Primera División de México ''(Mexican First Division)'' Verano 2001 is a Mexican
football
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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, January 6, 2001, and ran until April 19, when the regular season ended. In the final
Santos Laguna
Club Santos Laguna S.A. de C.V., simply known as Santos Laguna or Santos, is a Mexican professional football club based in Torreón, Coahuila. The club competes in Liga MX, the top division of Mexican football.
Founded in 1983 as Club Santos I ...
defeated
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 ...
and became champions for the second 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)
Repechage
''Puebla won 5–4 on aggregate.''
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''4–4 on aggregate. UAG advanced for being the higher seeded team.''
Bracket
Quarterfinals
''Santos Laguna won 7–2 on aggregate.''
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''Puebla won 5–3 on aggregate.''
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''América won 5–2 on aggregate.''
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''Pachuca won 6–2 on aggregate.''
Semifinals
''6–6 on aggregate. Santos Laguna advanced for being the higher seeded team.''
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''Pachuca won 3–1 on aggregate.''
Finals
;First leg
;Second leg
''Santos Laguna won 4–3 on aggregate.''
Relegation
Relegation playoff
Because the Mexican soccer federation determined the expansion of the league from 18 to 20 teams in two seasons, Atlante, the relegated team, was offered the possibility of playing a promotion of relegation against Veracruz, best team in the
Primera División 'A' season table, Atlante was required to pay a bail of 5 million dollars for the celebration of the games, however, this was never paid.
Atlante won the playoff.
''Atlante won 4-1 on aggregate.''
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References
External links
Mediotiempo.com(where information was obtained)
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Mexico
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2000–01 in Mexican football
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