1985–86 Mexican Primera División season

Primera División de México
Season	1985–86
Champions	PRODE 1985; América; (6th title); México 1986:; Monterrey; (1st title)
CONCACAF Champions Cup	América; Monterrey
Matches played	288
Goals scored	785 (2.73 per match)
	← 1984–85 1986–87 →

The 1985–86 season was the 44th edition of the Primera Division de México, the top division of Mexican football. The season was divided into two short tournaments, which was called PRODE 1985 and México 1986. It was started on July 12, 1985 and ended on March 1, 1986.

PRODE 1985

Overview

The tournament began on 12 July 1985 and ended on 6 October 1985.

It was contested by 20 teams, divided into 4 groups of five teams in a round-robin system.

América won the championship, beating Tampico Madero on aggregate for their sixth title and their third back-to-back title.

Irapuato was promoted from Segunda División, and Zacatepec was relegated.

Teams

Mexico City

Greater Mexico City teams
América

Atlante

Cruz Azul

Necaxa

Neza

UNAM

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Location of the 1985–86 Primera División teams

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
León	León, Guanajuato	León
Morelia	Morelia, Michoacán	Venustiano Carranza
Monterrey	Monterrey, Nuevo León	Tecnológico
Necaxa	Mexico City	Azteca
Neza	Nezahualcóyotl, State of Mexico	José López Portillo
Puebla	Puebla, Puebla	Cuauhtémoc
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
UdeG	Guadalajara, Jalisco	Jalisco
UNAM	Mexico City	Olímpico Universitario

Group stage

Group 1

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Tampico Madero	8	5	0	3	21	12	+9	10	Playoff
2	Morelia	8	4	0	4	16	10	+6	8	Playoff
3	Toluca	8	3	2	3	8	12	−4	8
4	UNAM	8	3	1	4	11	15	−4	7
5	León	8	2	3	3	8	15	−7	7

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Group 2

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Puebla	8	5	3	0	21	8	+13	13	Playoff
2	U. de G.	8	3	4	1	13	10	+3	10	Playoff
3	Deportivo Neza	8	2	3	3	12	18	−6	7
4	Atlas	8	2	1	5	11	11	0	5
5	Monterrey	8	1	3	4	10	20	−10	5

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Group 3

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Atlante	8	4	3	1	11	7	+4	11	Playoff
2	Cruz Azul	8	4	3	1	7	4	+3	11	Playoff
3	Tecos	8	2	3	3	8	7	+1	7
4	Necaxa	8	2	3	3	6	8	−2	7
5	Atlético Potosino	8	0	4	4	5	11	−6	4

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Group 4

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	América	8	5	2	1	17	8	+9	12	Playoff
2	Guadalajara	8	4	2	2	12	10	+2	10	Playoff
3	Angeles	8	3	3	2	13	13	0	9
4	Irapuato	8	1	3	4	8	14	−6	5
5	UANL	8	1	2	5	8	13	−5	4

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Playoff

Quarter-finals					Semi-finals					Final

2	América	2	1	3

6	U. de G.	0	1	1
					2	América	2	3	5

					3	Atlante	2	1	3
3	Atlante	2	3	5

8	Morelia	1	0	1
										2	América	1	4	5

										5	Tampico Madero	4	0	4
1	Puebla	0	1	1

7	Guadalajara	0	0	0
					1	Puebla	2	2	4

					5	Tampico Madero	4	1	5
4	Cruz Azul	1	1	2

5	Tampico Madero	2	2	4

Champions
América 6th title

Mexico 1986

Overview

The tournament started on 11 October 1985 and ended on 1 March 1986.

It was contested by 20 teams divided into two teams of 10 in a round-robin system, with the first four teams of the group qualifying to the playoffs.

Monterrey beat Tampico Madero on aggregate for their first ever title.

Group stage

Group 1

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Puebla	18	9	6	3	24	15	+9	24	Playoff
2	América	18	5	11	2	21	14	+7	21
3	Morelia	18	6	9	3	18	14	+4	21
4	Atlante	18	7	5	6	20	17	+3	19
5	Deportivo Neza	18	4	9	5	24	21	+3	17
6	U. de G.	18	5	7	6	25	28	−3	17
7	Irapuato	18	4	9	5	18	21	−3	17
8	Atlético Potosino	18	6	5	7	22	26	−4	17
9	UANL	18	3	8	7	19	25	−6	14
10	León	18	5	3	10	15	25	−10	13

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Group 2

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Monterrey	18	13	3	2	43	18	+25	29	Playoff
2	Tampico Madero	18	11	2	5	45	25	+20	24
3	Cruz Azul	18	8	5	5	24	18	+6	21
4	Guadalajara	18	6	7	5	30	25	+5	19
5	Tecos	18	8	3	7	27	29	−2	19
6	Atlas	18	5	5	8	28	35	−7	15
7	Necaxa	18	5	4	9	19	27	−8	14
8	Toluca	18	5	4	9	19	32	−13	14
9	UNAM	18	4	5	9	23	39	−16	13
10	Angeles	18	4	4	10	14	24	−10	12

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Playoff

Quarter-finals					Semi-finals					Final

1	Monterrey	0	6	6

8	Atlante	0	0	0
					1	Monterrey	1	1	2

					7	Guadalajara	0	0	0
2	Puebla	2	1	3

7	Guadalajara	3	1	4
										1	Monterrey	1	2	3

										3	Tampico Madero	2	0	2
3	Tampico Madero	2	2	4

6	Morelia	2	0	2
					3	Tampico Madero	2	4	6

					4	América	3	0	3
4	América	1	1	2

5	Cruz Azul	0	0	0

Champions
Monterrey 1st title

References

Mexico - List of final tables (RSSSF)

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