1961–62 Mexican Primera División season

Statistics of the Primera División de México for the 1961–62 season.

Primera División de México
Season1961–62
ChampionsGuadalajara (5th title)
RelegatedZacatepec
Champions' CupGuadalajara
Matches played182
Goals scored568 (3.12 per match)

Overview

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Nacional was promoted to Primera División.

The season was contested by 14 teams, and Guadalajara won the championship and becomes first team to win four consecutive championships.

Zacatepec was relegated to Segunda División.

Teams

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Team City Stadium
América Mexico City Olímpico Universitario
Atlante Mexico City Olímpico Universitario
Atlas Guadalajara, Jalisco Jalisco
Guadalajara Guadalajara, Jalisco Jalisco
Irapuato Irapuato, Guanajuato Revolución
León León, Guanajuato La Martinica
Morelia Morelia, Michoacán Campo Independiente
Monterrey Monterrey, Nuevo León Tecnológico
Nacional Guadalajara, Jalisco Jalisco
Necaxa Mexico City Olímpico Universitario
Oro Guadalajara, Jalisco Jalisco
Tampico Tampico, Tamaulipas Tampico
Toluca Toluca, State of Mexico Luis Gutiérrez Dosal
Zacatepec Zacatepec, Morelos Campo del Ingenio

League standings

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Guadalajara 26 20 1 5 58 17 +41 41 Champions
2 América 26 14 6 6 51 31 +20 34
3 Toluca 26 15 4 7 58 37 +21 34
4 Oro 26 13 5 8 41 32 +9 31
5 León 26 5 15 6 24 30 −6 25
6 Irapuato 26 10 5 11 35 47 −12 25
7 Atlético Morelia 26 8 8 10 32 42 −10 24
8 Tampico 26 7 9 10 37 41 −4 23
9 Atlante 26 8 7 11 38 45 −7 23
10 Nacional 26 7 9 10 30 44 −14 23
11 Atlas 26 8 6 12 39 44 −5 22
12 Necaxa 26 7 8 11 47 54 −7 22
13 Monterrey 26 7 5 14 37 47 −10 19
14 Zacatepec 26 7 4 15 41 57 −16 18 Relegated
Source: [citation needed]


 1961–62 winners 
Guadalajara
5th title

Results

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Home \ Away AME ATE ATS GDL IRA LEO MTY MOR NAL NEC ORO TAM TOL ZAC
América 2–2 1–0 0–1 5–0 1–1 2–0 3–0 3–2 1–1 2–1 4–0 2–0 3–1
Atlante 1–3 4–1 2–1 0–3 1–1 4–0 0–1 1–1 3–3 2–0 2–2 0–1 4–2
Atlas 0–1 2–0 2–3 3–1 0–0 2–1 3–1 2–0 2–2 1–2 5–0 1–2 2–1
Guadalajara 1–0 2–0 1–0 5–0 0–0 5–0 2–1 6–1 4–0 1–2 1–3 2–0 2–0
Irapuato 4–3 0–2 0–0 0–4 1–2 1–0 0–0 0–1 3–2 0–2 1–0 3–1 0–0
León 1–1 1–1 1–0 0–3 1–2 2–0 0–0 1–1 1–1 0–0 0–0 1–0 0–0
Monterrey 3–0 3–0 4–1 0–2 3–3 1–1 0–0 0–0 8–3 1–3 3–2 0–3 3–1
Morelia 2–1 2–4 3–3 0–1 4–0 3–2 2–1 3–1 1–0 1–1 1–1 2–2 2–2
Nacional 0–0 1–1 2–2 0–3 1–0 2–2 4–2 2–0 2–1 1–0 0–0 2–5 4–1
Necaxa 2–3 3–0 3–3 4–1 1–4 1–2 2–1 4–1 2–0 1–1 1–1 2–4 2–0
Oro 3–2 1–0 1–2 1–0 1–3 4–2 0–0 3–0 2–1 0–1 1–0 3–3 5–2
Tampico 2–2 4–0 3–0 0–3 2–2 4–1 2–1 0–1 4–0 2–2 2–1 2–2 0–3
Toluca 1–2 1–3 5–1 0–1 4–2 1–1 1–0 1–0 2–0 4–2 2–0 2–1 5–3
Zacatepec 2–4 4–1 2–1 1–3 0–2 2–0 1–2 5–1 1–1 2–1 2–3 2–0 1–6
Updated to match(es) played on 7 January 1962. Source: RSSSF
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

References

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