1968–69 Mexican Primera División season

Statistics of the México Primera División for the 1968–69 season.

Primera División de México

Season	1968–69
Champions	Cruz Azul (1st title)
Relegated	Nuevo León
Champions' Cup	Cruz Azul
Matches	240
Goals	655 (2.73 per match)
← 1967–68 1969–70 →

Overview

Laguna was promoted to Primera División.

The season was contested by 16 teams, and Cruz Azul won the championship. The season was suspended from September 16 to November 8 for the celebration of the 1968 Summer Olympic Games in Mexico City.

Nuevo León was relegated to Segunda División

Teams

Mexico City

Atlas
Guadalajara
Oro

León

Toluca

Irapuato

Monterrey
Nuevo León

Laguna

Cruz Azul

Veracruz

Pachuca

Mexico City teams
América
Atlante
Necaxa
UNAM

Location of the 1968-69 Primera División teams

League standings

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Cruz Azul	30	18	8	4	49	26	+23	44	Champions
2	Guadalajara	30	14	10	6	45	30	+15	38
3	Toluca	30	13	8	9	43	30	+13	34
4	UNAM	30	13	8	9	50	42	+8	34
5	América	30	14	6	10	38	36	+2	34
6	Atlas	30	13	8	9	41	39	+2	34
7	León	30	13	5	12	54	50	+4	31
8	Atlante	30	12	7	11	43	44	−1	31
9	Necaxa	30	10	9	11	38	31	+7	29
10	Pachuca	30	11	6	13	49	51	−2	28
11	Monterrey	30	10	8	12	37	46	−9	28
12	Veracruz	30	8	11	11	29	35	−6	27
13	Laguna	30	7	9	14	34	45	−11	23
14	Irapuato	30	7	9	14	38	52	−14	23
15	Nuevo León	30	7	7	16	33	44	−11	21	Relegation Playoff
16	Oro	30	7	7	16	34	54	−20	21

Source:

1968–69 winners
1st title

Results

Home \ Away	AME	ATE	ATS	CAZ	GDL	IRA	LAG	LEO	MTY	NEC	JNL	ORO	PAC	TOL	UNM	VER
América	—	0–1	0–1	0–2	2–2	0–0	2–1	1–0	1–0	2–0	4–2	1–0	3–1	2–1	1–1	2–1
Atlante	2–0	—	5–2	0–1	0–2	3–0	2–0	2–1	1–0	1–2	1–5	1–1	3–1	3–1	2–4	1–1
Atlas	2–2	1–2	—	1–0	0–0	0–0	1–0	4–2	2–0	0–1	2–0	1–3	2–0	1–0	2–0	2–2
Cruz Azul	2–0	2–2	3–1	—	2–0	2–0	1–1	4–1	3–0	0–0	2–0	2–1	2–1	2–2	1–0	0–0
Guadalajara	3–0	3–1	2–2	0–1	—	3–1	1–1	2–0	0–0	0–2	0–3	4–2	1–1	1–0	3–2	1–0
Irapuato	0–2	1–1	5–0	0–2	0–0	—	4–2	1–1	3–0	1–5	1–1	2–1	2–3	2–1	2–2	3–1
Laguna	2–0	2–0	1–2	1–2	2–2	0–0	—	1–4	2–3	1–0	2–0	0–0	2–0	1–1	1–2	1–0
León	2–3	2–0	0–1	2–3	0–5	4–2	3–1	—	1–1	5–1	3–0	5–3	4–2	3–2	2–1	1–0
Monterrey	2–1	1–1	1–0	2–2	0–1	2–0	1–1	2–2	—	0–3	1–0	2–3	3–2	1–1	4–2	1–0
Necaxa	2–0	2–1	1–1	0–1	1–2	2–1	4–1	0–1	2–2	—	1–1	6–1	0–0	0–1	1–1	1–0
Nuevo León	0–1	3–1	1–2	0–1	1–2	3–1	1–2	0–0	1–5	3–1	—	1–1	0–0	0–0	0–1	1–1
Oro	1–2	0–1	2–4	1–1	0–0	1–1	1–1	0–1	0–1	1–0	3–2	—	3–1	2–1	2–4	1–0
Pachuca	0–2	3–3	2–1	2–2	1–2	3–0	1–0	4–2	2–1	1–0	2–3	1–0	—	3–0	4–1	6–2
Toluca	1–1	3–0	1–0	3–2	1–0	2–0	4–2	1–0	4–0	1–1	2–0	4–0	2–1	—	0–1	2–0
UNAM	2–2	0–2	3–2	4–1	2–1	4–1	1–1	1–1	2–0	1–0	0–1	1–0	5–1	1–1	—	1–1
Veracruz	2–1	0–0	1–1	1–0	2–2	1–4	2–1	2–1	3–1	0–0	1–0	3–0	0–0	0–0	2–0	—

Updated to match(es) played on 2 March 1969. Source: RSSSF
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Relegation Playoff

6 March 1969

Nuevo León	1–1 (a.e.t.)	Oro
Dámaso Pérez 32' (pen.)		Miguel Ángel Perrichón 22'

Estadio Azteca, México City

Aggregate tied. Replay will take place.

9 March 1969

Nuevo León	2–2 (a.e.t.)	Oro
Mario Aguilar 2' José Álvarez Crespo 13'		Bernardino Brambila 23' José de Oliveira 58'

Estadio Azteca, México City

Aggregate tied. Replay will take place.

13 March 1969

Nuevo León	0–1	Oro
	2nd Replay	Bernardino Brambila 89'

Estadio Azteca, México City

Oro won 4-3 on aggregate. Nuevo León is relegated to Segunda Division.

References

• Mexico - List of final tables (RSSSF)