1963–64 Mexican Segunda División season

The 1963–64 Mexican Segunda División was the 14th season of the Mexican Segunda División. The season started on 29 June 1963 and concluded on 7 February 1964. It was won by Cruz Azul. For the following season, the Primera División had an expansion from 14 to 16 teams, for which a promotion playoff was played at the end of this season.

Segunda División de México
Season1963–64
ChampionsCruz Azul (1st Title)
Matches played240
Goals scored903 (3.76 per match)

Changes

Teams
1963-64 Season Teams
Club City Stadium
Celaya Celaya Estadio Miguel Alemán Valdés
Cruz Azul Jasso Estadio 10 de Diciembre
La Piedad La Piedad Estadio Juan N. López
Laguna Torreón Estadio San Isidro
Nuevo León Monterrey Estadio Tecnológico
Orizaba Orizaba Estadio Socum
Pachuca Pachuca Estadio Revolución Mexicana
Poza Rica Poza Rica Parque Jaime J. Merino
Refinería Madero Ciudad Madero Estadio Tampico
Tampico Tampico
Tepic Tepic Estadio Nicolás Álvarez Ortega
Texcoco Texcoco Estadio Municipal de Texcoco
Torreón Torreón Estadio Revolución
Veracruz Veracruz Parque Deportivo Veracruzano
Ciudad Victoria Ciudad Victoria Estadio Marte R. Gómez
Zamora Zamora Estadio Moctezuma

League table
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GAv Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Cruz Azul (C, P) 30 19 7 4 67 33 2.030 45 Promoted to Primera División
2 Poza Rica 30 18 8 4 89 35 2.543 44 Promotion Playoff to Primera División
3 Refinería Madero 30 18 6 6 68 29 2.345 42
4 Veracruz 30 15 8 7 57 36 1.583 38
5 Pachuca 30 15 7 8 60 43 1.395 37
6 Tampico 30 12 9 9 56 38 1.474 33
7 Nuevo León 30 14 5 11 64 55 1.164 33
8 Laguna 30 12 6 12 71 62 1.145 30
9 Ciudad Victoria 30 11 6 13 49 60 0.817 28
10 Orizaba 30 11 5 14 55 55 1.000 27
11 Torreón 30 8 7 15 44 62 0.710 23
12 Texcoco 30 8 7 15 45 65 0.692 23
13 Tepic 30 9 4 17 52 66 0.788 22
14 Celaya 30 7 7 16 38 70 0.543 21
15 La Piedad 30 7 4 19 51 102 0.500 18
16 Zamora 30 6 4 20 37 92 0.402 16
Source: RSSSF
(C) Champions; (P) Promoted

Results
Home \ Away CEL CAZ LPD LAG NVL ORI PAC PZR RMA TAM TEP TEX TOR VER VIC ZAM
Celaya — 1–3 1–0 1–1 1–2 1–0 3–1 1–2 0–2 1–1 0–0 2–2 5–3 1–1 4–1 4–1
Cruz Azul 5–0 — 8–3 3–0 3–0 3–2 0–0 2–2 3–2 2–1 1–2 5–1 1–1 1–0 2–0 7–1
La Piedad 2–1 0–2 — 5–3 1–2 4–3 1–0 2–6 1–3 3–5 2–1 1–1 2–0 1–1 0–3 3–3
Laguna 5–2 2–2 6–2 — 1–1 4–2 4–1 3–2 1–1 1–2 4–1 4–0 3–3 2–3 5–1 4–0
Nuevo León 1–1 0–1 6–0 3–1 — 3–2 1–0 1–1 3–2 2–1 1–4 0–1 6–2 3–0 1–1 7–1
Orizaba 2–0 1–2 6–3 3–2 3–1 — 2–4 2–1 1–1 2–1 1–4 0–1 6–2 3–0 1–1 7–1
Pachuca 6–1 3–1 7–2 4–2 5–3 3–2 — 1–1 0–2 2–1 4–3 3–1 1–1 4–2 3–1 2–0
Poza Rica 7–0 0–0 7–2 6–1 7–2 2–4 1–0 — 2–2 3–0 3–0 5–2 5–0 0–4 5–1 6–0
Refinería Madero 4–0 0–0 2–1 3–2 4–2 3–0 3–0 0–3 — 0–0 9–1 2–0 4–0 1–0 0–1 6–0
Tampico 4–0 3–1 10–0 3–0 2–1 0–0 0–0 1–1 1–1 — 3–1 2–4 3–1 0–0 3–1 2–3
Tepic 3–0 1–2 2–2 2–3 2–3 3–1 1–1 0–1 2–3 3–1 — 3–2 3–0 0–3 0–1 4–1
Texcoco 1–1 2–2 3–2 0–2 2–3 2–1 0–1 1–3 0–4 1–1 2–1 — 3–3 0–2 2–0 3–0
Torreón 1–2 1–2 3–0 1–0 1–0 1–0 0–1 1–4 2–0 1–2 1–1 0–2 — 4–0 2–3 3–1
Veracruz 3–2 3–0 1–2 2–1 2–2 1–1 0–0 1–1 2–0 0–0 4–1 5–2 4–2 — 4–1 6–1
Ciudad Victoria 4–1 0–1 4–3 2–2 3–1 1–2 3–3 1–1 1–2 2–0 2–1 3–2 1–1 0–1 — 2–1
Zamora 2–1 1–2 2–1 1–2 0–3 1–3 1–0 0–1 0–2 1–3 2–5 3–2 3–3 2–0 4–4 —
Source: RSSSF
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Promotion Playoff

In order to increase the number of team from 14 to 16 for the 1964–65 season the league made a playoff. 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 NAC VER RMA PZR
1 Nacional 3 1 2 0 4 3 +1 4 Remained at Primera División 1–1 1–1 2–1
2 Veracruz 3 1 1 1 4 4 0 3 Tiebreaker 3–2
3 Refinería Madero 3 1 1 1 3 7 −4 3 1–0
4 Poza Rica 3 1 0 2 9 6 +3 2 Remained at Segunda División 6–1
Source: RSSSF
Rules for classification: 1st points; 2nd head-to-head points; 3rd head-to-head goal difference; 4th head-to-head goals scored; 5th goal difference; 6th number of goals scored

Tiebreaker match
7 February 1964 Refinería Madero 0–0
(4–5 p)		 Veracruz Mexico City
Report Stadium: Estadio Olímpico Universitario

References
  1. Lugo, Erick Francisco; Castro, Fernando; Toscano, Martín. "Mexico 1962/63". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. Retrieved 6 September 2020.
  2. "Equipos que han descendido más veces en la Liga MX". Mediotiempo.com (in Spanish). 23 April 2020. Retrieved 8 September 2020.
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