# 1973–74 Mexican Primera División season

Statistics of the Primera División de México for the 1973–74 season.

## Overview

Ciudad Madero was promoted to Primera División.
This season was contested by 18 teams, and Cruz Azul won the championship.
San Luis was relegated to Segunda División.
UDG acquired Torreón franchise to reach the Primera Division for the 1974–75 season.
Segunda División semifinalists, UASLP-Pumas (re-branded to Atlético Potosino) and Unión de Curtidores were promoted to the Primera División to increase the number of teams to 20 for the 1974–75 season.

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

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Cruz Azul | 34 | 18 | 13 | 3 | 69 | 35 | +34 | 49 | Playoffs |
| 2 | Monterrey | 34 | 22 | 4 | 8 | 65 | 36 | +29 | 48 | Playoffs |
| 3 | Toluca | 34 | 14 | 11 | 9 | 53 | 43 | +10 | 39 | |
| 4 | UNAM | 34 | 12 | 13 | 9 | 55 | 42 | +13 | 37 | |
| 5 | Atlas | 34 | 14 | 8 | 12 | 53 | 52 | +1 | 36 | |
| 6 | Jalisco | 34 | 13 | 9 | 12 | 51 | 49 | +2 | 35 | |
| 7 | Guadalajara | 34 | 11 | 12 | 11 | 43 | 45 | −2 | 34 | |
| 8 | Zacatepec | 34 | 12 | 9 | 13 | 48 | 51 | −3 | 33 | |
| 9 | Laguna | 34 | 9 | 10 | 15 | 39 | 54 | −15 | 28 | Relegation Playoff |

### Group 2

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Atlético Español | 34 | 15 | 11 | 8 | 66 | 47 | +19 | 41 | Playoffs |
| 2 | Puebla | 34 | 13 | 14 | 7 | 57 | 40 | +17 | 40 | Playoffs |
| 3 | León | 34 | 12 | 16 | 6 | 62 | 44 | +18 | 40 | |
| 4 | América | 34 | 14 | 9 | 11 | 55 | 43 | +12 | 37 | |
| 5 | Torreón | 34 | 8 | 9 | 17 | 47 | 72 | −25 | 25 | |
| 6 | Atlante | 34 | 5 | 14 | 15 | 44 | 67 | −23 | 24 | |
| 7 | Ciudad Madero | 34 | 6 | 11 | 17 | 38 | 75 | −37 | 23 | |
| 8 | Veracruz | 34 | 7 | 8 | 19 | 33 | 53 | −20 | 22 | |
| 9 | San Luis | 34 | 8 | 5 | 21 | 35 | 65 | −30 | 21 | Relegation Playoff |

## Results

| Home \ Away | AME | ATT | ATL | ATE | CRA | GDL | JAL | LAG | LEO | CDM | MTY | PUE | SAL | TOL | TOR | UNI | VER | ZAC |
| América | | 2–2 | 2–1 | 3–0 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 4–0 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 3–1 | 3–2 |
| Atlante | 1–4 | | 2–2 | 2–2 | 1–4 | 2–2 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 0–3 | 0–2 | 4–0 | 3–2 | 0–0 | 0–2 | 2–4 | 1–1 |
| Atlas | 1–2 | 1–1 | | 2–2 | 0–2 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 4–0 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 1–3 | 3–2 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 4–1 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 0–1 |
| Atlético Español | 3–3 | 3–2 | 5–1 | | 0–3 | 3–1 | 3–0 | 2–2 | 3–1 | 7–0 | 3–1 | 0–0 | 5–1 | 1–0 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 1–0 |
| Cruz Azul | 4–2 | 3–2 | 1–2 | 3–3 | | 0–0 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 5–0 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 4–1 | 2–2 | 2–0 | 4–0 |
| Guadalajara | 0–2 | 1–0 | 1–3 | 1–0 | 1–1 | | 0–1 | 3–1 | 2–2 | 3–0 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 1–2 | 3–2 | 3–4 | 0–3 | 1–0 | 2–2 |
| Jalisco | 2–1 | 0–2 | 2–3 | 3–3 | 1–2 | 0–1 | | 2–0 | 1–1 | 6–3 | 0–1 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 4–0 | 2–2 | 2–2 | 2–1 | 1–0 |
| Laguna | 1–1 | 3–2 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 3–1 | 3–3 | | 0–1 | 3–1 | 2–4 | 1–4 | 2–4 | 2–2 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 0–0 |
| León | 2–2 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 2–2 | 4–2 | 2–3 | 1–1 | | 1–1 | 2–0 | 4–2 | 3–0 | 7–0 | 4–0 | 3–3 | 3–2 | 3–1 |
| Ciudad Madero | 0–2 | 0–0 | 1–3 | 0–2 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 2–2 | 2–1 | 1–1 | | 3–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 4–0 | 0–1 | 3–3 | 1–2 |
| Monterrey | 2–1 | 3–1 | 0–2 | 2–2 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 0–2 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 3–0 | | 4–3 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 0–1 |
| Puebla | 2–1 | 4–1 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 0–2 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 1–1 | | 6–0 | 1–1 | 3–3 | 2–2 | 3–0 | 3–1 |
| San Luis | 1–0 | 4–1 | 1–2 | 2–3 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 3–0 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 1–5 | 2–1 | | 0–2 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 0–1 |
| Toluca | 2–2 | 0–1 | 3–0 | 3–0 | 3–3 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 4–0 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 2–1 | | 3–1 | 2–2 | 3–1 | 1–1 |
| Torreón | 3–2 | 3–1 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 3–1 | 4–0 | 2–2 | 4–3 | 1–5 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 2–2 | | 1–1 | 2–2 | 1–3 |
| UNAM | 1–1 | 3–3 | 4–0 | 1–0 | 0–2 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 3–1 | 2–3 | 4–0 | 0–4 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 0–1 | 4–1 | | 4–0 | 2–1 |
| Veracruz | 0–0 | 2–0 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 2–2 | 1–3 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 1–2 | 0–2 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 0–1 | | 1–1 |
| Zacatepec | 3–0 | 0–0 | 2–2 | 2–0 | 2–2 | 2–2 | 1–2 | 0–1 | 0–2 | 6–0 | 2–7 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 1–5 | 0–2 | 2–1 | 3–1 | |

## Relegation playoff

Laguna won 2-0 on aggregate. San Luis relegated to Segunda Division.

## Championship playoff
### Bracket

| Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Final | Final | Final | Final | Final |
| 1 | Cruz Azul | 1 | 6 | 7 | | | | | |
| 4 | Puebla | 1 | 1 | 2 | | | | | |
| 4 | Puebla | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | Cruz Azul | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| | | | | | 3 | Atlético Español | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2 | Monterrey | 4 | 1 | 5 | 3 | Atlético Español | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 3 | Atlético Español | 3 | 3 | 6 | | | | | |

### Semifinal

Cruz Azul won 7-2 on aggregate.
Atlético Español won 6-5 on aggregate.

## Final

Cruz Azul won 4-2 on aggregate.
* 1973–74 winners
* Cruz Azul 5th title