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 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

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Club Toluca (A)	8	6	0	2	11	8	+3	12	Advances to the next phase
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

Source:
(A) Advance to a further round.

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

Source:
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Group B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	U. de G. (A)	8	5	1	2	17	11	+6	11	Advances to the next phase
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

Source:
(A) Advance to a further round.

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

Source:
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Group C

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Atlético Potosino (A)	8	4	2	2	11	9	+2	10	Advances to the next phase
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

Source:
(A) Advance to a further round.

Results

Home \ Away	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

Source:
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Group D

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Cruz Azul (A)	8	4	1	3	17	11	+6	9	Advances to the next phase
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

Source:
(A) Advance to a further round.

Results

Home \ Away	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

Source:
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

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

November 16, 1988

Cruz Azul	1 – 2	Toluca

Estadio Azteca, Mexico DF

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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  15' Rubens Navarro 21'

Estadio Nemesio Díez, Toluca

Toluca advanced to final aggregate 4-3

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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

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

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 for the 1988–89 season. (RSSSF)