# 1971–72 Mexican Primera División season

Statistics of the Primera División de México for the 1971–72 season.

## Overview

San Luis was promoted to Primera División.
This season was contested by 18 teams, and Cruz Azul won the championship.
Irapuato was relegated to Segunda División.

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

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Cruz Azul | 34 | 22 | 7 | 5 | 65 | 36 | +29 | 51 | Playoffs |
| 2 | América | 34 | 20 | 8 | 6 | 70 | 35 | +35 | 48 | Playoffs |
| 3 | Jalisco | 34 | 15 | 9 | 10 | 57 | 48 | +9 | 39 | |
| 4 | León | 34 | 12 | 11 | 11 | 76 | 58 | +18 | 35 | |
| 5 | Zacatepec | 34 | 11 | 12 | 11 | 34 | 36 | −2 | 34 | |
| 6 | Laguna | 34 | 9 | 15 | 10 | 34 | 34 | 0 | 33 | |
| 7 | San Luis | 34 | 11 | 10 | 13 | 37 | 47 | −10 | 32 | |
| 8 | Veracruz | 34 | 8 | 13 | 13 | 40 | 51 | −11 | 29 | Relegation Playoffs |
| 9 | Atlético Español | 34 | 8 | 8 | 18 | 48 | 72 | −24 | 24 | Relegation Playoffs |

### Group 2

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Monterrey | 34 | 14 | 12 | 8 | 41 | 37 | +4 | 40 | Playoffs |
| 2 | Guadalajara | 34 | 14 | 11 | 9 | 37 | 33 | +4 | 39 | Playoffs |
| 3 | Puebla | 34 | 13 | 9 | 12 | 47 | 42 | +5 | 35 | |
| 4 | Atlante | 34 | 13 | 9 | 12 | 30 | 28 | +2 | 35 | |
| 5 | Pachuca | 34 | 10 | 13 | 11 | 38 | 46 | −8 | 33 | |
| 6 | UNAM | 34 | 11 | 9 | 14 | 36 | 38 | −2 | 31 | |
| 7 | Toluca | 34 | 11 | 9 | 14 | 46 | 51 | −5 | 31 | |
| 8 | Torreón | 34 | 8 | 11 | 15 | 35 | 55 | −20 | 27 | Relegation Playoffs |
| 9 | Irapuato | 34 | 2 | 12 | 20 | 26 | 50 | −24 | 16 | Relegation Playoffs |

## Results

| Home \ Away | AME | ATT | ATE | CRA | GDL | IRA | JAL | LAG | LEO | MTY | PAC | PUE | SNL | TOL | TOR | UNM | VER | ZAC |
| América | | 0–0 | 2–2 | 2–2 | 2–0 | 4–2 | 3–0 | 2–0 | 3–1 | 2–0 | 4–1 | 3–1 | 6–1 | 5–1 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 3–0 | 1–1 |
| Atlante | 1–2 | | 0–1 | 0–2 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 2–1 |
| Atlético Español | 1–2 | 0–1 | | 1–1 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 0–5 | 2–3 | 1–3 | 0–3 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 4–0 | 3–1 | 0–2 | 0–4 |
| Cruz Azul | 2–1 | 2–1 | 2–0 | | 3–1 | 2–0 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–3 | 3–1 | 3–2 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 3–0 |
| Guadalajara | 1–3 | 1–1 | 5–3 | 0–2 | | 2–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 2–2 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 3–1 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 2–0 |
| Irapuato | 1–3 | 0–0 | 4–4 | 2–3 | 0–0 | | 1–1 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 2–3 | 2–2 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 0–0 |
| Jalisco | 4–3 | 2–1 | 3–0 | 2–1 | 0–2 | 2–0 | | 0–1 | 2–3 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 3–1 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 3–0 |
| Laguna | 1–1 | 0–0 | 3–4 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 1–2 | | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 0–2 | 0–1 |
| León | 2–2 | 3–1 | 5–1 | 0–3 | 1–1 | 2–5 | 3–7 | 0–1 | | 5–2 | 6–1 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 4–1 | 11–3 | 3–1 | 3–0 | 2–2 |
| Monterrey | 0–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 4–3 | 1–1 | 1–1 | | 1–1 | 0–0 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 |
| Pachuca | 0–3 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 1–1 | | 0–1 | 0–2 | 3–0 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 0–2 |
| Puebla | 3–0 | 0–0 | 1–2 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 0–0 | 2–1 | | 1–2 | 3–1 | 4–1 | 0–3 | 4–2 | 2–0 |
| San Luis | 2–1 | 4–0 | 2–2 | 0–3 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 1–2 | 1–0 | | 0–2 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 1–1 |
| Toluca | 1–2 | 1–0 | 3–2 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 2–2 | 0–0 | 4–0 | 1–3 | 0–1 | 1–1 | | 2–0 | 0–0 | 5–2 | 2–0 |
| Torreón | 0–1 | 2–1 | 3–3 | 5–2 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 0–2 | 1–1 | | 0–0 | 2–0 | 0–0 |
| UNAM | 0–1 | 0–2 | 3–1 | 1–3 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 4–3 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 4–1 | 3–2 | 2–2 | 0–1 | | 3–1 | 1–0 |
| Veracruz | 3–2 | 2–2 | 1–2 | 1–3 | 2–2 | 0–0 | 4–2 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 2–3 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 4–2 | 1–1 | 3–2 | 1–0 | | 2–2 |
| Zacatepec | 0–0 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 3–1 | 1–3 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 0–0 | |

## Relegation Playoffs
### Bracket

| Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Final | Final | Final | Final |
| 15 | Veracruz | 3 | 0 | 3 | | | | |
| 18 | Irapuato | 1 | 0 | 1 | | | | |
| 18 | Irapuato | 1 | 0 | 1 | 16 | Torreón | 1 | 1 |
| | | | | | 18 | Irapuato | 0 | 0 |
| 16 | Torreón | 1 | 2 | 3 | 18 | Irapuato | 0 | 0 |
| 17 | Atlético Español | 1 | 3 | 4 | | | | |

### Semifinals

Atlético Español won 4-3 on aggregate
Veracruz won 3-1 on aggregate

### Final

Irapuato relegated to Segunda Division

## Championship Playoffs
### Bracket

| Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Final | Final | Final | Final |
| 1 | Cruz Azul | 0 | 2 | 2 | | | | |
| 4 | Guadalajara | 1 | 0 | 1 | | | | |
| 4 | Guadalajara | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | Cruz Azul | 4 | 1 |
| | | | | | 2 | América | 1 | 0 |
| 2 | América | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | América | 1 | 0 |
| 3 | Monterrey | 0 | 2 | 1 | | | | |

### Semifinal

Cruz Azul won 2-1 on aggregate
Aggregate tied. 3rd match will be played
America won 5-4 on aggregate

### Final

* 1971–72 winners
* Cruz Azul 3rd title