# 1995–96 Mexican Primera División season

The following are statistics about Primera División de México, the top professional soccer league in Mexico, for the 1995–96 season.

## Overview

It was contested by 18 teams, and Necaxa won the championship.
Celaya was promoted from Primera División 'A'.
UANL was relegated to Primera División 'A'.

### Teams

* Atlas
* Guadalajara
* Tecos
* Monterrey
* UANL

## Group stage
### Group 1

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Veracruz | 34 | 15 | 5 | 14 | 44 | 45 | −1 | 50 | Playoff |
| 2 | UANL | 34 | 12 | 13 | 9 | 38 | 38 | 0 | 49 | Playoff |
| 3 | Guadalajara | 34 | 11 | 10 | 13 | 37 | 42 | −5 | 43 | |
| 4 | Santos | 34 | 9 | 10 | 15 | 41 | 43 | −2 | 37 | |
| 5 | Toluca | 34 | 10 | 7 | 17 | 33 | 45 | −12 | 37 | |

### Group 2

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Celaya | 34 | 14 | 10 | 10 | 49 | 46 | +3 | 52 | Playoff |
| 2 | América | 34 | 10 | 16 | 8 | 57 | 45 | +12 | 46 | Playoff |
| 3 | Morelia | 34 | 9 | 9 | 16 | 36 | 52 | −16 | 36 | |
| 4 | Atlante | 34 | 7 | 12 | 15 | 39 | 56 | −17 | 33 | |
| 5 | Puebla | 34 | 6 | 10 | 18 | 29 | 54 | −25 | 28 | |

### Group 3

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Cruz Azul | 34 | 14 | 14 | 6 | 61 | 38 | +23 | 56 | Playoff |
| 2 | Monterrey | 34 | 13 | 12 | 9 | 52 | 47 | +5 | 51 | Playoff |
| 3 | UNAM | 34 | 13 | 11 | 10 | 50 | 41 | +9 | 50 | Playoff |
| 4 | León | 34 | 13 | 11 | 10 | 55 | 49 | +6 | 50 | Playoff |

### Group 4

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Necaxa | 34 | 15 | 10 | 9 | 58 | 41 | +17 | 55 | Playoff |
| 2 | Atlas | 34 | 14 | 11 | 9 | 51 | 45 | +6 | 53 | Playoff |
| 3 | Toros Neza | 34 | 13 | 11 | 10 | 53 | 50 | +3 | 50 | |
| 4 | Tecos | 34 | 8 | 18 | 8 | 41 | 47 | −6 | 42 | |

## Results

| Home \ Away | AME | ATE | ATS | CEL | CAZ | GDL | LEO | MTY | MOR | NEC | PUE | SAN | TEC | TOL | TRN | UNL | UNM | VER |
| América | — | 3–3 | 2–0 | 4–1 | 1–2 | 2–3 | 3–1 | 4–1 | 3–1 | 4–4 | 1–3 | 1–0 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 3–0 |
| Atlante | 3–2 | — | 0–1 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 1–4 | 2–4 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 2–2 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 0–3 | 0–1 |
| Atlas | 1–1 | 0–2 | — | 0–1 | 3–1 | 2–0 | 3–2 | 1–3 | 1–0 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 4–3 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 2–1 |
| Celaya | 2–2 | 0–0 | 0–2 | — | 0–0 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 2–2 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 4–2 | 1–0 |
| Cruz Azul | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 2–3 | — | 0–0 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 5–1 | 0–0 | 2–2 | 3–0 | 1–1 | 5–0 | 1–2 | 3–2 |
| Guadalajara | 0–2 | 1–0 | 5–2 | 3–4 | 2–3 | — | 0–4 | 4–2 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 1–2 |
| León | 2–2 | 3–0 | 2–1 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 1–1 | — | 1–1 | 2–1 | 3–1 | 2–0 | 4–3 | 3–3 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 3–2 | 0–1 |
| Monterrey | 0–0 | 3–1 | 2–2 | 1–2 | 0–2 | 0–0 | 2–2 | — | 2–2 | 1–0 | 4–1 | 2–1 | 6–1 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 1–4 |
| Morelia | 1–1 | 2–2 | 1–4 | 1–3 | 1–3 | 2–1 | 2–2 | 2–0 | — | 3–2 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 1–0 |
| Necaxa | 1–0 | 2–1 | 3–3 | 3–1 | 0–2 | 4–0 | 3–0 | 2–2 | 2–1 | — | 0–0 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 2–3 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 1–0 |
| Puebla | 2–2 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 1–3 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 1–1 | — | 2–3 | 0–2 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 1–3 | 2–0 |
| Santos | 1–1 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 2–4 | 0–2 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 3–0 | 2–1 | 1–0 | — | 0–0 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 1–3 | 5–0 |
| Tecos | 2–1 | 2–2 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 2–2 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 0–2 | 1–1 | — | 2–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 |
| Toluca | 0–2 | 2–2 | 3–1 | 1–3 | 0–2 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 3–2 | 0–1 | 1–4 | 5–0 | 2–2 | 0–2 | — | 1–1 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 1–0 |
| Toros Neza | 2–0 | 3–0 | 0–0 | 1–4 | 2–5 | 1–0 | 4–3 | 2–3 | 3–2 | 1–3 | 2–1 | 3–2 | 3–2 | 2–1 | — | 1–1 | 1–1 | 6–1 |
| UANL | 1–1 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 3–0 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 0–2 | 3–2 | 0–0 | 3–2 | 2–2 | 0–1 | — | 2–1 | 2–0 |
| UNAM | 0–0 | 3–4 | 2–2 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 0–0 | 4–0 | 1–0 | 2–2 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 1–1 | — | 2–1 |
| Veracruz | 1–0 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 4–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 2–5 | 2–2 | 0–0 | 4–2 | 4–0 | 1–0 | — |

## Playoff
### Repechage

| Repechaje | Repechaje | Repechaje | Repechaje | Repechaje | Qualifiers | Qualifiers |
| 10 | UANL | 4 | 1 | 5 | | |
| 7 | León | 1 | 3 | 4 | 10 | UANL |
| 11 | América | 2 | 0 | 2 | 11 | América |
| 6 | UNAM | 0 | 0 | 0 | | |
UANL won 4-5 on aggregate.
América won 0-2 on aggregate.

### Playoff Series

| Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Finals | Finals | Finals | Finals | Finals |
| 4 | Celaya (a) | 2 | 0 | 2 | | | | | | | | | | |
| 5 | Monterrey | 2 | 0 | 2 | | | | | | | | | | |
| 5 | Monterrey | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | Necaxa | 2 | 1 | 3 | | | | | |
| | | | | | 11 | América | 0 | 1 | 1 | | | | | |
| 3 | Atlas | 1 | 2 | 3 | 11 | América | 0 | 1 | 1 | | | | | |
| 8 | Veracruz (a) | 1 | 2 | 3 | | | | | | | | | | |
| 8 | Veracruz (a) | 1 | 2 | 3 | | | | | | 2 | Necaxa (a) | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| | | | | | | | | | | 4 | Celaya | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2 | Necaxa | 1 | 1 | 2 | | | | | | | | | | | 4 | Celaya | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 10 | UANL | 0 | 1 | 1 | | | | | | | | | | |
| 10 | UANL | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | Celaya | 1 | 5 | 6 | | | | | |
| | | | | | 8 | Veracruz | 0 | 1 | 1 | | | | | |
| 1 | Cruz Azul | 0 | 2 | 2 | 8 | Veracruz | 0 | 1 | 1 | | | | | |
| 11 | América | 3 | 0 | 3 | | | | | | | | | | |

#### Quarter-finals

Series tied 3-3 on aggregate. Veracruz advanced to semi-finals by away goals rule.
Series tied 2-2 on aggregate. Celaya advanced to semi-finals by away goals rule.
Necaxa won 2-1 on aggregate.
América won 3-2 on aggregate.

#### Semi-finals

Celaya won 6-1 on aggregate.
Necaxa won 3-1 on aggregate.

## Final

1-1 on aggregate. Necaxa won on away goals.
* 1995-96 winners
* Necaxa 2nd title

## Relegation table

| Pos. | Team | Pts. | Pld. | Ave. |
| 14. | Atlante | 101 | 108 | 0.9352 |
| 15. | Toros Neza | 100 | 108 | 0.9259 |
| 16. | Puebla | 96 | 108 | 0.8889 |
| 17. | Morelia | 96 | 108 | 0.8889 |
| 18. | UANL | 91 | 108 | 0.8426 |