# 1979–80 Mexican Segunda División season

The 1979–80 Segunda División was the 31st season of the Mexican Segunda División. The season started on 14 July 1979 and concluded on 22 June 1980. It was won by Atletas Campesinos.

## Changes

* Atlas was promoted to Primera División.
* Veracruz was relegated from Primera División.
* Lobos de Tlaxcala, SUOO and Cachorros León were promoted from Tercera División.
* Morelos was relegated from Segunda División.
* Nacional was bought by new owners, the team was relocated to Tulancingo and renamed as Titanes de Tulancingo.
* UV Córdoba was moved to Xalapa and renamed as Universidad Veracruzana.

## Teams

| Club | City | Stadium |
| Atletas Campesinos | Querétaro City | Estadio Municipal de Querétaro |
| Atletas Industriales | Querétaro City | Estadio Municipal de Querétaro |
| Atlético Morelia | Morelia | Estadio Venustiano Carranza |
| Bachilleres | Guadalajara | Estadio Tecnológico U. de G. |
| Cachorros León | León | Estadio Nou Camp |
| Colima | Colima City | Estadio Colima |
| Coyotes Neza | Ciudad Nezahualcóyotl | Estadio Metropolitano |
| Cuautla | Cuautla | Estadio Isidro Gil Tapia |
| Estado de México | Toluca | Estadio Toluca 70 |
| Irapuato | Irapuato | Estadio Irapuato |
| La Piedad | La Piedad | Estadio Juan N. López |
| Lobos de Tlaxcala | Tlaxcala City | Estadio Tlahuicole |
| Nuevo Necaxa | Juan Galindo | Estadio 14 de Diciembre |
| Pachuca | Pachuca | Estadio Revolución Mexicana |
| Salamanca | Salamanca | Estadio El Molinito |
| SUOO | Cuautitlán | Estadio Los Pinos |
| Tapatío | Guadalajara | Casa Club Guadalajara |
| Tepic | Tepic | Estadio Nicolás Álvarez Ortega |
| Tuberos de Veracruz | Veracruz City | Estadio Luis "Pirata" Fuente |
| Tulancingo | Tulancingo | Estadio Primero de Mayo |
| UV | Xalapa | Estadio Antonio M. Quirasco |
| UV Coatzacoalcos | Coatzacoalcos | Estadio Miguel Hidalgo |
| Veracruz | Veracruz City | Estadio Luis "Pirata" Fuente |
| Zamora | Zamora | Estadio 20 de Noviembre |

## Group stage
### Group 1

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Atletas Campesinos (Q) | 46 | 22 | 9 | 15 | 68 | 47 | +21 | 63 | Qualified to Playoffs |
| 2 | Nuevo Necaxa (Q) | 46 | 19 | 13 | 14 | 64 | 52 | +12 | 59 | Qualified to Playoffs |
| 3 | Veracruz | 46 | 19 | 10 | 17 | 64 | 63 | +1 | 57 | |
| 4 | Cuautla | 46 | 18 | 13 | 15 | 63 | 61 | +2 | 55 | |
| 5 | Cachorros León | 46 | 12 | 10 | 24 | 72 | 90 | −18 | 43 | |
| 6 | Bachilleres | 46 | 12 | 14 | 20 | 50 | 72 | −22 | 40 | |

### Group 2

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Salamanca (Q) | 46 | 24 | 13 | 9 | 73 | 42 | +31 | 74 | Qualified to Playoffs |
| 2 | Colima (Q) | 46 | 23 | 10 | 13 | 76 | 50 | +26 | 68 | Qualified to Playoffs |
| 3 | SUOO | 46 | 19 | 6 | 21 | 57 | 59 | −2 | 53 | |
| 4 | Atlético Morelia | 46 | 13 | 17 | 16 | 56 | 51 | +5 | 52 | |
| 5 | Coyotes Neza | 46 | 14 | 13 | 19 | 65 | 73 | −8 | 48 | |
| 6 | Zamora | 46 | 14 | 13 | 19 | 47 | 64 | −17 | 47 | |

### Group 3

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Tapatío (Q) | 46 | 22 | 11 | 13 | 73 | 56 | +17 | 67 | Qualified to Playoffs |
| 2 | Tepic (Q) | 46 | 21 | 10 | 15 | 64 | 52 | +12 | 64 | Qualified to Playoffs |
| 3 | Lobos de Tlaxcala | 46 | 18 | 11 | 17 | 79 | 70 | +9 | 60 | |
| 4 | La Piedad | 46 | 19 | 11 | 16 | 55 | 57 | −2 | 58 | |
| 5 | Irapuato | 46 | 16 | 16 | 14 | 57 | 54 | +3 | 56 | |
| 6 | Universidad Veracruzana | 46 | 11 | 15 | 20 | 58 | 80 | −22 | 44 | |

### Group 4

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Estado de México (Q) | 46 | 26 | 13 | 7 | 90 | 54 | +36 | 83 | Qualified to Playoffs |
| 2 | Tuberos de Veracruz (Q) | 46 | 16 | 11 | 19 | 57 | 62 | −5 | 52 | Qualified to Playoffs |
| 3 | Tulancingo | 46 | 14 | 18 | 14 | 72 | 83 | −11 | 52 | |
| 4 | Pachuca | 46 | 13 | 15 | 18 | 58 | 65 | −7 | 46 | |
| 5 | Atletas Industriales | 46 | 12 | 8 | 26 | 58 | 85 | −27 | 40 | |
| 6 | UV Coatzacoalcos | 46 | 7 | 16 | 23 | 36 | 70 | −34 | 33 | Relegated |

## Results

| Home \ Away | ATC | ATI | ATM | BAC | CAL | COL | COY | CUA | EDM | IRA | LPD | LBT | NEC | PAC | SAL | SUO | TAP | TEP | TUB | TUL | UV | UVC | VER | ZAM |
| Atletas Campesinos | — | 1–0 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 3–2 | 2–1 | 3–0 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 3–0 | 5–1 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 3–3 | 4–0 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 5–0 |
| Atletas Industriales | 1–4 | — | 1–1 | 2–0 | 4–0 | 3–2 | 2–5 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 0–2 | 1–4 | 0–2 | 0–1 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 1–3 | 3–1 | 3–2 | 1–2 | 3–2 | 1–1 | 2–3 | 5–0 |
| Atlético Morelia | 1–0 | 4–0 | — | 1–1 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 2–0 | 1–3 | 1–2 | 2–2 | 5–0 | 2–2 | 2–2 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 0–2 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 3–0 | 2–0 | 0–1 |
| Bachilleres | 1–1 | 2–1 | 1–1 | — | 0–0 | 1–3 | 3–2 | 2–2 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 4–1 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 0–2 | 4–4 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 1–2 | 3–2 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 0–1 |
| Cachorros León | 2–1 | 5–1 | 2–2 | 2–0 | — | 1–2 | 2–3 | 3–1 | 2–4 | 2–0 | 2–2 | 4–2 | 2–2 | 4–4 | 3–2 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 3–1 | 2–4 | 4–0 | 2–0 | 1–2 | 3–0 |
| Colima | 2–2 | 3–1 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 3–1 | — | 2–1 | 0–0 | 5–1 | 2–1 | 2–2 | 2–0 | 3–1 | 5–2 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 4–1 | 2–3 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 4–0 | 3–0 | 0–0 |
| Coyotes Neza | 2–0 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 5–2 | 0–1 | — | 3–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 1–3 | 4–5 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 0–2 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 6–2 | 2–2 | 3–3 | 3–0 | 0–1 | 0–1 |
| Cuautla | 2–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 1–1 | — | 1–3 | 4–2 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 3–3 | 3–2 | 6–2 | 0–0 | 1–0 |
| Estado de México | 2–1 | 4–2 | 4–1 | 2–0 | 3–1 | 2–0 | 4–2 | 1–2 | — | 2–1 | 3–0 | 4–1 | 3–1 | 4–2 | 2–1 | 4–1 | 2–0 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 4–2 | 5–2 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 3–3 |
| Irapuato | 3–1 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 2–3 | — | 0–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 4–2 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 4–1 | 2–1 | 2–1 |
| La Piedad | 1–0 | 2–0 | 1–3 | 1–2 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 3–2 | 1–1 | 1–1 | — | 2–0 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 1–2 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 3–1 | 3–1 | 1–0 |
| Lobos Tlaxcala | 1–2 | 3–0 | 4–1 | 1–2 | 4–2 | 0–1 | 2–2 | 4–2 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 1–2 | — | 1–3 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 3–1 | 1–2 | 4–1 | 1–0 | 2–2 | 3–2 | 2–0 | 3–0 | 3–1 |
| Nuevo Necaxa | 1–0 | 5–1 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 3–1 | 0–2 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 1–0 | — | 1–1 | 2–2 | 2–2 | 1–3 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 4–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 |
| Pachuca | 0–2 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 5–0 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 4–2 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 4–0 | 2–1 | 0–2 | 1–2 | — | 0–2 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 2–2 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 3–0 |
| Salamanca | 3–0 | 3–2 | 0–0 | 3–0 | 3–1 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 3–1 | 2–1 | 1–1 | — | 2–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 2–2 | 3–1 | 3–0 | 3–0 |
| SUOO | 1–0 | 4–2 | 3–1 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 3–0 | 3–0 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 3–4 | 2–5 | 0–3 | 1–1 | 2–0 | — | 3–2 | 6–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 0–1 |
| Tapatío | 4–1 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 0–3 | 1–0 | — | 0–2 | 2–0 | 6–1 | 5–0 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 4–2 |
| Tepic | 1–1 | 3–0 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 0–3 | 2–2 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 3–1 | — | 2–1 | 6–0 | 4–1 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 0–0 |
| Tuberos | 1–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 5–3 | 1–0 | 2–2 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 1–3 | 3–0 | 1–2 | 1–3 | 0–1 | 3–1 | 2–0 | 3–2 | 0–0 | — | 3–1 | 2–0 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 2–0 |
| Tulancingo | 0–3 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 2–2 | 3–1 | 7–2 | 2–4 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 2–2 | 0–4 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 0–1 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 4–3 | — | 1–1 | 0–1 | 3–1 | 3–2 |
| UV | 0–1 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 2–2 | 0–0 | 3–1 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 1–3 | 1–0 | 3–1 | — | 0–0 | 4–2 | 3–2 |
| UV Coatzacoalcos | 1–1 | 0–3 | 2–3 | 1–1 | 4–1 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 3–2 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 4–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 1–1 | — | 1–2 | 1–1 |
| Veracruz | 1–0 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 3–0 | 4–1 | 0–2 | 1–0 | 4–1 | 3–2 | 1–1 | 4–1 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 3–1 | 1–3 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 3–3 | 2–0 | 3–3 | 2–2 | 0–0 | — | 2–1 |
| Zamora | 2–1 | 0–3 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 2–0 | 0–3 | 1–0 | 2–3 | 1–1 | 4–0 | 2–0 | 3–1 | 3–0 | 2–2 | — |

## Final stage
### Group 1

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion | ATC | TAP | COL | TUB |
| 1 | Atletas Campesinos (Q) | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 13 | 3 | +10 | 13 | Qualified to Final | | 2–1 | 3–0 | 3–0 |
| 2 | Tapatío | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 10 | −1 | 6 | | 1–2 | | 0–2 | 4–2 |
| 3 | Colima | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 10 | −4 | 6 | | 0–3 | 2–2 | | 2–2 |
| 4 | Tuberos de Veracruz | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 10 | −5 | 4 | | 1–0 | 0–1 | 0–0 | |

### Group 2

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion | EDM | NEC | TEP | SAL |
| 1 | Estado de México (Q) | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 3 | +8 | 12 | Qualified to Final | | 2–0 | 4–0 | 2–0 |
| 2 | Nuevo Necaxa | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 4 | +7 | 12 | | 2–1 | | 4–0 | 2–0 |
| 3 | Tepic | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 12 | −6 | 4 | | 1–2 | 0–1 | | 4–0 |
| 4 | Salamanca | 6 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 11 | −9 | 2 | | 0–0 | 1–2 | 1–1 | |