1973–74 Mexican Primera División season

Primera División de México
Season	1973-74
Champions	Cruz Azul (5th Title)
Relegated	San Luis
Champions' Cup	Monterrey Atlético Español
Matches played	314
Goals scored	941 (3 per match)
Top goalscorer	Horacio López Salgado (25 goals)
← 1972-73 1974-75 →

Statistics of Primera División de México in season 1973-74.

Overview

Ciudad Madero was promoted to Primera División.

This season was contested by 18 teams, and Cruz Azul won the championship.

San Luis was relegated to Segunda División.

UDG acquired Torreón franchise to reach the Primera Division for the 1974-75 season.

Segunda División semifinalists, UASLP-Pumas (re-branded to Atlético Potosino) and Unión de Curtidores were promoted to the Primera División to increase the number of teams to 20 for the 1974-75 season.

Group stage

Group 1

Pos	Club	P	W	D	L	GF	GA	Pts	Result
1	Cruz Azul	34	18	13	3	69	35	49	Playoffs
2	Monterrey	34	22	4	8	65	36	48	Playoffs
3	Toluca	34	14	11	9	53	43	39
4	UNAM	34	12	13	9	55	42	37
5	Atlas	34	14	8	12	53	52	36
6	Jalisco	34	13	9	12	51	49	35
7	Guadalajara	34	11	12	11	43	45	34
8	Zacatepec	34	12	9	13	48	51	33
9	Laguna	34	9	10	15	39	54	28	Relegation Playoff

Group 2

Pos	Club	P	W	D	L	GF	GA	Pts	Result
1	Atlético Español	34	15	11	8	66	47	41	Playoffs
2	Puebla	34	13	14	7	57	40	40	Playoffs
3	León	34	12	16	6	62	44	40
4	América	34	14	9	11	55	43	37
5	Torreón	34	8	9	17	47	72	25
6	Atlante	34	5	14	15	44	67	24
7	Ciudad Madero	34	6	11	17	38	75	23
8	Veracruz	34	7	8	19	33	53	22
9	San Luis	34	8	5	21	35	65	21	Relegation Playoff

Results

	AME	ATT	ATL	ATE	CDM	CRA	GDL	JAL	LAG	LEO	MTY	PUE	SAL	TOL	TOR	UNI	VER	ZAC
América		2-2	2-1	3-0	1-1	2-1	0-1	2-0	1-0	4-0	0-1	0-1	1-1	1-2	2-0	2-1	3-1	3-2
Atlante	1-4		2-2	2-2	2-2	1-4	2-2	2-1	2-1	1-1	0-3	0-2	4-0	3-2	0-0	0-2	2-4	1-1
Atlas	1-2	1-1		2-2	1-2	0-2	1-2	1-1	4-0	1-1	1-3	3-2	1-0	0-1	4-1	2-0	2-1	0-1
Atlético Español	3-3	3-2	5-1		7-0	0-3	3-1	3-0	2-2	3-1	3-1	0-0	5-1	1-0	3-1	1-1	2-0	1-0
Ciudad Madero	0-2	0-0	1-3	0-2		1-2	0-0	2-2	2-1	1-1	3-0	1-1	1-1	1-1	4-0	0-1	3-3	1-2
Cruz Azul	4-2	3-2	1-2	3-3	5-0		0-0	2-1	1-1	1-0	2-0	1-1	2-0	1-1	4-1	2-2	2-0	4-0
Guadalajara	0-2	1-0	1-3	1-0	3-0	1-1		0-1	3-1	2-2	1-1	2-2	1-2	3-2	3-4	0-3	1-0	2-2
Jalisco	2-1	0-2	2-3	3-3	6-3	1-2	0-1		2-0	1-1	0-1	1-2	2-1	4-0	2-2	2-2	2-1	1-0
Laguna	1-1	3-2	1-0	2-0	3-1	0-0	3-1	3-3		0-1	2-4	1-4	2-4	2-2	2-0	2-0	2-0	0-0
León	2-2	2-0	1-1	2-2	1-1	2-2	4-2	2-3	1-1		2-0	4-2	3-0	7-0	4-0	3-3	3-2	3-1
Monterrey	2-1	3-1	0-2	2-2	3-0	1-0	1-0	0-2	1-0	2-0		4-3	2-1	1-1	3-1	1-0	1-0	0-1
Puebla	2-1	4-1	2-2	1-1	0-1	2-2	0-2	0-0	0-0	2-1	1-1		6-0	1-1	3-3	2-2	3-0	3-1
San Luis	1-0	4-1	1-2	2-3	2-1	1-2	1-1	1-2	3-0	0-0	1-5	2-1		0-2	1-0	1-1	0-1	0-1
Toluca	2-2	0-1	3-0	3-0	4-0	3-3	1-0	0-1	1-0	0-0	2-0	0-1	2-1		3-1	2-2	3-1	1-1
Torreón	3-2	3-1	1-2	1-1	4-3	0-1	0-0	3-1	4-0	2-2	1-5	0-1	2-1	2-2		1-1	2-2	1-3
UNAM	1-1	3-3	4-0	1-0	4-0	0-2	0-0	0-0	3-1	2-3	0-4	1-1	3-1	0-1	4-1		4-0	2-1
Veracruz	0-0	2-0	1-2	0-0	1-2	2-2	1-3	2-0	1-1	0-0	0-2	0-1	2-0	1-0	2-0	0-1		1-1
Zacatepec	3-0	0-0	2-2	2-0	6-0	2-2	2-2	1-2	0-1	0-2	2-7	1-0	3-0	1-5	0-2	2-1	3-1

Relegation Playoff

San Luis v Laguna

San Luis	0-0	Laguna

Laguna v San Luis

Laguna	2-0	San Luis

Laguna won 2-0 on aggregate. San Luis relegated to Segunda Division.

Championship Playoff

Bracket

Semifinals					Final

1	Cruz Azul	1	6	7
4	Puebla	1	1	2
					1	Cruz Azul	1	3	4

					3	Atlético Español	2	0	2
2	Monterrey	4	1	5

3	Atlético Español	3	3	6

Semifinal

Puebla v Cruz Azul

Puebla	1-1	Cruz Azul

Cruz Azul v Puebla

Cruz Azul	6-1	Puebla

Cruz Azul won 7-2 on aggregate.

Atlético Español v Monterrey

Atlético Español	3-4	Monterrey

Monterrey v Atlético Español

Monterrey	1-3	Atlético Español

Atlético Español won 6-5 on aggregate.

Final

Atlético Español v Cruz Azul

May 12, 1974

Atlético Español	2-1	Cruz Azul
Alejandro Roman Ricardo Brandón	Report	Eladio Vera 86'

Estadio Azteca, Mexico City

Cruz Azul v Atlético Español

May 19, 1974

Cruz Azul	3-0	Atlético Español
Horacio Lopez Salgado 13' Fernando Bustos 70' Ignacio Flores	Report

Estadio Azteca, Mexico City
Referee: Abel Aguilar

Cruz Azul won 4-2 on aggregate.

1973-74 winners:
Cruz Azul 5th Title

References

Mexico - List of final tables (RSSSF)

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