1976–77 Mexican Primera División season

Primera División de México
Season	1976–77
Dates	8 September 1976 – ; 3 July 1977
Champions	UNAM (1st title)
Relegated	Zacatepec
Champions' Cup	UDG; UNAM
Matches played	408
Goals scored	1,045 (2.56 per match)
	← 1975–76 1977–78 →

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.

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

Mexico City

Atlas
Guadalajara
Jalisco
Tecos
UdeG

At. Potosino
San Luis

Veracruz

Zacatepec

Puebla

Mexico City teams
América

Atlético Español

Cruz Azul

UNAM

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Location of the 1976-77 Primera División teams

América
Atlético Español
Cruz Azul

UNAM

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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	Advance to final stage
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	Advance to final stage
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	Advance to final stage
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	Playoff
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: ^{[citation needed]}

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: ^{[citation needed]}
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

5 June 1977

Zacatepec	2–2	UANL
Orduña 47', 84'		Menéndez 13' Gadea 78'

Estadio Agustín "Coruco" Díaz, Zacatepec

11 June 1977

UANL	2–1	Zacatepec
Pérez 42' Concordia 70'		Suárez 40'

Estadio Universitario, San Nicolás de los Garza

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

2 June 1977

San Luis	0–0	UNAM
	Report

Estadio Plan de San Luis, San Luis Potosí

2 June 1977

Atlético Español	0–0	Cruz Azul
	Report

Estadio Azteca, Mexico City

5 June 1977

Cruz Azul	0–0	San Luis
Jiménez 25'	Report

Estadio Azteca, Mexico City

5 June 1977

Atlético Español	0–2	UNAM
	Report	Sánchez 56' Cabinho 71'

Estadio Azteca, Mexico City

9 June 1977

Cruz Azul	1–2	UNAM
López 50'	Report	Cabinho 5' Sánchez 12'

Estadio Azteca, Mexico City

9 June 1977

Atlético Español	2–1	San Luis
Medina 49' (o.g.) Pardo 72' (pen.)	Report	Silva 74'

Estadio Azteca, Mexico City

17 June 1977

Cruz Azul	2–1	Atlético Español
Vera 2' López 3'	Report	Yáñez 39'

Estadio Azteca, Mexico City

17 June 1977

UNAM	4–2	San Luis
Cabinho 29', 48', 81' Cândido 69'	Report	Ocampo 35' Jácome 90'

Estadio Olímpico Universitario, Mexico City

23 June 1977

San Luis	2–0	Cruz Azul
Céspedes 27' Ocampo 82'	Report

Estadio Plan de San Luis, San Luis Potosí

23 June 1977

UNAM	1–1	Atlético Español
Cândido 68'	Report	Navarrete 1'

Estadio Olímpico Universitario, Mexico City

26 June 1977

San Luis	2–0	Atlético Español
Jácome 57' Gómez 73'	Report

Estadio Plan de San Luis, San Luis Potosí

26 June 1977

UNAM	0–2	Cruz Azul
	Report	Montoya 15' Jiménez 69'

Estadio Olímpico Universitario, Mexico City

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

June 1, 1977

Guadalajara	1-2	América
Víctor Rangel	Report	José de Jesús Aceves

Estadio Jalisco, Guadalajara, Jalisco

Referee: Jorge Alberto Narváez

June 1, 1977

Atletico Potosino	0-2	UDG
	Report	Rafael “Chepe” Chávez Manuel Nájera

Estadio Plan de San Luis, San Luis Potosi

Referee: Enrique Mendoza Guillén

June 4, 1977

UDG	0-0	Guadalajara
	Report

Estadio Jalisco, Guadalajara, Jalisco

Referee: Jorge Alberto Leanza

June 5, 1977

Atletico Potosino	2-2	América
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

June 8, 1977

UDG	0-0	América
	Report

Estadio Jalisco, Guadalajara, Jalisco

Referee: Javier Galindo

June 9, 1977

Atletico Potosino	3-0	Guadalajara
José Luis Martínez Nery Castillo Salvador Carrillo	Report

Estadio Plan de San Luis, San Luis Potosi

Referee: Marco Antonio Dorantes

June 18, 1977

América	0-1	Guadalajara
	Report	Víctor Rangel

Estadio Azteca, Mexico City

Referee: Enrique Mendoza Guillén

June 18, 1977

UDG	3-0	Atletico Potosino
Ricardo Chavarìn Eusebio	Report

Estadio Jalisco, Guadalajara, Jalisco

Referee: Alfonso González Archundia

June 22, 1977

Guadalajara	0-2	UDG
	Report	Ricardo Chavarìn

Estadio Jalisco, Guadalajara, Jalisco

Referee: Jorge Alberto Leanza

June 22, 1977

América	7-1	Atletico Potosino
José de Jesús Aceves Alfredo Tena Carlos Reynoso Antonio de la Torre Jesús Martínez Enrique Borja (pen.) "Luizinho”	Report	José Luis Martínez

Estadio Azteca, Mexico City

Referee: Mario Rubio

June 25, 1977

América	3-1	UDG
Roberto da Silva (o.g.) Antonio de la Torre José de Jesús Aceves	Report	Rafael Chávez

Estadio Azteca, Mexico City

Referee: Marco Antonio Dorantes

June 26, 1977

Guadalajara	0-3	Atletico Potosino
Guillermo Torres	Report	Nery Castillo Ramón Alberto Ramírez Eduardo Cisneros

Estadio Jalisco, Guadalajara, Jalisco

Referee: Domingo de la Mora

Final

Summary

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

29 June 1977

UDG	0–0	UNAM
	Report

Estadio Jalisco, Guadalajara

Referee: Alfonso González Archundia (Mexico City)

3 July 1977

UNAM	1–0	UDG
Cabinho 76'	Report

Estadio Azteca, Mexico City

Referee: Marco Antonio Dorantes (Mexico City)

UNAM won 1–0 on aggregate.

References

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

External links

Mexico 1976/77 at RSSSF.com

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

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