Copa Pachuca

Copa Pachuca

Organiser(s)	Mexican Football Federation
Founded	1994
Abolished	2014
Region	Mexico
Teams	4
Related competitions	Liga MX
Last champions	Pachuca
Most championships	Pachuca (6 titles)

The Copa Pachuca, sometimes referred to as La Cuna del Fútbol, was a short preparation tournament for the Liga MX. The tournament was always held in Pachuca's stadium, which has been the Estadio Hidalgo.

History

Copa Pachuca had XIX issues, and became the most important tournament in the Mexican football pre-season. The first edition of the tournament was played in August 1994, and since then the competition served to reinforce its guests club's pre-season. Notably, in the first edition of Copa Pachuca, it managed to involve the 3 so-called "big teams" of México, Club America, Cruz Azul, and Pumas UNAM; thus beginning the history and tradition of the most important Mexican pre-season tournament.

Format

Copa Pachuca was a quick preparation tournament where each participating team only got to play two games. The tournament started in the semi-final round with only one legged games. The two teams that win their first game move onto the final. The two teams that lost their first game, played a game against each other for third place. All games were treated like playoff games. In case of a tie, the two teams would move onto penalties.

Results

Year	Final			Third place match
	Winners	Score	Runners-up	Third place	Score	Fourth place
1994	Pumas UNAM	3–2	Club América	Cruz Azul	2–1	Pachuca
1995	Club América	4–1	Saprissa	Cruz Azul	2–1	Pachuca
1997	Club América	3–1	Atlético Celaya	Pachuca	4–0	Atlético Hidalgo
1997	Cruz Azul	1–0	Club América	Pachuca	1–0	Atlante
1998	Cruz Azul	1–0	Pachuca	Club América	4–1	Atlante
1999	Guadalajara	2–0	Monarcas Morelia	Pumas UNAM	2–0	Pachuca
1999	São Paulo	5–0	Cruz Azul	Pumas UNAM	2–2 (7–6)	Pachuca
2000	Pachuca	1–0	Cruz Azul	Atlético Celaya	1–1 (6–5)	Puebla
2001	Monarcas Morelia	1–0	Pachuca	Pumas UNAM	4–1	León
2002	Cruz Azul	1–1 (5–3)	Pachuca	Pumas UNAM	2–0	Atlético Celaya
2004	Pachuca	3–3 (5–4)	Toluca	Cruz Azul	1–0	Monarcas Morelia
2005	Atlas	2–2 (4–3)	Pachuca	Cruz Azul	2–1	Puebla
2005	Atlante	4–2	Cruz Azul	Pachuca	2–1	Monarcas Morelia
2006	Cruz Azul	5–2	Pachuca	Indios	1–0	Veracruz
2009	Pachuca	2–2 (7–6)	Atlante	Monarcas Morelia	2–0	Querétaro
2011	Pachuca	2–2 (3–1)	Monarcas Morelia	Pumas UNAM	1–0	Saprissa
2012	León	3–1	Pachuca	Puebla	2–1	Jaguares
2013	Pachuca	4–4 (5–4)	León	Cruz Azul	4–1	Estudiantes UAG
2013	Puebla	3–1	Pumas UNAM	Estudiantes UAG	3–0	Pachuca
2014	Pachuca	2–0	Pumas UNAM	AD Santos	2–2 (3–2)	Toluca

Performances

Team	Participations	Titles	Years won	Years runners-up
Pachuca	19	6	2000, 2004, 2009, 2011, 2013, 2014	1998, 2001, 2002, 2005, 2006, 2012
Cruz Azul	12	4	1997, 1998, 2002, 2006	1999, 2000, 2005
Club América	5	2	1995, 1997	1994, 1997
Monarcas Morelia	5	1	2001	1999, 2011
Pumas UNAM	7	1	1994	2013, 2014
Atlante	4	1	2005	2009
León	3	1	2012	2013
Guadalajara	1	1	1999
São Paulo	1	1	1999
Atlas	1	1	2005
Puebla	1	1	2013
Saprissa	1	0		1995
Atlético Celaya	1	0		1997
Toluca	1	0		2004

References

• https://archive.today/20000229104930/http://www.senorgol.nu/mexico/futmexsub.htm
• http://www.rsssf.com/tablesp/pachucacuna.html