1971–72 Mexican Primera División season

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

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 →

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

Guadalajara
Jalisco

León

Toluca

Irapuato

Monterrey

Laguna
Torreón

San Luis

Veracruz

Pachuca

Zacatepec

Puebla

Mexico City teams
América
Atlante
Atlético Español
Cruz Azul
UNAM

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
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

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
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

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

Source: ^{[citation needed]}
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Relegation Playoffs

Bracket

	Semifinals							Final
	15	Veracruz	3	0	3
	18	Irapuato	1	0	1
								16	Torreón	1		1
								18	Irapuato	0		0
	16	Torreón	1	2	3
	17	Atlético Español	1	3	4

Semifinals

25 June 1972

Torreón	1–1	Atlético Español
Alberto Gómez Orozco 8'		José Luis Rosete 87'

Estadio Moctezuma, Torreón

2 July 1972

Atlético Español	3–2	Torreón
Ricardo Brandón 25', 44', 90'		Javier Fragoso 61' Enzo Genoni 65'

Estadio Azteca, Mexico City

Atlético Español won 4-3 on aggregate

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25 June 1972

Veracruz	3–1	Irapuato
Francisco Gómez 42' (pen.) Pedro Damián Álvarez 74'  Paulo Matta 84'		Antonio Rojas 78'

Estadio Veracruzano, Veracruz

9 July 1972

Irapuato	0–0	Veracruz

Estadio Irapuato, Irapuato

Veracruz won 3-1 on aggregate

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Final

Torreón	1-0	Irapuato
Aníbal Tarabini 5'

Estadio Jalisco, Guadalajara, Jalisco

Irapuato relegated to Segunda Division

Championship Playoffs

Bracket

	Semifinals							Final
	1	Cruz Azul	0	2	2
	4	Guadalajara	1	0	1
								1	Cruz Azul	4		1
								2	América	1		0
	2	América	1	1	3
	3	Monterrey	0	2	1

Semifinal

24 June 1972

Cruz Azul	0-1	Guadalajara
		Raúl Gómez 90'

Estadio Azteca, Mexico City

Guadalajara	0-2	Cruz Azul
		Fernando Bustos 74' Octavio Muciño 83'

Estadio Jalisco, Guadalajara

Cruz Azul won 2-1 on aggregate

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25 June 1972

América	1-0	Monterrey
Antonio Martins 74'

Estadio Azteca, Mexico City

Monterrey	2-1	América
Guaracy Barbosa 62'  Sergio Chagas 78' (pen.)		Sergio Ceballos 76'

Estadio Tecnológico, Monterrey

Aggregate tied. 3rd match will be played

América	3-1	Monterrey
Carlos Reinoso 60', 67' Sergio Ceballos 87'		Alberto Guerra 45'

Estadio León, León, Guanajuato

America won 5-4 on aggregate

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Final

August 9, 1972

América	1-4	Cruz Azul
Enrique Borja 89'	Report	Hector Pulido 10' Cèsareo Victorino 28' Octavio Muciño 35, 46'

Estadio Azteca, Mexico City

Attendance: 100,000

Referee: Arturo Yamasaki

1971–72 winners
Cruz Azul 3rd title

References

• Mexico - List of final tables (RSSSF)