1971–72 Mexican Segunda División season

The 1971–72 Segunda División was the 23rd season of the Mexican Segunda División. The season started on 27 October 1971 and concluded on 26 July 1972. It was won by Atlas.[1]

Segunda División de México
Season1971–72
ChampionsAtlas (2nd Title)
PromotedLobos Querétaro
RelegatedUniversidad Veracruzana
Matches played316
Goals scored853 (2.7 per match)
Top goalscorerRicardo Chavarín
(26 goals)

As of this season, the format of the league changed, there were created two groups, the first and second place of each must play a playoff series for the championship, at the same time the two last teams of each group must play a playoff relegation series. However, the matches between all the teams in the league were maintained.[2]

Changes

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Teams

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Club City Stadium
Atlas Guadalajara Estadio Jalisco
Atlético Cuernavaca Cuernavaca Estadio Centenario
Cuautla Cuautla Estadio Isidro Gil Tapia
La Piedad La Piedad Estadio Juan N. López
Lobos Querétaro Querétaro City Estadio Municipal de Querétaro
Ciudad Madero Ciudad Madero Estadio Tamaulipas
Morelia Morelia Estadio Venustiano Carranza
Nacional Guadalajara Estadio Jalisco
Naucalpan Naucalpan Unidad Cuauhtémoc
Querétaro Querétaro City Estadio Municipal de Querétaro
Salamanca Salamanca Estadio El Molinito
Tampico Tampico Estadio Tamaulipas
Tepic Tepic Estadio Nicolás Álvarez Ortega
Unión de Curtidores León Estadio La Martinica
UANL Monterrey Estadio Universitario
Universidad Veracruzana Xalapa Estadio Antonio M. Quirasco
Ciudad Victoria Ciudad Victoria Estadio Marte R. Gómez
Zamora Zamora Estadio Moctezuma

Group stage

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Group A

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 UANL (Q) 34 18 5 11 52 36 +16 41 Qualified to Playoffs
2 Zamora (Q) 34 14 12 8 37 29 +8 40
3 La Piedad 34 14 12 8 36 32 +4 40
4 Naucalpan 34 15 9 10 67 43 +24 39
5 Ciudad Madero 34 12 11 11 51 58 −7 35
6 Nacional 34 8 15 11 45 57 −12 31
7 Cuautla 34 10 7 17 42 58 −16 27
8 Lobos Querétaro 34 7 12 15 34 53 −19 26 Relegation Playoffs
9 Universidad Veracruzana (R) 34 10 5 19 39 55 −16 25
Source: RSSSF
(Q) Qualified for the phase indicated; (R) Relegated

Group 1

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Atlas (Q) 34 23 7 4 82 33 +49 53 Qualified to Playoffs
2 Salamanca (Q) 34 12 16 6 43 33 +10 40
3 Tampico 34 18 4 12 50 41 +9 40
4 Querétaro 34 13 10 11 52 38 +14 36
5 Tepic 34 12 9 13 40 40 0 33
6 Unión de Curtidores 34 11 9 14 45 51 −6 31
7 Morelia 34 12 7 15 47 53 −6 31
8 Atlético Cuernavaca 34 10 8 16 48 57 −9 28 Relegation Playoffs
9 Ciudad Victoria 34 3 10 21 26 69 −43 16
Source: RSSSF
(Q) Qualified for the phase indicated

Results

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Home \ Away ATL ATC CUA LPD LQR MAD MOR NAC NAU QUE SAL TAM TEP UDC UNL UVC VIC ZAM
Atlas 3–1 5–1 5–0 3–1 3–0 2–2 1–1 1–0 4–0 2–1 4–1 4–3 5–2 4–2 3–1 4–1 3–1
Atl. Cuernavaca 1–0 1–1 0–1 4–1 1–1 2–0 2–1 0–1 2–2 0–1 2–0 0–1 3–0 0–0 3–0 2–1 1–2
Cuautla 0–1 1–1 1–2 2–2 1–0 0–1 2–3 1–0 0–1 0–0 2–2 3–2 0–1 1–3 3–1 4–2 1–0
La Piedad 0–1 2–0 3–0 2–0 1–1 1–0 3–3 2–1 1–0 0–0 2–0 0–0 1–0 0–0 2–1 2–2 0–0
Lobos Querétaro 1–3 3–2 2–1 2–1 0–1 1–1 4–1 2–2 2–1 1–1 1–0 0–3 2–2 3–2 5–3 3–0 0–2
Ciudad Madero 0–0 4–2 2–1 0–0 2–0 4–2 4–1 2–2 2–1 1–1 1–0 0–3 2–2 3–2 5–3 3–0 0–2
Morelia 2–5 1–1 4–1 3–1 1–1 4–3 1–2 2–3 2–1 3–3 4–0 2–1 0–0 0–2 2–0 3–1 1–0
Nacional 2–2 3–4 1–1 2–0 2–0 2–2 1–2 1–3 1–1 1–0 1–4 1–1 0–0 1–2 1–0 1–0 0–2
Naucalpan 0–1 3–1 4–2 2–0 3–1 4–1 2–1 2–2 2–0 2–1 3–4 1–0 2–0 3–4 5–1 8–0 0–0
Querétaro 2–0 2–2 1–2 1–1 1–1 6–0 3–0 7–0 1–1 2–2 1–0 2–1 2–2 1–0 0–0 3–0 2–1
Salamanca 1–1 1–3 3–1 1–1 1–1 2–1 3–0 2–2 3–3 1–0 1–2 0–0 1–0 1–0 2–1 2–0 1–1
Tampico 0–0 4–2 1–2 2–1 1–0 3–0 0–1 0–0 2–1 2–1 0–1 3–1 1–0 3–1 3–2 3–0 0–0
Tepic 1–2 3–1 2–2 0–0 2–1 1–1 1–0 1–3 1–0 0–1 0–2 2–1 2–1 0–0 4–0 1–0 1–2
Unión de Curtidores 1–5 3–1 2–4 1–2 5–2 4–2 1–0 5–2 1–1 2–0 1–1 1–2 2–2 1–0 1–0 3–1 2–2
UANL 2–0 2–0 4–1 0–0 1–0 3–1 2–1 3–2 1–1 0–2 0–1 2–0 1–2 1–2 1–3 4–0 3–0
Univ. Veracruzana 2–0 2–2 1–1 1–2 1–1 0–1 3–1 2–1 2–1 0–1 1–1 0–1 3–1 1–0 0–1 4–2 3–0
Ciudad Victoria 0–4 2–0 0–1 0–1 0–0 1–1 2–0 1–1 2–2 2–2 1–1 0–0 1–0 0–1 1–2 0–1 0–0
Zamora 1–1 3–1 1–0 2–0 3–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 1–1 2–1 1–0 2–1 0–1 2–1 1–2 2–0 3–1
Source: RSSSF
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Promotion Playoff

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Semi-finals Final
        
1 Atlas 3 3 6
4 Zamora 1 1 2
1 Atlas 4
2 UANL 0
2 UANL 3 1 4
3 Salamanca 1 0 1

Final Game

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Atlas4–0UANL
José Luis Herrera   16' 
Berna García   29' 
José Cedano   75' 
José de Jesús Aceves   89'
Report

References

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  1. ^ "Atlas". FMF.com.mx (in Spanish). Retrieved 13 September 2020.
  2. ^ a b c Lugo, Erick Francisco; Toscano, Martín. "Mexico 1970/1971". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. Retrieved 13 September 2020.
  3. ^ "San Luis". FMF.com.mx (in Spanish). Retrieved 12 September 2020.
  4. ^ Romero, Raúl (25 July 2019). "El segundo descenso del Atlas: fracasos en la Tierra y en la Luna". El Informador (in Spanish). Retrieved 5 April 2021.