1970 Mexican Primera División season explained

Competition:Primera División de México
Season:México 70
Winners:Cruz Azul (2nd title)
Continentalcup1:Champions' Cup
Continentalcup1 Qualifiers:Cruz Azul
Matches:480
Total Goals:550
Prevseason:1969–70
Nextseason:1970–71

México 1970
In 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

TeamCityStadium
AméricaMexico CityAzteca
AtlanteMexico CityAzteca
AtlasGuadalajara, JaliscoJalisco
Cruz AzulJasso, Hidalgo10 de Diciembre
GuadalajaraGuadalajara, JaliscoJalisco
IrapuatoIrapuato, GuanajuatoIrapuato
LagunaTorreón, CoahuilaSan Isidro
LeónLeón, GuanajuatoLeón
MonterreyMonterrey, Nuevo LeónTecnológico
NecaxaMexico CityAzteca
OroGuadalajara, JaliscoJalisco
PachucaPachuca, HidalgoRevolución Mexicana
TolucaToluca, State of MexicoToluca 70
TorreónTorreón, CoahuilaRevolución / Moctezuma
UNAMMexico CityOlímpico Universitario
VeracruzVeracruz, VeracruzVeracruzano

First stage

Group 1

Top four teams from each group advance to Championship Group.
The bottom four plays in Consolation Group.

Results

Group 2

Results

Second stage

Championship group

Results

Consolation group

Results

References