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1953–54 Copa México
Tournament details
Country	Mexico
Teams	12
Final positions
Champions	América (1st title)
Runner-up	Guadalajara
Tournament statistics
Matches played	40
Goals scored	140 (3.5 per match)
Top goal scorer(s)	Juan José Olivero (7 goals)
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The 1953–54 Copa México was the 39th edition of the Copa México and the 12th staging of the tournament in the professional era.

The competition started on 20 March 1954 and concluded on 12 May 1954 with the final, held at the Estadio Ciudad de los Deportes in Mexico City, in which América defeated Guadalajara 3–2 in penalties to win the first cup title in the professional era for the club.

Group stage

Group A

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	ATL	MAR	PUE	ORO
Atlante	6	4	1	1	13	10	+3	9		1–2	3–2	3–2
Marte	6	1	4	1	9	9	0	6	1–2		1–1	3–3
Puebla	6	1	3	2	11	10	+1	5	2–3	0–0		4–1
Oro	6	0	4	2	11	15	−4	4	1–1	2–2	2–2

Source: RSSSF

Group B

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	AME	LEO	ATS	TOL
América	6	3	2	1	11	11	0	8		2–2	3–2	3–2
León	6	3	1	2	13	6	+7	7	3–0		5–0	2–0
Atlas	6	2	2	2	11	12	−1	6	1–1	2–0		5–2
Toluca	5	1	1	3	8	14	−6	3	1–2	2–1	1–1

Source: RSSSF

Group C

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	GDL	ZAC	NEC	TAM
Guadalajara	6	3	2	1	10	10	0	8		1–0	5–2	0–0
Zacatepec	6	2	3	1	11	7	+4	7	1–1		4–1	2–0
Necaxa	6	1	3	2	16	17	−1	5	6–1	3–3		3–3
Tampico	6	0	4	2	6	9	−3	4	1–2	1–1	1–1

Source: RSSSF

Final stage

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
América	2	1	1	0	3	1	+2	3
Guadalajara	2	1	1	0	4	2	+2	3
Atlante	2	0	0	2	1	5	−4	0

Source: RSSSF 2 May 1954

América	2–0	Atlante
Fizel 65' González Palmer 90'

Estadio Ciudad de los Deportes, Mexico City

6 May 1954

América	1–1	Guadalajara
Buendía 20'		Arellano 55'

Estadio Ciudad de los Deportes, Mexico City

9 May 1954

Atlante	1–3	Guadalajara
Jinich 51'		López 53' Reyes 67', 80'

Estadio Ciudad de los Deportes, Mexico City

Playoff

Main article: 1954 Copa México final 12 May 1954

América	1–1	Guadalajara
Santiago 110' (pen.)		Arellano 92'
Penalties
Fizel Fizel Fizel	3–2	Jasso Jasso Jasso

Estadio Ciudad de los Deportes, Mexico CityReferee: Geoffrey Sunderland

Top scorers

Rank	Player	Club	Goals
1	Juan José Olivero	León	7
2	Emilio Fizel	América	5
	Adalberto López	Guadalajara
	Julio María Palleiro	Necaxa
5	Arnulfo Cortés	Oro	4
	Rodolfo Franco	Atlas
	Moisés Jinich	Atlante
	José Luis Lamadrid	Necaxa
	Mario Pérez	Marte
10	Raúl Arellano	Guadalajara	3
	Edwin Cubero	Puebla
	Alfredo del Águila	Necaxa
	Mateo de la Tijera	Zacatepec
	Luis Fernández	Atlante
	Eduardo González Palmer	América
	Salvador Reyes	Guadalajara
	Norberto Rozas	Atlante
	Salvador Saucedo	Puebla

References

"Mexico 1953/54". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation (RSSSF). Retrieved 10 September 2019.

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