1973–74 Mexican Primera División season explained

Competition:Primera División de México
Season:1973–74
Winners:Cruz Azul (5th title)
Relegated:San Luis
Continentalcup1:Champions' Cup
Continentalcup1 Qualifiers:Monterrey
Atlético Español
Matches:314
Total Goals:941
League Topscorer:Horacio López Salgado (25 goals)
Prevseason:1972–73
Nextseason: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

TeamCityStadium
AméricaMexico CityAzteca
AtlanteMexico CityAzteca
AtlasGuadalajara, JaliscoJalisco
Atlético EspañolMexico CityAzteca
Ciudad MaderoCiudad Madero, TamaulipasTamaulipas
Cruz AzulMexico CityAzteca
GuadalajaraGuadalajara, JaliscoJalisco
JaliscoGuadalajara, JaliscoJalisco
LagunaTorreón, CoahuilaSan Isidro
LeónLeón, GuanajuatoLeón
MonterreyMonterrey, Nuevo LeónUniversitario
PueblaPuebla, PueblaCuauhtémoc
San LuisSan Luis Potosí, S.L.P.Plan de San Luis
TolucaToluca, State of MexicoToluca 70
TorreónTorreón, CoahuilaMoctezuma
UNAMMexico CityOlímpico Universitario
VeracruzVeracruz, VeracruzVeracruzano
ZacatepecZacatepec, MorelosAgustín "Coruco" Díaz

Group stage

Group 2

Relegation playoff

Laguna won 2-0 on aggregate. San Luis relegated to Segunda Division.

Championship playoff

Semifinal

Cruz Azul won 7-2 on aggregate.----

Atlético Español won 6-5 on aggregate.

Final

Cruz Azul won 4-2 on aggregate.----

References