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1970–71 Mexican Primera División season

29th professional season of the top-flight football league in Mexico From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Statistics of the Primera División de México for the 1970–71 season.

Season1970–71
ChampionsAmérica (2nd title)
RelegatedAtlas
Champions' CupAmérica
Toluca
Quick facts Season, Champions ...
Primera División de México
Season1970–71
ChampionsAmérica (2nd title)
RelegatedAtlas
Champions' CupAmérica
Toluca
Matches311
Goals717 (2.31 per match)
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Overview

Zacatepec was promoted to Primera División (Segunda División 1969–70 Champion)

Puebla was also promoted to Primera División (winner of promotional tournament between Unión de Curtidores, Nacional and Naucalpan) to increase the number of teams to 18.

The season was contested by 18 teams, and America won the championship.

Atlas was relegated to Segunda División.

After this season Necaxa was sold and changed its name to Atlético Español.

Cruz Azul moves to Mexico City.

Teams

Location of the 1970-71 Primera División teams
More information Team, City ...
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
Jalisco Guadalajara, Jalisco Jalisco
Laguna Torreón, Coahuila San Isidro
León León, Guanajuato León
Monterrey Monterrey, Nuevo León Tecnológico
Necaxa Mexico City Azteca
Pachuca Pachuca, Hidalgo Revolución Mexicana
Puebla Puebla, Puebla Cuauhtémoc
Toluca Toluca, State of Mexico Toluca 70
Torreón Torreón, Coahuila Moctezuma
UNAM Mexico City Olímpico Universitario
Veracruz Veracruz, Veracruz Veracruzano
Zacatepec Zacatepec, Morelos Agustín "Coruco" Díaz
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Group stage

Group 1

More information Pos, Team ...
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Toluca 34 14 15 5 38 21 +17 43 Playoff
2 Jalisco 34 12 14 8 35 29 +6 38
3 Zacatepec 34 14 10 10 39 37 +2 38
4 Cruz Azul 34 11 15 8 39 39 0 37
5 UNAM 34 10 15 9 43 38 +5 35
6 Necaxa 34 10 11 13 44 39 +5 31
7 Irapuato 34 8 13 13 34 53 −19 29
8 Laguna 34 10 8 16 37 47 −10 28
9 Atlas 34 5 12 17 32 48 −16 22 Relegation Playoff
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Source: [citation needed]

Group 2

More information Pos, Team ...
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 América 34 17 10 7 56 33 +23 44 Playoff
2 Monterrey 34 15 10 9 46 37 +9 40
3 León 34 14 10 10 50 41 +9 38
4 Atlante 34 9 16 9 33 31 +2 34
5 Veracruz 34 12 9 13 39 40 −1 33
6 Puebla 34 11 10 13 43 49 −6 32
7 Torreón 34 11 9 14 27 35 −8 31
8 Guadalajara 34 11 8 15 34 44 −10 30
9 Pachuca 34 11 7 16 38 46 −8 29 Relegation Playoff
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Source: [citation needed]

Results

More information Home \ Away, AME ...
Home \ Away AME ATT ATL CRA GDL IRA JAL LAG LEO MTY NEC PAC PUE TOL TOR UNI VER ZAC
América 2–0 2–1 3–0 5–2 2–0 2–1 2–1 1–1 2–3 2–1 1–1 2–0 1–0 5–0 0–0 4–1 2–4
Atlante 3–1 0–0 0–0 3–0 0–0 1–2 1–2 1–1 1–1 1–1 1–0 1–2 0–0 1–0 2–2 2–2 2–1
Atlas 0–1 0–1 2–2 1–2 1–1 0–1 1–0 2–1 2–1 1–1 2–3 2–4 1–1 0–0 2–3 0–0 1–1
Cruz Azul 1–1 0–0 1–1 2–1 0–1 0–0 1–0 0–1 1–1 0–4 1–0 4–1 0–0 3–1 1–1 0–2 0–0
Guadalajara 1–2 0–0 2–1 1–1 2–0 0–1 1–0 1–2 1–0 1–3 0–0 0–0 0–0 1–0 1–1 0–1 1–2
Irapuato 1–2 2–2 1–0 4–4 3–2 1–0 1–1 1–1 1–3 0–0 2–1 3–3 1–3 0–0 2–1 2–0 0–0
Jalisco 1–0 1–1 0–3 1–1 2–0 0–0 5–1 0–0 2–0 0–0 1–0 1–1 1–0 0–1 3–1 2–1 1–1
Laguna 0–2 2–2 4–1 2–2 1–2 2–0 0–0 2–0 0–1 0–0 3–1 3–1 0–1 1–0 1–1 1–0 3–1
León 1–1 1–2 3–2 1–4 1–2 2–2 1–1 4–0 0–0 0–3 5–1 4–1 2–0 3–0 2–0 2–1 2–1
Monterrey 2–1 1–0 0–1 0–2 3–2 1–0 0–0 1–0 4–1 1–1 0–2 2–0 1–1 2–0 1–1 4–1 4–0
Necaxa 1–0 1–0 3–1 1–1 1–3 7–0 0–2 1–1 0–2 2–2 2–1 1–3 0–2 0–0 1–3 2–0 0–1
Pachuca 2–1 1–0 0–0 3–1 0–1 1–2 1–1 4–1 2–1 4–0 0–3 1–1 0–0 1–0 1–2 2–2 1–0
Puebla 0–2 0–0 2–0 2–0 0–1 3–2 2–0 1–1 0–1 2–0 2–1 3–1 3–0 1–2 1–1 1–1 1–1
Toluca 0–0 2–0 0–0 0–1 3–0 4–1 1–1 3–2 2–0 1–1 2–0 1–0 1–1 3–0 2–1 1–0 1–0
Torreón 1–1 1–0 2–1 0–1 1–1 1–0 0–1 3–0 1–1 1–2 2–0 3–1 2–0 0–0 2–0 1–1 1–0
UNAM 2–2 1–1 0–0 2–0 1–0 0–0 3–0 1–0 1–1 2–2 2–2 0–1 3–0 2–2 1–0 3–0 0–1
Veracruz 0–0 0–1 4–2 1–2 1–0 1–0 3–2 1–0 0–1 0–1 2–1 4–1 3–0 1–1 0–0 3–1 2–0
Zacatepec 1–1 1–3 1–0 1–2 2–2 3–0 2–2 2–1 2–1 2–1 1–0 1–0 2–1 0–0 3–1 1–0 0–0
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Source: [citation needed]
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Relegation Playoffs

More information Pachuca, 2-2 ...
Pachuca2-2Atlas
Juan Manuel Medina 37'
Moacyr dos Santos 82'		 Javier Bazán 32' (own)
Ricardo Chavarín 57'
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More information Atlas, 1–1 ...
Atlas1–1Pachuca
Magdaleno Mercado 77' Jorge Rodríguez 49'
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Aggregate score tied so a 3rd match will be played

More information Pachuca, 2-0 ...
Pachuca2-0Atlas
Alfonso Madrigal 15' 
Césareo Acosta 75'
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Pachuca won on aggregate 5-3. Atlas was relegated to Segunda Division

Final

First Leg

More information Toluca, 0–0 ...
Toluca0–0América
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Referee: Alfonso González Archundia [es]
Toluca
América
GK1Mexico Roberto Silva
RB2Mexico José Vantolrá
LB3Mexico Carlos Zavala
CM4Mexico Eduardo Ramos
CB5Mexico Aurelio Hernández
CB6Mexico Luis Regueiro
RM7Mexico Jesús Romero Reyes
CM8Mexico Moisés Figueroa
CF9Uruguay Sergio Silva
CF10Mexico Vicente Pereda
LM11Mexico José Antonio Pérezdownward-facing red arrow 31'
Substitutes:
FW12Mexico Albino Moralesupward-facing green arrow 31' downward-facing red arrow 70'
FW13Uruguay Hugo Esquivelupward-facing green arrow 70'
Manager:
Mexico Ignacio Trelles
GK1Mexico Prudencio Cortés
DF2Mexico René Trujillo
DF3Mexico Antonio Zamora [de]
DF4Mexico Guillermo Hernández
DF5Mexico Mario Pérez
MF6Chile Roberto Hodge
MF7Chile Carlos Reinoso
MF8Brazil Toninho
FW9Mexico Monito Rodríguez
FW10Mexico Enrique Borjadownward-facing red arrow 75'
LM11Mexico Juan Manuel Borbolla
Substitutes:
FW12Mexico Horacio López Salgadoupward-facing green arrow 75'
Manager:
Mexico José Antonio Roca

Second Leg

More information América, 2–0 ...
América2–0Toluca
Carlos Reinoso 13'
Horacio López Salgado 75'
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Attendance: 105,000+
Referee: Abel Aguilar
América
Toluca
GK1Mexico Prudencio Cortés
DF2Mexico René Trujillo
DF3Mexico Antonio Zamora [de]
DF4Mexico Guillermo Hernández
DF5Mexico Mario Pérez
MF6Chile Roberto Hodge
MF7Chile Carlos Reinoso
MF8Brazil Toninho
FW9Mexico Monito Rodríguez
FW10Mexico Enrique Borjadownward-facing red arrow 46'
LM11Mexico Juan Manuel Borbolla
Substitutes:
FW12Mexico Horacio López Salgadoupward-facing green arrow 46'
Manager:
Mexico José Antonio Roca
GK1Mexico Roberto Silva
RB2Mexico José Vantolrá
LB3Mexico Carlos Zavala
CM4Mexico Eduardo Ramos
CB5Mexico Aurelio Hernández
CB6Mexico Luis Regueiro
RM7Mexico Jesús Romero Reyesdownward-facing red arrow 46'
CM8Mexico Moisés Figueroa
CF9Mexico Albino Morales
CF10Mexico Ricardo Montalbán
LM11Mexico Vicente Pereda
Substitutes:
FW12Spain Julio Alasupward-facing green arrow 46'
Manager:
Mexico Ignacio Trelles

America won on aggregate 2-0

 1970–71 winners 
 
2nd title

Top scorers

More information Player, Nationality ...
Player Nationality Goals Club
Enrique Borja Mexico20América
Octavio Muciño Mexico19Cruz Azul
Alacrán Jiménez Mexico18Monterrey
Luis Montoya Mexico18Necaxa
Mario Velarde Mexico14Pumas UNAM
Juan José Valiente Argentina12León
Jesús Romero Reyes Mexico12Toluca
Ubirajara Chagas Brazil12Monterrey
Benito Pardo Spain12Puebla
Batata Brazil10Veracruz
Juan Carlos Carone Argentina10Veracruz
Ramón Cruz Zárate Mexico10Irapuato
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