1972–73 Mexican Primera División season

Primera División de México
Season	1972–73
Champions	Cruz Azul (4th title)
Relegated	Pachuca
Matches played	321
Goals scored	837 (2.61 per match)
	← 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 City

Atlas
Guadalajara
Jalisco

Mexico City teams
América

Atlante

Atlético Español

Cruz Azul

UNAM

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Location of the 1972-73 Primera División teams

Team	City	Stadium
América	Mexico City	Azteca
Atlante	Mexico City	Azteca
Atlas	Guadalajara, Jalisco	Jalisco
Atlético Español	Mexico City	Azteca
Cruz Azul	Mexico City	Azteca
Guadalajara	Guadalajara, Jalisco	Jalisco
Jalisco	Guadalajara, Jalisco	Jalisco
Laguna	Torreón, Coahuila	San Isidro
León	León, Guanajuato	León
Monterrey	Monterrey, Nuevo León	Tecnológico / Universitario
Pachuca	Pachuca, Hidalgo	Revolución Mexicana
Puebla	Puebla, Puebla	Cuauhtémoc
San Luis	San Luis Potosí, S.L.P.	Plan de San Luis
Toluca	Toluca, State of Mexico	Toluca 70
Torreón	Torreón, Coahuila	Moctezuma
UNAM	Mexico City	Olímpico Universitario
Veracruz	Veracruz, Veracruz	Veracruzano
Zacatepec	Zacatepec, Morelos	Agustín "Coruco" Díaz

Group stage

Group 1

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Cruz Azul	34	19	8	7	60	37	+23	46	Playoffs
2	Atlético Español	34	12	12	10	43	43	0	36	Playoffs
3	UNAM	34	14	7	13	37	32	+5	35
4	Puebla	34	12	9	13	46	46	0	33
5	Guadalajara	34	10	12	12	38	39	−1	32
6	Monterrey	34	10	12	12	31	38	−7	32
7	Veracruz	34	10	12	12	41	51	−10	32
8	Zacatepec	34	8	12	14	41	50	−9	28	Relegation Playoffs
9	Pachuca	34	9	6	19	40	68	−28	24	Relegation Playoffs

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Group 2

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	León	34	18	8	8	59	34	+25	44	Playoffs
2	Atlas	34	18	8	8	63	38	+25	44	Playoffs
3	América	34	13	16	5	52	33	+19	42
4	Toluca	34	13	13	8	51	39	+12	39
5	Atlante	34	9	14	11	40	47	−7	32
6	Jalisco	34	12	7	15	45	57	−12	31
7	San Luis	34	9	11	14	49	57	−8	29
8	Torreón	34	9	9	16	37	54	−17	27	Relegation Playoffs
9	Laguna	34	8	10	16	36	46	−10	26	Relegation Playoffs

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Results

Home \ Away	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

Source: ^{[citation needed]}
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Relegation playoff

Bracket

Semifinals					Final

15	Laguna (agg 4-1)	1	0	3

17	Zacatepec	0	1	0
					17	Zacatepec	0	1	1

					18	Pachuca	0	0	0
16	Torreón	0	3	3

18	Pachuca	0	1	1

Semifinal

27 May 1973

Laguna	1-0	Zacatepec
Reginaldo Ramírez 56'

Estadio San Isidro, Torreón

3 June 1973

Zacatepec	1-0	Laguna
José Luis Estrada 31' (pen)

Estadio Agustín Coruco Díaz, Zacatepec

Aggregate tied. 3rd match will be played.

6 June 1973

Laguna	3-0	Zacatepec
Claudio Lostanau 5' Lorenzo Reyes 43' Reginaldo Ramírez 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
Juan González 46'		Aníbal Tarabini 28' Agustín Estrada 28' Aníbal 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
		Cirilo Peralta 61'

Estadio Azteca, Mexico City

Zacatepec won 1-0 in aggregate. Pachuca was relegated to Segunda Division.

Championship playoff

Bracket

Semifinals					Final

1	Cruz Azul	3	1	4

3	Atlas	2	0	2
					1	Cruz Azul	1	0	2

					2	León	1	0	1
2	León	0	3	1 (6)

4	Atlético Español	0	3	1 (5)

Semifinal

26 May 1973

Atlas	2-3	Cruz Azul
Ricardo Chavarín 8', 36'		Héctor Pulido 49' Horacio López Salgado 57' Octavio Muciño 85'

Estadio Jalisco, Guadalajara

3 June 1973

Cruz Azul	1-0	Atlas
Horacio 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
Roberto Salomone 25', 66' Rafael Albrecht 52' (pen)		Tabaré González 2' Tomás Boy 76' Ricardo Brandón 89'

Estadio León, León

Aggregate tied. 3rd match will be played.

6 June 1973

León	1-1 (a.e.t.)	Atlético Español
Rafael Albrecht 80' (pen)		Fernando Bustos 20'
Penalties
	6–5

Estadio Cuauhtémoc, Puebla

Aggregate 4-4. León won in penalties 6-5.

Final

June 12, 1973

León	1-1	Cruz Azul
Rafael Albrecht	Report	Fernando Bustos

Estadio León, Leon, Guanajuato

June 17, 1973

Cruz Azul	0-0	León
	Report

Estadio Azteca, Mexico City

Referee: Javier Galindo

Aggregate 1-1. 3rd match will be played.

June 19, 1973

Cruz Azul	2-1 (a.e.t.)	León
Kaliman Guzman Jorge Davino 115' (o.g.)	Report	Roberto Salomone 26'

Estadio Cuauhtémoc, Puebla

Attendance: 35,000

Cruz Azul won 3-2 on aggregate.

1972–73 winners
Cruz Azul 4th title

v t e Liga MX
2024-25 clubs	América Atlas Atlético San Luis Cruz Azul Guadalajara Juárez León Mazatlán Monterrey Necaxa Pachuca Puebla Querétaro Santos Laguna Tijuana Toluca UANL UNAM
Former clubs	Ángeles de Puebla Atlante Atletas Campesinos Atlético Español Atlético Potosino BUAP Celaya Chiapas Cobras de Ciudad Juárez Cuernavaca Deportivo Neza Indios de Ciudad Juárez Irapuato La Piedad Morelia Nacional Oaxtepec Oro Real Zamora San Isidro Laguna San Luis Sinaloa Tampico Madero Tecos Toros Neza UAT UdeG Unión de Curtidores Veracruz Zacatepec
Seasons	1943–44 1944–45 1945–46 1946–47 1947–48 1948–49 1949–50 1950–51 1951–52 1952–53 1953–54 1954–55 1955–56 1956–57 1957–58 1958–59 1959–60 1960–61 1961–62 1962–63 1963–64 1964–65 1965–66 1966–67 1967–68 1968–69 1969–70 1970 1970–71 1971–72 1972–73 1973–74 1974–75 1975–76 1976–77 1977–78 1978–79 1979–80 1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90 1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 Winter 1998 Summer 1999 Winter 1999 Summer 2000 Winter 2000 Summer 2001 Winter 2001 Summer 2002 Apertura 2002 Clausura 2003 Apertura 2003 Clausura 2004 Apertura 2004 Clausura 2005 Apertura 2005 Clausura 2006 Apertura 2006 Clausura 2007 Apertura 2007 Clausura 2008 Apertura 2008 Clausura 2009 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16 2016–17 2017–18 2018–19 2019–20 2020–21 2021–22 2022–23 2023–24 2024–25
Competition	Final phase
Associated competitions	CONCACAF Champions Cup Campeones Cup Leagues Cup

1972–73 Mexican Primera División season

Overview

Teams

Group stage

Group 1

Group 2

Results

Relegation playoff

Bracket

Semifinal

Relegation Final

Championship playoff

Bracket

Semifinal

Final

References