Primera División (Mexico) 1955/56
The 1955/56 season was the 13th season of the highest Mexican professional football league introduced in 1943/44 .
particularities
After only twelve teams had participated in the highest Mexican football league in the last five seasons (1950/51 to 1954/55), the league was increased to 14 teams for the 1955/56 season, bringing the number of participants from the 1949/50 season again was achieved when the top division had last carried the name Liga Mayor before it was renamed the Primera División in 1950/51 . For the first time after the opening season 1943/44 of the Mexican professional league - and thus for the second time ever - the championship was only decided by an additional game after León FC and CD Oro had ended the season with 37 points each because the goal balance was not up Determination of the master was used. León won the decisive game 4-2 on a neutral pitch at the Estadio Olímpico Universitario in Mexico City . Thus, the Esmeraldas already achieved their fourth championship title and expanded their lead as "record champions of the professional league" accordingly. Apart from the CD Veracruz , which to date has won two championship titles (1946 and 1950), all the other seven masters ( Asturias 1944, España 1945, Atlante 1947, Atlas 1951, Tampico 1953, Marte 1954 and Zacatepec 1955) only achieved one Success. Nevertheless, León FC lost the "record championship title" six years later when the soon-to-be "serial champion" CD Guadalajara won his fifth title.
Moved up and down
A special tournament was held in 1955 to determine who was promoted and relegated, after the Club Atlas had already achieved promotion as champions of the Segunda División . In this tournament, Club Atlante took first place and was thus able to avoid relegation. The second and third place went to the CD Zamora and the CD Cuautla , which thus made it to the top . Fourth-placed Marte was relegated and fifth-placed Querétaro FC stayed in the second division.
Final table 1955/56
| society | Sp | G | U | V | Gates | Points | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | León FC | 26th | 15th | 7th | 4th | 50:24 | 37-15 |
| 2. | CD Oro | 26th | 17th | 3 | 6th | 49:32 | 37-15 |
| 3. | Atlante | 26th | 13 | 6th | 7th | 53:37 | 32-20 |
| 4th | Deportivo Toluca | 26th | 11 | 9 | 6th | 49:31 | 31-21 |
| 5. | Necaxa | 26th | 12 | 7th | 7th | 44:35 | 31-21 |
| 6th | CD Tampico | 26th | 12 | 7th | 7th | 39:32 | 31-21 |
| 7th | CD Zacatepec | 26th | 11 | 5 | 10 | 40:36 | 27-25 |
| 8th. | America | 26th | 10 | 4th | 12 | 51:47 | 24-28 |
| 9. | CD Irapuato | 26th | 8th | 6th | 12 | 35:43 | 22-30 |
| 10. | CD Guadalajara | 26th | 5 | 11 | 10 | 33:35 | 21-31 |
| 11. | CD Cuautla | 26th | 6th | 9 | 11 | 28:46 | 21-31 |
| 12. | Atlas | 26th | 8th | 4th | 14th | 41:54 | 20-32 |
| 13. | Puebla FC | 26th | 6th | 4th | 16 | 33:64 | 16-36 |
| 14th | CD Zamora | 26th | 2 | 10 | 14th | 23:51 | 14-38 |
Cross table for the 1955/56 season
The cross table shows the results of all games of this season. The name of the home team is listed in the left column, a three-digit abbreviation for the visiting team in the top line.
| 1955/56 | LEO | ORO | ATE | TOL | NEC | TAM | ZAC | AME | IRA | GDL | CUA | ATS | PUE | ZAM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Leon | 2: 2 | 3: 1 | 2: 1 | 3-0 | 1: 1 | 3: 1 | 5: 1 | 2: 1 | 2: 2 | 7-0 | 3-0 | 2-0 | 2: 1 | |
| Oro | 0: 2 | 2: 3 | 3: 1 | 2: 1 | 2: 1 | 2: 1 | 3: 2 | 4: 1 | 1-0 | 3-0 | 2-0 | 6: 1 | 1-0 | |
| Atlante | 1: 2 | 3: 1 | 0: 4 | 2-0 | 3-0 | 3: 1 | 3: 4 | 3: 1 | 0-0 | 1: 1 | 1-0 | 5: 2 | 7: 1 | |
| Toluca | 1-0 | 2-0 | 2: 2 | 1: 1 | 2: 3 | 3: 1 | 2: 3 | 3-0 | 2: 2 | 4-0 | 1-0 | 4-0 | 1: 1 | |
| Necaxa | 4: 1 | 3-0 | 1: 1 | 2: 1 | 2: 2 | 2: 2 | 2-0 | 3: 2 | 1: 1 | 5: 2 | 2: 2 | 2: 1 | 1-0 | |
| Tampico | 1-0 | 0-0 | 2: 1 | 2: 2 | 2-0 | 0: 2 | 2: 1 | 1: 2 | 2: 1 | 5-0 | 1: 1 | 3: 1 | 1-0 | |
| Zacatepec | 0: 1 | 1: 2 | 2: 1 | 1: 1 | 4: 1 | 0: 1 | 4: 3 | 2: 1 | 3-0 | 3: 1 | 2-0 | 1-0 | 3: 1 | |
| America | 0: 2 | 1: 2 | 0: 1 | 3: 2 | 1: 2 | 1: 2 | 1: 1 | 1: 1 | 3-0 | 0-0 | 5: 2 | 6-0 | 1: 1 | |
| Irapuato | 2: 2 | 2-0 | 1: 3 | 1: 1 | 1-0 | 2-0 | 1-0 | 2: 1 | 1: 1 | 2-0 | 3: 2 | 1: 2 | 2: 2 | |
| Guadalajara | 1: 1 | 1: 3 | 1: 2 | 1: 1 | 1: 2 | 1: 1 | 2-0 | 1: 2 | 2-0 | 1: 4 | 3-0 | 6: 1 | 4: 1 | |
| Cuautla | 0-0 | 0: 1 | 0-0 | 0: 1 | 1: 1 | 1-0 | 2: 2 | 1: 3 | 2: 1 | 0-0 | 1: 1 | 2-0 | 3-0 | |
| Atlas | 1: 2 | 2: 4 | 2: 3 | 1: 2 | 2: 1 | 1: 1 | 3: 1 | 3: 2 | 3: 2 | 2: 1 | 3: 2 | 5: 3 | 3: 1 | |
| Puebla | 2-0 | 1: 2 | 2: 1 | 0-0 | 0: 3 | 5: 2 | 0: 1 | 2: 3 | 2: 2 | 0-0 | 2: 4 | 2: 1 | 2: 2 | |
| Zamora | 0-0 | 1: 1 | 2: 2 | 2: 4 | 0: 2 | 0: 3 | 1: 1 | 1: 3 | 1-0 | 0-0 | 1: 1 | 3: 1 | 0: 2 |