# 1978–79 Mexican Primera División season

Statistics of the Primera División de México for the 1978–79 season.

## Overview

Zacatepec was promoted to Primera División.
This season was contested by 20 teams, and Cruz Azul won the championship.
Veracruz was relegated to Segunda División.

### Teams
## Group stage
### Group 1

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Monterrey | 38 | 14 | 12 | 12 | 52 | 43 | +9 | 40 | Playoffs |
| 2 | América | 38 | 14 | 9 | 15 | 58 | 49 | +9 | 37 | Playoffs |
| 3 | Guadalajara | 38 | 11 | 13 | 14 | 43 | 56 | −13 | 35 | |
| 4 | Atlante | 38 | 9 | 13 | 16 | 51 | 56 | −5 | 31 | |
| 5 | Veracruz | 38 | 7 | 9 | 22 | 35 | 83 | −48 | 23 | Relegated |

### Group 2

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | UNAM | 38 | 17 | 11 | 10 | 77 | 57 | +20 | 45 | Playoffs |
| 2 | Atlético Potosino | 38 | 19 | 7 | 12 | 58 | 55 | +3 | 45 | Playoffs |
| 3 | Tampico | 38 | 11 | 13 | 14 | 59 | 65 | −6 | 35 | |
| 4 | León | 38 | 13 | 7 | 18 | 50 | 67 | −17 | 33 | |
| 5 | Jalisco | 38 | 8 | 12 | 18 | 49 | 67 | −18 | 28 | |

### Group 3

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Cruz Azul | 38 | 19 | 13 | 6 | 70 | 32 | +38 | 51 | Playoffs |
| 2 | Toluca | 38 | 19 | 7 | 12 | 59 | 43 | +16 | 45 | Playoffs |
| 3 | Puebla | 38 | 14 | 14 | 10 | 53 | 49 | +4 | 42 | |
| 4 | UDG | 38 | 15 | 7 | 16 | 60 | 57 | +3 | 37 | |
| 5 | Unión de Curtidores | 38 | 12 | 11 | 15 | 54 | 57 | −3 | 35 | |

### Group 4

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | UANL | 38 | 17 | 14 | 7 | 58 | 46 | +12 | 48 | Playoffs |
| 2 | Zacatepec | 38 | 15 | 13 | 10 | 55 | 45 | +10 | 43 | Playoffs |
| 3 | Tecos | 38 | 13 | 15 | 10 | 56 | 44 | +12 | 41 | |
| 4 | Atlético Español | 38 | 13 | 10 | 15 | 54 | 62 | −8 | 36 | |
| 5 | Deportivo Neza | 38 | 10 | 10 | 18 | 35 | 53 | −18 | 30 | |

## Results

| Home \ Away | AME | ATN | ATE | APO | CRA | GDL | JAL | LEO | MTY | NEZ | PUE | TAM | TOL | UDC | TEC | UNL | UDG | UNM | VER | ZAC |
| América | | 3–1 | 3–3 | 1–1 | 3–3 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 3–1 | 4–0 | 6–1 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 3–2 | 0–3 | 4–2 | 3–0 |
| Atlante | 2–1 | | 2–2 | 4–1 | 0–4 | 2–0 | 4–1 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 1–2 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 0–1 |
| Atlético Español | 1–0 | 3–2 | | 1–1 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 0–3 | 1–2 | 4–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 5–4 | 2–1 | 0–3 | 3–3 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 4–2 | 0–1 |
| Atlético Potosino | 0–2 | 1–0 | 0–3 | | 3–2 | 4–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 3–1 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 2–2 | 1–0 | 1–4 | 4–1 | 2–1 |
| Cruz Azul | 3–1 | 0–0 | 3–0 | 4–0 | | 4–1 | 3–1 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 2–1 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 3–2 | 3–0 | 0–0 | 4–1 | 5–0 | 3–1 |
| Guadalajara | 0–0 | 3–3 | 1–1 | 1–3 | 0–0 | | 1–1 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 3–1 | 2–2 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 2–2 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 |
| Jalisco | 0–3 | 2–2 | 1–2 | 6–4 | 2–1 | 3–1 | | 1–2 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 2–2 | 2–0 | 2–2 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 3–2 | 0–1 | 1–1 |
| León | 0–2 | 0–2 | 1–3 | 0–1 | 2–3 | 2–1 | 0–3 | | 0–0 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 4–4 | 3–2 | 2–0 | 2–3 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 4–0 | 1–2 |
| Monterrey | 1–1 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 0–1 | | 1–0 | 1–0 | 4–1 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 4–0 | 0–0 | 4–1 | 2–2 | 5–0 | 0–2 |
| Deportivo Neza | 1–0 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 2–3 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 2–1 | | 0–0 | 1–1 | 1–3 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 2–2 |
| Puebla | 2–1 | 2–1 | 3–0 | 4–1 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 3–2 | 3–1 | 1–0 | | 1–3 | 3–3 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 0–2 | 3–2 | 1–1 | 5–1 | 1–1 |
| Tampico | 3–2 | 3–2 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 0–4 | 1–0 | 3–3 | 7–1 | 2–2 | 0–1 | 0–0 | | 0–0 | 0–2 | 0–1 | 3–1 | 2–1 | 3–0 | 0–0 | 2–3 |
| Toluca | 2–1 | 2–3 | 4–0 | 0–0 | 3–1 | 2–0 | 2–2 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 3–1 | 3–0 | 2–1 | | 1–0 | 3–2 | 2–2 | 0–0 | 4–0 | 4–0 | 1–0 |
| Unión de Curtidores | 1–1 | 2–2 | 1–0 | 2–3 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 3–2 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 2–2 | 1–2 | 1–2 | | 1–0 | 2–2 | 3–0 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 3–0 |
| Tecos | 3–1 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 4–0 | 6–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 3–1 | | 0–0 | 2–1 | 4–3 | 3–0 | 1–1 |
| UANL | 3–2 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 3–5 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 2–2 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 4–1 | | 2–1 | 2–1 | 5–0 | 0–0 |
| UDG | 2–1 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 3–0 | 0–1 | 3–0 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 3–4 | 2–1 | 4–1 | 0–3 | 1–2 | | 1–2 | 5–2 | 2–1 |
| UNAM | 2–0 | 1–1 | 4–1 | 1–3 | 1–1 | 4–2 | 3–1 | 3–1 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 3–1 | 8–1 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 4–2 | 4–2 | | 1–1 | 1–1 |
| Veracruz | 2–2 | 1–1 | 1–3 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 1–4 | 1–0 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 0–3 | 0–2 | 1–1 | | 1–0 |
| Zacatepec | 3–0 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 4–1 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 3–0 | 1–1 | 4–1 | 3–1 | 0–2 | 3–1 | 2–2 | 2–1 | |

## Group Stage Playoff
### Semifinal
#### Group A

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Cruz Azul | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 5 | +3 | 9 | Finals |
| 2 | Toluca | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 9 | 5 | +4 | 6 | |
| 3 | América | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 6 | +1 | 6 | |
| 4 | Atlético Potosino | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 13 | −8 | 3 | |
Group A Results
Round 1 América 1 - 0 Cruz Azul Atlético Potosino 0 - 2 Toluca
Round 2 Cruz Azul 2 - 1 Atlético Potosino Toluca 1 - 0 América
Round 3 Atlético Potosino 1 - 2 América Toluca 0 - 1 Cruz Azul
Round 4 Cruz Azul 2 - 1 América Toluca 5 - 0 Atlético Potosino
Round 5 Atlético Potosino 2 - 2 Cruz Azul América 3 - 1 Toluca
Round 6 América 0 - 1 Atlético Potosino Cruz Azul 1 - 0 Toluca

#### Group B

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | UNAM | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 6 | +3 | 8 | Finals |
| 2 | UANL | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 7 | +1 | 8 | |
| 3 | Monterrey | 6 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 6 | |
| 4 | Zacatepec | 6 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 10 | −4 | 2 | |
Group B Results
Group 2
Round 1 U.N.A.M. 1 - 0 Zacatepec Monterrey 0 - 1 U.A.N.L.
Round 2 U.N.A.M. 2 - 2 Monterrey U.A.N.L. 2 - 1 Zacatepec
Round 3 Monterrey 2 - 1 Zacatepec U.N.A.M. 3 - 0 U.A.N.L.
Round 4 Zacatepec 1 - 2 U.N.A.M. U.A.N.L. 1 - 1 Monterrey
Round 5 Monterrey 1 - 1 U.N.A.M. Zacatepec 1 - 1 U.A.N.L.
Round 6 U.A.N.L. 2 - 0 U.N.A.M. Zacatepec 2 - 2 Monterrey

## Final

Cruz Azul won 2-0 on aggregate.
* 1978–79 winners
* Cruz Azul 6th title