1970 Mexican Primera División season

28th professional season of the top-flight football league in Mexico Football league season

Primera División de México
Season	México 70
Champions	Cruz Azul (2nd title)
Champions' Cup	Cruz Azul
Matches played	480
Goals scored	550 (1.15 per match)
← 1969–70 1970–71 →

México 1970
In celebration of the 1970 World Cup (Mexico '70) the Mexican Football Federation held a tournament in two phases, before the world cup (Feb. 4 - May 10) and after the world cup (July 8 - Oct. 11).

Sixteen teams were seeded in two groups of eight teams, first four places of each group advanced to the "Championship Group" and the last four teams of each group played in a "Consolation Group".

Laguna last place of the 1969-70 season, was scheduled to play against the last place of the Consolation Group in a playoff relegation series, but due to expansion to 18 teams for the 1970-71 season this series was cancelled, there was no relegation.

Overview

This tournament was contested by 16 teams, and Cruz Azul won the championship.

After this tournament Oro changed its name to Jalisco.

Teams

Mexico City

Atlas
Guadalajara
Oro

PachucaMexico City teams
América

Atlante

Necaxa

UNAM

class=notpageimage| Location of the 1970 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
Laguna	Torreón, Coahuila	San Isidro
León	León, Guanajuato	León
Monterrey	Monterrey, Nuevo León	Tecnológico
Necaxa	Mexico City	Azteca
Oro	Guadalajara, Jalisco	Jalisco
Pachuca	Pachuca, Hidalgo	Revolución Mexicana
Toluca	Toluca, State of Mexico	Toluca 70
Torreón	Torreón, Coahuila	Revolución / Moctezuma
UNAM	Mexico City	Olímpico Universitario
Veracruz	Veracruz, Veracruz	Veracruzano

First stage

Group 1

Top four teams from each group advance to Championship Group.
The bottom four plays in Consolation Group.

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Torreón	14	5	7	2	22	16	+6	17
2	Monterrey	14	5	6	3	16	21	−5	16
3	Guadalajara	14	7	1	6	27	18	+9	15
4	León	14	5	5	4	25	20	+5	15
5	UNAM	14	4	6	4	20	21	−1	14
6	Oro	14	6	2	6	15	18	−3	14
7	Veracruz	14	5	3	6	25	23	+2	13
8	Necaxa	14	1	6	7	11	24	−13	8

Source:

Results

Home \ Away	GDL	LEO	MTY	NEC	ORO	TOR	UNM	VER
Guadalajara	—	4–0	4–0	2–1	0–2	1–1	4–1	2–0
León	2–1	—	6–0	4–2	1–1	0–0	2–2	3–0
Monterrey	1–0	3–1	—	0–0	1–1	1–1	1–1	1–0
Necaxa	0–4	0–1	1–1	—	3–0	1–1	0–0	2–2
Oro	0–1	1–0	0–2	1–0	—	2–1	2–1	2–0
Torreón	3–1	2–2	1–2	0–0	3–1	—	2–1	2–0
UNAM	2–1	2–2	4–2	1–0	1–0	2–2	—	1–2
Veracruz	5–2	2–1	1–1	6–0	4–2	2–3	1–1	—

Updated to match(es) played on 10 May 1970. Source: RSSSF
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Group 2

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Toluca	14	7	3	4	21	12	+9	17
2	Pachuca	14	6	4	4	15	9	+6	16
3	Cruz Azul	14	7	2	5	13	13	0	16
4	Atlas	14	6	4	4	17	19	−2	16
5	América	14	6	2	6	16	15	+1	14
6	Laguna	14	4	4	6	13	19	−6	12
7	Atlante	14	2	7	5	12	17	−5	11
8	Irapuato	14	4	2	8	15	18	−3	10

Source:

Results

Home \ Away	AME	ATE	ATS	CAZ	IRA	LAG	PAC	TOL
América	—	3–1	1–2	3–0	2–0	2–1	0–0	0–1
Atlante	1–1	—	0–0	0–2	0–2	1–1	1–0	1–1
Atlas	1–0	3–2	—	2–1	2–1	2–1	0–2	1–1
Cruz Azul	0–1	2–1	1–0	—	1–0	1–0	2–1	0–1
Irapuato	1–2	0–2	2–2	1–2	—	4–2	0–0	1–0
Laguna	1–0	0–0	1–1	1–1	0–2	—	1–0	2–1
Pachuca	3–1	1–1	2–0	0–0	2–1	0–1	—	2–0
Toluca	3–0	1–1	4–1	2–0	1–0	4–1	1–2	—

Updated to match(es) played on 10 May 1970. Source: RSSSF
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Second stage

Championship group

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Cruz Azul	14	10	1	3	26	15	+11	21	Champions
2	Guadalajara	14	7	5	2	21	11	+10	19
3	León	14	7	4	3	22	15	+7	18
4	Toluca	14	7	3	4	26	15	+11	17
5	Pachuca	14	6	1	7	21	24	−3	13
6	Atlas	14	3	4	7	13	23	−10	10
7	Monterrey	14	2	5	7	13	20	−7	9
8	Torreón	14	2	1	11	12	31	−19	5

Source:

Results

Home \ Away	ATS	CAZ	GDL	LEO	MTY	PAC	TOL	TOR
Atlas	—	1–3	1–1	3–2	0–3	1–2	0–2	2–1
Cruz Azul	1–0	—	1–0	2–4	1–0	2–0	1–0	6–1
Guadalajara	1–1	2–1	—	1–1	1–0	4–1	2–1	3–0
León	3–1	0–1	0–0	—	3–2	2–1	0–1	3–1
Monterrey	1–1	1–1	2–2	0–0	—	1–2	0–0	0–3
Pachuca	2–0	3–1	0–3	0–1	0–2	—	3–2	3–0
Toluca	1–1	2–3	2–0	1–1	4–0	4–3	—	3–1
Torreón	0–1	1–2	0–1	1–2	2–1	1–1	0–3	—

Updated to match(es) played on 11 October 1970. Source: RSSSF
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Consolation group

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
9	UNAM	14	7	3	4	14	8	+6	17
10	Laguna	14	6	5	3	17	12	+5	17
11	Veracruz	14	6	4	4	16	13	+3	16
12	Atlante	14	4	7	3	16	13	+3	15
13	Irapuato	14	5	5	4	15	17	−2	15
14	América	14	4	6	4	13	12	+1	14
15	Necaxa	14	3	5	6	12	17	−5	11
16	Oro	14	2	3	9	10	21	−11	7

Source:

Results

Home \ Away	AME	ATE	IRA	LAG	NEC	ORO	UNM	VER
América	—	0–0	0–1	0–0	4–0	2–1	1–0	2–0
Atlante	2–2	—	4–0	3–2	0–0	0–1	0–2	3–1
Irapuato	1–1	1–1	—	1–0	1–0	3–0	1–1	0–2
Laguna	0–0	0–0	2–1	—	1–1	2–0	1–1	3–1
Necaxa	1–0	1–1	2–2	2–3	—	2–0	1–2	1–2
Oro	1–1	0–1	3–1	1–2	1–1	—	1–2	1–1
UNAM	2–0	2–0	0–1	1–1	0–1	1–0	—	0–1
Veracruz	3–0	1–1	1–0	0–1	1–0	2–0	0–0	—

Updated to match(es) played on 11 October 1970. Source: RSSSF
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

1970 winners
Cruz Azul 2nd title

Notes

In the First Phase, Torreón played its local games in Estadio Revolución. On Second Phase, the team moved to the new venue, Estadio Moctezuma, opened on July 2, 1970

References

Mexico - List of final tables (RSSSF)

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