1970–71 Mexican Primera División season

29th professional season of the top-flight football league in Mexico Primera División de México 1970–71 América (2nd title) Atlas Champions' Cup AméricaToluca 311 717 México 1970 1971–72 Statistics of the Primera División de México for the 1970–71 season. Overview Zacatepec was promoted to Primera División (Segunda División 1969–70 Champion) Puebla was also promoted to Primera División (winner of promotional tournament between Unión de Curtidores, Nacional and Naucalpan) to increase the number of teams to 18. The season was contested by 18 teams, and America won the championship. Atlas was relegated to Segunda División. After this season Necaxa was sold and changed its name to Atlético Español. Cruz Azul moves to Mexico City. Teams Mexico 850 center Location of the 1970-71 Primera División teams Mexico 19.433333 -99.133333 Mexico City right Blue pog.svg Mexico 20.666667 -103.35 AtlasGuadalajaraJalisco left Blue pog.svg Mexico 21.116667 -101.683333 León top Blue pog.svg Mexico 19.2870 -99.6672 Toluca left Blue pog.svg Mexico 20.6840 -101.3567 Irapuato left Blue pog.svg Mexico 25.6522 -100.2864 Monterrey right Blue pog.svg Mexico 25.5643 -103.4360 LagunaTorreón top Blue pog.svg Mexico 19.9934 -99.3273 Cruz Azul left Blue pog.svg Mexico 19.1759 -96.1429 Veracruz right Blue pog.svg Mexico 20.1105 -98.7498 Pachuca right Blue pog.svg Mexico 18.6553 -99.1937 Zacatepec left Blue pog.svg Mexico 19.0852 -98.1681 Puebla right Blue pog.svg Mexico TransparentPlaceholder.png 2 20 -117 90 Mexico City teamsAmérica 10pxAtlante 10pxNecaxa 10pxUNAM 10px TeamCityStadiumAméricaMexico CityAztecaAtlanteMexico CityAztecaAtlasGuadalajara, JaliscoJaliscoCruz AzulJasso, Hidalgo10 de DiciembreGuadalajaraGuadalajara, JaliscoJaliscoIrapuatoIrapuato, GuanajuatoIrapuatoJaliscoGuadalajara, JaliscoJaliscoLagunaTorreón, CoahuilaSan IsidroLeónLeón, GuanajuatoLeónMonterreyMonterrey, Nuevo LeónTecnológicoNecaxaMexico CityAztecaPachucaPachuca, HidalgoRevolución MexicanaPueblaPuebla, PueblaCuauhtémocTolucaToluca, State of MexicoToluca 70TorreónTorreón, CoahuilaMoctezumaUNAMMexico CityOlímpico UniversitarioVeracruzVeracruz, VeracruzVeracruzanoZacatepecZacatepec, MorelosAgustín "Coruco" Díaz Group stage Group 1 main WDL Q y 2 TOL Toluca JAL Jalisco ZAC Zacatepec CRA Cruz Azul UNA UNAM NEC Necaxa IRA Irapuato LAG Laguna ATL Atlas 14 15 5 38 21 12 14 8 35 29 14 10 10 39 37 11 15 8 39 39 10 15 9 43 38 10 11 13 44 39 8 13 13 34 53 10 8 16 37 47 5 12 17 32 48 green3 Playoff QP red3 Relegation Playoff RP complete Group 2 main WDL Q y 2 AME América MTY Monterrey LEO León ATT Atlante VER Veracruz PUE Puebla TOR Torreón GDL Guadalajara PAC Pachuca 17 10 7 56 33 15 10 9 46 37 14 10 10 50 41 9 16 9 33 31 12 9 13 39 40 11 10 13 43 49 11 9 14 27 35 11 8 15 34 44 11 7 16 38 46 green3 Playoff QP red3 Relegation Playoff RP complete Results main FBR grey AME ATT ATL CRA GDL IRA JAL LAG LEO MTY NEC PAC PUE TOL TOR UNI VER ZAC América 2–0 2–1 3–0 5–2 2–0 2–1 2–1 1–1 2–3 2–1 1–1 2–0 1–0 5–0 0–0 4–1 2–4 Atlante 3–1 0–0 0–0 3–0 0–0 1–2 1–2 1–1 1–1 1–1 1–0 1–2 0–0 1–0 2–2 2–2 2–1 Atlas 0–1 0–1 2–2 1–2 1–1 0–1 1–0 2–1 2–1 1–1 2–3 2–4 1–1 0–0 2–3 0–0 1–1 Cruz Azul 1–1 0–0 1–1 2–1 0–1 0–0 1–0 0–1 1–1 0–4 1–0 4–1 0–0 3–1 1–1 0–2 0–0 Guadalajara 1–2 0–0 2–1 1–1 2–0 0–1 1–0 1–2 1–0 1–3 0–0 0–0 0–0 1–0 1–1 0–1 1–2 Irapuato 1–2 2–2 1–0 4–4 3–2 1–0 1–1 1–1 1–3 0–0 2–1 3–3 1–3 0–0 2–1 2–0 0–0 Jalisco 1–0 1–1 0–3 1–1 2–0 0–0 5–1 0–0 2–0 0–0 1–0 1–1 1–0 0–1 3–1 2–1 1–1 Laguna 0–2 2–2 4–1 2–2 1–2 2–0 0–0 2–0 0–1 0–0 3–1 3–1 0–1 1–0 1–1 1–0 3–1 León 1–1 1–2 3–2 1–4 1–2 2–2 1–1 4–0 0–0 0–3 5–1 4–1 2–0 3–0 2–0 2–1 2–1 Monterrey 2–1 1–0 0–1 0–2 3–2 1–0 0–0 1–0 4–1 1–1 0–2 2–0 1–1 2–0 1–1 4–1 4–0 Necaxa 1–0 1–0 3–1 1–1 1–3 7–0 0–2 1–1 0–2 2–2 2–1 1–3 0–2 0–0 1–3 2–0 0–1 Pachuca 2–1 1–0 0–0 3–1 0–1 1–2 1–1 4–1 2–1 4–0 0–3 1–1 0–0 1–0 1–2 2–2 1–0 Puebla 0–2 0–0 2–0 2–0 0–1 3–2 2–0 1–1 0–1 2–0 2–1 3–1 3–0 1–2 1–1 1–1 1–1 Toluca 0–0 2–0 0–0 0–1 3–0 4–1 1–1 3–2 2–0 1–1 2–0 1–0 1–1 3–0 2–1 1–0 1–0 Torreón 1–1 1–0 2–1 0–1 1–1 1–0 0–1 3–0 1–1 1–2 2–0 3–1 2–0 0–0 2–0 1–1 1–0 UNAM 2–2 1–1 0–0 2–0 1–0 0–0 3–0 1–0 1–1 2–2 2–2 0–1 3–0 2–2 1–0 3–0 0–1 Veracruz 0–0 0–1 4–2 1–2 1–0 1–0 3–2 1–0 0–1 0–1 2–1 4–1 3–0 1–1 0–0 3–1 2–0 Zacatepec 1–1 1–3 1–0 1–2 2–2 3–0 2–2 2–1 2–1 2–1 1–0 1–0 2–1 0–0 3–1 1–0 0–0 complete Relegation Playoffs 25 July 1971 Pachuca 2-2 Atlas Juan Manuel Medina 37 Moacyr dos Santos 82 Javier Bazán 32 own Ricardo Chavarín 57 Estadio Revolución Mexicana, Pachuca 31 July 1971 Atlas 1–1 Pachuca Magdaleno Mercado 77 Jorge Rodríguez 49 Estadio Jalisco, Guadalajara Aggregate score tied so a 3rd match will be played 3 August 1971 Pachuca 2-0 Atlas Alfonso Madrigal 15  Césareo Acosta 75 Estadio León, León, Guanajuato Pachuca won on aggregate 5-3. Atlas was relegated to Segunda Division Final First Leg Toluca 0–0 América Nemesio Diez, Toluca Alfonso González Archundia es _red_stripes_adidas FF0000 FF0000 FF0000 FFFFFF FF0000 Toluca _blueborder _bluecollar _blueborder _white_stripes_adidas ffff66 ffff66 ffff66 0000FF ffff66 América GK 1 MEX Roberto SilvaRB 2 MEX José VantolráLB 3 MEX Carlos ZavalaCM 4 MEX Eduardo RamosCB 5 MEX Aurelio HernándezCB 6 MEX Luis RegueiroRM 7 MEX Jesús Romero ReyesCM 8 MEX Moisés FigueroaCF 9 URU Sergio SilvaCF 10MEX Vicente PeredaLM 11MEX José Antonio Pérez 31Substitutes:FW 12MEX Albino Morales 31 70FW 13URU Hugo Esquivel 70Manager: MEX Ignacio Trelles GK 1 MEX Prudencio CortésDF 2 MEX René TrujilloDF 3 MEX Antonio Zamora (footballer) Antonio Zamora de Antonio ZamoraDF 4 MEX Guillermo Hernández DF 5 MEX Mario PérezMF 6 CHL Roberto HodgeMF 7 CHL Carlos ReinosoMF 8 BRA 1968 ToninhoFW 9 MEX Monito RodríguezFW 10 MEX Enrique Borja 75LM 11 MEX Juan Manuel BorbollaSubstitutes:FW 12 MEX Horacio López Salgado 75Manager: MEX José Antonio Roca Second Leg August 1, 1971 12:00 América 2–0 Toluca Carlos Reinoso 13Horacio López Salgado 75 Estadio Azteca, Mexico City 105,000+ Abel Aguilar _blueborder _bluecollar _blueborder _white_stripes_adidas ffff66 ffff66 ffff66 0000FF ffff66 América _red_stripes_adidas FF0000 FF0000 FF0000 FFFFFF FF0000 Toluca GK 1 MEX Prudencio CortésDF 2 MEX René TrujilloDF 3 MEX Antonio Zamora (footballer) Antonio Zamora de Antonio ZamoraDF 4 MEX Guillermo Hernández DF 5 MEX Mario PérezMF 6 CHL Roberto HodgeMF 7 CHL Carlos ReinosoMF 8 BRA 1968 ToninhoFW 9 MEX Monito RodríguezFW 10 MEX Enrique Borja 46LM 11 MEX Juan Manuel BorbollaSubstitutes:FW 12 MEX Horacio López Salgado 46Manager: MEX José Antonio Roca GK 1 MEX Roberto SilvaRB 2 MEX José VantolráLB 3 MEX Carlos ZavalaCM 4 MEX Eduardo RamosCB 5 MEX Aurelio HernándezCB 6 MEX Luis RegueiroRM 7 MEX Jesús Romero Reyes 46CM 8 MEX Moisés FigueroaCF 9 MEX Albino MoralesCF 10MEX Ricardo MontalbánLM 11MEX Vicente PeredaSubstitutes:FW 12ESP 1945 Julio Alas 46Manager: MEX Ignacio Trelles America won on aggregate 2-0 1970–71 winners América 2nd Top scorers Player Nationality Goals Club Enrique BorjaMexico20AméricaOctavio MuciñoMexico19Cruz AzulAlacrán JiménezMexico18MonterreyLuis MontoyaMexico18NecaxaMario VelardeMexico14Pumas UNAMJuan José ValienteArgentina12LeónJesús Romero ReyesMexico12TolucaUbirajara ChagasBrazil 196812MonterreyBenito PardoSpain 194512PueblaBatataBrazil 196810VeracruzJuan Carlos CaroneArgentina10VeracruzRamón Cruz ZárateMexico10Irapuato References Mexico - List of final tables (RSSSF) Category:Liga MX seasons Mex Category:1970–71 in Mexican football