1987–88 Mexican Primera División season

Statistics of Mexican Primera División in season 1987–88.

Primera División de México

Season	1987–88
Champions	América (7th title)
Relegated	Correcaminos
Champions' Cup	UNAM UDG
Matches played	394
Goals scored	1,176 (2.98 per match)
← 1986–87 1988–89 →

Overview

It was contested by 20 teams, and América won the championship.

Correcaminos UAT was promoted from Segunda División.

Teams

Mexico City

• Atlas
• Guadalajara
• Tecos
• UdeG

Irapuato

Toluca

UAT

• Monterrey
• UANL

At. Potosino

Tampico Madero

Morelia

• Ángeles
• Puebla

Greater Mexico City teams
América
Atlante
Cruz Azul
Necaxa
Neza
UNAM

Location of the 1987–88 Primera División teams

Team	City	Stadium
América	Mexico City	Azteca
Ángeles	Puebla, Puebla	Cuauhtémoc
Atlante	Mexico City	Azulgrana
Atlas	Guadalajara, Jalisco	Jalisco
Atlético Potosino	San Luis Potosí, S.L.P.	Plan de San Luis
Cruz Azul	Mexico City	Azteca
Guadalajara	Guadalajara, Jalisco	Jalisco
Irapuato	Irapuato, Guanajuato	Irapuato
Morelia	Morelia, Michoacán	Venustiano Carranza
Monterrey	Monterrey, Nuevo León	Tecnológico
Necaxa	Mexico City	Azteca
Neza	Nezahualcóyotl, State of Mexico	Neza 86
Puebla	Puebla, Puebla	Cuauhtémoc
Tampico Madero	Tampico–Madero, Tamaulipas	Tamaulipas
Tecos	Zapopan, Jalisco	Tres de Marzo
Toluca	Toluca, State of Mexico	Toluca 70-86
UANL	Monterrey, Nuevo León	Universitario
UAT	Ciudad Victoria, Tamaulipas	Estadio Marte R. Gómez
UdeG	Guadalajara, Jalisco	Jalisco
UNAM	Mexico City	Olímpico Universitario

Moves

After the season Correcaminos bought the Deportivo Neza franchise in order to remain in Primera División.

Ángeles was sold and transferred to Torreón and was made into Santos.

Group stage

Group 1

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Guadalajara	38	17	12	9	54	35	+19	46	Playoff
2	UNAM	38	15	15	8	82	55	+27	45
3	Atlante	38	15	10	13	68	62	+6	40
4	Tampico Madero	38	7	18	13	50	62	−12	32
5	Ángeles	38	9	12	17	57	79	−22	30

Source: rsssf.com

Group 2

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	U de G.	38	20	10	8	77	48	+29	50	Playoff
2	Tecos	38	18	10	10	59	41	+18	46
3	Cruz Azul	38	14	12	12	58	56	+2	40
4	Atlas	38	11	12	15	62	71	−9	34
5	Atlético Potosino	38	7	15	16	34	55	−21	29

Source: rsssf.com

Group 3

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	América	38	24	7	7	86	39	+47	55	Playoff
2	Puebla	38	13	12	13	58	51	+7	38
3	Necaxa	38	12	13	13	49	64	−15	37
4	Deportivo Neza	38	12	11	15	46	60	−14	35
5	Irapuato	38	12	7	19	40	67	−27	31

Source: rsssf.com

Group 4

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Morelia	38	14	13	11	58	43	+15	41	Playoff
2	Toluca	38	16	7	15	49	50	−1	39
3	UANL	38	12	8	18	51	65	−14	32
4	Monterrey	38	9	13	16	55	65	−10	31
5	Correcaminos	38	10	9	19	39	64	−25	29	Relegated

Source: rsssf.com

Results

Home \ Away	AME	ANG	ATN	ATL	APO	CRA	GDL	IRA	MTY	MOR	NEC	NEZ	PUE	TAM	TEC	TOL	UAT	UNL	UDG	UNM
América		2–2	4–5	3–0	3–0	2–2	1–0	5–0	4–0	4–1	1–1	3–0	2–1	1–0	0–2	2–0	3–0	6–3	1–0	2–2
Ángeles	0–3		1–4	2–1	3–2	1–1	1–1	1–0	2–2	0–2	5–3	1–1	3–3	2–1	3–0	1–3	1–1	3–2	2–0	2–3
Atlante	0–1	0–2		2–1	3–3	2–3	2–1	4–1	1–1	0–0	1–2	3–3	3–0	3–1	2–2	3–0	2–0	4–1	1–0	1–2
Atlas	2–2	5–3	4–1		3–3	2–1	1–1	3–1	1–3	1–0	2–2	4–0	1–0	3–1	2–0	0–2	1–1	3–0	1–3	1–3
Atlético Potosino	1–1	1–1	0–0	1–1		1–2	0–2	1–0	2–0	1–0	0–2	1–2	1–0	1–1	1–0	3–3	1–0	0–0	0–2	0–0
Cruz Azul	2–4	0–0	1–2	3–1	3–1		1–2	4–1	2–0	3–0	2–1	2–2	1–0	1–0	1–2	2–1	0–0	2–1	1–1	1–1
Guadalajara	3–2	2–1	0–0	3–1	2–0	0–2		3–0	4–1	1–1	0–0	1–0	1–0	5–1	0–0	3–3	3–1	2–1	1–2	0–0
Irapuato	1–0	2–2	3–1	3–1	3–1	2–1	0–3		1–0	0–0	1–3	1–1	1–2	2–1	2–0	0–0	2–0	2–1	0–1	0–0
Monterrey	1–2	1–1	1–2	5–2	1–1	3–2	0–1	1–3		1–1	0–0	4–0	3–4	1–1	2–0	2–2	4–2	2–1	1–1	3–1
Morelia	0–2	5–0	3–0	6–0	3–0	2–2	1–1	2–0	0–2		3–4	0–1	2–1	3–0	0–0	0–0	1–0	0–0	2–1	3–2
Necaxa	1–3	4–3	3–2	2–5	2–2	0–0	0–0	2–0	1–1	1–1		1–0	0–1	1–1	0–4	0–2	2–0	2–1	1–3	2–4
Deportivo Neza	0–2	2–1	2–1	0–0	2–1	2–0	1–1	5–0	1–0	3–2	0–0		1–1	3–3	2–0	2–4	2–0	2–4	1–1	0–4
Puebla	0–2	2–0	1–1	4–2	1–1	2–0	4–2	0–0	1–0	3–1	6–1	2–1		1–1	2–2	2–2	2–1	4–0	1–2	2–2
Tampico Madero	1–0	4–2	2–2	1–1	1–1	3–1	2–2	2–1	2–2	2–1	0–0	4–1	2–2		1–2	1–1	0–0	1–4	0–1	1–1
Tecos	1–0	2–0	2–1	2–0	0–0	4–1	1–0	3–1	0–0	0–1	0–1	3–1	2–1	0–1		2–1	4–1	3–0	1–1	3–1
Toluca	1–3	3–1	1–2	2–1	1–0	1–1	0–1	1–1	2–1	0–2	4–1	2–1	1–0	2–0	1–0		2–0	3–0	1–3	3–2
Correcaminos	2–4	2–1	1–3	0–0	0–1	2–2	1–0	2–1	3–2	1–1	3–1	0–1	2–0	1–1	1–0	1–0		4–1	2–5	3–1
UANL	1–1	3–0	2–1	1–1	3–1	1–1	1–2	0–1	2–1	1–1	0–1	1–0	0–0	3–2	2–2	2–0	3–0		1–0	2–1
UDG	2–1	3–0	2–2	1–1	1–0	5–2	1–0	6–2	3–3	3–5	2–0	2–0	2–0	3–3	4–0	2–3	1–1	5–1		1–1
UNAM	1–4	3–3	5–1	3–3	3–0	1–2	1–0	4–1	6–0	2–2	1–1	0–0	2–2	1–1	3–1	2–0	5–0	3–1	5–3

Source: rsssf.com
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Playoff

	Quarter-finals							Semi-finals							Final
	1	América	2	4	6
	10	Puebla	2	0	2
								1	América (p.)	2	3	5 (3)
								6	Morelia	2	3	5 (1)
	3	Guadalajara	0	1	1
	6	Morelia	1	2	3
															1	América	0	4	4
															5	UNAM	1	1	2
	2	U. de G.	1	1	2
	9	Toluca	0	0	0
								2	U. de G.	2	1	3
								5	UNAM	2	2	4
	4	Tecos	1	0	1
	5	UNAM	4	2	6

1987–88 winners
América 7th title

References

• Mexico - List of final tables (RSSSF)