1979–80 Mexican Primera División season
# 1979–80 Mexican Primera División season

Statistics of the Primera División de México for the 1979–80 season.

## Overview

Atlas was promoted to Primera División.

This season was contested by 20 teams, and Cruz Azul won the championship.

Jalisco was relegated to Segunda División.

## Group stage

### Group 1

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Cruz Azul | 38 | 20 | 15 | 3 | 67 | 34 | +33 | 55 | Playoffs |
| 2 | Atlante | 38 | 20 | 9 | 9 | 70 | 40 | +30 | 49 | Playoffs |
| 3 | Monterrey | 38 | 9 | 16 | 13 | 40 | 50 | −10 | 34 | |
| 4 | Puebla | 38 | 11 | 11 | 16 | 56 | 62 | −6 | 33 | |
| 5 | Jalisco | 38 | 8 | 12 | 18 | 46 | 65 | −19 | 28 | Relegation Playoff |

### Group 2

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | UNAM | 38 | 17 | 12 | 9 | 68 | 55 | +13 | 46 | Playoffs |
| 2 | Tampico | 38 | 15 | 11 | 12 | 61 | 54 | +7 | 41 | Playoffs |
| 3 | Guadalajara | 38 | 11 | 16 | 11 | 45 | 41 | +4 | 38 | |
| 4 | Atlético Potosino | 38 | 8 | 13 | 17 | 34 | 52 | −18 | 29 | |
| 5 | Unión de Curtidores | 38 | 10 | 8 | 20 | 39 | 53 | −14 | 28 | Relegation Playoff |

### Group 3

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | América | 38 | 23 | 11 | 4 | 71 | 37 | +34 | 57 | Playoffs |
| 2 | Deportivo Neza | 38 | 12 | 20 | 6 | 53 | 38 | +15 | 44 | Playoffs |
| 3 | Toluca | 38 | 14 | 11 | 13 | 44 | 45 | −1 | 39 | |
| 4 | UDG | 38 | 9 | 13 | 16 | 41 | 56 | −15 | 31 | |
| 5 | León | 38 | 9 | 11 | 18 | 41 | 60 | −19 | 29 | |

### Group 4

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Zacatepec | 38 | 16 | 12 | 10 | 72 | 52 | +20 | 44 | Playoffs |
| 2 | UANL | 38 | 14 | 12 | 12 | 62 | 64 | −2 | 40 | Playoffs |
| 3 | Tecos | 38 | 11 | 14 | 13 | 51 | 61 | −10 | 36 | |
| 4 | Atlético Español | 38 | 11 | 8 | 19 | 37 | 56 | −19 | 30 | |
| 5 | Atlas | 38 | 9 | 11 | 18 | 47 | 70 | −23 | 29 | |

## Results

| Home \ Away | AME | ATN | ATL | ATE | APO | CRA | GDL | JAL | LEO | MTY | NEZ | PUE | TAM | TOL | UDC | TEC | UNL | UDG | UNM | ZAC |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| América | | 1–1 | 5–0 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 3–1 | 2–1 | 4–1 | 1–1 | 4–1 | 1–0 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 0–2 | 2–1 |
| Atlante | 1–0 | | 2–2 | 4–1 | 2–2 | 1–2 | 3–2 | 2–1 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 3–0 | 3–1 | 3–2 | 3–1 | 2–0 | 1–2 | 0–1 | 2–3 | 3–2 |
| Atlas | 1–2 | 0–2 | | 0–1 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 0–4 | 0–1 | 3–2 | 1–2 | 1–3 | 2–1 | 5–3 | 0–0 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 1–3 | 2–1 | 4–2 | 1–2 |
| Atlético Español | 0–1 | 0–3 | 1–2 | | 2–1 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 0–3 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 0–3 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 4–0 | 2–3 | 1–4 |
| Atlético Potosino | 0–0 | 0–0 | 3–0 | 1–0 | | 1–2 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 2–4 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 0–2 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 2–3 |
| Cruz Azul | 2–0 | 2–1 | 3–2 | 5–1 | 1–0 | | 0–0 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 2–2 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 4–1 |
| Guadalajara | 1–1 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 2–3 | 1–2 | | 3–2 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 0–2 | 1–0 | 4–1 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 2–0 |
| Jalisco | 0–1 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 0–3 | 2–1 | | 0–0 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 3–0 | 2–4 | 5–2 | 2–2 | 1–2 |
| León | 2–2 | 1–0 | 3–2 | 1–2 | 1–2 | 1–6 | 0–0 | 3–2 | | 1–1 | 0–0 | 0–4 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 3–0 | 1–2 | 1–3 | 1–1 |
| Monterrey | 2–1 | 2–4 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 2–3 | 0–0 | 0–0 | | 1–1 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 1–3 |
| Deportivo Neza | 1–2 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 2–2 | 5–1 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 2–2 | 2–1 | 0–0 | | 1–1 | 2–0 | 3–0 | 2–2 | 0–0 | 5–3 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 3–0 |
| Puebla | 3–3 | 2–3 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 1–4 | 0–0 | 5–2 | 2–1 | 5–2 | 0–0 | | 2–1 | 0–1 | 4–5 | 0–0 | 0–2 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 2–1 |
| Tampico | 1–3 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 7–5 | 3–1 | 2–2 | 4–1 | 4–2 | | 2–1 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 3–1 | 2–1 | 3–1 | 1–1 |
| Toluca | 1–3 | 1–0 | 2–2 | 2–2 | 2–1 | 0–3 | 3–1 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 3–4 | 2–2 | | 3–1 | 2–0 | 3–3 | 4–3 | 2–1 | 1–0 |
| Unión de Curtidores | 0–1 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 0–2 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 0–3 | 4–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 2–2 | 4–1 | | 0–1 | 3–1 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 3–3 |
| Tecos | 2–2 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 4–1 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 3–2 | 0–0 | 2–0 | | 1–1 | 1–0 | 4–1 | 1–0 |
| UANL | 1–3 | 0–7 | 4–0 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 4–2 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 3–0 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 5–2 | 1–3 | | 1–1 | 3–1 | 1–1 |
| UDG | 2–2 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 3–0 | 1–1 | 0–0 | | 2–3 | 0–0 |
| UNAM | 2–4 | 4–1 | 3–1 | 2–1 | 2–2 | 1–3 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 5–2 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 1–1 | | 1–1 |
| Zacatepec | 1–1 | 0–2 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 4–2 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 5–0 | 4–2 | 2–0 | 2–2 | 2–1 | 3–1 | 5–0 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 2–2 | 4–0 | 4–4 | |

## Relegation playoff

Unión de Curtidores won 4-3 on aggregate. Jalisco was relegated to Segunda División.

## Playoff

### Semifinal

**Group 1**

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | UANL | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 6 | +3 | 7 | Finals |
| 2 | América | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 5 | +1 | 6 | |
| 3 | UNAM | 6 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 6 | |
| 4 | Zacatepec | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 9 | −4 | 5 | |

Group A Results

Round 1 América 1 - 2 U.A.N.L. U.N.A.M. 0 - 0 Zacatepec

Round 2 América 2 - 0 Zacatepec U.A.N.L. 0 - 1 U.N.A.M.

Round 3 U.N.A.M. 0 - 1 América Zacatepec 1 - 1 U.A.N.L.

Round 4 Zacatepec 0 - 0 U.N.A.M. U.A.N.L. 0 - 0 América

Round 5 Zacatepec 3 - 2 América U.N.A.M. 2 - 2 U.A.N.L.

Round 6 América 0 - 0 U.N.A.M. U.A.N.L. 4 - 1 Zacatepec

**Group B**

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Cruz Azul | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 6 | +2 | 8 | Finals |
| 2 | Atlante | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 12 | 10 | +2 | 6 | |
| 3 | Deportivo Neza | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 6 | |
| 4 | Tampico Madero | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 10 | −4 | 4 | |

Group B Results

Round 1 Tampico Madero 0 - 1 Cruz Azul Neza 1 – 0 Atlante

Round 2 Cruz Azul 4 - 2 Atlante Neza 1 - 1 Tampico Madero

Round 3 Neza 0 - 2 Cruz Azul Atlante 5 - 2 Tampico

Round 4 Cruz Azul 0 - 1 Tampico Madero Atlante 1 – 1 Neza

Round 5 Cruz Azul 1 - 0 Neza Tampico Madero 1 - 1 Atlante

Round 6 Tampico Madero 1 - 2 Neza Atlante 3 - 1 Cruz Azul

## Final

Cruz Azul won 4-3 on aggregate.

* 1979–80 winners
* Cruz Azul 7th title
