1988–89 Copa México

The 1988–89 Copa México 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 Leones Negros UdeG. This edition was played by 20 teams, first with a group stage and later a knock-out stage. Group stage Group A main WDL Q 2 TOL Toluca FC AMÉ Club América ATL Atlas FC IRA Irapuato F.C. UNM Pumas UNAM 6 0 2 11 8 A 3 4 1 10 6 4 2 2 15 12 1 3 4 12 17 0 3 5 8 13 #ccccff Advances to the next phase A complete Results main FBR grey 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 complete Group B main WDL Q 2 UDG U. de G. SLA Santos Laguna TAM Tampico Madero MOR Atlético Morelia PUE Puebla F.C. 5 1 2 17 11 A 3 4 1 7 6 4 1 3 14 11 2 3 3 13 14 1 1 6 7 16 #ccccff Advances to the next phase A complete Results main FBR grey 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 complete Group C main WDL Q 2 POT Atlético Potosino ATE Atlante F.C. GUA Guadalajara NEC Necaxa UNL Tigres UANL 4 2 2 11 9 A 4 1 3 12 8 3 3 2 10 8 3 0 5 10 14 1 4 3 8 12 #ccccff Advances to the next phase A complete Results main FBR grey ATE GUA NEC POT 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 Atlético Potosino 3–1 1–2 2–0 3–2 UANL 0–0 0–0 1–2 1–1 complete Group D main WDL Q 2 CAZ Cruz Azul UAG Tecos UAG UAT Correcaminos UAT MON C.F. Monterrey CJU Cobras 4 1 3 17 11 A 4 1 3 16 12 4 0 4 12 10 3 2 3 11 14 3 0 5 10 19 #ccccff Advances to the next phase A complete Results main FBR grey CJU CAZ 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 complete Final stage SemifinalsFrom November 16 to November 30 FinalJanuary 11 and January 25 A Toluca 2 2 4 D Cruz Azul 1 2 3 C Atlético Potosino 1 0 1 B U. de G. 1 2 3 A Toluca 1 2 3 B U. de G. 1 1 2 Semifinals First leg November 16, 1988 Cruz Azul 1 – 2 Toluca Estadio Azteca, Mexico DF November 16, 1988 Atlético Potosino 1 – 1 U. de G. Estadio Plan de San Luis, San Luis Potosí City Second leg November 30, 1988 Toluca 2 – 2 Cruz Azul Ricardo Ferretti 72 pen., 79 Horacio García 15Rubens Navarro21 Estadio Nemesio Díez, Toluca Toluca advanced to final aggregate 4-3 November 30, 1988 U. de G. 2 – 0 Atlético Potosino Víctor Rodríguez 70Daniel Guzmán 81 Estadio Jalisco, Guadalajara U. de G. advanced to final aggregate 3-1 Final First leg January 11, 1989 U. de G. 1 – 1 Toluca Daniel Guzmán 25 Ricardo Ferretti 38 pen. Estadio Jalisco, Guadalajara Second leg January 25, 1989 Toluca 2 – 1 U. de G. Washington Olivera 90+3Jorge 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 References Mexico - Statistics of Copa México for the 1988–89 season. (RSSSF) Category:Copa MX Cop Category:1988–89 in domestic association football leagues