1972–73 Mexican Segunda División season

Segunda División de México
Season1972–73
ChampionsCiudad Madero (2nd Title)
PromotedOrizaba
Tecnológico Celaya
U. de G.
UAEM
RelegatedOrizaba
Tec Celaya
Matches played318
Goals scored936 (2.94 per match)
Top goalscorerMarino Guevara
José de Jesús Damían
(22 goals)

The 1972–73 Segunda División was the 24th season of the Mexican Segunda División. The season started on 26 November 1972 and concluded on 5 July 1973. It was won by Ciudad Madero.[1]

As of this season, the promotion playoff was established between the Second and Third Division. The penultimate and antepenultimate classified of this category had to play a series against the second and third place of the Third Division.

Changes

Teams

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1972–73 season Teams
Club City Stadium
Atlético Cuernavaca Cuernavaca Estadio Centenario
Cuautla Cuautla Estadio Isidro Gil Tapia
Irapuato Irapuato Estadio Irapuato
Ciudad Madero Ciudad Madero Estadio Tamaulipas
Morelia Morelia Estadio Venustiano Carranza
Naucalpan Naucalpan Unidad Cuauhtémoc
Orizaba Orizaba Estadio Socum
Querétaro Querétaro City Estadio Municipal de Querétaro
Salamanca Salamanca Estadio El Molinito
Tampico Tampico Estadio Tamaulipas
Tecnológico de Celaya Celaya Estadio Miguel Alemán Valdés
Unión de Curtidores León Estadio La Martinica
UAEM Toluca Estadio Universitario Alberto "Chivo" Córdoba
UANL Monterrey Estadio Universitario
U. de G. Guadalajara Estadio Tecnológico U. de G.
U. de N. Tepic Estadio Nicolás Álvarez Ortega
Ciudad Victoria Ciudad Victoria Estadio Marte R. Gómez
Zamora Zamora Estadio Moctezuma

Group stage

Group A

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Ciudad Madero (Q) 34 18 8 8 50 34 +16 44 Qualified to Playoffs
2 UANL (Q) 34 17 8 9 56 31 +25 42
3 Naucalpan 34 16 8 10 70 51 +19 40
4 Unión de Curtidores 34 11 16 7 54 48 +6 38
5 U. de G. 34 11 12 11 51 42 +9 34
6 Zamora 34 11 11 12 51 62 −11 33
7 UAEM 34 7 15 12 36 39 −3 29
8 Ciudad Victoria 34 7 14 13 37 54 −17 28
9 Atlético Cuernavaca (R) 34 7 5 22 38 88 −50 19 Relegated
Source: RSSSF
(Q) Qualified for the phase indicated; (R) Relegated

Group 1

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Irapuato (Q) 34 17 9 8 69 38 +31 43 Qualified to Playoffs
2 Querétaro (Q) 34 15 12 7 62 39 +23 42
3 Morelia 34 17 8 9 47 33 +14 42
4 Tampico 34 16 7 11 48 34 +14 39
5 Cuautla 34 13 6 15 53 59 −6 32
6 Salamanca 34 10 11 13 53 61 −8 31
7 Universidad de Nayarit 34 10 8 16 51 59 −8 28
8 Tecnológico de Celaya 34 9 9 16 53 72 −19 27 Relegation Playoffs
9 Orizaba 34 8 5 21 44 79 −35 21
Source: RSSSF
(Q) Qualified for the phase indicated

Results

Home \ Away ATC CUA IRA MAD MOR NAU ORI QUE SAL TAM TEC UDC UEM UNL UDG UDN VIC ZAM
Atl. Cuernavaca — 0–1 1–0 0–1 1–2 3–2 0–4 1–8 4–3 1–0 2–2 0–0 0–0 1–2 1–1 0–3 0–1 0–0
Cuautla 5–2 — 1–1 1–0 6–1 5–1 2–0 0–2 2–3 2–1 4–2 1–2 1–4 1–0 0–1 1–1 1–1 2–2
Irapuato 2–1 5–0 — 2–0 2–1 1–0 6–2 1–1 2–0 2–0 6–0 0–2 3–1 2–4 1–0 5–1 7–2 3–1
Ciudad Madero 4–2 5–1 1–0 — 0–2 1–0 3–0 1–1 2–1 3–2 4–1 0–0 0–0 1–0 1–1 2–1 0–0 3–1
Morelia 5–3 2–0 0–0 0–1 — 1–1 3–0 3–0 0–1 2–1 3–0 1–0 1–1 3–2 3–0 3–2 1–0 1–1
Naucalpan 6–1 4–3 1–1 2–1 2–0 — 3–1 1–0 4–1 2–0 5–3 2–2 4–2 0–1 3–0 3–2 2–1 2–1
Orizaba 1–2 3–3 2–0 1–2 0–1 1–2 — 2–6 3–3 0–1 2–1 3–2 1–0 0–1 2–1 1–6 2–1 2–2
Querétaro 3–0 2–0 2–4 1–2 0–0 3–2 0–0 — 1–1 2–0 4–2 0–0 2–1 0–0 0–0 3–0 3–1 4–1
Salamanca 1–3 3–0 1–1 2–0 1–1 4–4 3–2 0–2 — 0–0 0–1 1–2 0–2 0–4 1–0 2–1 6–1 2–3
Tampico 4–1 1–2 2–1 0–0 1–0 2–1 2–2 1–0 4–1 — 2–1 3–2 1–1 2–0 2–0 5–0 2–0 2–0
Tec. Celaya 4–0 3–1 1–2 2–1 2–3 1–5 4–1 2–2 1–1 0–0 — 0–0 1–2 2–2 2–5 2–2 0–1 2–3
Unión de Curtidores 5–2 2–0 2–2 4–4 1–1 1–1 1–0 1–2 1–2 1–0 1–1 — 2–1 2–1 2–1 2–2 0–0 1–3
UAEM 5–0 0–2 1–1 0–1 1–0 0–0 0–0 1–1 1–2 0–0 1–2 2–2 — 3–1 0–0 0–0 0–0 1–0
UANL 4–0 0–1 1–0 2–1 0–0 1–1 4–0 0–0 2–0 1–1 0–1 4–2 4–0 — 1–1 3–2 1–0 2–0
U. de G. 5–1 2–1 2–2 0–1 1–2 1–0 5–1 2–2 1–1 0–1 1–1 3–3 2–1 1–2 — 4–0 5–2 0–0
U. de N. 1–0 0–1 1–2 1–2 1–0 0–0 4–1 4–1 1–1 1–1 1–2 1–2 2–1 0–0 0–2 — 2–3 4–2
Ciudad Victoria 2–1 0–0 1–1 1–1 0–1 3–2 1–2 2–2 1–1 1–2 2–0 1–1 1–1 2–1 2–2 1–2 — 0–0
Zamora 1–4 3–2 2–1 2–1 1–0 3–2 2–1 2–0 4–4 1–0 1–1 3–3 2–2 1–5 0–1 1–2 2–2 —
Source: RSSSF
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Promotion Playoff

Semi-finals Final
          
1 Irapuato 2 1 3
3 UANL 1 0 1
1 Irapuato 0 0 0
2 Ciudad Madero 0 2 2
2 Ciudad Madero 1 3 4
4 Querétaro 2 1 3

Final

Ciudad Madero0–0Irapuato
Report


Irapuato0–2Ciudad Madero
Report Aurelio Barajas
Elías Aguilar

Relegation Playoff

Playoffs Winners
        
16 Tecnológico de Celaya 3 2 5 (3)
3 Universidad de San Luis (p.) 3 2 5 (4)
3 Universidad de San Luis
2 Nuevo Necaxa
17 Orizaba 0 3 3
2 Nuevo Necaxa 1 4 5

References

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