1977–78 Mexican Primera División season

Statistics of the Primera División de México for the 1977–78 season.

Primera División de México

Season	1977–78
Champions	UANL (1st title)
Relegated	Atlas
Champions' Cup	UANL
Matches played	396
Goals scored	1,109 (2.8 per match)
← 1976–77 1978–79 →

Overview

Atlante was promoted to Primera División.

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

Atlas was relegated to Segunda División.

After this season Deportivo Neza bought the Laguna franchise.

Teams

 

 

Mexico City

 

Atlas
Guadalajara
Jalisco
Tecos
UdeG

 

León
Curtidores

 

Toluca

 

Monterrey
UANL

 

Laguna

 

At. Potosino

 

Veracruz

 

Tampico

 

Puebla

 

Mexico City teams
América  
Atlético Español  
Atlante  
Cruz Azul  
UNAM  

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Location of the 1977-78 Primera División teams

Team	City	Stadium
América	Mexico City	Azteca
Atlante	Mexico City	Azteca
Atlas	Guadalajara, Jalisco	Jalisco
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
Laguna	Torreón, Coahuila	Moctezuma
León	León, Guanajuato	León
Monterrey	Monterrey, Nuevo León	Universitario
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	León
UANL	Monterrey, Nuevo León	Universitario
UdeG	Guadalajara, Jalisco	Jalisco
UNAM	Mexico City	Olímpico Universitario
Veracruz	Veracruz, Veracruz	Veracruzano

Group stage

Group 1

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	UNAM	38	20	8	10	81	53	+28	48	Playoffs
2	Tecos	38	17	12	9	73	46	+27	46
3	Laguna	38	8	19	11	45	49	−4	35
4	Atlético Potosino	38	11	10	17	41	64	−23	32
5	Unión de Curtidores	38	8	10	20	42	71	−29	26	Relegation Playoff

Source:^{[citation needed]}

Group 2

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	América	38	19	13	6	55	38	+17	51	Playoffs
2	UANL	38	18	8	12	50	40	+10	44
3	Jalisco	38	16	8	14	61	60	+1	40
4	Monterrey	38	15	8	15	63	56	+7	38
5	León	38	13	10	15	60	61	−1	36

Source:^{[citation needed]}

Group 3

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Cruz Azul	38	14	15	9	56	44	+12	43	Playoffs
2	Tampico	38	11	13	14	53	55	−2	35
3	Guadalajara	38	12	10	16	48	56	−8	34
4	Atlante	38	11	12	15	44	55	−11	34
5	Veracruz	38	12	9	17	50	62	−12	33

Source:^{[citation needed]}

Group 4

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Toluca	38	20	7	11	55	37	+18	47	Playoffs
2	UDG	38	17	7	14	61	50	+11	41
3	Atlético Español	38	13	15	10	58	51	+7	41
4	Puebla	38	10	8	20	35	52	−17	28
5	Atlas	38	10	8	20	36	67	−31	28	Relegation Playoff

Source:^{[citation needed]}

Results

Home \ Away	AME	ATN	ATL	ATE	APO	CRA	GDL	JAL	LAG	LEO	MTY	PUE	TAM	TOL	UDC	TEC	UNL	UDG	UNM	VER
América		2–1	1–0	1–1	3–0	1–1	1–0	2–0	1–1	2–1	2–2	2–1	0–0	2–1	0–4	1–0	2–1	2–1	4–2	1–0
Atlante	2–3		0–2	1–1	3–2	0–0	1–0	1–1	1–1	2–1	0–0	3–1	0–0	3–1	1–1	0–3	0–2	0–2	0–1	3–2
Atlas	0–4	1–3		1–3	2–1	1–4	1–1	0–1	1–1	0–2	1–4	0–0	3–1	1–0	1–1	2–1	0–0	0–2	1–2	3–1
Atlético Español	1–2	1–1	5–1		3–2	1–1	2–1	2–1	0–0	3–1	3–2	1–0	1–1	5–1	1–1	0–1	0–1	0–2	2–0	2–2
Atlético Potosino	1–0	1–0	2–1	0–0		0–3	3–2	1–2	3–3	2–2	1–0	1–1	2–1	3–1	0–0	1–0	0–0	2–3	0–2	4–0
Cruz Azul	1–1	1–2	3–0	0–0	0–2		1–1	0–1	1–1	3–1	2–2	2–0	1–1	1–0	1–0	0–0	2–0	3–4	3–1	1–1
Guadalajara	1–1	3–2	3–2	1–1	3–0	0–1		2–4	1–0	3–1	2–1	1–1	2–2	1–0	0–2	0–2	2–1	1–0	2–1	1–0
Jalisco	0–2	1–0	1–1	1–3	5–0	1–1	1–0		3–2	2–1	1–1	6–3	1–0	6–2	2–2	1–2	1–0	1–1	2–5	4–1
Laguna	2–1	1–1	4–0	2–2	1–0	0–1	2–4	1–0		1–1	4–0	0–0	0–0	1–1	1–0	0–0	0–2	2–1	0–0	0–0
León	1–1	0–0	2–0	3–1	3–1	5–2	2–1	1–1	2–2		3–1	1–0	1–0	2–2	3–2	0–1	3–0	3–1	1–1	2–2
Monterrey	1–1	4–1	1–0	3–1	4–0	2–2	0–0	0–2	1–1	4–2		1–0	2–3	2–0	2–1	5–1	2–4	2–1	0–1	2–1
Puebla	0–1	1–2	1–2	1–3	2–0	1–2	1–1	2–1	2–1	1–0	1–0		1–4	0–2	1–2	0–1	1–0	1–3	1–0	2–1
Tampico	1–2	2–3	2–3	5–0	0–0	3–4	2–1	1–0	1–1	3–3	1–4	1–1		1–0	3–0	2–1	0–0	0–2	1–1	4–2
Toluca	1–1	3–0	0–0	2–0	1–1	2–0	1–0	4–1	3–0	4–1	2–0	1–2	3–0		1–0	3–1	4–1	1–1	1–2	2–0
Unión de Curtidores	1–1	2–1	1–2	1–3	0–0	2–1	1–1	2–1	3–2	0–1	1–0	0–0	3–1	1–1		0–0	1–3	1–2	2–2	2–0
Tecos	2–0	2–2	1–1	3–2	6–0	2–1	1–1	4–0	2–2	2–1	4–1	1–0	3–2	2–0	7–1		3–1	3–3	2–2	4–1
UANL	1–0	2–0	3–0	3–2	1–1	2–0	2–1	1–1	3–1	2–0	1–0	0–0	0–1	3–2	0–1	1–2		2–1	1–0	5–1
UDG	2–2	0–1	0–1	1–1	4–1	0–0	3–2	1–2	1–2	2–1	0–4	1–0	0–1	4–0	1–0	4–1	1–1		2–0	2–0
UNAM	2–1	3–3	4–1	1–1	2–1	3–6	5–1	6–1	3–1	3–1	4–0	4–3	3–1	2–1	4–1	3–0	0–0	4–1		1–2
Veracruz	1–1	1–0	1–0	0–0	0–2	0–0	4–1	2–1	3–1	3–1	1–3	0–2	1–1	2–2	2–0	4–0	4–0	2–1	2–1

Source:^{[citation needed]}
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Relegation Playoff

May 14, 1978

Unión de Curtidores	0-0	Atlas
	Report

Estadio León, León

May 18, 1978

Atlas	2-4	Unión de Curtidores
Ricardo Ferreti   25' José Delgado   70'	Report	Juan Manuel Olague   6', 68'  Juan de Díos Castillo   48' Jorge Eduardo Lizardo   62'

Estadio Jalisco, Guadalajara

Unión de Curtidores won 4-2 on aggregate. Atlas was relegated to Segunda División.

Championship Playoff

	Quarter-finals							Semi-finals							Final
	2	UNAM	1	2	3
	7	UdeG	2	0	2
								2	UNAM	1	4	5
								13	Tampico	2	0	2
	1	América	2	1	3
	13	Tampico (pen.)	2	1	3
															2	UNAM	0	1	1
															5	UANL	2	1	3
	4	Tecos	0	2	2
	5	UANL	1	3	4
								5	UANL	0	3	3
								6	Cruz Azul	1	0	1
	3	Toluca	0	2	2
	6	Cruz Azul	2	1	3

Quarterfinal

May 11, 1978

Tampico	2-2	América
Ricardo Mendoza   75'  Francisco Bertochi   59'	Report	René Trujillo   15' José de Jesús Aceves   40'

Estadio Tamaulipas, Tampico

May 14, 1978

América	1-1 (a.e.t.)	Tampico
Ítalo Estupiñán   62'	Report	Carlos Arteaga   50'
Penalties
	2-4

Estadio Azteca, Mexico City

Aggregate tied. Tampico Madero won 4-2 on penalty shootout.

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May 10, 1978

UdeG	2-1	UNAM
Belarmino de Almeida   66' Manuel Guillé   80'	Report	José de Jesús Ramírez   54'

Estadio Jalisco, Guadalajara

May 13, 1978

UNAM	2-0	UdeG
Evanivaldo Castro   47'  Washington Olivera   70'	Report

Estadio Olímpico Universitario, Mexico City

UNAM won 3-2 on aggregate.

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May 11, 1977

Cruz Azul	1-0	Toluca
Horacio López Salgado   11'	Report

Estadio Azteca, Mexico City

May 14, 1977

Toluca	2-2 (a.e.t.)	Cruz Azul
Fernando Garduño   69'  Héctor Hugo Eugui   90+4'	Report	Carlos Jara Saguier   85', 114'

Estadio Toluca 70, Toluca

Cruz Azul won 3-2 on aggregate.

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May 10, 1978

UANL	1-0	Tecos
Walter Daniel Mantegazza 63   63'	Report

Estadio Universitario, San Nicolás de los Garza

May 13, 1978

Tecos	2-3	UANL
Miguel Ángel Gamboa   37' Spencer Coelho   80'	Report	Sergio Orduña   32'  Roberto Gadea   83'  Tomás Boy   90'

Estadio Tres de Marzo, Zapopan

UANL won 3-2 on aggregate.

Semifinal

May 17, 1978

Tampico	2-1	UNAM
Alejandro Ojeda   10' Francisco Bertochi   31'	Report	Genaro Bermúdez   29'

Estadio Tamaulipas, Tampico

May 20, 1978

UNAM	4-0	Tampico
José de Jesús Ramírez   40'  Mario Trejo   54' Ernesto Cervantes   59'  Evanivaldo Castro   77' (pen)	Report

Estadio Olímpico Universitario, Mexico City

UNAM won 5-2 on aggregate.

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May 17, 1978

Cruz Azul	1-0	UANL
Fernando Bustos   31'	Report

Estadio Azteca, Mexico City

May 20, 1978

UANL	3-0	Cruz Azul
Walter Daniel Mantegazza   17', 55'  Tomás Boy   44' (pen)	Report

Estadio Universitario, San Nicolás de los Garza

UANL won 3-1 on aggregate.

Final

May 24, 1978

UANL	2-0	UNAM
Walter Daniel Mantegazza   20', 75'	Report

Estadio Universitario, San Nicolás de los Garza

May 27, 1978

UNAM	1-1	UANL
Washington Olivera   78'	Report	Walter Daniel Mantegazza   54'

Estadio Olímpico Universitario, Mexico City

UANL won 3-1 on aggregate.

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1977–78 winners
UANL 1st title

References

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