Primera División (Mexico) 1973/74
The 1973/74 season was the 31st regular championship round in Mexico since the introduction of the Primera División in the 1943/44 season.
The relegated from the previous season , CF Pachuca , was replaced by the promoted CF Madero.
As in the previous season, the two best-placed teams in each group (Cruz Azul and Monterrey in Group A and Atlético Español and Puebla in Group B) qualified for the semi-finals for the championship, which was also the best-placed team this season Team of the league round (Cruz Azul) was won.
In the fight to stay in the league, the last two in the group (Laguna and San Luis) faced each other. Also this year, the last placed in the overall table (San Luis) lost the relegation round and was relegated to the second division .
Despite the additional play-offs (since 1970/71 , the championship in Mexico has not been decided on the basis of the overall table, although all teams still play one home and one away game against all other teams in the league), all four previous teams continued Seasons ultimately the sporting fairness: this time, too, the team with the highest points of the entire season became champions and the team with the lowest points was relegated.
Full year table 1973/74
The overall table below shows the actual ranking of the teams and the background color shows whether the respective team was assigned to group A (green) or group B (red).
| society | Sp | G | U | V | Gates | TQ 1 | Points | |
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| 1. | Cruz Azul | 34 | 18th | 13 | 3 | 69:35 | 1.97 | 49-19 |
| 2. | CF Monterrey | 34 | 22nd | 4th | 8th | 65:36 | 1.81 | 48-20 |
| 3. | Atlético Español | 34 | 14th | 13 | 7th | 66:47 | 1.40 | 41-27 |
| 4th | Puebla FC | 34 | 13 | 14th | 7th | 57:40 | 1.42 | 40-28 |
| 5. | Club León | 34 | 12 | 16 | 6th | 62:44 | 1.41 | 40-28 |
| 6th | Toluca | 34 | 14th | 11 | 9 | 53:43 | 1.23 | 39-29 |
| 7th | UNAM | 34 | 12 | 13 | 9 | 55:42 | 1.31 | 37-31 |
| 8th. | Club America | 34 | 14th | 9 | 11 | 55:43 | 1.28 | 37-31 |
| 9. | CF Atlas | 34 | 14th | 8th | 12 | 53:52 | 1.02 | 36-32 |
| 10. | Club Jalisco | 34 | 13 | 9 | 12 | 51:49 | 1.04 | 35-33 |
| 11. | CD Guadalajara | 34 | 11 | 12 | 11 | 43:45 | 0.96 | 34-34 |
| 12. | CD Zacatepec | 34 | 12 | 9 | 13 | 48:51 | 0.94 | 33-35 |
| 13. | CF Laguna | 34 | 9 | 10 | 15th | 39:54 | 0.72 | 28-40 |
| 14th | CF Torreón | 34 | 8th | 9 | 17th | 47:72 | 0.65 | 25-43 |
| 15th | CF Atlante | 34 | 6th | 12 | 16 | 44:67 | 0.66 | 24-44 |
| 16. | CF Madero | 34 | 6th | 11 | 17th | 38:75 | 0.51 | 23-45 |
| 17th | CD Veracruz | 34 | 7th | 8th | 19th | 33:53 | 0.62 | 22-46 |
| 18th | San Luis | 34 | 8th | 5 | 21st | 35:65 | 0.54 | 21-47 |
1 TQ = Torque quotient. At that time in Mexico, the goal quotient was used to determine the better placement when there was a tie, and the goal difference was not yet applicable.
| Group A teams | |
| Group B teams |
side note
Before the last day of the match, CF Monterrey led the overall table and had to play their last game at second place, Cruz Azul. With the 2-0 victory of the capital city, Cruz Azul pushed the North Mexican from first place and took it himself.
Cross table for the 1973/74 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, the logo or an abbreviation of the visiting team in the top line.
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| Cruz Azul | 2-0 | 3: 3 | 1: 1 | 1-0 | 1: 1 | 2: 2 | 4: 2 | 1: 2 | 2: 1 | 0-0 | 4-0 | 1: 1 | 4: 1 | 3: 2 | 5-0 | 2-0 | 2-0 | |
| CF Monterrey | 1-0 | 2: 2 | 4: 3 | 2-0 | 1: 1 | 1-0 | 2: 1 | 0: 2 | 0: 2 | 1-0 | 0: 1 | 1-0 | 3: 1 | 3: 1 | 3-0 | 1-0 | 2: 1 | |
| Atlético Español | 0: 3 | 3: 1 | 0-0 | 3: 1 | 1-0 | 1: 1 | 3: 3 | 5: 1 | 3-0 | 3: 1 | 1-0 | 2: 2 | 3: 1 | 3: 2 | 7-0 | 2-0 | 5: 1 | |
| Puebla FC | 2: 2 | 1: 1 | 1: 1 | 2: 1 | 1: 1 | 2: 2 | 2: 1 | 2: 2 | 0-0 | 0: 2 | 3: 1 | 0-0 | 3: 3 | 4: 1 | 0: 1 | 3-0 | 6-0 | |
| Club León | 2: 2 | 2-0 | 2: 2 | 4: 2 | 7-0 | 3: 3 | 2: 2 | 1: 1 | 2: 3 | 4: 2 | 3: 1 | 1: 1 | 4-0 | 2-0 | 1: 1 | 3: 2 | 3-0 | |
| Deportivo Toluca | 3: 3 | 2-0 | 3-0 | 0: 1 | 0-0 | 2: 2 | 2: 2 | 3-0 | 0: 1 | 1-0 | 1: 1 | 1-0 | 3: 1 | 0: 1 | 4-0 | 3: 1 | 2: 1 | |
| UNAM | 0: 2 | 0: 4 | 1-0 | 1: 1 | 2: 3 | 0: 1 | 1: 1 | 4-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 2: 1 | 3: 1 | 4: 1 | 3: 3 | 4-0 | 4-0 | 3: 1 | |
| Club America | 2: 1 | 0: 1 | 3-0 | 0: 1 | 4-0 | 1: 2 | 2: 1 | 2: 1 | 2-0 | 0: 1 | 3: 2 | 1-0 | 2-0 | 2: 2 | 1: 1 | 3: 1 | 1: 1 | |
| CF Atlas | 0: 2 | 1: 3 | 2: 2 | 3: 2 | 1: 1 | 0: 1 | 2-0 | 1: 2 | 1: 1 | 1: 2 | 0: 1 | 4-0 | 4: 1 | 1: 1 | 1: 2 | 2: 1 | 1-0 | |
| Club Jalisco | 1: 2 | 0: 1 | 3: 3 | 1: 2 | 1: 1 | 4-0 | 2: 2 | 2: 1 | 2: 3 | 0: 1 | 1-0 | 2-0 | 2: 2 | 0: 2 | 6: 3 | 2: 1 | 2: 1 | |
| CD Guadalajara | 1: 1 | 1: 1 | 1-0 | 2: 2 | 2: 2 | 3: 2 | 0: 3 | 0: 2 | 1: 3 | 0: 1 | 2: 2 | 3: 1 | 3: 4 | 1-0 | 3-0 | 1-0 | 1: 2 | |
| CD Zacatepec | 2: 2 | 2: 7 | 2-0 | 1-0 | 0: 2 | 1: 5 | 2: 1 | 3-0 | 2: 2 | 1: 2 | 2: 2 | 0: 1 | 0: 2 | 0-0 | 6-0 | 3: 1 | 3-0 | |
| CF Laguna | 0-0 | 2: 4 | 2-0 | 1: 4 | 0: 1 | 2: 2 | 2-0 | 1: 1 | 1-0 | 3: 3 | 3: 1 | 0-0 | 2-0 | 3: 2 | 3: 1 | 2-0 | 2: 4 | |
| CF Torreón | 0: 1 | 1: 5 | 1: 1 | 0: 1 | 2: 2 | 2: 2 | 1: 1 | 3: 2 | 1: 2 | 3: 1 | 0-0 | 1: 3 | 4-0 | 3: 1 | 4: 3 | 2: 2 | 2: 1 | |
| CF Atlante | 1: 4 | 0: 3 | 2: 2 | 0: 2 | 1: 1 | 3: 2 | 0: 2 | 1: 4 | 2: 2 | 2: 1 | 2: 2 | 1: 1 | 2: 1 | 0-0 | 2: 2 | 2: 4 | 4-0 | |
| CF Madero | 1: 2 | 3-0 | 0: 2 | 1: 1 | 1: 1 | 1: 1 | 0: 1 | 0: 2 | 1: 3 | 2: 2 | 0-0 | 1: 2 | 2: 1 | 4-0 | 0-0 | 3: 3 | 1: 1 | |
| CD Veracruz | 2: 2 | 0: 2 | 0-0 | 0: 1 | 0-0 | 1-0 | 0: 1 | 0-0 | 1: 2 | 2-0 | 1: 3 | 1: 1 | 1: 1 | 2-0 | 2-0 | 1: 2 | 2-0 | |
| San Luis | 1: 2 | 1: 5 | 2: 3 | 2: 1 | 0-0 | 0: 2 | 1: 1 | 1-0 | 1: 2 | 1: 2 | 1: 1 | 0: 1 | 3-0 | 1-0 | 4: 1 | 2: 1 | 0: 1 |
The play-offs
Championship round
In the semi-finals of the championship round there were the following encounters:
| total | First leg | Return leg | ||
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| Puebla FC | 2: 7 | CD Cruz Azul | 1: 1 | 1: 6 |
| Atlético Español | 6: 5 | CF Monterrey | 3: 4 | 3: 1 |
The championship finals:
| total | First leg | Return leg | ||
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| Atlético Español | 2: 4 | CD Cruz Azul | 2: 1 | 0: 3 |
Relegation round
| total | First leg | Return leg | ||
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| San Luis | 0: 2 | CF Laguna | 0-0 | 0: 2 |
statistics
| event | encounter | Result | Gameday |
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| Highest home win | Club León vs Deportivo Toluca | 7-0 | 23 |
| Highest home win | Atlético Español vs CF Madero | 7-0 | 29 |
| Biggest away win | CD Zacatepec vs CF Monterrey | 2: 7 | 14th |
Goalscorer list
| Item | player | society | Gates |
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| 1. | Osvaldo Castro | Club America | 26th |
| 2. | Milton Carlos | CF Monterrey | 22nd |
| 2. | Horacio López Salgado | Cruz Azul | 22nd |
| 4th | Alcindo | CSD Jalisco | 18th |
| 4th | Roberto Salomone | Club León | 18th |