1978–79 Mexican Primera División season

37th professional season of the top-flight football league in Mexico Cruz Azul 1978-79.jpg The Cruz Azul winning squad of the season Primera División de México 1978–79 Cruz Azul (6th title) Veracruz Champions' Cup Cruz AzulUNAM 406 1148 1977–78 1979–80 Statistics of the Primera División de México for the 1978–79 season. 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. Teams Mexico 850 center Location of the 1978-79 Primera División teams Mexico 19.433333 -99.133333 Mexico City right Blue pog.svg Mexico 20.666667 -103.35 GuadalajaraJaliscoTecosUdeG left Blue pog.svg Mexico 21.116667 -101.683333 LeónCurtidores top Blue pog.svg Mexico 19.2870 -99.6672 Toluca left Blue pog.svg Mexico 25.6522 -100.2864 MonterreyUANL right Blue pog.svg Mexico 22.1413 -100.9854 At. Potosino top Blue pog.svg Mexico 19.1759 -96.1429 Veracruz right Blue pog.svg Mexico 22.28 -97.8516 Tampico 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 Greater Mexico City teamsAmérica 10pxAtlético Español 10pxAtlante 10pxCruz Azul 10pxNeza 10pxUNAM 10px TeamCityStadiumAméricaMexico CityAztecaAtlanteMexico CityAztecaAtlético EspañolMexico CityAztecaAtlético PotosinoSan Luis Potosí, S.L.P.Plan de San LuisCruz AzulMexico CityAztecaGuadalajaraGuadalajara, JaliscoJaliscoJaliscoGuadalajara, JaliscoJaliscoLeónLeón, GuanajuatoLeónMonterreyMonterrey, Nuevo LeónUniversitarioNezaNezahualcóyotl, State of MexicoMunicipal de TexcocoPueblaPuebla, PueblaCuauhtémocTampicoTampico, TamaulipasTamaulipasTecosZapopan, JaliscoTres de MarzoTolucaToluca, State of MexicoToluca 70Unión de CurtidoresLeón, GuanajuatoLa MartinicaUANLMonterrey, Nuevo LeónUniversitarioUdeGGuadalajara, JaliscoJaliscoUNAMMexico CityOlímpico UniversitarioVeracruzVeracruz, VeracruzVeracruzanoZacatepecZacatepec, MorelosAgustín Coruco Díaz Group stage Group 1 main WDL QR y 2 MTY Monterrey AME América GDL Guadalajara ATN Atlante VER Veracruz 14 12 12 52 43 14 9 15 58 49 11 13 14 43 56 9 13 16 51 56 7 9 22 35 83 green3 Playoffs QP QP red1 Relegated R complete Group 2 main WDL Q y 2 UNA UNAM APO Atlético Potosino TAM Tampico LEO León JAL Jalisco 17 11 10 77 57 19 7 12 58 55 11 13 14 59 65 13 7 18 50 67 8 12 18 49 67 green3 Playoffs QP QP complete Group 3 main WDL Q y 2 CRA Cruz Azul TOL Toluca PUE Puebla UDG UDG UDC Unión de Curtidores 19 13 6 70 32 19 7 12 59 43 14 14 10 53 49 15 7 16 60 57 12 11 15 54 57 green3 Playoffs QP QP complete Group 4 main WDL Q y 2 UAN UANL ZAC Zacatepec TEC Tecos ATE Atlético Español NEZ Deportivo Neza 17 14 7 58 46 15 13 10 55 45 13 15 10 56 44 13 10 15 54 62 10 10 18 35 53 green3 Playoffs QP QP complete Results main FBR grey AME ATN ATE APO CRA GDL JAL LEO MTY NEZ PUE TAM TOL UDC TEC 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 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 complete Group stage playoff Semifinal Group A main WDL Q y 2 CRA Cruz Azul TOL Toluca AME América APO Atlético Potosino 4 1 1 8 5 3 0 3 9 5 3 0 3 7 6 1 1 4 5 13 green2 Finals QF complete Group A Results Round 1América 1 - 0 Cruz AzulAtlético Potosino 0 - 2 Toluca Round 2Cruz Azul 2 - 1 Atlético PotosinoToluca 1 - 0 América Round 3Atlético Potosino 1 - 2 AméricaToluca 0 - 1 Cruz Azul Round 4Cruz Azul 2 - 1 AméricaToluca 5 - 0 Atlético Potosino Round 5Atlético Potosino 2 - 2 Cruz AzulAmérica 3 - 1 Toluca Round 6América 0 - 1 Atlético PotosinoCruz Azul 1 - 0 Toluca Group B main WDL Q y 2 UNA UNAM UAN UANL MTY Monterrey ZAC Zacatepec 3 2 1 9 6 3 2 1 8 7 1 4 1 8 8 0 2 4 6 10 green2 Finals QF complete Group B Results Group 2 Round 1U.N.A.M. 1 - 0 ZacatepecMonterrey 0 - 1 U.A.N.L. Round 2U.N.A.M. 2 - 2 MonterreyU.A.N.L. 2 - 1 Zacatepec Round 3Monterrey 2 - 1 ZacatepecU.N.A.M. 3 - 0 U.A.N.L. Round 4Zacatepec 1 - 2 U.N.A.M.U.A.N.L. 1 - 1 Monterrey Round 5Monterrey 1 - 1 U.N.A.M.Zacatepec 1 - 1 U.A.N.L. Round 6U.A.N.L. 2 - 0 U.N.A.M.Zacatepec 2 - 2 Monterrey Final June 28, 1979 UNAM 0-0 https://www.record.com.mx/futbol-nacional-cruz-azul-pumas/final-de-1978-79-extasis-de-la-maquina-contra-pumas Cruz Azul Estadio Olimpico Universitario, Mexico City _ML _unam _ML _shorts _socks FFFFFF FFFFFF FFFFFF FFFFFF FFFFFF Pumas UNAM _whiteborder __whitecollar _whiteborder _blue_stripes _4_stripes_white 000080 000080 000080 FFFFFF 000080 Cruz Azul GK 20 MEX Olaf HerediaDF 5 MEX Jesús IturraldeDF 21 MEX Gustavo Vargas LópezDF 24 ARG Jorge PaolinoDF 4 MEX Arturo VázquezMF 18 MEX Jesús RamírezMF 6 MEX Pareja LópezMF 8 MEX Enrique López ZarzaFW 10 BRA 1968 Ricardo Ferretti 88FW 9 BRA 1968 CabinhoLM 11 MEX 1968 Hugo Sánchez (c)Substitutes:DF 3 MEX Ernesto Cervantes 88Manager: YUG Bora Milutinović GK 1 ARG Miguel MarínDF 2 MEX Ignacio FloresDF 13 MEX Sergio RubioDF 5 ARG Miguel Ángel CorneroDF 15 MEX Jorge López MaloMF 6 MEX Guillermo Mendizábal (c)MF 7 PAR Carlos Jara SaguierMF 8 MEX Gerardo LugoFW 9 MEX Rodolfo Montoya 81FW 10MEX Horacio López SalgadoFW 11ARG José Luis CeballosSubstitutes:DF 14MEX Rafael Toribio 81Manager: MEX Nacho Trelles June 30, 1979 Cruz Azul 2-0 https://www.record.com.mx/futbol-nacional-cruz-azul-pumas/final-de-1978-79-extasis-de-la-maquina-contra-pumas UNAM Jara Saguier 69López Salgado 88 Estadio Azteca, Mexico City _whiteborder __whitecollar _whiteborder _blue_stripes _4_stripes_white 000080 000080 000080 FFFFFF 000080 Cruz Azul _ML _unam _ML _shorts _socks DAA520 DAA520 DAA520 1C141C 1C141C Pumas UNAM GK 1 ARG Miguel MarínDF 2 MEX Ignacio FloresDF 13 MEX Sergio RubioDF 5 ARG Miguel Ángel CorneroDF 15 MEX Jorge López MaloMF 6 MEX Guillermo Mendizábal (c)MF 7 PAR Carlos Jara SaguierMF 8 MEX Gerardo LugoFW 9 MEX Rodolfo Montoya 74FW 10MEX Horacio López SalgadoFW 11ARG José Luis Ceballos 83Substitutes:FW 14 MEX Rafael Toribio 74FW 17 MEX Adrián Camacho 83Manager: MEX Nacho Trelles GK 20 MEX Olaf HerediaDF 5 MEX Jesús IturraldeDF 21 MEX Gustavo Vargas López 70DF 24 ARG Jorge PaolinoDF 4 MEX Arturo VázquezMF 6 MEX Pareja LópezMF 18 MEX Jesús RamírezMF 8 MEX Enrique López ZarzaFW 7 PER Juan José Muñante 81FW 9MEX CabinhoFW 11MEX Hugo Sánchez (c)Substitutes:DF3MEX Ernesto Cervantes 70MF10BRA 1968 Ricardo Ferretti 81Manager: MEX Nacho Trelles Cruz Azul won 2-0 on aggregate. 1978–79 winners Cruz Azul 6th Top scorers Player Nationality Goals ClubCabinhoBrazil 196826Pumas UNAMHugo SánchezMexico26Pumas UNAMOsvaldo CastroChile24JaliscoJuan Manuel AzuaraMexico24Tigres UANLCarlos Eloir PerucciBrazil 196821Atlético EspañolSilvio FogelArgentina21PueblaRodolfo MontoyaMexico20Cruz AzulRicardo BrandonUruguay18TolucaNílson DiasBrazil 196817Leones Negros UdeGHoracio López SalgadoMexico16Cruz AzulMiguel Ángel GamboaChile16América References Mexico - List of final tables (RSSSF) Category:Liga MX seasons Mex Category:1978–79 in Mexican football