1977–78 Mexican Primera División season

Primera División de México
Season1977–78
ChampionsUANL (1st title)
RelegatedAtlas
Champions' CupUANL
Matches played396
Goals scored1,109 (2.8 per match)

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

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Location of the 1977-78 Primera División teams
Team City Stadium
América Mexico City Azteca
Atlante Mexico City Azteca
Atlas Guadalajara, Jalisco Jalisco
Atlético Español Mexico City Azteca
Atlético Potosino San Luis Potosí, S.L.P. Plan de San Luis
Cruz Azul Mexico City Azteca
Guadalajara Guadalajara, Jalisco Jalisco
Jalisco Guadalajara, Jalisco Jalisco
Laguna Torreón, Coahuila Moctezuma
León León, Guanajuato León
Monterrey Monterrey, Nuevo León Universitario
Puebla Puebla, Puebla Cuauhtémoc
Tampico Tampico, Tamaulipas Tamaulipas
Tecos Zapopan, Jalisco Tres de Marzo
Toluca Toluca, State of Mexico Toluca 70
Unión de Curtidores León, Guanajuato León
UANL Monterrey, Nuevo León Universitario
UdeG Guadalajara, Jalisco Jalisco
UNAM Mexico City Olímpico Universitario
Veracruz Veracruz, Veracruz Veracruzano

Group stage

Group 1

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
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
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
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
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
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.

Relegation playoff

Unión de Curtidores0-0Atlas
Report
Atlas2-4Unión de Curtidores
Ricardo Ferreti 25'
José Delgado 70'		 Report Juan Manuel Olague 6', 68' 
Juan de Díos Castillo 48'
Jorge Eduardo Lizardo 62'

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

Tampico2-2América
Ricardo Mendoza 75' 
Francisco Bertochi 59'		 Report René Trujillo 15'
José de Jesús Aceves 40'
América1-1 (a.e.t.)Tampico
Ítalo Estupiñán 62' Report Carlos Arteaga 50'
Penalties
2-4

Aggregate tied. Tampico Madero won 4-2 on penalty shootout.

UdeG2-1UNAM
Belarmino de Almeida 66'
Manuel Guillé 80'		 Report José de Jesús Ramírez 54'
UNAM2-0UdeG
Evanivaldo Castro 47' 
Washington Olivera 70'		 Report

UNAM won 3-2 on aggregate.

Cruz Azul1-0Toluca
Horacio López Salgado 11' Report
Toluca2-2 (a.e.t.)Cruz Azul
Fernando Garduño 69' 
Héctor Hugo Eugui 90+4'		 Report Carlos Jara Saguier 85', 114'

Cruz Azul won 3-2 on aggregate.

UANL1-0Tecos
Walter Daniel Mantegazza 63 63' Report
Tecos2-3UANL
Miguel Ángel Gamboa 37'
Spencer Coelho 80'		 Report Sergio Orduña 32' 
Roberto Gadea 83' 
Tomás Boy 90'

UANL won 3-2 on aggregate.

Semifinal

Tampico2-1UNAM
Alejandro Ojeda 10'
Francisco Bertochi 31'		 Report Genaro Bermúdez 29'
UNAM4-0Tampico
José de Jesús Ramírez 40' 
Mario Trejo 54'
Ernesto Cervantes 59' 
Evanivaldo Castro 77' (pen.)		 Report

UNAM won 5-2 on aggregate.

Cruz Azul1-0UANL
Fernando Bustos 31' Report
UANL3-0Cruz Azul
Walter Daniel Mantegazza 17', 55' 
Tomás Boy 44' (pen.)		 Report

UANL won 3-1 on aggregate.

Final

UANL2-0UNAM
Walter Daniel Mantegazza 20', 75' Report
UNAM1-1UANL
Washington Olivera 78' Report Walter Daniel Mantegazza 54'

UANL won 3-1 on aggregate.


 1977–78 winners 
UANL
1st title

References