1952–53 Copa México

1952–53 Copa México
Country	Mexico
Teams	12
Champions	Puebla (2nd Title) (1st title)
Runners-up	Club León
Matches played	67
Goals scored	226 (3.37 per match)
	← 1951–52 1953–54 →

The Copa México 1952–53 was the 37th edition of the Copa México; the 10th edition in the professional era.

The competition started on February 15, 1953, and concluded on May 31, 1953, with the final match that give to the team Puebla the trophy for the second time.

Group stage[]

Group A[]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Puebla	11	7	2	2	24	13	+11	16	Directly qualified to the next stage
2	Atlante	10	5	1	4	18	18	0	11	Directly qualified to the next stage
3	Zacatepec	10	4	1	5	23	21	+2	9
4	Necaxa	10	3	3	4	13	15	−2	9
5	Marte	10	2	5	3	17	20	−3	9
6	América	10	2	2	6	10	18	−8	6

Source:^{[citation needed]}

Results

Home \ Away	ATE	AMÉ	MAR	NEC	PUE	ZAC
Atlante		0–1	3–3	3–1	4–2	3–2
América	0–1		2–2	1–1	1–3	0–2
Marte	1–2	2–0		1–0	1–1	1–3
Necaxa	1–0	0–1	3–3		1–1	2–1
Puebla	2–1	3–1	4–1	2–1		3–2
Zacatepec	5–1	4–3	2–2	2–3	0–3

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

Group B[]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	León	10	6	2	2	19	13	+6	14	Directly qualified to the next stage
2	Guadalajara	10	5	2	3	17	14	+3	12	Played a play-off game
3	Tampico	10	5	2	3	20	18	+2	12	Played a play-off game
4	Atlas	10	4	3	3	15	11	+4	11
5	CD Oro	10	3	1	6	18	22	−4	7
6	La Piedad	10	1	2	7	9	20	−11	4

Source:^{[citation needed]}

Results

Home \ Away	ATL	ORO	GUA	LAP	LEÓ	TAM
Atlas		3–1	0–1	3–1	0–0	2–0
CD Oro	2–1		2–2	0–2	0–2	6–4
Guadalajara	1–1	0–0		4–1	3–1	1–2
La Piedad	0–1	1–4	1–2		1–1	4–5
León	3–2	2–1	5–2	2–0		3–1
Tampico Madero	2–2	4–2	1–0	1–1	3–0

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

Championship round[]

Play-off[]

May 14, 1953	Guadalajara	3 – 2	Tampico	show, León, Guanajuato
	Tomás Balcázar 22' 33' 22' (pen.)		35' Ayala 60'

Semifinals[]

First Leg

May 17, 1953	Atlante	0 – 5	León	showEstadio Olimpico Ciudad de los deportes, México D.F.
			23' Solórzano 39' 50' 61' Marcos Aurelio 67'

May 18, 1953	Guadalajara	0 – 1	Puebla	showEstadio Felipe Martínez Sandoval, Guadalajara, Jalisco
			17'

Second Leg

May 24, 1953	León	1 – 0	Atlante	show, León, Guanajuato
	41'

May 18, 1953	Puebla	1 – 4	Guadalajara	show, Puebla, Puebla
	34'		Tomás Balcázar 4' 15' 63' Raúl Arellano 84'

Replay

May 18, 1953	Guadalajara	0 – 1	Puebla	showEstadio Olimpico Ciudad de los deportes, México D.F.
			87'

Final[]

May 31, 1953	León	1 – 4	Puebla	showEstadio Olimpico Ciudad de los deportes, México D.F.
	Marcos Aurelio 83'		Fernández 13' Edwin Cubero 26', 88' 69'

Copa México 1952-53 Winners
Puebla F.C. 2nd title

References[]

Mexico - Statistics of Copa México for the 1952–53 season. (RSSSF)