1988–89 Copa México

The Copa México 1988–89 is the 61st staging of the Copa México, the 34th staging in the professional era.

The competition started on September 8, 1988 and concluded on January 25, 1989 with the final, in which Toluca lifted the trophy for the second time ever with a 3–2 victory over U. de G..

This edition was played by 20 teams, first with a group stage and later a knock-out stage.

Group stage

Group A

	Club	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	+/-	Points
1.	Club Toluca	8	6	0	2	11	8	+3	12
2.	Club América	8	3	4	1	10	6	+4	10
3.	Atlas FC	8	4	2	2	15	12	+3	10
4	Irapuato F.C.	8	1	3	4	12	17	-5	5
5.	Pumas UNAM	8	0	3	5	8	13	-5	3

Results

Home ╲ Away	AMÉ	ATL	IRA	UNM	TOL
América		2–1	2–2	1–0	3–0
Atlas	0–0		4–2	1–0	2–1
Irapuato	0–0	3–4		2–1	1–2
UNAM	1–1	3–3	2–2		0–1
Toluca	2–1	1–0	2–0	2–1

Group B

	Club	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	+/-	Points
1.	U. de G.	8	5	1	2	17	11	+6	11
2.	Santos Laguna	8	3	4	1	7	6	+1	10
3.	Tampico Madero	8	4	1	3	14	11	+3	9
4.	Atlético Morelia	8	2	3	3	13	14	-1	7
5.	Puebla F.C.	8	1	1	6	7	16	-9	3

Results

Home ╲ Away	MOR	PUE	SLA	TAM	UDG
Morelia		1–2	1–1	4–1	2–1
Puebla	1–1		0–1	0–1	1–2
Santos Laguna	1–1	2–1		2–0	0–0
Tampico Madero	2–0	5–2	2–2		4–1
U. de G.	5–3	3–0	3–0	2–1

Group C

	Club	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	+/-	Points
1.	Atlético Potosino	8	4	2	2	11	9	+2	10
2.	Atlante F.C.	8	4	1	3	12	8	+4	9
3.	Guadalajara	8	3	3	2	10	8	+2	9
4.	Necaxa	8	3	0	5	10	14	-4	6
5.	Tigres UANL	8	1	4	3	8	12	-4	6

Results

Home ╲ Away	ATE	GUA	NEC	SLU	UNL
Atlante		0–3	2–0	3–0	3–0
Guadalajara	0–2		3–4	0–0	1–1
Necaxa	2–1	0–1		0–1	2–3
San Luis	3–1	1–2	2–0		3–2
UANL	0–0	0–0	1–2	1–1

Group D

	Club	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	+/-	Points
1.	Cruz Azul	8	4	1	3	17	11	+6	9
2.	Tecos UAG	8	4	1	3	16	12	+4	9
3.	Correcaminos UAT	8	4	0	4	12	10	+2	8
4.	C.F. Monterrey	8	3	2	3	11	14	-3	8
5.	Cobras	8	3	0	5	10	19	-9	6

Results

Home ╲ Away	CJU	CRU	MON	UAG	UAT
Cobras Ciudad Juárez		0–3	2–0	2–5	2–0
Cruz Azul	5–1		0–0	0–1	2–1
Monterrey	3–1	4–3		0–0	2–1
UAG	1–2	2–4	4–2		3–0
UAT	2–0	2–0	3–0	2–1

Advances to the next phase as the winner team in their group.

Final stage

	Semifinals From November 16 to November 30							Final January 11 and January 25
	A	Toluca	2	2	4
	D	Cruz Azul	1	2	3
								A	Toluca	1	2	3
								B	U. de G.	1	1	2
	C	Atlético Potosino	1	0	1
	B	U. de G.	1	2	3

Semifinals

First leg

Cruz Azul v Toluca

November 16, 1988

Cruz Azul	1 – 2	Toluca

Estadio Azteca, Mexico DF

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Atlético Potosino v U. de G.

November 16, 1988

Atlético Potosino	1 – 1	U. de G.

Estadio Plan de San Luis, San Luis Potosí City

Second leg

Toluca v Cruz Azul

November 30, 1988

Toluca	2 – 2	Cruz Azul
Ricardo Ferretti  72' (pen.),  79'		Horacio García  15' Rubens Navarro 21'

Estadio Nemesio Díez, Toluca

Toluca advanced to final aggregate 4-3

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U. de G. v Atlético Potosino

November 30, 1988

U. de G.	2 – 0	Atlético Potosino
Víctor Rodríguez  70' Daniel Guzmán  81'

Estadio Jalisco, Guadalajara

U. de G. advanced to final aggregate 3-1

Final

First leg

U. de G. v Toluca

January 11, 1989

U. de G.	1 – 1	Toluca
Daniel Guzmán  25'		Ricardo Ferretti  38' (pen.)

Estadio Jalisco, Guadalajara

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Second leg

Toluca v U. de G.

January 25, 1989

Toluca	2 – 1 (a.e.t.)	U. de G.
Washington Olivera  90+3' Jorge Rodríguez  94'		Byron Pérez  48'

Estadio Nemesio Díez, Toluca

The match was suspended at 111' due to U de G only 6 players left, result stood
Toluca Won the cup aggregate 3-2

Copa México 1988-89 Winners
Toluca 2nd Title

References

• Mexico - Statistics of Copa México in season 1988/1989. (RSSSF)