1973–74 Mexican Primera División season

Statistics of the Primera División de México for the 1973–74 season.

Primera División de México
Season1973–74
ChampionsCruz Azul (5th title)
RelegatedSan Luis
Champions' CupMonterrey
Atlético Español
Matches played314
Goals scored941 (3 per match)
Top goalscorerHoracio López Salgado (25 goals)

Overview

Ciudad Madero was promoted to Primera División.

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

San Luis was relegated to Segunda División.

UDG acquired Torreón franchise to reach the Primera Division for the 1974-75 season.

Segunda División semifinalists, UASLP-Pumas (re-branded to Atlético Potosino) and Unión de Curtidores were promoted to the Primera División to increase the number of teams to 20 for the 1974-75 season.

Teams
Location of the 1973-74 Primera División teams
Team City Stadium
América Mexico City Azteca
Atlante Mexico City Azteca
Atlas Guadalajara, Jalisco Jalisco
Atlético Español Mexico City Azteca
Ciudad Madero Ciudad Madero, Tamaulipas Tamaulipas
Cruz Azul Mexico City Azteca
Guadalajara Guadalajara, Jalisco Jalisco
Jalisco Guadalajara, Jalisco Jalisco
Laguna Torreón, Coahuila San Isidro
León León, Guanajuato León
Monterrey Monterrey, Nuevo León Universitario
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

Group 1
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Cruz Azul 34 18 13 3 69 35 +34 49 Playoffs
2 Monterrey 34 22 4 8 65 36 +29 48
3 Toluca 34 14 11 9 53 43 +10 39
4 UNAM 34 12 13 9 55 42 +13 37
5 Atlas 34 14 8 12 53 52 +1 36
6 Jalisco 34 13 9 12 51 49 +2 35
7 Guadalajara 34 11 12 11 43 45 −2 34
8 Zacatepec 34 12 9 13 48 51 −3 33
9 Laguna 34 9 10 15 39 54 −15 28 Relegation Playoff
Source:

Group 2
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Atlético Español 34 15 11 8 66 47 +19 41 Playoffs
2 Puebla 34 13 14 7 57 40 +17 40
3 León 34 12 16 6 62 44 +18 40
4 América 34 14 9 11 55 43 +12 37
5 Torreón 34 8 9 17 47 72 −25 25
6 Atlante 34 5 14 15 44 67 −23 24
7 Ciudad Madero 34 6 11 17 38 75 −37 23
8 Veracruz 34 7 8 19 33 53 −20 22
9 San Luis 34 8 5 21 35 65 −30 21 Relegation Playoff
Source:

Results
Home \ Away AME ATT ATL ATE CDM CRA GDL JAL LAG LEO MTY PUE SAL TOL TOR UNI VER ZAC
América 2–2 2–1 3–0 1–1 2–1 0–1 2–0 1–0 4–0 0–1 0–1 1–1 1–2 2–0 2–1 3–1 3–2
Atlante 1–4 2–2 2–2 2–2 1–4 2–2 2–1 2–1 1–1 0–3 0–2 4–0 3–2 0–0 0–2 2–4 1–1
Atlas 1–2 1–1 2–2 1–2 0–2 1–2 1–1 4–0 1–1 1–3 3–2 1–0 0–1 4–1 2–0 2–1 0–1
Atlético Español 3–3 3–2 5–1 7–0 0–3 3–1 3–0 2–2 3–1 3–1 0–0 5–1 1–0 3–1 1–1 2–0 1–0
Ciudad Madero 0–2 0–0 1–3 0–2 1–2 0–0 2–2 2–1 1–1 3–0 1–1 1–1 1–1 4–0 0–1 3–3 1–2
Cruz Azul 4–2 3–2 1–2 3–3 5–0 0–0 2–1 1–1 1–0 2–0 1–1 2–0 1–1 4–1 2–2 2–0 4–0
Guadalajara 0–2 1–0 1–3 1–0 3–0 1–1 0–1 3–1 2–2 1–1 2–2 1–2 3–2 3–4 0–3 1–0 2–2
Jalisco 2–1 0–2 2–3 3–3 6–3 1–2 0–1 2–0 1–1 0–1 1–2 2–1 4–0 2–2 2–2 2–1 1–0
Laguna 1–1 3–2 1–0 2–0 3–1 0–0 3–1 3–3 0–1 2–4 1–4 2–4 2–2 2–0 2–0 2–0 0–0
León 2–2 2–0 1–1 2–2 1–1 2–2 4–2 2–3 1–1 2–0 4–2 3–0 7–0 4–0 3–3 3–2 3–1
Monterrey 2–1 3–1 0–2 2–2 3–0 1–0 1–0 0–2 1–0 2–0 4–3 2–1 1–1 3–1 1–0 1–0 0–1
Puebla 2–1 4–1 2–2 1–1 0–1 2–2 0–2 0–0 0–0 2–1 1–1 6–0 1–1 3–3 2–2 3–0 3–1
San Luis 1–0 4–1 1–2 2–3 2–1 1–2 1–1 1–2 3–0 0–0 1–5 2–1 0–2 1–0 1–1 0–1 0–1
Toluca 2–2 0–1 3–0 3–0 4–0 3–3 1–0 0–1 1–0 0–0 2–0 0–1 2–1 3–1 2–2 3–1 1–1
Torreón 3–2 3–1 1–2 1–1 4–3 0–1 0–0 3–1 4–0 2–2 1–5 0–1 2–1 2–2 1–1 2–2 1–3
UNAM 1–1 3–3 4–0 1–0 4–0 0–2 0–0 0–0 3–1 2–3 0–4 1–1 3–1 0–1 4–1 4–0 2–1
Veracruz 0–0 2–0 1–2 0–0 1–2 2–2 1–3 2–0 1–1 0–0 0–2 0–1 2–0 1–0 2–0 0–1 1–1
Zacatepec 3–0 0–0 2–2 2–0 6–0 2–2 2–2 1–2 0–1 0–2 2–7 1–0 3–0 1–5 0–2 2–1 3–1
Source:
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Relegation Playoff
San Luis0-0Laguna
Laguna2-0San Luis
Carlos Eloir Perucci  32' 
Miguel Ángel Miccó  90'
Estadio San Isidro, Torreón

Laguna won 2-0 on aggregate. San Luis relegated to Segunda Division.

Championship Playoff

Bracket
Semifinals Final
          
1 Cruz Azul 1 6 7
4 Puebla 1 1 2
1 Cruz Azul 1 3 4
3 Atlético Español 2 0 2
2 Monterrey 4 1 5
3 Atlético Español 3 3 6

Semifinal
Puebla1-1Cruz Azul
Juan Alvarado  58' Luis Ramón Pérez  23' (own)
Cruz Azul6-1Puebla
Eladio Vera  5', 90' 
Luis Estrada  41'
Alberto Gómez Franzutti  51'
Horacio López Salgado  74' 
Joel Andrade  76'		 Juan Carlos Zibecci  7'

Cruz Azul won 7-2 on aggregate.

Atlético Español3-4Monterrey
Ricardo Brandón  25'
Manuel Manzo  66' 
Benito Pardo  85'		 Pedro Damián Álvarez  10' 
Milton Carlos  43', 46'
Francisco Bertochi  51'
Monterrey1-3Atlético Español
Gustavo Peña  35' (pen) Manuel Manzo  44'
Juan José Muñante  59'
Alejandro Romahn  76'

Atlético Español won 6-5 on aggregate.

Final
Atlético Español2-1Cruz Azul
Alejandro Roman
Ricardo Brandón 		Report Eladio Vera  86'
Cruz Azul3-0Atlético Español
Horacio Lopez Salgado  13'
Fernando Bustos  70'
Ignacio Flores 		Report
Referee: Abel Aguilar

Cruz Azul won 4-2 on aggregate.

 1973–74 winners 
Cruz Azul
5th title

References
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