1954–55 Mexican Primera División season

Primera División de México
Season	1954–55
Champions	Zacatepec (1st title)
Relegated	Marte
Matches played	132
Goals scored	382 (2.89 per match)
	← 1953–54 1955–56 →

Statistics of the Primera División de México for the 1954–55 season.

Overview

Irapuato was promoted to Primera División.

The season was contested by 12 teams, and Zacatepec won the championship.

Marte was relegated to Segunda División.

Teams

América
Atlante
Necaxa

Tampico

Location of the 1954-55 Primera División teams

Team	City	Stadium
América	Mexico City	Ciudad de los Deportes
Atlante	Mexico City	Ciudad de los Deportes
Guadalajara	Guadalajara, Jalisco	Parque Oblatos
Irapuato	Irapuato, Guanajuato	Revolución
León	León, Guanajuato	La Martinica
Marte	Cuernavaca, Morelos	Deportivo Morelos
Necaxa	Mexico City	Ciudad de los Deportes
Oro	Guadalajara, Jalisco	Parque Oblatos
Puebla	Puebla, Puebla	Parque El Mirador
C.D. Tampico	Tampico, Tamaulipas	Tampico
Toluca	Toluca, State of Mexico	Héctor Barraza
Zacatepec	Zacatepec, Morelos	Campo del Ingenio

League standings

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Zacatepec	22	13	6	3	41	21	+20	32	Champions
2	Guadalajara	22	12	6	4	41	22	+19	30
3	Necaxa	22	10	5	7	42	30	+12	25
4	León	22	10	5	7	30	24	+6	25
5	América	22	9	6	7	28	17	+11	24
6	Toluca	22	9	5	8	35	30	+5	23
7	Tampico	22	8	7	7	28	35	−7	23
8	Oro	22	8	4	10	42	41	+1	20
9	Puebla	22	7	6	9	29	37	−8	20
10	Irapuato	22	5	6	11	26	38	−12	16
11	Atlante	22	4	7	11	23	35	−12	15
12	Marte	22	2	7	13	17	52	−35	11	Relegated

Source: RSSSF

1954–55 winners
Zacatepec 1st title

Results

Home \ Away	AME	ATE	GDL	IRA	LEO	MAR	NEC	ORO	PUE	TAM	TOL	ZAC
América	—	0–0	2–0	0–0	2–0	5–0	1–0	2–1	0–1	0–0	1–1	0–1
Atlante	0–1	—	2–2	3–0	1–0	1–1	1–2	3–1	1–1	1–2	0–1	1–3
Guadalajara	2–0	5–2	—	2–1	2–0	0–1	0–2	2–2	4–0	4–1	3–1	3–3
Irapuato	1–1	0–0	0–1	—	0–2	0–0	3–2	3–2	4–0	3–3	2–1	0–1
León	1–0	3–0	0–1	1–1	—	3–1	1–0	3–0	1–1	3–1	1–1	1–1
Marte	0–2	2–2	0–4	1–0	0–2	—	0–0	1–1	2–2	1–2	0–4	0–1
Necaxa	2–1	0–2	3–2	3–0	1–1	6–1	—	3–2	1–1	2–0	4–1	4–1
Oro	1–5	3–0	0–1	2–3	5–1	3–2	3–3	—	3–1	1–1	3–1	3–0
Puebla	2–3	3–2	0–0	3–0	1–2	1–1	3–1	3–2	—	3–1	2–3	0–3
Tampico	1–1	1–0	0–0	2–0	3–2	5–1	2–1	0–3	1–0	—	0–0	1–1
Toluca	2–1	1–1	1–2	3–1	1–2	4–1	3–1	0–1	2–0	3–2	—	1–1
Zacatepec	1–0	3–0	1–1	5–4	1–0	4–1	1–1	3–0	0–1	6–0	1–0	—

Updated to match(es) played on 23 January 1955. Source: RSSSF
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Promotion Playoff

With the intention of increasing the number of teams in the First Division to 14 clubs, the Mexican Football Federation organized a promotional tournament between the two worst teams of the first level and the second, third and fourth teams of the Second Division. The playoff had five teams: Atlante, Marte, Cuautla, Querétaro and Zamora.

Standings

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	Atlante	4	3	1	0	13	4	+9	7	Remains in First Division
2	Zamora	4	2	0	2	8	8	0	4	Promoted to First Division
3	Cuautla	4	2	0	2	8	10	−2	4	Promoted to First Division
4	Marte	4	1	1	2	9	9	0	3	Relegated to Second Division
5	Querétaro	4	1	0	3	3	10	−7	2	Remains in Second Division

Source: RSSSF

Results

Home \ Away	ATE	CUA	MAR	QRO	ZAM
Atlante	—	3–0	2–2	6–1	2–1
Cuautla	–	—	–	1–0	–
Marte	–	3–4	—	3–0	1–3
Querétaro	–	–	–	—	–
Zamora	–	4–3	–	0–2	—

Updated to match(es) played on 8 May 1955. Source: RSSSF
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

References

Mexico - List of final tables (RSSSF)

v t Liga MX
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
Seasons	1943–44 1944–45 1945–46 1946–47 1947–48 1948–49 1949–50 1950–51 1951–52 1952–53 1953–54 1954–55 1955–56 1956–57 1957–58 1958–59 1959–60 1960–61 1961–62 1962–63 1963–64 1964–65 1965–66 1966–67 1967–68 1968–69 1969–70 1970 1970–71 1971–72 1972–73 1973–74 1974–75 1975–76 1976–77 1977–78 1978–79 1979–80 1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90 1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 Winter 1998 Summer 1999 Winter 1999 Summer 2000 Winter 2000 Summer 2001 Winter 2001 Summer 2002 Apertura 2002 Clausura 2003 Apertura 2003 Clausura 2004 Apertura 2004 Clausura 2005 Apertura 2005 Clausura 2006 Apertura 2006 Clausura 2007 Apertura 2007 Clausura 2008 Apertura 2008 Clausura 2009 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16 2016–17 2017–18 2018–19 2019–20 2020–21 2021–22 2022–23 2023–24 2024–25
Competition	Final phase
Associated competitions	CONCACAF Champions Cup Campeones Cup Leagues Cup

Overview

Teams

League standings

Results

Promotion Playoff

Standings

Results

References

See what we do next...

OR