1974–75 Mexican Primera División season

33rd professional season of the top-flight football league in Mexico Football league season

Primera División de México
Season	1974–75
Champions	Toluca (3rd title)
Relegated	Ciudad Madero
Champions' Cup	León
Matches played	392
Goals scored	1,125 (2.87 per match)
Top goalscorer	Horacio López Salgado (25 goals)
← 1973–74 1975–76 →

Statistics of the Mexican Primera División for the 1974–75 season.

Overview

UANL was promoted to Primera División.

Segunda División semifinalists, UASLP-Pumas (who re-branded to Atlético Potosino) and Unión de Curtidores were promoted to the Primera División to increase the number of teams to 20.

UdeG acquired Torreón franchise.

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

Ciudad Madero was relegated to Segunda División.

Teams

Mexico City

Atlas
Guadalajara
Jalisco
UDG

PueblaMexico City teams
América

Atlante

Atlético Español

Cruz Azul

UNAM

class=notpageimage| Location of the 1974-75 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
Ciudad Madero	Ciudad Madero, Tamaulipas	Tamaulipas
Cruz Azul	Mexico City	Azteca
Guadalajara	Guadalajara, Jalisco	Jalisco
Jalisco	Guadalajara, Jalisco	Jalisco
Laguna	Torreón, Coahuila	San Isidro
León	León, Guanajuato	León
Monterrey	Monterrey, Nuevo León	Universitario
Puebla	Puebla, Puebla	Cuauhtémoc
Toluca	Toluca, State of Mexico	Toluca 70
Unión de Curtidores	León, Guanajuato	León
UANL	Monterrey, Nuevo León	Universitario
UdeG	Guadalajara, Jalisco	Jalisco
UNAM	Mexico City	Olímpico Universitario
Veracruz	Veracruz, Veracruz	Veracruzano
Zacatepec	Zacatepec, Morelos	Agustín "Coruco" Díaz

Group stage

Group 1

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Toluca	38	19	12	7	54	32	+22	50	Playoffs
2	Cruz Azul	38	17	15	6	71	43	+28	49	Playoffs
3	Atlético Español	38	20	7	11	62	39	+23	47
4	América	38	17	13	8	65	43	+22	47
5	UDG	38	13	16	9	63	44	+19	42
6	Atlas	38	13	14	11	70	66	+4	40
7	Guadalajara	38	13	12	13	50	52	−2	38
8	Veracruz	38	12	7	19	41	65	−24	31
9	Atlético Potosino	38	10	9	19	44	61	−17	29
10	Atlante	38	7	14	17	43	69	−26	28

Source:

Group 2

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	León	38	21	9	8	70	50	+20	51	Playoffs
2	Unión de Curtidores	38	15	16	7	65	44	+21	46	Playoffs
3	Monterrey	38	15	14	9	72	55	+17	44
4	Puebla	38	14	12	12	49	48	+1	40
5	Club Jalisco	38	10	16	12	41	45	−4	36
6	UANL	38	8	18	12	47	61	−14	34
7	UNAM	38	11	10	17	56	61	−5	32
8	Zacatepec	38	12	5	21	59	63	−4	29
9	Laguna	38	9	8	21	43	69	−26	26
10	Ciudad Madero	38	5	11	22	31	86	−55	21	Relegated

Source:

Results

Home \ Away	AME	ATT	ATL	ATE	APO	CRA	GDL	JAL	LAG	LEO	CDM	MTY	PUE	TOL	UDC	UNL	UDG	UNI	VER	ZAC
América		2–1	1–1	1–2	5–2	0–2	2–2	2–0	1–1	2–2	6–2	2–1	0–0	2–1	2–2	2–2	2–2	3–2	4–1	3–0
Atlante	1–2		1–1	2–2	1–0	0–1	2–2	0–2	1–1	1–4	1–1	1–2	3–3	0–2	1–2	1–1	2–2	1–2	2–1	1–0
Atlas	1–0	1–1		2–2	3–1	3–0	5–1	2–2	2–2	2–1	6–1	1–2	0–0	1–2	3–2	2–2	2–5	2–2	3–0	3–4
Atlético Español	0–1	1–1	1–0		4–0	2–2	0–2	2–1	4–3	3–1	8–0	1–0	0–1	1–1	1–0	0–1	1–0	1–3	2–1	2–0
Atlético Potosino	0–2	4–0	0–0	2–1		2–2	1–2	0–0	2–0	2–3	1–0	1–3	0–0	0–2	2–2	4–1	0–3	2–1	1–2	3–1
Cruz Azul	0–0	5–2	1–1	1–2	2–0		2–2	2–0	1–0	1–2	5–0	3–2	6–1	0–0	1–1	2–2	4–1	1–1	3–0	3–1
Guadalajara	2–2	1–0	2–2	0–1	2–3	0–0		0–4	0–3	0–3	0–0	2–2	3–0	1–2	0–2	2–2	2–1	0–1	4–1	2–0
Jalisco	1–1	3–3	0–1	0–2	1–1	3–3	1–0		1–0	1–0	0–0	1–2	2–0	1–2	1–1	1–1	1–1	2–1	1–1	2–2
Laguna	0–1	0–3	1–1	1–3	4–2	0–0	0–2	1–1		1–2	3–2	3–2	2–1	0–1	1–1	3–2	1–1	2–1	1–0	1–2
León	2–1	5–1	6–3	1–0	3–2	1–0	1–0	0–0	3–1		1–1	0–0	1–0	1–0	4–4	3–0	2–2	4–2	1–2	2–1
Ciudad Madero	2–1	1–4	2–1	0–2	1–0	0–3	0–1	0–3	2–1	0–1		2–2	0–0	4–2	2–2	2–3	1–1	1–2	1–3	0–1
Monterrey	0–1	2–0	1–1	1–1	1–1	1–2	0–3	3–0	2–0	1–1	2–2		4–0	1–0	4–2	2–1	3–3	5–1	4–2	4–2
Puebla	0–0	4–0	1–3	1–0	2–1	1–3	1–1	0–1	0–2	3–1	3–0	5–2		1–1	2–0	0–0	1–1	3–0	2–0	2–2
Toluca	1–0	1–1	5–0	2–3	1–0	2–2	1–0	2–0	2–0	2–0	2–0	0–0	4–1		0–0	2–0	3–1	1–0	3–3	1–0
Unión de Curtidores	1–0	1–2	4–1	2–1	0–0	3–1	3–0	0–0	4–2	0–1	3–0	2–2	3–0	2–0		4–0	1–1	1–1	2–2	2–1
UANL	1–1	0–0	1–2	1–0	2–1	1–1	0–0	0–1	4–3	1–1	0–0	3–3	2–3	1–1	1–2		1–2	2–0	1–0	2–1
UDG	1–2	5–1	0–1	1–3	4–1	2–0	0–0	2–0	4–0	3–0	4–1	1–1	0–0	0–0	0–0	1–1		3–1	2–3	1–0
UNAM	0–2	0–1	4–2	1–1	0–1	1–1	2–3	1–1	3–0	1–1	4–0	2–2	0–1	2–2	2–2	4–0	2–1		3–1	2–3
Veracruz	2–5	2–0	2–3	1–0	0–1	1–2	0–3	1–0	1–0	1–0	0–0	3–2	0–3	0–0	1–0	2–2	0–0	0–1		1–0
Zacatepec	2–1	0–0	3–2	1–2	0–0	2–3	2–3	3–0	7–1	2–3	4–0	1–3	0–3	3–0	1–2	2–2	0–1	2–0	3–0

Source:
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Championship Group Stage Final

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Toluca (C)	6	4	0	2	8	5	+3	8
2	León	6	3	1	2	7	5	+2	7
3	Unión de Curtidores	6	2	1	3	8	8	0	5
4	Cruz Azul	6	2	0	4	6	11	−5	4

Source:
(C) Champions

Championship Group Stage results

Round 1

12 June 1975

Cruz Azul	1-0	Toluca
Horacio López Salgado 30'

Estadio Azteca, Mexico City

12 June 1975

Unión de Curtidores	1-0	León
Juan Carlos Czentoricky 59'

Estadio León, León

Round 2

15 June 1975

Toluca	1-0	Cruz Azul
Héctor Velázquez 65'

Estadio Toluca 70, Toluca

15 June 1975

León	0-0	Unión de Curtidores

Estadio León, León

Round 3

19 June 1975

Cruz Azul	0-1	León
		Roberto Salomone 49' (pen.)

Estadio Azteca, Mexico City

19 June 1975

Unión de Curtidores	0-3	Toluca
		Moisés Figueroa 69', 77' Mario Medina 76'

Estadio León, León

Round 4

22 June 1975

Toluca	2-1	Unión de Curtidores
Ítalo Estupiñán 20' Héctor Hugo Eugui 84' (pen.)		Gustavo Oribe Maciel 25'

Estadio Toluca 70, Toluca

22 June 1975

León	3-2	Cruz Azul
Rafael Chávez 58' Isidro Caballero 67' Roberto Salomone 72' (pen.)		Fernando Bustos 35', 62'

Estadio León, León

Round 5

26 June 1975

Unión de Curtidores	1-2	Cruz Azul
Fausto Vargas 24'		Luis Estrada 27' (pen.) Eladio Vera 29'

Estadio León, León

26 June 1975

Toluca	1-0	León
Ítalo Estupiñán 62'

Estadio Toluca 70, Toluca

Round 6

29 June 1975

Cruz Azul	1-5	Unión de Curtidores
Eladio Vera 3'		Fausto Vargas 2', 80', 85' Juan Carlos Czentoricky 39' Salvador Carrillo 75'

Estadio Azteca, Mexico City

29 June 1975

León	3-1	Toluca
Manuel Guillén 5', 44' Isidro Caballero 35'		Ramón de la Torre 87'

Estadio León, León

1974–75 winners
Toluca 3rd title

References

Mexico - List of final tables (RSSSF)

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2024–25 clubs	América Atlas Atlético San Luis Cruz Azul Guadalajara Juárez León Mazatlán Monterrey Necaxa Pachuca Puebla Querétaro Santos Laguna Tijuana Toluca UANL UNAM
Former clubs	Ángeles de Puebla Atlante Atletas Campesinos Atlético Español Atlético Potosino BUAP Celaya Chiapas Cobras de Ciudad Juárez Cuernavaca Deportivo Neza Indios de Ciudad Juárez Irapuato La Piedad Morelia Nacional Oaxtepec Oro Real Zamora San Isidro Laguna San Luis Sinaloa Tampico Madero Tecos Toros Neza UAT UdeG Unión de Curtidores Veracruz Zacatepec
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