1970 Mexican Segunda División season

Segunda División de México
Season	México 1970
Champions	Unión de Curtidores (1st Title)
Matches played	178
Goals scored	640 (3.6 per match)
	← 1969–70 1970–71 →

SeasonMéxico 1970

ChampionsUnión de Curtidores (1st Title)

Matches played178

Goals scored640 (3.6 per match)

The México 1970 Segunda División was the 21st season of the Mexican Segunda División. The season started on 5 March 1970 and concluded on 11 October 1970. It was won by Unión de Curtidores. It was a special tournament held as part of the celebrations of the 1970 FIFA World Cup, which was hosted by Mexico.

The Mexican Football Federation held a tournament in two phases, before the world cup (Mar. 5 - May 10) and after the world cup (July 11 - Oct. 10).

Seventeen teams were seeded in three groups of five or six teams: North, Central and West, first three or two places of each group advanced to the "Championship Group" and the last two or three teams of each group played in a "Consolation Group".

Club	City	Stadium
La Piedad	La Piedad	Estadio Juan N. López
Ciudad Madero	Ciudad Madero	Estadio Tamaulipas
Morelia	Morelia	Estadio Venustiano Carranza
Nacional	Guadalajara	Estadio Jalisco
Naucalpan	Naucalpan	Unidad Cuauhtémoc
Nuevo León	Monterrey	Estadio Tecnológico
Poza Rica	Poza Rica	Estadio Heriberto Jara Corona
Puebla	Puebla	Estadio Cuauhtémoc
Salamanca	Salamanca	Estadio El Molinito
Tampico	Tampico	Estadio Tamaulipas
Tepic	Tepic	Estadio Nicolás Álvarez Ortega
Unión de Curtidores	León	Estadio La Martinica
UANL	Monterrey	Estadio Universitario
Ciudad Victoria	Ciudad Victoria	Estadio Marte R. Gómez
Zacatepec	Zacatepec	Estadio Agustín "Coruco" Díaz
Zamora	Zamora	Estadio Moctezuma
Zapata	Jojutla	Estadio Agustín "Coruco" Díaz

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion	ZAC	NAU	PUE	SAL	ZAP
1	Zacatepec^[a]	8	6	2	17	5	+12	12			2–1	2–0	3–0	4–1
2	Naucalpan (Q)	8	6	2	19	11	+8	12	Qualified to Championship Group	1–0		3–4	2–1	4–1
3	Puebla (Q)	8	3	5	14	13	+1	6	Qualified to Championship Group	0–1	1–2		0–1	5–0
4	Salamanca	8	3	5	8	15	−7	6		2–1	1–4	1–0		0–2
5	Zapata	8	2	6	11	25	−14	4		0–4	1–2	3–4	3–2

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion	NAC	UDC	LPD	MOR	ZAM	TEP
1	Nacional (Q)	10	8	2	33	17	+16	16	Qualified to Championship Group		3–0	5–2	2–0	3–0	3–2
2	Unión de Curtidores (Q)	10	7	3	21	15	+6	14		4–5		2–0	5–2	3–0	3–1
3	La Piedad (Q)	10	4	6	22	22	0	8		5–2	3–0		2–0	1–2	3–2
4	Morelia	10	4	6	19	24	−5	8		2–3	3–0	2–1		1–0	2–0
5	Zamora	10	4	6	13	17	−4	8		1–0	0–1	1–2	4–2		4–2
6	Tepic	10	3	7	16	29	−13	6		0–4	0–1	3–2	6–5	2–1

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion	MAD	NVL	UNL	TAM	VIC	PZR
1	Ciudad Madero (Q)	10	7	3	15	9	+6	14	Qualified to Championship Group		0–2	2–0	4–0	2–1	2–1
2	Nuevo León (Q)	10	6	4	18	12	+6	12		2–3		2–0	1–0	3–0	4–1
3	UANL (Q)	10	5	5	18	18	0	10		2–0	2–3		1–0	4–3	2–1
4	Tampico^[a]	10	5	5	14	15	−1	10		1–0	2–0	4–3		0–1	2–0
5	Ciudad Victoria	10	4	6	12	18	−6	8		0–1	2–1	1–4	1–0		2–1
6	Poza Rica^[b]	10	3	7	14	19	−5	6		0–1	2–0	2–0	4–5	2–1

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion	UDC	PUE	NAC	UNL	MAD	NAU	LPD	NVL
1	Unión de Curtidores (C, Q)	14	11	3	32	13	+19	22	Qualified to Promotion playoff		4–1	4–1	4–1	0–1	2–1	2–1	5–1
2	Puebla (Q)	14	10	4	32	20	+12	20		1–3		3–2	4–3	2–0	1–0	2–1	9–0
3	Nacional (Q)	14	9	5	39	26	+13	18		1–3	1–2		5–2	2–0	3–0	3–2	5–3
4	UANL^[a]	14	6	8	27	31	−4	12		1–2	3–2	3–4		1–2	0–2	4–1	3–2
5	Ciudad Madero^[b]	13	6	7	11	18	−7	12		1–0	1–0	1–2	1–2			1–0	1–0
6	Naucalpan (Q)	13	5	8	15	24	−9	10	Qualified to Promotion playoff	1–2	0–1	0–3	0–1	3–1		3–2	1–0
7	La Piedad	14	5	9	25	23	+2	10		0–1	0–1	2–3	2–0	4–2	5–1		3–0
8	Nuevo León	14	3	11	14	40	−26	6		1–2	0–1	0–5	0–3	2–0	3–1	2–1

1970 Mexican Segunda División season

Teams

First stage

Central Group

West Group

North Group

Second stage

Championship Group

Consolation Group

Primera División promotion playoff

Segunda División – Tercera División playoff

First stage

Second stage

Final stage

References

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Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion	UDC	NAC	NAU
1	Puebla (P)	3	2	1	0	4	2	+2	5	Promoted to Primera División	2–2	1–0	1–0
2	Unión de Curtidores	3	1	1	1	5	6	−1	3			0–3
3	Nacional	3	1	0	2	3	3	0	2		1–3
4	Naucalpan	3	1	0	2	3	4	−1	2			2–0

15 December 1970	Atlético Cuernavaca	3–2	Cuautla	San Luis Potosí City
				Stadium: Estadio Plan de San Luis

15 December 1970	Tampico Madero	2–2 (5–4 agg.)	Universidad Veracruzana	San Luis Potosí City
				Stadium: Estadio Plan de San Luis

16 December 1970	Querétaro	4–0	Celaya	San Luis Potosí City
				Stadium: Estadio Plan de San Luis

16 December 1970	Cuautla	2–1	Universidad Veracruzana	San Luis Potosí City
				Stadium: Estadio Plan de San Luis

18 December 1970	Universidad Veracruzana	3–1	Celaya	San Luis Potosí City
				Stadium: Estadio Plan de San Luis

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