1971–72 Mexican Primera División season

Statistics of the Primera División de México for the 1971–72 season.

Primera División de México
Season1971–72
ChampionsCruz Azul (3rd title)
RelegatedIrapuato
Matches played317
Goals scored824 (2.6 per match)

Overview

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San Luis was promoted to Primera División.

This season was contested by 18 teams, and Cruz Azul won the championship.

Irapuato was relegated to Segunda División.

Teams

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Team City Stadium
América Mexico City Azteca
Atlante Mexico City Azteca
Atlético Español Mexico City Azteca
Cruz Azul Mexico City Azteca
Guadalajara Guadalajara, Jalisco Jalisco
Irapuato Irapuato, Guanajuato Irapuato
Jalisco Guadalajara, Jalisco Jalisco
Laguna Torreón, Coahuila San Isidro
León León, Guanajuato León
Monterrey Monterrey, Nuevo León Tecnológico
Pachuca Pachuca, Hidalgo Revolución Mexicana
Puebla Puebla, Puebla Cuauhtémoc
San Luis San Luis Potosí, S.L.P. Plan de San Luis
Toluca Toluca, State of Mexico Toluca 70
Torreón Torreón, Coahuila Moctezuma
UNAM Mexico City Olímpico Universitario
Veracruz Veracruz, Veracruz Veracruzano
Zacatepec Zacatepec, Morelos 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 Cruz Azul 34 22 7 5 65 36 +29 51 Playoffs
2 América 34 20 8 6 70 35 +35 48
3 Jalisco 34 15 9 10 57 48 +9 39
4 León 34 12 11 11 76 58 +18 35
5 Zacatepec 34 11 12 11 34 36 −2 34
6 Laguna 34 9 15 10 34 34 0 33
7 San Luis 34 11 10 13 37 47 −10 32
8 Veracruz 34 8 13 13 40 51 −11 29 Relegation Playoffs
9 Atlético Español 34 8 8 18 48 72 −24 24
Source: [citation needed]

Group 2

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Monterrey 34 14 12 8 41 37 +4 40 Playoffs
2 Guadalajara 34 14 11 9 37 33 +4 39
3 Puebla 34 13 9 12 47 42 +5 35
4 Atlante 34 13 9 12 30 28 +2 35
5 Pachuca 34 10 13 11 38 46 −8 33
6 UNAM 34 11 9 14 36 38 −2 31
7 Toluca 34 11 9 14 46 51 −5 31
8 Torreón 34 8 11 15 35 55 −20 27 Relegation Playoffs
9 Irapuato 34 2 12 20 26 50 −24 16
Source: [citation needed]

Results

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Home \ Away AME ATT ATE CRA GDL IRA JAL LAG LEO MTY PAC PUE SNL TOL TOR UNM VER ZAC
América 0–0 2–2 2–2 2–0 4–2 3–0 2–0 3–1 2–0 4–1 3–1 6–1 5–1 0–0 0–1 3–0 1–1
Atlante 1–2 0–1 0–2 0–1 1–0 2–0 1–0 1–1 1–0 0–1 2–0 2–0 2–1 2–0 1–0 0–0 2–1
Atlético Español 1–2 0–1 1–1 0–1 0–0 1–1 3–1 0–5 2–3 1–3 0–3 2–1 1–2 4–0 3–1 0–2 0–4
Cruz Azul 2–1 2–1 2–0 3–1 2–0 2–2 1–1 1–1 1–3 3–1 3–2 3–1 1–0 3–1 1–0 1–0 3–0
Guadalajara 1–3 1–1 5–3 0–2 2–0 0–0 1–0 1–0 0–0 2–2 0–0 0–0 3–1 0–1 2–1 1–0 2–0
Irapuato 1–3 0–0 4–4 2–3 0–0 1–1 0–2 1–1 0–2 1–1 3–1 2–3 2–2 0–0 0–1 0–0 0–0
Jalisco 4–3 2–1 3–0 2–1 0–2 2–0 0–1 2–3 1–1 2–2 3–1 0–1 2–1 1–0 3–1 1–0 3–0
Laguna 1–1 0–0 3–4 1–1 2–0 2–0 1–2 1–1 1–1 1–1 1–0 1–1 1–1 1–0 0–0 0–2 0–1
León 2–2 3–1 5–1 0–3 1–1 2–5 3–7 0–1 5–2 6–1 1–1 3–1 4–1 11–3 3–1 3–0 2–2
Monterrey 0–1 1–0 1–0 3–0 2–0 1–0 4–3 1–1 1–1 1–1 0–0 3–1 1–0 1–0 1–1 1–1 1–0
Pachuca 0–3 0–2 1–1 0–0 1–2 1–0 1–1 2–1 2–0 1–1 0–1 0–2 3–0 2–1 0–0 2–0 0–2
Puebla 3–0 0–0 1–2 1–2 1–0 2–1 1–1 1–1 3–1 0–0 2–1 1–2 3–1 4–1 0–3 4–2 2–0
San Luis 2–1 4–0 2–2 0–3 1–1 1–0 1–1 0–1 1–1 2–0 1–2 1–0 0–2 1–0 0–0 0–0 1–1
Toluca 1–2 1–0 3–2 2–1 1–2 1–0 2–1 2–2 0–0 4–0 1–3 0–1 1–1 2–0 0–0 5–2 2–0
Torreón 0–1 2–1 3–3 5–2 2–1 2–0 1–1 0–2 2–1 1–1 1–1 2–2 0–2 1–1 0–0 2–0 0–0
UNAM 0–1 0–2 3–1 1–3 0–1 1–0 1–2 0–0 4–3 2–1 1–1 4–1 3–2 2–2 0–1 3–1 1–0
Veracruz 3–2 2–2 1–2 1–3 2–2 0–0 4–2 2–0 1–1 2–3 0–0 1–1 4–2 1–1 3–2 1–0 2–2
Zacatepec 0–0 0–0 2–1 0–2 1–1 2–1 3–1 1–3 2–1 2–0 2–0 1–2 0–0 2–1 1–1 1–0 0–0
Source: [citation needed]
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Relegation Playoffs

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Bracket

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Semifinals Final
          
15 Veracruz 3 0 3
18 Irapuato 1 0 1
16 Torreón 1 1
18 Irapuato 0 0
16 Torreón 1 2 3
17 Atlético Español 1 3 4

Semifinals

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Torreón1–1Atlético Español
Alberto Gómez Orozco   8' José Luis Rosete   87'
Atlético Español3–2Torreón
Ricardo Brandón   25', 44', 90' Javier Fragoso   61'
Enzo Genoni   65'

Atlético Español won 4-3 on aggregate


Veracruz3–1Irapuato
Francisco Gómez   42' (pen)
Pedro Damián Álvarez   74' 
Paulo Matta   84'
Antonio Rojas   78'

Veracruz won 3-1 on aggregate


Final

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Irapuato relegated to Segunda Division

Championship Playoffs

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Bracket

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Semifinals Final
          
1 Cruz Azul 0 2 2
4 Guadalajara 1 0 1
1 Cruz Azul 4 1
2 América 1 0
2 América 1 1 3
3 Monterrey 0 2 1

Semifinal

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Cruz Azul0-1Guadalajara
Raúl Gómez   90'

Cruz Azul won 2-1 on aggregate


América1-0Monterrey
Antonio Martins   74'
Monterrey2-1América
Guaracy Barbosa   62' 
Sergio Chagas   78' (pen)
Sergio Ceballos   76'

Aggregate tied. 3rd match will be played

América3-1Monterrey
Carlos Reinoso   60', 67'
Sergio Ceballos   87'
Alberto Guerra   45'

America won 5-4 on aggregate


Final

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América1-4Cruz Azul
Enrique Borja   89' Report Hector Pulido   10'
Cèsareo Victorino   28'
Octavio Muciño   35, 46'
Attendance: 100,000
Referee: Arturo Yamasaki


 1971–72 winners 
Cruz Azul
3rd title

References

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