# 1970 Mexican Segunda División season

The México 1970 Segunda División was the 21st season of the Mexican Segunda División. The season started on 5 March 1970 and concluded on 11 October 1970. It was won by Unión de Curtidores. It was a special tournament held as part of the celebrations of the 1970 FIFA World Cup, which was hosted by Mexico.
The Mexican Football Federation held a tournament in two phases, before the world cup (Mar. 5 - May 10) and after the world cup (July 11 - Oct. 10).
Seventeen teams were seeded in three groups of five or six teams: North, Central and West, first three or two places of each group advanced to the "Championship Group" and the last two or three teams of each group played in a "Consolation Group".

## Changes

* Celaya was dissolved at the end of 1969–70 season.
* Poza Rica was dissolved between first and second phase of the México 1970 season.
* U. de N.L. was renamed as UANL.

## Teams

| Club | City | Stadium |
| La Piedad | La Piedad | Estadio Juan N. López |
| Ciudad Madero | Ciudad Madero | Estadio Tamaulipas |
| Morelia | Morelia | Estadio Venustiano Carranza |
| Nacional | Guadalajara | Estadio Jalisco |
| Naucalpan | Naucalpan | Unidad Cuauhtémoc |
| Nuevo León | Monterrey | Estadio Tecnológico |
| Poza Rica | Poza Rica | Estadio Heriberto Jara Corona |
| Puebla | Puebla | Estadio Cuauhtémoc |
| Salamanca | Salamanca | Estadio El Molinito |
| Tampico | Tampico | Estadio Tamaulipas |
| Tepic | Tepic | Estadio Nicolás Álvarez Ortega |
| Unión de Curtidores | León | Estadio La Martinica |
| UANL | Monterrey | Estadio Universitario |
| Ciudad Victoria | Ciudad Victoria | Estadio Marte R. Gómez |
| Zacatepec | Zacatepec | Estadio Agustín "Coruco" Díaz |
| Zamora | Zamora | Estadio Moctezuma |
| Zapata | Jojutla | Estadio Agustín "Coruco" Díaz |

## First stage
### Central Group

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion | ZAC | NAU | PUE | SAL | ZAP |
| 1 | Zacatepec | 8 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 17 | 5 | +12 | 12 | | | 2–1 | 2–0 | 3–0 | 4–1 |
| 2 | Naucalpan (Q) | 8 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 19 | 11 | +8 | 12 | Qualified to Championship Group | 1–0 | | 3–4 | 2–1 | 4–1 |
| 3 | Puebla (Q) | 8 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 14 | 13 | +1 | 6 | Qualified to Championship Group | 0–1 | 1–2 | | 0–1 | 5–0 |
| 4 | Salamanca | 8 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 8 | 15 | −7 | 6 | | 2–1 | 1–4 | 1–0 | | 0–2 |
| 5 | Zapata | 8 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 11 | 25 | −14 | 4 | | 0–4 | 1–2 | 3–4 | 3–2 | |
* ↑ Zacatapec was placed at Consolation Group because the club was the champion of the 1969-70 season and had already won the promotion to Primera División

### West Group

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion | NAC | UDC | LPD | MOR | ZAM | TEP |
| 1 | Nacional (Q) | 10 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 33 | 17 | +16 | 16 | Qualified to Championship Group | | 3–0 | 5–2 | 2–0 | 3–0 | 3–2 |
| 2 | Unión de Curtidores (Q) | 10 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 21 | 15 | +6 | 14 | Qualified to Championship Group | 4–5 | | 2–0 | 5–2 | 3–0 | 3–1 |
| 3 | La Piedad (Q) | 10 | 4 | 0 | 6 | 22 | 22 | 0 | 8 | Qualified to Championship Group | 5–2 | 3–0 | | 2–0 | 1–2 | 3–2 |
| 4 | Morelia | 10 | 4 | 0 | 6 | 19 | 24 | −5 | 8 | | 2–3 | 3–0 | 2–1 | | 1–0 | 2–0 |
| 5 | Zamora | 10 | 4 | 0 | 6 | 13 | 17 | −4 | 8 | | 1–0 | 0–1 | 1–2 | 4–2 | | 4–2 |
| 6 | Tepic | 10 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 16 | 29 | −13 | 6 | | 0–4 | 0–1 | 3–2 | 6–5 | 2–1 | |

### North Group

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion | MAD | NVL | UNL | TAM | VIC | PZR |
| 1 | Ciudad Madero (Q) | 10 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 15 | 9 | +6 | 14 | Qualified to Championship Group | | 0–2 | 2–0 | 4–0 | 2–1 | 2–1 |
| 2 | Nuevo León (Q) | 10 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 18 | 12 | +6 | 12 | Qualified to Championship Group | 2–3 | | 2–0 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 4–1 |
| 3 | UANL (Q) | 10 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 18 | 18 | 0 | 10 | Qualified to Championship Group | 2–0 | 2–3 | | 1–0 | 4–3 | 2–1 |
| 4 | Tampico | 10 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 14 | 15 | −1 | 10 | | 1–0 | 2–0 | 4–3 | | 0–1 | 2–0 |
| 5 | Ciudad Victoria | 10 | 4 | 0 | 6 | 12 | 18 | −6 | 8 | | 0–1 | 2–1 | 1–4 | 1–0 | | 2–1 |
| 6 | Poza Rica | 10 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 14 | 19 | −5 | 6 | | 0–1 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 4–5 | 2–1 | |
* ↑ Tampico was expelled from the tournament due to unpaid debts to the FMF
* ↑ Poza Rica was dissolved at the end of the First Stage

## Second stage
### Championship Group

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion | UDC | PUE | NAC | UNL | MAD | NAU | LPD | NVL |
| 1 | Unión de Curtidores (C, Q) | 14 | 11 | 0 | 3 | 32 | 13 | +19 | 22 | Qualified to Promotion playoff | | 4–1 | 4–1 | 4–1 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 5–1 |
| 2 | Puebla (Q) | 14 | 10 | 0 | 4 | 32 | 20 | +12 | 20 | Qualified to Promotion playoff | 1–3 | | 3–2 | 4–3 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 9–0 |
| 3 | Nacional (Q) | 14 | 9 | 0 | 5 | 39 | 26 | +13 | 18 | Qualified to Promotion playoff | 1–3 | 1–2 | | 5–2 | 2–0 | 3–0 | 3–2 | 5–3 |
| 4 | UANL | 14 | 6 | 0 | 8 | 27 | 31 | −4 | 12 | | 1–2 | 3–2 | 3–4 | | 1–2 | 0–2 | 4–1 | 3–2 |
| 5 | Ciudad Madero | 13 | 6 | 0 | 7 | 11 | 18 | −7 | 12 | | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 1–2 | | | 1–0 | 1–0 |
| 6 | Naucalpan (Q) | 13 | 5 | 0 | 8 | 15 | 24 | −9 | 10 | Qualified to Promotion playoff | 1–2 | 0–1 | 0–3 | 0–1 | 3–1 | | 3–2 | 1–0 |
| 7 | La Piedad | 14 | 5 | 0 | 9 | 25 | 23 | +2 | 10 | | 0–1 | 0–1 | 2–3 | 2–0 | 4–2 | 5–1 | | 3–0 |
| 8 | Nuevo León | 14 | 3 | 0 | 11 | 14 | 40 | −26 | 6 | | 1–2 | 0–1 | 0–5 | 0–3 | 2–0 | 3–1 | 2–1 | |
* ↑ UANL resigned to play promotion playoff
* ↑ Ciudad Madero was sanctioned not to play promotion playoffs for not showing up for a match

### Consolation Group

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | ZAC | TEP | SAL | ZAM | VIC | MOR | ZAP |
| 1 | Zacatepec | 12 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 40 | 14 | +26 | 22 | | 5–0 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 5–4 | 2–1 |
| 2 | Tepic | 12 | 7 | 0 | 5 | 31 | 30 | +1 | 14 | 3–6 | | 0–1 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 3–2 | 3–0 |
| 3 | Salamanca | 12 | 7 | 0 | 5 | 21 | 21 | 0 | 14 | 2–5 | 2–1 | | 3–4 | 1–0 | 3–1 | 1–0 |
| 4 | Zamora | 12 | 5 | 0 | 7 | 17 | 21 | −4 | 10 | 0–2 | 1–0 | 3–4 | | 2–0 | 1–2 | 2–1 |
| 5 | Ciudad Victoria | 12 | 4 | 0 | 8 | 20 | 25 | −5 | 8 | 2–1 | 9–10 | 0–1 | 4–1 | | 4–1 | 1–0 |
| 6 | Morelia | 12 | 4 | 0 | 8 | 22 | 30 | −8 | 8 | 1–4 | 3–5 | 3–1 | 1–2 | 1–0 | | 2–0 |
| 7 | Zapata | 12 | 4 | 0 | 8 | 10 | 20 | −10 | 8 | 0–4 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 2–1 | |

## Primera División promotion playoff

For the 1970–71 season, the Mexican Football Federation decided to expand the Primera División from 16 to 18 teams, for that reason a promotion playoff was played between the first four teams classified in the Segunda Division Championship Group. The series was held at the Estadio Olímpico Universitario, Mexico City between November 6 and 12, 1970. Puebla was the winner.
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion | UDC | NAC | NAU |
| 1 | Puebla (P) | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2 | +2 | 5 | Promoted to Primera División | 2–2 | 1–0 | 1–0 |
| 2 | Unión de Curtidores | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 6 | −1 | 3 | | | 0–3 | |
| 3 | Nacional | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 2 | | 1–3 | | |
| 4 | Naucalpan | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 4 | −1 | 2 | | | 2–0 | |

## Segunda División – Tercera División playoff

Due to the expansion of the Primera Division, and the dissolution of various clubs in the Segunda Division. The Mexican Football Federation decided to hold a promotional playoff between teams from the Segunda and Tercera Division. These series were held at the Estadio Plan de San Luis, San Luis Potosí City, between December 15 and 18, 1970.
This round was developed in the direct elimination format, that is, the winning teams in the first matches won promotion or permanence in the category. The same thing happens in the second round, until reaching a final match between the two worst teams. This phase was played by Celaya and Tampico, from the Segunda División; along with Atlético Cuernavaca, Cuautla, Querétaro and Universidad Veracruzana, from the Tercera División.