1978–79 Mexican Primera División season

Statistics of Primera División de México in season 1978/1979.

Contents

Overview

CD Zacatepec was promoted to Primera División.

This season was contested by 20 teams, and Cruz Azul won the championship.

Veracruz was relegated to Segunda División.

Group Stage

Group 1

Pos Club P W D L GF GA Pts Seasons Result
1 C.F. Monterrey 38 14 12 12 52 43 40 Playoffs
2 Club América 38 14 9 15 58 49 37 Playoffs
3 C.D. Guadalajara 38 11 13 14 43 56 35
4 Atlante 38 9 13 16 51 56 31
5 Veracruz 38 7 9 22 35 83 23 Relegated

Group 2

Pos Club P W D L GF GA Pts Seasons Result
1 U.N.A.M. 38 17 11 10 77 57 45 Playoffs
2 Atlético Potosino 38 19 7 13 58 55 45 Playoffs
3 Tampico 38 11 13 14 59 65 35
4 Club León 38 13 7 18 50 67 31
5 Club Jalisco 38 8 12 18 49 67 28

Group 3

Pos Club P W D L GF GA Pts Seasons Result
1 Cruz Azul 38 19 13 6 70 32 51 Playoffs
2 Toluca 38 19 7 12 59 43 45 Playoffs
3 Puebla F.C. 38 14 14 10 53 49 42
4 Universidad de Guadalajara 38 15 7 16 60 57 37
5 Unión de Curtidores 38 12 11 15 54 57 35

Group 4

Pos Club P W D L GF GA Pts Seasons Result
1 U.A.N.L. 38 17 14 7 58 46 48 Playoffs
2 CD Zacatepec 38 15 13 10 55 45 43 Playoff
3 U.A.G. 38 13 15 10 56 44 41
4 Atlético Español 38 13 10 15 54 62 36
5 Deportivo Neza 38 10 10 18 35 53 30

Group Stage Playoff

Semifinal

Group A

Pos Club P W D L GF GA Pts Seasons Result
1 Cruz Azul 6 4 1 1 8 5 9 Champions
2 Toluca 6 3 0 3 9 5 6
3 Club América 6 3 0 3 7 6 6
4 Atlético Potosino 6 1 1 4 5 13 3

Group A Results

Round 1
América 1 - 0 Cruz Azul
Atlético Potosino 0 - 2 Toluca

Round 2
Cruz Azul 2 - 1 Atlético Potosino
Toluca 1 - 0 América

Round 3
Atlético Potosino 1 - 2 América
Toluca 0 - 1 Cruz Azul

Round 4
Cruz Azul 2 - 1 América
Toluca 5 - 0 Atlético Potosino

Round 5
Atlético Potosino 2 - 2 Cruz Azul
América 3 - 1 Toluca

Round 6
América 0 - 1 Atlético Potosino
Cruz Azul 1 - 0 Toluca

Group B

Pos Club P W D L GF GA Pts Seasons Result
1 U.N.A.M. 6 3 2 1 9 6 8 Runner Up
2 U.A.N.L. 6 3 2 1 8 7 8
3 C.F. Monterrey 6 1 4 1 8 8 6
4 CD Zacatepec 6 0 2 4 6 10 2

Group B Results

Group 2

Round 1
U.N.A.M. 1 - 0 Zacatepec
Monterrey 0 - 1 U.A.N.L.

Round 2
U.N.A.M. 2 - 2 Monterrey
U.A.N.L. 2 - 1 Zacatepec

Round 3
Monterrey 2 - 1 Zacatepec
U.N.A.M. 3 - 0 U.A.N.L.

Round 4
Zacatepec 1 - 2 U.N.A.M.
U.A.N.L. 1 - 1 Monterrey

Round 5
Monterrey 1 - 1 U.N.A.M.
Zacatepec 1 - 1 U.A.N.L.

Round 6
U.A.N.L. 2 - 0 U.N.A.M.
Zacatepec 2 - 2 Monterrey

Final

U.N.A.M. 0 - 0 Cruz Azul
U.N.A.M. 0 - 2 Cruz Azul

References

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