1955–56 Mexican Primera División season

Statistics of the Primera División de México for the 1955–56 season.

Primera División de México

Season	1955–56
Champions	León (4th title)
Relegated	Zamora
Matches played	183
Goals scored	574 (3.14 per match)
← 1954–55 1956–57 →

Overview

Atlas (Segunda División 1954-55 Champion), Zamora and Cuautla (second and third place in a promotional tournament in Segunda División) were promoted to Primera División, to increase the number of teams to 14 clubs.

The season was contested by 14 teams, and León won the championship.

Zamora was relegated to Segunda División.

Teams

 

 

América
Atlante
Necaxa

 

Atlas
Guadalajara
Oro

 

León

 

Puebla

 

Toluca

 

Irapuato

 

Tampico

 

Zacatepec

 

Cuautla

 

Zamora

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Location of the 1955-56 Primera División teams

Team	City	Stadium
América	Mexico City	Olímpico Universitario
Atlante	Mexico City	Ciudad de los Deportes
Atlas	Guadalajara, Jalisco	Parque Oblatos
Cuautla	Cuautla, Morelos	El Almeal
Guadalajara	Guadalajara, Jalisco	Parque Oblatos
Irapuato	Irapuato, Guanajuato	Revolución
León	León, Guanajuato	La Martinica
Necaxa	Mexico City	Olímpico Universitario
Oro	Guadalajara, Jalisco	Parque Oblatos
Puebla	Puebla, Puebla	Parque El Mirador
C.D. Tampico	Tampico, Tamaulipas	Tampico
Toluca	Toluca, State of Mexico	Héctor Barraza
Zacatepec	Zacatepec, Morelos	Campo del Ingenio
Zamora	Zamora, Michoacán	Moctezuma

League standings

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	León	26	15	7	4	50	24	+26	37	Playoff
2	Oro	26	17	3	6	49	32	+17	37
3	Atlante	26	13	6	7	53	37	+16	32
4	Toluca	26	11	9	6	49	31	+18	31
5	Necaxa	26	12	7	7	44	35	+9	31
6	Tampico	26	12	7	7	39	32	+7	31
7	Zacatepec	26	11	5	10	40	36	+4	27
8	América	26	10	4	12	51	47	+4	24
9	Irapuato	26	8	6	12	35	43	−8	22
10	Guadalajara	26	5	11	10	33	35	−2	21
11	Cuautla	26	6	9	11	28	46	−18	21
12	Atlas	26	8	4	14	41	54	−13	20
13	Puebla	26	6	4	16	33	64	−31	16
14	Zamora	26	2	10	14	23	51	−28	14	Relegated

Source: RSSSF

Results

Home \ Away	AME	ATE	ATS	CUA	GDL	IRA	LEO	NEC	ORO	PUE	TAM	TOL	ZAC	ZAM
América	—	0–1	5–2	0–0	3–0	1–1	0–2	1–2	1–2	6–0	1–2	3–2	1–1	1–1
Atlante	3–4	—	1–0	1–1	0–0	3–1	1–2	2–0	3–1	5–2	3–0	0–4	3–1	7–1
Atlas	3–2	2–3	—	3–2	2–1	3–2	1–2	2–1	2–4	5–3	1–1	1–2	3–1	3–1
Cuautla	1–3	0–0	1–1	—	0–0	2–1	0–0	1–1	0–1	2–0	1–0	0–1	2–2	3–0
Guadalajara	1–2	1–2	3–0	1–4	—	2–0	1–1	1–2	1–3	6–1	1–1	1–1	2–0	4–1
Irapuato	2–1	1–3	3–2	2–0	1–1	—	2–2	1–0	2–0	1–2	2–0	1–1	1–0	2–2
León	5–1	3–1	3–0	7–0	2–2	2–1	—	3–0	2–2	2–0	1–1	2–1	3–1	2–1
Necaxa	2–0	1–1	2–2	5–2	1–1	3–2	4–1	—	3–0	2–1	2–2	2–1	2–2	1–0
Oro	3–2	2–3	2–0	3–0	1–0	4–1	0–2	2–1	—	6–1	2–1	3–1	2–1	1–0
Puebla	2–3	2–1	2–1	2–4	0–0	2–2	2–0	0–3	1–2	—	5–2	0–0	0–1	2–2
Tampico	2–1	2–1	1–1	5–0	2–1	1–2	1–0	2–0	0–0	3–1	—	2–2	0–2	1–0
Toluca	2–3	2–2	1–0	4–0	2–2	3–0	1–0	1–1	2–0	4–0	2–3	—	3–1	1–1
Zacatepec	4–3	2–1	2–0	3–1	3–0	2–1	0–1	4–1	1–2	1–0	0–1	1–1	—	3–1
Zamora	1–3	2–2	3–1	1–1	0–0	1–0	0–0	0–2	1–1	0–2	0–3	2–4	1–1	—

Updated to match(es) played on 22 January 1956. Source: RSSSF
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Championship playoff

March 25, 1956

León	4-2	Oro
Mateo de la Tijera   47', 56', 80' Marcos Aurelio   30'		Marcos Aurelio   2'  Walter Meneses   43'

Estadio Olímpico Universitario, Mexico City

1955–56 winners
León 4th title

References