1995–96 Mexican Primera División season

The following are statistics about Primera División de México, the top professional soccer league in Mexico, for the 1995–96 season.

Primera División de México

Season	1995–96
Champions	Necaxa (2nd title)
Relegated	UANL
Champions' Cup	Necaxa Cruz Azul
Top goalscorer	Carlos Hermosillo (26 goals)
← 1994–95 1996–97 →

Overview

It was contested by 18 teams, and Necaxa won the championship.

Celaya was promoted from Primera División 'A'.

UANL was relegated to Primera División 'A'.

Teams

Mexico City

• Atlas
• Guadalajara
• Tecos

Toluca

Celaya

• Monterrey
• UANL

Veracruz

León

Morelia

Puebla

Santos

Greater Mexico City teams
América
Atlante
Cruz Azul
Necaxa
Toros Neza
UNAM

Location of the 1995-96 Primera División teams

Team	City	Stadium
América	Mexico City	Azteca
Atlante	Mexico City	Azulgrana
Atlas	Guadalajara, Jalisco	Jalisco
Celaya	Celaya, Guanajuato	Miguel Alemán Valdés
Cruz Azul	Mexico City	Azteca
Guadalajara	Guadalajara, Jalisco	Jalisco
León	León, Guanajuato	Nou Camp
Morelia	Morelia, Michoacán	Morelos
Monterrey	Monterrey, Nuevo León	Tecnológico
Necaxa	Mexico City	Azteca
Toros Neza	Nezahualcóyotl, State of Mexico	Neza 86
Puebla	Puebla, Puebla	Cuauhtémoc
Santos Laguna	Torreón, Coahuila	Corona
Tecos	Zapopan, Jalisco	Tres de Marzo
Toluca	Toluca, State of Mexico	La Bombonera
UANL	Monterrey, Nuevo León	Universitario
UNAM	Mexico City	Olímpico Universitario
Veracruz	Veracruz, Veracruz	Luis "Pirata" Fuente

Group stage

Group 1

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Veracruz	34	15	5	14	44	45	−1	50	Playoff
2	UANL	34	12	13	9	38	38	0	49
3	Guadalajara	34	11	10	13	37	42	−5	43
4	Santos	34	9	10	15	41	43	−2	37
5	Toluca	34	10	7	17	33	45	−12	37

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Group 2

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Celaya	34	14	10	10	49	46	+3	52	Playoff
2	América	34	10	16	8	57	45	+12	46
3	Morelia	34	9	9	16	36	52	−16	36
4	Atlante	34	7	12	15	39	56	−17	33
5	Puebla	34	6	10	18	29	54	−25	28

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Group 3

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Cruz Azul	34	14	14	6	61	38	+23	56	Playoff
2	Monterrey	34	13	12	9	52	47	+5	51
3	UNAM	34	13	11	10	50	41	+9	50
4	León	34	13	11	10	55	49	+6	50

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Group 4

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Necaxa	34	15	10	9	58	41	+17	55	Playoff
2	Atlas	34	14	11	9	51	45	+6	53
3	Toros Neza	34	13	11	10	53	50	+3	50
4	Tecos	34	8	18	8	41	47	−6	42

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Results

Home \ Away	AME	ATE	ATS	CEL	CAZ	GDL	LEO	MTY	MOR	NEC	PUE	SAN	TEC	TOL	TRN	UNL	UNM	VER
América	—	3–3	2–0	4–1	1–2	2–3	3–1	4–1	3–1	4–4	1–3	1–0	3–1	1–1	1–1	1–1	2–2	3–0
Atlante	3–2	—	0–1	1–2	1–1	0–0	2–1	0–1	1–4	2–4	1–0	2–1	2–2	2–0	1–1	1–2	0–3	0–1
Atlas	1–1	0–2	—	0–1	3–1	2–0	3–2	1–3	1–0	2–2	1–1	2–0	3–0	1–0	4–3	2–2	1–1	2–1
Celaya	2–2	0–0	0–2	—	0–0	1–1	0–2	1–1	1–1	2–1	2–2	2–1	1–1	0–1	1–1	0–1	4–2	1–0
Cruz Azul	1–1	1–1	1–2	2–3	—	0–0	1–1	2–2	1–1	0–2	5–1	0–0	2–2	3–0	1–1	5–0	1–2	3–2
Guadalajara	0–2	1–0	5–2	3–4	2–3	—	0–4	4–2	0–1	1–0	0–1	1–0	1–1	1–0	0–0	1–1	3–0	1–2
León	2–2	3–0	2–1	2–2	1–1	1–1	—	1–1	2–1	3–1	2–0	4–3	3–3	2–0	1–1	0–1	3–2	0–1
Monterrey	0–0	3–1	2–2	1–2	0–2	0–0	2–2	—	2–2	1–0	4–1	2–1	6–1	1–0	2–1	2–1	2–1	1–4
Morelia	1–1	2–2	1–4	1–3	1–3	2–1	2–2	2–0	—	3–2	2–1	0–1	0–0	0–1	0–1	1–1	0–1	1–0
Necaxa	1–0	2–1	3–3	3–1	0–2	4–0	3–0	2–2	2–1	—	0–0	1–1	1–2	2–3	2–0	2–1	2–1	1–0
Puebla	2–2	1–1	1–1	0–1	1–3	0–0	1–1	1–0	0–1	1–1	—	2–3	0–2	1–0	0–1	0–0	1–3	2–0
Santos	1–1	0–0	0–1	2–1	2–4	0–2	0–1	0–0	3–0	2–1	1–0	—	0–0	0–1	2–1	1–1	1–3	5–0
Tecos	2–1	2–2	0–0	2–1	0–1	2–2	0–1	0–0	1–1	0–0	0–2	1–1	—	2–1	1–0	1–0	1–1	1–1
Toluca	0–2	2–2	3–1	1–3	0–2	1–0	0–1	3–2	0–1	1–4	5–0	2–2	0–2	—	1–1	0–0	2–1	1–0
Toros Neza	2–0	3–0	0–0	1–4	2–5	1–0	4–3	2–3	3–2	1–3	2–1	3–2	3–2	2–1	—	1–1	1–1	6–1
UANL	1–1	2–0	1–0	2–0	1–1	0–1	3–0	1–2	1–0	0–2	3–2	0–0	3–2	2–2	0–1	—	2–1	2–0
UNAM	0–0	3–4	2–2	1–0	2–1	1–2	1–0	1–1	3–0	0–0	4–0	1–0	2–2	1–0	0–0	1–1	—	2–1
Veracruz	1–0	2–1	2–0	1–2	0–0	2–0	3–1	1–0	4–0	0–0	1–0	2–5	2–2	0–0	4–2	4–0	1–0	—

Updated to match(es) played on 7 April 1996. Source: RSSSF
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Playoff

Repechage

	Repechaje							Qualifiers
	10	UANL	4	1	5
	7	León	1	3	4			10	UANL
	11	América	2	0	2			11	América
	6	UNAM	0	0	0

UANL	4-1	León
Lozano 26', 50', 60' Almaguer  84'		Álvarez 49'

April 10, 1996

20:45

Estadio Universitario, San Nicolás de los Garza

León	3-1	UANL
Ordiales 23' Peña 47' Álvarez 88' (pen)		Lozano 56'

April 13, 1996

20:45

Nou Camp, León

UANL won 4-5 on aggregate.

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América	2-0	UNAM
Omam-Biyik 31' Luis García 87'

April 11, 1996

20:45

Estadio Azteca, Mexico City

UNAM	0-0	América

April 14, 1996

12:00

Estadio Olímpico Universitario, Mexico City

América won 0-2 on aggregate.

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Playoff Series

	Quarterfinals							Semifinals							Finals
	4	Celaya (a)	2	0	2
	5	Monterrey	2	0	2
								2	Necaxa	2	1	3
								11	América	0	1	1
	3	Atlas	1	2	3
	8	Veracruz (a)	1	2	3
															2	Necaxa (a)	1	0	1
															4	Celaya	1	0	1
	2	Necaxa	1	1	2
	10	UANL	0	1	1
								4	Celaya	1	5	6
								8	Veracruz	0	1	1
	1	Cruz Azul	0	2	2
	11	América	3	0	3

Quarter-finals

Veracruz	1-1	Atlas
Arboleda 81'		García 40'

April 17, 1996

16:00

Estadio Luis "Pirata" Fuente, Veracruz

Atlas	2-2	Veracruz
Salcedo 17' García 33'		Gaytán 37' Malibrán 76'

April 20, 1996

20:45

Estadio Jalisco, Guadalajara

Series tied 3-3 on aggregate. Veracruz advanced to semi-finals by away goals rule.

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Monterrey	2-2	Celaya
Morales 64' Verdirame 68' (pen)		Butragueño 34', 51'

April 17, 1996

20:45

Estadio Tecnológico, Monterrey

Celaya	0-0	Monterrey

April 20, 1996

20:15

Estadio Miguel Alemán Valdés, Celaya

Series tied 2-2 on aggregate. Celaya advanced to semi-finals by away goals rule.

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UANL	0-1	Necaxa
		Aguinaga 59'

April 17, 1996

20:45

Estadio Universitario, San Nicolás de los Garza

Necaxa	1-1	UANL
Aguinaga 87' (pen)		Seferović 16'

April 20, 1996

17:00

Estadio Azteca, Mexico City

Necaxa won 2-1 on aggregate.

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Cruz Azul	0-3	América
		Omam-Biyik  19' Luis García 53', 60'

April 17, 1996

20:45

Estadio Azteca, Mexico City

América	0-2	Cruz Azul
		Palencia  5'  Villa 68' (own)

April 21, 1996

20:00

Estadio Azteca, Mexico City

América won 3-2 on aggregate.

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Semi-finals

Veracruz	0-1	Celaya
		Mercado  50'

April 24, 1996

17:00

Estadio Luis "Pirata" Fuente, Veracruz

Celaya	5-1	Veracruz
Zambrano  16', 25', 35', 51' Butragueño 87'		Santos 34'

April 27, 1996

20:15

Estadio Miguel Alemán Valdés, Celaya

Celaya won 6-1 on aggregate.

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América	0-2	Necaxa
		Hernández  44' Peláez 47'

April 24, 1996

20:45

Estadio Azteca, Mexico City

Necaxa	1-1	América
Peláez 41'		Omam-Biyik 17'

April 27, 1996

17:00

Estadio Azteca, Mexico City

Necaxa won 3-1 on aggregate.

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Final

Celaya	1-1	Necaxa
Hernández 57'		Peláez 25'

May 1, 1996

20:15

Estadio Miguel Alemán Valdés, Celaya

Necaxa	0-0	Celaya

May 4, 1996

17:00

Estadio Azteca, Mexico City

1-1 on aggregate. Necaxa won on away goals.

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1995-96 winners
Necaxa 2nd title

Relegation table

Pos.	Team	Pts.	Pld.	Ave.
14.	Atlante	101	108	0.9352
15.	Toros Neza	100	108	0.9259
16.	Puebla	96	108	0.8889
17.	Morelia	96	108	0.8889
18.	UANL	91	108	0.8426

References

• Mexico - List of final tables (RSSSF)