1970 Mexican Primera División season

28th professional season of the top-flight football league in Mexico Primera División de México México 70 Cruz Azul (2nd title) Champions' Cup Cruz Azul 480 550 1969–70 1970–71 México 1970In celebration of the 1970 World Cup (Mexico '70) the Mexican Football Federation held a tournament in two phases, before the world cup (Feb. 4 - May 10) and after the world cup (July 8 - Oct. 11). Sixteen teams were seeded in two groups of eight teams, first four places of each group advanced to the "Championship Group" and the last four teams of each group played in a "Consolation Group". Laguna last place of the 1969–70 season, was scheduled to play against the last place of the Consolation Group in a playoff relegation series, but due to expansion to 18 teams for the 1970–71 season this series was cancelled, there was no relegation. Overview This tournament was contested by 16 teams, and Cruz Azul won the championship. After this tournament Oro changed its name to Jalisco. Teams Mexico 850 center Location of the 1970 Primera División teams Mexico 19.433333 -99.133333 Mexico City right Blue pog.svg Mexico 20.666667 -103.35 AtlasGuadalajaraOro 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 TransparentPlaceholder.png 2 20 -117 90 Mexico City teamsAmérica 10pxAtlante 10pxNecaxa 10pxUNAM 10px TeamCityStadiumAméricaMexico CityAztecaAtlanteMexico CityAztecaAtlasGuadalajara, JaliscoJaliscoCruz AzulJasso, Hidalgo10 de DiciembreGuadalajaraGuadalajara, JaliscoJaliscoIrapuatoIrapuato, GuanajuatoIrapuatoLagunaTorreón, CoahuilaSan IsidroLeónLeón, GuanajuatoLeónMonterreyMonterrey, Nuevo LeónTecnológicoNecaxaMexico CityAztecaOroGuadalajara, JaliscoJaliscoPachucaPachuca, HidalgoRevolución MexicanaTolucaToluca, State of MexicoToluca 70TorreónTorreón, CoahuilaRevolución / Moctezumanote TorreónStadium In the First Phase, Torreón played its local games in Estadio Revolución. On Second Phase, the team moved to the new venue, Estadio Moctezuma, opened on July 2, 1970UNAMMexico CityOlímpico UniversitarioVeracruzVeracruz, VeracruzVeracruzano First stage Group 1 Top four teams from each group advance to Championship Group.The bottom four plays in Consolation Group. main WDL Q y 2 TOR Torreón MTY Monterrey GDL Guadalajara LEO León UNA UNAM ORO Oro VER Veracruz NEC Necaxa 5 7 2 22 16 5 6 3 16 21 7 1 6 27 18 5 5 4 25 20 4 6 4 20 21 6 2 6 15 18 5 3 6 25 23 1 6 7 11 24 green3 QP QP QP QP complete Results main 10 May 1970 4 February 1970 RSSSF FBR GDL LEO MTY NEC ORO TOR UNM VER Guadalajara León Monterrey Necaxa Oro Torreón UNAM Veracruz 4-0 4-0 2-1 0-2 1-1 4-1 2-0 2-1 6-0 4-2 1-1 0-0 2-2 3-0 1-0 3-1 0-0 1-1 1-1 1-1 1-0 0-4 0-1 1-1 3-0 1-1 0-0 2-2 0-1 1-0 0-2 1-0 2-1 2-1 2-0 3-1 2-2 1-2 0-0 3-1 2-1 2-0 2-1 2-2 4-2 1-0 1-0 2-2 1-2 5-2 2-1 1-1 6-0 4-2 2-3 1-1 Group 2 main WDL Q y 2 TOL Toluca PAC Pachuca CAZ Cruz Azul ATS Atlas AME América LAG Laguna ATE Atlante IRA Irapuato 7 3 4 21 12 6 4 4 15 9 7 2 5 13 13 6 4 4 17 19 6 2 6 16 15 4 4 6 13 19 2 7 5 12 17 4 2 8 15 18 green3 QP QP QP QP complete Results main 10 May 1970 4 February 1970 RSSSF FBR AME ATE ATS CAZ IRA LAG PAC TOL América Atlante Atlas Cruz Azul Irapuato Laguna Pachuca Toluca 3-1 1-2 3-0 2-0 2-1 0-0 0-1 1-1 0-0 0-2 0-2 1-1 1-0 1-1 1-0 3-2 2-1 2-1 2-1 0-2 1-1 0-1 2-1 1-0 1-0 1-0 2-1 0-1 1-2 0-2 2-2 1-2 4-2 0-0 1-0 1-0 0-0 1-1 1-1 0-2 1-0 2-1 3-1 1-1 2-0 0-0 2-1 0-1 2-0 3-0 1-1 4-1 2-0 1-0 4-1 1-2 Second stage Championship group main WDL Q y 2 CAZ Cruz Azul GDL Guadalajara LEO León TOL Toluca PAC Pachuca ATS Atlas MTY Monterrey TOR Torreón 10 1 3 26 15 7 5 2 21 11 7 4 3 22 15 7 3 4 26 15 6 1 7 21 24 3 4 7 13 23 2 5 7 13 20 2 1 11 12 31 gold Champions 1ST silver 2ND #c96 3RD complete Results main 11 October 1970 8 July 1970 RSSSF FBR ATS CAZ GDL LEO MTY PAC TOL TOR Atlas Cruz Azul Guadalajara León Monterrey Pachuca Toluca Torreón 1-3 1-1 3-2 0-3 1-2 0-2 2-1 1-0 1-0 2-4 1-0 2-0 1-0 6-1 1-1 2-1 1-1 1-0 4-1 2-1 3-0 3-1 0-1 0-0 3-2 2-1 0-1 3-1 1-1 1-1 2-2 0-0 1-2 0-0 0-3 2-0 3-1 0-3 0-1 0-2 3-2 3-0 1-1 2-3 2-0 1-1 4-0 4-3 3-1 0-1 1-2 0-1 1-2 2-1 1-1 0-3 Consolation group main WDL Q y 2 9 UNA UNAM LAG Laguna VER Veracruz ATE Atlante IRA Irapuato AME América NEC Necaxa ORO Oro 7 3 4 14 8 6 5 3 17 12 6 4 4 16 13 4 7 3 16 13 5 5 4 15 17 4 6 4 13 12 3 5 6 12 17 2 3 9 10 21 complete Results main 11 October 1970 8 July 1970 RSSSF FBR AME ATE IRA LAG NEC ORO UNM VER América Atlante Irapuato Laguna Necaxa Oro UNAM Veracruz 0-0 0-1 0-0 4-0 2-1 1-0 2-0 2-2 4-0 3-2 0-0 0-1 0-2 3-1 1-1 1-1 1-0 1-0 3-0 1-1 0-2 0-0 0-0 2-1 1-1 2-0 1-1 3-1 1-0 1-1 2-2 2-3 2-0 1-2 1-2 1-1 0-1 3-1 1-2 1-1 1-2 1-1 2-0 2-0 0-1 1-1 0-1 1-0 0-1 3-0 1-1 1-0 0-1 1-0 2-0 0-0 1970 winners Cruz Azul 2nd Top scorers Player Nationality Goals ClubSergio AnayaMexico16LeónOctavio MuciñoMexico14Cruz AzulLuis EstradaMexico14LeónJesús Zárate PérezMexico12PachucaEduardo ChavarríaCosta Rica state12TorreónJosé Rodríguez SevillaMexico11AtlasTibor VighCanada10LagunaPedro Damián ÁlvarezMexico11VeracruzMariano UbiracyBrazil 19688VeracruzJosé Luis GuerreroMexico8Cruz AzulJuan Manuel OlagueMexico8Guadalajara Notes "note" References Mexico - List of final tables (RSSSF) Category:Liga MX seasons Mex Category:1969–70 in Mexican football Mex Category:1970–71 in Mexican football