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1970 Mexican Primera División season

28th professional season of the top-flight football league in Mexico

Field	Value
competition	Primera División de México
season	México 70
winners	Cruz Azul (2nd title)
continentalcup1	Champions' Cup
continentalcup1 qualifiers	Cruz Azul
matches	480
total goals	550
prevseason	1969–70
nextseason	1970–71

México 1970 In celebration of the 1970 World Cup (Mexico '70) the Mexican Football Federation held a tournament in two phases, before the world cup (Feb. 4 - May 10) and after the world cup (July 8 - Oct. 11).

Sixteen teams were seeded in two groups of eight teams, first four places of each group advanced to the "Championship Group" and the last four teams of each group played in a "Consolation Group".

Laguna last place of the 1969-70 season, was scheduled to play against the last place of the Consolation Group in a playoff relegation series, but due to expansion to 18 teams for the 1970-71 season this series was cancelled, there was no relegation.

Overview

This tournament was contested by 16 teams, and Cruz Azul won the championship.

After this tournament Oro changed its name to Jalisco.

Teams

Team	City	Stadium
América	Mexico City	Azteca
Atlante	Mexico City	Azteca
Atlas	Guadalajara, Jalisco	Jalisco
Cruz Azul	Jasso, Hidalgo	10 de Diciembre
Guadalajara	Guadalajara, Jalisco	Jalisco
Irapuato	Irapuato, Guanajuato	Irapuato
Laguna	Torreón, Coahuila	San Isidro
León	León, Guanajuato	León
Monterrey	Monterrey, Nuevo León	Tecnológico
Necaxa	Mexico City	Azteca
Oro	Guadalajara, Jalisco	Jalisco
Pachuca	Pachuca, Hidalgo	Revolución Mexicana
Toluca	Toluca, State of Mexico	Toluca 70
Torreón	Torreón, Coahuila	Revolución / Moctezuma
UNAM	Mexico City	Olímpico Universitario
Veracruz	Veracruz, Veracruz	Veracruzano

First stage

Group 1

Top four teams from each group advance to Championship Group. The bottom four plays in Consolation Group.

Results

Group 2

Results

Second stage

Championship group

Results

Consolation group

Results

Top scorers

Player	Nationality	Goals	Club
	Sergio Anaya		16	León
	Octavio Muciño		14	Cruz Azul
	Luis Estrada		14	León
	Jesús Zárate Pérez		12	Pachuca
	José Rodríguez Sevilla		11	Atlas
	Tibor Vigh		10	Laguna
Pedro Damián Álvarez		11	Veracruz
Mariano Ubiracy		8	Veracruz
José Luis Guerrero		8	León
Juan Manuel Olague		8	Guadalajara

Notes

References

Mexico - List of final tables (RSSSF)

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