# 1973–74 Mexican Segunda División season

The 1973–74 Segunda División was the 25th season of the Mexican Segunda División. The season started on 29 July 1973 and concluded on 19 May 1974. It was won by UANL.

## Changes

* La Piedad and Nacional returned after a year on hiatus, for that reason, the league was expanded to 20 teams.
* Ciudad Madero was promoted to Primera División.
* Pachuca was relegated from Segunda División.
* Atlético Cuernavaca, Orizaba and Tecnológico de Celaya were relegated from Segunda División
* UAG, Nuevo Necaxa and U. de S.L.P. were promoted from Tercera División.
* Morelia was bought by new owners and was renamed as Atlético Morelia.

## Teams

| Club | City | Stadium |
| Atlético Morelia | Morelia | Estadio Venustiano Carranza |
| Cuautla | Cuautla | Estadio Isidro Gil Tapia |
| Irapuato | Irapuato | Estadio Irapuato |
| La Piedad | La Piedad | Estadio Juan N. López |
| Nacional | Guadalajara | Estadio Tecnológico U. de G. |
| Naucalpan | Naucalpan | Unidad Cuauhtémoc |
| Nuevo Necaxa | Juan Galindo | Estadio 14 de Diciembre |
| Pachuca | Pachuca | Estadio Revolución Mexicana |
| Querétaro | Querétaro City | Estadio Municipal de Querétaro |
| Salamanca | Salamanca | Estadio El Molinito |
| Tampico | Tampico | Estadio Tamaulipas |
| Unión de Curtidores | León | Estadio La Martinica |
| UAEM | Toluca | Estadio Universitario Alberto "Chivo" Córdoba |
| UAG | Zapopan | Estadio Tres de Marzo |
| UANL | Monterrey | Estadio Universitario |
| U. de G. | Guadalajara | Estadio Tecnológico U. de G. |
| U. de N. | Tepic | Estadio Nicolás Álvarez Ortega |
| U. de S.L.P. | San Luis Potosí City | Estadio Plan de San Luis |
| Ciudad Victoria | Ciudad Victoria | Estadio Marte R. Gómez |
| Zamora | Zamora | Estadio Moctezuma |

## Group stage
### Group A

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | U. de G. (Q) | 38 | 22 | 13 | 3 | 62 | 26 | +36 | 57 | Qualified to Playoffs |
| 2 | UANL (Q) | 38 | 22 | 7 | 9 | 73 | 45 | +28 | 51 | Qualified to Playoffs |
| 3 | Nacional | 38 | 19 | 10 | 9 | 59 | 53 | +6 | 48 | |
| 4 | Atlético Morelia | 38 | 18 | 4 | 16 | 79 | 60 | +19 | 40 | |
| 5 | Pachuca | 38 | 12 | 14 | 12 | 68 | 53 | +15 | 38 | |
| 6 | Cuautla | 38 | 11 | 14 | 13 | 58 | 63 | −5 | 36 | |
| 7 | Ciudad Victoria | 38 | 10 | 15 | 13 | 43 | 52 | −9 | 35 | |
| 8 | Tampico | 38 | 12 | 10 | 16 | 45 | 50 | −5 | 34 | |
| 9 | Nuevo Necaxa | 38 | 11 | 12 | 15 | 36 | 43 | −7 | 34 | |
| 10 | UAEM (R) | 38 | 8 | 12 | 18 | 40 | 71 | −31 | 28 | Relegated |

### Group 1

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Unión de Curtidores (Q) | 38 | 17 | 12 | 9 | 55 | 36 | +19 | 46 | Qualified to Playoffs |
| 2 | Salamanca (Q) | 38 | 14 | 15 | 9 | 58 | 52 | +6 | 43 | Qualified to Playoffs |
| 3 | Querétaro | 38 | 15 | 10 | 13 | 60 | 53 | +7 | 40 | |
| 4 | U. de S.L.P. | 38 | 16 | 7 | 15 | 59 | 58 | +1 | 39 | |
| 5 | Irapuato | 38 | 13 | 10 | 15 | 51 | 46 | +5 | 36 | |
| 6 | UAG | 38 | 13 | 10 | 15 | 54 | 63 | −9 | 36 | |
| 7 | Universidad de Nayarit | 38 | 10 | 13 | 15 | 51 | 62 | −11 | 33 | |
| 8 | Zamora | 38 | 10 | 9 | 19 | 59 | 74 | −15 | 29 | |
| 9 | La Piedad | 38 | 9 | 11 | 18 | 52 | 76 | −24 | 29 | Relegation Playoffs |
| 10 | Naucalpan | 38 | 7 | 14 | 17 | 61 | 87 | −26 | 28 | Relegation Playoffs |

## Results

| Home \ Away | ATM | CUA | IRA | LPD | NAC | NAU | NEC | PAC | QUE | SAL | TAM | UDC | UEM | UAG | UNL | UDG | UDN | USL | VIC | ZAM |
| Atlético Morelia | — | 5–0 | 2–0 | 5–2 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 4–3 | 2–3 | 6–1 | 1–2 | 1–3 | 2–3 | 4–1 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 3–0 | 4–2 |
| Cuautla | 2–3 | — | 4–2 | 2–2 | 4–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 4–0 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 1–3 | 3–1 | 3–3 |
| Irapuato | 3–2 | 3–0 | — | 2–2 | 3–0 | 0–0 | 3–0 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 2–3 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 4–0 | 2–0 | 1–2 | 1–2 | 1–2 | 3–0 | 1–0 |
| La Piedad | 1–1 | 1–5 | 2–0 | — | 0–1 | 2–2 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 0–3 | 0–0 | 1–2 | 2–3 | 2–2 | 1–5 | 1–2 | 2–0 | 2–2 | 1–0 | 2–1 |
| Nacional | 0–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 2–3 | — | 2–1 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 3–1 | 0–2 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 4–1 | 1–0 | 3–3 | 3–3 |
| Naucalpan | 1–5 | 2–2 | 1–3 | 4–3 | 2–2 | — | 1–1 | 1–4 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 1–4 | 6–2 | 4–3 | 0–3 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 1–3 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 4–1 |
| Nuevo Necaxa | 2–2 | 3–3 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 4–1 | 1–2 | — | 0–0 | 2–0 | 0–2 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 3–1 |
| Pachuca | 1–1 | 2–0 | 0–2 | 4–0 | 2–2 | 7–0 | 0–1 | — | 2–1 | 3–3 | 4–0 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 2–2 | 4–1 | 1–0 | 3–2 | 5–1 | 2–2 | 3–1 |
| Querétaro | 2–1 | 3–0 | 0–0 | 5–1 | 1–1 | 6–2 | 2–1 | 1–1 | — | 2–1 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 0–2 | 3–3 | 0–2 | 0–1 | 4–0 |
| Salamanca | 3–2 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 3–2 | 1–1 | 1–1 | — | 2–0 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 5–1 | 3–2 | 2–2 | 3–2 |
| Tampico | 1–2 | 4–1 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 3–1 | 3–1 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 5–0 | — | 1–1 | 3–0 | 1–2 | 1–4 | 0–3 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 1–0 | 2–2 |
| Unión de Curtidores | 3–1 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 3–1 | — | 3–0 | 4–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 3–2 | 4–1 | 2–0 |
| UAEM | 2–1 | 2–2 | 2–2 | 3–4 | 1–2 | 3–2 | 1–1 | 3–3 | 3–2 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 0–0 | — | 1–1 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 1–1 |
| UAG | 2–1 | 1–2 | 3–0 | 4–3 | 2–1 | 2–3 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 1–3 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 2–0 | — | 0–1 | 0–2 | 2–0 | 3–5 | 1–0 | 3–1 |
| UANL | 1–0 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 3–2 | 4–3 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 3–2 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 6–0 | 2–1 | — | 5–1 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 3–1 | 4–1 |
| U. de G. | 2–1 | 3–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 3–2 | 4–0 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 2–0 | 3–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 1–1 | — | 5–1 | 5–1 | 2–0 | 3–1 |
| U. de N. | 2–3 | 2–1 | 3–3 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 2–0 | 4–1 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 0–0 | — | 4–1 | 2–0 | 1–1 |
| U. de S.L.P. | 1–1 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 2–2 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 2–3 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 4–0 | 3–3 | 1–4 | 0–0 | 3–0 | — | 1–2 | 3–1 |
| Ciudad Victoria | 2–1 | 2–2 | 0–0 | 3–0 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 3–2 | 0–1 | 2–2 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 1–0 | — | 3–1 |
| Zamora | 2–1 | 1–1 | 3–2 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 2–2 | 2–0 | 6–1 | 3–0 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 0–2 | 4–0 | 2–1 | 1–3 | 0–0 | 4–2 | 1–0 | 1–2 | — |

## Promotion Playoff

| Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Final | Final | Final | Final | Final |
| 1A | U. de G. | 2 | 1 | 3 | | | | | |
| 2B | Salamanca | 1 | 1 | 2 | | | | | |
| 2B | Salamanca | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1A | U. de G. | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| | | | | | 2A | UANL | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 1B | Unión de Curtidores | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2A | UANL | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 2A | UANL | 1 | 2 | 3 | | | | | |

### Final
## Relegation Playoff

| Playoffs | Playoffs | Playoffs | Playoffs | Playoffs | Winners | Winners |
| 18 | La Piedad | 1 | 3 | 4 | | |
| 2 | Tapatío | 0 | 0 | 0 | | |
| 2 | Tapatío | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | La Piedad |
| | | | | | 19 | Naucalpan |
| 19 | Naucalpan | 2 | 9 | 11 | 19 | Naucalpan |
| 3 | Coatzacoalcos | 1 | 2 | 3 | | |