1976–77 Mexican Primera División season

The 1976–77 Mexican Primera División was the 35th season of the Mexican Primera División, Mexico's premier football competition. It began on 8 September 1976 and concluded on 3 July 1977.

Primera División de México
Season1976–77
Dates8 September 1976 –
3 July 1977
ChampionsUNAM (1st title)
RelegatedZacatepec
Champions' CupUDG
UNAM
Matches played408
Goals scored1,045 (2.56 per match)

Overview

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San Luis was promoted to Primera División.

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

Zacatepec was relegated to Segunda División.

After this season Tampico Madero acquired the San Luis franchise.

Teams

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Stadiums and locations

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Greater Mexico City Liga MX football clubs
Team City Venue
América Mexico City Azteca
Atlas Guadalajara Jalisco
Atlético Español Mexico City Azteca
Atlético Potosino San Luis Potosí Plan de San Luis
Cruz Azul Mexico City Azteca
Guadalajara Guadalajara Jalisco
Jalisco Guadalajara Jalisco
Laguna Torreón Moctezuma
León León León
Monterrey Monterrey Universitario
Puebla Puebla Cuauhtémoc
San Luis San Luis Potosí Plan de San Luis
Tecos Zapopan Tres de Marzo
Toluca Toluca Toluca 70
Unión de Curtidores León La Martinica
UANL San Nicolás de los Garza Universitario
UDG Guadalajara Jalisco
UNAM Mexico City Olímpico Universitario
Veracruz Veracruz Veracruzano
Zacatepec Zacatepec Agustín "Coruco" Díaz

Group stage

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Group 1

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 América 38 16 18 4 56 38 +18 50 Advance to final stage
2 Guadalajara 38 15 13 10 44 38 +6 43
3 León 38 14 11 13 50 49 +1 39
4 Puebla 38 13 11 14 49 49 0 37
5 Veracruz 38 11 11 16 45 58 −13 33
Source: RSSSF

Group 2

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 UNAM 38 19 12 7 67 43 +24 50 Advance to final stage
2 Atlético Potosino 38 16 11 11 54 43 +11 43
3 UAG 38 13 10 15 41 45 −4 36
4 Monterrey 38 10 12 16 51 59 −8 32
5 Zacatepec 38 7 13 18 28 53 −25 27 Qualification to relegation play-offs
Source: RSSSF

Group 3

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Cruz Azul 38 17 12 9 51 38 +13 46 Advance to final stage
2 San Luis 38 10 19 9 45 46 −1 39
3 Toluca 38 12 12 14 43 44 −1 36
4 Atlas 38 11 9 18 53 65 −12 31
5 UANL 38 9 12 17 39 55 −16 30 Qualification to relegation play-offs
Source: RSSSF

Group 4

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 UDG 38 18 10 10 53 39 +14 46 Playoff
2 Atlético Español 38 15 13 10 49 33 +16 43
3 Club Jalisco 38 10 16 12 64 61 +3 36
4 Unión de Curtidores 38 11 10 17 49 57 −8 32
5 Laguna 38 11 9 18 47 65 −18 31
Source: [citation needed]

Results

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Home \ Away AME ATL ATE APO CRA GDL JAL LAG LEO MTY PUE SNL TOL UDC TEC UNL UDG UNM VER ZAC
América 2–1 1–1 3–1 1–2 2–2 3–2 4–2 1–1 2–1 2–1 0–0 2–1 1–0 2–1 1–1 2–2 2–1 1–1 2–0
Atlas 1–1 2–1 3–3 1–1 1–0 1–2 4–2 1–2 3–0 1–3 0–1 3–1 1–0 2–1 1–0 0–1 1–1 3–1 2–1
Atlético Español 1–1 1–1 1–1 1–1 0–1 2–0 2–0 2–1 1–0 1–0 2–0 1–0 1–1 2–0 2–0 1–2 3–0 0–1 1–2
Atlético Potosino 1–1 1–0 1–1 0–2 0–2 1–1 2–0 1–0 2–1 2–1 1–1 2–0 1–0 2–1 1–1 1–1 1–0 1–0 0–0
Cruz Azul 2–1 4–2 1–0 4–3 1–0 1–1 1–0 1–0 2–1 0–1 0–1 2–2 0–1 0–1 2–3 2–1 0–0 3–2 1–1
Guadalajara 1–1 1–1 2–2 1–2 0–1 2–2 2–0 1–1 0–0 2–1 1–1 1–0 1–2 1–1 1–1 1–0 1–2 2–1 1–0
Jalisco 0–2 1–1 1–4 1–3 2–1 2–1 0–4 3–1 2–2 0–0 3–0 3–2 2–0 1–2 1–1 1–1 1–1 8–2 4–0
Laguna 1–0 0–0 1–1 0–2 0–4 0–1 2–2 2–1 1–2 3–0 0–0 1–0 3–1 2–1 0–1 2–0 1–1 3–2 1–1
León 1–4 3–2 0–0 2–1 0–0 2–3 2–1 2–2 1–0 2–1 1–1 2–2 1–0 2–0 1–1 1–1 1–3 3–1 2–0
Monterrey 1–1 5–0 1–2 1–6 0–2 1–1 0–0 6–0 2–1 0–0 2–1 1–1 1–1 2–1 3–2 1–2 3–5 1–1 3–0
Puebla 1–1 1–1 0–0 2–0 1–0 2–0 1–1 2–0 2–1 4–0 2–2 1–1 1–2 0–0 2–1 2–1 1–2 4–1 1–1
San Luis 0–0 1–0 2–0 2–0 4–3 0–0 2–2 3–3 1–4 2–2 1–2 0–0 1–3 1–0 1–1 1–0 1–1 1–1 1–1
Toluca 1–2 4–3 1–1 0–0 2–2 0–1 2–1 4–1 1–0 2–0 3–0 1–1 1–1 1–0 3–0 0–2 1–1 4–2 1–0
Unión de Curtidores 0–0 4–2 0–3 3–2 1–1 1–2 2–2 1–0 3–0 2–3 5–1 1–4 2–1 4–1 3–1 2–3 1–0 1–0 2–1
Tecos 1–1 2–1 3–1 0–0 0–1 0–2 2–1 2–1 0–2 2–0 2–2 1–1 0–0 2–1 0–1 0–1 0–0 3–1 2–2
UANL 2–2 2–4 0–2 2–1 0–0 2–1 2–2 3–3 1–2 1–2 2–1 0–1 0–0 1–3 1–0 0–2 0–1 3–0 1–1
UDG 1–1 2–0 2–1 0–2 1–2 0–2 3–1 1–2 1–1 2–1 3–1 3–3 1–0 2–0 0–0 2–0 0–1 1–0 2–2
UNAM 2–0 5–2 0–0 4–3 0–0 5–2 3–2 4–2 1–1 1–1 2–1 2–1 5–0 2–1 4–1 2–0 2–3 2–1 0–0
Veracruz 0–1 3–1 2–1 1–0 1–1 0–1 2–2 2–0 2–1 1–1 2–1 1–0 0–0 4–1 0–0 1–0 0–0 2–0 1–1
Zacatepec 0–2 1–0 1–3 0–3 2–0 0–0 0–3 0–2 0–1 1–0 1–2 2–1 2–0 0–1 0–0 0–1 0–3 2–1 2–2
Source: [citation needed]
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Relegation play-offs

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Overview

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Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Zacatepec 3–4 UANL 2–2 1–2

Matches

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Zacatepec2–2UANL
  • Orduña   47', 84'
UANL2–1Zacatepec
  • Suárez   40'

UANL won 4–3 on aggregate and remained in Primera División; Zacatepec were relegated to Segunda División.

Final stage

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Group A

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 UNAM 6 3 2 1 9 6 +3 8 Advance to final
2 Cruz Azul 6 3 1 2 6 5 +1 7
3 San Luis 6 2 1 3 5 7 −2 5
4 Atlético Español 6 1 2 3 4 8 −4 4
Source: RSSSF

Cruz Azul0–0San Luis
Report
Atlético Español0–2UNAM
Report

Cruz Azul1–2UNAM
Report
Atlético Español2–1San Luis
Report

Cruz Azul2–1Atlético Español
Report
UNAM4–2San Luis
Report

San Luis2–0Cruz Azul
Report

UNAM0–2Cruz Azul
Report

Group B

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 UDG 6 3 2 1 8 3 +5 8 Advance to final
2 América 6 3 2 1 14 6 +8 8
3 Atlético Potosino 6 2 1 3 9 14 −5 5
4 Guadalajara 6 1 1 4 2 10 −8 3
Source: RSSSF
Guadalajara1-2América
Víctor Rangel   Report José de Jesús Aceves  
Referee: Jorge Alberto Narváez
Atletico Potosino0-2UDG
Report Rafael “Chepe” Chávez  
Manuel Nájera  
Estadio Plan de San Luis, San Luis Potosi
Referee: Enrique Mendoza Guillén

UDG0-0Guadalajara
Report
Referee: Jorge Alberto Leanza
Atletico Potosino2-2América
Eduardo Cisneros 
Nery Castillo  
Report Antonio de la Torre 
José de Jesús Aceves  
Estadio Plan de San Luis, San Luis Potosi
Referee: Antonio R. Márquez

UDG0-0América
Report
Referee: Javier Galindo
Atletico Potosino3-0Guadalajara
José Luis Martínez 
Nery Castillo  
Salvador Carrillo  
Report
Estadio Plan de San Luis, San Luis Potosi
Referee: Marco Antonio Dorantes

América0-1Guadalajara
Report Víctor Rangel  
Referee: Enrique Mendoza Guillén
UDG3-0Atletico Potosino
Ricardo Chavarìn  
Eusebio  
Report
Referee: Alfonso González Archundia

Guadalajara0-2UDG
Report Ricardo Chavarìn  
Referee: Jorge Alberto Leanza
América7-1Atletico Potosino
José de Jesús Aceves  
Alfredo Tena  
Carlos Reynoso  
Antonio de la Torre  
Jesús Martínez  
Enrique Borja   (pen.)
"Luizinho”  
Report José Luis Martínez  
Referee: Mario Rubio

América3-1UDG
Roberto da Silva   (o.g.)
Antonio de la Torre  
José de Jesús Aceves  
Report Rafael Chávez  
Referee: Marco Antonio Dorantes
Guadalajara0-3Atletico Potosino
Guillermo Torres   Report Nery Castillo  
Ramón Alberto Ramírez  
Eduardo Cisneros  
Referee: Domingo de la Mora

Final

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Summary

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The first leg was played on 29 June, and the second leg was played on 3 July 1977.[1]

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
UDG 0–1 UNAM 0–0 0–1

Matches

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UNAM1–0UDG
Report

UNAM won 1–0 on aggregate.

References

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  1. ^ de la Cruz, Raúl. "Atraco en la final entre UdeG vs UNAM". Milenio (in Spanish). Retrieved 4 April 2015.
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