1972–73 Mexican Primera División season

Team	City	Stadium
América	Mexico City	Azteca
Atlante	Mexico City	Azteca
Atlas	Guadalajara, Jalisco	Jalisco
Atlético Español	Mexico City	Azteca
Cruz Azul	Mexico City	Azteca
Guadalajara	Guadalajara, Jalisco	Jalisco
Jalisco	Guadalajara, Jalisco	Jalisco
Laguna	Torreón, Coahuila	San Isidro
León	León, Guanajuato	León
Monterrey	Monterrey, Nuevo León	Tecnológico / Universitario
Pachuca	Pachuca, Hidalgo	Revolución Mexicana
Puebla	Puebla, Puebla	Cuauhtémoc
San Luis	San Luis Potosí, S.L.P.	Plan de San Luis
Toluca	Toluca, State of Mexico	Toluca 70
Torreón	Torreón, Coahuila	Moctezuma
UNAM	Mexico City	Olímpico Universitario
Veracruz	Veracruz, Veracruz	Veracruzano
Zacatepec	Zacatepec, Morelos	Agustín "Coruco" Díaz

Group stage

Group 1

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Cruz Azul	34	19	8	7	60	37	+23	46	Playoffs
2	Atlético Español	34	12	12	10	43	43	0	36	Playoffs
3	UNAM	34	14	7	13	37	32	+5	35
4	Puebla	34	12	9	13	46	46	0	33
5	Guadalajara	34	10	12	12	38	39	−1	32
6	Monterrey	34	10	12	12	31	38	−7	32
7	Veracruz	34	10	12	12	41	51	−10	32
8	Zacatepec	34	8	12	14	41	50	−9	28	Relegation Playoffs
9	Pachuca	34	9	6	19	40	68	−28	24	Relegation Playoffs

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Group 2

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	León	34	18	8	8	59	34	+25	44	Playoffs
2	Atlas	34	18	8	8	63	38	+25	44	Playoffs
3	América	34	13	16	5	52	33	+19	42
4	Toluca	34	13	13	8	51	39	+12	39
5	Atlante	34	9	14	11	40	47	−7	32
6	Jalisco	34	12	7	15	45	57	−12	31
7	San Luis	34	9	11	14	49	57	−8	29
8	Torreón	34	9	9	16	37	54	−17	27	Relegation Playoffs
9	Laguna	34	8	10	16	36	46	−10	26	Relegation Playoffs

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Results

Home \ Away	AME	ATT	ATL	ATE	CRA	GDL	JAL	LAG	LEO	MTY	PAC	PUE	SNL	TOL	TOR	UNM	VER	ZAC
América		3–2	2–1	1–1	0–0	1–0	2–1	1–0	1–1	1–1	4–0	2–2	1–2	0–0	2–0	0–0	5–1	3–0
Atlante	0–0		1–1	1–1	1–0	2–0	2–1	0–0	0–2	2–2	1–1	2–2	5–2	2–2	2–2	1–2	2–0	2–1
Atlas	3–1	3–2		0–1	1–2	2–1	3–3	3–2	1–0	1–3	5–1	0–0	4–0	4–1	2–1	1–1	4–1	2–0
Atlético Español	0–4	2–1	1–3		2–3	0–0	0–2	2–1	0–0	0–0	4–4	2–3	1–0	0–0	3–0	2–0	1–1	2–1
Cruz Azul	2–2	0–1	2–0	1–2		3–1	1–0	2–1	1–1	3–1	2–1	3–2	4–0	2–4	1–0	2–1	3–0	1–1
Guadalajara	0–0	0–0	1–0	1–1	1–3		2–2	2–1	2–2	1–0	1–1	6–0	1–2	0–2	3–0	2–1	1–1	0–0
Jalisco	3–2	2–0	0–4	2–1	0–2	1–2		0–3	0–1	1–1	3–2	3–2	1–0	3–2	0–4	0–2	0–1	2–2
Laguna	0–0	0–0	0–2	1–2	2–3	2–1	3–1		0–1	0–0	0–0	2–0	2–1	2–1	2–0	1–1	0–3	0–2
León	1–2	4–0	0–1	2–0	2–2	1–0	3–1	2–3		2–1	3–0	2–0	1–0	3–2	2–0	1–0	6–1	5–3
Monterrey	1–1	0–1	1–1	1–0	2–1	0–0	2–1	1–0	2–1		1–0	3–2	1–1	2–2	2–1	0–2	0–0	1–0
Pachuca	1–2	2–2	1–2	1–0	1–4	0–2	2–4	3–2	1–0	3–0		2–1	1–1	3–1	3–0	0–1	1–1	2–1
Puebla	3–2	0–1	0–0	2–3	2–1	4–2	0–1	2–1	1–0	1–0	3–0		3–1	0–1	2–1	0–1	3–0	2–2
San Luis	0–0	0–0	2–3	2–2	1–1	3–0	1–1	4–0	2–4	2–2	2–0	1–1		2–2	2–0	3–0	1–2	4–1
Toluca	2–2	2–1	1–1	2–2	0–0	0–0	0–0	1–0	1–1	1–0	3–0	2–0	1–0		4–0	0–1	4–2	0–1
Torreón	0–0	3–2	2–1	0–2	1–2	2–1	2–3	2–2	4–1	1–0	2–0	0–0	3–3	0–3		2–1	0–0	1–0
UNAM	1–2	2–0	1–1	1–0	1–0	0–0	1–2	2–2	0–2	3–0	0–2	3–0	1–2	0–1	2–2		1–0	2–0
Veracruz	3–2	1–1	1–0	1–2	1–1	1–2	1–1	1–1	1–1	1–0	1–0	0–1	6–1	4–2	0–0	1–0		2–3
Zacatepec	1–1	4–0	2–3	1–1	1–2	1–2	1–0	0–0	1–1	1–0	4–2	1–1	2–1	1–1	1–1	0–2	1–1

Source: ^{[citation needed]}
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Relegation playoff

Bracket

Semifinals					Final

15	Laguna (agg 4-1)	1	0	3

17	Zacatepec	0	1	0
					17	Zacatepec	0	1	1

					18	Pachuca	0	0	0
16	Torreón	0	3	3

18	Pachuca	0	1	1

Semifinal

27 May 1973

Laguna	1-0	Zacatepec
Ramírez 56'

Estadio San Isidro, Torreón

3 June 1973

Zacatepec	1-0	Laguna
Estrada 31' (pen.)

Estadio Agustín Coruco Díaz, Zacatepec

Aggregate tied. 3rd match will be played.

6 June 1973

Laguna	3-0	Zacatepec
Lostaunau 5' Reyes 43' Ramírez 66'

Estadio Jalisco, Guadalajara

Laguna won 4–1 on aggregate.

3 June 1973

Torreón	0-0	Pachuca

Estadio Moctezuma, Torreón

10 June 1973

Pachuca	1-3	Torreón
González 46'		Tarabini 28' Estrada 28' Cibeyra 87'

Estadio Revolución Mexicana, Pachuca

Torreón won 3–1 on aggregate.

Relegation Final

20 June 1973

Pachuca	0-0	Zacatepec

Estadio Azteca, Mexico City

Aggregate tied. A replay will be played

23 June 1973

Pachuca	0-1	Zacatepec
		Peralta 61'

Estadio Azteca, Mexico City

Zacatepec won 1–0 in aggregate. Pachuca was relegated to Segunda Division.

Championship playoff

Bracket

Semifinals					Final

1	Cruz Azul	3	1	4

3	Atlas	2	0	2
					1	Cruz Azul	1	0	2

					2	León	1	0	1
2	León	0	3	1 (6)

4	Atlético Español	0	3	1 (5)

Semifinal

26 May 1973

Atlas	2-3	Cruz Azul
Chavarín 8', 36'		Pulido 49' López Salgado 57' Muciño 85'

Estadio Jalisco, Guadalajara

3 June 1973

Cruz Azul	1-0	Atlas
López Salgado 38'

Estadio Azteca, Mexico City

Cruz Azul won 4–2 on aggregate.

26 May 1973

Atlético Español	0-0	León

Estadio Azteca, Mexico City

3 June 1973

León	3-3	Atlético Español
Salomone 25', 66' Albrecht 52' (pen.)		Tabaré González 2' Boy 76' Brandon 89'

Estadio León, León

Aggregate tied. 3rd match will be played.

6 June 1973

León	1-1 (a.e.t.)	Atlético Español
Albrecht 80' (pen.)		Bustos 20'
Penalties
	6–5

Estadio Cuauhtémoc, Puebla

Aggregate 4-4. León won in penalties 6-5.

Final

June 12, 1973

León	1-1	Cruz Azul
Albrecht	Report	Bustos

Estadio León, Leon, Guanajuato

June 17, 1973

Cruz Azul	0-0	León
	Report

Estadio Azteca, Mexico City

Referee: Javier Galindo

Aggregate 1-1. 3rd match will be played.

June 19, 1973

Cruz Azul	2-1 (a.e.t.)	León
Guzmán Davino 115' (o.g.)	Report	Salomone 26'

Estadio Cuauhtémoc, Puebla

Attendance: 35,000

Cruz Azul won 3–2 on aggregate.

1972–73 winners
4th title

References

Mexico - List of final tables (RSSSF)