1972–73 Mexican Primera División season

31st professional season of the top-flight football league in Mexico Primera División de México 1972–73 Cruz Azul (4th title) Pachuca 321 837 1971–72 1973–74 Statistics of the Primera División de México for the 1972–73 season. Overview Atlas was promoted to Primera División. It was contested by 18 teams, and Cruz Azul won the championship. Pachuca was relegated to Segunda División. Teams Mexico 850 center Location of the 1972-73 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 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 10pxAtlético Español 10pxCruz Azul 10pxUNAM 10px TeamCityStadiumAméricaMexico CityAztecaAtlanteMexico CityAztecaAtlasGuadalajara, JaliscoJaliscoAtlético EspañolMexico CityAztecaCruz AzulMexico CityAztecaGuadalajaraGuadalajara, JaliscoJaliscoJaliscoGuadalajara, JaliscoJaliscoLagunaTorreón, CoahuilaSan IsidroLeónLeón, GuanajuatoLeónMonterreyMonterrey, Nuevo LeónTecnológico / UniversitarioPachucaPachuca, HidalgoRevolución MexicanaPueblaPuebla, 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 ATE Atlético Español UNA UNAM PUE Puebla GDL Guadalajara MTY Monterrey VER Veracruz ZAC Zacatepec PAC Pachuca 19 8 7 60 37 12 12 10 43 43 14 7 13 37 32 12 9 13 46 46 10 12 12 38 39 10 12 12 31 38 10 12 12 41 51 8 12 14 41 50 9 6 19 40 68 green3 Playoffs QP QP red3 Relegation Playoffs RP RP complete Group 2 main WDL Q y 2 LEO León ATL Atlas AME América TOL Toluca ATT Atlante JAL Jalisco SNL San Luis TOR Torreón LAG Laguna 18 8 8 59 34 18 8 8 63 38 13 16 5 52 33 13 13 8 51 39 9 14 11 40 47 12 7 15 45 57 9 11 14 49 57 9 9 16 37 54 8 10 16 36 46 green3 Playoffs QP QP red3 Relegation Playoffs RP RP complete Results main FBR grey AME ATT ATL ATE CRA GDL JAL LAG LEO MTY PAC PUE SNL TOL TOR UNM VER ZAC América 3–2 2–1 1–1 0–0 1–0 2–1 1–0 1–1 1–1 4–0 2–2 1–2 0–0 2–0 0–0 5–1 3–0 Atlante 0–0 1–1 1–1 1–0 2–0 2–1 0–0 0–2 2–2 1–1 2–2 5–2 2–2 2–2 1–2 2–0 2–1 Atlas 3–1 3–2 0–1 1–2 2–1 3–3 3–2 1–0 1–3 5–1 0–0 4–0 4–1 2–1 1–1 4–1 2–0 Atlético Español 0–4 2–1 1–3 2–3 0–0 0–2 2–1 0–0 0–0 4–4 2–3 1–0 0–0 3–0 2–0 1–1 2–1 Cruz Azul 2–2 0–1 2–0 1–2 3–1 1–0 2–1 1–1 3–1 2–1 3–2 4–0 2–4 1–0 2–1 3–0 1–1 Guadalajara 0–0 0–0 1–0 1–1 1–3 2–2 2–1 2–2 1–0 1–1 6–0 1–2 0–2 3–0 2–1 1–1 0–0 Jalisco 3–2 2–0 0–4 2–1 0–2 1–2 0–3 0–1 1–1 3–2 3–2 1–0 3–2 0–4 0–2 0–1 2–2 Laguna 0–0 0–0 0–2 1–2 2–3 2–1 3–1 0–1 0–0 0–0 2–0 2–1 2–1 2–0 1–1 0–3 0–2 León 1–2 4–0 0–1 2–0 2–2 1–0 3–1 2–3 2–1 3–0 2–0 1–0 3–2 2–0 1–0 6–1 5–3 Monterrey 1–1 0–1 1–1 1–0 2–1 0–0 2–1 1–0 2–1 1–0 3–2 1–1 2–2 2–1 0–2 0–0 1–0 Pachuca 1–2 2–2 1–2 1–0 1–4 0–2 2–4 3–2 1–0 3–0 2–1 1–1 3–1 3–0 0–1 1–1 2–1 Puebla 3–2 0–1 0–0 2–3 2–1 4–2 0–1 2–1 1–0 1–0 3–0 3–1 0–1 2–1 0–1 3–0 2–2 San Luis 0–0 0–0 2–3 2–2 1–1 3–0 1–1 4–0 2–4 2–2 2–0 1–1 2–2 2–0 3–0 1–2 4–1 Toluca 2–2 2–1 1–1 2–2 0–0 0–0 0–0 1–0 1–1 1–0 3–0 2–0 1–0 4–0 0–1 4–2 0–1 Torreón 0–0 3–2 2–1 0–2 1–2 2–1 2–3 2–2 4–1 1–0 2–0 0–0 3–3 0–3 2–1 0–0 1–0 UNAM 1–2 2–0 1–1 1–0 1–0 0–0 1–2 2–2 0–2 3–0 0–2 3–0 1–2 0–1 2–2 1–0 2–0 Veracruz 3–2 1–1 1–0 1–2 1–1 1–2 1–1 1–1 1–1 1–0 1–0 0–1 6–1 4–2 0–0 1–0 2–3 Zacatepec 1–1 4–0 2–3 1–1 1–2 1–2 1–0 0–0 1–1 1–0 4–2 1–1 2–1 1–1 1–1 0–2 1–1 complete Relegation playoff Bracket Semifinals Final 25 140 35 15 Laguna (agg 4-1) 1 0 3 17 Zacatepec 0 1 0 16 Torreón 0 3 3 18 Pachuca 0 1 1 17 Zacatepec 0 1 1 18 Pachuca 0 0 0 Semifinal 27 May 1973 Laguna 1-0 Zacatepec Ramírez 56 Estadio San Isidro, Torreón 3 June 1973 Zacatepec 1-0 Laguna Estrada 31 pen Estadio Agustín Coruco Díaz, Zacatepec Aggregate tied. 3rd match will be played. 6 June 1973 Laguna 3-0 Zacatepec Lostaunau 5 Reyes 43Ramírez 66 Estadio Jalisco, Guadalajara Laguna won 4–1 on aggregate. 3 June 1973 Torreón 0-0 Pachuca Estadio Moctezuma, Torreón 10 June 1973 Pachuca 1-3 Torreón González 46 Tarabini 28  Estrada 28  Cibeyra 87 Estadio Revolución Mexicana, Pachuca Torreón won 3–1 on aggregate. Relegation Final 20 June 1973 Pachuca 0-0 Zacatepec Estadio Azteca, Mexico City Aggregate tied. A replay will be played 23 June 1973 Pachuca 0-1 Zacatepec Peralta 61 Estadio Azteca, Mexico City Zacatepec won 1–0 in aggregate. Pachuca was relegated to Segunda Division. Championship playoff Bracket Semifinals Final 25 140 35 1 Cruz Azul 3 1 4 3 Atlas 2 0 2 2 León 0 3 1 (6) 4 Atlético Español 0 3 1 (5) 1 Cruz Azul 1 0 2 2 León 1 0 1 Semifinal 26 May 1973 Atlas 2-3 Cruz Azul Chavarín 8 36 Pulido 49  López Salgado 57 Muciño 85 Estadio Jalisco, Guadalajara 3 June 1973 Cruz Azul 1-0 Atlas López Salgado 38 Estadio Azteca, Mexico City Cruz Azul won 4–2 on aggregate. 26 May 1973 Atlético Español 0-0 León Estadio Azteca, Mexico City 3 June 1973 León 3-3 Atlético Español Salomone 25 66  Albrecht 52 pen. Tabaré González 2 Boy 76 Brandon 89 Estadio León, León Aggregate tied. 3rd match will be played. 6 June 1973 León 1-1 yes Atlético Español Albrecht 80 pen. Bustos20 Estadio Cuauhtémoc, Puebla 6–5 Aggregate 4-4. León won in penalties 6-5. Final June 12, 1973 León 1-1 http://reinoazul09.blogspot.com/2014/04/cuarto-titulo-de-liga-1972-1973-cruz.html Cruz Azul Albrecht Bustos Estadio León, Leon, Guanajuato _whiteborder _vneckwhite _whiteborder 058253 058253 058253 FFFFFF 058253 León _blueborder _bluecollar _blueborder _white_stripes _caz8892a FFFFFF FFFFFF FFFFFF 0D2891 FFFFFF Cruz Azul GK 1 MEX Darío Miranda 28DF 2 MEX Arturo RazoDF 3 MEX Héctor SantoyoDF 4 ARG Rafael Albrecht DF 5 MEX Carlos GómezMF 6 MEX Chepe Chávez 70MF 7 MEX Luis EstradaMF 8 MEX Mario Ayala (c)FW 9 MEX José de Jesús ValdezFW 10 ARG Jorge DavinoFW 11 ARG Roberto SalomoneSubstitutes:MF 12 URU Roberto Repetto 70Manager: BRA 1968 José Gomes Nogueira es GK 1 ARG Miguel MarínDF 2 MEX Marco Antonio RamírezDF 3 MEX Javier GuzmánDF 4 CHL Alberto QuintanoDF 5 MEX Pedro VelázquezMF 7 MEX Héctor Pulido (c)MF 6 MEX Juan Manuel Alejándrez 77MF 8 MEX Cesáreo Victorino ?FW 9 MEX Fernando BustosFW 10MEX Horacio López Salgado ?FW 11PAR Eladio VeraSubstitutes:FW 12ARG Alberto Gómez ?Manager: MEX Raúl Cárdenas June 17, 1973 Cruz Azul 0-0 http://reinoazul09.blogspot.com/2014/04/cuarto-titulo-de-liga-1972-1973-cruz.html León Estadio Azteca, Mexico City Javier Galindo _blueborder _bluecollar _blueborder _white_stripes _caz8892a FFFFFF FFFFFF FFFFFF 0D2891 FFFFFF Cruz Azul _whiteborder _vneckwhite _whiteborder 058253 058253 058253 FFFFFF 058253 León GK 1 ARG Miguel MarínDF 2 MEX Marco Antonio RamírezDF 3 MEX Javier GuzmánDF 4 CHL Alberto QuintanoDF 5 MEX Pedro VelázquezMF 7 MEX Héctor Pulido (c)MF 6 MEX Juan Manuel Alejándrez 77MF 8 MEX Cesáreo Victorino ?FW 9 MEX Fernando BustosFW 10MEX Octavio Muciño ?FW 11PAR Eladio VeraSubstitutes:FW 12ARG Alberto Gómez ?FW 13MEX Horacio López Salgado ?Manager: MEX Raúl Cárdenas GK 1 MEX Darío Miranda 28DF 2 MEX Arturo RazoDF 3 MEX Héctor SantoyoDF 4 ARG Rafael Albrecht DF 5 MEX Carlos GómezMF 6 MEX Chepe ChávezMF 7 MEX Mario Ayala (c)MF 8 MEX Luis EstradaFW 9 MEX José de Jesús ValdezFW 10 ARG Jorge DavinoFW 11 ARG Roberto SalomoneSubstitutes:GK 12 MEX Jorge Jaramillo 28Manager: BRA 1968 José Gomes Nogueira es Aggregate 1-1. 3rd match will be played. June 19, 1973 Cruz Azul 2-1 yes http://reinoazul09.blogspot.com/2014/04/cuarto-titulo-de-liga-1972-1973-cruz.html León Guzmán Davino 115 o.g. Salomone 26 Estadio Cuauhtémoc, Puebla 35,000 _blueborder _bluecollar _blueborder _white_stripes _caz8892a FFFFFF FFFFFF FFFFFF 0D2891 FFFFFF Cruz Azul _whiteborder _vneckwhite _whiteborder 058253 058253 058253 FFFFFF 058253 León GK 1 ARG Miguel MarínDF 2 MEX Marco Antonio Ramírez 40DF 3 MEX Javier GuzmánDF 4 CHL Alberto QuintanoDF 5 MEX Pedro VelázquezMF 7 MEX Cesáreo VictorinoMF 6 MEX Héctor Pulido (c)MF 8 MEX Juan Manuel AlejándrezFW 9 MEX Fernando BustosFW 10MEX Octavio MuciñoFW 11PAR Eladio Vera 76Substitutes:FW 12ARG Ignacio Flores 40FW 13MEX Alberto Gómez 76Manager: MEX Raúl Cárdenas GK 1 MEX Darío MirandaDF 2 MEX Arturo RazoDF 3 MEX Carlos GómezDF 4 ARG Rafael Albrecht DF 5 MEX Martín Villanueva DF 6 MEX Salvador Carrillo 80MF 7 MEX Luis Estrada 74MF 8 MEX Mario Ayala (c)MF 9 MEX Chepe ChávezFW 10 MEX José de Jesús Valdez 66FW 11 ARG Roberto SalomoneSubstitutes:FW 13 ARG Jorge Davino 66FW 14 MEX Mario Cuevas 74DF 15 MEX Héctor Santoyo 80Manager: BRA 1968 José Gomes Nogueira es Cruz Azul won 3–2 on aggregate. 1972–73 winners Cruz Azul 4th Top scorers Player Nationality Goals ClubEnrique BorjaMexico24AméricaRicardo ChavarínMexico23AtlasHoracio López SalgadoMexico18Cruz AzulAmaury SilvaBrazil 196814AtlasCirilo PeraltaMexico14ZacatepecCarlos ReinosoChile14AméricaEladio VeraParaguay12Cruz AzulJorge DavinoArgentina12LeónJuan GonzálezMexico12PachucaRoberto SalomoneArgentina11LeónRicardo BrandonUruguay11Atlético Español References Mexico - List of final tables (RSSSF) Category:Liga MX seasons Mex Category:1972–73 in Mexican football