1961–62 Mexican Primera División season

Statistics of the Primera División de México for the 1961–62 season.

Primera División de México

Season	1961–62
Champions	Guadalajara (5th title)
Relegated	Zacatepec
Champions' Cup	Guadalajara
Matches played	182
Goals scored	568 (3.12 per match)
← 1960–61 1962–63 →

Overview

Nacional was promoted to Primera División.

The season was contested by 14 teams, and Guadalajara won the championship and becomes first team to win four consecutive championships.

Zacatepec was relegated to Segunda División.

Teams

 

 

América
Atlante
Necaxa

 

Atlas
Guadalajara
Nacional
Oro

 

León

 

Toluca

 

Irapuato

 

Zacatepec

 

Tampico

 

Monterrey

 

Morelia

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Location of the 1961-62 Primera División teams

Team	City	Stadium
América	Mexico City	Olímpico Universitario
Atlante	Mexico City	Olímpico Universitario
Atlas	Guadalajara, Jalisco	Jalisco
Guadalajara	Guadalajara, Jalisco	Jalisco
Irapuato	Irapuato, Guanajuato	Revolución
León	León, Guanajuato	La Martinica
Morelia	Morelia, Michoacán	Campo Independiente
Monterrey	Monterrey, Nuevo León	Tecnológico
Nacional	Guadalajara, Jalisco	Jalisco
Necaxa	Mexico City	Olímpico Universitario
Oro	Guadalajara, Jalisco	Jalisco
Tampico	Tampico, Tamaulipas	Tampico
Toluca	Toluca, State of Mexico	Luis Gutiérrez Dosal
Zacatepec	Zacatepec, Morelos	Campo del Ingenio

League standings

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Guadalajara	26	20	1	5	58	17	+41	41	Champions
2	América	26	14	6	6	51	31	+20	34
3	Toluca	26	15	4	7	58	37	+21	34
4	Oro	26	13	5	8	41	32	+9	31
5	León	26	5	15	6	24	30	−6	25
6	Irapuato	26	10	5	11	35	47	−12	25
7	Atlético Morelia	26	8	8	10	32	42	−10	24
8	Tampico	26	7	9	10	37	41	−4	23
9	Atlante	26	8	7	11	38	45	−7	23
10	Nacional	26	7	9	10	30	44	−14	23
11	Atlas	26	8	6	12	39	44	−5	22
12	Necaxa	26	7	8	11	47	54	−7	22
13	Monterrey	26	7	5	14	37	47	−10	19
14	Zacatepec	26	7	4	15	41	57	−16	18	Relegated

Source:^{[citation needed]}

1961–62 winners
Guadalajara 5th title

Results

Home \ Away	AME	ATE	ATS	GDL	IRA	LEO	MTY	MOR	NAL	NEC	ORO	TAM	TOL	ZAC
América	—	2–2	1–0	0–1	5–0	1–1	2–0	3–0	3–2	1–1	2–1	4–0	2–0	3–1
Atlante	1–3	—	4–1	2–1	0–3	1–1	4–0	0–1	1–1	3–3	2–0	2–2	0–1	4–2
Atlas	0–1	2–0	—	2–3	3–1	0–0	2–1	3–1	2–0	2–2	1–2	5–0	1–2	2–1
Guadalajara	1–0	2–0	1–0	—	5–0	0–0	5–0	2–1	6–1	4–0	1–2	1–3	2–0	2–0
Irapuato	4–3	0–2	0–0	0–4	—	1–2	1–0	0–0	0–1	3–2	0–2	1–0	3–1	0–0
León	1–1	1–1	1–0	0–3	1–2	—	2–0	0–0	1–1	1–1	0–0	0–0	1–0	0–0
Monterrey	3–0	3–0	4–1	0–2	3–3	1–1	—	0–0	0–0	8–3	1–3	3–2	0–3	3–1
Morelia	2–1	2–4	3–3	0–1	4–0	3–2	2–1	—	3–1	1–0	1–1	1–1	2–2	2–2
Nacional	0–0	1–1	2–2	0–3	1–0	2–2	4–2	2–0	—	2–1	1–0	0–0	2–5	4–1
Necaxa	2–3	3–0	3–3	4–1	1–4	1–2	2–1	4–1	2–0	—	1–1	1–1	2–4	2–0
Oro	3–2	1–0	1–2	1–0	1–3	4–2	0–0	3–0	2–1	0–1	—	1–0	3–3	5–2
Tampico	2–2	4–0	3–0	0–3	2–2	4–1	2–1	0–1	4–0	2–2	2–1	—	2–2	0–3
Toluca	1–2	1–3	5–1	0–1	4–2	1–1	1–0	1–0	2–0	4–2	2–0	2–1	—	5–3
Zacatepec	2–4	4–1	2–1	1–3	0–2	2–0	1–2	5–1	1–1	2–1	2–3	2–0	1–6	—

Updated to match(es) played on 7 January 1962. Source: RSSSF
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

References