1943–44 Mexican Primera División season

Liga Mayor
Season	1943–44
Champions	Asturias; (1st title)
Matches played	91
Goals scored	454 (4.99 per match)
Top goalscorer	Isidro Lángara; (27 goals)
Biggest home win	ADO 9–2 Atlas
Biggest away win	ADO 2–8 RC España
Highest scoring	RC España 9–3 Veracruz
	← 1942–43 1944–45 →

The 1943–44 season was the inaugural edition of the Mexican professional league known as Liga Mayor, it was the first true national and professional league in Mexico, organized by the Federación Mexicana de Fútbol (FMF). It had 10 participating clubs, which were from Mexico City, Jalisco and Veracruz. Asturias were the first champions.^[1]

Clubs

Guadalajara
Atlas

Veracruz

ADO
Moctezuma

América
Atlante
Asturias
RC España
Marte

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Location of the 1943–44 Mexican Primera División teams

Club	City	Stadium
ADO	Orizaba	Campo Moctezuma
América	Mexico City	Parque Asturias
Atlante	Mexico City	Parque Asturias
Atlas	Guadalajara	Parque Oblatos
Asturias	Mexico City	Parque Asturias
Guadalajara	Guadalajara	Parque Oblatos
Marte	Mexico City	Parque Asturias
Moctezuma	Orizaba	Campo Moctezuma
RC España	Mexico City	Campo España
Veracruz	Veracruz	Parque Deportivo Veracruzano

League standings

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	RC España	18	13	1	4	70	35	+35	27
2	Asturias	18	12	3	3	57	32	+25	27
3	Moctezuma	18	9	3	6	43	34	+9	21
4	Atlante	18	6	6	6	28	31	−3	18
5	Atlas	18	7	4	7	42	50	−8	18
6	Guadalajara	18	8	0	10	50	51	−1	16
7	Veracruz	18	7	2	9	48	57	−9	16
8	América	18	6	1	11	42	58	−16	13
9	Marte	18	4	4	10	32	47	−15	12
10	ADO	18	5	2	11	37	54	−17	12

Source: RSSSF

Results

Home \ Away	ADO	AME	AST	ATL	ATS	ESP	GDL	MAR	MOC	VER
ADO	—	1–6	3–4	0–1	9–2	2–8	3–2	4–0	0–3	2–3
América	1–3	—	2–7	2–5	3–2	2–4	7–2	2–0	1–0	4–6
Asturias	4–1	4–2	—	1–2	2–3	1–1	3–2	7–2	2–2	6–2
Atlante	2–2	3–3	1–1	—	2–2	2–1	1–4	0–0	0–1	3–1
Atlas	3–0	3–0	2–4	3–3	—	0–1	3–7	3–0	3–3	3–1
RC España	5–1	6–1	1–2	2–0	6–2	—	8–2	3–2	2–3	9–3
Guadalajara	5–1	3–1	1–5	0–1	1–3	3–5	—	5–1	3–1	5–1
Marte	0–2	2–3	3–0	5–1	1–1	1–4	1–2	—	4–2	4–2
Moctezuma	3–1	3–1	1–2	2–1	5–1	1–2	3–2	3–3	—	5–1
Veracruz	2–2	4–1	1–2	1–0	2–3	7–2	3–1	3–3	5–2	—

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

Championship playoff

A playoff match between Asturias and RC España was held to determine the champions, since both teams ended the season with the same number of points.

16 April 1944

Asturias	4–1	RC España
Menéndez 11' Aballay 13', 54' Regueiro 84'		Lángara 90'

Parque Asturias, Mexico City

Referee: Juan J. López

Champions
Asturias 1st title

Moves

After this season Unión-León, Oro, and Puebla joined the league.

Top scorers

Rank	Player	Team	Goals
1	Isidro Lángara	RC España	27

References

^ "Mexico 1943/44". RSSSF.com. Retrieved 17 August 2019.

[RSSSF-1] "Mexico 1943/44". RSSSF.com. Retrieved 17 August 2019.

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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 Cuernavaca Deportivo Neza Indios de Ciudad Juárez Irapuato La Piedad Morelia Nacional Oaxtepec Oro Real Zamora San Isidro Laguna San Luis Sinaloa Tampico Madero Tecos Toros Neza UAT UdeG Unión de Curtidores Veracruz Zacatepec
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