1976–77 Mexican Primera División season

The 1976–77 Mexican Primera División was the 35th season of the Mexican Primera División, Mexico's premier football competition. It began on 8 September 1976 and concluded on 3 July 1977.

Primera División de México
Season1976–77
Dates8 September 1976 –
3 July 1977
ChampionsUNAM (1st title)
RelegatedZacatepec
Champions' CupUDG
UNAM
Matches played408
Goals scored1,045 (2.56 per match)

Overview

San Luis was promoted to Primera División.

This season was contested by 20 teams, and UNAM won the championship.

Zacatepec was relegated to Segunda División.

After this season Tampico Madero acquired the San Luis franchise.

Teams

Stadiums and locations
Location of the 1976-77 Primera División teams
Greater Mexico City Liga MX football clubs
Team City Venue
América Mexico City Azteca
Atlas Guadalajara Jalisco
Atlético Español Mexico City Azteca
Atlético Potosino San Luis Potosí Plan de San Luis
Cruz Azul Mexico City Azteca
Guadalajara Guadalajara Jalisco
Jalisco Guadalajara Jalisco
Laguna Torreón Moctezuma
León León León
Monterrey Monterrey Universitario
Puebla Puebla Cuauhtémoc
San Luis San Luis Potosí Plan de San Luis
Tecos Zapopan Tres de Marzo
Toluca Toluca Toluca 70
Unión de Curtidores León La Martinica
UANL San Nicolás de los Garza Universitario
UDG Guadalajara Jalisco
UNAM Mexico City Olímpico Universitario
Veracruz Veracruz Veracruzano
Zacatepec Zacatepec Agustín "Coruco" Díaz

Group stage

Group 1
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 América 38 16 18 4 56 38 +18 50 Advance to final stage
2 Guadalajara 38 15 13 10 44 38 +6 43
3 León 38 14 11 13 50 49 +1 39
4 Puebla 38 13 11 14 49 49 0 37
5 Veracruz 38 11 11 16 45 58 −13 33
Source: RSSSF

Group 2
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 UNAM 38 19 12 7 67 43 +24 50 Advance to final stage
2 Atlético Potosino 38 16 11 11 54 43 +11 43
3 UAG 38 13 10 15 41 45 −4 36
4 Monterrey 38 10 12 16 51 59 −8 32
5 Zacatepec 38 7 13 18 28 53 −25 27 Qualification to relegation play-offs
Source: RSSSF

Group 3
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Cruz Azul 38 17 12 9 51 38 +13 46 Advance to final stage
2 San Luis 38 10 19 9 45 46 −1 39
3 Toluca 38 12 12 14 43 44 −1 36
4 Atlas 38 11 9 18 53 65 −12 31
5 UANL 38 9 12 17 39 55 −16 30 Qualification to relegation play-offs
Source: RSSSF

Group 4
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 UDG 38 18 10 10 53 39 +14 46 Playoff
2 Atlético Español 38 15 13 10 49 33 +16 43
3 Club Jalisco 38 10 16 12 64 61 +3 36
4 Unión de Curtidores 38 11 10 17 49 57 −8 32
5 Laguna 38 11 9 18 47 65 −18 31
Source:

Results
Home \ Away AME ATL ATE APO CRA GDL JAL LAG LEO MTY PUE SNL TOL UDC TEC UNL UDG UNM VER ZAC
América 2–1 1–1 3–1 1–2 2–2 3–2 4–2 1–1 2–1 2–1 0–0 2–1 1–0 2–1 1–1 2–2 2–1 1–1 2–0
Atlas 1–1 2–1 3–3 1–1 1–0 1–2 4–2 1–2 3–0 1–3 0–1 3–1 1–0 2–1 1–0 0–1 1–1 3–1 2–1
Atlético Español 1–1 1–1 1–1 1–1 0–1 2–0 2–0 2–1 1–0 1–0 2–0 1–0 1–1 2–0 2–0 1–2 3–0 0–1 1–2
Atlético Potosino 1–1 1–0 1–1 0–2 0–2 1–1 2–0 1–0 2–1 2–1 1–1 2–0 1–0 2–1 1–1 1–1 1–0 1–0 0–0
Cruz Azul 2–1 4–2 1–0 4–3 1–0 1–1 1–0 1–0 2–1 0–1 0–1 2–2 0–1 0–1 2–3 2–1 0–0 3–2 1–1
Guadalajara 1–1 1–1 2–2 1–2 0–1 2–2 2–0 1–1 0–0 2–1 1–1 1–0 1–2 1–1 1–1 1–0 1–2 2–1 1–0
Jalisco 0–2 1–1 1–4 1–3 2–1 2–1 0–4 3–1 2–2 0–0 3–0 3–2 2–0 1–2 1–1 1–1 1–1 8–2 4–0
Laguna 1–0 0–0 1–1 0–2 0–4 0–1 2–2 2–1 1–2 3–0 0–0 1–0 3–1 2–1 0–1 2–0 1–1 3–2 1–1
León 1–4 3–2 0–0 2–1 0–0 2–3 2–1 2–2 1–0 2–1 1–1 2–2 1–0 2–0 1–1 1–1 1–3 3–1 2–0
Monterrey 1–1 5–0 1–2 1–6 0–2 1–1 0–0 6–0 2–1 0–0 2–1 1–1 1–1 2–1 3–2 1–2 3–5 1–1 3–0
Puebla 1–1 1–1 0–0 2–0 1–0 2–0 1–1 2–0 2–1 4–0 2–2 1–1 1–2 0–0 2–1 2–1 1–2 4–1 1–1
San Luis 0–0 1–0 2–0 2–0 4–3 0–0 2–2 3–3 1–4 2–2 1–2 0–0 1–3 1–0 1–1 1–0 1–1 1–1 1–1
Toluca 1–2 4–3 1–1 0–0 2–2 0–1 2–1 4–1 1–0 2–0 3–0 1–1 1–1 1–0 3–0 0–2 1–1 4–2 1–0
Unión de Curtidores 0–0 4–2 0–3 3–2 1–1 1–2 2–2 1–0 3–0 2–3 5–1 1–4 2–1 4–1 3–1 2–3 1–0 1–0 2–1
Tecos 1–1 2–1 3–1 0–0 0–1 0–2 2–1 2–1 0–2 2–0 2–2 1–1 0–0 2–1 0–1 0–1 0–0 3–1 2–2
UANL 2–2 2–4 0–2 2–1 0–0 2–1 2–2 3–3 1–2 1–2 2–1 0–1 0–0 1–3 1–0 0–2 0–1 3–0 1–1
UDG 1–1 2–0 2–1 0–2 1–2 0–2 3–1 1–2 1–1 2–1 3–1 3–3 1–0 2–0 0–0 2–0 0–1 1–0 2–2
UNAM 2–0 5–2 0–0 4–3 0–0 5–2 3–2 4–2 1–1 1–1 2–1 2–1 5–0 2–1 4–1 2–0 2–3 2–1 0–0
Veracruz 0–1 3–1 2–1 1–0 1–1 0–1 2–2 2–0 2–1 1–1 2–1 1–0 0–0 4–1 0–0 1–0 0–0 2–0 1–1
Zacatepec 0–2 1–0 1–3 0–3 2–0 0–0 0–3 0–2 0–1 1–0 1–2 2–1 2–0 0–1 0–0 0–1 0–3 2–1 2–2
Source:
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Relegation play-offs

Overview

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Zacatepec 3–4 UANL 2–2 1–2

Matches
Zacatepec2–2UANL
  • Orduña 47', 84'
  • Menéndez 13'
  • Gadea 78'
UANL2–1Zacatepec
  • Pérez 42'
  • Concordia 70'
  • Suárez 40'

UANL won 4–3 on aggregate and remained in Primera División; Zacatepec were relegated to Segunda División.

Final stage

Group A
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 UNAM 6 3 2 1 9 6 +3 8 Advance to final
2 Cruz Azul 6 3 1 2 6 5 +1 7
3 San Luis 6 2 1 3 5 7 −2 5
4 Atlético Español 6 1 2 3 4 8 −4 4
Source: RSSSF
San Luis0–0UNAM
Report
Atlético Español0–0Cruz Azul
Report
Cruz Azul0–0San Luis
  • Jiménez 25'
 Report
Atlético Español0–2UNAM
Report
Cruz Azul1–2UNAM
 Report
Atlético Español2–1San Luis
 Report
Cruz Azul2–1Atlético Español
 Report
  • Yáñez 39'
UNAM4–2San Luis
 Report
  • Ocampo 35'
  • Jácome 90'
San Luis2–0Cruz Azul
  • Céspedes 27'
  • Ocampo 82'
 Report
UNAM1–1Atlético Español
  • Cândido 68'
 Report
San Luis2–0Atlético Español
  • Jácome 57'
  • Gómez 73'
 Report
UNAM0–2Cruz Azul
Report
  • Montoya 15'
  • Jiménez 69'

Group B
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 UDG 6 3 2 1 8 3 +5 8 Advance to final
2 América 6 3 2 1 14 6 +8 8
3 Atlético Potosino 6 2 1 3 9 14 −5 5
4 Guadalajara 6 1 1 4 2 10 −8 3
Source: RSSSF
Guadalajara1-2América
Víctor Rangel Report José de Jesús Aceves
Referee: Jorge Alberto Narváez
Atletico Potosino0-2UDG
Report Rafael “Chepe” Chávez
Manuel Nájera
Estadio Plan de San Luis, San Luis Potosi
Referee: Enrique Mendoza Guillén
UDG0-0Guadalajara
Report
Referee: Jorge Alberto Leanza
Atletico Potosino2-2América
Eduardo Cisneros
Nery Castillo 		Report Antonio de la Torre
José de Jesús Aceves
Estadio Plan de San Luis, San Luis Potosi
Referee: Antonio R. Márquez
UDG0-0América
Report
Referee: Javier Galindo
Atletico Potosino3-0Guadalajara
José Luis Martínez
Nery Castillo
Salvador Carrillo 		Report
Estadio Plan de San Luis, San Luis Potosi
Referee: Marco Antonio Dorantes
América0-1Guadalajara
Report Víctor Rangel
Referee: Enrique Mendoza Guillén
UDG3-0Atletico Potosino
Ricardo Chavarìn
Eusebio 		Report
Referee: Alfonso González Archundia
Guadalajara0-2UDG
Report Ricardo Chavarìn
Referee: Jorge Alberto Leanza
América7-1Atletico Potosino
José de Jesús Aceves
Alfredo Tena
Carlos Reynoso
Antonio de la Torre
Jesús Martínez
Enrique Borja (pen.)
"Luizinho” 		Report José Luis Martínez
Referee: Mario Rubio
América3-1UDG
Roberto da Silva (o.g.)
Antonio de la Torre
José de Jesús Aceves 		Report Rafael Chávez
Referee: Marco Antonio Dorantes
Guadalajara0-3Atletico Potosino
Guillermo Torres soccer ball with red X Report Nery Castillo
Ramón Alberto Ramírez
Eduardo Cisneros
Referee: Domingo de la Mora

Overview

The first leg was played on 29 June, and the second leg was played on 3 July 1977.[1]

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
UDG 0–1 UNAM 0–0 0–1

Matches
UDG0–0UNAM
Report
Referee: Alfonso González Archundia (Mexico City)
UNAM1–0UDG
 Report

UNAM won 1–0 on aggregate.

References
  1. de la Cruz, Raúl. "Atraco en la final entre UdeG vs UNAM". Milenio (in Spanish). Retrieved 4 April 2015.
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