# 1976–77 Mexican Segunda División season

The 1976–77 Segunda División was the 28th season of the Mexican Segunda División. The season started on 14 August 1976 and concluded on 5 June 1977. It was won by Atlante.

## Changes

* San Luis was promoted to Primera División.
* Atlante was relegated from Primera División.
* Tuberos de Veracruz was promoted from Tercera División.
* Inter Acapulco was relegated from Segunda División.
* Universidad de Nayarit was renamed as Tepic.
* Atlético Tepeji del Río moved to Ciudad Sahagún and renamed as Ciudad Sahagún. UAT moved at Ciudad Madero and renamed as Bravos.
* Naucalpan was bought by new owners, the club was moved to Cuernavaca and renamed as Morelos.
* Saltillo was bought by new owners, the club was moved to Colima City and renamed as Jaguares de Colima.
* Tapatío was moved to Autlán after Week 1.

## Teams

| Club | City | Stadium |
| Atlante | Mexico City | Estadio Azteca |
| Atlético Morelia | Morelia | Estadio Venustiano Carranza |
| Bravos | Ciudad Madero | Estadio Tamaulipas |
| Celaya | Celaya | Estadio Miguel Alemán Valdés |
| Colima | Colima City | Estadio San Jorge Estadio Colima |
| Córdoba | Córdoba | Estadio Rafael Murillo Vidal |
| Cuautla | Cuautla | Estadio Isidro Gil Tapia |
| Estudiantes Querétaro | Querétaro City | Estadio Municipal de Querétaro |
| Irapuato | Irapuato | Estadio Irapuato |
| La Piedad | La Piedad | Estadio Juan N. López |
| Morelos | Cuernavaca | Estadio Centenario |
| Nacional | Ciudad Guzmán | Estadio Municipal Santa Rosa |
| Nuevo Necaxa | Juan Galindo | Estadio 14 de Diciembre |
| Pachuca | Pachuca | Estadio Revolución Mexicana |
| Querétaro | Querétaro City | Estadio Municipal de Querétaro |
| Ciudad Sahagún | Ciudad Sahagún | Estadio Fray Bernardino de Sahagún |
| Salamanca | Salamanca | Estadio El Molinito |
| Tampico | Tampico | Estadio Tamaulipas |
| Tapatío | Autlán | Unidad Deportiva Chapultepec |
| Tecnológico de Celaya | Celaya | Estadio Miguel Alemán Valdés |
| Tepic | Tepic | Estadio Nicolás Álvarez Ortega |
| Tuberos de Veracruz | Veracruz City | Estadio Veracruzano |
| UAEM | Toluca | Estadio Toluca 70 |
| Ciudad Victoria | Ciudad Victoria | Estadio Marte R. Gómez |

## Group stage
### Group 1

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Atlante (Q) | 46 | 27 | 12 | 7 | 75 | 33 | +42 | 66 | Qualified to Championship Group |
| 2 | Tampico (Q) | 46 | 19 | 15 | 12 | 58 | 51 | +7 | 53 | Qualified to Championship Group |
| 3 | Estudiantes de Querétaro | 46 | 19 | 12 | 15 | 65 | 48 | +17 | 50 | |
| 4 | Tepic | 46 | 13 | 14 | 19 | 66 | 78 | −12 | 40 | |
| 5 | Salamanca | 46 | 12 | 12 | 22 | 37 | 59 | −22 | 36 | |
| 6 | Celaya (R) | 46 | 6 | 15 | 25 | 46 | 83 | −37 | 27 | Relegated |

### Group 2

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Tecnológico de Celaya (Q) | 46 | 20 | 13 | 13 | 73 | 62 | +11 | 53 | Qualified to Championship Group |
| 2 | Ciudad Sahagún (Q) | 46 | 16 | 19 | 11 | 59 | 52 | +7 | 51 | Qualified to Championship Group |
| 3 | Ciudad Victoria | 46 | 12 | 17 | 17 | 52 | 64 | −12 | 41 | |
| 4 | Tapatío | 46 | 11 | 11 | 24 | 41 | 65 | −24 | 33 | |
| 5 | Pachuca | 46 | 10 | 11 | 25 | 59 | 96 | −37 | 31 | |
| 6 | Bravos | 46 | 10 | 9 | 27 | 54 | 77 | −23 | 29 | |

### Group 3

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Nuevo Necaxa (Q) | 46 | 25 | 15 | 6 | 72 | 32 | +40 | 65 | Qualified to Championship Group |
| 2 | UAEM (Q) | 46 | 19 | 14 | 13 | 70 | 59 | +11 | 52 | Qualified to Championship Group |
| 3 | Córdoba | 46 | 16 | 16 | 14 | 61 | 58 | +3 | 48 | |
| 4 | Colima | 46 | 17 | 12 | 17 | 61 | 68 | −7 | 46 | |
| 5 | Atlético Morelia | 46 | 12 | 19 | 15 | 48 | 48 | 0 | 43 | |
| 6 | Cuautla | 46 | 11 | 12 | 23 | 51 | 92 | −41 | 34 | |

### Group 4

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Querétaro (Q) | 46 | 21 | 16 | 9 | 75 | 38 | +37 | 58 | Qualified to Championship Group |
| 2 | Irapuato (Q) | 46 | 25 | 8 | 13 | 70 | 40 | +30 | 58 | Qualified to Championship Group |
| 3 | Morelos | 46 | 20 | 18 | 8 | 54 | 32 | +22 | 58 | |
| 4 | Nacional | 46 | 20 | 9 | 17 | 66 | 51 | +15 | 49 | |
| 5 | Tuberos de Veracruz | 46 | 14 | 15 | 17 | 52 | 59 | −7 | 43 | |
| 6 | La Piedad | 46 | 11 | 18 | 17 | 48 | 68 | −20 | 40 | |

## Results

| Home \ Away | ATL | ATM | BRA | CEL | COL | CÓR | CUA | EST | IRA | LPD | MOR | NAC | NEC | PAC | QUE | SAH | SAL | TAM | TAP | TEC | TEP | TUB | UEM | VIC |
| Atlante | — | 0–0 | 3–0 | 3–0 | 3–2 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 0–0 | 3–1 | 4–0 | 5–1 | 1–0 | 4–1 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 3–0 |
| Atlético Morelia | 1–2 | — | 1–0 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 4–2 | 2–2 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 2–2 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 5–2 | 2–1 | 0–1 |
| Bravos | 2–1 | 3–2 | — | 5–0 | 0–1 | 1 | 3–3 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 1–3 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 2–0 | 1–2 | 2–0 | 1–2 | 1–2 | 0–1 | 3–1 | 2–3 | 3–3 | 1–0 |
| Celaya | 1–3 | 1–1 | 1–2 | — | 3–3 | 2–2 | 2–2 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 1–4 | 1–1 | 0–4 | 3–1 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 2–5 | 1–2 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 |
| Colima | 2–1 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 2–1 | — | 0–2 | 1–1 | 0–3 | 2–0 | 2–3 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 1–2 | 3–0 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 3–0 |
| Córdoba | 3–0 | 3–3 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 0–2 | — | 1–0 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 1–4 | 1–1 | 5–1 | 0–2 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 5–5 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 2–1 |
| Cuautla | 0–2 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 5–3 | — | 0–0 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 1–2 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 0–4 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 3–2 | 2–1 | 1–5 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 2–4 |
| Estudiantes Qro. | 0–2 | 3–0 | 2–1 | 4–0 | 0–2 | 2–3 | 1–1 | — | 3–4 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 3–0 | 0–0 | 0–2 | 4–0 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 3–1 | 2–1 | 4–1 | 1–0 |
| Irapuato | 0–1 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 3–1 | 3–0 | 5–2 | 2–1 | — | 2–0 | 3–0 | 1–1 | 0–3 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 3–0 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 5–1 | 6–1 | 1–0 | 3–1 |
| La Piedad | 1–1 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 2–1 | 1–0 | — | 1–1 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 3–0 | 0–0 | 0–2 | 4–0 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 3–1 | 2–1 | 4–1 | 1–0 |
| Morelos | 3–1 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 3–2 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 4–0 | — | 1–2 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 3–0 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 1–0 |
| Nacional | 0–2 | 2–1 | 3–2 | 3–0 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 5–0 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 3–1 | 1–0 | — | 1–1 | 3–0 | 2–0 | 2–2 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 4–1 | 3–1 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 5–1 |
| Nuevo Necaxa | 0–1 | 4–2 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 4–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 5–0 | 1–1 | 3–1 | — | 3–1 | 0–1 | 3–1 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 3–1 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 4–0 | 1–1 |
| Pachuca | 0–1 | 0–1 | 4–3 | 3–1 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 2–2 | 2–2 | 2–2 | 0–1 | 3–1 | 0–1 | — | 0–0 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 3–1 | 4–0 | 3–4 | 1–3 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 4–1 |
| Querétaro | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 3–1 | 7–1 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 4–2 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 3–0 | — | 1–1 | 3–1 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 5–1 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 4–0 |
| Ciudad Sahagún | 1–3 | 0–0 | 3–2 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 3–0 | 0–0 | 0–2 | 0–1 | 2–2 | 2–2 | — | 2–0 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 3–0 | 3–2 | 1–3 | 3–1 |
| Salamanca | 0–0 | 1–1 | 4–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 3–2 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 5–2 | 2–1 | 0–0 | — | 1–1 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 0–2 | 0–0 |
| Tampico | 1–1 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 2–3 | 2–1 | 3–2 | 1–3 | 2–0 | 2–2 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 10–0 | 2–2 | 2–1 | 0–0 | — | 2–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 0–1 |
| Tapatío | 1–0 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 4–2 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 1–2 | 1–2 | — | 0–0 | 1–1 | 2–3 | 1–0 | 1–4 |
| Tec. Celaya | 4–2 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 0–0 | 3–1 | 2–0 | 4–1 | 0–2 | 1–0 | 0–2 | 0–0 | 4–1 | 0–1 | 3–1 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 3–0 | 0–1 | 1–1 | — | 4–1 | 3–2 | 2–1 | 2–1 |
| Tepic | 3–0 | 0–2 | 4–1 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 1–4 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 1–4 | 4–0 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 2–3 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 2–2 | 2–2 | 4–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | — | 2–3 | 1–1 | 2–0 |
| Tuberos | 1–1 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 5–2 | 2–2 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 3–0 | 0–1 | — | 3–1 | 1–1 |
| UAEM | 0–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 4–0 | 2–2 | 5–1 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 4–2 | 1–0 | 3–2 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 3–0 | 2–2 | 5–4 | 3–1 | — | 1–0 |
| Ciudad Victoria | 1–1 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 2–2 | 4–0 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 2–2 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 1–2 | — |

## Final stage
### Group 1

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion | ATL | UEM | NEC | TAM |
| 1 | Atlante (Q) | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 13 | 5 | +8 | 9 | Qualified to Promotion playoff | | 2–0 | 4–0 | 2–0 |
| 2 | UAEM | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 12 | 9 | +3 | 8 | Qualified to Promotion playoff | 2–1 | | 2–0 | 3–0 |
| 3 | Nuevo Necaxa | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 10 | −5 | 5 | | 1–1 | 3–1 | | 1–0 |
| 4 | Tampico | 6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 7 | 13 | −6 | 2 | | 2–3 | 3–4 | 2–0 | |

### Group 2

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion | QUE | SAH | IRA | TEC |
| 1 | Querétaro (Q) | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 10 | 5 | +5 | 9 | Qualified to Promotion playoff | | 2–2 | 2–1 | 3–0 |
| 2 | Ciudad Sahagún | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 8 | +1 | 7 | Qualified to Promotion playoff | 1–1 | | 2–2 | 3–2 |
| 3 | Irapuato | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 9 | −1 | 5 | | 0–1 | 1–0 | | 2–1 |
| 4 | Tecnológico de Celaya | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 12 | −5 | 3 | | 1–1 | 0–1 | 3–2 | |