1975–76 Mexican Primera División season

34th professional season of the top-flight football league in Mexico

Football league season

Primera División de México
Season	1975–76
Champions	América (3rd title)
Relegated	Atlante
Champions' Cup	América
Matches played	396
Goals scored	1,026 (2.59 per match)
← 1974–75 1976–77 →

Statistics of Mexican Primera División in season 1975–76.

Overview

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Tecos was promoted to Primera División.

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

Atlante was relegated to Segunda División.

Teams

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1975–76 Mexican Primera División season is located in Mexico

Mexico City

Atlas Guadalajara Jalisco Tecos UdeG

Atlas
Guadalajara
Jalisco
Tecos
UdeG

León Curtidores

León
Curtidores

Toluca

Monterrey UANL

Monterrey
UANL

Laguna

At. Potosino

Veracruz

Zacatepec

Puebla

Mexico City teams América Atlante Atlético Español Cruz Azul UNAM

Mexico City teams
América
Atlante
Atlético Español
Cruz Azul
UNAM

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Location of the 1975-76 Primera División teams

Team	City	Stadium
América	Mexico City	Azteca
Atlante	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	San Isidro
León	León, Guanajuato	León
Monterrey	Monterrey, Nuevo León	Universitario
Puebla	Puebla, Puebla	Cuauhtémoc
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

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Group 1

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Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	América	38	23	7	8	62	40	+22	53	Playoffs
2	Tecos	38	13	11	14	40	52	−12	37	Playoffs
3	Guadalajara	38	11	13	14	47	52	−5	35
4	Puebla	38	9	10	19	42	61	−19	28
5	Atletico Potosino	38	10	6	22	40	67	−27	26	Relegation Playoff

Source: ^{[citation needed ]}

Group 2

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Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Monterrey	38	16	12	10	47	37	+10	44	Playoffs
2	Unión de Curtidores	38	10	20	8	52	47	+5	40	Playoffs
3	Atlas	38	13	11	14	59	57	+2	37
4	UANL	38	12	13	13	50	54	−4	37
5	Atlante	38	5	17	16	27	53	−26	27	Relegation Playoff

Source: ^{[citation needed ]}

Group 3

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Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Cruz Azul	38	15	14	9	60	38	+22	44	Playoffs
2	UDG	38	15	13	10	51	36	+15	43	Playoffs
3	Atlético Español	38	10	18	10	51	48	+3	38
4	Zacatepec	38	12	8	18	41	57	−16	32
5	Veracruz	38	10	12	16	38	64	−26	32

Source: ^{[citation needed ]}

Group 4

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Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	UNAM	38	18	13	7	67	40	+27	49	Playoffs
2	León	38	17	12	9	57	38	+19	46	Playoffs
3	Toluca	38	14	12	12	47	41	+6	40
4	Laguna	38	12	15	11	53	46	+7	39
5	Jalisco	38	10	13	15	59	62	−3	33

Source: ^{[citation needed ]}

Results

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Home \ Away	AME	ATT	ATL	ATE	APO	CRA	GDL	JAL	LAG	LEO	MTY	PUE	TOL	UDC	TEC	UNL	UDG	UNM	VER
América	0–1	3–2	3–2	1–0	4–2	0–0	2–1	2–1	0–0	1–0	1–0	3–0	1–3	3–1	1–0	0–3	2–1	4–2	4–0
Atlante	0–0	1–1	0–1	1–0	1–1	0–2	1–2	0–0	1–1	0–0	1–0	0–1	1–0	1–1	1–1	0–1	2–2	0–0	0–1
Atlas	0–1	3–2	2–1	5–1	1–2	1–2	2–1	1–3	1–0	0–2	2–2	1–1	0–2	1–1	1–2	2–1	3–1	2–0	0–0
Atlético Español	1–1	3–0	2–2	3–0	2–2	2–2	4–4	1–1	3–1	1–2	0–0	0–0	3–2	2–0	0–0	2–2	1–0	0–0	1–1
Atlético Potosino	0–2	0–1	3–2	2–1	1–0	0–0	2–7	1–3	1–1	1–0	0–4	1–0	1–1	0–1	1–0	1–4	0–1	2–0	6–2
Cruz Azul	2–2	3–2	2–0	1–1	0–0	0–2	1–0	3–2	0–0	0–1	3–1	1–1	2–0	1–0	5–0	2–0	0–0	7–0	2–1
Guadalajara	0–3	5–0	1–2	1–0	1–1	2–1	0–3	0–1	2–2	2–0	3–0	2–4	2–2	2–1	0–0	1–1	1–2	2–3	0–1
Jalisco	3–2	2–2	3–2	0–0	1–2	0–2	2–2	1–1	0–1	1–1	5–2	1–1	0–2	3–4	3–2	1–0	0–0	1–0	2–1
Laguna	0–1	4–2	2–2	2–2	1–0	1–1	1–2	2–2	2–1	1–2	3–1	1–1	3–1	0–1	3–2	0–1	1–1	0–0	0–0
León	2–1	1–1	2–2	3–1	2–1	3–1	1–2	3–1	1–1	0–1	4–2	0–0	2–0	4–1	4–0	1–1	1–1	3–0	0–1
Monterrey	3–1	1–1	1–2	1–2	2–1	0–0	0–0	1–1	2–1	1–2	3–1	3–1	1–2	2–0	0–0	3–1	1–0	2–0	4–3
Puebla	0–1	1–1	2–1	0–2	4–2	0–4	1–0	1–1	1–2	0–1	2–2	1–1	2–0	2–3	2–1	0–3	1–1	4–0	3–2
Toluca	6–0	1–1	1–0	2–1	2–0	1–1	0–0	3–1	0–1	0–0	0–0	0–1	1–1	1–0	1–2	1–0	1–3	2–0	4–0
Unión de Curtidores	1–1	1–1	0–1	4–4	1–0	2–1	1–1	2–1	3–5	1–3	3–0	1–1	4–0	1–1	5–2	2–2	1–1	4–2	1–1
UAG	0–3	2–0	0–0	1–0	1–0	0–0	1–0	2–0	2–2	3–1	2–1	0–0	0–1	0–0	1–2	0–0	1–3	3–0	0–1
UANL	2–1	4–0	2–2	1–2	3–1	2–2	3–1	1–1	0–0	1–0	0–1	0–0	1–1	2–0	2–2	1–0	4–2	3–1	2–2
UDG	1–2	3–0	1–3	0–0	4–2	2–1	1–1	0–0	3–1	0–1	1–1	2–0	0–0	1–1	2–0	1–1	2–2	2–0	1–0
UNAM	0–0	2–0	3–2	3–0	3–1	0–2	4–0	4–3	2–1	3–2	1–1	1–0	2–2	9–0	2–1	2–1	1–0	0–0	3–0
Veracruz	0–3	1–1	2–2	2–0	1–1	2–2	3–2	1–0	0–0	1–2	1–0	2–0	1–0	2–2	1–1	2–0	1–2	1–1	2–1
Zacatepec	0–2	1–0	1–3	0–0	1–4	1–0	4–1	3–1	1–0	0–1	1–1	2–0	0–1	1–2	0–0	2–0	1–2	1–0	3–4

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

Relegation playoff

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25 July 1976

Atletico Potosino	2-1	Atlante
Hugo Enrique Coscia 9' Jorge Davino 36'	Alberto Domingo Romero 39'

Estadio Plan de San Luis, San Luis Potosí

29 July 1976

Atlante	0-0	Atletico Potosino

Estadio Azteca, Mexico City

Atletico Potosino won 2-1 on aggregate. Atlante was relegated to Segunda División.

Championship Playoffs

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Bracket

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Quarterfinals Semifinals Finals

1 América 1 0 1

8 Tecos 0 0 0

1 América 1 1 2

7 Unión de Curtidores 0 0 0

2 UNAM 0 2 2

7 Unión de Curtidores 3 1 4

1 América 3 1 4

6 UdeG 0 0 0

3 Leon 0 0 0

6 UdeG 5 1 6

5 Monterrey 1 1 2

6 UdeG 1 2 3

4 Cruz Azul 1 1 2

5 Monterrey 5 2 7

Quarterfinal

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22 July 1976

Tecos	0-1	América
Report	Alcindo 42'

Estadio Tres de Marzo, Zapopan

25 July 1976

América	0-0	Tecos
Report

Estadio Azteca, Mexico City

América won 1-0 on aggregate.

21 July 1976

Unión de Curtidores	3-0	UNAM
Alberto Cardaccio 50' Miguel Mejía Barón 52' (own) Hugo Dávila 90' (pen.)	Report

Estadio León, León

24 July 1976

UNAM	2-1	Unión de Curtidores
Evanivaldo Castro 52' Jorge Vergara 62'	Report	Jaime Álvarez 80'

Estadio Olímpico Universitario, Mexico City

Unión de Curtidores won 4-2 on aggregate.

21 July 1976

UdeG	5-0	León
Jair de Jesús Pereira 14', 56' Ricardo Chavarín 29', 54' Aurelio Martínez 90' (pen.)	Report

Estadio Jalisco, Guadalajara

25 July 1976

León	0-1	UdeG
Report	Ricardo Chavarín 34'

Estadio León, León

UdeG won 6-0 on aggregate.

21 July 1976

Monterrey	5-1	Cruz Azul
Romeo Corbo 45', 59', 80' Francisco Solís 46' Milton Carlos 87'	Report	Guillermo Mendizábal 55'

Estadio Universitario, San Nicolás de los Garza

24 July 1976

Cruz Azul	1-2	Monterrey
Eladio Vera 8'	Report	Ignacio Flores 42' (o.g.) Luis Montoya 75'

Estadio Azteca, Mexico City

Monterrey won 7-2 on aggregate.

Semi-finals

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29 July 1976

Unión de Curtidores	0-1	América
Report	Hugo Dávila 73' (own)

Estadio León, León

1 August 1976

América	1-0	Unión de Curtidores
Alcindo 84'	Report

Estadio Azteca, Mexico City

América won 2-0 on aggregate.

28 July 1976

UdeG	1-1	Monterrey
Héctor Santoyo 90'	Report	José Luis Saldívar 12'

Estadio Jalisco, Guadalajara

31 July 1976

Monterrey	1-2	UdeG
Milton Carlos 40'	Report	Carlos de Jesus Euzébio 30' Ricardo Chavarín 89'

Estadio Universitario, San Nicolás de los Garza

UdeG won 3-2 on aggregate.

Final

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August 4, 1976

UdeG	0-3	América
Report	Alcindo Marta da Freitas 48' Hugo Enrique Kiesse 87' Carlos Reinoso 90'

Estadio Jalisco, Guadalajara

Referee: Marcel Pérez Guevara

August 8, 1976

12:00

América	1-0	UdeG
Hugo Enrique Kiesse 63'	Report

Estadio Azteca, Mexico City

Attendance: 105,000

Referee: Marco Antonio Dorantes

América won 4-0 on aggregate.

1975–76 winners
América 3rd title

References

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v t e Liga MX
2024–25 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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