Primera División de México ''(Mexican First Division)'' Verano 2002 was the 2002 edition of the

Primera División de México Liga MX, also known as Liga BBVA MX for sponsorship reasons, is a professional association football league in Mexico and the highest level of the Mexican football league system. Formerly known as Liga Mayor (1943–1949) and also as Primera Divi ...

, crowning Mexico's spring champion in

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. América won the championship for the ninth time in its history and thus qualified for the CONCACAF Champions' Cup 2003, ending a decade-long trophy-less drought.

Clubs

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bought the place of

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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

''Morelia won 5–3 on aggregate.'' ---- ''3–3 on aggregate. Santos Laguna advanced for being the higher seeded team..''

Bracket

Quarterfinals

''3–3 on aggregate. Santos Laguna advanced for being the higher seeded team.'' ---- ''Necaxa won 3–0 on aggregate.'' ---- ''UNAM won 4–1 on aggregate.'' ---- ''América won 6–2 on aggregate.''

Semifinals

''Necaxa won 1–0 on aggregate.'' ---- ''América won 2–1 on aggregate.''

Finals

;First leg ;Second leg ''América won 3–2 on aggregate.''

Relegation

Relegation playoff

The Mexican Football Federation decided to increase the number of teams in the Primera División to 20 participants, so it was decided to play a promotion series between León, the last place in the Primera División relegation table, and Veracruz, Primera 'A' season runner-up. Finally, Veracruz was the winner, and the team was promoted to Primera División and León was relegated to Primera 'A'. ''Veracruz won 3–1 on aggregate.'' After Veracruz Team in Primera A won the promotion, there was already two teams in Veracruz with the same name, for that reason, the owners decided to transfer the team promoted to Tuxtla Gutiérrez, where it was renamed as

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References

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