1982–83 Mexican Primera División season explained

Competition:	Primera División de México
Season:	1982–83
Winners:	Puebla (1st title)
Relegated:	Zacatepec
Continentalcup1:	Champions' Cup
Matches:	394
Total Goals:	1029
Prevseason:	1981–82
Nextseason:	1983–84

Statistics of the Primera División de México for the 1982–83 season.

Overview

It was contested by 20 teams, and Puebla won the championship.

C.F. Oaxtepec was promoted from Segunda División.

Zacatepec was relegated to Segunda División.

Teams

Team	City	Stadium
América	Mexico City	Azteca
Atlante	Mexico City	Azteca
Atlas	Guadalajara, Jalisco	Jalisco
Atlético Potosino	San Luis Potosí, S.L.P.	Plan de San Luis
Cruz Azul	Mexico City	Azteca
Guadalajara	Guadalajara, Jalisco	Jalisco
León	León, Guanajuato	León
Morelia	Morelia, Michoacán	Venustiano Carranza
Monterrey	Monterrey, Nuevo León	Tecnológico
Necaxa	Mexico City	Azteca
Neza	Nezahualcóyotl, State of Mexico	José López Portillo
Oaxtepec	Oaxtepec, Morelos	Olímpico de Oaxtepec / Cuauhtémoc^[1]
Puebla	Puebla, Puebla	Cuauhtémoc
Tampico Madero	Tampico-Madero, Tamaulipas	Tamaulipas
Tecos	Zapopan, Jalisco	Tres de Marzo
Toluca	Toluca, State of Mexico	Toluca 70
UANL	Monterrey, Nuevo León	Universitario
UdeG	Guadalajara, Jalisco	Jalisco
UNAM	Mexico City	Olímpico Universitario
Zacatepec	Zacatepec, Morelos	Agustín Coruco Díaz

Moves

• The owner of Atlético Español decided to sell the team to the Mexican league. This gave way for Necaxa to come back to play.^[2]
• Tampico was relegated to Segunda División, however, the oil workers union bought the Atletas Campesinos franchise, they moved the team to Tampico and was renamed as Tampico Madero.^[3]

Group stage

Group 4

Relegation playoff

Atlético Morelia won 5-4 on aggregate. Zacatepec was relegated to Segunda División

Playoff

Puebla won the championship.

Quarterfinal

América won 6-0 on aggregate.----

Guadalajara won 1-6 on aggregate.----

Puebla won 6-3 on aggregate.----

UdeG won 2-4 on aggregate.

Semi-finals

Puebla won 4-3 on aggregate.----

Guadalajara 2-4 on aggregate.

Final

Aggregate tied. Puebla won 7–6 on penalty shootout.----

References

• Mexico - List of final tables (RSSSF)
• https://www.rsssf.org/tablesm/mex83.html

Notes and References

1. Web site: Los Halcones de Oaxtepec . Fútbol Sin Compromisos . 28 March 2019 . es . 15 January 2013.
2. Web site: Atlético Español, otra historia necaxista . Apuntes de Rabona . 13 January 2022.
3. Web site: Fong . Eric . Atletas Campesinos, el equipo que sin saberlo se adelantó a la mercadotecnia en México . mediotiempo.com . 13 January 2022 . es . 24 April 2020.