1970–71 Mexican Primera División season

Primera División de México
Season	1970–71
Champions	América (2nd title)
Relegated	Atlas
Champions' Cup	América Toluca
Matches played	311
Goals scored	717 (2.31 per match)
← México 1970 1971–72 →

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

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

Mexico City

Atlas
Guadalajara
Jalisco

Mexico City teams
América

Atlante

Necaxa

UNAM

Location of the 1970-71 Primera División teams

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

Group stage

Group 1

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

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Group 2

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

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Results

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

Source: ^{[citation needed]}
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Relegation Playoffs

25 July 1971

Pachuca	2-2	Atlas
Juan Manuel Medina 37' Moacyr dos Santos 82'		Javier Bazán 32' (own) Ricardo Chavarín 57'

Estadio Revolución Mexicana, Pachuca

31 July 1971

Atlas	1–1	Pachuca
Magdaleno Mercado 77'		Jorge Rodríguez 49'

Estadio Jalisco, Guadalajara

Aggregate score tied so a 3rd match will be played

3 August 1971

Pachuca	2-0	Atlas
Alfonso Madrigal 15' Césareo Acosta 75'

Estadio León, León, Guanajuato

Pachuca won on aggregate 5-3. Atlas was relegated to Segunda Division

Final

Toluca	0–0	América

August 1, 1971

12:00

América	2–0	Toluca
Carlos Reinoso 13' Horacio López Salgado 75'	[1]

Estadio Azteca, Mexico City

Attendance: 105,000+

Referee: Abel Aguilar

America won on aggregate 2-0

1970–71 winners
América 2nd title

References

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2023–24 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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