1977–78 Mexican Primera División season

Statistics of the Primera División de México for the 1977–78 season.

Primera División de México
Season1977–78
ChampionsUANL (1st title)
RelegatedAtlas
Champions' CupUANL
Matches played396
Goals scored1,109 (2.8 per match)

Overview

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Atlante was promoted to Primera División.

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

Atlas was relegated to Segunda División.

After this season Deportivo Neza bought the Laguna franchise.

Teams

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Team City Stadium
América Mexico City Azteca
Atlante Mexico City Azteca
Atlas Guadalajara, Jalisco Jalisco
Atlético Español Mexico City Azteca
Atlético Potosino San Luis Potosí, S.L.P. Plan de San Luis
Cruz Azul Mexico City Azteca
Guadalajara Guadalajara, Jalisco Jalisco
Jalisco Guadalajara, Jalisco Jalisco
Laguna Torreón, Coahuila Moctezuma
León León, Guanajuato León
Monterrey Monterrey, Nuevo León Universitario
Puebla Puebla, Puebla Cuauhtémoc
Tampico Tampico, Tamaulipas Tamaulipas
Tecos Zapopan, Jalisco Tres de Marzo
Toluca Toluca, State of Mexico Toluca 70
Unión de Curtidores León, Guanajuato León
UANL Monterrey, Nuevo León Universitario
UdeG Guadalajara, Jalisco Jalisco
UNAM Mexico City Olímpico Universitario
Veracruz Veracruz, Veracruz Veracruzano

Group stage

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Group 1

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 UNAM 38 20 8 10 81 53 +28 48 Playoffs
2 Tecos 38 17 12 9 73 46 +27 46
3 Laguna 38 8 19 11 45 49 −4 35
4 Atlético Potosino 38 11 10 17 41 64 −23 32
5 Unión de Curtidores 38 8 10 20 42 71 −29 26 Relegation Playoff
Source: [citation needed]

Group 2

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 América 38 19 13 6 55 38 +17 51 Playoffs
2 UANL 38 18 8 12 50 40 +10 44
3 Jalisco 38 16 8 14 61 60 +1 40
4 Monterrey 38 15 8 15 63 56 +7 38
5 León 38 13 10 15 60 61 −1 36
Source: [citation needed]

Group 3

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Cruz Azul 38 14 15 9 56 44 +12 43 Playoffs
2 Tampico 38 11 13 14 53 55 −2 35
3 Guadalajara 38 12 10 16 48 56 −8 34
4 Atlante 38 11 12 15 44 55 −11 34
5 Veracruz 38 12 9 17 50 62 −12 33
Source: [citation needed]

Group 4

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Toluca 38 20 7 11 55 37 +18 47 Playoffs
2 UDG 38 17 7 14 61 50 +11 41
3 Atlético Español 38 13 15 10 58 51 +7 41
4 Puebla 38 10 8 20 35 52 −17 28
5 Atlas 38 10 8 20 36 67 −31 28 Relegation Playoff
Source: [citation needed]

Results

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Home \ Away AME ATN ATL ATE APO CRA GDL JAL LAG LEO MTY PUE TAM TOL UDC TEC UNL UDG UNM VER
América 2–1 1–0 1–1 3–0 1–1 1–0 2–0 1–1 2–1 2–2 2–1 0–0 2–1 0–4 1–0 2–1 2–1 4–2 1–0
Atlante 2–3 0–2 1–1 3–2 0–0 1–0 1–1 1–1 2–1 0–0 3–1 0–0 3–1 1–1 0–3 0–2 0–2 0–1 3–2
Atlas 0–4 1–3 1–3 2–1 1–4 1–1 0–1 1–1 0–2 1–4 0–0 3–1 1–0 1–1 2–1 0–0 0–2 1–2 3–1
Atlético Español 1–2 1–1 5–1 3–2 1–1 2–1 2–1 0–0 3–1 3–2 1–0 1–1 5–1 1–1 0–1 0–1 0–2 2–0 2–2
Atlético Potosino 1–0 1–0 2–1 0–0 0–3 3–2 1–2 3–3 2–2 1–0 1–1 2–1 3–1 0–0 1–0 0–0 2–3 0–2 4–0
Cruz Azul 1–1 1–2 3–0 0–0 0–2 1–1 0–1 1–1 3–1 2–2 2–0 1–1 1–0 1–0 0–0 2–0 3–4 3–1 1–1
Guadalajara 1–1 3–2 3–2 1–1 3–0 0–1 2–4 1–0 3–1 2–1 1–1 2–2 1–0 0–2 0–2 2–1 1–0 2–1 1–0
Jalisco 0–2 1–0 1–1 1–3 5–0 1–1 1–0 3–2 2–1 1–1 6–3 1–0 6–2 2–2 1–2 1–0 1–1 2–5 4–1
Laguna 2–1 1–1 4–0 2–2 1–0 0–1 2–4 1–0 1–1 4–0 0–0 0–0 1–1 1–0 0–0 0–2 2–1 0–0 0–0
León 1–1 0–0 2–0 3–1 3–1 5–2 2–1 1–1 2–2 3–1 1–0 1–0 2–2 3–2 0–1 3–0 3–1 1–1 2–2
Monterrey 1–1 4–1 1–0 3–1 4–0 2–2 0–0 0–2 1–1 4–2 1–0 2–3 2–0 2–1 5–1 2–4 2–1 0–1 2–1
Puebla 0–1 1–2 1–2 1–3 2–0 1–2 1–1 2–1 2–1 1–0 1–0 1–4 0–2 1–2 0–1 1–0 1–3 1–0 2–1
Tampico 1–2 2–3 2–3 5–0 0–0 3–4 2–1 1–0 1–1 3–3 1–4 1–1 1–0 3–0 2–1 0–0 0–2 1–1 4–2
Toluca 1–1 3–0 0–0 2–0 1–1 2–0 1–0 4–1 3–0 4–1 2–0 1–2 3–0 1–0 3–1 4–1 1–1 1–2 2–0
Unión de Curtidores 1–1 2–1 1–2 1–3 0–0 2–1 1–1 2–1 3–2 0–1 1–0 0–0 3–1 1–1 0–0 1–3 1–2 2–2 2–0
Tecos 2–0 2–2 1–1 3–2 6–0 2–1 1–1 4–0 2–2 2–1 4–1 1–0 3–2 2–0 7–1 3–1 3–3 2–2 4–1
UANL 1–0 2–0 3–0 3–2 1–1 2–0 2–1 1–1 3–1 2–0 1–0 0–0 0–1 3–2 0–1 1–2 2–1 1–0 5–1
UDG 2–2 0–1 0–1 1–1 4–1 0–0 3–2 1–2 1–2 2–1 0–4 1–0 0–1 4–0 1–0 4–1 1–1 2–0 2–0
UNAM 2–1 3–3 4–1 1–1 2–1 3–6 5–1 6–1 3–1 3–1 4–0 4–3 3–1 2–1 4–1 3–0 0–0 4–1 1–2
Veracruz 1–1 1–0 1–0 0–0 0–2 0–0 4–1 2–1 3–1 3–1 1–3 0–2 1–1 2–2 2–0 4–0 4–0 2–1 2–1
Source: [citation needed]
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Relegation playoff

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Atlas2-4Unión de Curtidores
Ricardo Ferreti   25'
José Delgado   70'
Report Juan Manuel Olague   6', 68' 
Juan de Díos Castillo   48'
Jorge Eduardo Lizardo   62'

Unión de Curtidores won 4-2 on aggregate. Atlas was relegated to Segunda División.

Championship playoff

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Quarter-finals Semi-finals Final
               
2 UNAM 1 2 3
7 UdeG 2 0 2
2 UNAM 1 4 5
13 Tampico 2 0 2
1 América 2 1 3
13 Tampico (pen.) 2 1 3
2 UNAM 0 1 1
5 UANL 2 1 3
4 Tecos 0 2 2
5 UANL 1 3 4
5 UANL 0 3 3
6 Cruz Azul 1 0 1
3 Toluca 0 2 2
6 Cruz Azul 2 1 3

Quarterfinal

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Tampico2-2América
Ricardo Mendoza   75' 
Francisco Bertochi   59'
Report René Trujillo   15'
José de Jesús Aceves   40'
América1-1 (a.e.t.)Tampico
Ítalo Estupiñán   62' Report Carlos Arteaga   50'
Penalties
2-4

Aggregate tied. Tampico Madero won 4-2 on penalty shootout.


UdeG2-1UNAM
Belarmino de Almeida   66'
Manuel Guillé   80'
Report José de Jesús Ramírez   54'
UNAM2-0UdeG
Evanivaldo Castro   47' 
Washington Olivera   70'
Report

UNAM won 3-2 on aggregate.


Cruz Azul1-0Toluca
Horacio López Salgado   11' Report
Toluca2-2 (a.e.t.)Cruz Azul
Fernando Garduño   69' 
Héctor Hugo Eugui   90+4'
Report Carlos Jara Saguier   85', 114'

Cruz Azul won 3-2 on aggregate.


UANL1-0Tecos
Walter Daniel Mantegazza 63   63' Report
Tecos2-3UANL
Miguel Ángel Gamboa   37'
Spencer Coelho   80'
Report Sergio Orduña   32' 
Roberto Gadea   83' 
Tomás Boy   90'

UANL won 3-2 on aggregate.

Semifinal

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Tampico2-1UNAM
Alejandro Ojeda   10'
Francisco Bertochi   31'
Report Genaro Bermúdez   29'
UNAM4-0Tampico
José de Jesús Ramírez   40' 
Mario Trejo   54'
Ernesto Cervantes   59' 
Evanivaldo Castro   77' (pen)
Report

UNAM won 5-2 on aggregate.


Cruz Azul1-0UANL
Fernando Bustos   31' Report
UANL3-0Cruz Azul
Walter Daniel Mantegazza   17', 55' 
Tomás Boy   44' (pen)
Report

UANL won 3-1 on aggregate.

Final

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UANL2-0UNAM
Walter Daniel Mantegazza   20', 75' Report
UNAM1-1UANL
Washington Olivera   78' Report Walter Daniel Mantegazza   54'

UANL won 3-1 on aggregate.



 1977–78 winners 
UANL
1st title

References

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