Primera División de México Verano 1998
Primera División de México ' Verano 1998''' is a Mexican football tournament - one of two short tournaments that take up the entire year to determine the champion of Mexican football. It began on Saturday, January 3, 1998, and ran until April 6, when the regular season ended. In the final Club Toluca defeated Necaxa and became champions for the 4th time. | Club | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | +/- | Points |
1. | Atlante F.C. | 17 | 5 | 8 | 4 | 19 | 18 | +1 | 23 |
2. | Puebla | 17 | 4 | 6 | 7 | 23 | 30 | -7 | 18 |
3. | León | 17 | 4 | 5 | 8 | 20 | 32 | -12 | 17 |
4. | Celaya | 17 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 13 | 23 | -10 | 15 |
5. | Veracruz | 17 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 20 | 29 | -9 | 14 |
| Club | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | +/- | Points |
1. | Toluca | 17 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 39 | 25 | +14 | 33 |
2. | Cruz Azul | 17 | 8 | 6 | 3 | 32 | 18 | +14 | 30 |
3. | UANL | 17 | 7 | 2 | 8 | 15 | 22 | -7 | 23 |
4. | Guadalajara | 17 | 5 | 4 | 8 | 19 | 17 | +2 | 19 |
5. | Monterrey | 17 | 4 | 6 | 7 | 20 | 25 | -5 | 18 |
| Club | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | +/- | Points |
1. | Santos | 17 | 8 | 2 | 7 | 24 | 22 | +2 | 26 |
2. | Toros Neza | 17 | 7 | 3 | 7 | 21 | 24 | -3 | 24 |
3. | Morelia | 17 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 26 | 30 | -4 | 21 |
4. | UNAM | 17 | 6 | 3 | 8 | 23 | 28 | -5 | 21 |
| Club | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | +/- | Points |
1. | Necaxa | 17 | 10 | 2 | 5 | 34 | 18 | +16 | 32 |
2. | Atlas | 17 | 9 | 3 | 5 | 29 | 23 | +6 | 30 |
3. | UAG | 17 | 9 | 3 | 5 | 23 | 21 | +2 | 30 |
4. | América | 17 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 27 | 22 | +5 | 26 |
Final Standings (general)
Top scorers
Goals scored throughout the entire tournament including Repechaje, Quarterfinals, Semifinals and Finals.
Pos. | Nat. | Player | Team | Goals |
1 | | José Saturnino Cardozo | Toluca | 18 |
2 | | Pedro Pineda | Necaxa | 11 |
| | Carlos Hermosillo | Cruz Azul | 11 |
| | Claudio Da Silva | Morelia | 11 |
5 | | José Manuel Abundis | Toluca | 10 |
| | Hugo Norberto Castillo | Atlas | 10 |
7 | | Luis Hernández | Necaxa | 9 |
| | Ruben Da Silva | Tecos | 9 |
9 | | Jesús Olalde | Pumas | 8 |
10 | | Ricardo Peláez | America | 7 |
| | Cuauhtémoc Blanco | Necaxa | 7 |
| | Jared Borgetti | Santos | 7 |
| | Daniel Guzmán | Atlas | 7 |
| | Carlos Muñoz | Puebla | 7 |
| | Germán Arangio | Toros Neza | 7 |
| | Martín Felix Ubaldi | Atlante | 7 |
Playoffs
Verano 1998 winners: |
Toluca 4th Title |