1979–80 Mexican Primera División season

Statistics of the Primera División de México for the 1979–80 season.

Primera División de México
Season1979–80
ChampionsCruz Azul (7th title)
RelegatedJalisco
Champions' CupCruz Azul
UANL
Matches played406
Goals scored1,106 (2.72 per match)

Overview

Atlas was promoted to Primera División.

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

Jalisco was relegated to Segunda División.

Teams
Location of the 1979-80 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
León León, Guanajuato León
Monterrey Monterrey, Nuevo León Universitario
Neza Nezahualcóyotl, State of Mexico Municipal de Texcoco
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 La Martinica
UANL Monterrey, Nuevo León Universitario
UdeG Guadalajara, Jalisco Jalisco
UNAM Mexico City Olímpico Universitario
Zacatepec Zacatepec, Morelos Agustín Coruco Díaz

Group stage

Group 1
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Cruz Azul 38 20 15 3 67 34 +33 55 Playoffs
2 Atlante 38 20 9 9 70 40 +30 49
3 Monterrey 38 9 16 13 40 50 −10 34
4 Puebla 38 11 11 16 56 62 −6 33
5 Jalisco 38 8 12 18 46 65 −19 28 Relegation Playoff
Source:

Group 2
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 UNAM 38 17 12 9 68 55 +13 46 Playoffs
2 Tampico 38 15 11 12 61 54 +7 41
3 Guadalajara 38 11 16 11 45 41 +4 38
4 Atlético Potosino 38 8 13 17 34 52 −18 29
5 Unión de Curtidores 38 10 8 20 39 53 −14 28 Relegation Playoff
Source:

Group 3
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 América 38 23 11 4 71 37 +34 57 Playoffs
2 Deportivo Neza 38 12 20 6 53 38 +15 44
3 Toluca 38 14 11 13 44 45 −1 39
4 UDG 38 9 13 16 41 56 −15 31
5 León 38 9 11 18 41 60 −19 29
Source:

Group 4
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Zacatepec 38 16 12 10 72 52 +20 44 Playoffs
2 UANL 38 14 12 12 62 64 −2 40
3 Tecos 38 11 14 13 51 61 −10 36
4 Atlético Español 38 11 8 19 37 56 −19 30
5 Atlas 38 9 11 18 47 70 −23 29
Source:

Results
Home \ Away AME ATN ATL ATE APO CRA GDL JAL LEO MTY NEZ PUE TAM TEC TOL UDC UNL UDG UNM ZAC
América 1–1 5–0 1–0 2–0 1–1 3–1 3–1 2–1 4–1 1–1 4–1 1–0 1–1 3–1 1–0 2–0 2–1 0–2 2–1
Atlante 1–0 2–2 4–1 2–2 1–2 3–2 2–1 3–0 1–0 0–1 3–0 3–1 2–0 3–2 3–1 1–2 0–1 2–3 3–2
Atlas 1–2 0–2 0–1 0–0 1–1 0–4 0–1 3–2 1–2 1–3 2–1 5–3 1–0 0–0 3–0 1–3 2–1 4–2 1–2
Atlético Español 0–1 0–3 1–2 2–1 1–2 0–0 1–1 0–2 1–1 0–3 1–2 1–1 1–0 0–3 3–1 2–0 4–0 2–3 1–4
Atlético Potosino 0–0 0–0 3–0 1–0 1–2 2–1 0–1 2–4 0–0 0–1 0–2 1–0 1–0 1–1 1–1 2–1 0–0 0–1 2–3
Cruz Azul 2–0 2–1 3–2 5–1 1–0 0–0 1–0 2–1 1–1 0–0 1–1 1–1 0–0 1–0 2–2 1–1 1–1 0–0 4–1
Guadalajara 1–1 1–1 0–0 0–0 2–3 1–2 3–2 1–1 0–1 0–0 1–1 0–0 1–0 2–1 0–2 4–1 2–0 1–1 2–0
Jalisco 0–1 0–1 1–1 0–1 0–0 0–3 2–1 0–0 2–1 1–1 1–1 0–1 3–0 1–0 2–0 2–4 5–2 2–2 1–2
León 2–2 1–0 3–2 1–2 1–2 1–6 0–0 3–2 1–1 0–0 0–4 1–1 0–0 1–1 0–1 3–0 1–2 1–3 1–1
Monterrey 2–1 2–4 2–1 2–0 1–1 2–1 2–3 0–0 0–0 1–1 2–0 0–1 2–0 1–0 1–1 1–1 2–2 1–1 1–3
Deportivo Neza 1–2 1–1 2–2 2–2 5–1 1–1 0–1 2–2 2–1 0–0 1–1 2–0 0–0 3–0 2–2 5–3 3–1 1–1 3–0
Puebla 3–3 2–3 1–1 0–1 2–0 1–4 0–0 5–2 2–1 5–2 0–0 2–1 0–0 0–1 4–5 0–2 1–0 1–1 2–1
Tampico 1–3 0–0 2–0 2–0 2–0 1–1 0–2 7–5 3–1 2–2 4–1 4–2 2–0 2–1 2–1 3–1 2–1 3–1 1–1
Tecos 2–2 1–1 2–2 0–0 1–1 1–2 4–1 1–0 0–1 1–1 1–0 1–1 3–2 0–0 2–0 1–1 1–0 4–1 1–0
Toluca 1–3 1–0 2–2 2–2 2–1 0–3 3–1 2–1 2–0 2–0 0–0 3–4 2–2 2–0 3–1 3–3 4–3 2–1 1–0
Unión de Curtidores 0–1 1–1 1–2 0–2 3–0 1–0 0–3 4–0 1–0 1–1 0–1 2–1 2–2 0–1 4–1 3–1 0–1 1–0 3–3
UANL 1–3 0–7 4–0 2–0 1–1 4–2 1–1 1–1 2–0 2–1 3–0 2–1 0–0 1–3 2–0 5–2 1–1 3–1 1–1
UDG 2–2 0–2 1–1 0–2 1–0 1–1 3–1 1–1 1–2 1–0 1–1 3–1 2–1 1–1 0–1 3–0 0–0 2–3 0–0
UNAM 2–4 4–1 3–1 2–1 2–2 1–3 1–1 2–2 0–1 2–0 2–1 1–0 2–0 1–0 2–0 5–2 3–0 1–1 1–1
Zacatepec 1–1 0–2 2–0 2–0 4–2 1–2 0–0 5–0 4–2 2–0 2–2 2–1 3–1 2–1 5–0 1–1 2–2 4–0 4–4
Source:
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Relegation Playoff
Jalisco2-1Unión de Curtidores
Manuel Nájera  49'
Samuel Rivas  50'		 Report Geraldo Goncalvez  90'
Unión de Curtidores3-1Jalisco
Geraldo Goncalvez  64', 73'
José Ángel Martínez  80'		 Report Rubén Hugo Ayala  61'
Estadio La Martinica, León

Unión de Curtidores won 4-3 on aggregate. Jalisco was relegated to Segunda División.

Playoff

Semifinal

Group 1
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 UANL 6 2 3 1 9 6 +3 7 Finals
2 América 6 2 2 2 6 5 +1 6
3 UNAM 6 1 4 1 3 3 0 6
4 Zacatepec 6 1 3 2 5 9 −4 5
Source:

Group A Results

Round 1
América 1 - 2 U.A.N.L.
U.N.A.M. 0 - 0 Zacatepec

Round 2
América 2 - 0 Zacatepec
U.A.N.L. 0 - 1 U.N.A.M.

Round 3
U.N.A.M. 0 - 1 América
Zacatepec 1 - 1 U.A.N.L.

Round 4
Zacatepec 0 - 0 U.N.A.M.
U.A.N.L. 0 - 0 América

Round 5
Zacatepec 3 - 2 América
U.N.A.M. 2 - 2 U.A.N.L.

Round 6
América 0 - 0 U.N.A.M.
U.A.N.L. 4 - 1 Zacatepec

Group B
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Cruz Azul 6 4 0 2 8 6 +2 8 Finals
2 Atlante 6 2 2 2 12 10 +2 6
3 Deportivo Neza 6 2 2 2 5 5 0 6
4 Tampico Madero 6 1 2 3 6 10 −4 4
Source:

Group B Results

Round 1
Tampico Madero0 - 1 Cruz Azul
Neza 1 – 0 Atlante

Round 2
Cruz Azul 4 - 2 Atlante
Neza 1 - 1 Tampico Madero

Round 3
Neza 0 - 2' Cruz Azul
Atlante 5 - 2 Tampico

Round 4
Cruz Azul 0 - 1 Tampico Madero
Atlante 1 – 1 Neza

Round 5
Cruz Azul 1 - 0 Neza
Tampico Madero1 - 1 Atlante

Round 6
Tampico Madero1 - 2 Neza
Atlante 3 - 1 Cruz Azul

Final
UANL0-1Cruz Azul
Report Rodolfo Montoya  86'
Cruz Azul3-3UANL
Adrián Camacho  4'
Rodolfo Montoya  11', 56'		 Report Gerónimo Barbadillo  52'
Alfredo Jiménez  80'
Juan Manuel Azuara  86'

Cruz Azul won 4-3 on aggregate.

 1979–80 winners 
Cruz Azul
7th title

References
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