1989–90 Mexican Primera División season

48th professional season of the top-flight football league in Mexico

Football league season

Primera División de MéxicoSeason| 1989–90

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Champions| Puebla (2nd title)
Relegated| Atlante
Champions' Cup|

* Puebla
* UdeG

CONCACAF Cup Winners Cup| UdeG
Matches played| 394
Goals scored| 966 (2.45 per match)

← 1988–89

1990–91 →

Statistics of Primera División de México in season 1989–90.

## Overview

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It was contested by 20 teams, and Puebla won the championship.

Potros Neza was promoted from Segunda División, however, the team sold its license to Veracruz.

Atlante F.C. was relocated from Mexico City to Querétaro. The same team was relegated to Segunda División.

### Teams

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Mexico City

* Atlas
* Guadalajara
* Tecos
* UdeG

Irapuato

Toluca

UAT

Cobras

* Monterrey
* UANL

Veracruz

Tampico Madero

Morelia

Puebla

Atlante

Santos

Mexico City teams
América
Cruz Azul
Necaxa
UNAM

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Location of the 1989-90 Primera División teams

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América | Mexico City | Azteca
Atlante | Querétaro, Querétaro | Corregidora
Atlas | Guadalajara, Jalisco | Jalisco
Cobras | Ciudad Juárez, Chihuahua | Olímpico Benito Juárez
Cruz Azul | Mexico City | Azteca
Guadalajara | Guadalajara, Jalisco | Jalisco
Irapuato | Irapuato, Guanajuato | Irapuato
Morelia | Morelia, Michoacán | Morelos
Monterrey | Monterrey, Nuevo León | Tecnológico
Necaxa | Mexico City | Azteca
Puebla | Puebla, Puebla | Cuauhtémoc
Santos Laguna | Torreón, Coahuila | Estadio Corona
Tampico Madero | Tampico-Madero, Tamaulipas | Tamaulipas
Tecos | Zapopan, Jalisco | Tres de Marzo
Toluca | Toluca, State of Mexico | Toluca 70-86
UANL | Monterrey, Nuevo León | Universitario
UAT | Ciudad Victoria, Tamaulipas | Estadio Marte R. Gómez
UdeG | Guadalajara, Jalisco | Jalisco
UNAM | Mexico City | Olímpico Universitario
Veracruz | Veracruz, Veracruz | Luis "Pirata" Fuente |

## Group stage

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### Group 1

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Pos | Team  | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification

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1  | UNAM | 38  | 15  | 16  | 7  | 59  | 38  | +21  | 46  | Playoff
2  | Puebla | 38  | 17  | 12  | 9  | 57  | 42  | +15  | 46
3  | Monterrey | 38  | 15  | 12  | 11  | 57  | 51  | +6  | 42  |
4  | Morelia | 38  | 14  | 11  | 13  | 44  | 42  | +2  | 39
5  | Irapuato | 38  | 10  | 17  | 11  | 38  | 42  | −4  | 37

Source: [citation needed]

### Group 2

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Pos | Team  | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation

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1  | UdeG | 38  | 14  | 12  | 12  | 47  | 45  | +2  | 40  | Playoff
2  | Toluca | 38  | 11  | 16  | 11  | 42  | 33  | +9  | 38
3  | Santos | 38  | 11  | 12  | 15  | 38  | 49  | −11  | 34  |
4  | Cruz Azul | 38  | 8  | 17  | 13  | 47  | 62  | −15  | 33
5  | Atlante | 38  | 9  | 10  | 19  | 36  | 50  | −14  | 28  | Relegated

Source: [citation needed]

### Group 3

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Pos | Team  | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification

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1  | América | 38  | 16  | 16  | 6  | 70  | 45  | +25  | 48  | Playoff
2  | Correcaminos | 38  | 14  | 12  | 12  | 34  | 36  | −2  | 40
3  | Atlas | 38  | 10  | 17  | 11  | 32  | 29  | +3  | 37  |
4  | Tecos | 38  | 9  | 16  | 13  | 45  | 53  | −8  | 34
5  | Tampico Madero | 38  | 9  | 11  | 18  | 29  | 48  | −19  | 29

Source: [citation needed]

### Group 4

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Pos | Team  | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification

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1  | UANL | 38  | 14  | 12  | 12  | 62  | 64  | −2  | 40  | Playoff
2  | Necaxa | 38  | 11  | 17  | 10  | 38  | 34  | +4  | 39
3  | Guadalajara | 38  | 10  | 18  | 10  | 41  | 42  | −1  | 38  |
4  | Cobras | 38  | 12  | 14  | 12  | 43  | 48  | −5  | 38
5  | Veracruz | 38  | 11  | 12  | 15  | 53  | 59  | −6  | 34

Source: [citation needed]

## Results

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Home \ Away  | AME | ATE | ATS | COB | CAZ | GDL | IRA | MOR | MTY | NEC | PUE | SAN | TAM | TEC | TOL | UNL | UAT | UDG | UNM | VER

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América | -- | 1–0  | 1–0  | 4–0  | 2–0  | 2–2  | 1–1  | 1–0  | 1–3  | 2–2  | 2–2  | 4–0  | 1–0  | 4–0  | 1–0  | 4–1  | 1–0  | 2–2  | 3–3  | 5–3
Atlante | 0–1  | -- | 1–2  | 1–0  | 1–1  | 2–1  | 1–1  | 0–1  | 3–1  | 0–1  | 0–2  | 1–1  | 1–0  | 1–1  | 1–3  | 1–2  | 2–2  | 2–1  | 0–1  | 6–3
Atlas | 2–2  | 0–0  | -- | 2–2  | 1–1  | 1–1  | 1–0  | 2–0  | 1–1  | 0–0  | 1–1  | 1–1  | 2–0  | 2–0  | 0–2  | 2–1  | 3–0  | 0–1  | 1–2  | 1–1
Cobras | 1–1  | 0–0  | 1–0  | -- | 1–1  | 0–0  | 3–2  | 0–2  | 3–2  | 2–0  | 1–2  | 0–1  | 2–1  | 3–0  | 1–1  | 1–0  | 1–2  | 2–1  | 1–1  | 1–0
Cruz Azul | 0–3  | 1–2  | 0–3  | 1–1  | -- | 0–0  | 2–1  | 0–2  | 2–4  | 0–0  | 2–1  | 2–3  | 3–0  | 1–1  | 1–1  | 2–0  | 1–3  | 1–1  | 0–4  | 2–2
Guadalajara | 2–2  | 1–0  | 1–2  | 3–1  | 1–1  | -- | 0–0  | 0–1  | 1–2  | 0–1  | 0–1  | 2–1  | 0–0  | 1–1  | 0–0  | 2–1  | 0–0  | 1–0  | 2–1  | 1–1
Irapuato | 1–2  | 3–1  | 0–0  | 2–0  | 0–0  | 1–4  | -- | 1–1  | 1–1  | 1–0  | 2–1  | 1–0  | 2–0  | 1–1  | 0–3  | 0–0  | 3–0  | 0–0  | 1–1  | 3–3
Morelia | 1–1  | 1–1  | 0–0  | 0–1  | 1–1  | 1–1  | 0–1  | -- | 4–0  | 1–3  | 1–2  | 2–1  | 1–1  | 2–0  | 3–2  | 3–0  | 1–1  | 1–1  | 1–2  | 3–1
Monterrey | 1–4  | 1–0  | 1–0  | 0–0  | 3–3  | 2–0  | 2–1  | 3–0  | -- | 1–1  | 2–3  | 4–0  | 4–1  | 0–0  | 1–1  | 0–1  | 2–0  | 2–2  | 1–0  | 2–1
Necaxa | 1–0  | 0–1  | 1–0  | 2–2  | 2–1  | 0–0  | 0–1  | 1–2  | 2–2  | -- | 1–1  | 3–1  | 1–1  | 0–0  | 1–0  | 3–3  | 0–1  | 1–1  | 0–0  | 2–0
Puebla | 2–2  | 1–1  | 1–0  | 0–2  | 4–2  | 0–0  | 3–0  | 4–1  | 1–2  | 2–1  | -- | 1–3  | 3–0  | 2–1  | 1–2  | 2–1  | 0–0  | 0–0  | 0–2  | 3–1
Santos | 2–1  | 2–1  | 0–0  | 0–0  | 0–0  | 2–2  | 2–0  | 1–1  | 2–2  | 2–1  | 2–1  | -- | 2–0  | 1–2  | 0–0  | 0–0  | 1–1  | 1–0  | 1–0  | 1–1
Tampico Madero | 2–0  | 1–0  | 1–0  | 3–2  | 2–3  | 1–2  | 0–0  | 0–1  | 1–1  | 1–0  | 2–2  | 2–0  | -- | 1–0  | 1–0  | 1–2  | 0–1  | 1–1  | 0–0  | 1–0
Tecos | 1–1  | 2–1  | 0–1  | 1–1  | 3–3  | 1–1  | 4–1  | 0–0  | 4–2  | 0–1  | 1–2  | 2–1  | 1–1  | -- | 0–0  | 4–3  | 2–0  | 1–0  | 1–1  | 2–0
Toluca | 0–0  | 1–2  | 0–0  | 0–0  | 2–0  | 1–2  | 2–2  | 1–0  | 0–0  | 0–0  | 0–1  | 2–0  | 3–0  | 1–1  | -- | 4–1  | 1–0  | 3–1  | 3–3  | 0–0
UANL | 2–2  | 5–1  | 0–0  | 4–2  | 1–2  | 4–4  | 1–0  | 3–1  | 0–2  | 2–2  | 2–2  | 1–0  | 1–1  | 4–3  | 2–1  | -- | 2–0  | 2–1  | 1–1  | 1–4
UAT | 2–1  | 2–0  | 0–0  | 2–1  | 1–1  | 1–0  | 0–0  | 2–0  | 1–0  | 1–1  | 0–0  | 1–0  | 1–0  | 2–0  | 2–1  | 1–2  | -- | 1–1  | 0–0  | 1–3
UdeG | 3–2  | 1–0  | 0–0  | 3–0  | 1–3  | 2–1  | 0–2  | 0–1  | 1–0  | 2–1  | 0–2  | 2–1  | 3–1  | 3–2  | 2–0  | 2–2  | 2–1  | -- | 3–2  | 1–2
UNAM | 1–1  | 1–0  | 3–0  | 2–3  | 4–1  | 4–0  | 2–2  | 1–0  | 1–0  | 0–2  | 1–1  | 2–1  | 0–0  | 1–1  | 1–1  | 2–2  | 2–1  | 1–2  | -- | 2–0
Veracruz | 2–2  | 1–1  | 2–1  | 1–1  | 0–2  | 1–2  | 0–0  | 2–3  | 4–0  | 0–0  | 1–0  | 3–1  | 2–1  | 3–1  | 2–0  | 1–2  | 1–0  | 0–0  | 1–4  | --

Updated to match(es) played on 6 May 1990. Source: RSSSF
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

## Playoff

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| Quarter-finals | | | Semi-finals | | | Final |

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| 2 | UNAM | 0 | 3 | 3 | | |
| 9 | Necaxa | 0 | 1 | 1 |
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| 3 | Puebla | 1 | 3 | 4 |

| 7 | UAT | 3 | 1 | 4 |
| | 3 | Puebla | 2 | 4 | 6 |
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| 10 | Toluca | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| | 1 | América | 0 | 2 | 2 |
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| 5 | U. de G | 2 | 3 | 5 |

| 6 | UANL | 3 | 1 | 4 |

### Final

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May 23, 1990

U. de G.| 1-2| Puebla

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Octavio Mora  33' | Report |

* Jorge Aravena  39'
* Carlos Poblete  62'

Estadio Jalisco, Guadalajara

May 26, 1990

Puebla| 4-3| U. de G.

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* Javier Hernández  33'
* Jorge Aravena  39', 72'
* Carlos Poblete  83'

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* Roberto Ruiz Esparza  25' (og)
* Daniel Guzmán  32'
* Jorge Dávalos  85'

Estadio Cuauhtémoc, Puebla

Puebla won 6-4 on aggregate.

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1989-90 winners

Puebla
2nd title

## Moves

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After this season Querétaro bought the Tampico Madero franchise in order to come into Primera Division for the 1990-91 season.

## References

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* Mexico - List of final tables (RSSSF)

* v
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Liga MX

2024-25 clubs|

* América
* Atlas
* Atlético San Luis
* Cruz Azul
* Guadalajara
* Juárez
* León
* Mazatlán
* Monterrey
* Necaxa
* Pachuca
* Puebla
* Querétaro
* Santos Laguna
* Tijuana
* Toluca
* UANL
* UNAM

Former clubs|

* Ángeles de Puebla
* Atlante
* Atletas Campesinos
* Atlético Español
* Atlético Potosino
* BUAP
* Celaya
* Chiapas
* Cobras de Ciudad Juárez
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* Deportivo Neza
* Indios de Ciudad Juárez
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* La Piedad
* Morelia
* Nacional
* Oaxtepec
* Oro
* Real Zamora
* San Isidro Laguna
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* Tecos
* Toros Neza
* UAT
* UdeG
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