1977–78 Mexican Primera División season
36th professional season of the top-flight football league in Mexico
Football league season
Season | 1977–78 |
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Champions | UANL (1st title) |
Relegated | Atlas |
Champions' Cup | UANL |
Matches played | 396 |
Goals scored | 1,109 (2.8 per match) |
← 1976–77 1978–79 → |
Statistics of the Primera División de México for the 1977–78 season.
Overview
Atlante was promoted to Primera División.
This season was contested by 20 teams, and UANL won the championship.
Atlas was relegated to Segunda División.
After this season Deportivo Neza bought the Laguna franchise.
Teams
![1977–78 Mexican Primera División season is located in Mexico](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/37/Mexico_States_blank_map.svg/850px-Mexico_States_blank_map.svg.png)
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Mexico City
![Atlas Guadalajara Jalisco Tecos UdeG](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d7/Blue_pog.svg/8px-Blue_pog.svg.png)
Atlas
Guadalajara
Jalisco
Tecos
UdeG
Guadalajara
Jalisco
Tecos
UdeG
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Location of the 1977-78 Primera División teamsGroup stage
Group 1
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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1 | UNAM | 38 | 20 | 8 | 10 | 81 | 53 | +28 | 48 | Playoffs |
2 | Tecos | 38 | 17 | 12 | 9 | 73 | 46 | +27 | 46 | |
3 | Laguna | 38 | 8 | 19 | 11 | 45 | 49 | −4 | 35 | |
4 | Atlético Potosino | 38 | 11 | 10 | 17 | 41 | 64 | −23 | 32 | |
5 | Unión de Curtidores | 38 | 8 | 10 | 20 | 42 | 71 | −29 | 26 | Relegation Playoff |
Source: [citation needed]
Group 2
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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1 | América | 38 | 19 | 13 | 6 | 55 | 38 | +17 | 51 | Playoffs |
2 | UANL | 38 | 18 | 8 | 12 | 50 | 40 | +10 | 44 | |
3 | Jalisco | 38 | 16 | 8 | 14 | 61 | 60 | +1 | 40 | |
4 | Monterrey | 38 | 15 | 8 | 15 | 63 | 56 | +7 | 38 | |
5 | León | 38 | 13 | 10 | 15 | 60 | 61 | −1 | 36 |
Source: [citation needed]
Group 3
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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1 | Cruz Azul | 38 | 14 | 15 | 9 | 56 | 44 | +12 | 43 | Playoffs |
2 | Tampico | 38 | 11 | 13 | 14 | 53 | 55 | −2 | 35 | |
3 | Guadalajara | 38 | 12 | 10 | 16 | 48 | 56 | −8 | 34 | |
4 | Atlante | 38 | 11 | 12 | 15 | 44 | 55 | −11 | 34 | |
5 | Veracruz | 38 | 12 | 9 | 17 | 50 | 62 | −12 | 33 |
Source: [citation needed]
Group 4
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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1 | Toluca | 38 | 20 | 7 | 11 | 55 | 37 | +18 | 47 | Playoffs |
2 | UDG | 38 | 17 | 7 | 14 | 61 | 50 | +11 | 41 | |
3 | Atlético Español | 38 | 13 | 15 | 10 | 58 | 51 | +7 | 41 | |
4 | Puebla | 38 | 10 | 8 | 20 | 35 | 52 | −17 | 28 | |
5 | Atlas | 38 | 10 | 8 | 20 | 36 | 67 | −31 | 28 | Relegation Playoff |
Source: [citation needed]
Results
Home \ Away | AME | ATN | ATL | ATE | APO | CRA | GDL | JAL | LAG | LEO | MTY | PUE | TAM | TOL | UDC | TEC | UNL | UDG | UNM | VER |
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América | 2–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 2–2 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 0–4 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 4–2 | 1–0 | |
Atlante | 2–3 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 3–2 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 3–1 | 0–0 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 0–3 | 0–2 | 0–2 | 0–1 | 3–2 | |
Atlas | 0–4 | 1–3 | 1–3 | 2–1 | 1–4 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 1–4 | 0–0 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 0–2 | 1–2 | 3–1 | |
Atlético Español | 1–2 | 1–1 | 5–1 | 3–2 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 3–1 | 3–2 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 5–1 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 0–2 | 2–0 | 2–2 | |
Atlético Potosino | 1–0 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 0–3 | 3–2 | 1–2 | 3–3 | 2–2 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 3–1 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 2–3 | 0–2 | 4–0 | |
Cruz Azul | 1–1 | 1–2 | 3–0 | 0–0 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 2–2 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 3–4 | 3–1 | 1–1 | |
Guadalajara | 1–1 | 3–2 | 3–2 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 0–1 | 2–4 | 1–0 | 3–1 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 1–0 | 0–2 | 0–2 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 1–0 | |
Jalisco | 0–2 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 1–3 | 5–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 3–2 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 6–3 | 1–0 | 6–2 | 2–2 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 2–5 | 4–1 | |
Laguna | 2–1 | 1–1 | 4–0 | 2–2 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 2–4 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 4–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 0–2 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 0–0 | |
León | 1–1 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 3–1 | 3–1 | 5–2 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 2–2 | 3–2 | 0–1 | 3–0 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 2–2 | |
Monterrey | 1–1 | 4–1 | 1–0 | 3–1 | 4–0 | 2–2 | 0–0 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 4–2 | 1–0 | 2–3 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 5–1 | 2–4 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 2–1 | |
Puebla | 0–1 | 1–2 | 1–2 | 1–3 | 2–0 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–4 | 0–2 | 1–2 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 1–3 | 1–0 | 2–1 | |
Tampico | 1–2 | 2–3 | 2–3 | 5–0 | 0–0 | 3–4 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 3–3 | 1–4 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 4–2 | |
Toluca | 1–1 | 3–0 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 4–1 | 3–0 | 4–1 | 2–0 | 1–2 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 3–1 | 4–1 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 2–0 | |
Unión de Curtidores | 1–1 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 1–3 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 3–2 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 1–3 | 1–2 | 2–2 | 2–0 | |
Tecos | 2–0 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 3–2 | 6–0 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 4–0 | 2–2 | 2–1 | 4–1 | 1–0 | 3–2 | 2–0 | 7–1 | 3–1 | 3–3 | 2–2 | 4–1 | |
UANL | 1–0 | 2–0 | 3–0 | 3–2 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 3–2 | 0–1 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 5–1 | |
UDG | 2–2 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 4–1 | 0–0 | 3–2 | 1–2 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 0–4 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 4–0 | 1–0 | 4–1 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 2–0 | |
UNAM | 2–1 | 3–3 | 4–1 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 3–6 | 5–1 | 6–1 | 3–1 | 3–1 | 4–0 | 4–3 | 3–1 | 2–1 | 4–1 | 3–0 | 0–0 | 4–1 | 1–2 | |
Veracruz | 1–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 0–2 | 0–0 | 4–1 | 2–1 | 3–1 | 3–1 | 1–3 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 2–0 | 4–0 | 4–0 | 2–1 | 2–1 |
Source: [citation needed]
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
Relegation playoff
Unión de Curtidores | 0-0 | Atlas |
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Report |
Atlas | 2-4 | Unión de Curtidores |
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Ricardo Ferreti ![]() José Delgado ![]() | Report | Juan Manuel Olague ![]() Juan de Díos Castillo ![]() Jorge Eduardo Lizardo ![]() |
Unión de Curtidores won 4-2 on aggregate. Atlas was relegated to Segunda División.
Championship playoff
Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Final | ||||||||||||||||||
2 | UNAM | 1 | 2 | 3 | ||||||||||||||||
7 | UdeG | 2 | 0 | 2 | ||||||||||||||||
2 | UNAM | 1 | 4 | 5 | ||||||||||||||||
13 | Tampico | 2 | 0 | 2 | ||||||||||||||||
1 | América | 2 | 1 | 3 | ||||||||||||||||
13 | Tampico (pen.) | 2 | 1 | 3 | ||||||||||||||||
2 | UNAM | 0 | 1 | 1 | ||||||||||||||||
5 | UANL | 2 | 1 | 3 | ||||||||||||||||
4 | Tecos | 0 | 2 | 2 | ||||||||||||||||
5 | UANL | 1 | 3 | 4 | ||||||||||||||||
5 | UANL | 0 | 3 | 3 | ||||||||||||||||
6 | Cruz Azul | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||||||||||||||||
3 | Toluca | 0 | 2 | 2 | ||||||||||||||||
6 | Cruz Azul | 2 | 1 | 3 |
Quarterfinal
Tampico | 2-2 | América |
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Ricardo Mendoza ![]() Francisco Bertochi ![]() | Report | René Trujillo ![]() José de Jesús Aceves ![]() |
Aggregate tied. Tampico Madero won 4-2 on penalty shootout.
UNAM won 3-2 on aggregate.
Toluca | 2-2 (a.e.t.) | Cruz Azul |
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Fernando Garduño ![]() Héctor Hugo Eugui ![]() | Report | Carlos Jara Saguier ![]() |
Cruz Azul won 3-2 on aggregate.
UANL | 1-0 | Tecos |
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Walter Daniel Mantegazza 63 ![]() | Report |
Estadio Universitario, San Nicolás de los Garza
Tecos | 2-3 | UANL |
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Miguel Ángel Gamboa ![]() Spencer Coelho ![]() | Report | Sergio Orduña ![]() Roberto Gadea ![]() Tomás Boy ![]() |
UANL won 3-2 on aggregate.
Semifinal
UNAM | 4-0 | Tampico |
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José de Jesús Ramírez ![]() Mario Trejo ![]() Ernesto Cervantes ![]() Evanivaldo Castro ![]() | Report |
UNAM won 5-2 on aggregate.
UANL | 3-0 | Cruz Azul |
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Walter Daniel Mantegazza ![]() Tomás Boy ![]() | Report |
Estadio Universitario, San Nicolás de los Garza
UANL won 3-1 on aggregate.
Final
UANL | 2-0 | UNAM |
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Walter Daniel Mantegazza ![]() | Report |
Estadio Universitario, San Nicolás de los Garza
UANL won 3-1 on aggregate.
1977–78 winners |
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UANL 1st title |
References
- Mexico - List of final tables (RSSSF)
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