1985–86 Mexican Primera División season

The 1985–86 Mexican Primera División season was the 44th edition of the Mexican Primera Division, the top division of Mexican football. The tournament started on 12 July 1985 and ended on 1 March 1986.

Primera División de México

Season	1985–86
Champions	Prode 85: América (6th title) México 86: Monterrey (1st title)
Champions' Cup	América Monterrey
Matches played	288
Goals scored	785 (2.73 per match)
← 1984–85 1986–87 →

Prode-1985

Overview

The tournament began on 12 July 1985 and ended on 6 October 1985.

It was contested by 20 teams, divided into 4 groups of five teams in a round-robin system.

América won the championship, beating Tampico Madero on aggregate for their sixth title and their third back-to-back title.

Irapuato was promoted from Segunda División, and Zacatepec was relegated.

Teams

Mexico City

• Atlas
• Guadalajara
• Tecos
• UdeG

León

Irapuato

Toluca

• Monterrey
• UANL

At. Potosino

Tampico Madero

Morelia

• Ángeles
• Puebla

Greater Mexico City teams
América
Atlante
Cruz Azul
Necaxa
Neza
UNAM

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Location of the 1985–86 Primera División teams

Group stage

Group 1

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Tampico Madero	8	5	0	3	21	12	+9	10	Playoff
2	Morelia	8	4	0	4	16	10	+6	8
3	Toluca	8	3	2	3	8	12	−4	8
4	UNAM	8	3	1	4	11	15	−4	7
5	León	8	2	3	3	8	15	−7	7

Source:

Group 2

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Puebla	8	5	3	0	21	8	+13	13	Playoff
2	U. de G.	8	3	4	1	13	10	+3	10
3	Deportivo Neza	8	2	3	3	12	18	−6	7
4	Atlas	8	2	1	5	11	11	0	5
5	Monterrey	8	1	3	4	10	20	−10	5

Source:

Group 3

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Atlante	8	4	3	1	11	7	+4	11	Playoff
2	Cruz Azul	8	4	3	1	7	4	+3	11
3	Tecos	8	2	3	3	8	7	+1	7
4	Necaxa	8	2	3	3	6	8	−2	7
5	Atlético Potosino	8	0	4	4	5	11	−6	4

Source:

Group 4

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	América	8	5	2	1	17	8	+9	12	Playoff
2	Guadalajara	8	4	2	2	12	10	+2	10
3	Angeles	8	3	3	2	13	13	0	9
4	Irapuato	8	1	3	4	8	14	−6	5
5	UANL	8	1	2	5	8	13	−5	4

Source:

Playoff

	Quarter-finals							Semi-finals							Final
	2	América	2	1	3
	6	U. de G.	0	1	1
								2	América	2	3	5
								3	Atlante	2	1	3
	3	Atlante	2	3	5
	8	Morelia	1	0	1
															2	América	1	4	5
															5	Tampico Madero	4	0	4
	1	Puebla	0	1	1
	7	Guadalajara	0	0	0
								1	Puebla	2	2	4
								5	Tampico Madero	4	1	5
	4	Cruz Azul	1	1	2
	5	Tampico Madero	2	2	4

PRODE 85 winners
América 6th title

Mexico-1986

Overview

The tournament started on 11 October 1985 and ended on 1 March 1986.

It was contested by 20 teams divided into two teams of 10 in a round-robin system, with the first four teams of the group qualifying to the playoffs.

Monterrey beat Tampico Madero on aggregate for their first ever title.

Group stage

Group 1

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Puebla	18	9	6	3	24	15	+9	24	Playoff
2	América	18	5	11	2	21	14	+7	21
3	Morelia	18	6	9	3	18	14	+4	21
4	Atlante	18	7	5	6	20	17	+3	19
5	Deportivo Neza	18	4	9	5	24	21	+3	17
6	U. de G.	18	5	7	6	25	28	−3	17
7	Irapuato	18	4	9	5	18	21	−3	17
8	Atlético Potosino	18	6	5	7	22	26	−4	17
9	UANL	18	3	8	7	19	25	−6	14
10	León	18	5	3	10	15	25	−10	13

Source:

Group 2

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Monterrey	18	13	3	2	43	18	+25	29	Playoff
2	Tampico Madero	18	11	2	5	45	25	+20	24
3	Cruz Azul	18	8	5	5	24	18	+6	21
4	Guadalajara	18	6	7	5	30	25	+5	19
5	Tecos	18	8	3	7	27	29	−2	19
6	Atlas	18	5	5	8	28	35	−7	15
7	Necaxa	18	5	4	9	19	27	−8	14
8	Toluca	18	5	4	9	19	32	−13	14
9	UNAM	18	4	5	9	23	39	−16	13
10	Angeles	18	4	4	10	14	24	−10	12

Source:

Playoff

	Quarter-finals							Semi-finals							Final
	1	Monterrey	0	6	6
	8	Atlante	0	0	0
								1	Monterrey	1	1	2
								7	Guadalajara	0	0	0
	2	Puebla	2	1	3
	7	Guadalajara	3	1	4
															1	Monterrey	1	2	3
															3	Tampico Madero	2	0	2
	3	Tampico Madero	2	2	4
	6	Morelia	2	0	2
								3	Tampico Madero	2	4	6
								4	América	3	0	3
	4	América	1	1	2
	5	Cruz Azul	0	0	0

México 86 winners
Monterrey 1st title

References

• Mexico - List of final tables (RSSSF)