1970 Mexican Primera División season

Primera División de México
SeasonMéxico 70
ChampionsCruz Azul (2nd title)
Champions' CupCruz Azul
Matches played480
Goals scored550 (1.15 per match)

México 1970
In celebration of the 1970 World Cup (Mexico '70) the Mexican Football Federation held a tournament in two phases, before the world cup (Feb. 4 - May 10) and after the world cup (July 8 - Oct. 11).

Sixteen teams were seeded in two groups of eight teams, first four places of each group advanced to the "Championship Group" and the last four teams of each group played in a "Consolation Group".

Laguna last place of the 1969-70 season, was scheduled to play against the last place of the Consolation Group in a playoff relegation series, but due to expansion to 18 teams for the 1970-71 season this series was cancelled, there was no relegation.

Overview

This tournament was contested by 16 teams, and Cruz Azul won the championship.

After this tournament Oro changed its name to Jalisco.

Teams

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Location of the 1970 Primera División teams
Team City Stadium
América Mexico City Azteca
Atlante Mexico City Azteca
Atlas Guadalajara, Jalisco Jalisco
Cruz Azul Jasso, Hidalgo 10 de Diciembre
Guadalajara Guadalajara, Jalisco Jalisco
Irapuato Irapuato, Guanajuato Irapuato
Laguna Torreón, Coahuila San Isidro
León León, Guanajuato León
Monterrey Monterrey, Nuevo León Tecnológico
Necaxa Mexico City Azteca
Oro Guadalajara, Jalisco Jalisco
Pachuca Pachuca, Hidalgo Revolución Mexicana
Toluca Toluca, State of Mexico Toluca 70
Torreón Torreón, Coahuila Revolución / Moctezuma[note 1]
UNAM Mexico City Olímpico Universitario
Veracruz Veracruz, Veracruz Veracruzano

First stage

Group 1

Top four teams from each group advance to Championship Group.
The bottom four plays in Consolation Group.

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1 Torreón 14 5 7 2 22 16 +6 17
2 Monterrey 14 5 6 3 16 21 −5 16
3 Guadalajara 14 7 1 6 27 18 +9 15
4 León 14 5 5 4 25 20 +5 15
5 UNAM 14 4 6 4 20 21 −1 14
6 Oro 14 6 2 6 15 18 −3 14
7 Veracruz 14 5 3 6 25 23 +2 13
8 Necaxa 14 1 6 7 11 24 −13 8
Source: [citation needed]

Results

Home \ Away GDL LEO MTY NEC ORO TOR UNM VER
Guadalajara — 4–0 4–0 2–1 0–2 1–1 4–1 2–0
León 2–1 — 6–0 4–2 1–1 0–0 2–2 3–0
Monterrey 1–0 3–1 — 0–0 1–1 1–1 1–1 1–0
Necaxa 0–4 0–1 1–1 — 3–0 1–1 0–0 2–2
Oro 0–1 1–0 0–2 1–0 — 2–1 2–1 2–0
Torreón 3–1 2–2 1–2 0–0 3–1 — 2–1 2–0
UNAM 2–1 2–2 4–2 1–0 1–0 2–2 — 1–2
Veracruz 5–2 2–1 1–1 6–0 4–2 2–3 1–1 —
Updated to match(es) played on 10 May 1970. Source: RSSSF
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Group 2

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1 Toluca 14 7 3 4 21 12 +9 17
2 Pachuca 14 6 4 4 15 9 +6 16
3 Cruz Azul 14 7 2 5 13 13 0 16
4 Atlas 14 6 4 4 17 19 −2 16
5 América 14 6 2 6 16 15 +1 14
6 Laguna 14 4 4 6 13 19 −6 12
7 Atlante 14 2 7 5 12 17 −5 11
8 Irapuato 14 4 2 8 15 18 −3 10
Source: [citation needed]

Results

Home \ Away AME ATE ATS CAZ IRA LAG PAC TOL
América — 3–1 1–2 3–0 2–0 2–1 0–0 0–1
Atlante 1–1 — 0–0 0–2 0–2 1–1 1–0 1–1
Atlas 1–0 3–2 — 2–1 2–1 2–1 0–2 1–1
Cruz Azul 0–1 2–1 1–0 — 1–0 1–0 2–1 0–1
Irapuato 1–2 0–2 2–2 1–2 — 4–2 0–0 1–0
Laguna 1–0 0–0 1–1 1–1 0–2 — 1–0 2–1
Pachuca 3–1 1–1 2–0 0–0 2–1 0–1 — 2–0
Toluca 3–0 1–1 4–1 2–0 1–0 4–1 1–2 —
Updated to match(es) played on 10 May 1970. Source: RSSSF
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Second stage

Championship group

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Cruz Azul 14 10 1 3 26 15 +11 21 Champions
2 Guadalajara 14 7 5 2 21 11 +10 19
3 León 14 7 4 3 22 15 +7 18
4 Toluca 14 7 3 4 26 15 +11 17
5 Pachuca 14 6 1 7 21 24 −3 13
6 Atlas 14 3 4 7 13 23 −10 10
7 Monterrey 14 2 5 7 13 20 −7 9
8 Torreón 14 2 1 11 12 31 −19 5
Source: [citation needed]

Results

Home \ Away ATS CAZ GDL LEO MTY PAC TOL TOR
Atlas — 1–3 1–1 3–2 0–3 1–2 0–2 2–1
Cruz Azul 1–0 — 1–0 2–4 1–0 2–0 1–0 6–1
Guadalajara 1–1 2–1 — 1–1 1–0 4–1 2–1 3–0
León 3–1 0–1 0–0 — 3–2 2–1 0–1 3–1
Monterrey 1–1 1–1 2–2 0–0 — 1–2 0–0 0–3
Pachuca 2–0 3–1 0–3 0–1 0–2 — 3–2 3–0
Toluca 1–1 2–3 2–0 1–1 4–0 4–3 — 3–1
Torreón 0–1 1–2 0–1 1–2 2–1 1–1 0–3 —
Updated to match(es) played on 11 October 1970. Source: RSSSF
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Consolation group

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
9 UNAM 14 7 3 4 14 8 +6 17
10 Laguna 14 6 5 3 17 12 +5 17
11 Veracruz 14 6 4 4 16 13 +3 16
12 Atlante 14 4 7 3 16 13 +3 15
13 Irapuato 14 5 5 4 15 17 −2 15
14 América 14 4 6 4 13 12 +1 14
15 Necaxa 14 3 5 6 12 17 −5 11
16 Oro 14 2 3 9 10 21 −11 7
Source: [citation needed]

Results

Home \ Away AME ATE IRA LAG NEC ORO UNM VER
América — 0–0 0–1 0–0 4–0 2–1 1–0 2–0
Atlante 2–2 — 4–0 3–2 0–0 0–1 0–2 3–1
Irapuato 1–1 1–1 — 1–0 1–0 3–0 1–1 0–2
Laguna 0–0 0–0 2–1 — 1–1 2–0 1–1 3–1
Necaxa 1–0 1–1 2–2 2–3 — 2–0 1–2 1–2
Oro 1–1 0–1 3–1 1–2 1–1 — 1–2 1–1
UNAM 2–0 2–0 0–1 1–1 0–1 1–0 — 0–1
Veracruz 3–0 1–1 1–0 0–1 1–0 2–0 0–0 —
Updated to match(es) played on 11 October 1970. Source: RSSSF
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.


 1970 winners 
Cruz Azul
2nd title

Notes

  1. ^ In the First Phase, Torreón played its local games in Estadio Revolución. On Second Phase, the team moved to the new venue, Estadio Moctezuma, opened on July 2, 1970

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