1978–79 Mexican Primera División season

Primera División de México
Season	1978-79
Champions	Cruz Azul (6th Title)
Relegated	Veracruz
Champions' Cup	Cruz Azul UNAM
Matches played	406
Goals scored	1148 (2.83 per match)
← 1977-78 1979-80 →

Statistics of Primera División de México in season 1978-79.

Overview

Zacatepec was promoted to Primera División.

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

Veracruz was relegated to Segunda División.

Group Stage

Group 1

Pos	Club	P	W	D	L	GF	GA	Pts	Result
1	Monterrey	38	14	12	12	52	43	40	Playoffs
2	América	38	14	9	15	58	49	37	Playoffs
3	Guadalajara	38	11	13	14	43	56	35
4	Atlante	38	9	13	16	51	56	31
5	Veracruz	38	7	9	22	35	83	23	Relegated

Group 2

Pos	Club	P	W	D	L	GF	GA	Pts	Result
1	UNAM	38	17	11	10	77	57	45	Playoffs
2	Atlético Potosino	38	19	7	13	58	55	45	Playoffs
3	Tampico Madero	38	11	13	14	59	65	35
4	León	38	13	7	18	50	67	33
5	Jalisco	38	8	12	18	49	67	28

Group 3

Pos	Club	P	W	D	L	GF	GA	Pts	Result
1	Cruz Azul	38	19	13	6	70	32	51	Playoffs
2	Toluca	38	19	7	12	59	43	45	Playoffs
3	Puebla	38	14	14	10	53	49	42
4	UDG	38	15	7	16	60	57	37
5	Unión de Curtidores	38	12	11	15	54	57	35

Group 4

Pos	Club	P	W	D	L	GF	GA	Pts	Result
1	UANL	38	17	14	7	58	46	48	Playoffs
2	Zacatepec	38	15	13	10	55	45	43	Playoffs
3	Tecos	38	13	15	10	56	44	41
4	Atlético Español	38	13	10	15	54	62	36
5	Deportivo Neza	38	10	10	18	35	53	30

Results

	AME	ATN	ATE	APO	CRA	GDL	JAL	LEO	MTY	NEZ	PUE	TAM	TEC	TOL	UDC	UNL	UDG	UNM	VER	ZAC
América		3-1	3-3	1-1	3-3	0-0	1-0	3-1	4-0	6-1	0-0	2-1	2-0	1-0	1-2	0-1	3-2	0-3	4-2	3-0
Atlante	2-1		2-2	4-1	0-4	2-0	4-1	1-2	0-0	1-1	1-1	2-1	2-0	1-2	0-0	0-1	1-2	1-2	2-1	0-1
Atlético Español	1-0	3-2		1-1	1-1	0-1	1-1	0-3	1-2	4-1	1-0	1-1	0-3	5-4	2-1	3-3	1-2	2-1	4-2	0-1
Atlético Potosino	0-2	1-0	0-3		3-2	4-0	0-0	1-0	2-1	3-1	2-0	2-0	1-0	1-1	1-0	2-2	1-0	1-4	4-1	2-1
Cruz Azul	3-1	0-0	3-0	4-0		4-1	3-1	2-2	1-1	1-0	3-0	2-1	3-2	3-1	1-1	3-0	0-0	4-1	5-0	3-1
Guadalajara	0-0	3-3	1-1	1-3	0-0		1-1	2-0	2-1	2-1	3-1	2-2	1-0	2-0	1-1	2-0	2-2	1-0	1-0	1-1
Jalisco	0-3	2-2	1-2	6-4	2-1	3-1		1-2	1-2	0-0	0-1	2-2	1-0	2-0	2-2	0-1	2-1	3-2	0-1	1-1
León	0-2	0-2	1-3	0-1	2-3	2-1	0-3		0-0	2-1	2-1	4-4	2-3	3-2	2-0	1-0	1-1	1-1	4-0	1-2
Monterrey	1-1	3-1	1-0	1-0	1-1	3-1	1-0	0-1		1-0	1-0	4-1	4-0	1-1	1-2	0-0	4-1	2-2	5-0	0-2
Deportivo Neza	1-0	2-1	2-1	2-0	1-0	2-3	1-1	0-1	2-1		0-0	1-1	0-0	1-3	1-1	2-1	2-1	1-2	2-1	2-2
Puebla	2-1	2-1	3-0	4-1	0-0	1-1	3-1	3-2	3-1	1-0		1-3	2-0	3-3	1-1	0-2	3-2	1-1	5-1	1-1
Tampico Madero	3-2	3-2	1-1	2-0	0-4	1-0	3-3	7-1	2-2	0-1	0-0		0-1	0-0	0-2	3-1	2-1	3-0	0-0	2-3
Tecos	3-1	1-0	0-1	0-1	1-0	1-1	4-0	6-1	1-1	1-1	1-1	1-1		1-2	3-1	0-0	2-1	4-3	3-0	1-1
Toluca	2-1	2-3	4-0	0-0	3-1	2-0	2-2	2-0	1-0	3-1	3-0	2-1	3-2		1-0	2-2	0-0	4-0	4-0	1-0
Unión de Curtidores	1-1	2-2	1-0	2-3	2-0	1-0	3-2	1-1	0-0	1-0	2-2	1-2	1-0	1-2		2-2	3-0	2-1	2-1	3-0
UANL	3-2	0-0	2-1	3-5	0-0	1-0	2-2	2-1	1-1	1-0	1-1	3-1	4-1	1-1	2-1		2-1	2-1	5-0	0-0
UDG	2-1	2-1	1-0	2-1	1.1	2-2	3-0	0-1	3-0	2-0	1-1	3-4	0-3	2-1	4-1	1-2		1-2	5-2	2-1
UNAM	2-0	1-1	4-1	1-3	1-1	4-2	3-1	3-1	2-0	2-0	3-1	8-1	1-1	1-1	2-1	4-2	4-2		1-1	1-1
Veracruz	2-2	1-1	1-3	2-1	0-1	2-0	3-1	1-1	1-4	1-0	0-2	1-1	1-1	2-0	1-1	0-3	0-2	1-1		1-0
Zacatepec	3-0	2-2	1-1	1-1	1-2	4-1	1-0	2-1	2-1	1-1	0-1	3-0	3-1	1-1	4-1	0-2	3-1	2-2	2-1

Group Stage Playoff

Semifinal

Group A

Pos	Club	P	W	D	L	GF	GA	Pts	Result
1	Cruz Azul	6	4	1	1	8	5	9	Finals
2	Toluca	6	3	0	3	9	5	6
3	América	6	3	0	3	7	6	6
4	Atlético Potosino	6	1	1	4	5	13	3

Group A Results

Round 1
América 1 - 0 Cruz Azul
Atlético Potosino 0 - 2 Toluca

Round 2
Cruz Azul 2 - 1 Atlético Potosino
Toluca 1 - 0 América

Round 3
Atlético Potosino 1 - 2 América
Toluca 0 - 1 Cruz Azul

Round 4
Cruz Azul 2 - 1 América
Toluca 5 - 0 Atlético Potosino

Round 5
Atlético Potosino 2 - 2 Cruz Azul
América 3 - 1 Toluca

Round 6
América 0 - 1 Atlético Potosino
Cruz Azul 1 - 0 Toluca

Group B

Pos	Club	P	W	D	L	GF	GA	Pts	Result
1	UNAM	6	3	2	1	9	6	8	Finals
2	UANL	6	3	2	1	8	7	8
3	Monterrey	6	1	4	1	8	8	6
4	Zacatepec	6	0	2	4	6	10	2

Group B Results

Group 2

Round 1
U.N.A.M. 1 - 0 Zacatepec
Monterrey 0 - 1 U.A.N.L.

Round 2
U.N.A.M. 2 - 2 Monterrey
U.A.N.L. 2 - 1 Zacatepec

Round 3
Monterrey 2 - 1 Zacatepec
U.N.A.M. 3 - 0 U.A.N.L.

Round 4
Zacatepec 1 - 2 U.N.A.M.
U.A.N.L. 1 - 1 Monterrey

Round 5
Monterrey 1 - 1 U.N.A.M.
Zacatepec 1 - 1 U.A.N.L.

Round 6
U.A.N.L. 2 - 0 U.N.A.M.
Zacatepec 2 - 2 Monterrey

Final

UNAM v Cruz Azul

UNAM	0-0	Cruz Azul
	Report

Estadio Olimpico Universitario, Mexico City

Cruz Azul v UNAM

Cruz Azul	2-0	UNAM
Jara Saguier 69' Horacio López Salgado 88'	Report

Estadio Azteca, Mexico City

Cruz Azul won 2-0 on aggregate.

1978-79 winners:
Cruz Azul 6th Title

References

Mexico - List of final tables (RSSSF)

Liga MX

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