# 1977–78 Mexican Primera División season

Statistics of the Primera División de México for the 1977–78 season.

## Overview

Atlante was promoted to Primera División.
This season was contested by 20 teams, and UANL won the championship.
Atlas was relegated to Segunda División.
After this season Deportivo Neza bought the Laguna franchise.

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

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | UNAM | 38 | 20 | 8 | 10 | 81 | 53 | +28 | 48 | Playoffs |
| 2 | Tecos | 38 | 17 | 12 | 9 | 73 | 46 | +27 | 46 | Playoffs |
| 3 | Laguna | 38 | 8 | 19 | 11 | 45 | 49 | −4 | 35 | |
| 4 | Atlético Potosino | 38 | 11 | 10 | 17 | 41 | 64 | −23 | 32 | |
| 5 | Unión de Curtidores | 38 | 8 | 10 | 20 | 42 | 71 | −29 | 26 | Relegation Playoff |

### Group 2

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | América | 38 | 19 | 13 | 6 | 55 | 38 | +17 | 51 | Playoffs |
| 2 | UANL | 38 | 18 | 8 | 12 | 50 | 40 | +10 | 44 | Playoffs |
| 3 | Jalisco | 38 | 16 | 8 | 14 | 61 | 60 | +1 | 40 | |
| 4 | Monterrey | 38 | 15 | 8 | 15 | 63 | 56 | +7 | 38 | |
| 5 | León | 38 | 13 | 10 | 15 | 60 | 61 | −1 | 36 | |

### Group 3

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Cruz Azul | 38 | 14 | 15 | 9 | 56 | 44 | +12 | 43 | Playoffs |
| 2 | Tampico | 38 | 11 | 13 | 14 | 53 | 55 | −2 | 35 | Playoffs |
| 3 | Guadalajara | 38 | 12 | 10 | 16 | 48 | 56 | −8 | 34 | |
| 4 | Atlante | 38 | 11 | 12 | 15 | 44 | 55 | −11 | 34 | |
| 5 | Veracruz | 38 | 12 | 9 | 17 | 50 | 62 | −12 | 33 | |

### Group 4

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Toluca | 38 | 20 | 7 | 11 | 55 | 37 | +18 | 47 | Playoffs |
| 2 | UDG | 38 | 17 | 7 | 14 | 61 | 50 | +11 | 41 | Playoffs |
| 3 | Atlético Español | 38 | 13 | 15 | 10 | 58 | 51 | +7 | 41 | |
| 4 | Puebla | 38 | 10 | 8 | 20 | 35 | 52 | −17 | 28 | |
| 5 | Atlas | 38 | 10 | 8 | 20 | 36 | 67 | −31 | 28 | Relegation Playoff |

## Results

| Home \ Away | AME | ATN | ATL | ATE | APO | CRA | GDL | JAL | LAG | LEO | MTY | PUE | TAM | TOL | UDC | TEC | UNL | UDG | UNM | VER |
| América | | 2–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 2–2 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 0–4 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 4–2 | 1–0 |
| Atlante | 2–3 | | 0–2 | 1–1 | 3–2 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 3–1 | 0–0 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 0–3 | 0–2 | 0–2 | 0–1 | 3–2 |
| Atlas | 0–4 | 1–3 | | 1–3 | 2–1 | 1–4 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 1–4 | 0–0 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 0–2 | 1–2 | 3–1 |
| Atlético Español | 1–2 | 1–1 | 5–1 | | 3–2 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 3–1 | 3–2 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 5–1 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 0–2 | 2–0 | 2–2 |
| Atlético Potosino | 1–0 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 0–0 | | 0–3 | 3–2 | 1–2 | 3–3 | 2–2 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 3–1 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 2–3 | 0–2 | 4–0 |
| Cruz Azul | 1–1 | 1–2 | 3–0 | 0–0 | 0–2 | | 1–1 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 2–2 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 3–4 | 3–1 | 1–1 |
| Guadalajara | 1–1 | 3–2 | 3–2 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 0–1 | | 2–4 | 1–0 | 3–1 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 1–0 | 0–2 | 0–2 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 1–0 |
| Jalisco | 0–2 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 1–3 | 5–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | | 3–2 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 6–3 | 1–0 | 6–2 | 2–2 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 2–5 | 4–1 |
| Laguna | 2–1 | 1–1 | 4–0 | 2–2 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 2–4 | 1–0 | | 1–1 | 4–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 0–2 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 0–0 |
| León | 1–1 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 3–1 | 3–1 | 5–2 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 2–2 | | 3–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 2–2 | 3–2 | 0–1 | 3–0 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 2–2 |
| Monterrey | 1–1 | 4–1 | 1–0 | 3–1 | 4–0 | 2–2 | 0–0 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 4–2 | | 1–0 | 2–3 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 5–1 | 2–4 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 2–1 |
| Puebla | 0–1 | 1–2 | 1–2 | 1–3 | 2–0 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | | 1–4 | 0–2 | 1–2 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 1–3 | 1–0 | 2–1 |
| Tampico | 1–2 | 2–3 | 2–3 | 5–0 | 0–0 | 3–4 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 3–3 | 1–4 | 1–1 | | 1–0 | 3–0 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 4–2 |
| Toluca | 1–1 | 3–0 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 4–1 | 3–0 | 4–1 | 2–0 | 1–2 | 3–0 | | 1–0 | 3–1 | 4–1 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 2–0 |
| Unión de Curtidores | 1–1 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 1–3 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 3–2 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 3–1 | 1–1 | | 0–0 | 1–3 | 1–2 | 2–2 | 2–0 |
| Tecos | 2–0 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 3–2 | 6–0 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 4–0 | 2–2 | 2–1 | 4–1 | 1–0 | 3–2 | 2–0 | 7–1 | | 3–1 | 3–3 | 2–2 | 4–1 |
| UANL | 1–0 | 2–0 | 3–0 | 3–2 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 3–2 | 0–1 | 1–2 | | 2–1 | 1–0 | 5–1 |
| UDG | 2–2 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 4–1 | 0–0 | 3–2 | 1–2 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 0–4 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 4–0 | 1–0 | 4–1 | 1–1 | | 2–0 | 2–0 |
| UNAM | 2–1 | 3–3 | 4–1 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 3–6 | 5–1 | 6–1 | 3–1 | 3–1 | 4–0 | 4–3 | 3–1 | 2–1 | 4–1 | 3–0 | 0–0 | 4–1 | | 1–2 |
| Veracruz | 1–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 0–2 | 0–0 | 4–1 | 2–1 | 3–1 | 3–1 | 1–3 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 2–0 | 4–0 | 4–0 | 2–1 | 2–1 | |

## Relegation playoff

Unión de Curtidores won 4-2 on aggregate. Atlas was relegated to Segunda División.

## Championship playoff

| Quarter-finals | Quarter-finals | Quarter-finals | Quarter-finals | Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Final | Final | Final | Final | Final |
| 2 | UNAM | 1 | 2 | 3 | | | | | | | | | | |
| 7 | UdeG | 2 | 0 | 2 | | | | | | | | | | |
| 7 | UdeG | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | UNAM | 1 | 4 | 5 | | | | | |
| | | | | | 13 | Tampico | 2 | 0 | 2 | | | | | |
| 1 | América | 2 | 1 | 3 | 13 | Tampico | 2 | 0 | 2 | | | | | |
| 13 | Tampico (pen.) | 2 | 1 | 3 | | | | | | | | | | |
| 13 | Tampico (pen.) | 2 | 1 | 3 | | | | | | 2 | UNAM | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| | | | | | | | | | | 5 | UANL | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 4 | Tecos | 0 | 2 | 2 | | | | | | | | | | | 5 | UANL | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 5 | UANL | 1 | 3 | 4 | | | | | | | | | | |
| 5 | UANL | 1 | 3 | 4 | 5 | UANL | 0 | 3 | 3 | | | | | |
| | | | | | 6 | Cruz Azul | 1 | 0 | 1 | | | | | |
| 3 | Toluca | 0 | 2 | 2 | 6 | Cruz Azul | 1 | 0 | 1 | | | | | |
| 6 | Cruz Azul | 2 | 1 | 3 | | | | | | | | | | |

### Quarterfinal

Aggregate tied. Tampico Madero won 4-2 on penalty shootout.
UNAM won 3-2 on aggregate.
Cruz Azul won 3-2 on aggregate.
UANL won 3-2 on aggregate.

### Semifinal

UNAM won 5-2 on aggregate.
UANL won 3-1 on aggregate.

## Final

UANL won 3-1 on aggregate.
* 1977–78 winners
* UANL 1st title