1943–44 Mexican Primera División season

1st professional season of the top division of Mexican football Liga Mayor 1943–44 Asturias(1st title) 91 454 Isidro Lángara(27 goals) ADO 9–2 Atlas ADO 2–8 RC España RC España 9–3 Veracruz 1942–43 1944–45 The 1943–44 season was the inaugural edition of the Mexican professional league known as Liga Mayor, it was the first true national and professional league in Mexico, organized by the Federación Mexicana de Fútbol (FMF). It had 10 participating clubs, which were from Mexico City, Jalisco and Veracruz. Asturias were the first champions.https://www.rsssf.org/tablesm/mex44.html Mexico 1943/44 RSSSF.com 17 August 2019 Clubs Mexico 600 right Location of the 1943–44 Mexican Primera División teams Mexico 20.666667 -103.35 GuadalajaraAtlas left Blue pog.svg Mexico 19.1872 -96.1364 Veracruz right Blue pog.svg Mexico 18.85 -97.1 ADOMoctezuma bottom Blue pog.svg Mexico 19.433333 -99.133333 América Atlante Asturias RC España Marte left Blue pog.svg ClubCityStadiumADOOrizabaCampo MoctezumaAméricaMexico CityParque AsturiasAtlanteMexico CityParque AsturiasAtlasGuadalajaraParque OblatosAsturiasMexico CityParque AsturiasGuadalajaraGuadalajaraParque OblatosMarteMexico CityParque AsturiasMoctezumaOrizabaCampo MoctezumaRC EspañaMexico CityCampo EspañaVeracruzVeracruzParque Deportivo Veracruzano League standings main WDL complete 2 RSSSF ESP 13 1 4 70 35 RC España AST 12 3 3 57 32 Asturias MOC 9 3 6 43 34 Moctezuma ATL 6 6 6 28 31 Atlante ATS 7 4 7 42 50 Atlas GDL 8 0 10 50 51 Guadalajara VER 7 2 9 48 57 Veracruz AME 6 1 11 42 58 América MAR 4 4 10 32 47 Marte ADO 5 2 11 37 54 ADO Results main RSSSF complete FBR ADO AME AST ATL ATS ESP GDL MAR MOC VER ADO América Asturias Atlante Atlas RC España Guadalajara Marte Moctezuma Veracruz 1-6 3-4 0-1 9-2 2-8 3-2 4-0 0-3 2-3 1-3 2-7 2-5 3-2 2-4 7-2 2-0 1-0 4-6 4-1 4-2 1-2 2-3 1-1 3-2 7-2 2-2 6-2 2-2 3-3 1-1 2-2 2-1 1-4 0-0 0-1 3-1 3-0 3-0 2-4 3-3 0-1 3-7 3-0 3-3 3-1 5-1 6-1 1-2 2-0 6-2 8-2 3-2 2-3 9-3 5-1 3-1 1-5 0-1 1-3 3-5 5-1 3-1 5-1 0-2 2-3 3-0 5-1 1-1 1-4 1-2 4-2 4-2 3-1 3-1 1-2 2-1 5-1 1-2 3-2 3-3 5-1 2-2 4-1 1-2 1-0 2-3 7-2 3-1 3-3 5-2 Championship playoff A playoff match between Asturias and RC España was held to determine the champions, since both teams ended the season with the same number of points. 16 April 1944 Asturias 4–1 RC España Menéndez 11 Aballay 13 54 Regueiro 84 Lángara 90 Parque Asturias, Mexico City Juan J. López Champions Asturias 1st Moves After this season Unión-León, Oro, and Puebla joined the league. Top scorers Rank Player Team Goals1ESP 1938 Isidro LángaraRC España27 References 1943-44 Mex Category:1943–44 in Mexican football