1979–80 Mexican Primera División season

Statistics of the Primera División de México for the 1979–80 season.

Primera División de México

Season	1979–80
Champions	Cruz Azul (7th title)
Relegated	Jalisco
Champions' Cup	Cruz Azul UANL
Matches played	406
Goals scored	1,106 (2.72 per match)
← 1978–79 1980–81 →

Overview

Atlas was promoted to Primera División.

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

Jalisco was relegated to Segunda División.

Teams

Mexico City

Atlas
Guadalajara
Jalisco
Tecos
UdeG

León
Curtidores

Toluca

Monterrey
UANL

At. Potosino

Tampico

Zacatepec

Puebla

Greater Mexico City teams
América
Atlético Español
Atlante
Cruz Azul
Neza
UNAM

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Location of the 1979-80 Primera División teams

Group stage

Group 1

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Cruz Azul	38	20	15	3	67	34	+33	55	Playoffs
2	Atlante	38	20	9	9	70	40	+30	49
3	Monterrey	38	9	16	13	40	50	−10	34
4	Puebla	38	11	11	16	56	62	−6	33
5	Jalisco	38	8	12	18	46	65	−19	28	Relegation Playoff

Source:

Group 2

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	UNAM	38	17	12	9	68	55	+13	46	Playoffs
2	Tampico	38	15	11	12	61	54	+7	41
3	Guadalajara	38	11	16	11	45	41	+4	38
4	Atlético Potosino	38	8	13	17	34	52	−18	29
5	Unión de Curtidores	38	10	8	20	39	53	−14	28	Relegation Playoff

Source:

Group 3

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	América	38	23	11	4	71	37	+34	57	Playoffs
2	Deportivo Neza	38	12	20	6	53	38	+15	44
3	Toluca	38	14	11	13	44	45	−1	39
4	UDG	38	9	13	16	41	56	−15	31
5	León	38	9	11	18	41	60	−19	29

Source:

Group 4

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Zacatepec	38	16	12	10	72	52	+20	44	Playoffs
2	UANL	38	14	12	12	62	64	−2	40
3	Tecos	38	11	14	13	51	61	−10	36
4	Atlético Español	38	11	8	19	37	56	−19	30
5	Atlas	38	9	11	18	47	70	−23	29

Source:

Results

Home \ Away	AME	ATN	ATL	ATE	APO	CRA	GDL	JAL	LEO	MTY	NEZ	PUE	TAM	TOL	UDC	TEC	UNL	UDG	UNM	ZAC
América		1–1	5–0	1–0	2–0	1–1	3–1	3–1	2–1	4–1	1–1	4–1	1–0	3–1	1–0	1–1	2–0	2–1	0–2	2–1
Atlante	1–0		2–2	4–1	2–2	1–2	3–2	2–1	3–0	1–0	0–1	3–0	3–1	3–2	3–1	2–0	1–2	0–1	2–3	3–2
Atlas	1–2	0–2		0–1	0–0	1–1	0–4	0–1	3–2	1–2	1–3	2–1	5–3	0–0	3–0	1–0	1–3	2–1	4–2	1–2
Atlético Español	0–1	0–3	1–2		2–1	1–2	0–0	1–1	0–2	1–1	0–3	1–2	1–1	0–3	3–1	1–0	2–0	4–0	2–3	1–4
Atlético Potosino	0–0	0–0	3–0	1–0		1–2	2–1	0–1	2–4	0–0	0–1	0–2	1–0	1–1	1–1	1–0	2–1	0–0	0–1	2–3
Cruz Azul	2–0	2–1	3–2	5–1	1–0		0–0	1–0	2–1	1–1	0–0	1–1	1–1	1–0	2–2	0–0	1–1	1–1	0–0	4–1
Guadalajara	1–1	1–1	0–0	0–0	2–3	1–2		3–2	1–1	0–1	0–0	1–1	0–0	2–1	0–2	1–0	4–1	2–0	1–1	2–0
Jalisco	0–1	0–1	1–1	0–1	0–0	0–3	2–1		0–0	2–1	1–1	1–1	0–1	1–0	2–0	3–0	2–4	5–2	2–2	1–2
León	2–2	1–0	3–2	1–2	1–2	1–6	0–0	3–2		1–1	0–0	0–4	1–1	1–1	0–1	0–0	3–0	1–2	1–3	1–1
Monterrey	2–1	2–4	2–1	2–0	1–1	2–1	2–3	0–0	0–0		1–1	2–0	0–1	1–0	1–1	2–0	1–1	2–2	1–1	1–3
Deportivo Neza	1–2	1–1	2–2	2–2	5–1	1–1	0–1	2–2	2–1	0–0		1–1	2–0	3–0	2–2	0–0	5–3	3–1	1–1	3–0
Puebla	3–3	2–3	1–1	0–1	2–0	1–4	0–0	5–2	2–1	5–2	0–0		2–1	0–1	4–5	0–0	0–2	1–0	1–1	2–1
Tampico	1–3	0–0	2–0	2–0	2–0	1–1	0–2	7–5	3–1	2–2	4–1	4–2		2–1	2–1	2–0	3–1	2–1	3–1	1–1
Toluca	1–3	1–0	2–2	2–2	2–1	0–3	3–1	2–1	2–0	2–0	0–0	3–4	2–2		3–1	2–0	3–3	4–3	2–1	1–0
Unión de Curtidores	0–1	1–1	1–2	0–2	3–0	1–0	0–3	4–0	1–0	1–1	0–1	2–1	2–2	4–1		0–1	3–1	0–1	1–0	3–3
Tecos	2–2	1–1	2–2	0–0	1–1	1–2	4–1	1–0	0–1	1–1	1–0	1–1	3–2	0–0	2–0		1–1	1–0	4–1	1–0
UANL	1–3	0–7	4–0	2–0	1–1	4–2	1–1	1–1	2–0	2–1	3–0	2–1	0–0	2–0	5–2	1–3		1–1	3–1	1–1
UDG	2–2	0–2	1–1	0–2	1–0	1–1	3–1	1–1	1–2	1–0	1–1	3–1	2–1	0–1	3–0	1–1	0–0		2–3	0–0
UNAM	2–4	4–1	3–1	2–1	2–2	1–3	1–1	2–2	0–1	2–0	2–1	1–0	2–0	2–0	5–2	1–0	3–0	1–1		1–1
Zacatepec	1–1	0–2	2–0	2–0	4–2	1–2	0–0	5–0	4–2	2–0	2–2	2–1	3–1	5–0	1–1	2–1	2–2	4–0	4–4

Source:
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Relegation playoff

June 21, 1980

Jalisco	2-1	Unión de Curtidores
Manuel Nájera 49' Samuel Rivas 50'	Report	Geraldo Goncalvez 90'

Estadio Jalisco, Guadalajara

June 28, 1980

Unión de Curtidores	3-1	Jalisco
Geraldo Goncalvez 64', 73' José Ángel Martínez 80'	Report	Rubén Hugo Ayala 61'

Estadio La Martinica, León

Unión de Curtidores won 4-3 on aggregate. Jalisco was relegated to Segunda División.

Playoff

Semifinal

Group 1

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	UANL	6	2	3	1	9	6	+3	7	Finals
2	América	6	2	2	2	6	5	+1	6
3	UNAM	6	1	4	1	3	3	0	6
4	Zacatepec	6	1	3	2	5	9	−4	5

Source:

Group A Results

Round 1
América 1 - 2 U.A.N.L.
U.N.A.M. 0 - 0 Zacatepec

Round 2
América 2 - 0 Zacatepec
U.A.N.L. 0 - 1 U.N.A.M.

Round 3
U.N.A.M. 0 - 1 América
Zacatepec 1 - 1 U.A.N.L.

Round 4
Zacatepec 0 - 0 U.N.A.M.
U.A.N.L. 0 - 0 América

Round 5
Zacatepec 3 - 2 América
U.N.A.M. 2 - 2 U.A.N.L.

Round 6
América 0 - 0 U.N.A.M.
U.A.N.L. 4 - 1 Zacatepec

Group B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Cruz Azul	6	4	0	2	8	6	+2	8	Finals
2	Atlante	6	2	2	2	12	10	+2	6
3	Deportivo Neza	6	2	2	2	5	5	0	6
4	Tampico Madero	6	1	2	3	6	10	−4	4

Source:

Group B Results

Round 1
Tampico Madero 0 - 1 Cruz Azul
Neza 1 – 0 Atlante

Round 2
Cruz Azul 4 - 2 Atlante
Neza 1 - 1 Tampico Madero

Round 3
Neza 0 - 2 Cruz Azul
Atlante 5 - 2 Tampico

Round 4
Cruz Azul 0 - 1 Tampico Madero
Atlante 1 – 1 Neza

Round 5
Cruz Azul 1 - 0 Neza
Tampico Madero 1 - 1 Atlante

Round 6
Tampico Madero 1 - 2 Neza
Atlante 3 - 1 Cruz Azul

Final

July 10, 1980

UANL	0-1	Cruz Azul
	Report	Rodolfo Montoya 86'

Estadio Universitario, San Nicolás de los Garza

July 13, 1980

Cruz Azul	3-3	UANL
Adrián Camacho 4' Rodolfo Montoya 11', 56'	Report	Gerónimo Barbadillo 52' Alfredo Jiménez 80' Juan Manuel Azuara 86'

Estadio Azteca, Mexico City

Cruz Azul won 4-3 on aggregate.

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1979–80 winners
Cruz Azul 7th title

References

• Mexico - List of final tables (RSSSF)
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