1988–89 Mexican Primera División season

Primera División de México
Season	1988–89
Champions	América (8th title)
Relegated	Atlético Potosino
Champions' Cup	América
Matches played	406
Goals scored	1,134 (2.79 per match)
	← 1987–88 1989–90 →

Statistics of Primera División de México in season 1988–89.

Overview

It was contested by 20 teams, and América won the championship.

Cobras was promoted from Segunda División.

Atlético Potosino was relegated to Segunda División.

Teams

Mexico City

Mexico City teams
América

Atlante

Cruz Azul

Necaxa

UNAM

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Location of the 1988-89 Primera División teams

Team	City	Stadium
América	Mexico City	Azteca
Atlante	Mexico City	Azulgrana
Atlas	Guadalajara, Jalisco	Jalisco
Atlético Potosino	San Luis Potosí, S.L.P.	Plan de San Luis
Cobras	Ciudad Juárez, Chihuahua	Olímpico Benito Juárez
Cruz Azul	Mexico City	Azteca
Guadalajara	Guadalajara, Jalisco	Jalisco
Irapuato	Irapuato, Guanajuato	Irapuato
Morelia	Morelia, Michoacán	Venustiano Carranza / Morelos
Monterrey	Monterrey, Nuevo León	Tecnológico
Necaxa	Mexico City	Azteca
Puebla	Puebla, Puebla	Cuauhtémoc
Santos Laguna	Torreón, Coahuila	Estadio Corona
Tampico Madero	Tampico-Madero, Tamaulipas	Tamaulipas
Tecos	Zapopan, Jalisco	Tres de Marzo
Toluca	Toluca, State of Mexico	Toluca 70-86
UANL	Monterrey, Nuevo León	Universitario
UAT	Ciudad Victoria, Tamaulipas	Estadio Marte R. Gómez
UdeG	Guadalajara, Jalisco	Jalisco
UNAM	Mexico City	Olímpico Universitario

Group stage

Group 1

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	América	38	17	9	12	58	39	+19	43	Playoff
2	Cruz Azul	38	16	11	11	68	59	+9	43	Playoff
3	Toluca	38	11	10	17	58	67	−9	32
4	Irapuato	38	9	14	15	43	57	−14	32
5	Monterrey	38	7	15	16	44	66	−22	29

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Group 2

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Puebla	38	20	13	5	73	31	+42	53	Playoff
2	Atlante	38	20	9	9	59	41	+18	49	Playoff
3	U. de G.	38	15	11	12	48	51	−3	41
4	UANL	38	11	11	16	38	60	−22	33
5	Santos	38	7	15	16	31	56	−25	29

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Group 3

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Tampico Madero	38	20	7	11	87	56	+31	47	Playoff
2	Guadalajara	38	19	9	10	66	43	+23	47	Playoff
3	Necaxa	38	17	11	10	57	38	+19	45
4	Morelia	38	12	17	9	60	53	+7	41
5	Atlético Potosino	38	6	10	22	31	68	−37	22	Relegated

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Group 4

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	UNAM	38	13	15	10	42	30	+12	41	Playoff
2	Tecos	38	13	12	13	51	51	0	38	Playoff
3	Cobras	38	8	19	11	44	56	−12	35
4	UAT	38	11	12	15	48	58	−10	34
5	Atlas	38	9	8	21	47	73	−26	26

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Results

Home \ Away	AME	ATE	ATS	COB	CAZ	GDL	IRA	MOR	MTY	NEC	POT	PUE	SAN	TAM	TEC	TOL	UNL	UAT	UDG	UNM
América	—	0–2	1–1	0–0	1–2	3–1	3–0	1–0	3–1	0–2	4–0	0–1	2–1	3–2	3–0	3–0	4–0	3–1	0–0	0–1
Atlante	3–0	—	2–0	3–1	2–2	1–1	3–1	4–3	3–2	2–0	1–0	0–2	4–2	0–0	1–0	1–0	3–0	2–1	2–1	1–0
Atlas	1–5	0–2	—	2–1	2–1	2–2	5–1	2–2	2–0	0–0	4–1	1–2	1–1	2–4	0–0	2–3	1–1	2–1	0–2	1–0
Cobras	3–2	1–1	3–0	—	1–1	1–1	1–1	0–0	2–2	2–1	0–0	0–0	2–2	3–5	0–0	1–1	4–1	3–0	2–1	1–3
Cruz Azul	1–3	0–3	5–0	1–1	—	0–1	2–1	1–1	2–2	2–0	2–1	0–0	1–0	1–2	3–4	4–2	4–0	3–2	2–1	1–0
Guadalajara	2–2	2–1	3–0	3–0	3–1	—	3–0	2–1	3–1	3–2	1–0	2–1	5–2	4–1	2–2	2–1	3–1	4–2	2–3	1–1
Irapuato	1–1	2–0	1–0	4–0	2–2	1–1	—	1–1	2–0	0–0	3–0	1–0	3–2	1–2	1–4	1–3	0–2	1–1	4–2	1–0
Morelia	2–1	1–0	3–2	4–0	3–3	3–2	1–1	—	1–1	2–1	4–0	2–1	0–0	1–0	4–2	3–3	4–2	1–1	1–2	1–0
Monterrey	1–1	1–2	2–1	0–0	1–4	1–1	0–0	2–2	—	0–1	1–1	0–2	1–0	3–1	3–2	0–2	1–0	0–1	1–1	0–3
Necaxa	0–0	3–1	6–0	1–1	4–1	1–0	2–0	1–1	2–2	—	4–3	1–0	2–0	3–0	1–0	0–0	3–0	3–1	1–2	0–2
Atlético Potosino	1–2	1–1	1–2	1–2	0–2	0–1	1–0	0–0	1–1	0–0	—	2–2	3–1	2–1	0–1	2–0	0–2	2–1	0–0	1–1
Puebla	3–1	1–1	3–1	3–0	1–1	2–0	2–0	4–1	3–0	2–2	4–0	—	6–0	1–1	4–1	3–0	3–1	2–2	2–1	1–1
Santos	1–2	1–0	0–0	0–0	1–1	1–0	0–0	1–1	2–0	0–0	3–1	1–4	—	0–0	1–1	2–1	2–1	1–0	0–1	0–0
Tampico Madero	2–0	3–1	2–1	3–2	5–0	0–1	2–0	3–0	4–2	2–1	4–0	5–1	4–1	—	1–3	7–2	3–0	5–5	5–1	1–1
Tecos	1–0	3–0	3–0	0–0	1–4	1–1	2–2	2–2	1–3	2–3	1–0	0–0	2–0	0–2	—	1–1	1–1	3–0	2–1	0–1
Toluca	0–2	1–1	2–1	1–1	2–3	1–0	3–3	1–0	3–3	2–3	5–3	0–1	2–0	4–2	1–2	—	4–1	4–1	0–0	0–1
UANL	0–0	2–2	1–0	3–2	3–2	1–0	0–0	2–1	1–3	1–2	2–1	0–0	1–1	1–0	1–1	2–0	—	1–0	1–0	0–3
UAT	0–0	2–1	2–0	1–1	1–0	1–0	1–1	3–2	3–0	3–1	1–0	1–1	0–0	2–2	0–1	2–1	1–1	—	0–1	2–0
UdeG	1–0	0–1	2–8	1–2	1–1	1–0	2–0	1–1	2–2	1–0	4–2	0–4	3–0	0–0	3–1	2–1	0–0	2–2	—	1–0
UNAM	1–2	1–1	2–0	3–0	1–2	0–3	3–2	0–0	1–1	0–0	0–0	1–1	1–1	3–1	1–0	1–1	1–1	3–0	1–1	—

Updated to match(es) played on 18 June 1989. Source: RSSSF
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Playoff

Semifinal

Group 1

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	América	6	3	2	1	12	6	+6	8	Final
2	Guadalajara	6	4	0	2	9	4	+5	8
3	Puebla	6	1	3	2	7	10	−3	5
4	Tecos	6	1	1	4	4	12	−8	3

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Group 2

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Cruz Azul	6	4	0	2	10	9	+1	8	Final
2	Tampico Madero	6	3	1	2	9	10	−1	7
3	UNAM	6	2	2	2	12	7	+5	6
4	Atlante	6	0	3	3	9	14	−5	3

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Final

Cruz Azul	2–3	América
Porfirio Jiménez 45' Narciso Cuevas 47'	Report	Luís Roberto Alves 1' Carlos Hermosillo 31' Antonio Carlos Santos 58'

July 16, 1989

América	2–2	Cruz Azul
Juan Hernández 6' Carlos Hermosillo 77'	Report	Patricio Hernández 20' Ricardo Mojica 27'

Estadio Azteca, Mexico City

Referee: José Antonio Garza y Ochoa

America won 5-4 on aggregate.

1988-89 winners
América 8th title

References

Mexico - List of final tables (RSSSF)

v t e Liga MX
2024–25 clubs	América Atlas Atlético San Luis Cruz Azul Guadalajara Juárez León Mazatlán Monterrey Necaxa Pachuca Puebla Querétaro Santos Laguna Tijuana Toluca UANL UNAM
Former clubs	Ángeles de Puebla Atlante Atletas Campesinos Atlético Español Atlético Potosino BUAP Celaya Chiapas Cobras de Ciudad Juárez Cuernavaca Deportivo Neza Indios de Ciudad Juárez Irapuato La Piedad Morelia Nacional Oaxtepec Oro Real Zamora San Isidro Laguna San Luis Sinaloa Tampico Madero Tecos Toros Neza UAT UdeG Unión de Curtidores Veracruz Zacatepec
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Competition	Final phase
Associated competitions	CONCACAF Champions Cup Campeones Cup Leagues Cup