1972–73 Mexican Segunda División season

Football league season

Segunda División de MéxicoSeason| 1972–73

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Champions| Ciudad Madero (2nd Title)
Promoted| Orizaba
Tecnológico Celaya
U. de G.
UAEM
Relegated| Orizaba
Tec Celaya
Matches played| 318
Goals scored| 936 (2.94 per match)
Top goalscorer| Marino Guevara
José de Jesús Damían
(22 goals)

← 1971–72

1973–74 →

The 1972–73 Segunda División was the 24th season of the Mexican Segunda División. The season started on 26 November 1972 and concluded on 5 July 1973. It was won by Ciudad Madero.[1]

As of this season, the promotion playoff was established between the Second and Third Division. The penultimate and antepenultimate classified of this category had to play a series against the second and third place of the Third Division.

## Changes

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* Atlas was promoted to Primera División.[2]
* Irapuato was relegated from Segunda División.[3]
* Universidad Veracruzana was relegated from Segunda División.[4]
* Orizaba, Tecnológico de Celaya, U. de G. and UAEM were promoted from Tercera División.[4]
* Lobos Querétaro was disqualified for debts with the FMF.[4]
* La Piedad and Nacional asked for hiatus and did not take part in this season.[4]
* Tepic was renamed as Universidad de Nayarit.[4]

## Teams

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Madero
Tampico

Naucalpan

Victoria

UdeN

Zamora

Salamanca

UANL

UdeC

UdeG

Morelia

Cuernavaca

Cuautla

Irapuato

Querétaro

Orizaba

UAEM

Tec Cel

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1972–73 season Teams

Club  | City  | Stadium

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Atlético Cuernavaca | Cuernavaca | Estadio Centenario
Cuautla | Cuautla | Estadio Isidro Gil Tapia
Irapuato | Irapuato | Estadio Irapuato
Ciudad Madero | Ciudad Madero | Estadio Tamaulipas
Morelia | Morelia | Estadio Venustiano Carranza
Naucalpan  | Naucalpan | Unidad Cuauhtémoc
Orizaba | Orizaba | Estadio Socum
Querétaro | Querétaro City | Estadio Municipal de Querétaro
Salamanca | Salamanca | Estadio El Molinito
Tampico | Tampico | Estadio Tamaulipas
Tecnológico de Celaya  | Celaya | Estadio Miguel Alemán Valdés
Unión de Curtidores | León | Estadio La Martinica
UAEM | Toluca | Estadio Universitario Alberto "Chivo" Córdoba
UANL | Monterrey | Estadio Universitario
U. de G. | Guadalajara | Estadio Tecnológico U. de G.
U. de N. | Tepic | Estadio Nicolás Álvarez Ortega
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

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1  | Ciudad Madero (Q) | 34  | 18  | 8  | 8  | 50  | 34  | +16  | 44  | Qualified to Playoffs
2  | UANL (Q) | 34  | 17  | 8  | 9  | 56  | 31  | +25  | 42
3  | Naucalpan  | 34  | 16  | 8  | 10  | 70  | 51  | +19  | 40  |
4  | Unión de Curtidores | 34  | 11  | 16  | 7  | 54  | 48  | +6  | 38
5  | U. de G. | 34  | 11  | 12  | 11  | 51  | 42  | +9  | 34
6  | Zamora | 34  | 11  | 11  | 12  | 51  | 62  | −11  | 33
7  | UAEM | 34  | 7  | 15  | 12  | 36  | 39  | −3  | 29
8  | Ciudad Victoria  | 34  | 7  | 14  | 13  | 37  | 54  | −17  | 28
9  | Atlético Cuernavaca (R) | 34  | 7  | 5  | 22  | 38  | 88  | −50  | 19  | Relegated

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

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1  | Irapuato (Q) | 34  | 17  | 9  | 8  | 69  | 38  | +31  | 43  | Qualified to Playoffs
2  | Querétaro (Q) | 34  | 15  | 12  | 7  | 62  | 39  | +23  | 42
3  | Morelia | 34  | 17  | 8  | 9  | 47  | 33  | +14  | 42  |
4  | Tampico | 34  | 16  | 7  | 11  | 48  | 34  | +14  | 39
5  | Cuautla | 34  | 13  | 6  | 15  | 53  | 59  | −6  | 32
6  | Salamanca | 34  | 10  | 11  | 13  | 53  | 61  | −8  | 31
7  | Universidad de Nayarit | 34  | 10  | 8  | 16  | 51  | 59  | −8  | 28
8  | Tecnológico de Celaya  | 34  | 9  | 9  | 16  | 53  | 72  | −19  | 27  | Relegation Playoffs
9  | Orizaba | 34  | 8  | 5  | 21  | 44  | 79  | −35  | 21

Source: RSSSF
(Q) Qualified for the phase indicated

## Results

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Home \ Away  | ATC | CUA | IRA | MAD | MOR | NAU  | ORI | QUE | SAL | TAM | TEC  | UDC | UEM | UNL | UDG | UDN | VIC  | ZAM

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Atl. Cuernavaca | -- | 0–1  | 1–0  | 0–1  | 1–2  | 3–2  | 0–4  | 1–8  | 4–3  | 1–0  | 2–2  | 0–0  | 0–0  | 1–2  | 1–1  | 0–3  | 0–1  | 0–0
Cuautla | 5–2  | -- | 1–1  | 1–0  | 6–1  | 5–1  | 2–0  | 0–2  | 2–3  | 2–1  | 4–2  | 1–2  | 1–4  | 1–0  | 0–1  | 1–1  | 1–1  | 2–2
Irapuato | 2–1  | 5–0  | -- | 2–0  | 2–1  | 1–0  | 6–2  | 1–1  | 2–0  | 2–0  | 6–0  | 0–2  | 3–1  | 2–4  | 1–0  | 5–1  | 7–2  | 3–1
Ciudad Madero | 4–2  | 5–1  | 1–0  | -- | 0–2  | 1–0  | 3–0  | 1–1  | 2–1  | 3–2  | 4–1  | 0–0  | 0–0  | 1–0  | 1–1  | 2–1  | 0–0  | 3–1
Morelia | 5–3  | 2–0  | 0–0  | 0–1  | -- | 1–1  | 3–0  | 3–0  | 0–1  | 2–1  | 3–0  | 1–0  | 1–1  | 3–2  | 3–0  | 3–2  | 1–0  | 1–1
Naucalpan  | 6–1  | 4–3  | 1–1  | 2–1  | 2–0  | -- | 3–1  | 1–0  | 4–1  | 2–0  | 5–3  | 2–2  | 4–2  | 0–1  | 3–0  | 3–2  | 2–1  | 2–1
Orizaba | 1–2  | 3–3  | 2–0  | 1–2  | 0–1  | 1–2  | -- | 2–6  | 3–3  | 0–1  | 2–1  | 3–2  | 1–0  | 0–1  | 2–1  | 1–6  | 2–1  | 2–2
Querétaro | 3–0  | 2–0  | 2–4  | 1–2  | 0–0  | 3–2  | 0–0  | -- | 1–1  | 2–0  | 4–2  | 0–0  | 2–1  | 0–0  | 0–0  | 3–0  | 3–1  | 4–1
Salamanca | 1–3  | 3–0  | 1–1  | 2–0  | 1–1  | 4–4  | 3–2  | 0–2  | -- | 0–0  | 0–1  | 1–2  | 0–2  | 0–4  | 1–0  | 2–1  | 6–1  | 2–3
Tampico | 4–1  | 1–2  | 2–1  | 0–0  | 1–0  | 2–1  | 2–2  | 1–0  | 4–1  | -- | 2–1  | 3–2  | 1–1  | 2–0  | 2–0  | 5–0  | 2–0  | 2–0
Tec. Celaya  | 4–0  | 3–1  | 1–2  | 2–1  | 2–3  | 1–5  | 4–1  | 2–2  | 1–1  | 0–0  | -- | 0–0  | 1–2  | 2–2  | 2–5  | 2–2  | 0–1  | 2–3
Unión de Curtidores | 5–2  | 2–0  | 2–2  | 4–4  | 1–1  | 1–1  | 1–0  | 1–2  | 1–2  | 1–0  | 1–1  | -- | 2–1  | 2–1  | 2–1  | 2–2  | 0–0  | 1–3
UAEM | 5–0  | 0–2  | 1–1  | 0–1  | 1–0  | 0–0  | 0–0  | 1–1  | 1–2  | 0–0  | 1–2  | 2–2  | -- | 3–1  | 0–0  | 0–0  | 0–0  | 1–0
UANL | 4–0  | 0–1  | 1–0  | 2–1  | 0–0  | 1–1  | 4–0  | 0–0  | 2–0  | 1–1  | 0–1  | 4–2  | 4–0  | -- | 1–1  | 3–2  | 1–0  | 2–0
U. de G. | 5–1  | 2–1  | 2–2  | 0–1  | 1–2  | 1–0  | 5–1  | 2–2  | 1–1  | 0–1  | 1–1  | 3–3  | 2–1  | 1–2  | -- | 4–0  | 5–2  | 0–0
U. de N. | 1–0  | 0–1  | 1–2  | 1–2  | 1–0  | 0–0  | 4–1  | 4–1  | 1–1  | 1–1  | 1–2  | 1–2  | 2–1  | 0–0  | 0–2  | -- | 2–3  | 4–2
Ciudad Victoria  | 2–1  | 0–0  | 1–1  | 1–1  | 0–1  | 3–2  | 1–2  | 2–2  | 1–1  | 1–2  | 2–0  | 1–1  | 1–1  | 2–1  | 2–2  | 1–2  | -- | 0–0
Zamora | 1–4  | 3–2  | 2–1  | 2–1  | 1–0  | 3–2  | 2–1  | 2–0  | 4–4  | 1–0  | 1–1  | 3–3  | 2–2  | 1–5  | 0–1  | 1–2  | 2–2  | --

Source: RSSSF
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

## Promotion Playoff

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| Semi-finals | | | Final |

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| 1 | Irapuato | 2 | 1 | 3 | |
| 3 | UANL | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| | 1 | Irapuato | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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| | | 2 | Ciudad Madero | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 2 | Ciudad Madero | 1 | 3 | 4 |

| 4 | Querétaro | 2 | 1 | 3 |

### Final

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July 1, 1973

Ciudad Madero| 0–0| Irapuato

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| Report |

Estadio Tamaulipas, Tampico and Ciudad Madero

July 5, 1972

Irapuato| 0–2| Ciudad Madero

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| Report | Aurelio Barajas
Elías Aguilar

Estadio Irapuato, Irapuato

## Relegation Playoff

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| Playoffs | | | Winners |

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| 16 | Tecnológico de Celaya | 3 | 2 | 5 (3) | |
| 3 | Universidad de San Luis (p.) | 3 | 2 | 5 (4) |
| | 3 | Universidad de San Luis |  |
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| | | 2 | Nuevo Necaxa |  |
| 17 | Orizaba | 0 | 3 | 3 |

| 2 | Nuevo Necaxa | 1 | 4 | 5 |

## References

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1. ^ Leal, Guillermo. "El deporte: una vida fugaz en Tampico y Ciudad Madero" (in Spanish). Retrieved 14 September 2020.
2. ^ "Atlas". FMF.com.mx (in Spanish). Retrieved 13 September 2020.
3. ^ "El primer descenso del Irapuato". TUDN (in Spanish). 15 July 2018. Retrieved 14 September 2020.
4. ^ a b c d e Lugo, Erick Francisco; Toscano, Martín. "Mexico 1971/1972". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. Retrieved 13 September 2020.

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