# 1972–73 Mexican Primera División season

Statistics of the Primera División de México for the 1972–73 season.

## Overview

Atlas was promoted to Primera División.
It was contested by 18 teams, and Cruz Azul won the championship.
Pachuca was relegated to Segunda División.

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

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Cruz Azul | 34 | 19 | 8 | 7 | 60 | 37 | +23 | 46 | Playoffs |
| 2 | Atlético Español | 34 | 12 | 12 | 10 | 43 | 43 | 0 | 36 | Playoffs |
| 3 | UNAM | 34 | 14 | 7 | 13 | 37 | 32 | +5 | 35 | |
| 4 | Puebla | 34 | 12 | 9 | 13 | 46 | 46 | 0 | 33 | |
| 5 | Guadalajara | 34 | 10 | 12 | 12 | 38 | 39 | −1 | 32 | |
| 6 | Monterrey | 34 | 10 | 12 | 12 | 31 | 38 | −7 | 32 | |
| 7 | Veracruz | 34 | 10 | 12 | 12 | 41 | 51 | −10 | 32 | |
| 8 | Zacatepec | 34 | 8 | 12 | 14 | 41 | 50 | −9 | 28 | Relegation Playoffs |
| 9 | Pachuca | 34 | 9 | 6 | 19 | 40 | 68 | −28 | 24 | Relegation Playoffs |

### Group 2

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | León | 34 | 18 | 8 | 8 | 59 | 34 | +25 | 44 | Playoffs |
| 2 | Atlas | 34 | 18 | 8 | 8 | 63 | 38 | +25 | 44 | Playoffs |
| 3 | América | 34 | 13 | 16 | 5 | 52 | 33 | +19 | 42 | |
| 4 | Toluca | 34 | 13 | 13 | 8 | 51 | 39 | +12 | 39 | |
| 5 | Atlante | 34 | 9 | 14 | 11 | 40 | 47 | −7 | 32 | |
| 6 | Jalisco | 34 | 12 | 7 | 15 | 45 | 57 | −12 | 31 | |
| 7 | San Luis | 34 | 9 | 11 | 14 | 49 | 57 | −8 | 29 | |
| 8 | Torreón | 34 | 9 | 9 | 16 | 37 | 54 | −17 | 27 | Relegation Playoffs |
| 9 | Laguna | 34 | 8 | 10 | 16 | 36 | 46 | −10 | 26 | Relegation Playoffs |

## Results

| Home \ Away | AME | ATT | ATL | ATE | CRA | GDL | JAL | LAG | LEO | MTY | PAC | PUE | SNL | TOL | TOR | UNM | VER | ZAC |
| América | | 3–2 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 4–0 | 2–2 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 5–1 | 3–0 |
| Atlante | 0–0 | | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 0–2 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 5–2 | 2–2 | 2–2 | 1–2 | 2–0 | 2–1 |
| Atlas | 3–1 | 3–2 | | 0–1 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 3–3 | 3–2 | 1–0 | 1–3 | 5–1 | 0–0 | 4–0 | 4–1 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 4–1 | 2–0 |
| Atlético Español | 0–4 | 2–1 | 1–3 | | 2–3 | 0–0 | 0–2 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 4–4 | 2–3 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 3–0 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 2–1 |
| Cruz Azul | 2–2 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 1–2 | | 3–1 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 2–1 | 3–2 | 4–0 | 2–4 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 3–0 | 1–1 |
| Guadalajara | 0–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 1–3 | | 2–2 | 2–1 | 2–2 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 6–0 | 1–2 | 0–2 | 3–0 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 0–0 |
| Jalisco | 3–2 | 2–0 | 0–4 | 2–1 | 0–2 | 1–2 | | 0–3 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 3–2 | 3–2 | 1–0 | 3–2 | 0–4 | 0–2 | 0–1 | 2–2 |
| Laguna | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–2 | 1–2 | 2–3 | 2–1 | 3–1 | | 0–1 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 0–3 | 0–2 |
| León | 1–2 | 4–0 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 2–2 | 1–0 | 3–1 | 2–3 | | 2–1 | 3–0 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 3–2 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 6–1 | 5–3 |
| Monterrey | 1–1 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 2–1 | | 1–0 | 3–2 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 2–1 | 0–2 | 0–0 | 1–0 |
| Pachuca | 1–2 | 2–2 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 1–4 | 0–2 | 2–4 | 3–2 | 1–0 | 3–0 | | 2–1 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 3–0 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 2–1 |
| Puebla | 3–2 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 2–3 | 2–1 | 4–2 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 3–0 | | 3–1 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 3–0 | 2–2 |
| San Luis | 0–0 | 0–0 | 2–3 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 1–1 | 4–0 | 2–4 | 2–2 | 2–0 | 1–1 | | 2–2 | 2–0 | 3–0 | 1–2 | 4–1 |
| Toluca | 2–2 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 2–0 | 1–0 | | 4–0 | 0–1 | 4–2 | 0–1 |
| Torreón | 0–0 | 3–2 | 2–1 | 0–2 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 2–3 | 2–2 | 4–1 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 3–3 | 0–3 | | 2–1 | 0–0 | 1–0 |
| UNAM | 1–2 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 1–2 | 2–2 | 0–2 | 3–0 | 0–2 | 3–0 | 1–2 | 0–1 | 2–2 | | 1–0 | 2–0 |
| Veracruz | 3–2 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 6–1 | 4–2 | 0–0 | 1–0 | | 2–3 |
| Zacatepec | 1–1 | 4–0 | 2–3 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 4–2 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 1–1 | |

## Relegation playoff
### Bracket

| Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Final | Final | Final | Final | Final |
| 15 | Laguna (agg 4-1) | 1 | 0 | 3 | | | | | |
| 17 | Zacatepec | 0 | 1 | 0 | | | | | |
| 17 | Zacatepec | 0 | 1 | 0 | 17 | Zacatepec | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| | | | | | 18 | Pachuca | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 16 | Torreón | 0 | 3 | 3 | 18 | Pachuca | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 18 | Pachuca | 0 | 1 | 1 | | | | | |

### Semifinal

Aggregate tied. 3rd match will be played.
Laguna won 4-1 on aggregate.
Torreón won 3-1 on aggregate.

### Relegation Final

Aggregate tied. A replay will be played
Zacatepec won 1-0 in aggregate. Pachuca was relegated to Segunda Division.

## Championship playoff
### Bracket

| Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Final | Final | Final | Final | Final |
| 1 | Cruz Azul | 3 | 1 | 4 | | | | | |
| 3 | Atlas | 2 | 0 | 2 | | | | | |
| 3 | Atlas | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | Cruz Azul | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| | | | | | 2 | León | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2 | León | 0 | 3 | 1 (6) | 2 | León | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 4 | Atlético Español | 0 | 3 | 1 (5) | | | | | |

### Semifinal

Cruz Azul won 4-2 on aggregate.
Aggregate tied. 3rd match will be played.
Aggregate 4-4. León won in penalties 6-5.

### Final

Aggregate 1-1. 3rd match will be played.
Cruz Azul won 3-2 on aggregate.
* 1972–73 winners
* Cruz Azul 4th title