1973–74 Mexican Primera División season
Appearance
Season | 1973–74 |
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Champions | Cruz Azul (5th title) |
Relegated | San Luis |
Champions' Cup | Monterrey Atlético Español |
Matches played | 314 |
Goals scored | 941 (3 per match) |
Top goalscorer | Horacio López Salgado (25 goals) |
← 1972–73 1974–75 → |
Statistics of the Primera División de México for the 1973–74 season.
Overview
Ciudad Madero was promoted to Primera División.
This season was contested by 18 teams, and Cruz Azul won the championship.
San Luis was relegated to Segunda División.
UDG acquired Torreón franchise to reach the Primera Division for the 1974-75 season.
Segunda División semifinalists, UASLP-Pumas (re-branded to Atlético Potosino) and Unión de Curtidores were promoted to the Primera División to increase the number of teams to 20 for the 1974-75 season.
Teams
Group stage
Group 1
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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1 | Cruz Azul | 34 | 18 | 13 | 3 | 69 | 35 | +34 | 49 | Playoffs |
2 | Monterrey | 34 | 22 | 4 | 8 | 65 | 36 | +29 | 48 | |
3 | Toluca | 34 | 14 | 11 | 9 | 53 | 43 | +10 | 39 | |
4 | UNAM | 34 | 12 | 13 | 9 | 55 | 42 | +13 | 37 | |
5 | Atlas | 34 | 14 | 8 | 12 | 53 | 52 | +1 | 36 | |
6 | Jalisco | 34 | 13 | 9 | 12 | 51 | 49 | +2 | 35 | |
7 | Guadalajara | 34 | 11 | 12 | 11 | 43 | 45 | −2 | 34 | |
8 | Zacatepec | 34 | 12 | 9 | 13 | 48 | 51 | −3 | 33 | |
9 | Laguna | 34 | 9 | 10 | 15 | 39 | 54 | −15 | 28 | Relegation Playoff |
Source: [citation needed]
Group 2
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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1 | Atlético Español | 34 | 15 | 11 | 8 | 66 | 47 | +19 | 41 | Playoffs |
2 | Puebla | 34 | 13 | 14 | 7 | 57 | 40 | +17 | 40 | |
3 | León | 34 | 12 | 16 | 6 | 62 | 44 | +18 | 40 | |
4 | América | 34 | 14 | 9 | 11 | 55 | 43 | +12 | 37 | |
5 | Torreón | 34 | 8 | 9 | 17 | 47 | 72 | −25 | 25 | |
6 | Atlante | 34 | 5 | 14 | 15 | 44 | 67 | −23 | 24 | |
7 | Ciudad Madero | 34 | 6 | 11 | 17 | 38 | 75 | −37 | 23 | |
8 | Veracruz | 34 | 7 | 8 | 19 | 33 | 53 | −20 | 22 | |
9 | San Luis | 34 | 8 | 5 | 21 | 35 | 65 | −30 | 21 | Relegation Playoff |
Source: [citation needed]
Results
Relegation Playoff
Laguna won 2-0 on aggregate. San Luis relegated to Segunda Division.
Championship Playoff
Bracket
Semifinals | Final | ||||||||||||
1 | Cruz Azul | 1 | 6 | 7 | |||||||||
4 | Puebla | 1 | 1 | 2 | |||||||||
1 | Cruz Azul | 1 | 3 | 4 | |||||||||
3 | Atlético Español | 2 | 0 | 2 | |||||||||
2 | Monterrey | 4 | 1 | 5 | |||||||||
3 | Atlético Español | 3 | 3 | 6 |
Semifinal
Cruz Azul | 6-1 | Puebla |
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Eladio Vera ![]() Luis Estrada ![]() Alberto Gómez Franzutti ![]() Horacio López Salgado ![]() Joel Andrade ![]() |
Juan Carlos Zibecci ![]() |
Cruz Azul won 7-2 on aggregate.
Atlético Español | 3-4 | Monterrey |
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Ricardo Brandón ![]() Manuel Manzo ![]() Benito Pardo ![]() |
Pedro Damián Álvarez ![]() Milton Carlos ![]() Francisco Bertochi ![]() |
Monterrey | 1-3 | Atlético Español |
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Gustavo Peña ![]() |
Manuel Manzo ![]() Juan José Muñante ![]() Alejandro Romahn ![]() |
Atlético Español won 6-5 on aggregate.
Final
Atlético Español | 2-1 | Cruz Azul |
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Alejandro Roman ![]() Ricardo Brandón ![]() |
Report | Eladio Vera ![]() |
Cruz Azul | 3-0 | Atlético Español |
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Horacio Lopez Salgado ![]() Fernando Bustos ![]() Ignacio Flores ![]() |
Report |
Referee: Abel Aguilar
Cruz Azul won 4-2 on aggregate.
1973–74 winners |
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Cruz Azul 5th title |