1963–64 Mexican Primera División season

Statistics of the Primera División de México for the 1963–64 season.

Primera División de México
Season1963–64
ChampionsGuadalajara (6th title)
Matches played182
Goals scored528 (2.9 per match)

Overview

Zacatepec was promoted to Primera División.

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

No Relegation this season.

Promotional tournament was held to increase the number of teams for the 1964–65 season to 16. Nacional finished in first place, and was not to be relegated from the Primera Division. Veracruz finished in second place, and was promoted to Primera Division.

Teams
Location of the 1963-64 Primera División teams
Team City Stadium
América Mexico City Olímpico Universitario
Atlante Mexico City Olímpico Universitario
Atlas Guadalajara, Jalisco Jalisco
Guadalajara Guadalajara, Jalisco Jalisco
Irapuato Irapuato, Guanajuato Revolución
León León, Guanajuato La Martinica
Morelia Morelia, Michoacán Campo Independiente
Monterrey Monterrey, Nuevo León Tecnológico
Nacional Guadalajara, Jalisco Jalisco
Necaxa Mexico City Olímpico Universitario
Oro Guadalajara, Jalisco Jalisco
Toluca Toluca, State of Mexico Luis Gutiérrez Dosal
UNAM Mexico City Olímpico Universitario
Zacatepec Zacatepec, Morelos Parque del Ingenio

League standings
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Guadalajara 26 16 5 5 43 25 +18 37 Champions
2 América 26 11 11 4 46 24 +22 33
3 Monterrey 26 12 8 6 40 26 +14 32
4 Irapuato 26 12 8 6 40 35 +5 32
5 Zacatepec 26 11 6 9 44 35 +9 28
6 Necaxa 26 11 5 10 42 31 +11 27
7 UNAM 26 9 7 10 36 33 +3 25
8 Oro 26 9 7 10 53 49 +4 25
9 León 26 9 7 10 34 33 +1 25
10 Atlas 26 6 13 7 35 42 −7 25
11 Toluca 26 6 10 10 31 35 −4 22
12 Morelia 26 6 9 11 28 50 −22 21
13 Atlante 26 6 8 12 30 39 −9 20
14 Nacional 26 4 4 18 26 71 −45 12 Promotion Tournament
Source:
 1963–64 winners 
Guadalajara
6th title

Results
Home \ Away AME ATE ATS GDL IRA LEO MTY MOR NAL NEC ORO TOL UNM ZAC
América — 0–0 3–0 0–2 0–0 0–0 1–0 5–0 5–0 4–2 1–0 1–1 1–1 2–1
Atlante 3–3 — 2–0 2–3 3–0 1–0 2–1 0–1 0–1 1–0 2–0 0–2 2–2 0–4
Atlas 1–1 3–2 — 2–1 3–0 5–1 1–1 2–2 0–0 0–2 3–3 1–1 4–2 2–2
Guadalajara 0–0 3–1 3–0 — 5–0 1–0 1–0 4–2 2–0 3–1 0–4 2–0 2–1 2–1
Irapuato 1–0 1–1 3–1 0–0 — 3–2 2–3 0–0 1–1 1–2 7–3 2–0 1–0 2–0
León 3–0 0–0 2–2 2–0 1–1 — 0–0 5–1 5–0 3–1 0–2 1–1 3–0 2–1
Monterrey 1–1 3–1 0–0 4–0 1–0 3–0 — 2–1 4–0 1–1 2–1 4–3 0–0 1–1
Morelia 0–3 3–2 0–0 1–4 1–1 0–1 2–0 — 3–1 0–0 2–2 3–1 1–1 3–3
Nacional 2–6 2–1 1–1 1–2 2–3 2–0 0–1 1–2 — 0–5 1–4 3–0 0–3 2–4
Necaxa 0–2 2–2 0–0 0–2 1–2 1–0 1–2 4–0 4–0 — 4–3 2–1 2–0 3–0
Oro 3–5 1–1 2–2 0–0 0–1 4–2 2–2 2–0 4–3 2–0 — 4–1 3–5 2–3
Toluca 1–1 3–0 2–1 1–1 2–2 4–0 1–2 2–0 1–1 1–1 0–0 — 2–0 0–1
UNAM 0–0 0–0 0–1 0–0 1–2 1–0 2–1 4–0 7–1 0–3 1–0 2–0 — 1–0
Zacatepec 2–1 0–2 6–0 2–0 2–4 0–0 2–1 0–0 3–1 1–0 1–2 0–0 4–2 —
Updated to match(es) played on 7 January 1964. Source: RSSSF
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Promotion tournament

In order to increase the number of team from 14 to 16 for the 1964-65 the league made a playoff. The top 2 teams would be in Primera Division. The playoff was composed of the lowest team from Primera division and the 2nd-5th teams in the standings from Segunda Division as Cruz Azul had earned automatic promotion. The playoff was played between January 16 and February 6 1964. All games were played in Estadio Olímpico Universitario, Mexico City.

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion
1 Nacional 3 1 2 0 4 3 +1 4 Remains in Primera Division
2 Veracruz 3 1 1 1 4 4 0 3 Earns promotion
3 Ciudad Madero 3 1 1 1 3 7 −4 3
4 Poza Rica 3 1 0 2 9 6 +3 2
Source:

Results
Local Score Visitor
Nacional 1-1 Ciudad Madero
Poza Rica 6-1 Ciudad Madero
Nacional 1-1 Veracruz
Veracruz 3-2 Poza Rica
Ciudad Madero 1-0 Veracruz
Nacional 2-1 Poza Rica

References
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