1990–91 Mexican Primera División season

49th professional season of the top-flight football league in Mexico Football league season

Primera División de México
Season	1990–91
Champions	UNAM (3rd title)
Relegated	Irapuato
Champions' Cup	UNAM América
Matches played	394
Goals scored	1,004 (2.55 per match)
← 1989–90 1991–92 →

These are statistics of Primera División de México for the 1990–91 season.

Overview

It was contested by 20 teams, and Pumas de la UNAM won the championship.

León was promoted from Segunda División.

Querétaro bought the franchise of Tampico Madero, which allowed the team to return to Primera División.

Irapauto was relegated to Segunda División.

Teams

Mexico City

SantosMexico City teams
América

Cruz Azul

Necaxa

UNAM

class=notpageimage| Location of the 1990-91 Primera División teams

Team	City	Stadium
América	Mexico City	Azteca
Atlas	Guadalajara, Jalisco	Jalisco
Cobras	Ciudad Juárez, Chihuahua	Olímpico Benito Juárez
Cruz Azul	Mexico City	Azteca
Guadalajara	Guadalajara, Jalisco	Jalisco
León	León, Guanajuato	Nou Camp
Irapuato	Irapuato, Guanajuato	Irapuato
Morelia	Morelia, Michoacán	Morelos
Monterrey	Monterrey, Nuevo León	Tecnológico
Necaxa	Mexico City	Azteca
Puebla	Puebla, Puebla	Cuauhtémoc
Querétaro	Querétaro, Querétaro	Corregidora
Santos Laguna	Torreón, Coahuila	Corona
Tecos	Zapopan, Jalisco	Tres de Marzo
Toluca	Toluca, State of Mexico	Toluca 70-86
UANL	Monterrey, Nuevo León	Universitario
UAT	Ciudad Victoria, Tamaulipas	Estadio Marte R. Gómez
UdeG	Guadalajara, Jalisco	Jalisco
UNAM	Mexico City	Olímpico Universitario
Veracruz	Veracruz, Veracruz	Luis "Pirata" Fuente

Group stage

Group 1

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	América	38	15	13	10	61	53	+8	43	Playoff
2	Morelia	38	10	15	13	48	51	−3	35	Playoff
3	Necaxa	38	12	11	15	61	71	−10	35
4	Tecos	38	10	13	15	43	51	−8	33
5	Santos	38	6	14	18	35	53	−18	26

Source:

Group 2

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	UNAM	38	25	5	8	67	30	+37	55	Playoff
2	Cruz Azul	38	15	15	8	47	38	+9	45	Playoff
3	Veracruz	38	15	10	13	59	55	+4	40
4	Toluca	38	12	14	12	53	50	+3	38
5	Correcaminos	38	10	15	13	35	46	−11	35

Source:

Group 3

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Guadalajara	38	10	21	7	43	36	+7	41	Playoff
2	Puebla	38	14	11	13	40	43	−3	39	Playoff
3	UANL	38	12	12	14	45	49	−4	36
4	Querétaro	38	8	14	16	49	57	−8	30
5	Irapuato	38	7	12	19	38	72	−34	26	Relegated

Source:

Group 4

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Monterrey	38	19	9	10	62	42	+20	47	Playoff
2	U. de G.	38	16	11	11	47	40	+7	43	Playoff
3	León	38	16	9	13	55	42	+13	41
4	Atlas	38	15	10	13	38	32	+6	40
5	Cobras	38	9	14	15	38	53	−15	32

Source:

Results

Home \ Away	AME	ATS	COB	CAZ	GDL	LEO	IRA	MTY	MOR	NEC	PUE	QRO	SAN	TEC	TOL	UNL	UAT	UDG	UNM	VER
América	—	0–1	2–0	3–3	2–2	3–1	5–2	2–2	1–2	1–1	3–1	1–0	4–1	2–1	3–3	2–0	2–1	2–0	1–0	1–0
Atlas	2–2	—	0–0	3–0	1–0	2–0	1–2	1–0	2–0	2–2	2–1	2–1	0–1	0–3	1–0	3–2	2–0	0–1	3–0	0–0
Cobras	2–2	0–0	—	1–1	2–2	0–3	1–0	0–0	0–0	1–1	0–0	3–2	3–0	2–0	1–1	1–0	1–1	1–0	2–3	1–0
Cruz Azul	1–1	1–1	3–0	—	0–2	2–1	1–1	2–2	2–1	2–1	1–3	2–2	1–0	2–1	3–0	1–0	0–0	2–0	1–2	4–1
Guadalajara	1–1	0–0	0–1	0–0	—	1–1	1–0	1–1	1–1	1–1	0–0	1–1	0–0	2–0	1–1	1–1	1–1	1–1	0–0	2–1
León	3–0	0–1	3–1	0–1	2–3	—	1–0	0–0	2–1	4–0	0–0	3–1	2–0	4–0	1–0	3–1	1–0	1–0	1–1	1–1
Irapuato	0–0	1–0	3–0	0–0	0–2	3–3	—	1–4	1–1	1–2	3–1	1–0	0–0	0–0	1–1	3–1	2–1	0–7	1–6	0–0
Monterrey	1–0	1–1	1–0	0–1	2–1	2–1	2–1	—	3–4	4–0	1–2	4–2	3–4	2–1	3–1	4–1	1–0	4–2	2–0	1–0
Morelia	2–2	2–0	1–1	1–2	2–1	3–0	3–2	0–0	—	2–1	0–1	1–1	0–0	2–0	2–2	1–1	1–1	0–0	2–3	4–3
Necaxa	2–0	0–1	3–2	1–1	1–3	0–4	4–1	1–2	2–3	—	2–0	4–4	3–1	1–0	1–1	0–1	4–1	2–1	0–3	3–1
Puebla	1–1	2–1	2–0	0–1	1–3	1–3	3–1	0–1	1–2	3–1	—	2–1	1–0	1–1	2–2	2–0	0–0	0–1	1–3	1–1
Querétaro	1–2	1–0	2–0	1–1	2–3	0–0	1–1	3–1	1–0	1–2	0–0	—	1–1	2–2	2–1	0–0	1–1	0–1	4–2	3–3
Santos	1–1	0–0	1–3	1–2	1–1	0–1	3–0	1–2	0–0	1–0	0–1	1–2	—	2–2	1–1	2–0	1–1	0–1	0–0	4–3
Tecos	1–2	3–2	4–2	0–0	2–1	1–0	0–0	0–0	2–1	3–3	2–1	1–1	4–4	—	2–0	0–1	0–0	1–1	1–0	1–0
Toluca	2–0	1–0	3–0	1–1	2–0	1–1	2–0	2–1	2–1	2–3	0–1	2–1	1–0	2–1	—	0–0	5–0	1–1	0–2	2–0
UANL	3–1	1–0	3–2	2–0	2–2	4–1	2–1	2–1	1–0	2–2	1–1	2–1	3–1	1–1	3–3	—	0–1	0–1	1–2	1–1
UAT	2–1	0–0	3–2	0–0	0–1	2–1	0–0	0–2	3–1	5–3	2–0	0–3	1–1	2–1	1–1	0–0	—	2–0	0–1	2–0
U. de G.	1–0	1–0	1–1	2–1	1–0	1–1	6–2	1–1	2–2	1–1	0–1	1–0	2–0	1–0	3–1	2–1	1–1	—	0–2	1–2
UNAM	5–2	1–2	1–0	1–0	1–1	2–1	4–1	1–0	1–0	2–0	0–1	2–0	1–0	2–0	2–0	0–0	3–0	5–0	—	2–0
Veracruz	1–3	2–1	1–1	2–1	0–0	3–0	3–2	2–1	3–0	3–3	4–1	3–0	2–1	2–1	4–3	2–1	2–0	1–1	2–1	—

Updated to match(es) played on 2 June 1991. Source: RSSSF
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Final phase

Bracket

Quarter-finals					Semi-finals					Finals

1	UNAM	1	5	6

13	Morelia	0	1	1
					1	UNAM	2	1	1

					10	Puebla	0	0	0
2	Monterrey	0	1	1

10	Puebla	4	0	4
										1	UNAM (a)	2	1	3

										4	América	3	0	3
4	América	0	3	3

5	UDG	0	0	1
					4	América	2	3	5

					7	Guadalajara	0	0	0
3	Cruz Azul	0	2	2

7	Guadalajara	3	5	8

Finals

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
América	3–3 (a)	UNAM	3–2	0–1

References

Mexico - List of final tables (RSSSF)

v t e Liga MX
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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Competition	Final phase
Associated competitions	CONCACAF Champions Cup Campeones Cup Leagues Cup

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