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1955–56 Mexican Primera División season

Statistics of the Primera División de México for the 1955–56 season.

Primera División de México
Season1955–56
ChampionsLeón (4th title)
RelegatedZamora
Matches played183
Goals scored574 (3.14 per match)

Overview edit

Atlas (Segunda División 1954-55 Champion), Zamora and Cuautla (second and third place in a promotional tournament in Segunda División) were promoted to Primera División, to increase the number of teams to 14 clubs.

The season was contested by 14 teams, and León won the championship.

Zamora was relegated to Segunda División.

Teams edit

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Location of the 1955-56 Primera División teams
Team City Stadium
América Mexico City Olímpico Universitario
Atlante Mexico City Ciudad de los Deportes
Atlas Guadalajara, Jalisco Parque Oblatos
Cuautla Cuautla, Morelos El Almeal
Guadalajara Guadalajara, Jalisco Parque Oblatos
Irapuato Irapuato, Guanajuato Revolución
León León, Guanajuato La Martinica
Necaxa Mexico City Olímpico Universitario
Oro Guadalajara, Jalisco Parque Oblatos
Puebla Puebla, Puebla Parque El Mirador
C.D. Tampico Tampico, Tamaulipas Tampico
Toluca Toluca, State of Mexico Héctor Barraza
Zacatepec Zacatepec, Morelos Campo del Ingenio
Zamora Zamora, Michoacán Moctezuma

League standings edit

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 León 26 15 7 4 50 24 +26 37 Playoff
2 Oro 26 17 3 6 49 32 +17 37
3 Atlante 26 13 6 7 53 37 +16 32
4 Toluca 26 11 9 6 49 31 +18 31
5 Necaxa 26 12 7 7 44 35 +9 31
6 Tampico 26 12 7 7 39 32 +7 31
7 Zacatepec 26 11 5 10 40 36 +4 27
8 América 26 10 4 12 51 47 +4 24
9 Irapuato 26 8 6 12 35 43 −8 22
10 Guadalajara 26 5 11 10 33 35 −2 21
11 Cuautla 26 6 9 11 28 46 −18 21
12 Atlas 26 8 4 14 41 54 −13 20
13 Puebla 26 6 4 16 33 64 −31 16
14 Zamora 26 2 10 14 23 51 −28 14 Relegated
Source: RSSSF

Results edit

Home \ Away AME ATE ATS CUA GDL IRA LEO NEC ORO PUE TAM TOL ZAC ZAM
América — 0–1 5–2 0–0 3–0 1–1 0–2 1–2 1–2 6–0 1–2 3–2 1–1 1–1
Atlante 3–4 — 1–0 1–1 0–0 3–1 1–2 2–0 3–1 5–2 3–0 0–4 3–1 7–1
Atlas 3–2 2–3 — 3–2 2–1 3–2 1–2 2–1 2–4 5–3 1–1 1–2 3–1 3–1
Cuautla 1–3 0–0 1–1 — 0–0 2–1 0–0 1–1 0–1 2–0 1–0 0–1 2–2 3–0
Guadalajara 1–2 1–2 3–0 1–4 — 2–0 1–1 1–2 1–3 6–1 1–1 1–1 2–0 4–1
Irapuato 2–1 1–3 3–2 2–0 1–1 — 2–2 1–0 2–0 1–2 2–0 1–1 1–0 2–2
León 5–1 3–1 3–0 7–0 2–2 2–1 — 3–0 2–2 2–0 1–1 2–1 3–1 2–1
Necaxa 2–0 1–1 2–2 5–2 1–1 3–2 4–1 — 3–0 2–1 2–2 2–1 2–2 1–0
Oro 3–2 2–3 2–0 3–0 1–0 4–1 0–2 2–1 — 6–1 2–1 3–1 2–1 1–0
Puebla 2–3 2–1 2–1 2–4 0–0 2–2 2–0 0–3 1–2 — 5–2 0–0 0–1 2–2
Tampico 2–1 2–1 1–1 5–0 2–1 1–2 1–0 2–0 0–0 3–1 — 2–2 0–2 1–0
Toluca 2–3 2–2 1–0 4–0 2–2 3–0 1–0 1–1 2–0 4–0 2–3 — 3–1 1–1
Zacatepec 4–3 2–1 2–0 3–1 3–0 2–1 0–1 4–1 1–2 1–0 0–1 1–1 — 3–1
Zamora 1–3 2–2 3–1 1–1 0–0 1–0 0–0 0–2 1–1 0–2 0–3 2–4 1–1 —
Updated to match(es) played on 22 January 1956. Source: RSSSF
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Championship playoff edit

León4-2Oro
Mateo de la Tijera   47', 56', 80'
Marcos Aurelio   30'		 Marcos Aurelio   2' 
Walter Meneses   43'


 1955–56 winners 
León
4th title

References edit

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