1943–44 Mexican Primera División season

1st professional season of the top-flight football league in Mexico
Football league season
Primera División de México
Season1943–44
ChampionsAsturias
(1st title)
Matches played91
Goals scored454 (4.99 per match)
Top goalscorerIsidro Lángara
(27 goals)
Biggest home winADO 9–2 Atlas
Biggest away winADO 2–8 España
Highest scoringEspaña 9–3 Veracruz

The 1943–44 Mexican Primera División season was the 1st season of Mexican professional football. Asturias won its third championship and first professional title.[1]

Team locations

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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
España Mexico City Campo España
Guadalajara Guadalajara Parque Oblatos
Marte Mexico City Parque Asturias
Moctezuma Orizaba Campo Moctezuma
Veracruz Veracruz Parque Deportivo Veracruzano

League standings

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1 España 18 13 1 4 70 35 +35 27
2 Asturias (C) 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
(C) Champions

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
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 play-off

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

Asturias4–1España
  • Menéndez 11'
  • Aballay 13', 54'
  • Regueiro 84'
Referee: Juan J. López


 1943–44 winners 
Asturias
1st title

Moves

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

Top scorers

Rank Player Team Goals
1 Spain Isidro Lángara España 27

References

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