1956–57 Mexican Primera División season

Primera División de México

Season	1956–57
Champions	Guadalajara (1st title)
Relegated	Monterrey
Matches played	156
Goals scored	451 (2.89 per match)
← 1955–56 1957–58 →

Statistics of the Primera División de México for the 1956–57 season.

Overview

Monterrey was promoted to Primera División.

The season was contested by 13 teams, and Guadalajara won the championship.

Monterrey was relegated to Segunda División.

Due to economical problems Puebla advised the league that the club would not be playing next season and the club would return for the 1957-58 season.

Teams

América
Atlante
Necaxa

Atlas
Guadalajara
Oro

León

Toluca

Irapuato

Tampico

Zacatepec

Cuautla

Monterrey

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Location of the 1956-57 Primera División teams

League standings

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Guadalajara	24	17	2	5	47	22	+25	36	Champions
2	Toluca	24	11	8	5	45	20	+25	30
3	León	24	11	8	5	45	21	+24	30
4	Atlante	24	11	8	5	46	27	+19	30
5	Irapuato	24	12	2	10	38	36	+2	26
6	Atlas	24	9	7	8	35	35	0	25
7	Oro	24	9	5	10	38	40	−2	23
8	Cuautla	24	10	2	12	28	38	−10	22
9	Necaxa	24	7	7	10	30	34	−4	21
10	Tampico	24	7	6	11	27	46	−19	20
11	América	24	5	8	11	25	44	−19	18
12	Zacatepec	24	5	6	13	24	42	−18	16
13	Monterrey	24	4	7	13	23	46	−23	15	Relegated

Source: RSSSF

1956–57 winners
Guadalajara 1st title

Results

Home \ Away	AME	ATE	ATS	CUA	GDL	IRA	LEO	MTY	NEC	ORO	TAM	TOL	ZAC
América	—	0–1	1–1	2–1	1–3	0–3	1–5	5–1	1–2	2–1	0–3	2–2	2–0
Atlante	2–0	—	5–3	3–0	1–2	2–1	1–1	5–0	4–3	0–2	8–0	3–3	1–1
Atlas	1–1	1–1	—	1–1	0–2	0–3	2–0	2–0	1–1	1–2	1–3	0–1	4–2
Cuautla	0–1	2–0	0–2	—	1–2	3–1	1–0	2–1	3–0	1–2	1–0	2–0	1–0
Guadalajara	7–0	2–0	0–2	3–1	—	1–0	2–2	3–1	1–0	2–1	1–2	0–0	2–0
Irapuato	0–0	0–1	0–2	3–0	2–1	—	3–2	3–2	3–1	1–0	6–2	0–4	1–0
León	2–2	1–1	4–1	0–0	2–1	1–0	—	2–0	1–1	4–0	6–0	1–0	4–0
Monterrey	1–1	1–1	1–1	2–0	0–4	1–2	0–3	—	1–2	2–0	2–1	1–1	2–0
Necaxa	2–1	0–2	2–2	2–0	0–2	1–0	1–1	1–1	—	4–0	2–2	0–0	0–1
Oro	2–0	1–1	0–2	5–1	2–3	6–1	0–1	1–1	2–1	—	3–1	1–1	3–3
Tampico	1–1	1–0	3–1	1–3	0–1	1–3	1–1	1–1	2–1	1–1	—	0–0	1–0
Toluca	2–0	0–1	1–2	6–1	3–0	3–0	1–0	3–0	2–3	5–1	2–0	—	4–1
Zacatepec	1–1	2–2	1–2	1–3	1–2	2–2	2–1	2–1	1–0	1–2	1–0	1–1	—

Updated to match(es) played on 17 January 1957. Source: RSSSF
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

References

• Mexico - List of final tables (RSSSF)