1978–79 Mexican Primera División season

Primera División de México
Season	1978–79
Champions	Cruz Azul (6th title)
Relegated	Veracruz
Champions' Cup	Cruz Azul; UNAM
Matches played	406
Goals scored	1,148 (2.83 per match)
	← 1977–78 1979–80 →

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

Mexico City

Guadalajara
Jalisco
Tecos
UdeG

Greater Mexico City teams
América

Atlético Español

Atlante

Cruz Azul

Neza

UNAM

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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	Playoffs
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	Playoffs
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	Playoffs
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	Playoffs
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

June 28, 1979

UNAM	0-0	Cruz Azul
	Report

Estadio Olimpico Universitario, Mexico City

June 30, 1979

Cruz Azul	2-0	UNAM
Jara Saguier 69' Horacio López Salgado 88'	Report

Estadio Azteca, Mexico City

Cruz Azul won 2-0 on aggregate.

1978–79 winners
Cruz Azul 6th title

References

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