# 1976–77 Mexican Primera División season

The 1976–77 Mexican Primera División was the 35th season of the Mexican Primera División, Mexico's premier football competition. It began on 8 September 1976 and concluded on 3 July 1977.

## Overview

San Luis was promoted to Primera División.
This season was contested by 20 teams, and UNAM won the championship.
Zacatepec was relegated to Segunda División.
After this season Tampico Madero acquired the San Luis franchise.

## Teams
### Stadiums and locations

| Team | City | Venue |
| América | Mexico City | Azteca |
| Atlas | Guadalajara | Jalisco |
| Atlético Español | Mexico City | Azteca |
| Atlético Potosino | San Luis Potosí | Plan de San Luis |
| Cruz Azul | Mexico City | Azteca |
| Guadalajara | Guadalajara | Jalisco |
| Jalisco | Guadalajara | Jalisco |
| Laguna | Torreón | Moctezuma |
| León | León | León |
| Monterrey | Monterrey | Universitario |
| Puebla | Puebla | Cuauhtémoc |
| San Luis | San Luis Potosí | Plan de San Luis |
| Tecos | Zapopan | Tres de Marzo |
| Toluca | Toluca | Toluca 70 |
| Unión de Curtidores | León | La Martinica |
| UANL | San Nicolás de los Garza | Universitario |
| UDG | Guadalajara | Jalisco |
| UNAM | Mexico City | Olímpico Universitario |
| Veracruz | Veracruz | Veracruzano |
| Zacatepec | Zacatepec | Agustín "Coruco" Díaz |

## Group stage
### Group 1

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | América | 38 | 16 | 18 | 4 | 56 | 38 | +18 | 50 | Advance to final stage |
| 2 | Guadalajara | 38 | 15 | 13 | 10 | 44 | 38 | +6 | 43 | Advance to final stage |
| 3 | León | 38 | 14 | 11 | 13 | 50 | 49 | +1 | 39 | |
| 4 | Puebla | 38 | 13 | 11 | 14 | 49 | 49 | 0 | 37 | |
| 5 | Veracruz | 38 | 11 | 11 | 16 | 45 | 58 | −13 | 33 | |

### Group 2

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | UNAM | 38 | 19 | 12 | 7 | 67 | 43 | +24 | 50 | Advance to final stage |
| 2 | Atlético Potosino | 38 | 16 | 11 | 11 | 54 | 43 | +11 | 43 | Advance to final stage |
| 3 | UAG | 38 | 13 | 10 | 15 | 41 | 45 | −4 | 36 | |
| 4 | Monterrey | 38 | 10 | 12 | 16 | 51 | 59 | −8 | 32 | |
| 5 | Zacatepec | 38 | 7 | 13 | 18 | 28 | 53 | −25 | 27 | Qualification to relegation play-offs |

### Group 3

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Cruz Azul | 38 | 17 | 12 | 9 | 51 | 38 | +13 | 46 | Advance to final stage |
| 2 | San Luis | 38 | 10 | 19 | 9 | 45 | 46 | −1 | 39 | Advance to final stage |
| 3 | Toluca | 38 | 12 | 12 | 14 | 43 | 44 | −1 | 36 | |
| 4 | Atlas | 38 | 11 | 9 | 18 | 53 | 65 | −12 | 31 | |
| 5 | UANL | 38 | 9 | 12 | 17 | 39 | 55 | −16 | 30 | Qualification to relegation play-offs |

### Group 4

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | UDG | 38 | 18 | 10 | 10 | 53 | 39 | +14 | 46 | Playoff |
| 2 | Atlético Español | 38 | 15 | 13 | 10 | 49 | 33 | +16 | 43 | Playoff |
| 3 | Club Jalisco | 38 | 10 | 16 | 12 | 64 | 61 | +3 | 36 | |
| 4 | Unión de Curtidores | 38 | 11 | 10 | 17 | 49 | 57 | −8 | 32 | |
| 5 | Laguna | 38 | 11 | 9 | 18 | 47 | 65 | −18 | 31 | |

## Results

| Home \ Away | AME | ATL | ATE | APO | CRA | GDL | JAL | LAG | LEO | MTY | PUE | SNL | TOL | UDC | TEC | UNL | UDG | UNM | VER | ZAC |
| América | | 2–1 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 1–2 | 2–2 | 3–2 | 4–2 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 2–0 |
| Atlas | 1–1 | | 2–1 | 3–3 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 4–2 | 1–2 | 3–0 | 1–3 | 0–1 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 2–1 |
| Atlético Español | 1–1 | 1–1 | | 1–1 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 1–2 | 3–0 | 0–1 | 1–2 |
| Atlético Potosino | 1–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 | | 0–2 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 |
| Cruz Azul | 2–1 | 4–2 | 1–0 | 4–3 | | 1–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 2–2 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 2–3 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 3–2 | 1–1 |
| Guadalajara | 1–1 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 1–2 | 0–1 | | 2–2 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 1–0 |
| Jalisco | 0–2 | 1–1 | 1–4 | 1–3 | 2–1 | 2–1 | | 0–4 | 3–1 | 2–2 | 0–0 | 3–0 | 3–2 | 2–0 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 8–2 | 4–0 |
| Laguna | 1–0 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 0–4 | 0–1 | 2–2 | | 2–1 | 1–2 | 3–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 3–1 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 3–2 | 1–1 |
| León | 1–4 | 3–2 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 2–3 | 2–1 | 2–2 | | 1–0 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–3 | 3–1 | 2–0 |
| Monterrey | 1–1 | 5–0 | 1–2 | 1–6 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 6–0 | 2–1 | | 0–0 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 3–2 | 1–2 | 3–5 | 1–1 | 3–0 |
| Puebla | 1–1 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 4–0 | | 2–2 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 4–1 | 1–1 |
| San Luis | 0–0 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 4–3 | 0–0 | 2–2 | 3–3 | 1–4 | 2–2 | 1–2 | | 0–0 | 1–3 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 |
| Toluca | 1–2 | 4–3 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 2–2 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 4–1 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 3–0 | 1–1 | | 1–1 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 4–2 | 1–0 |
| Unión de Curtidores | 0–0 | 4–2 | 0–3 | 3–2 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 2–2 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 2–3 | 5–1 | 1–4 | 2–1 | | 4–1 | 3–1 | 2–3 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 2–1 |
| Tecos | 1–1 | 2–1 | 3–1 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 0–2 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 0–2 | 2–0 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 2–1 | | 0–1 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 3–1 | 2–2 |
| UANL | 2–2 | 2–4 | 0–2 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 2–2 | 3–3 | 1–2 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 1–3 | 1–0 | | 0–2 | 0–1 | 3–0 | 1–1 |
| UDG | 1–1 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 0–2 | 1–2 | 0–2 | 3–1 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 3–1 | 3–3 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 2–0 | | 0–1 | 1–0 | 2–2 |
| UNAM | 2–0 | 5–2 | 0–0 | 4–3 | 0–0 | 5–2 | 3–2 | 4–2 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 5–0 | 2–1 | 4–1 | 2–0 | 2–3 | | 2–1 | 0–0 |
| Veracruz | 0–1 | 3–1 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 2–2 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 4–1 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 2–0 | | 1–1 |
| Zacatepec | 0–2 | 1–0 | 1–3 | 0–3 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 0–3 | 0–2 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 0–3 | 2–1 | 2–2 | |

## Relegation play-offs
### Overview

| Team 1 | Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
| Zacatepec | 3–4 | UANL | 2–2 | 1–2 |

### Matches

UANL won 4–3 on aggregate and remained in Primera División; Zacatepec were relegated to Segunda División.

## Final stage
### Group A

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | UNAM | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 6 | +3 | 8 | Advance to final |
| 2 | Cruz Azul | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 5 | +1 | 7 | |
| 3 | San Luis | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 7 | −2 | 5 | |
| 4 | Atlético Español | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 8 | −4 | 4 | |

### Group B

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | UDG | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 3 | +5 | 8 | Advance to final |
| 2 | América | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 14 | 6 | +8 | 8 | |
| 3 | Atlético Potosino | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 14 | −5 | 5 | |
| 4 | Guadalajara | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 10 | −8 | 3 | |

### Final
#### Summary

The first leg was played on 29 June, and the second leg was played on 3 July 1977.
| Team 1 | Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
| UDG | 0–1 | UNAM | 0–0 | 0–1 |

#### Matches

UNAM won 1–0 on aggregate.