1978–79 Mexican Primera División season

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Veracruz
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

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

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
Estadio Olimpico Universitario, Mexico City

Cruz Azul won 2-0 on aggregate.



 1978–79 winners 
Cruz Azul
6th title

References