1953–54 Mexican Segunda División season

Segunda División de México
Season1953–54
ChampionsIrapuato (1st Title)
Matches played132
Goals scored434 (3.29 per match)

The 1953–54 Mexican Segunda División was the fourth season of the Mexican Segunda División. The season started on 9 August 1953 and concluded on 24 January 1954. It was won by Irapuato.

Initially, 13 teams took part in the competition. However, on 11 October 1953, after a match against San Sebastián, the bus that transported the squad of Veracruz suffered an accident and some of the players died. After this incident, Veracruz was dissolved and all the matches played by the club were annulled.[1]

Teams

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1953-54 Season Teams
Club City Stadium
Anáhuac Monterrey Estadio Tecnológico
Cuautla Cuautla El Almeal
Estrella Roja Toluca Campo Patria
Irapuato Irapuato Estadio Revolución
La Piedad La Piedad Estadio Juan N. López
Moctezuma Orizaba Estadio Moctezuma
Monterrey Monterrey Estadio Tecnológico
Morelia Morelia Campo Morelia
Oviedo Pachuca Campo Margarito Ramírez
Querétaro Querétaro Estadio Municipal
San Sebastián León Estadio La Martinica
Zamora Zamora Parque Juan Carreño

League table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GAv Pts Promotion or relegation
1 Irapuato (C) 22 14 4 4 42 24 1.750 32 Promotion to Primera División
2 San Sebastián 23 13 5 5 44 26 1.692 31
3 La Piedad 22 13 4 5 48 30 1.600 30
4 Anáhuac 22 9 5 8 42 35 1.200 23
5 Cuautla 22 8 7 7 34 35 0.971 23
6 Zamora 22 10 2 10 38 34 1.118 22
7 Querétaro 22 9 3 10 25 25 1.000 21
8 Moctezuma 22 7 7 8 36 38 0.947 21
9 Morelia 22 8 2 12 35 40 0.875 18
10 Estrella Roja 22 4 8 10 31 47 0.660 16
11 Oviedo 22 5 5 12 36 56 0.643 15
12 Monterrey 22 5 2 15 23 44 0.523 12
Source: RSSSF
(C) Champions

Results

Home \ Away ANA CUA EST IRA PIE MOC MTY MOR OVI QRO SAN ZAM
Anáhuac — 3–2 3–4 2–2 1–0 4–0 3–0 1–4 2–2 0–0 0–1 1–2
Cuautla 2–0 — 1–1 1–0 1–1 0–2 3–0 1–1 1–1 0–0 1–0 3–0
Estrella Roja 1–1 2–4 — 1–3 2–0 2–2 1–1 2–2 1–4 2–1 1–2 1–1
Irapuato 2–2 1–0 4–0 — 3–2 0–0 3–2 3–1 4–1 1–0 2–0 3–1
La Piedad 1–0 5–3 1–0 1–1 — 3–2 3–0 1–0[1] 5–1 2–0 2–2 3–2
Moctezuma 1–4 2–2 3–0 3–1 1–2 — 2–0 5–2 3–4 2–1 0–0 2–1
Monterrey 0–1 3–0 2–0 2–1 1–4 2–2 — 3–1 0–2 2–4 1–2
Morelia 0–2 6–1 3–1 0–2 3–1 2–0 2–1 — 1–3 2–0 0–1 1–2
Oviedo 2–6 3–3 3–3 0–1 1–5 1–1 1–2 1–2 — 1–4 1–2 2–1
Querétaro 2–3 0–1 1–5 0–2 2–1 0–0 2–0 2–1 2–0 — 4–1 1–0
San Sebastián 4–1 2–3 1–1 4–1 1–1 3–2 3–0 5–1 3–0 1–0 — 4–3
Zamora 3–2 2–1 4–0 1–2 3–4 4–1 1–0 2–0 3–1 0–1 0–0 —
Source: RSSSF
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Notes

1.^ Match awarded to La Piedad.

References

  1. ^ "Mexico 1953/54". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation (RSSSF). Retrieved 11 September 2019.