1978–79 Mexican Primera División season

Primera División de México
Season1978–79
ChampionsCruz Azul (6th title)
RelegatedVeracruz
Champions' CupCruz Azul
UNAM
Matches played406
Goals scored1,148 (2.83 per match)

Statistics of the Primera División de México for the 1978–79 season.

Overview

Zacatepec was promoted to Primera División.

This season was contested by 20 teams, and Cruz Azul won the championship.

Veracruz was relegated to Segunda División.

Teams

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Location of the 1978-79 Primera División teams
Team City Stadium
América Mexico City Azteca
Atlante Mexico City Azteca
Atlético Español Mexico City Azteca
Atlético Potosino San Luis Potosí, S.L.P. Plan de San Luis
Cruz Azul Mexico City Azteca
Guadalajara Guadalajara, Jalisco Jalisco
Jalisco Guadalajara, Jalisco Jalisco
León León, Guanajuato León
Monterrey Monterrey, Nuevo León Universitario
Neza Nezahualcóyotl, State of Mexico Municipal de Texcoco
Puebla Puebla, Puebla Cuauhtémoc
Tampico Tampico, Tamaulipas Tamaulipas
Tecos Zapopan, Jalisco Tres de Marzo
Toluca Toluca, State of Mexico Toluca 70
Unión de Curtidores León, Guanajuato La Martinica
UANL Monterrey, Nuevo León Universitario
UdeG Guadalajara, Jalisco Jalisco
UNAM Mexico City Olímpico Universitario
Veracruz Veracruz, Veracruz Veracruzano
Zacatepec Zacatepec, Morelos Agustín Coruco Díaz

Group stage

Group 1

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Monterrey 38 14 12 12 52 43 +9 40 Playoffs
2 América 38 14 9 15 58 49 +9 37
3 Guadalajara 38 11 13 14 43 56 −13 35
4 Atlante 38 9 13 16 51 56 −5 31
5 Veracruz 38 7 9 22 35 83 −48 23 Relegated
Source: [citation needed]

Group 2

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 UNAM 38 17 11 10 77 57 +20 45 Playoffs
2 Atlético Potosino 38 19 7 12 58 55 +3 45
3 Tampico 38 11 13 14 59 65 −6 35
4 León 38 13 7 18 50 67 −17 33
5 Jalisco 38 8 12 18 49 67 −18 28
Source: [citation needed]

Group 3

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Cruz Azul 38 19 13 6 70 32 +38 51 Playoffs
2 Toluca 38 19 7 12 59 43 +16 45
3 Puebla 38 14 14 10 53 49 +4 42
4 UDG 38 15 7 16 60 57 +3 37
5 Unión de Curtidores 38 12 11 15 54 57 −3 35
Source: [citation needed]

Group 4

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 UANL 38 17 14 7 58 46 +12 48 Playoffs
2 Zacatepec 38 15 13 10 55 45 +10 43
3 Tecos 38 13 15 10 56 44 +12 41
4 Atlético Español 38 13 10 15 54 62 −8 36
5 Deportivo Neza 38 10 10 18 35 53 −18 30
Source: [citation needed]

Results

Home \ Away AME ATN ATE APO CRA GDL JAL LEO MTY NEZ PUE TAM TOL UDC TEC UNL UDG UNM VER ZAC
América 3–1 3–3 1–1 3–3 0–0 1–0 3–1 4–0 6–1 0–0 2–1 1–0 1–2 2–0 0–1 3–2 0–3 4–2 3–0
Atlante 2–1 2–2 4–1 0–4 2–0 4–1 1–2 0–0 1–1 1–1 2–1 1–2 0–0 2–0 0–1 1–2 1–2 2–1 0–1
Atlético Español 1–0 3–2 1–1 1–1 0–1 1–1 0–3 1–2 4–1 1–0 1–1 5–4 2–1 0–3 3–3 1–2 2–1 4–2 0–1
Atlético Potosino 0–2 1–0 0–3 3–2 4–0 0–0 1–0 2–1 3–1 2–0 2–0 1–1 1–0 1–0 2–2 1–0 1–4 4–1 2–1
Cruz Azul 3–1 0–0 3–0 4–0 4–1 3–1 2–2 1–1 1–0 3–0 2–1 3–1 1–1 3–2 3–0 0–0 4–1 5–0 3–1
Guadalajara 0–0 3–3 1–1 1–3 0–0 1–1 2–0 2–1 2–1 3–1 2–2 2–0 1–1 1–0 2–0 2–2 1–0 1–0 1–1
Jalisco 0–3 2–2 1–2 6–4 2–1 3–1 1–2 1–2 0–0 0–1 2–2 2–0 2–2 1–0 0–1 2–1 3–2 0–1 1–1
León 0–2 0–2 1–3 0–1 2–3 2–1 0–3 0–0 2–1 2–1 4–4 3–2 2–0 2–3 1–0 1–1 1–1 4–0 1–2
Monterrey 1–1 3–1 1–0 1–0 1–1 3–1 1–0 0–1 1–0 1–0 4–1 1–1 1–2 4–0 0–0 4–1 2–2 5–0 0–2
Deportivo Neza 1–0 2–1 2–1 2–0 1–0 2–3 1–1 0–1 2–1 0–0 1–1 1–3 1–1 0–0 2–1 2–1 1–2 2–1 2–2
Puebla 2–1 2–1 3–0 4–1 0–0 1–1 3–1 3–2 3–1 1–0 1–3 3–3 1–1 2–0 0–2 3–2 1–1 5–1 1–1
Tampico 3–2 3–2 1–1 2–0 0–4 1–0 3–3 7–1 2–2 0–1 0–0 0–0 0–2 0–1 3–1 2–1 3–0 0–0 2–3
Toluca 2–1 2–3 4–0 0–0 3–1 2–0 2–2 2–0 1–0 3–1 3–0 2–1 1–0 3–2 2–2 0–0 4–0 4–0 1–0
Unión de Curtidores 1–1 2–2 1–0 2–3 2–0 1–0 3–2 1–1 0–0 1–0 2–2 1–2 1–2 1–0 2–2 3–0 2–1 2–1 3–0
Tecos 3–1 1–0 0–1 0–1 1–0 1–1 4–0 6–1 1–1 1–1 1–1 1–1 1–2 3–1 0–0 2–1 4–3 3–0 1–1
UANL 3–2 0–0 2–1 3–5 0–0 1–0 2–2 2–1 1–1 1–0 1–1 3–1 1–1 2–1 4–1 2–1 2–1 5–0 0–0
UDG 2–1 2–1 1–0 2–1 1–1 2–2 3–0 0–1 3–0 2–0 1–1 3–4 2–1 4–1 0–3 1–2 1–2 5–2 2–1
UNAM 2–0 1–1 4–1 1–3 1–1 4–2 3–1 3–1 2–0 2–0 3–1 8–1 1–1 2–1 1–1 4–2 4–2 1–1 1–1
Veracruz 2–2 1–1 1–3 2–1 0–1 2–0 3–1 1–1 1–4 1–0 0–2 1–1 2–0 1–1 1–1 0–3 0–2 1–1 1–0
Zacatepec 3–0 2–2 1–1 1–1 1–2 4–1 1–0 2–1 2–1 1–1 0–1 3–0 1–1 4–1 3–1 0–2 3–1 2–2 2–1
Source: [citation needed]
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Group Stage Playoff

Semifinal

Group A

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Cruz Azul 6 4 1 1 8 5 +3 9 Finals
2 Toluca 6 3 0 3 9 5 +4 6
3 América 6 3 0 3 7 6 +1 6
4 Atlético Potosino 6 1 1 4 5 13 −8 3
Source: [citation needed]

Group A Results

Round 1
América 1 - 0 Cruz Azul
Atlético Potosino 0 - 2 Toluca

Round 2
Cruz Azul 2 - 1 Atlético Potosino
Toluca 1 - 0 América

Round 3
Atlético Potosino 1 - 2 América
Toluca 0 - 1 Cruz Azul

Round 4
Cruz Azul 2 - 1 América
Toluca 5 - 0 Atlético Potosino

Round 5
Atlético Potosino 2 - 2 Cruz Azul
América 3 - 1 Toluca

Round 6
América 0 - 1 Atlético Potosino
Cruz Azul 1 - 0 Toluca

Group B

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 UNAM 6 3 2 1 9 6 +3 8 Finals
2 UANL 6 3 2 1 8 7 +1 8
3 Monterrey 6 1 4 1 8 8 0 6
4 Zacatepec 6 0 2 4 6 10 −4 2
Source: [citation needed]

Group B Results

Group 2

Round 1
U.N.A.M. 1 - 0 Zacatepec
Monterrey 0 - 1 U.A.N.L.

Round 2
U.N.A.M. 2 - 2 Monterrey
U.A.N.L. 2 - 1 Zacatepec

Round 3
Monterrey 2 - 1 Zacatepec
U.N.A.M. 3 - 0 U.A.N.L.

Round 4
Zacatepec 1 - 2 U.N.A.M.
U.A.N.L. 1 - 1 Monterrey

Round 5
Monterrey 1 - 1 U.N.A.M.
Zacatepec 1 - 1 U.A.N.L.

Round 6
U.A.N.L. 2 - 0 U.N.A.M.
Zacatepec 2 - 2 Monterrey

Final

UNAM0-0Cruz Azul
Report
Cruz Azul2-0UNAM
Jara Saguier 69'
Horacio López Salgado 88'		 Report

Cruz Azul won 2-0 on aggregate.


 1978–79 winners 
Cruz Azul
6th title

References