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, 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 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 (; ), formally known as Pachuca de Soto, is the capital and largest city of the east-central Mexico, Mexican States of Mexico, state of Hidalgo (state), Hidalgo, located in the south-central part of the state. Pachuca Municipality, Pach ...
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
Club Deportivo Dorados de Sinaloa, simply known as Dorados, is a Mexican professional football club based in Culiacán, Sinaloa. It plays in the Liga de Expansión MX, the second level division of Mexican football.
History
Dorados de Sinaloa ...
was relegated to Primera 'A' in a dramatic last game of regular season against San Luis.
Clubs
Regular phase
League table
Top goalscorers
Players sorted first by goals scored, then by last name. Only regular season goals listed.
Source
MedioTiempo
Results
Final phase (Liguilla)
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, 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 ...