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

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
Location of the 1977-78 Primera División teams
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

Group 1
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:

Group 2
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:

Group 3
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:

Group 4
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:

Results
Home \ Away AME ATN ATL ATE APO CRA GDL JAL LAG LEO MTY PUE TAM TEC TOL UDC 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 1–0 2–1 0–4 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 0–3 3–1 1–1 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 2–1 1–0 1–1 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 0–1 5–1 1–1 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 1–0 3–1 0–0 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 0–0 1–0 1–0 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 0–2 1–0 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 1–2 6–2 2–2 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 0–0 1–1 1–0 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 0–1 2–2 3–2 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 5–1 2–0 2–1 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 0–1 0–2 1–2 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 2–1 1–0 3–0 0–0 0–2 1–1 4–2
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
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 3–1 1–0 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 0–0 1–1 1–3 1–2 2–2 2–0
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 1–2 3–2 0–1 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 4–1 4–0 1–0 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 3–0 2–1 4–1 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 4–0 2–2 2–0 4–0 2–1 2–1
Source:
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Relegation Playoff
Unión de Curtidores0-0Atlas
Report
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
  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
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
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
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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