Copa México 1942/43
The Copa MX 1942/43 was the first edition of the football - cup competition after the introduction of professional football in Mexico and the first tournament in the era of the Mexican professional football at all. The ten teams that contested the opening season 1943/44 of the newly founded professional league in the following season were eligible to participate .
Cup winners
The cup winner was Unión Deportiva Moctezuma , a team from the brewery of the same name from the industrial city of Orizaba . It was the only club team that was based outside of Mexico City in the league round of the just ended 1942/43 season of the Liga Mayor, which was still officially operated on amateur status . The other six clubs were all based in the capital (only five of them went straight into professional football, while Club Necaxa initially retained its amateur status) and the Selección Jalisco, as the eighth participant, was a selection team from various clubs from Mexico's second largest city, Guadalajara .
With this success, the city of Orizaba in the state of Veracruz occupies a special position in Mexican football . Because with the Orizaba AC they not only provided Mexico's first soccer champion (1902/03), but 40 years later, with Moctezuma, also the winner of the first professional tournament in Mexican soccer.
mode
The tournament was played in the preliminary round with two groups, which were put together in a certain way according to regional aspects.
Group A consisted of the three participating teams from the eastern state of Veracruz (the merged CD Veracruz from the port city of the same name, Veracruz, and the clubs ADO and Moctezuma from the industrial city of Orizaba, which is halfway between Veracruz and Puebla ), which the two Capital clubs Atlante and España was completed.
Group B consisted of the two teams from the city of Guadalajara in the west of Mexico, Club de Fútbol Atlas and Club Deportivo Guadalajara , and was supplemented by the other three capital city clubs America , Asturias and Marte .
Four teams from both groups of five qualified for the quarter-finals in the knockout system. The quarter-finals as well as the semi-finals and the final were decided in just one match each. All knockout games were played in Parque Asturias in Mexico City.
Preliminary round
The preliminary round matches were played between May 30 and August 1, 1943.
Group A
table
| Pl. | society | Sp. | S. | U | N | Gates | Diff. | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | España | 4th | 3 | 0 | 1 | 16: 6 | +10 | 6: 2 |
| 2. | Atlante | 4th | 2 | 1 | 1 | 11: 6 | +5 | 5: 3 |
| 3. | ADO | 4th | 2 | 0 | 2 | 6: 9 | −3 | 4: 4 |
| 4th | Moctezuma | 4th | 1 | 1 | 2 | 10:13 | −3 | 3: 5 |
| 5. | CD Veracruz | 4th | 1 | 0 | 3 | 8:17 | −9 | 2: 6 |
Games
| date | Team 1 | Results | Team 2 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 6, 1943 | España | 4-0 | ADO | |
| June 6, 1943 | Moctezuma | 5: 2 | CD Veracruz | |
| June 20, 1943 | Moctezuma | 2: 4 | ADO | |
| June 27, 1943 | España | 2: 3 | Atlante | |
| 4th July 1943 | España | 5: 1 | Moctezuma | |
| 4th July 1943 | CD Veracruz | 1: 6 | Atlante | |
| July 11, 1943 | ADO | 1-0 | Atlante | |
| July 18, 1943 | CD Veracruz | 2: 5 | España | |
| August 1, 1943 | Atlante | 2: 2 | Moctezuma | |
| August 1, 1943 | CD Veracruz | 3: 1 | ADO |
Group B
table
| Pl. | society | Sp. | S. | U | N | Gates | Diff. | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Marte | 4th | 3 | 0 | 1 | 10: 5 | +5 | 6: 2 |
| 2. | Asturias | 4th | 2 | 0 | 2 | 8: 4 | +4 | 4: 4 |
| 3. | CD Guadalajara | 4th | 2 | 0 | 2 | 7: 9 | −2 | 4: 4 |
| 4th | America | 4th | 2 | 0 | 2 | 6: 8 | −2 | 4: 4 |
| 5. | Atlas | 4th | 1 | 0 | 3 | 6:11 | −5 | 2: 6 |
Games
| date | Team 1 | Results | Team 2 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 30, 1943 | Marte | 4-0 | America | |
| June 6, 1943 | Atlas | 3: 1 | CD Guadalajara | |
| June 13, 1943 | Asturias | 3-0 | Marte | |
| June 20, 1943 | America | 5: 3 | Atlas | |
| June 20, 1943 | CD Guadalajara | 3: 1 | Asturias | |
| 4th July 1943 | Atlas | 0: 1 | Marte | |
| July 11, 1943 | America | 1-0 | Asturias | |
| July 18, 1943 | Marte | 5: 2 | CD Guadalajara | |
| July 25, 1943 | Asturias | 4-0 | Atlas | |
| August 1, 1943 | CD Guadalajara | 1-0 | America |
Final round
Quarter finals
The quarter-finals were held throughout August in Parque Asturias in Mexico City . The highlight was certainly the " Spanish duel " between Asturias and España, which the "home side" could decide 4: 3 in their favor.
| date | Team 1 | Results | Team 2 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| August 8, 1943 | America | 2: 3 | ADO | |
| August 15, 1943 | Atlante | 6: 1 | CD Guadalajara | |
| August 22, 1943 | Marte | 0: 2 | Moctezuma | |
| August 29, 1943 | Asturias | 4: 3 | España |
Semifinals
In the semifinals, there were two derbies between two teams from Mexico City, the then undisputed capital of the country's football, and from Orizaba, the self-proclaimed "cradle of football in Mexico". In the latter case, there was even a "brother duel" between the younger José Antonio Cuburu , who scored the only goal of the Asociación Deportiva Orizabeña (ADO), and the older Martín Cuburu , who scored a 3-1 victory for eventual cup winner Moctezuma contributed.
| date | Team 1 | Results | Team 2 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| September 5, 1943 | ADO | 1: 3 | Moctezuma | |
| September 12, 1943 | Atlante | 2: 1 a.d. | Asturias |
final
The final was held on September 19, 1943 - just like the quarter and semi-finals - in Parque Asturias in Mexico City.
| Result | ||
|---|---|---|
| Moctezuma | 5: 3 a.d. | Atlante |
The Unión Deportiva Moctezuma won the cup competition of the 1942/43 season with the following team :
Evaristo Murillo - Faustino Padilla, José Antonio Cevasco, Carlos Bréton - Mario Ballesteros, Dolores Araujo - Alfonso Arnáez , Antonio Villegas, Martín Cuburu , Ernesto Candia , Honorio Arteaga ; Coach: Eduardo Morilla .
See also
Individual evidence
- ↑ Juan Cid y Mulet: Libro de Oro del Fútbol Mexicano, Tomo I . B. Costa-Amic, Mexico City, 1960, p. 195