1988–89 Mexican Primera División season
# 1988–89 Mexican Primera División season

Statistics of Primera División de México in season 1988–89.

## Overview

It was contested by 20 teams, and América won the championship.

Cobras was promoted from Segunda División.

Atlético Potosino was relegated to Segunda División.

### Teams

* Atlas
* Guadalajara
* Tecos
* UdeG
* Monterrey
* UANL

## Group stage

### Group 1

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | América | 38 | 17 | 9 | 12 | 58 | 39 | +19 | 43 | Playoff |
| 2 | Cruz Azul | 38 | 16 | 11 | 11 | 68 | 59 | +9 | 43 | Playoff |
| 3 | Toluca | 38 | 11 | 10 | 17 | 58 | 67 | −9 | 32 | |
| 4 | Irapuato | 38 | 9 | 14 | 15 | 43 | 57 | −14 | 32 | |
| 5 | Monterrey | 38 | 7 | 15 | 16 | 44 | 66 | −22 | 29 | |

### Group 2

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Puebla | 38 | 20 | 13 | 5 | 73 | 31 | +42 | 53 | Playoff |
| 2 | Atlante | 38 | 20 | 9 | 9 | 59 | 41 | +18 | 49 | Playoff |
| 3 | U. de G. | 38 | 15 | 11 | 12 | 48 | 51 | −3 | 41 | |
| 4 | UANL | 38 | 11 | 11 | 16 | 38 | 60 | −22 | 33 | |
| 5 | Santos | 38 | 7 | 15 | 16 | 31 | 56 | −25 | 29 | |

### Group 3

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Tampico Madero | 38 | 20 | 7 | 11 | 87 | 56 | +31 | 47 | Playoff |
| 2 | Guadalajara | 38 | 19 | 9 | 10 | 66 | 43 | +23 | 47 | Playoff |
| 3 | Necaxa | 38 | 17 | 11 | 10 | 57 | 38 | +19 | 45 | |
| 4 | Morelia | 38 | 12 | 17 | 9 | 60 | 53 | +7 | 41 | |
| 5 | Atlético Potosino | 38 | 6 | 10 | 22 | 31 | 68 | −37 | 22 | Relegated |

### Group 4

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | UNAM | 38 | 13 | 15 | 10 | 42 | 30 | +12 | 41 | Playoff |
| 2 | Tecos | 38 | 13 | 12 | 13 | 51 | 51 | 0 | 38 | Playoff |
| 3 | Cobras | 38 | 8 | 19 | 11 | 44 | 56 | −12 | 35 | |
| 4 | UAT | 38 | 11 | 12 | 15 | 48 | 58 | −10 | 34 | |
| 5 | Atlas | 38 | 9 | 8 | 21 | 47 | 73 | −26 | 26 | |

## Results

| Home \ Away | AME | ATE | ATS | COB | CAZ | GDL | IRA | MOR | MTY | NEC | POT | PUE | SAN | TAM | TEC | TOL | UNL | UAT | UDG | UNM |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| América | — | 0–2 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 1–2 | 3–1 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 3–1 | 0–2 | 4–0 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 3–2 | 3–0 | 3–0 | 4–0 | 3–1 | 0–0 | 0–1 |
| Atlante | 3–0 | — | 2–0 | 3–1 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 4–3 | 3–2 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 0–2 | 4–2 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 1–0 |
| Atlas | 1–5 | 0–2 | — | 2–1 | 2–1 | 2–2 | 5–1 | 2–2 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 4–1 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 2–4 | 0–0 | 2–3 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 0–2 | 1–0 |
| Cobras | 3–2 | 1–1 | 3–0 | — | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 2–2 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 2–2 | 3–5 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 4–1 | 3–0 | 2–1 | 1–3 |
| Cruz Azul | 1–3 | 0–3 | 5–0 | 1–1 | — | 0–1 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 3–4 | 4–2 | 4–0 | 3–2 | 2–1 | 1–0 |
| Guadalajara | 2–2 | 2–1 | 3–0 | 3–0 | 3–1 | — | 3–0 | 2–1 | 3–1 | 3–2 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 5–2 | 4–1 | 2–2 | 2–1 | 3–1 | 4–2 | 2–3 | 1–1 |
| Irapuato | 1–1 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 4–0 | 2–2 | 1–1 | — | 1–1 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 3–2 | 1–2 | 1–4 | 1–3 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 4–2 | 1–0 |
| Morelia | 2–1 | 1–0 | 3–2 | 4–0 | 3–3 | 3–2 | 1–1 | — | 1–1 | 2–1 | 4–0 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 4–2 | 3–3 | 4–2 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 1–0 |
| Monterrey | 1–1 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 1–4 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 2–2 | — | 0–1 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 1–0 | 3–1 | 3–2 | 0–2 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 0–3 |
| Necaxa | 0–0 | 3–1 | 6–0 | 1–1 | 4–1 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 2–2 | — | 4–3 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 3–0 | 3–1 | 1–2 | 0–2 |
| Atlético Potosino | 1–2 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 1–2 | 0–2 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 0–0 | — | 2–2 | 3–1 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 0–2 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 1–1 |
| Puebla | 3–1 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 3–0 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 4–1 | 3–0 | 2–2 | 4–0 | — | 6–0 | 1–1 | 4–1 | 3–0 | 3–1 | 2–2 | 2–1 | 1–1 |
| Santos | 1–2 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 3–1 | 1–4 | — | 0–0 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 0–0 |
| Tampico Madero | 2–0 | 3–1 | 2–1 | 3–2 | 5–0 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 3–0 | 4–2 | 2–1 | 4–0 | 5–1 | 4–1 | — | 1–3 | 7–2 | 3–0 | 5–5 | 5–1 | 1–1 |
| Tecos | 1–0 | 3–0 | 3–0 | 0–0 | 1–4 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 2–2 | 1–3 | 2–3 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 0–2 | — | 1–1 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 2–1 | 0–1 |
| Toluca | 0–2 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 2–3 | 1–0 | 3–3 | 1–0 | 3–3 | 2–3 | 5–3 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 4–2 | 1–2 | — | 4–1 | 4–1 | 0–0 | 0–1 |
| UANL | 0–0 | 2–2 | 1–0 | 3–2 | 3–2 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 1–3 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 2–0 | — | 1–0 | 1–0 | 0–3 |
| UAT | 0–0 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 3–2 | 3–0 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 2–2 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 1–1 | — | 0–1 | 2–0 |
| UdeG | 1–0 | 0–1 | 2–8 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 1–0 | 4–2 | 0–4 | 3–0 | 0–0 | 3–1 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 2–2 | — | 1–0 |
| UNAM | 1–2 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 3–0 | 1–2 | 0–3 | 3–2 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 1–1 | — |

## Playoff

### Semifinal

**Group 1**

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | América | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 12 | 6 | +6 | 8 | Final |
| 2 | Guadalajara | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 4 | +5 | 8 | |
| 3 | Puebla | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 10 | −3 | 5 | |
| 4 | Tecos | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 12 | −8 | 3 | |

**Group 2**

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Cruz Azul | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 9 | +1 | 8 | Final |
| 2 | Tampico Madero | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 10 | −1 | 7 | |
| 3 | UNAM | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 12 | 7 | +5 | 6 | |
| 4 | Atlante | 6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 14 | −5 | 3 | |

## Final

America won 5-4 on aggregate.

* 1988-89 winners
* América 8th title
