# 1987–88 Mexican Segunda División season

The 1987–88 Segunda División was the 39th season of the Mexican Segunda División. The season started on 14 August 1987 and concluded on 12 July 1988. It was won by Cobras.

## Changes

* UAT was promoted to Primera División.
* Cobras and León were relegated from Primera División. Before the start of the season Cobras was relocated in Ciudad Juárez.
* SUOO was promoted from Segunda División B. Cachorros Neza won the second promotion place, however, the team board sold its franchise to Petroleros de Salina Cruz.
* Águila Progreso Industrial was promoted from Tercera División.
* Zacatecas, Pachuca and Nuevo Necaxa were relegated from Segunda División.
* U. de C. sold its license to Alacranes Rojos de Apatzingán.
* Progreso de Cocula exchanged its franchise with FEG, team of the Federación de Estudiantes de Guadalajara, a student union of the University of Guadalajara, for this reason the student team took its place in the league, while Progreso was relegated to Tercera División. FEG was affiliated with U. de G.
* Tapatío returned to Guadalajara after one season in Aguascalientes City.

## Teams

| Club | City | Stadium |
| Águila Progreso Industrial | Ciudad Nicolás Romero | Estadio Progreso Industrial |
| Apatzingán | Apatzingán | Unidad Deportiva Adolfo López Mateos |
| Chetumal | Chetumal | Estadio José López Portillo |
| Cobras | Ciudad Juárez | Estadio Olímpico Benito Juárez |
| FEG | Guadalajara | Estadio Tecnológico UdeG |
| Jalisco | Guadalajara | Estadio Jalisco |
| La Piedad | La Piedad | Estadio Juan N. López |
| León | León | Estadio Nou Camp |
| Oaxaca | Oaxaca City | Estadio Gral. Manuel Cabrera Carrasquedo Estadio Benito Juárez |
| Orizaba | Orizaba | Estadio Moctezuma |
| Petroleros de Salina Cruz | Salina Cruz | Estadio Heriberto Kehoe Vincent |
| Pioneros Cancún | Cancún | Estadio Cancún 86 |
| Santos Laguna | Torreón | Estadio Corona |
| SUOO | Cuautitlán | Estadio Los Pinos |
| Tapatío | Guadalajara | Estadio Anacleto Macías |
| Tecomán | Tecomán | Estadio IAETAC |
| Tepic | Tepic | Estadio Nicolás Álvarez Ortega |
| Texcoco | Texcoco | Estadio Municipal de Texcoco |
| UAQ | Querétaro City | Estadio Corregidora |
| Zacatepec | Zacatepec | Estadio Agustín "Coruco" Díaz |

## Group stage
### Group 1

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Santos Laguna (Q) | 38 | 19 | 8 | 11 | 68 | 42 | +26 | 61 | Qualified to Playoffs |
| 2 | Apatzingán (Q) | 38 | 14 | 8 | 16 | 58 | 48 | +10 | 48 | Qualified to Playoffs |
| 3 | SUOO | 38 | 10 | 19 | 9 | 55 | 48 | +7 | 47 | |
| 4 | FEG | 38 | 10 | 14 | 14 | 45 | 52 | −7 | 41 | Relegation Group |
| 5 | Texcoco | 38 | 9 | 15 | 14 | 37 | 44 | −7 | 39 | Relegation Group |

### Group 2

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Tecomán (Q) | 38 | 15 | 12 | 11 | 63 | 58 | +5 | 53 | Qualified to Playoffs |
| 2 | Orizaba (Q) | 38 | 15 | 10 | 13 | 46 | 49 | −3 | 51 | Qualified to Playoffs |
| 3 | Chetumal | 38 | 11 | 14 | 13 | 56 | 60 | −4 | 44 | |
| 4 | Petroleros Salina Cruz | 38 | 9 | 15 | 14 | 43 | 62 | −19 | 39 | Relegation Group |
| 5 | Oaxaca (R) | 38 | 8 | 8 | 22 | 47 | 79 | −32 | 29 | Relegated |

### Group 3

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Tapatío (Q) | 38 | 16 | 7 | 15 | 51 | 57 | −6 | 51 | Qualified to Playoffs |
| 2 | UAQ (Q) | 38 | 14 | 11 | 13 | 67 | 63 | +4 | 49 | Qualified to Playoffs |
| 3 | Jalisco | 38 | 11 | 18 | 9 | 53 | 42 | +11 | 48 | Qualified to Playoffs |
| 4 | Tepic | 38 | 15 | 5 | 18 | 57 | 63 | −6 | 45 | |
| 5 | Águila Progreso Industrial | 38 | 9 | 14 | 15 | 50 | 75 | −25 | 39 | Relegation Group |

### Group 4

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | León (Q) | 38 | 21 | 9 | 8 | 82 | 46 | +36 | 67 | Qualified to Playoffs |
| 2 | Cobras (Q) | 38 | 16 | 12 | 10 | 48 | 42 | +6 | 54 | Qualified to Playoffs |
| 3 | Pioneros Cancún (Q) | 38 | 16 | 11 | 11 | 57 | 44 | +13 | 53 | Qualified to Playoffs |
| 4 | La Piedad | 38 | 18 | 3 | 17 | 48 | 52 | −4 | 50 | |
| 5 | Zacatepec | 38 | 13 | 9 | 16 | 44 | 49 | −5 | 44 | |

## Results

| Home \ Away | API | APT | CHE | COB | FEG | JAL | LPD | LEO | OAX | ORI | PET | PIO | SAN | SUO | TAP | TEC | TEP | TEX | UAQ | ZAC |
| Águila PI | — | 1–1 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 2–2 | 3–3 | 3–2 | 1–1 | 3–3 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 3–2 | 1–2 | 2–2 | 0–2 | 2–2 | 0–2 | 0–0 | 4–0 | 2–2 |
| Apatzingán | 3–0 | — | 1–1 | 1–2 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 2–3 | 2–0 | 3–0 | 7–0 | 4–0 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 2–2 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 3–0 | 2–0 |
| Chetumal | 2–2 | 2–0 | — | 1–0 | 1–2 | 2–0 | 5–0 | 3–3 | 3–2 | 3–0 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 3–4 | 3–0 | 2–1 | 1–1 |
| Cobras | 4–1 | 2–0 | 1–1 | — | 1–0 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 2–2 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 3–1 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 3–0 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 1–0 |
| FEG | 1–1 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 4–0 | — | 0–1 | 1–0 | 2–2 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 2–3 | 2–2 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 1–0 |
| Jalisco | 1–3 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 3–3 | 2–0 | — | 2–0 | 3–1 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 6–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 5–0 |
| La Piedad | 3–0 | 2–0 | 3–1 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 1–1 | — | 3–1 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 3–1 | 1–3 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 2–0 | 1–0 |
| León | 7–0 | 2–0 | 5–2 | 1–0 | 4–0 | 3–1 | 2–0 | — | 4–1 | 3–1 | 6–1 | 1–0 | 5–1 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 0–1 |
| Oaxaca | 1–2 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 1–2 | 3–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 0–4 | — | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–3 | 0–1 | 4–1 | 0–0 | 3–1 | 3–2 | 1–0 | 3–1 | 1–3 |
| Orizaba | 2–0 | 0–2 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 1–2 | 2–0 | — | 2–0 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 4–1 | 1–1 | 5–0 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 0–2 | 1–0 |
| Petroleros SC | 2–2 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 4–2 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 5–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | — | 2–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 5–2 | 1–0 | 0–2 | 1–1 |
| Pioneros Cancún | 2–0 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 5–2 | 2–0 | 2–2 | — | 2–1 | 0–0 | 3–0 | 4–1 | 3–0 | 2–1 | 4–3 | 4–0 |
| Santos Laguna | 3–0 | 2–1 | 3–0 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 5–0 | 2–0 | 3–0 | 4–0 | — | 4–0 | 4–0 | 1–2 | 3–1 | 2–2 | 2–0 | 4–2 |
| SUOO | 3–1 | 5–1 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 1–2 | 5–3 | 1–2 | 5–0 | 1–1 | 3–0 | — | 1–0 | 5–3 | 3–0 | 0–0 | 2–2 | 3–0 |
| Tapatío | 6–0 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 1–3 | 1–2 | 1–3 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 3–1 | 2–3 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | — | 3–1 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 3–1 |
| Tecomán | 3–3 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 2–1 | 4–0 | 3–1 | 4–2 | 3–0 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 0–2 | 4–1 | 4–1 | — | 2–1 | 0–1 | 3–0 | 2–1 |
| Tepic | 0–2 | 0–4 | 6–1 | 5–1 | 1–0 | 2–2 | 3–1 | 4–4 | 5–2 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 0–0 | — | 3–0 | 3–2 | 1–2 |
| Texcoco | 0–1 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 0–2 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 0–2 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 3–1 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 0–1 | 3–0 | 2–2 | — | 1–1 | 0–0 |
| UAQ | 3–1 | 6–3 | 2–1 | 3–1 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 6–2 | 3–2 | 1–1 | 4–4 | 7–2 | 0–0 | 2–4 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 2–2 | — | 2–0 |
| Zacatepec | 2–0 | 2–0 | 4–0 | 2–3 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 3–1 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 4–1 | 0–1 | 4–1 | 1–1 | 1–3 | — |

## Final stage
### Group 1

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion | COB | TAP | SAN | ORI | PIO |
| 1 | Cobras (Q) | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 14 | 7 | +7 | 15 | Qualified to Promotion playoff | | 1–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 2–0 |
| 2 | Tapatío | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 14 | 10 | +4 | 15 | | 1–4 | | 1–0 | 2–0 | 3–2 |
| 3 | Santos Laguna | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 5 | +4 | 12 | | 2–0 | 1–1 | | 1–1 | 2–0 |
| 4 | Orizaba | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 10 | 16 | −6 | 5 | | 2–2 | 2–3 | 1–3 | | 3–1 |
| 5 | Pioneros Cancún | 8 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 16 | −9 | 4 | | 1–3 | 0–2 | 0–0 | 3–1 | |

### Group 2

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion | LEO | TEC | APT | JAL | UAQ |
| 1 | León (Q) | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 20 | 7 | +13 | 16 | Qualified to Promotion playoff | | 4–0 | 5–1 | 2–1 | 3–0 |
| 2 | Tecomán | 8 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 14 | 15 | −1 | 10 | | 1–1 | | 2–2 | 1–2 | 4–1 |
| 3 | Apatzingán | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 12 | −2 | 9 | | 2–0 | 1–2 | | 2–0 | 0–1 |
| 4 | Jalisco | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 11 | −4 | 9 | | 0–3 | 1–1 | 1–1 | | 0–0 |
| 5 | UAQ | 8 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 9 | 15 | −6 | 7 | | 2–2 | 3–3 | 1–1 | 1–2 | |

### Final
## Relegation Group

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion | PET | FEG | TEX | API |
| 1 | Petroleros Salina Cruz | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 14 | 4 | +10 | 15 | | | 2–0 | 1–0 | 5–1 |
| 2 | FEG | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 7 | | 2–2 | | 1–0 | 3–0 |
| 3 | Texcoco (R) | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 5 | −2 | 5 | Relegated | 0–1 | 0–0 | | 1–1 |
| 4 | Águila Progreso Industrial (R) | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 14 | −8 | 4 | Relegated | 1–3 | 2–0 | 1–2 | |