1975–76 Mexican Segunda División season

Segunda División de México

Season	1975–76
Champions	San Luis (2nd Title)
Promoted	UAEM Tapatío Estudiantes Querétaro
Relegated	Inter Acapulco
Matches played	578
Goals scored	1,564 (2.71 per match)
Top goalscorer	Alfonso Oviedo (33 goals)
← 1974–75 1976–77 →

The 1975–76 Segunda División was the 27th season of the Mexican Segunda División. The season started on 2 August 1975 and concluded on 18 July 1976. It was won by San Luis.^[1]

In this season the champion definition system changed, the two best teams in each group advanced to a league of two groups with four teams each, the winner of each sector had to play a final series to determine the champion.

Changes

• Tecos was promoted to Primera División.^[2]
• Ciudad Madero was relegated from Primera División, however, the team was dissolved at the end of the season.^[3]
• UAEM, Tapatío and Estudiantes de Querétaro were promoted from Tercera División.^[3]
• Iguala, Ciudad Sahagún and Deportivo Acapulco were relegated from Segunda División.^[3]
• Pachuca returned after a year in hiatus.^[3]
• Nacional was relocated at Ciudad Guzmán, Jalisco.^[3]

Teams

Tampico

Naucalpan

UAT
Victoria

UdeN

La Piedad

Salamanca

Tapatío

Nacional

Atl. Morelia

Cuautla

Irapuato

Qro/Estu

N. Necaxa

Celaya/Tec

San Luis

Tepeji

Inter Acapulco

Saltillo

Córdoba

UAEM

Pachuca

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1975–76 season Teams

Club	City	Stadium
Atlético Morelia	Morelia	Estadio Venustiano Carranza
Atlético Tepeji del Río	Tepeji del Río Pachuca	Estadio Tepeji Estadio Revolución Mexicana
Celaya	Celaya	Estadio Miguel Alemán Valdés
Córdoba	Córdoba	Estadio Rafael Murillo Vidal
Cuautla	Cuautla	Estadio Isidro Gil Tapia
Estudiantes Querétaro	Querétaro City	Estadio Municipal de Querétaro
Halcones Saltillo	Saltillo	Estadio Olímpico Francisco I. Madero
Inter Acapulco	Acapulco	Unidad Deportiva Acapulco
Irapuato	Irapuato	Estadio Irapuato
La Piedad	La Piedad	Estadio Juan N. López
Nacional	Ciudad Guzmán	Estadio Municipal Santa Rosa
Naucalpan	Naucalpan	Unidad Cuauhtémoc
Nuevo Necaxa	Juan Galindo	Estadio 14 de Diciembre
Pachuca	Pachuca	Estadio Revolución Mexicana
Querétaro	Querétaro City	Estadio Municipal de Querétaro
Salamanca	Salamanca	Estadio El Molinito
San Luis	San Luis Potosí City	Estadio Plan de San Luis
Tampico	Tampico	Estadio Tamaulipas
Tapatío	Guadalajara	Casa Club Guadalajara
Tecnológico de Celaya	Celaya	Estadio Miguel Alemán Valdés
UAEM	Toluca	Estadio Universitario Alberto "Chivo" Córdoba
UAT	Ciudad Victoria	Estadio Marte R. Gómez
U. de N.	Tepic	Estadio Nicolás Álvarez Ortega
Ciudad Victoria	Ciudad Victoria	Estadio Marte R. Gómez

Group stage

Group 1

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Atlético Morelia (Q)	46	22	13	11	79	49	+30	57	Qualified to Playoffs
2	Córdoba (Q)	46	17	11	18	69	64	+5	45
3	Querétaro	46	13	13	20	46	45	+1	39
4	Pachuca	46	13	12	21	61	81	−20	38
5	Halcones Saltillo	46	13	10	23	67	100	−33	36
6	Cuautla	46	10	9	27	39	93	−54	29

Source: RSSSF
(Q) Qualified for the phase indicated

Group 2

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Naucalpan (Q)	46	21	14	11	72	49	+23	56	Qualified to Playoffs
2	Irapuato (Q)	46	22	11	13	79	40	+39	55
3	Tapatío	46	18	15	13	63	53	+10	51
4	Nacional	46	19	11	16	52	58	−6	49
5	Celaya	46	7	18	21	42	72	−30	32
6	Inter Acapulco (R)	46	9	9	28	44	88	−44	27	Relegated

Source: RSSSF
(Q) Qualified for the phase indicated; (R) Relegated

Group 3

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	San Luis (Q)	46	29	11	6	87	35	+52	69	Qualified to Playoffs
2	Estudiantes Querétaro (Q)	46	22	12	12	69	50	+19	56
3	Tampico	46	19	14	13	67	53	+14	52
4	Universidad de Nayarit	46	19	8	19	66	60	+6	46
5	Ciudad Victoria	46	17	12	17	58	58	0	46
6	Salamanca	46	12	15	19	47	65	−18	39

Source: RSSSF
(Q) Qualified for the phase indicated

Group 4

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Tecnológico de Celaya (Q)	46	27	6	13	90	61	+29	60	Qualified to Playoffs
2	Atlético Tepeji del Río (Q)	46	20	15	11	62	46	+16	55
3	Nuevo Necaxa	46	21	12	13	68	52	+16	54
4	UAEM	46	19	12	15	71	63	+8	50
5	La Piedad	46	11	11	24	46	68	−22	33
6	UAT	46	9	12	25	55	96	−41	30

Source: RSSSF
(Q) Qualified for the phase indicated

Results

Home \ Away	ATM	ATP	CEL	CÓR	CUA	EST	HSL	INT	IRA	LPD	NAC	NAU	NEC	PAC	QUE	SAL	SNL	TAM	TAP	TEC	UEM	UAT	UDN	VIC
Atlético Morelia	—	4–1	2–1	1–0	3–0	2–0	2–1	3–0	0–0	2–2	6–1	2–1	4–0	2–1	1–1	1–1	0–1	4–0	2–1	1–0	2–0	5–2	3–2	2–1
Atlético Tepeji	2–1	—	0–0	2–2	4–0	1–1	6–2	1–0	0–0	1–0	0–1	2–0	0–0	1–2	1–0	2–1	1–0	1–0	2–2	0–1	2–1	2–1	0–0	2–1
Celaya	0–0	1–1	—	3–2	1–1	0–3	1–1	2–1	1–1	3–2	2–2	2–3	0–1	0–0	1–1	1–1	1–1	2–0	2–2	2–2	2–0	2–2	0–1	0–1
Córdoba	1–1	1–0	2–0	—	1–0	0–1	6–2	3–1	0–1	1–0	0–0	0–0	1–1	1–0	2–1	2–2	5–0	0–1	4–1	3–2	0–1	2–1	3–0	2–3
Cuautla	1–1	0–1	1–0	2–4	—	0–3	0–1	0–1	1–2	2–1	1–0	1–0	0–0	0–0	1–4	2–1	0–3	2–1	1–1	2–3	1–2	3–3	2–0	1–0
Estudiantes Qro.	0–0	2–1	1–0	4–1	2–0	—	4–0	3–1	0–0	2–2	2–1	2–1	0–1	2–3	2–1	2–1	1–1	2–1	2–0	1–3	0–1	2–0	1–1	3–1
Halcones Saltillo	3–2	1–2	2–3	5–1	2–2	3–1	—	3–2	1–0	2–3	0–1	3–3	0–0	3–1	2–1	2–0	1–1	1–1	2–1	2–3	1–1	2–2	0–3	0–0
Inter Acapulco	2–1	1–0	0–0	1–1	0–2	1–3	4–1	—	2–1	1–1	1–0	0–2	1–0	1–1	0–1	2–1	0–2	1–4	1–3	2–2	1–1	0–0	1–2	2–2
Irapuato	3–2	3–1	1–0	2–1	2–0	6–1	5–0	4–0	—	3–1	3–0	2–2	4–0	3–0	3–0	4–0	2–0	0–0	0–0	3–4	1–2	5–0	3–0	2–1
La Piedad	0–1	2–1	0–0	1–2	4–1	0–1	3–0	2–1	1–0	—	0–0	0–1	0–1	2–1	0–0	3–2	0–0	2–1	1–0	1–3	1–3	2–2	0–2	0–0
Nacional	1–0	1–2	3–2	3–1	2–1	0–0	1–1	1–0	1–0	1–0	—	1–0	1–0	1–0	1–1	3–1	2–4	2–0	2–2	0–0	3–2	5–0	0–0	0–1
Naucalpan	0–1	2–2	5–2	1–0	1–1	2–0	2–0	4–0	2–0	4–2	3–1	—	2–1	0–3	1–1	3–1	2–0	0–0	2–1	3–3	1–1	4–1	1–0	2–0
Nuevo Necaxa	2–2	2–1	3–1	2–1	3–0	1–1	2–1	5–1	0–0	3–1	4–1	2–1	—	6–1	1–2	1–0	1–1	2–2	2–1	3–1	3–1	1–2	2–1	3–1
Pachuca	1–3	2–0	1–0	2–2	3–3	3–2	1–2	3–0	1–1	1–1	4–0	0–3	2–0	—	0–2	1–1	4–2	4–3	1–1	0–0	0–1	1–3	4–1	2–0
Querétaro	2–1	1–1	0–0	0–2	1–0	0–0	1–2	2–1	1–0	2–0	1–2	1–1	0–0	5–0	—	0–1	0–1	4–0	1–1	0–1	1–0	4–0	0–1	0–1
Salamanca	2–1	0–2	0–0	1–1	1–2	0–0	2–1	3–1	1–0	2–1	1–0	1–1	1–2	1–0	2–0	—	0–1	1–1	2–0	3–2	1–1	1–1	2–1	0–1
San Luis	1–1	1–1	4–0	1–0	6–0	1–0	4–2	3–0	4–1	2–0	4–0	2–0	1–0	2–1	3–0	2–2	—	2–1	2–0	2–0	2–0	5–0	3–0	2–0
Tampico	1–1	1–4	6–1	1–1	3–1	1–0	3–2	1–0	0–0	3–0	0–0	2–2	2–2	3–0	1–0	0–0	3–0	—	4–1	3–1	3–0	2–0	0–1	2–1
Tapatío	1–1	1–1	1–0	4–2	4–0	2–1	4–0	0–0	2–1	2–0	1–2	0–1	0–0	1–0	1–0	5–1	0–0	0–0	—	1–0	2–2	3–1	3–0	1–1
Tec. Celaya	2–1	0–2	1–2	1–1	1–0	0–2	4–0	2–0	1–3	2–1	4–1	1–0	3–2	2–0	1–0	1–0	2–4	2–0	6–1	—	3–0	3–1	2–0	6–1
UAEM	3–0	3–3	3–1	2–0	7–0	1–1	4–1	3–2	0–2	1–1	1–0	2–3	2–0	3–1	2–1	0–0	0–0	0–1	0–1	3–2	—	1–2	2–1	3–2
UAT	2–1	0–1	2–0	0–3	4–0	3–5	4–3	3–1	2–0	1–2	0–3	0–0	1–2	2–2	0–0	2–2	0–3	1–2	0–2	1–2	2–2	—	0–0	0–1
U. de N.	1–2	1–1	4–0	1–0	2–0	1–2	1–3	4–3	0–0	3–0	1–0	2–0	2–1	7–1	2–2	5–0	0–2	2–2	0–1	1–2	5–2	1–0	—	2–0
Ciudad Victoria	1–1	0–0	1–0	5–1	4–1	1–1	2–0	2–3	4–2	1–0	1–1	0–0	1–0	2–2	1–0	1–0	1–1	0–1	0–1	2–3	1–1	3–1	4–1	—

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

Promotion stage

Group 1

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion		SNL	ATM	CÓR	EST
1	San Luis (Q)	6	4	1	1	11	5	+6	9	Qualified to Promotion final			2–1	1–2	5–2
2	Atlético Morelia	6	2	3	1	6	4	+2	7			0–0		2–1	1–1
3	Córdoba	6	3	0	3	7	7	0	6			0–2	0–2		3–0
4	Estudiantes de Querétaro	6	0	2	4	3	11	−8	2			0–1	0–0	0–1

Source: RSSSF
Rules for classification: 1st points; 2nd head-to-head points; 3rd head-to-head goal difference; 4th head-to-head goals scored; 5th goal difference; 6th number of goals scored
(Q) Qualified for the phase indicated

Group 2

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion		TEC	IRA	NAU	ATR
1	Tecnológico de Celaya (Q)	6	3	1	2	7	4	+3	7	Qualified to Promotion final			2–0	3–0	1–0
2	Irapuato	6	3	1	2	11	9	+2	7			1–1		1–0	6–2
3	Naucalpan	6	3	0	3	7	8	−1	6			2–0	1–2		2–1
4	Atlético Tepeji del Río	6	2	0	4	8	12	−4	4			1–0	3–1	1–2

Source: RSSSF
Rules for classification: 1st points; 2nd head-to-head points; 3rd head-to-head goal difference; 4th head-to-head goals scored; 5th goal difference; 6th number of goals scored
(Q) Qualified for the phase indicated

Final

July 11, 1976

San Luis	1–0	Tecnológico de Celaya
Juan de Dios Castillo  67'	Report

Estadio Plan de San Luis, San Luis Potosí City

July 18, 1976

Tecnológico de Celaya	2–2	San Luis
Maclovio Murguía 48'  Alfonso Oviedo 89'	Report	Guillermo Arciniegas 70'  Juan de Dios Castillo 90+5'

Estadio Miguel Alemán Valdés, Celaya

References

1. "Historia del Club Atlético San Luis". Liga BBVA (in Spanish). 27 August 2014. Retrieved 15 September 2020.
2. "Historia del Tecos Fútbol Club". Tecos.mx (in Spanish). Tecos F.C. Retrieved 15 September 2020.
3. Lugo, Erick Francisco; Toscano, Martín. "Mexico 1974/1975". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. Retrieved 15 September 2020.