1973–74 Mexican Primera División season

32nd professional season of the top-flight football league in Mexico Cruz_Azul_1974.jpg The Cruz Azul winning squad for the season. Primera División de México 1973–74 Cruz Azul (5th title) San Luis Champions' Cup MonterreyAtlético Español 314 941 Osvaldo Castro (26 goals) 1972–73 1974–75 Statistics of the Primera División de México for the 1973–74 season. Overview Ciudad Madero was promoted to Primera División. This season was contested by 18 teams, and Cruz Azul won the championship. San Luis was relegated to Segunda División. UDG acquired Torreón franchise to reach the Primera Division for the 1974–75 season. Segunda División semifinalists, UASLP-Pumas (re-branded to Atlético Potosino) and Unión de Curtidores were promoted to the Primera División to increase the number of teams to 20 for the 1974–75 season. Teams Mexico 850 center Location of the 1973-74 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 25.6522 -100.2864 Monterrey right Blue pog.svg Mexico 25.5643 -103.4360 LagunaTorreón top Blue pog.svg Mexico 22.1413 -100.9854 San Luis right Blue pog.svg Mexico 19.1759 -96.1429 Veracruz right Blue pog.svg Mexico 22.2799 -97.8513 Ciudad Madero 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 10pxAtlético Español 10pxCruz Azul 10pxUNAM 10px TeamCityStadiumAméricaMexico CityAztecaAtlanteMexico CityAztecaAtlasGuadalajara, JaliscoJaliscoAtlético EspañolMexico CityAztecaCiudad MaderoCiudad Madero, TamaulipasTamaulipasCruz AzulMexico CityAztecaGuadalajaraGuadalajara, JaliscoJaliscoJaliscoGuadalajara, JaliscoJaliscoLagunaTorreón, CoahuilaSan IsidroLeónLeón, GuanajuatoLeónMonterreyMonterrey, Nuevo LeónUniversitarioPueblaPuebla, PueblaCuauhtémocSan LuisSan Luis Potosí, S.L.P.Plan de San LuisTolucaToluca, State of MexicoToluca 70TorreónTorreón, CoahuilaMoctezumaUNAMMexico CityOlímpico UniversitarioVeracruzVeracruz, VeracruzVeracruzanoZacatepecZacatepec, MorelosAgustín "Coruco" Díaz Group stage Group 1 main WDL Q y 2 CRA Cruz Azul MTY Monterrey TOL Toluca UNA UNAM ATL Atlas JAL Jalisco GDL Guadalajara ZAC Zacatepec LAG Laguna 18 13 3 69 35 22 4 8 65 36 14 11 9 53 43 12 13 9 55 42 14 8 12 53 52 13 9 12 51 49 11 12 11 43 45 12 9 13 48 51 9 10 15 39 54 green3 Playoffs QP QP red3 Relegation Playoff RP complete Group 2 main WDL Q y 2 ATE Atlético Español PUE Puebla LEO León AME América TOR Torreón ATT Atlante CDM Ciudad Madero VER Veracruz SAL San Luis 15 11 8 66 47 13 14 7 57 40 12 16 6 62 44 14 9 11 55 43 8 9 17 47 72 5 14 15 44 67 6 11 17 38 75 7 8 19 33 53 8 5 21 35 65 green3 Playoffs QP QP red3 Relegation Playoff RP complete Results main FBR grey AME ATT ATL ATE CRA GDL JAL LAG LEO CDM MTY PUE SAL TOL TOR UNI VER ZAC América 2–2 2–1 3–0 1–1 2–1 0–1 2–0 1–0 4–0 0–1 0–1 1–1 1–2 2–0 2–1 3–1 3–2 Atlante 1–4 2–2 2–2 2–2 1–4 2–2 2–1 2–1 1–1 0–3 0–2 4–0 3–2 0–0 0–2 2–4 1–1 Atlas 1–2 1–1 2–2 1–2 0–2 1–2 1–1 4–0 1–1 1–3 3–2 1–0 0–1 4–1 2–0 2–1 0–1 Atlético Español 3–3 3–2 5–1 7–0 0–3 3–1 3–0 2–2 3–1 3–1 0–0 5–1 1–0 3–1 1–1 2–0 1–0 Ciudad Madero 0–2 0–0 1–3 0–2 1–2 0–0 2–2 2–1 1–1 3–0 1–1 1–1 1–1 4–0 0–1 3–3 1–2 Cruz Azul 4–2 3–2 1–2 3–3 5–0 0–0 2–1 1–1 1–0 2–0 1–1 2–0 1–1 4–1 2–2 2–0 4–0 Guadalajara 0–2 1–0 1–3 1–0 3–0 1–1 0–1 3–1 2–2 1–1 2–2 1–2 3–2 3–4 0–3 1–0 2–2 Jalisco 2–1 0–2 2–3 3–3 6–3 1–2 0–1 2–0 1–1 0–1 1–2 2–1 4–0 2–2 2–2 2–1 1–0 Laguna 1–1 3–2 1–0 2–0 3–1 0–0 3–1 3–3 0–1 2–4 1–4 2–4 2–2 2–0 2–0 2–0 0–0 León 2–2 2–0 1–1 2–2 1–1 2–2 4–2 2–3 1–1 2–0 4–2 3–0 7–0 4–0 3–3 3–2 3–1 Monterrey 2–1 3–1 0–2 2–2 3–0 1–0 1–0 0–2 1–0 2–0 4–3 2–1 1–1 3–1 1–0 1–0 0–1 Puebla 2–1 4–1 2–2 1–1 0–1 2–2 0–2 0–0 0–0 2–1 1–1 6–0 1–1 3–3 2–2 3–0 3–1 San Luis 1–0 4–1 1–2 2–3 2–1 1–2 1–1 1–2 3–0 0–0 1–5 2–1 0–2 1–0 1–1 0–1 0–1 Toluca 2–2 0–1 3–0 3–0 4–0 3–3 1–0 0–1 1–0 0–0 2–0 0–1 2–1 3–1 2–2 3–1 1–1 Torreón 3–2 3–1 1–2 1–1 4–3 0–1 0–0 3–1 4–0 2–2 1–5 0–1 2–1 2–2 1–1 2–2 1–3 UNAM 1–1 3–3 4–0 1–0 4–0 0–2 0–0 0–0 3–1 2–3 0–4 1–1 3–1 0–1 4–1 4–0 2–1 Veracruz 0–0 2–0 1–2 0–0 1–2 2–2 1–3 2–0 1–1 0–0 0–2 0–1 2–0 1–0 2–0 0–1 1–1 Zacatepec 3–0 0–0 2–2 2–0 6–0 2–2 2–2 1–2 0–1 0–2 2–7 1–0 3–0 1–5 0–2 2–1 3–1 complete Relegation playoff 28 April 1974 San Luis 0-0 Laguna Estadio Plan de San Luis, San Luis Potosí 5 May 1974 Laguna 2-0 San Luis Perucci 32  Micó 90 Estadio San Isidro, Torreón Laguna won 2-0 on aggregate. San Luis relegated to Segunda Division. Championship playoff Bracket Semifinals Final 25 140 35 1 Cruz Azul 1 6 7 4 Puebla 1 1 2 2 Monterrey 4 1 5 3 Atlético Español 3 3 6 1 Cruz Azul 1 3 4 3 Atlético Español 2 0 2 Semifinal 28 April 1974 Puebla 1-1 Cruz Azul Alvarado 58 Pérez 23 own Estadio Cuauhtémoc, Puebla 5 May 1974 Cruz Azul 6-1 Puebla Vera 5 90 Estrada 41 Gómez 51López Salgado 74 Andrade 76 Zibecchi 7 Estadio Azteca, Mexico City Cruz Azul won 7-2 on aggregate. 27 April 1973 Atlético Español 3-4 Monterrey Brandon 25Manzo 66Pardo 85 Álvarez 10Milton Carlos 43 46Bertocchi 51 Estadio Azteca, Mexico City 4 May 1974 Monterrey 1-3 Atlético Español Peña 35 pen Manzo 44 Muñante 59 Romahn 76 Estadio Universitario, San Nicolás de los Garza Atlético Español won 6-5 on aggregate. Final thumb|right|The second legged match with Miguel Marín blocking an attempted goal by Benito Pardo. First leg May 12, 1974 Atlético Español 2-1 https://www.archivosfutmex.com/wordpress/archivos/899 Cruz Azul Romahn Brandon Vera 86 Estadio Azteca, Mexico City _white_stripes _paokfc9798h _white_stripes _white_stripes _whitetop 000000 000000 000000 000000 000000 Atlético Español _caz7374a _caz7374a _caz7374a _white_stripes _caz7374a FFFFFF FFFFFF FFFFFF 0D2891 FFFFFF Cruz Azul GK 1 MEX Enrique VázquezDF 2 MEX Jaime GarcíaDF 3 MEX Juan Manuel ÁlvarezDF 4 ARG José Luis Trejo DF 5 MEX Jesús RicoMF 10 MEX Manuel ManzoMF 6 CHL Juan Rodríguez VegaFW 8 ESP 1945 Benito PardoFW 7 PER Juan José Muñante 76FW 9 URU Ricardo BrandonFW 11 MEX Alejandro RomahnSubstitutes:MF 14 MEX Tomás Boy 76Manager: PER Walter Ormeño GK 1 ARG Miguel MarínDF 2 MEX Ignacio FloresDF 3 MEX Javier GuzmánDF 4 CHL Alberto QuintanoDF 5 MEX Javier Sánchez GalindoMF 6 MEX Héctor Pulido (c)MF 14 MEX Luis EstradaMF 8 ARG Alberto GómezFW 9 MEX Fernando BustosFW 10MEX Horacio López Salgado 68FW 11PAR Eladio VeraSubstitutes:MF 7MEX Joel Andrade 68Manager: MEX Raúl Cárdenas Second leg May 19, 1974 Cruz Azul 3-0 http://reinoazul09.blogspot.mx/2014/04/quinto-titulo-de-liga-1973-1974-cruz.html Atlético Español López Salgado 13Bustos 70Flores Estadio Azteca, Mexico City Abel Aguilar _caz7374h _caz7374h _caz7374h _blue_stripes _caz7374h FFFFFF FFFFFF FFFFFF FFFFFF FFFFFF Cruz Azul _white_adidas_stripes _shoulder_stripes_black_stripes _white_adidas_stripes _black_stripes _2_black_stripes FFFFFF FFFFFF FFFFFF FFFFFF FFFFFF Atlético Español GK 1 ARG Miguel MarínDF 2 MEX Ignacio FloresDF 3 MEX Javier GuzmánDF 4 CHL Alberto QuintanoDF 5 MEX Javier Sánchez GalindoMF 6 MEX Héctor Pulido (c)MF 7 MEX Joel AndradeMF 8 ARG Alberto GómezFW 9 MEX Fernando Bustos 78FW 10MEX Horacio López Salgado 66FW 11PAR Eladio VeraSubstitutes:MF 14MEX Luis Estrada 66MF 16MEX Pelón Gutiérrez 78Manager: MEX Raúl Cárdenas GK 1 MEX Enrique VázquezDF 2 MEX Jaime GarcíaDF 3 MEX Juan Manuel ÁlvarezDF 4 ARG José Luis Trejo DF 5 MEX Jesús RicoMF 10 MEX Manuel ManzoMF 6 CHL Juan Rodríguez VegaFW 8 ESP 1945 Benito PardoFW 7 PER Juan José MuñanteFW 9 URU Ricardo BrandonFW 11 MEX Alejandro Romahn 69Substitutes:MF 14 MEX Tomás Boy 69Manager: PER Walter Ormeño Cruz Azul won 4-2 on aggregate. 1973–74 winners Cruz Azul 5th Top scorers Player Nationality Goals ClubOsvaldo CastroChile24AméricaHoracio López SalgadoMexico22Cruz AzulMilton CarlosBrazil 196822MonterreyRoberto SalomoneArgentina18LeónAlcindoBrazil 196817JaliscoRicardo ChavarínMexico17AtlasFrancisco BertocchiUruguay17MonterreyJuan Carlos CárdenasArgentina16PueblaAlejandro RomahnMexico15Atlético EspañolRicardo BrandonUruguay15Atlético EspañolOctavio MuciñoMexico15Cruz Azul References Mexico - List of final tables (RSSSF) Category:Liga MX seasons Mex Category:1973–74 in Mexican football