1970–71 Mexican Primera División season

Statistics of the Primera División de México for the 1970–71 season.

Primera División de México
Season1970–71
ChampionsAmérica (2nd title)
RelegatedAtlas
Champions' CupAmérica
Toluca
Matches played311
Goals scored717 (2.31 per match)

Overview

Zacatepec was promoted to Primera División (Segunda División 1969–70 Champion)

Puebla was also promoted to Primera División (winner of promotional tournament between Unión de Curtidores, Nacional and Naucalpan) to increase the number of teams to 18.

The season was contested by 18 teams, and America won the championship.

Atlas was relegated to Segunda División.

After this season Necaxa was sold and changed its name to Atlético Español.

Cruz Azul moves to Mexico City.

Teams
Location of the 1970-71 Primera División teams
Team City Stadium
América Mexico City Azteca
Atlante Mexico City Azteca
Atlas Guadalajara, Jalisco Jalisco
Cruz Azul Jasso, Hidalgo 10 de Diciembre
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
Necaxa Mexico City Azteca
Pachuca Pachuca, Hidalgo Revolución Mexicana
Puebla Puebla, Puebla Cuauhtémoc
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 Toluca 34 14 15 5 38 21 +17 43 Playoff
2 Jalisco 34 12 14 8 35 29 +6 38
3 Zacatepec 34 14 10 10 39 37 +2 38
4 Cruz Azul 34 11 15 8 39 39 0 37
5 UNAM 34 10 15 9 43 38 +5 35
6 Necaxa 34 10 11 13 44 39 +5 31
7 Irapuato 34 8 13 13 34 53 −19 29
8 Laguna 34 10 8 16 37 47 −10 28
9 Atlas 34 5 12 17 32 48 −16 22 Relegation Playoff
Source:

Group 2
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 América 34 17 10 7 56 33 +23 44 Playoff
2 Monterrey 34 15 10 9 46 37 +9 40
3 León 34 14 10 10 50 41 +9 38
4 Atlante 34 9 16 9 33 31 +2 34
5 Veracruz 34 12 9 13 39 40 −1 33
6 Puebla 34 11 10 13 43 49 −6 32
7 Torreón 34 11 9 14 27 35 −8 31
8 Guadalajara 34 11 8 15 34 44 −10 30
9 Pachuca 34 11 7 16 38 46 −8 29 Relegation Playoff
Source:

Results
Home \ Away AME ATT ATL CRA GDL IRA JAL LAG LEO MTY NEC PAC PUE TOL TOR UNI VER ZAC
América 2–0 2–1 3–0 5–2 2–0 2–1 2–1 1–1 2–3 2–1 1–1 2–0 1–0 5–0 0–0 4–1 2–4
Atlante 3–1 0–0 0–0 3–0 0–0 1–2 1–2 1–1 1–1 1–1 1–0 1–2 0–0 1–0 2–2 2–2 2–1
Atlas 0–1 0–1 2–2 1–2 1–1 0–1 1–0 2–1 2–1 1–1 2–3 2–4 1–1 0–0 2–3 0–0 1–1
Cruz Azul 1–1 0–0 1–1 2–1 0–1 0–0 1–0 0–1 1–1 0–4 1–0 4–1 0–0 3–1 1–1 0–2 0–0
Guadalajara 1–2 0–0 2–1 1–1 2–0 0–1 1–0 1–2 1–0 1–3 0–0 0–0 0–0 1–0 1–1 0–1 1–2
Irapuato 1–2 2–2 1–0 4–4 3–2 1–0 1–1 1–1 1–3 0–0 2–1 3–3 1–3 0–0 2–1 2–0 0–0
Jalisco 1–0 1–1 0–3 1–1 2–0 0–0 5–1 0–0 2–0 0–0 1–0 1–1 1–0 0–1 3–1 2–1 1–1
Laguna 0–2 2–2 4–1 2–2 1–2 2–0 0–0 2–0 0–1 0–0 3–1 3–1 0–1 1–0 1–1 1–0 3–1
León 1–1 1–2 3–2 1–4 1–2 2–2 1–1 4–0 0–0 0–3 5–1 4–1 2–0 3–0 2–0 2–1 2–1
Monterrey 2–1 1–0 0–1 0–2 3–2 1–0 0–0 1–0 4–1 1–1 0–2 2–0 1–1 2–0 1–1 4–1 4–0
Necaxa 1–0 1–0 3–1 1–1 1–3 7–0 0–2 1–1 0–2 2–2 2–1 1–3 0–2 0–0 1–3 2–0 0–1
Pachuca 2–1 1–0 0–0 3–1 0–1 1–2 1–1 4–1 2–1 4–0 0–3 1–1 0–0 1–0 1–2 2–2 1–0
Puebla 0–2 0–0 2–0 2–0 0–1 3–2 2–0 1–1 0–1 2–0 2–1 3–1 3–0 1–2 1–1 1–1 1–1
Toluca 0–0 2–0 0–0 0–1 3–0 4–1 1–1 3–2 2–0 1–1 2–0 1–0 1–1 3–0 2–1 1–0 1–0
Torreón 1–1 1–0 2–1 0–1 1–1 1–0 0–1 3–0 1–1 1–2 2–0 3–1 2–0 0–0 2–0 1–1 1–0
UNAM 2–2 1–1 0–0 2–0 1–0 0–0 3–0 1–0 1–1 2–2 2–2 0–1 3–0 2–2 1–0 3–0 0–1
Veracruz 0–0 0–1 4–2 1–2 1–0 1–0 3–2 1–0 0–1 0–1 2–1 4–1 3–0 1–1 0–0 3–1 2–0
Zacatepec 1–1 1–3 1–0 1–2 2–2 3–0 2–2 2–1 2–1 2–1 1–0 1–0 2–1 0–0 3–1 1–0 0–0
Source:
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Relegation Playoffs
Pachuca2-2Atlas
Juan Manuel Medina 37'
Moacyr dos Santos 82'		 Javier Bazán 32' (own)
Ricardo Chavarín 57'
Atlas1–1Pachuca
Magdaleno Mercado 77' Jorge Rodríguez 49'

Aggregate score tied so a 3rd match will be played

Pachuca2-0Atlas
Alfonso Madrigal 15' 
Césareo Acosta 75'

Pachuca won on aggregate 5-3. Atlas was relegated to Segunda Division

Final
Toluca0–0América
América2–0Toluca
Carlos Reinoso 13'
Horacio López Salgado 75'
Attendance: 105,000+
Referee: Abel Aguilar

America won on aggregate 2-0

 1970–71 winners 
América
2nd title

References
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