In summertime Emilio Diez-Barroso in his 15th season as club President and in his 5th year without a league title, reinforced the squad with several players such as: Forward Francois Omam Biyik,[1] Right-back Defender Raul Gutierrez,[2] midfielders Joaquin del Olmo[3] and Kalusha Bwalya.

The new coach and transfers-in, combined with young talented players led by Forward Cuauhtemoc Blanco, improved the performance played by the squad reaching the first position on table and deploying a spectacular game attracting the best attendances to Azteca stadium in years.

In spite of having the best season performance and attendances since the 80s manager Leo Beenhakker was under pressure since January by both club vice president Rubolotta and President Diez Barrosso to line up Forward Luis Garcia recently transferred in from Real Sociedad with an infamous 1 year tenure without scoring a single league goal (since 1 May 1994 with Atletico Madrid).

However, the Dutch coach lined-up Del Olmo and was sacked by vice president Rubolotta the next day by 0730 hs at his home in Cuernavaca according to Beenhakker.

[6] Finally, with Mirko Jozic as new manager the squad was eliminated in semifinals[7] for the third consecutive year losing the series against Cruz Azul.