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Primera División de México
Season	1971–72
Champions	Cruz Azul (3rd title)
Relegated	Irapuato
Matches played	317
Goals scored	824 (2.6 per match)
	← 1970–71 1972–73 →

Statistics of the Primera División de México for the 1971–72 season.

Overview

San Luis was promoted to Primera División.

This season was contested by 18 teams, and Cruz Azul won the championship.

Irapuato was relegated to Segunda División.

Teams

Mexico City

Mexico City teams
América

Atlante

Atlético Español

Cruz Azul

UNAM

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Location of the 1971-72 Primera División teams

Team	City	Stadium
América	Mexico City	Azteca
Atlante	Mexico City	Azteca
Atlético Español	Mexico City	Azteca
Cruz Azul	Mexico City	Azteca
Guadalajara	Guadalajara, Jalisco	Jalisco
Irapuato	Irapuato, Guanajuato	Irapuato
Jalisco	Guadalajara, Jalisco	Jalisco
Laguna	Torreón, Coahuila	San Isidro
León	León, Guanajuato	León
Monterrey	Monterrey, Nuevo León	Tecnológico
Pachuca	Pachuca, Hidalgo	Revolución Mexicana
Puebla	Puebla, Puebla	Cuauhtémoc
San Luis	San Luis Potosí, S.L.P.	Plan de San Luis
Toluca	Toluca, State of Mexico	Toluca 70
Torreón	Torreón, Coahuila	Moctezuma
UNAM	Mexico City	Olímpico Universitario
Veracruz	Veracruz, Veracruz	Veracruzano
Zacatepec	Zacatepec, Morelos	Agustín "Coruco" Díaz

Group stage

Group 1

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Cruz Azul	34	22	7	5	65	36	+29	51	Playoffs
2	América	34	20	8	6	70	35	+35	48	Playoffs
3	Jalisco	34	15	9	10	57	48	+9	39
4	León	34	12	11	11	76	58	+18	35
5	Zacatepec	34	11	12	11	34	36	−2	34
6	Laguna	34	9	15	10	34	34	0	33
7	San Luis	34	11	10	13	37	47	−10	32
8	Veracruz	34	8	13	13	40	51	−11	29	Relegation Playoffs
9	Atlético Español	34	8	8	18	48	72	−24	24	Relegation Playoffs

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Group 2

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Monterrey	34	14	12	8	41	37	+4	40	Playoffs
2	Guadalajara	34	14	11	9	37	33	+4	39	Playoffs
3	Puebla	34	13	9	12	47	42	+5	35
4	Atlante	34	13	9	12	30	28	+2	35
5	Pachuca	34	10	13	11	38	46	−8	33
6	UNAM	34	11	9	14	36	38	−2	31
7	Toluca	34	11	9	14	46	51	−5	31
8	Torreón	34	8	11	15	35	55	−20	27	Relegation Playoffs
9	Irapuato	34	2	12	20	26	50	−24	16	Relegation Playoffs

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Results

Home \ Away	AME	ATT	ATE	CRA	GDL	IRA	JAL	LAG	LEO	MTY	PAC	PUE	SNL	TOL	TOR	UNM	VER	ZAC
América		0–0	2–2	2–2	2–0	4–2	3–0	2–0	3–1	2–0	4–1	3–1	6–1	5–1	0–0	0–1	3–0	1–1
Atlante	1–2		0–1	0–2	0–1	1–0	2–0	1–0	1–1	1–0	0–1	2–0	2–0	2–1	2–0	1–0	0–0	2–1
Atlético Español	1–2	0–1		1–1	0–1	0–0	1–1	3–1	0–5	2–3	1–3	0–3	2–1	1–2	4–0	3–1	0–2	0–4
Cruz Azul	2–1	2–1	2–0		3–1	2–0	2–2	1–1	1–1	1–3	3–1	3–2	3–1	1–0	3–1	1–0	1–0	3–0
Guadalajara	1–3	1–1	5–3	0–2		2–0	0–0	1–0	1–0	0–0	2–2	0–0	0–0	3–1	0–1	2–1	1–0	2–0
Irapuato	1–3	0–0	4–4	2–3	0–0		1–1	0–2	1–1	0–2	1–1	3–1	2–3	2–2	0–0	0–1	0–0	0–0
Jalisco	4–3	2–1	3–0	2–1	0–2	2–0		0–1	2–3	1–1	2–2	3–1	0–1	2–1	1–0	3–1	1–0	3–0
Laguna	1–1	0–0	3–4	1–1	2–0	2–0	1–2		1–1	1–1	1–1	1–0	1–1	1–1	1–0	0–0	0–2	0–1
León	2–2	3–1	5–1	0–3	1–1	2–5	3–7	0–1		5–2	6–1	1–1	3–1	4–1	11–3	3–1	3–0	2–2
Monterrey	0–1	1–0	1–0	3–0	2–0	1–0	4–3	1–1	1–1		1–1	0–0	3–1	1–0	1–0	1–1	1–1	1–0
Pachuca	0–3	0–2	1–1	0–0	1–2	1–0	1–1	2–1	2–0	1–1		0–1	0–2	3–0	2–1	0–0	2–0	0–2
Puebla	3–0	0–0	1–2	1–2	1–0	2–1	1–1	1–1	3–1	0–0	2–1		1–2	3–1	4–1	0–3	4–2	2–0
San Luis	2–1	4–0	2–2	0–3	1–1	1–0	1–1	0–1	1–1	2–0	1–2	1–0		0–2	1–0	0–0	0–0	1–1
Toluca	1–2	1–0	3–2	2–1	1–2	1–0	2–1	2–2	0–0	4–0	1–3	0–1	1–1		2–0	0–0	5–2	2–0
Torreón	0–1	2–1	3–3	5–2	2–1	2–0	1–1	0–2	2–1	1–1	1–1	2–2	0–2	1–1		0–0	2–0	0–0
UNAM	0–1	0–2	3–1	1–3	0–1	1–0	1–2	0–0	4–3	2–1	1–1	4–1	3–2	2–2	0–1		3–1	1–0
Veracruz	3–2	2–2	1–2	1–3	2–2	0–0	4–2	2–0	1–1	2–3	0–0	1–1	4–2	1–1	3–2	1–0		2–2
Zacatepec	0–0	0–0	2–1	0–2	1–1	2–1	3–1	1–3	2–1	2–0	2–0	1–2	0–0	2–1	1–1	1–0	0–0