1987–88 Mexican Primera División season

Primera División de México
Season1987–88
ChampionsAmérica (7th title)
RelegatedCorrecaminos
Champions' Cup
Matches played394
Goals scored1,176 (2.98 per match)

Statistics of Mexican Primera División in season 1987–88.

Overview

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

Correcaminos UAT was promoted from Segunda División.

Teams

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Team City Stadium
América Mexico City Azteca
Ángeles Puebla, Puebla Cuauhtémoc
Atlante Mexico City Azulgrana
Atlas Guadalajara, Jalisco Jalisco
Atlético Potosino San Luis Potosí, S.L.P. Plan de San Luis
Cruz Azul Mexico City Azteca
Guadalajara Guadalajara, Jalisco Jalisco
Irapuato Irapuato, Guanajuato Irapuato
Morelia Morelia, Michoacán Venustiano Carranza
Monterrey Monterrey, Nuevo León Tecnológico
Necaxa Mexico City Azteca
Neza Nezahualcóyotl, State of Mexico Neza 86
Puebla Puebla, Puebla Cuauhtémoc
Tampico Madero TampicoMadero, 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

Moves

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After the season Correcaminos bought the Deportivo Neza franchise in order to remain in Primera División.

Ángeles was sold and transferred to Torreón and was made into Santos.

Group stage

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Group 1

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Guadalajara 38 17 12 9 54 35 +19 46 Playoff
2 UNAM 38 15 15 8 82 55 +27 45
3 Atlante 38 15 10 13 68 62 +6 40
4 Tampico Madero 38 7 18 13 50 62 −12 32
5 Ángeles 38 9 12 17 57 79 −22 30
Source: rsssf.com

Group 2

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 U de G. 38 20 10 8 77 48 +29 50 Playoff
2 Tecos 38 18 10 10 59 41 +18 46
3 Cruz Azul 38 14 12 12 58 56 +2 40
4 Atlas 38 11 12 15 62 71 −9 34
5 Atlético Potosino 38 7 15 16 34 55 −21 29
Source: rsssf.com

Group 3

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 América 38 24 7 7 86 39 +47 55 Playoff
2 Puebla 38 13 12 13 58 51 +7 38
3 Necaxa 38 12 13 13 49 64 −15 37
4 Deportivo Neza 38 12 11 15 46 60 −14 35
5 Irapuato 38 12 7 19 40 67 −27 31
Source: rsssf.com

Group 4

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Morelia 38 14 13 11 58 43 +15 41 Playoff
2 Toluca 38 16 7 15 49 50 −1 39
3 UANL 38 12 8 18 51 65 −14 32
4 Monterrey 38 9 13 16 55 65 −10 31
5 Correcaminos 38 10 9 19 39 64 −25 29 Relegated
Source: rsssf.com

Results

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Home \ Away AME ANG ATN ATL APO CRA GDL IRA MTY MOR NEC NEZ PUE TAM TEC TOL UAT UNL UDG UNM
América 2–2 4–5 3–0 3–0 2–2 1–0 5–0 4–0 4–1 1–1 3–0 2–1 1–0 0–2 2–0 3–0 6–3 1–0 2–2
Ángeles 0–3 1–4 2–1 3–2 1–1 1–1 1–0 2–2 0–2 5–3 1–1 3–3 2–1 3–0 1–3 1–1 3–2 2–0 2–3
Atlante 0–1 0–2 2–1 3–3 2–3 2–1 4–1 1–1 0–0 1–2 3–3 3–0 3–1 2–2 3–0 2–0 4–1 1–0 1–2
Atlas 2–2 5–3 4–1 3–3 2–1 1–1 3–1 1–3 1–0 2–2 4–0 1–0 3–1 2–0 0–2 1–1 3–0 1–3 1–3
Atlético Potosino 1–1 1–1 0–0 1–1 1–2 0–2 1–0 2–0 1–0 0–2 1–2 1–0 1–1 1–0 3–3 1–0 0–0 0–2 0–0
Cruz Azul 2–4 0–0 1–2 3–1 3–1 1–2 4–1 2–0 3–0 2–1 2–2 1–0 1–0 1–2 2–1 0–0 2–1 1–1 1–1
Guadalajara 3–2 2–1 0–0 3–1 2–0 0–2 3–0 4–1 1–1 0–0 1–0 1–0 5–1 0–0 3–3 3–1 2–1 1–2 0–0
Irapuato 1–0 2–2 3–1 3–1 3–1 2–1 0–3 1–0 0–0 1–3 1–1 1–2 2–1 2–0 0–0 2–0 2–1 0–1 0–0
Monterrey 1–2 1–1 1–2 5–2 1–1 3–2 0–1 1–3 1–1 0–0 4–0 3–4 1–1 2–0 2–2 4–2 2–1 1–1 3–1
Morelia 0–2 5–0 3–0 6–0 3–0 2–2 1–1 2–0 0–2 3–4 0–1 2–1 3–0 0–0 0–0 1–0 0–0 2–1 3–2
Necaxa 1–3 4–3 3–2 2–5 2–2 0–0 0–0 2–0 1–1 1–1 1–0 0–1 1–1 0–4 0–2 2–0 2–1 1–3 2–4
Deportivo Neza 0–2 2–1 2–1 0–0 2–1 2–0 1–1 5–0 1–0 3–2 0–0 1–1 3–3 2–0 2–4 2–0 2–4 1–1 0–4
Puebla 0–2 2–0 1–1 4–2 1–1 2–0 4–2 0–0 1–0 3–1 6–1 2–1 1–1 2–2 2–2 2–1 4–0 1–2 2–2
Tampico Madero 1–0 4–2 2–2 1–1 1–1 3–1 2–2 2–1 2–2 2–1 0–0 4–1 2–2 1–2 1–1 0–0 1–4 0–1 1–1
Tecos 1–0 2–0 2–1 2–0 0–0 4–1 1–0 3–1 0–0 0–1 0–1 3–1 2–1 0–1 2–1 4–1 3–0 1–1 3–1
Toluca 1–3 3–1 1–2 2–1 1–0 1–1 0–1 1–1 2–1 0–2 4–1 2–1 1–0 2–0 1–0 2–0 3–0 1–3 3–2
Correcaminos 2–4 2–1 1–3 0–0 0–1 2–2 1–0 2–1 3–2 1–1 3–1 0–1 2–0 1–1 1–0 1–0 4–1 2–5 3–1
UANL 1–1 3–0 2–1 1–1 3–1 1–1 1–2 0–1 2–1 1–1 0–1 1–0 0–0 3–2 2–2 2–0 3–0 1–0 2–1
UDG 2–1 3–0 2–2 1–1 1–0 5–2 1–0 6–2 3–3 3–5 2–0 2–0 2–0 3–3 4–0 2–3 1–1 5–1 1–1
UNAM 1–4 3–3 5–1 3–3 3–0 1–2 1–0 4–1 6–0 2–2 1–1 0–0 2–2 1–1 3–1 2–0 5–0 3–1 5–3
Source: rsssf.com
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Playoff

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Quarter-finals Semi-finals Final
               
1 América 2 4 6
10 Puebla 2 0 2
1 América (p.) 2 3 5 (3)
6 Morelia 2 3 5 (1)
3 Guadalajara 0 1 1
6 Morelia 1 2 3
1 América 0 4 4
5 UNAM 1 1 2
2 U. de G. 1 1 2
9 Toluca 0 0 0
2 U. de G. 2 1 3
5 UNAM 2 2 4
4 Tecos 1 0 1
5 UNAM 4 2 6


 1987–88 winners 
América
7th title

References

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