1986–87 Mexican Segunda División season explained

Competition:	Segunda División de México
Season:	1986–87
Winners:	UAT (1st Title)
Matches:	381
Total Goals:	1037
League Topscorer:	Jaime Ríos (26 goals)
Promoted:	Tapatío Orizaba Progreso Cocula
Relegated:	Zacatecas Pachuca Nuevo Necaxa
Prevseason:	1985–86
Nextseason:	1987–88

The 1986–87 Segunda División was the 38th season of the Mexican Segunda División. The season started on 18 July 1986 and concluded on 23 June 1987. It was won by UAT.^[1]

Changes

• Cobras was promoted to Primera División.^[2]
• No team was relegated from the Primera División due to the celebration of the Prode 85 and Mexico 86 tournaments held in a special way as part of the preparation of the national team for the 1986 FIFA World Cup, held in Mexico.
• Tapatío and Orizaba were promoted from Segunda División B.^[3]
• Progreso Cocula was promoted from Tercera División.
• Poza Rica, Córdoba and San Mateo Atenco were relegated to Segunda División B.
• Búfalos Curtidores sold its franchise to the Government of Zacatecas, a new team named Mineros de Zacatecas was created.^[4] This team was not related with the current team.
• Salamanca sold its franchise to Pioneros de Cancún.
• Atlacomulco returned to Texcoco.

During the season

• After Week 6, Jaguares de Colima sold its franchise to the University of Colima, the team was renamed Loros UdeC.^[5]

Teams

Club	City	Stadium
Chetumal	Chetumal	Estadio José López Portillo
Colima U. de C.	Colima City	Estadio Colima
Jalisco	Guadalajara	Estadio Jalisco
La Piedad	La Piedad	Estadio Juan N. López
Nuevo Necaxa	Tulancingo	Estadio Primero de Mayo
Oaxaca	Oaxaca City	Estadio Gral. Manuel Cabrera Carrasquedo
Orizaba	Orizaba	Estadio Moctezuma
Pachuca	Pachuca	Estadio Revolución Mexicana
Pioneros Cancún	Cancún	Estadio Cancún 86
Progreso Cocula	Cocula	Estadio Hércules 77
Santos Laguna	Torreón	Estadio Corona
Tapatío	Aguascalientes City	Estadio Alberto Romo Chávez
Tecomán	Tecomán	Estadio IAETAC
Tepic	Tepic	Estadio Nicolás Álvarez Ortega
Texcoco	Texcoco	Estadio Municipal de Texcoco
UAQ	Querétaro City	Estadio Corregidora
UAT	Ciudad Victoria	Estadio Marte R. Gómez
Zacatepec	Zacatepec	Estadio Agustín "Coruco" Díaz
Zacatecas	Zacatecas City	Estadio Francisco Villa

Group stage

Group 4

Final stage

Group 1

Group 2

Final

Relegation Group

Notes and References

1. Web site: Momentos del "Corre" en la historia: El ascenso de 1987 . CF Correcaminos UAT. Official Site . 25 September 2020 . es . 27 September 2020 . https://web.archive.org/web/20200927163929/http://cfcorrecaminos.com/2018/09/06/momentos-del-corre-en-la-historia-el-ascenso-de-1987/ . dead .
2. Web site: Cobras, el primer equipo que fue idea original de Televisa . Mediotiempo.com . 22 September 2020 . es . 1 May 2020.
3. Web site: Lugo . Erick Francisco . Toscano . Martín . Mexico 1985/1986 . . 22 September 2020.
4. Web site: Ordaz . Roberto . Del Francisco Villa al Carlos Vega Villalba; el futbol zacatecano . El Sol de Zacatecas . Organización Editorial Mexicana . 25 September 2020 . es . 2 July 2020.
5. Web site: Lugo . Erick Francisco . Toscano . Martín . Mexico 1986/1987 . . 22 September 2020.