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1978–79 Mexican Primera División season

37th professional season of the top-flight football league in Mexico From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Statistics of the Primera División de México for the 1978–79 season.

Season1978–79
ChampionsCruz Azul (6th title)
RelegatedVeracruz
Champions' CupCruz Azul
UNAM
Quick facts Season, Champions ...
Primera División de México
The Cruz Azul winning squad of the season
Season1978–79
ChampionsCruz Azul (6th title)
RelegatedVeracruz
Champions' CupCruz Azul
UNAM
Matches406
Goals1,148 (2.83 per match)
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Overview

Zacatepec was promoted to Primera División.

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

Veracruz was relegated to Segunda División.

Teams

Location of the 1978-79 Primera División teams
More information Team, City ...
Team City Stadium
América Mexico City Azteca
Atlante Mexico City Azteca
Atlético Español Mexico City Azteca
Atlético Potosino San Luis Potosí, S.L.P. Plan de San Luis
Cruz Azul Mexico City Azteca
Guadalajara Guadalajara, Jalisco Jalisco
Jalisco Guadalajara, Jalisco Jalisco
León León, Guanajuato León
Monterrey Monterrey, Nuevo León Universitario
Neza Nezahualcóyotl, State of Mexico Municipal de Texcoco
Puebla Puebla, Puebla Cuauhtémoc
Tampico Tampico, Tamaulipas Tamaulipas
Tecos Zapopan, Jalisco Tres de Marzo
Toluca Toluca, State of Mexico Toluca 70
Unión de Curtidores León, Guanajuato La Martinica
UANL Monterrey, Nuevo León Universitario
UdeG Guadalajara, Jalisco Jalisco
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 or relegation
1 Monterrey 38 14 12 12 52 43 +9 40 Playoffs
2 América 38 14 9 15 58 49 +9 37
3 Guadalajara 38 11 13 14 43 56 −13 35
4 Atlante 38 9 13 16 51 56 −5 31
5 Veracruz 38 7 9 22 35 83 −48 23 Relegated
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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 UNAM 38 17 11 10 77 57 +20 45 Playoffs
2 Atlético Potosino 38 19 7 12 58 55 +3 45
3 Tampico 38 11 13 14 59 65 −6 35
4 León 38 13 7 18 50 67 −17 33
5 Jalisco 38 8 12 18 49 67 −18 28
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Source: [citation needed]

Group 3

More information Pos, Team ...
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Cruz Azul 38 19 13 6 70 32 +38 51 Playoffs
2 Toluca 38 19 7 12 59 43 +16 45
3 Puebla 38 14 14 10 53 49 +4 42
4 UDG 38 15 7 16 60 57 +3 37
5 Unión de Curtidores 38 12 11 15 54 57 −3 35
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Source: [citation needed]

Group 4

More information Pos, Team ...
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 UANL 38 17 14 7 58 46 +12 48 Playoffs
2 Zacatepec 38 15 13 10 55 45 +10 43
3 Tecos 38 13 15 10 56 44 +12 41
4 Atlético Español 38 13 10 15 54 62 −8 36
5 Deportivo Neza 38 10 10 18 35 53 −18 30
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Source: [citation needed]

Results

More information Home \ Away, AME ...
Home \ Away AME ATN ATE APO CRA GDL JAL LEO MTY NEZ PUE TAM TOL UDC TEC UNL UDG UNM VER ZAC
América 3–1 3–3 1–1 3–3 0–0 1–0 3–1 4–0 6–1 0–0 2–1 1–0 1–2 2–0 0–1 3–2 0–3 4–2 3–0
Atlante 2–1 2–2 4–1 0–4 2–0 4–1 1–2 0–0 1–1 1–1 2–1 1–2 0–0 2–0 0–1 1–2 1–2 2–1 0–1
Atlético Español 1–0 3–2 1–1 1–1 0–1 1–1 0–3 1–2 4–1 1–0 1–1 5–4 2–1 0–3 3–3 1–2 2–1 4–2 0–1
Atlético Potosino 0–2 1–0 0–3 3–2 4–0 0–0 1–0 2–1 3–1 2–0 2–0 1–1 1–0 1–0 2–2 1–0 1–4 4–1 2–1
Cruz Azul 3–1 0–0 3–0 4–0 4–1 3–1 2–2 1–1 1–0 3–0 2–1 3–1 1–1 3–2 3–0 0–0 4–1 5–0 3–1
Guadalajara 0–0 3–3 1–1 1–3 0–0 1–1 2–0 2–1 2–1 3–1 2–2 2–0 1–1 1–0 2–0 2–2 1–0 1–0 1–1
Jalisco 0–3 2–2 1–2 6–4 2–1 3–1 1–2 1–2 0–0 0–1 2–2 2–0 2–2 1–0 0–1 2–1 3–2 0–1 1–1
León 0–2 0–2 1–3 0–1 2–3 2–1 0–3 0–0 2–1 2–1 4–4 3–2 2–0 2–3 1–0 1–1 1–1 4–0 1–2
Monterrey 1–1 3–1 1–0 1–0 1–1 3–1 1–0 0–1 1–0 1–0 4–1 1–1 1–2 4–0 0–0 4–1 2–2 5–0 0–2
Deportivo Neza 1–0 2–1 2–1 2–0 1–0 2–3 1–1 0–1 2–1 0–0 1–1 1–3 1–1 0–0 2–1 2–1 1–2 2–1 2–2
Puebla 2–1 2–1 3–0 4–1 0–0 1–1 3–1 3–2 3–1 1–0 1–3 3–3 1–1 2–0 0–2 3–2 1–1 5–1 1–1
Tampico 3–2 3–2 1–1 2–0 0–4 1–0 3–3 7–1 2–2 0–1 0–0 0–0 0–2 0–1 3–1 2–1 3–0 0–0 2–3
Toluca 2–1 2–3 4–0 0–0 3–1 2–0 2–2 2–0 1–0 3–1 3–0 2–1 1–0 3–2 2–2 0–0 4–0 4–0 1–0
Unión de Curtidores 1–1 2–2 1–0 2–3 2–0 1–0 3–2 1–1 0–0 1–0 2–2 1–2 1–2 1–0 2–2 3–0 2–1 2–1 3–0
Tecos 3–1 1–0 0–1 0–1 1–0 1–1 4–0 6–1 1–1 1–1 1–1 1–1 1–2 3–1 0–0 2–1 4–3 3–0 1–1
UANL 3–2 0–0 2–1 3–5 0–0 1–0 2–2 2–1 1–1 1–0 1–1 3–1 1–1 2–1 4–1 2–1 2–1 5–0 0–0
UDG 2–1 2–1 1–0 2–1 1–1 2–2 3–0 0–1 3–0 2–0 1–1 3–4 2–1 4–1 0–3 1–2 1–2 5–2 2–1
UNAM 2–0 1–1 4–1 1–3 1–1 4–2 3–1 3–1 2–0 2–0 3–1 8–1 1–1 2–1 1–1 4–2 4–2 1–1 1–1
Veracruz 2–2 1–1 1–3 2–1 0–1 2–0 3–1 1–1 1–4 1–0 0–2 1–1 2–0 1–1 1–1 0–3 0–2 1–1 1–0
Zacatepec 3–0 2–2 1–1 1–1 1–2 4–1 1–0 2–1 2–1 1–1 0–1 3–0 1–1 4–1 3–1 0–2 3–1 2–2 2–1
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Source: [citation needed]
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Group stage playoff

Semifinal

Group A

More information Pos, Team ...
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Cruz Azul 6 4 1 1 8 5 +3 9 Finals
2 Toluca 6 3 0 3 9 5 +4 6
3 América 6 3 0 3 7 6 +1 6
4 Atlético Potosino 6 1 1 4 5 13 −8 3
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Source: [citation needed]

Group A Results

Round 1
América 1 - 0 Cruz Azul
Atlético Potosino 0 - 2 Toluca

Round 2
Cruz Azul 2 - 1 Atlético Potosino
Toluca 1 - 0 América

Round 3
Atlético Potosino 1 - 2 América
Toluca 0 - 1 Cruz Azul

Round 4
Cruz Azul 2 - 1 América
Toluca 5 - 0 Atlético Potosino

Round 5
Atlético Potosino 2 - 2 Cruz Azul
América 3 - 1 Toluca

Round 6
América 0 - 1 Atlético Potosino
Cruz Azul 1 - 0 Toluca

Group B

More information Pos, Team ...
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 UNAM 6 3 2 1 9 6 +3 8 Finals
2 UANL 6 3 2 1 8 7 +1 8
3 Monterrey 6 1 4 1 8 8 0 6
4 Zacatepec 6 0 2 4 6 10 −4 2
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Source: [citation needed]

Group B Results

Group 2

Round 1
U.N.A.M. 1 - 0 Zacatepec
Monterrey 0 - 1 U.A.N.L.

Round 2
U.N.A.M. 2 - 2 Monterrey
U.A.N.L. 2 - 1 Zacatepec

Round 3
Monterrey 2 - 1 Zacatepec
U.N.A.M. 3 - 0 U.A.N.L.

Round 4
Zacatepec 1 - 2 U.N.A.M.
U.A.N.L. 1 - 1 Monterrey

Round 5
Monterrey 1 - 1 U.N.A.M.
Zacatepec 1 - 1 U.A.N.L.

Round 6
U.A.N.L. 2 - 0 U.N.A.M.
Zacatepec 2 - 2 Monterrey

Final

More information UNAM, 0-0 ...
UNAM0-0Cruz Azul
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Pumas UNAM
Cruz Azul
GK20Mexico Olaf Heredia
DF5Mexico Jesús Iturralde
DF21Mexico Gustavo Vargas López
DF24Argentina Jorge Paolino
DF4Mexico Arturo Vázquez
MF18Mexico Jesús Ramírez
MF6Mexico Pareja López
MF8Mexico Enrique López Zarza
FW10Brazil Ricardo Ferrettidownward-facing red arrow 88'
FW9Brazil Cabinho
LM11Mexico Hugo Sánchez (c)
Substitutes:
DF3Mexico Ernesto Cervantesupward-facing green arrow 88'
Manager:
Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Bora Milutinović
GK1Argentina Miguel Marín
DF2Mexico Ignacio Flores
DF13Mexico Sergio Rubio
DF5Argentina Miguel Ángel Cornero
DF15Mexico Jorge López Malo
MF6Mexico Guillermo Mendizábal (c)
MF7Paraguay Carlos Jara Saguier
MF8Mexico Gerardo Lugo
FW9Mexico Rodolfo Montoyadownward-facing red arrow 81'
FW10Mexico Horacio López Salgado
FW11Argentina José Luis Ceballos
Substitutes:
DF14Mexico Rafael Toribioupward-facing green arrow 81'
Manager:
Mexico Nacho Trelles
More information Cruz Azul, 2-0 ...
Cruz Azul2-0UNAM
Jara Saguier 69'
López Salgado 88'		 Report
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Cruz Azul
Pumas UNAM
GK1Argentina Miguel Marín
DF2Mexico Ignacio Flores
DF13Mexico Sergio Rubio
DF5Argentina Miguel Ángel Cornero
DF15Mexico Jorge López Malo
MF6Mexico Guillermo Mendizábal (c)
MF7Paraguay Carlos Jara Saguier
MF8Mexico Gerardo Lugo
FW9Mexico Rodolfo Montoyadownward-facing red arrow 74'
FW10Mexico Horacio López Salgado
FW11Argentina José Luis Ceballosdownward-facing red arrow 83'
Substitutes:
FW14Mexico Rafael Toribioupward-facing green arrow 74'
FW17Mexico Adrián Camachoupward-facing green arrow 83'
Manager:
Mexico Nacho Trelles
GK20Mexico Olaf Heredia
DF5Mexico Jesús Iturralde
DF21Mexico Gustavo Vargas Lópezdownward-facing red arrow 70'
DF24Argentina Jorge Paolino
DF4Mexico Arturo Vázquez
MF6Mexico Pareja López
MF18Mexico Jesús Ramírez
MF8Mexico Enrique López Zarza
FW7Peru Juan José Muñantedownward-facing red arrow 81'
FW9Mexico Cabinho
FW11Mexico Hugo Sánchez (c)
Substitutes:
DF3Mexico Ernesto Cervantesupward-facing green arrow 70'
MF10Brazil Ricardo Ferrettiupward-facing green arrow 81'
Manager:
Mexico Nacho Trelles

Cruz Azul won 2-0 on aggregate.

 1978–79 winners 
 
6th title

Top scorers

More information Player, Nationality ...
Player Nationality Goals Club
Cabinho Brazil26Pumas UNAM
Hugo Sánchez Mexico26Pumas UNAM
Osvaldo Castro Chile24Jalisco
Juan Manuel Azuara Mexico24Tigres UANL
Carlos Eloir Perucci Brazil21Atlético Español
Silvio Fogel Argentina21Puebla
Rodolfo Montoya Mexico20Cruz Azul
Ricardo Brandon Uruguay18Toluca
Nílson Dias Brazil17Leones Negros UdeG
Horacio López Salgado Mexico16Cruz Azul
Miguel Ángel Gamboa Chile16América
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