise was bought out by the owner of Aerolineas Internacionales, Jorge Rodriguez Marie, and it was moved to Cuernavaca. Thus, creating a team that was known as Los Colibries de Morelos.

Monterrey Monterrey (, , abbreviated as MtY) is the capital and largest city of the northeastern Mexican state of Nuevo León. It is the ninth-largest city and the second largest metropolitan area, after Greater Mexico City. Located at the foothills of th ...

defeated

Morelia Morelia (; from 1545 to 1828 known as Valladolid; Otomi language, Otomi: ) is a city and municipal seat of the municipalities of Mexico, municipality of Morelia in the north-central part of the state of Michoacán in central Mexico. It is both th ...

to win their second championship.

Clubs

* The franchise that was known as Celaya was bought by Jorge Rodríguez Marié, who moved the team to

Cuernavaca Cuernavaca (; , "near the woods" , Otomi language, Otomi: ) is the capital and largest city of the Mexican state, state of Morelos in Mexico. Along with Chalcatzingo, it is likely one of the origins of the Mesoamerica, Mesoamerican civilizatio ...

and changed its name to Colibríes de Cuernavaca. Such was the impact of his ownership that the team's nickname, Colibries, came from the logo of his airline, Aerolineas Internacionales, and the company's wordmark also appeared as a shirt sponsor.

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)

Repechage

''5–5 on aggregate. Guadalajara advanced for being the higher seeded team.''

Bracket

Quarterfinals

''Morelia won 5–3 on aggregate.'' ---- ''Veracruz won 2–1 on aggregate.'' ---- ''Monterrey won 4–3 on aggregate.'' ---- ''UANL won 4–3 on aggregate.''

Semifinals

''Morelia won 2–1 on aggregate.'' ---- ''Monterrey won 5–3 on aggregate.''

Finals

;First leg ;Second leg ''Monterrey won 3–1 on aggregate.''

Relegation

Notes

References

External links

Mediotiempo.com
(where information was obtained) {{DEFAULTSORT:Primera Division De Mexico Clausura 2003

Mexico Mexico, officially the United Mexican States, is a country in North America. It is the northernmost country in Latin America, and borders the United States to the north, and Guatemala and Belize to the southeast; while having maritime boundar ...

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 ...