1976–77 Mexican Primera División season

Primera División de México
Season	1976–77
Champions	UNAM (1st title)
Relegated	Zacatepec
Champions' Cup	UDG; UNAM
Matches played	408
Goals scored	1,045 (2.56 per match)
	← 1975–76 1977–78 →

Statistics of the Primera División de México for the 1976–77 season.

Overview[]

San Luis was promoted to Primera División.

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

Zacatepec was relegated to Segunda División.

After this season Tampico Madero acquired the San Luis franchise.

Teams[]

Mexico City

Atlas
Guadalajara
Jalisco
Tecos
UdeG

At. Potosino
San Luis

Veracruz

Zacatepec

Puebla

Mexico City teams
América

Atlético Español

Cruz Azul

UNAM

Location of the 1976-77 Primera División teams

Team	City	Stadium
América	Mexico City	Azteca
Atlas	Guadalajara, Jalisco	Jalisco
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
Laguna	Torreón, Coahuila	Moctezuma
León	León, Guanajuato	León
Monterrey	Monterrey, Nuevo León	Universitario
Puebla	Puebla, Puebla	Cuauhtémoc
San Luis	San Luis Potosí, S.L.P.	Plan de San Luis
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

Group stage[]

Group 1[]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	América	38	16	18	4	56	38	+18	50	Playoff
2	Guadalajara	38	15	13	10	44	38	+6	43	Playoff
3	León	38	14	11	13	50	49	+1	39
4	Puebla	38	13	11	14	49	49	0	37
5	Veracruz	38	11	11	16	45	58	−13	33

Source:^{[citation needed]}

Group 2[]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	UNAM	38	19	12	7	67	43	+24	50	Playoff
2	Atlético Potosino	38	16	11	11	54	43	+11	43	Playoff
3	Tecos	38	13	10	15	41	45	−4	36
4	Monterrey	38	10	12	16	51	59	−8	32
5	Zacatepec	38	7	13	18	28	53	−25	27	Relegation Playoff

Source:^{[citation needed]}

Group 3[]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Cruz Azul	38	17	12	9	51	38	+13	46	Playoff
2	San Luis	38	10	19	9	45	46	−1	39	Playoff
3	Toluca	38	12	12	14	43	44	−1	36
4	Atlas	38	11	9	18	53	65	−12	31
5	UANL	38	9	12	17	39	55	−16	30	Relegation Playoff

Source:^{[citation needed]}

Group 4[]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	UDG	38	18	10	10	53	39	+14	46	Playoff
2	Atlético Español	38	15	13	10	49	33	+16	43	Playoff
3	Club Jalisco	38	10	16	12	64	61	+3	36
4	Unión de Curtidores	38	11	10	17	49	57	−8	32
5	Laguna	38	11	9	18	47	65	−18	31

Source:^{[citation needed]}

Results[]

Home \ Away	AME	ATL	ATE	APO	CRA	GDL	JAL	LAG	LEO	MTY	PUE	SNL	TEC	TOL	UDC	UNL	UDG	UNM	VER	ZAC
América		2–1	1–1	3–1	1–2	2–2	3–2	4–2	1–1	2–1	2–1	0–0	2–1	2–1	1–0	1–1	2–2	2–1	1–1	2–0
Atlas	1–1		2–1	3–3	1–1	1–0	1–2	4–2	1–2	3–0	1–3	0–1	2–1	3–1	1–0	1–0	0–1	1–1	3–1	2–1
Atlético Español	1–1	1–1		1–1	1–1	0–1	2–0	2–0	2–1	1–0	1–0	2–0	2–0	1–0	1–1	2–0	1–2	3–0	0–1	1–2
Atlético Potosino	1–1	1–0	1–1		0–2	0–2	1–1	2–0	1–0	2–1	2–1	1–1	2–1	2–0	1–0	1–1	1–1	1–0	1–0	0–0
Cruz Azul	2–1	4–2	1–0	4–3		1–0	1–1	1–0	1–0	2–1	0–1	0–1	0–1	2–2	0–1	2–3	2–1	0–0	3–2	1–1
Guadalajara	1–1	1–1	2–2	1–2	0–1		2–2	2–0	1–1	0–0	2–1	1–1	1–1	1–0	1–2	1–1	1–0	1–2	2–1	1–0
Jalisco	0–2	1–1	1–4	1–3	2–1	2–1		0–4	3–1	2–2	0–0	3–0	1–2	3–2	2–0	1–1	1–1	1–1	8–2	4–0
Laguna	1–0	0–0	1–1	0–2	0–4	0–1	2–2		2–1	1–2	3–0	0–0	2–1	1–0	3–1	0–1	2–0	1–1	3–2	1–1
León	1–4	3–2	0–0	2–1	0–0	2–3	2–1	2–2		1–0	2–1	1–1	2–0	2–2	1–0	1–1	1–1	1–3	3–1	2–0
Monterrey	1–1	5–0	1–2	1–6	0–2	1–1	0–0	6–0	2–1		0–0	2–1	2–1	1–1	1–1	3–2	1–2	3–5	1–1	3–0
Puebla	1–1	1–1	0–0	2–0	1–0	2–0	1–1	2–0	2–1	4–0		2–2	0–0	1–1	1–2	2–1	2–1	1–2	4–1	1–1
San Luis	0–0	1–0	2–0	2–0	4–3	0–0	2–2	3–3	1–4	2–2	1–2		1–0	0–0	1–3	1–1	1–0	1–1	1–1	1–1
Tecos	1–1	2–1	3–1	0–0	0–1	0–2	2–1	2–1	0–2	2–0	2–2	1–1		0–0	2–1	0–1	0–1	0–0	3–1	2–2
Toluca	1–2	4–3	1–1	0–0	2–2	0–1	2–1	4–1	1–0	2–0	3–0	1–1	1–0		1–1	3–0	0–2	1–1	4–2	1–0
Unión de Curtidores	0–0	4–2	0–3	3–2	1–1	1–2	2–2	1–0	3–0	2–3	5–1	1–4	4–1	2–1		3–1	2–3	1–0	1–0	2–1
UANL	2–2	2–4	0–2	2–1	0–0	2–1	2–2	3–3	1–2	1–2	2–1	0–1	1–0	0–0	1–3		0–2	0–1	3–0	1–1
UDG	1–1	2–0	2–1	0–2	1–2	0–2	3–1	1–2	1–1	2–1	3–1	3–3	0–0	1–0	2–0	2–0		0–1	1–0	2–2
UNAM	2–0	5–2	0–0	4–3	0–0	5–2	3–2	4–2	1–1	1–1	2–1	2–1	4–1	5–0	2–1	2–0	2–3		2–1	0–0
Veracruz	0–1	3–1	2–1	1–0	1–1	0–1	2–2	2–0	2–1	1–1	2–1	1–0	0–0	0–0	4–1	1–0	0–0	2–0		1–1
Zacatepec	0–2	1–0	1–3	0–3	2–0	0–0	0–3	0–2	0–1	1–0	1–2	2–1	0–0	2–0	0–1	0–1	0–3	2–1	2–2

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

Relegation Playoff[]

June 5, 1977

Zacatepec	2-2	UANL
Sergio Orduña 47', 84'	Report	Marcos Menéndez 13' Roberto Gadea 78'

Estadio Agustín Coruco Díaz, Zacatepec

June 11, 1977

UANL	2-1	Zacatepec
René Pérez 42' Gerardo Concordia 70'	Report	Sergio Suárez 40'

Estadio Universitario, San Nicolás de los Garza

UANL won 4-3 on aggregate. Zacatepec was relegated to Segunda División.

Championship Playoff[]

Group A[]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	UNAM	6	3	2	1	9	6	+3	8	Final
2	Cruz Azul	6	3	1	2	6	5	+1	7
3	San Luis	6	2	1	3	5	7	−2	5
4	Atlético Español	6	1	2	3	4	8	−4	4

Source:^{[citation needed]}

Matches[]

June 2, 1977

San Luis	0-0	UNAM
	Report

Estadio Plan de San Luis, San Luis Potosí

Referee: Marco Antonio Dorantes

June 2, 1977

Atlético Español	0-0	Cruz Azul
	Report

Estadio Azteca, Mexico City

Referee: Marco Antonio Dorantes

June 5, 1977

Cruz Azul	1-0	San Luis
Alfredo “Alacrán” Jiménez 25'	Report

Estadio Azteca, Mexico City

Referee: Jesús Mercado

June 5, 1977

Atlético Español	0-2	UNAM
	Report	Hugo Sánchez 56' Evanivaldo Castro 71'

Estadio Azteca, Mexico City

Referee: Abel Aguilar

June 9, 1977

Cruz Azul	1-2	UNAM
Horacio Lòpez Salgado 50'	Report	Evanivaldo Castro 5' Hugo Sánchez 12'

Estadio Azteca, Mexico City

Referee: Jorge Alberto Leanza

June 9, 1977

Atlético Español	2-1	San Luis
Horacio Jácome 49' (o.g.) Benito Pardo 72' (pen.)	Report	Sergio Silva 74'

Estadio Azteca, Mexico City

Referee: Mario Rubio

June 17, 1977

Cruz Azul	2-1	Atlético Español
Eladio Vera 2' Horacio Lòpez Salgado 3'	Report	Domingo Yañez 39'

Estadio Azteca, Mexico City

Referee: Javier Galindo

June 19, 1977

UNAM	4-2	San Luis
Evanivaldo Castro 28', 48', 81' José Geraldo Cándido 69'	Report	Juan Ramón Ocampo 35' Alfredo Jácome 90'

Estadio Olímpico Universitario, Mexico City

Referee: Jorge Narváez

June 23, 1977

San Luis	2-0	Cruz Azul
Sergio Silva 27' Juan Ramón Ocampo 82'	Report

Estadio Plan de San Luis, San Luis Potosí

Referee: Marcel Pérez Guevara

June 23, 1977

UNAM	1-1	Atlético Español
José Geraldo Cándido 68'	Report	Alfredo Navarrete 1'

Estadio Olímpico Universitario, Mexico City

Referee: Jorge Narváez

June 26, 1977

San Luis	2-0	Atlético Español
Horacio Jácome 27' Alberto “ Toro” Gómez 82'	Report

Estadio Plan de San Luis, San Luis Potosí

Referee: Jorge Alberto Leanza

June 26, 1977

UNAM	0-2	Cruz Azul
Rodolfo Montoya 15' Alfredo Jiménez 69'	Report

Estadio Olímpico Universitario, Mexico City

Referee: Fermín Ramírez Zermeño

Group B[]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	UDG	6	3	2	1	8	3	+5	8	Final
2	América	6	3	2	1	14	6	+8	8
3	Atlético Potosino	6	2	1	3	9	14	−5	5
4	Guadalajara	6	1	1	4	2	10	−8	3

Source:^{[citation needed]}

Matches[]

June 1, 1977

Guadalajara	1-2	América
Víctor Rangel	Report	José de Jesús Aceves

Estadio Jalisco, Guadalajara, Jalisco

Referee: Jorge Alberto Narváez

June 1, 1977

Atletico Potosino	0-2	UDG
	Report	Rafael “Chepe” Chávez Manuel Nájera

Estadio Plan de San Luis, San Luis Potosi

Referee: Enrique Mendoza Guillén

June 4, 1977

UDG	0-0	Guadalajara
	Report

Estadio Jalisco, Guadalajara, Jalisco

Referee: Jorge Alberto Leanza

June 5, 1977

Atletico Potosino	2-2	América
Eduardo Cisneros Nery Castillo	Report	Antonio de la Torre José de Jesús Aceves

Estadio Plan de San Luis, San Luis Potosi

Referee: Antonio R. Márquez

June 8, 1977

UDG	0-0	América
	Report

Estadio Jalisco, Guadalajara, Jalisco

Referee: Javier Galindo

June 9, 1977

Atletico Potosino	3-0	Guadalajara
José Luis Martínez Nery Castillo Salvador Carrillo	Report

Estadio Plan de San Luis, San Luis Potosi

Referee: Marco Antonio Dorantes

June 18, 1977

América	0-1	Guadalajara
	Report	Víctor Rangel

Estadio Azteca, Mexico City

Referee: Enrique Mendoza Guillén

June 18, 1977

UDG	3-0	Atletico Potosino
Ricardo Chavarìn Eusebio	Report

Estadio Jalisco, Guadalajara, Jalisco

Referee: Alfonso González Archundia

June 22, 1977

Guadalajara	0-2	UDG
	Report	Ricardo Chavarìn

Estadio Jalisco, Guadalajara, Jalisco

Referee: Jorge Alberto Leanza

June 22, 1977

América	7-1	Atletico Potosino
José de Jesús Aceves Alfredo Tena Carlos Reynoso Antonio de la Torre Jesús Martínez Enrique Borja (pen.) "Luizinho”	Report	José Luis Martínez

Estadio Azteca, Mexico City

Referee: Mario Rubio

June 25, 1977

América	3-1	UDG
Roberto da Silva (o.g.) Antonio de la Torre José de Jesús Aceves	Report	Rafael Chávez

Estadio Azteca, Mexico City

Referee: Marco Antonio Dorantes

June 26, 1977

Guadalajara	0-3	Atletico Potosino
Guillermo Torres	Report	Nery Castillo Ramón Alberto Ramírez Eduardo Cisneros

Estadio Jalisco, Guadalajara, Jalisco

Referee: Domingo de la Mora

Final[]

June 29, 1977

UDG	0-0	UNAM
	Report

Estadio Jalisco, Guadalajara, Jalisco

Referee: Alfonso González Archundia

July 3, 1977

UNAM	1-0	UDG
Evanivaldo Castro 66'	Report

Estadio Azteca, Mexico City

Referee: Marco Antonio Dorantes


	Enrique Vázquez del Mercado
	Genaro Bermúdez
	Arturo 'Gonini' Vázquez Ayala
	Jesús Iturralde
	Héctor Sanabria
	José Luis 'Pareja' López
	Spencer Coelho
	Leonardo Cuéllar
	Cándido		60'
	Juan José 'Cobra' Muñante		76'
	Evanivaldo 'Cabinho'	66'
Substitutions:
	Hugo Sánchez		60'
	Jorge Vergara		76'
Manager:
Jorge Marik


	Juan García
	Daniel Montes de Oca
	Héctor Santoyo	45'
	Roberto da Silva
	Manuel Nájera
	Manuel Guillén
	Roberto Chávez
	Aurelio Martínez
	Belisario López
	Belardino de Almeida	84'
	Ricardo Chavarín
Substitutions:
	Jaime Reyes	45'
	Rubén Anguiano	84'
Manager:
Ignacio Jaúregui

UNAM won 1 - 0 on aggregate.

1976–77 winners
UNAM 1st title

1976–77 Mexican Primera División season

Contents

Overview[]

Teams[]

Group stage[]

Group 1[]

Group 2[]

Group 3[]

Group 4[]

Results[]

Relegation Playoff[]

Championship Playoff[]

Group A[]

Matches[]

Group B[]

Matches[]

Final[]

References[]