In 1950 the Second Division was founded and the former Liga Mayor
becomes the First Division. In 1950-51 the First Division has 12 teams:
America, Atlante, Atlas, Guadalajara, Leon, Marte, Necaxa, Oro, Puebla,
San Sebastian, Tampico and Veracruz. Each year the last team in the
First Division is relegated to Second Division, and the champion of the
Second Division is promoted to First Division. Since 1994-95 the name
of the second level was changed to First A Division (Primera A), the
Second Division (Segunda División) now constitutes the third level.
Promoted Relegated
1950-51 Zacatepec San Sebastian
1951-52 La Piedad Veracruz
1952-53 Toluca La Piedad
1953-54 Irapuato Atlas
1954-55 Atlas Marte
Zamora and Cuautla were promoted to make a 14 teams First Division
1955-56 Monterrey Zamora
After this season Puebla folded and there were 13 teams in First Division
1956-57 Zamora Monterrey
Morelia is promoted to replace Puebla
1957-58 Celaya Tampico
1958-59 Tampico Cuautla
1959-60 Monterrey Zamora
1960-61 Nacional Celaya
1961-62 UNAM Zacatepec
1962-63 Zacatepec Tampico
1963-64 Cruz Azul none
Veracruz is promoted to make a 16 teams First Division
1964-65 Ciudad Madero Nacional
1965-66 Nuevo Leon Zacatepec
1966-67 Pachuca Ciudad Madero
1967-68 Laguna Morelia
1968-69 Torreon Nuevo Leon
1969-70 Zacatepec none
Puebla is promoted to make a 18 teams First Division
1970-71 San Luis Atlas
After this season Necaxa changed its name to Atletico Espa$ol
1971-72 Atlas Irapuato
1972-73 Ciudad Madero Pachuca
1973-74 UANL San Luis
Union de Curtidores and Atletico Potosino are promoted to make a
20 teams First Division. Universidad de Guadalajara bought Torreon.
1974-75 UAG Ciudad Madero
1975-76 San Luis Atlante
1976-77 Atlante Zacatepec
Tampico bought San Luis
1977-78 Zacatepec Atlas
Dep. Neza bought Laguna
1978-79 Atlas Veracruz
1979-80 Atletas Campesinos Jalisco
1980-81 Morelia Union de Curtidores
1981-82 Oaxtepec Tampico
Tampico-Madero bought A. Campesinos, Atletico Espa$ol changed back to Necaxa
1982-83 Union de Curtidores Zacatepec
1983-84 Zacatepec Union de Curtidores
Angeles bought Oaxtepec
1984-85 Irapuato Zacatepec
1985-86 Cobras none
1986-87 UAT Leon y Cobras
1987-88 Ciudad Juarez UAT
UAT bought Angeles and Santos bought Dep. Neza
1988-89 Potros Atletico Potosino
Veracruz bought Potros
1989-90 Leon Atlante
Queretaro bought Tampico-Madero
1990-91 Atlante Irapuato
1991-92 Pachuca Ciudad Juarez
1992-93 UTN Pachuca
UTN changed its name to Neza, Neza played its games with name Hidalgo
1993-94 Tampico-Madero Queretaro
Universidad de Guadalajara folded. 19 teams in First Division. Hidalgo
back to Neza
1994-95 Celaya UAT and Tampico-Madero
1995-96 Pachuca UANL
1996-97 Tigres Pachuca
Winter 96 Champs': Tigres
Summer 97 Champs': Tigres
1997-98 Pachuca Veracruz
Winter 97 Champs': Pachuca playoff (aggregate)
Summer 98 Champs': UdeNL Pachuca 4-2 UdeNL
1998-99 U. de Curtidores [1] Puebla
Winter 98 Champs': Yucatan playoff (aggregate)
Summer 99 Champs': Union de Curtidores Yucatan 1-7 Union de
Curtidores
1999-00 Irapuato Toros Neza
Winter 99 Champs': Irapuato
Summer 00 Champs': Irapuato
2000-01 La Piedad none [2]
Winter 99 Champs': Aguascalientes playoff (aggregate)
Summer 00 Champs': La Piedad Aguascalientes 2-4 La Piedad
2001-02 San Luis, Veracruz Leon [3]
Winter 01 Champs': Veracruz playoff (aggregate)
Summer 02 Champs': San Luis Veracruz 2-4 San Luis
2002-03 Irapuato Cuernavaca
Apertura 01 Champs': Irapuato playoff (aggregate)
Clausura 02 Champs': León Irapuato 3-1 León
2003-04 Culiacán San Luis
Apertura 01 Champs': Culiacán playoff (aggregate)
Clausura 02 Champs': León Culiacán 4-3 León
2004-05 San Luis Puebla
Apertura 04 Champs': San Luis playoff (aggregate)
Clausura 05 Champs': Querétaro San Luis 3-2 Querétaro
[1] Puebla bought the Union de Curtidores franchise.
[2] Atlante finished last at 1st level but were allowed to play off against
Veracruz for an additional place, which they won 4-1 on aggregate.
Veracruz then bought the Irapuato franchise and played as "Tiburones
Rojos".
[3] Leon finished last at 1st level and were allowed to play off against
Veracruz for an additional place, which Veracruz won 3-1 on aggregate.
Abbreviations:
UNAM = Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico
UAG = Universidad Autonoma de Guadalajara
UAT = Universidad Autonoma de Tamaulipas
UANL = Universidad Autonoma de Nuevo Leon
UTN = Universidad Tecnologica de Neza
Prepared by Héctor Villa Martínez and maintained by Emmanuel Castro Serna (soccer_stars@hotmail.com) for the Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation
Authors: Héctor Villa Martínez and Emmanuel Castro Serna
Last updated: 2 Jul 2005
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