1990–91 Mexican Primera División season

49th professional season of the top-flight football league in Mexico

Football league season

Primera División de MéxicoSeason| 1990–91

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Champions| UNAM (3rd title)
Relegated| Irapuato
Champions' Cup|

* UNAM
* América

Matches played| 394
Goals scored| 1,004 (2.55 per match)

← 1989–90

1991–92 →

These are statistics of Primera División de México for the 1990–91 season.

## Overview[edit]

It was contested by 20 teams, and Pumas de la UNAM won the championship.

León was promoted from Segunda División.

Querétaro bought the franchise of Tampico Madero, which allowed the team to return to Primera División.

Irapauto was relegated to Segunda División.

### Teams[edit]

Mexico City

* Atlas
* Guadalajara
* Tecos
* UdeG

Irapuato

Toluca

UAT

Cobras

* Monterrey
* UANL

Veracruz

León

Morelia

Puebla

Querétaro

Santos

Mexico City teams
América
Cruz Azul
Necaxa
UNAM

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Location of the 1990-91 Primera División teams

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América | Mexico City | Azteca
Atlas | Guadalajara, Jalisco | Jalisco
Cobras | Ciudad Juárez, Chihuahua | Olímpico Benito Juárez
Cruz Azul | Mexico City | Azteca
Guadalajara | Guadalajara, Jalisco | Jalisco
León | León, Guanajuato | Nou Camp
Irapuato | Irapuato, Guanajuato | Irapuato
Morelia | Morelia, Michoacán | Morelos
Monterrey | Monterrey, Nuevo León | Tecnológico
Necaxa | Mexico City | Azteca
Puebla | Puebla, Puebla | Cuauhtémoc
Querétaro | Querétaro, Querétaro | Corregidora
Santos Laguna | Torreón, Coahuila | Corona
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[edit]

### Group 1[edit]

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

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1  | América | 38  | 15  | 13  | 10  | 61  | 53  | +8  | 43  | Playoff
2  | Morelia | 38  | 10  | 15  | 13  | 48  | 51  | −3  | 35
3  | Necaxa | 38  | 12  | 11  | 15  | 61  | 71  | −10  | 35  |
4  | Tecos | 38  | 10  | 13  | 15  | 43  | 51  | −8  | 33
5  | Santos | 38  | 6  | 14  | 18  | 35  | 53  | −18  | 26

Source:[citation needed]

### Group 2[edit]

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

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1  | UNAM | 38  | 25  | 5  | 8  | 67  | 30  | +37  | 55  | Playoff
2  | Cruz Azul | 38  | 15  | 15  | 8  | 47  | 38  | +9  | 45
3  | Veracruz | 38  | 15  | 10  | 13  | 59  | 55  | +4  | 40  |
4  | Toluca | 38  | 12  | 14  | 12  | 53  | 50  | +3  | 38
5  | Correcaminos | 38  | 10  | 15  | 13  | 35  | 46  | −11  | 35

Source:[citation needed]

### Group 3[edit]

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

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1  | Guadalajara | 38  | 10  | 21  | 7  | 43  | 36  | +7  | 41  | Playoff
2  | Puebla | 38  | 14  | 11  | 13  | 40  | 43  | −3  | 39
3  | UANL | 38  | 12  | 12  | 14  | 45  | 49  | −4  | 36  |
4  | Querétaro | 38  | 8  | 14  | 16  | 49  | 57  | −8  | 30
5  | Irapuato | 38  | 7  | 12  | 19  | 38  | 72  | −34  | 26  | Relegated

Source:[citation needed]

### Group 4[edit]

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

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1  | Monterrey | 38  | 19  | 9  | 10  | 62  | 42  | +20  | 47  | Playoff
2  | U. de G. | 38  | 16  | 11  | 11  | 47  | 40  | +7  | 43
3  | León | 38  | 16  | 9  | 13  | 55  | 42  | +13  | 41  |
4  | Atlas | 38  | 15  | 10  | 13  | 38  | 32  | +6  | 40
5  | Cobras | 38  | 9  | 14  | 15  | 38  | 53  | −15  | 32

Source:[citation needed]

## Results[edit]

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

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América | -- | 0–1  | 2–0  | 3–3  | 2–2  | 3–1  | 5–2  | 2–2  | 1–2  | 1–1  | 3–1  | 1–0  | 4–1  | 2–1  | 3–3  | 2–0  | 2–1  | 2–0  | 1–0  | 1–0
Atlas | 2–2  | -- | 0–0  | 3–0  | 1–0  | 2–0  | 1–2  | 1–0  | 2–0  | 2–2  | 2–1  | 2–1  | 0–1  | 0–3  | 1–0  | 3–2  | 2–0  | 0–1  | 3–0  | 0–0
Cobras | 2–2  | 0–0  | -- | 1–1  | 2–2  | 0–3  | 1–0  | 0–0  | 0–0  | 1–1  | 0–0  | 3–2  | 3–0  | 2–0  | 1–1  | 1–0  | 1–1  | 1–0  | 2–3  | 1–0
Cruz Azul | 1–1  | 1–1  | 3–0  | -- | 0–2  | 2–1  | 1–1  | 2–2  | 2–1  | 2–1  | 1–3  | 2–2  | 1–0  | 2–1  | 3–0  | 1–0  | 0–0  | 2–0  | 1–2  | 4–1
Guadalajara | 1–1  | 0–0  | 0–1  | 0–0  | -- | 1–1  | 1–0  | 1–1  | 1–1  | 1–1  | 0–0  | 1–1  | 0–0  | 2–0  | 1–1  | 1–1  | 1–1  | 1–1  | 0–0  | 2–1
León | 3–0  | 0–1  | 3–1  | 0–1  | 2–3  | -- | 1–0  | 0–0  | 2–1  | 4–0  | 0–0  | 3–1  | 2–0  | 4–0  | 1–0  | 3–1  | 1–0  | 1–0  | 1–1  | 1–1
Irapuato | 0–0  | 1–0  | 3–0  | 0–0  | 0–2  | 3–3  | -- | 1–4  | 1–1  | 1–2  | 3–1  | 1–0  | 0–0  | 0–0  | 1–1  | 3–1  | 2–1  | 0–7  | 1–6  | 0–0
Monterrey | 1–0  | 1–1  | 1–0  | 0–1  | 2–1  | 2–1  | 2–1  | -- | 3–4  | 4–0  | 1–2  | 4–2  | 3–4  | 2–1  | 3–1  | 4–1  | 1–0  | 4–2  | 2–0  | 1–0
Morelia | 2–2  | 2–0  | 1–1  | 1–2  | 2–1  | 3–0  | 3–2  | 0–0  | -- | 2–1  | 0–1  | 1–1  | 0–0  | 2–0  | 2–2  | 1–1  | 1–1  | 0–0  | 2–3  | 4–3
Necaxa | 2–0  | 0–1  | 3–2  | 1–1  | 1–3  | 0–4  | 4–1  | 1–2  | 2–3  | -- | 2–0  | 4–4  | 3–1  | 1–0  | 1–1  | 0–1  | 4–1  | 2–1  | 0–3  | 3–1
Puebla | 1–1  | 2–1  | 2–0  | 0–1  | 1–3  | 1–3  | 3–1  | 0–1  | 1–2  | 3–1  | -- | 2–1  | 1–0  | 1–1  | 2–2  | 2–0  | 0–0  | 0–1  | 1–3  | 1–1
Querétaro | 1–2  | 1–0  | 2–0  | 1–1  | 2–3  | 0–0  | 1–1  | 3–1  | 1–0  | 1–2  | 0–0  | -- | 1–1  | 2–2  | 2–1  | 0–0  | 1–1  | 0–1  | 4–2  | 3–3
Santos | 1–1  | 0–0  | 1–3  | 1–2  | 1–1  | 0–1  | 3–0  | 1–2  | 0–0  | 1–0  | 0–1  | 1–2  | -- | 2–2  | 1–1  | 2–0  | 1–1  | 0–1  | 0–0  | 4–3
Tecos | 1–2  | 3–2  | 4–2  | 0–0  | 2–1  | 1–0  | 0–0  | 0–0  | 2–1  | 3–3  | 2–1  | 1–1  | 4–4  | -- | 2–0  | 0–1  | 0–0  | 1–1  | 1–0  | 1–0
Toluca | 2–0  | 1–0  | 3–0  | 1–1  | 2–0  | 1–1  | 2–0  | 2–1  | 2–1  | 2–3  | 0–1  | 2–1  | 1–0  | 2–1  | -- | 0–0  | 5–0  | 1–1  | 0–2  | 2–0
UANL | 3–1  | 1–0  | 3–2  | 2–0  | 2–2  | 4–1  | 2–1  | 2–1  | 1–0  | 2–2  | 1–1  | 2–1  | 3–1  | 1–1  | 3–3  | -- | 0–1  | 0–1  | 1–2  | 1–1
UAT | 2–1  | 0–0  | 3–2  | 0–0  | 0–1  | 2–1  | 0–0  | 0–2  | 3–1  | 5–3  | 2–0  | 0–3  | 1–1  | 2–1  | 1–1  | 0–0  | -- | 2–0  | 0–1  | 2–0
U. de G. | 1–0  | 1–0  | 1–1  | 2–1  | 1–0  | 1–1  | 6–2  | 1–1  | 2–2  | 1–1  | 0–1  | 1–0  | 2–0  | 1–0  | 3–1  | 2–1  | 1–1  | -- | 0–2  | 1–2
UNAM | 5–2  | 1–2  | 1–0  | 1–0  | 1–1  | 2–1  | 4–1  | 1–0  | 1–0  | 2–0  | 0–1  | 2–0  | 1–0  | 2–0  | 2–0  | 0–0  | 3–0  | 5–0  | -- | 2–0
Veracruz | 1–3  | 2–1  | 1–1  | 2–1  | 0–0  | 3–0  | 3–2  | 2–1  | 3–0  | 3–3  | 4–1  | 3–0  | 2–1  | 2–1  | 4–3  | 2–1  | 2–0  | 1–1  | 2–1  | --

Updated to match(es) played on 2 June 1991. Source: RSSSF
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

## Final phase[edit]

Main article: 1990–91 Mexican Primera División final phase

### Bracket[edit]

| Quarter-finals | | | Semi-finals | | | Finals |

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| 1 | UNAM | 1 | 5 | 6 | | |
| 13 | Morelia | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| | 1 | UNAM | 2 | 1 | 1 |
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| 2 | Monterrey | 0 | 1 | 1 |

| 10 | Puebla | 4 | 0 | 4 |
| | 1 | UNAM (a) | 2 | 1 | 3 |
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| 4 | América | 0 | 3 | 3 | |

| 5 | UDG | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| | 4 | América | 2 | 3 | 5 |
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| 3 | Cruz Azul | 0 | 2 | 2 |

| 7 | Guadalajara | 3 | 5 | 8 |

### Finals[edit]

Team 1  | Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score | Team 2  | 1st leg  | 2nd leg

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América | 3–3 (a)  | UNAM | 3–2 | 0–1

## References[edit]

* Mexico - List of final tables (RSSSF)

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Liga MX

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* Atlas
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* Puebla
* Querétaro
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* Oro
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