1995–96 Mexican Primera División season

54th professional season of the top-flight football league in Mexico Football league season

Primera División de México
Season	1995–96
Champions	Necaxa (2nd title)
Relegated	UANL
Champions' Cup	Necaxa Cruz Azul
Top goalscorer	Carlos Hermosillo (26 goals)
← 1994–95 1996–97 →

The following are statistics about Primera División de México, the top professional soccer league in Mexico, for the 1995–96 season.

Overview

It was contested by 18 teams, and Necaxa won the championship.

Celaya was promoted from Primera División 'A'.

UANL was relegated to Primera División 'A'.

Teams

Mexico City

SantosGreater Mexico City teams
América

Atlante

Cruz Azul

Necaxa

Toros Neza

UNAM

class=notpageimage| Location of the 1995-96 Primera División teams

Team	City	Stadium
América	Mexico City	Azteca
Atlante	Mexico City	Azulgrana
Atlas	Guadalajara, Jalisco	Jalisco
Celaya	Celaya, Guanajuato	Miguel Alemán Valdés
Cruz Azul	Mexico City	Azteca
Guadalajara	Guadalajara, Jalisco	Jalisco
León	León, Guanajuato	Nou Camp
Morelia	Morelia, Michoacán	Morelos
Monterrey	Monterrey, Nuevo León	Tecnológico
Necaxa	Mexico City	Azteca
Toros Neza	Nezahualcóyotl, State of Mexico	Neza 86
Puebla	Puebla, Puebla	Cuauhtémoc
Santos Laguna	Torreón, Coahuila	Corona
Tecos	Zapopan, Jalisco	Tres de Marzo
Toluca	Toluca, State of Mexico	La Bombonera
UANL	Monterrey, Nuevo León	Universitario
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	Veracruz	34	15	5	14	44	45	−1	50	Playoff
2	UANL	34	12	13	9	38	38	0	49	Playoff
3	Guadalajara	34	11	10	13	37	42	−5	43
4	Santos	34	9	10	15	41	43	−2	37
5	Toluca	34	10	7	17	33	45	−12	37

Source:

Group 2

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Celaya	34	14	10	10	49	46	+3	52	Playoff
2	América	34	10	16	8	57	45	+12	46	Playoff
3	Morelia	34	9	9	16	36	52	−16	36
4	Atlante	34	7	12	15	39	56	−17	33
5	Puebla	34	6	10	18	29	54	−25	28

Source:

Group 3

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Cruz Azul	34	14	14	6	61	38	+23	56	Playoff
2	Monterrey	34	13	12	9	52	47	+5	51
3	UNAM	34	13	11	10	50	41	+9	50
4	León	34	13	11	10	55	49	+6	50

Source:

Group 4

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Necaxa	34	15	10	9	58	41	+17	55	Playoff
2	Atlas	34	14	11	9	51	45	+6	53	Playoff
3	Toros Neza	34	13	11	10	53	50	+3	50
4	Tecos	34	8	18	8	41	47	−6	42

Source:

Results

Home \ Away	AME	ATE	ATS	CEL	CAZ	GDL	LEO	MTY	MOR	NEC	PUE	SAN	TEC	TOL	TRN	UNL	UNM	VER
América	—	3–3	2–0	4–1	1–2	2–3	3–1	4–1	3–1	4–4	1–3	1–0	3–1	1–1	1–1	1–1	2–2	3–0
Atlante	3–2	—	0–1	1–2	1–1	0–0	2–1	0–1	1–4	2–4	1–0	2–1	2–2	2–0	1–1	1–2	0–3	0–1
Atlas	1–1	0–2	—	0–1	3–1	2–0	3–2	1–3	1–0	2–2	1–1	2–0	3–0	1–0	4–3	2–2	1–1	2–1
Celaya	2–2	0–0	0–2	—	0–0	1–1	0–2	1–1	1–1	2–1	2–2	2–1	1–1	0–1	1–1	0–1	4–2	1–0
Cruz Azul	1–1	1–1	1–2	2–3	—	0–0	1–1	2–2	1–1	0–2	5–1	0–0	2–2	3–0	1–1	5–0	1–2	3–2
Guadalajara	0–2	1–0	5–2	3–4	2–3	—	0–4	4–2	0–1	1–0	0–1	1–0	1–1	1–0	0–0	1–1	3–0	1–2
León	2–2	3–0	2–1	2–2	1–1	1–1	—	1–1	2–1	3–1	2–0	4–3	3–3	2–0	1–1	0–1	3–2	0–1
Monterrey	0–0	3–1	2–2	1–2	0–2	0–0	2–2	—	2–2	1–0	4–1	2–1	6–1	1–0	2–1	2–1	2–1	1–4
Morelia	1–1	2–2	1–4	1–3	1–3	2–1	2–2	2–0	—	3–2	2–1	0–1	0–0	0–1	0–1	1–1	0–1	1–0
Necaxa	1–0	2–1	3–3	3–1	0–2	4–0	3–0	2–2	2–1	—	0–0	1–1	1–2	2–3	2–0	2–1	2–1	1–0
Puebla	2–2	1–1	1–1	0–1	1–3	0–0	1–1	1–0	0–1	1–1	—	2–3	0–2	1–0	0–1	0–0	1–3	2–0
Santos	1–1	0–0	0–1	2–1	2–4	0–2	0–1	0–0	3–0	2–1	1–0	—	0–0	0–1	2–1	1–1	1–3	5–0
Tecos	2–1	2–2	0–0	2–1	0–1	2–2	0–1	0–0	1–1	0–0	0–2	1–1	—	2–1	1–0	1–0	1–1	1–1
Toluca	0–2	2–2	3–1	1–3	0–2	1–0	0–1	3–2	0–1	1–4	5–0	2–2	0–2	—	1–1	0–0	2–1	1–0
Toros Neza	2–0	3–0	0–0	1–4	2–5	1–0	4–3	2–3	3–2	1–3	2–1	3–2	3–2	2–1	—	1–1	1–1	6–1
UANL	1–1	2–0	1–0	2–0	1–1	0–1	3–0	1–2	1–0	0–2	3–2	0–0	3–2	2–2	0–1	—	2–1	2–0
UNAM	0–0	3–4	2–2	1–0	2–1	1–2	1–0	1–1	3–0	0–0	4–0	1–0	2–2	1–0	0–0	1–1	—	2–1
Veracruz	1–0	2–1	2–0	1–2	0–0	2–0	3–1	1–0	4–0	0–0	1–0	2–5	2–2	0–0	4–2	4–0	1–0	—

Updated to match(es) played on 7 April 1996. Source: RSSSF
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Playoff

Repechage

Repechaje					Qualifiers

10	UANL	4	1	5
7	León	1	3	4	10	UANL
11	América	2	0	2	11	América
6	UNAM	0	0	0

April 10, 199620:45

UANL	4-1	León
Lozano 26', 50', 60' Almaguer 84'		Álvarez 49'

Estadio Universitario, San Nicolás de los Garza April 13, 199620:45

León	3-1	UANL
Ordiales 23' Peña 47' Álvarez 88' (pen.)		Lozano 56'

Nou Camp, León

UANL won 4-5 on aggregate.

April 11, 199620:45

América	2-0	UNAM
Omam-Biyik 31' Luis García 87'

Estadio Azteca, Mexico City April 14, 199612:00

UNAM	0-0	América

Estadio Olímpico Universitario, Mexico City

América won 0-2 on aggregate.

Playoff Series

Quarterfinals					Semifinals					Finals

4	Celaya (a)	2	0	2

5	Monterrey	2	0	2
					2	Necaxa	2	1	3

					11	América	0	1	1
3	Atlas	1	2	3

8	Veracruz (a)	1	2	3
										2	Necaxa (a)	1	0	1

										4	Celaya	1	0	1
2	Necaxa	1	1	2

10	UANL	0	1	1
					4	Celaya	1	5	6

					8	Veracruz	0	1	1
1	Cruz Azul	0	2	2

11	América	3	0	3

Quarter-finals

April 17, 199616:00

Veracruz	1-1	Atlas
Arboleda 81'		García 40'

Estadio Luis "Pirata" Fuente, Veracruz April 20, 199620:45

Atlas	2-2	Veracruz
Salcedo 17' García 33'		Gaytán 37' Malibrán 76'

Estadio Jalisco, Guadalajara

Series tied 3-3 on aggregate. Veracruz advanced to semi-finals by away goals rule.

April 17, 199620:45

Monterrey	2-2	Celaya
Morales 64' Verdirame 68' (pen.)		Butragueño 34', 51'

Estadio Tecnológico, Monterrey April 20, 199620:15

Celaya	0-0	Monterrey

Estadio Miguel Alemán Valdés, Celaya

Series tied 2-2 on aggregate. Celaya advanced to semi-finals by away goals rule.

April 17, 199620:45

UANL	0-1	Necaxa
		Aguinaga 59'

Estadio Universitario, San Nicolás de los Garza April 20, 199617:00

Necaxa	1-1	UANL
Aguinaga 87' (pen.)		Seferović 16'

Estadio Azteca, Mexico City

Necaxa won 2-1 on aggregate.

April 17, 199620:45

Cruz Azul	0-3	América
		Omam-Biyik 19' Luis García 53', 60'

Estadio Azteca, Mexico City April 21, 199620:00

América	0-2	Cruz Azul
		Palencia 5' Villa 68' (own)

Estadio Azteca, Mexico City

América won 3-2 on aggregate.

Semi-finals

April 24, 199617:00

Veracruz	0-1	Celaya
		Mercado 50'

Estadio Luis "Pirata" Fuente, Veracruz April 27, 199620:15

Celaya	5-1	Veracruz
Zambrano 16', 25', 35', 51' Butragueño 87'		Santos 34'

Estadio Miguel Alemán Valdés, Celaya

Celaya won 6-1 on aggregate.

April 24, 199620:45

América	0-2	Necaxa
		Hernández 44' Peláez 47'

Estadio Azteca, Mexico City April 27, 199617:00

Necaxa	1-1	América
Peláez 41'		Omam-Biyik 17'

Estadio Azteca, Mexico City

Necaxa won 3-1 on aggregate.

Final

May 1, 199620:15

Celaya	1-1	Necaxa
Hernández 57'		Peláez 25'

Estadio Miguel Alemán Valdés, Celaya May 4, 199617:00

Necaxa	0-0	Celaya

Estadio Azteca, Mexico City

1-1 on aggregate. Necaxa won on away goals.

1995-96 winners
Necaxa 2nd title

Relegation table

Pos.	Team	Pts.	Pld.	Ave.
14.	Atlante	101	108	0.9352
15.	Toros Neza	100	108	0.9259
16.	Puebla	96	108	0.8889
17.	Morelia	96	108	0.8889
18.	UANL	91	108	0.8426

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
Seasons	1943–44 1944–45 1945–46 1946–47 1947–48 1948–49 1949–50 1950–51 1951–52 1952–53 1953–54 1954–55 1955–56 1956–57 1957–58 1958–59 1959–60 1960–61 1961–62 1962–63 1963–64 1964–65 1965–66 1966–67 1967–68 1968–69 1969–70 1970 1970–71 1971–72 1972–73 1973–74 1974–75 1975–76 1976–77 1977–78 1978–79 1979–80 1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90 1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 Winter 1998 Summer 1999 Winter 1999 Summer 2000 Winter 2000 Summer 2001 Winter 2001 Summer 2002 Apertura 2002 Clausura 2003 Apertura 2003 Clausura 2004 Apertura 2004 Clausura 2005 Apertura 2005 Clausura 2006 Apertura 2006 Clausura 2007 Apertura 2007 Clausura 2008 Apertura 2008 Clausura 2009 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16 2016–17 2017–18 2018–19 2019–20 2020–21 2021–22 2022–23 2023–24 2024–25
Competition	Final phase
Associated competitions	CONCACAF Champions Cup Campeones Cup Leagues Cup

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