# 1987–88 Mexican Primera División season

Statistics of Mexican Primera División in season 1987–88.

## Overview

It was contested by 20 teams, and América won the championship.
Correcaminos UAT was promoted from Segunda División.

### Teams

* Atlas
* Guadalajara
* Tecos
* UdeG
* Monterrey
* UANL
* Ángeles
* Puebla

## Moves

After the season Correcaminos bought the Deportivo Neza franchise in order to remain in Primera División.
Ángeles was sold and transferred to Torreón and was made into Santos.

## Group stage
### Group 1

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Guadalajara | 38 | 17 | 12 | 9 | 54 | 35 | +19 | 46 | Playoff |
| 2 | UNAM | 38 | 15 | 15 | 8 | 82 | 55 | +27 | 45 | Playoff |
| 3 | Atlante | 38 | 15 | 10 | 13 | 68 | 62 | +6 | 40 | |
| 4 | Tampico Madero | 38 | 7 | 18 | 13 | 50 | 62 | −12 | 32 | |
| 5 | Ángeles | 38 | 9 | 12 | 17 | 57 | 79 | −22 | 30 | |

### Group 2

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | U de G. | 38 | 20 | 10 | 8 | 77 | 48 | +29 | 50 | Playoff |
| 2 | Tecos | 38 | 18 | 10 | 10 | 59 | 41 | +18 | 46 | Playoff |
| 3 | Cruz Azul | 38 | 14 | 12 | 12 | 58 | 56 | +2 | 40 | |
| 4 | Atlas | 38 | 11 | 12 | 15 | 62 | 71 | −9 | 34 | |
| 5 | Atlético Potosino | 38 | 7 | 15 | 16 | 34 | 55 | −21 | 29 | |

### Group 3

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | América | 38 | 24 | 7 | 7 | 86 | 39 | +47 | 55 | Playoff |
| 2 | Puebla | 38 | 13 | 12 | 13 | 58 | 51 | +7 | 38 | Playoff |
| 3 | Necaxa | 38 | 12 | 13 | 13 | 49 | 64 | −15 | 37 | |
| 4 | Deportivo Neza | 38 | 12 | 11 | 15 | 46 | 60 | −14 | 35 | |
| 5 | Irapuato | 38 | 12 | 7 | 19 | 40 | 67 | −27 | 31 | |

### Group 4

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Morelia | 38 | 14 | 13 | 11 | 58 | 43 | +15 | 41 | Playoff |
| 2 | Toluca | 38 | 16 | 7 | 15 | 49 | 50 | −1 | 39 | Playoff |
| 3 | UANL | 38 | 12 | 8 | 18 | 51 | 65 | −14 | 32 | |
| 4 | Monterrey | 38 | 9 | 13 | 16 | 55 | 65 | −10 | 31 | |
| 5 | Correcaminos | 38 | 10 | 9 | 19 | 39 | 64 | −25 | 29 | Relegated |

## Results

| Home \ Away | AME | ANG | ATN | ATL | APO | CRA | GDL | IRA | MTY | MOR | NEC | NEZ | PUE | TAM | TEC | TOL | UAT | UNL | UDG | UNM |
| América | | 2–2 | 4–5 | 3–0 | 3–0 | 2–2 | 1–0 | 5–0 | 4–0 | 4–1 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 0–2 | 2–0 | 3–0 | 6–3 | 1–0 | 2–2 |
| Ángeles | 0–3 | | 1–4 | 2–1 | 3–2 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 2–2 | 0–2 | 5–3 | 1–1 | 3–3 | 2–1 | 3–0 | 1–3 | 1–1 | 3–2 | 2–0 | 2–3 |
| Atlante | 0–1 | 0–2 | | 2–1 | 3–3 | 2–3 | 2–1 | 4–1 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 1–2 | 3–3 | 3–0 | 3–1 | 2–2 | 3–0 | 2–0 | 4–1 | 1–0 | 1–2 |
| Atlas | 2–2 | 5–3 | 4–1 | | 3–3 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 1–3 | 1–0 | 2–2 | 4–0 | 1–0 | 3–1 | 2–0 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 1–3 | 1–3 |
| Atlético Potosino | 1–1 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 1–1 | | 1–2 | 0–2 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 0–2 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 3–3 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 0–2 | 0–0 |
| Cruz Azul | 2–4 | 0–0 | 1–2 | 3–1 | 3–1 | | 1–2 | 4–1 | 2–0 | 3–0 | 2–1 | 2–2 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 |
| Guadalajara | 3–2 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 3–1 | 2–0 | 0–2 | | 3–0 | 4–1 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 5–1 | 0–0 | 3–3 | 3–1 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 0–0 |
| Irapuato | 1–0 | 2–2 | 3–1 | 3–1 | 3–1 | 2–1 | 0–3 | | 1–0 | 0–0 | 1–3 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 0–0 |
| Monterrey | 1–2 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 5–2 | 1–1 | 3–2 | 0–1 | 1–3 | | 1–1 | 0–0 | 4–0 | 3–4 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 2–2 | 4–2 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 3–1 |
| Morelia | 0–2 | 5–0 | 3–0 | 6–0 | 3–0 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 0–2 | | 3–4 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 3–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 3–2 |
| Necaxa | 1–3 | 4–3 | 3–2 | 2–5 | 2–2 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | | 1–0 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 0–4 | 0–2 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 1–3 | 2–4 |
| Deportivo Neza | 0–2 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 5–0 | 1–0 | 3–2 | 0–0 | | 1–1 | 3–3 | 2–0 | 2–4 | 2–0 | 2–4 | 1–1 | 0–4 |
| Puebla | 0–2 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 4–2 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 4–2 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 3–1 | 6–1 | 2–1 | | 1–1 | 2–2 | 2–2 | 2–1 | 4–0 | 1–2 | 2–2 |
| Tampico Madero | 1–0 | 4–2 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 2–2 | 2–1 | 2–2 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 4–1 | 2–2 | | 1–2 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 1–4 | 0–1 | 1–1 |
| Tecos | 1–0 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 4–1 | 1–0 | 3–1 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 3–1 | 2–1 | 0–1 | | 2–1 | 4–1 | 3–0 | 1–1 | 3–1 |
| Toluca | 1–3 | 3–1 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 0–2 | 4–1 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 1–0 | | 2–0 | 3–0 | 1–3 | 3–2 |
| Correcaminos | 2–4 | 2–1 | 1–3 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 2–2 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 3–2 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | | 4–1 | 2–5 | 3–1 |
| UANL | 1–1 | 3–0 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 3–2 | 2–2 | 2–0 | 3–0 | | 1–0 | 2–1 |
| UDG | 2–1 | 3–0 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 5–2 | 1–0 | 6–2 | 3–3 | 3–5 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 3–3 | 4–0 | 2–3 | 1–1 | 5–1 | | 1–1 |
| UNAM | 1–4 | 3–3 | 5–1 | 3–3 | 3–0 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 4–1 | 6–0 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 2–0 | 5–0 | 3–1 | 5–3 | |

## 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 |
| 1 | América | 2 | 4 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | |
| 10 | Puebla | 2 | 0 | 2 | | | | | | | | | | |
| 10 | Puebla | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | América (p.) | 2 | 3 | 5 (3) | | | | | |
| | | | | | 6 | Morelia | 2 | 3 | 5 (1) | | | | | |
| 3 | Guadalajara | 0 | 1 | 1 | 6 | Morelia | 2 | 3 | 5 (1) | | | | | |
| 6 | Morelia | 1 | 2 | 3 | | | | | | | | | | |
| 6 | Morelia | 1 | 2 | 3 | | | | | | 1 | América | 0 | 4 | 4 |
| | | | | | | | | | | 5 | UNAM | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2 | U. de G. | 1 | 1 | 2 | | | | | | | | | | | 5 | UNAM | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 9 | Toluca | 0 | 0 | 0 | | | | | | | | | | |
| 9 | Toluca | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | U. de G. | 2 | 1 | 3 | | | | | |
| | | | | | 5 | UNAM | 2 | 2 | 4 | | | | | |
| 4 | Tecos | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 | UNAM | 2 | 2 | 4 | | | | | |
| 5 | UNAM | 4 | 2 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | |
* 1987–88 winners
* América 7th title