1970 Mexican Primera División season

Liga MX
Season	Mexico 70
Champions	Cruz Azul (2nd Title)
← 1969-70 1970-71 →

México 1970
In celebration of the 1970 World Cup (Mexico '70) the Mexican Football Federation held a tournament in two phases, before the world cup (Feb. 4 - May 10) and after the world cup (July 8 - Oct. 11).

Sixteen teams were seeded in two groups of eight teams, first four places of each group advanced to the "Championship Group" and the last four teams of each group played in a "Consolation Group".

Laguna FC last place of the 1969-70 season, was scheduled to play against the last place of the Consolation Group in a playoff relegation series, but due to expansion to 18 teams for the 1970-71 season this series was cancelled, there was no relegation.

Overview

This tournament was contested by 16 teams, and Cruz Azul won the championship.

After this Tournament C.D. Oro changed its name to Club Jalisco.

First stage

Group 1

Top four teams from each group advance to Championship Group.
The bottom four plays in Consolation Group.

Pos	Club	P	W	D	L	GF	GA	Pts
1	Torreón FC	14	5	7	2	22	16	17
2	C.F. Monterrey	14	5	6	3	16	21	16
3	C.D. Guadalajara	14	7	1	6	27	18	15
4	Club León	14	5	5	4	25	20	15
5	U.N.A.M.	14	4	6	4	20	21	14
6	C.D. Oro	14	6	2	6	15	18	14	Changed to Club Jalisco
7	Veracruz	14	5	3	6	25	23	13
8	Necaxa	14	1	6	7	11	24	8

Group 2

Pos	Club	P	W	D	L	GF	GA	Pts
1	Toluca	14	7	3	4	21	12	17
2	Pachuca	14	6	4	4	15	9	16
3	Cruz Azul	14	7	2	5	13	13	16
4	Atlas	14	6	4	4	17	19	16
5	Club América	14	6	2	6	16	15	14
6	Laguna FC	14	4	4	6	13	19	12
7	Atlante	14	2	7	5	12	17	11
8	Irapuato	14	4	2	8	15	18	10

Second stage

Championship group

Pos	Club	P	W	D	L	GF	GA	Pts
1	Cruz Azul	14	10	1	3	26	15	21	Champions
2	C.D. Guadalajara	14	7	5	2	21	11	19
3	Club León	14	7	4	3	22	15	18
4	Toluca	14	7	3	4	26	15	17
5	Pachuca	14	6	1	7	21	24	13
6	Atlas	14	3	4	7	13	23	10
7	C.F. Monterrey	14	2	5	7	13	20	9
8	Torreón FC	14	2	1	11	12	31	5

Consolation group

Pos	Club	P	W	D	L	GF	GA	Pts
9	U.N.A.M.	14	7	3	4	14	8	17
10	Laguna FC	14	6	5	3	17	12	17
11	Veracruz	14	6	4	4	16	13	16
12	Atlante	14	4	7	3	16	13	15
13	Irapuato	14	5	5	4	15	17	15
14	Club América	14	4	6	4	13	12	14
15	Necaxa	14	3	5	6	12	17	11
16	C.D. Oro	14	2	3	9	10	21	7

References

Mexico - List of final tables (RSSSF)

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