1981–82 Mexican Segunda División season

Segunda División de México
Season	1981–82
Champions	Oaxtepec (1st Title)
Promoted	Córdoba
Relegated	Bachilleres; Irapuato; Lobos de Tlaxcala; Tuberos Veracruz; Coyotes
Matches played	578
Goals scored	1,638 (2.83 per match)
Top goalscorer	Rafael Chávez Carretero; (24 goals)
	← 1980–81 1982–83 →

The 1981–82 Segunda División was the 33rd season of the Mexican Segunda División. The season started on 15 August 1981 and concluded on 24 July 1982. It was won by Oaxtepec.^[1]

It was the last season played by 24 teams, so this time there were five relegations to Segunda División B, a new intermediate category between Segunda and Tercera División.

Changes

Atlético Morelia was promoted to Primera División.^[2]
Unión de Curtidores was relegated from Primera División.^[3]
Córdoba was promoted from Tercera División.^[4]
Cachorros León was relegated from Segunda División.^[4]
Atletas Industriales was bought by new owners, the team was relocated in Morelia and renamed as Atlético Valladolid.^[4]
Coyotes Neza was relocated from Ciudad Nezahualcóyotl to Tenancingo.^[4]
Tapatío remained at Uruapan after the team was moved in the 1980–81 season final stage.^[4]
Bachilleres was relocated from Ocotlán to Guadalajara.^[4]
Universidad Veracruzana was relocated to Coatzacoalcos and renamed as Brujas de Coatzacoalcos.^[4]

During the season

Since Week 29, Estado de México was relocated from Toluca to Texcoco.
Since Week 36, Nuevo Necaxa was relocated from Juan Galindo to Amecameca.

Teams

NN

Brujas

Colima

Córdoba

EM

Tuberos
Veracruz

SUOO

1981–82 season Teams

Club	City	Stadium
Atlético Valladolid	Morelia	Estadio Venustiano Carranza
Bachilleres	Guadalajara	Estadio Tecnológico UdeG
Brujas de Coatzacoalcos	Coatzacoalcos	Estadio Miguel Hidalgo
Colima	Colima City	Estadio Colima
Córdoba	Córdoba	Estadio Rafael Murillo Vidal
Coyotes Neza	Tenancingo	Estadio Municipal de Tenancingo
Cuautla	Cuautla	Estadio Isidro Gil Tapia
Estado de México	Toluca Texcoco	Estadio Toluca 70 Estadio Municipal de Texcoco
Irapuato	Irapuato	Estadio Irapuato
Jalisco	Guadalajara	Estadio Jalisco
La Piedad	La Piedad	Estadio Juan N. López
Lobos de Tlaxcala	Tlaxcala City	Estadio Tlahuicole
Nuevo Necaxa	Juan Galindo Amecameca	Estadio 14 de Diciembre Estadio Francisco Flores
Oaxtepec	Oaxtepec	Estadio Olímpico Centro Vacacional IMSS
Pachuca	Pachuca	Estadio Revolución Mexicana
Salamanca	Salamanca	Estadio El Molinito
SUOO	Cuautitlán	Estadio Los Pinos
Tapatío	Uruapan	Hermanos López Rayón
Tepic	Tepic	Estadio Nicolás Álvarez Ortega
Tuberos de Veracruz	Veracruz City	Estadio Luis "Pirata" Fuente
Tulancingo	Tulancingo	Estadio Primero de Mayo
Unión de Curtidores	León	Estadio La Martinica
Veracruz	Veracruz City	Estadio Luis "Pirata" Fuente
Zamora	Zamora	Estadio Municipal de Zamora

Group stage

Group 1

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Salamanca (Q)	46	20	17	9	74	59	+15	66	Qualified to Playoffs
2	Córdoba (Q)	46	20	15	11	65	51	+14	65	Qualified to Playoffs
3	Jalisco	46	20	14	12	82	68	+14	64
4	SUOO	46	16	14	16	67	65	+2	54
5	Pachuca	46	16	13	17	58	57	+1	53
6	Tuberos de Veracruz (R)	46	11	14	21	47	70	−23	41	Relegated

Source: RSSSF
(Q) Qualified for the phase indicated; (R) Relegated

Group 2

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Oaxtepec (Q)	46	23	15	8	87	47	+40	76	Qualified to Playoffs
2	Tapatío (Q)	46	16	17	13	65	63	+2	58	Qualified to Playoffs
3	Zamora	46	14	12	20	59	69	−10	49
4	Bachilleres (R)	46	11	17	18	60	76	−16	44	Relegated
5	Lobos de Tlaxcala (R)	46	11	15	20	47	68	−21	43
6	Coyotes Neza (R)	46	11	9	26	65	80	−15	39

Source: RSSSF
(Q) Qualified for the phase indicated; (R) Relegated

Group 3

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Tepic (Q)	46	20	12	14	70	58	+12	62	Qualified to Playoffs
2	Estado de México (Q)	46	20	9	17	68	66	+2	56	Qualified to Playoffs
3	Nuevo Necaxa	46	15	16	15	62	59	+3	54
4	La Piedad	46	14	17	15	65	76	−11	51
5	Brujas de Coatzacoalcos	46	12	15	19	58	73	−15	45
6	Atlético Valladolid	46	11	15	20	57	79	−22	45

Source: RSSSF
(Q) Qualified for the phase indicated

Group 4

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Unión de Curtidores (Q)	46	26	12	8	85	38	+47	81	Qualified to Playoffs
2	Veracruz (Q)	46	22	12	12	66	50	+16	66	Qualified to Playoffs
3	Colima	46	15	14	17	69	75	−6	55
4	Tulancingo	46	14	18	14	63	66	−3	53
5	Cuautla	46	13	15	18	54	59	−5	48
6	Irapuato	46	13	9	24	67	88	−21	44	Relegated

Source: RSSSF
(Q) Qualified for the phase indicated

Results

Home \ Away	ATV	BAC	BRU	COL	COR	COY	CUA	EDM	IRA	JAL	LPD	LBT	NEC	OAX	PAC	SAL	SUO	TAP	TEP	TUB	TUL	UDC	VER	ZAM
Atlético Valladolid	—	1–2	2–0	0–0	2–2	3–2	0–1	4–2	5–1	2–3	1–1	2–0	0–0	2–3	0–0	2–0	0–4	1–1	0–0	3–1	3–1	1–2	2–3	1–0
Bachilleres	0–0	—	1–1	2–2	2–2	3–2	3–1	0–0	3–1	1–0	1–2	2–1	0–1	0–0	0–2	0–1	1–0	0–0	1–1	4–1	2–2	1–1	0–1	1–1
Brujas	4–0	1–1	—	2–2	1–1	3–1	2–1	0–1	4–1	1–1	3–2	0–0	4–0	2–1	2–1	0–1	0–1	5–0	1–0	2–2	1–2	3–0	0–1	2–2
Colima	2–0	4–2	5–0	—	3–0	2–1	1–1	1–1	3–0	2–1	2–0	2–2	2–0	3–2	5–2	2–2	3–1	0–1	1–4	3–2	3–0	0–0	0–4	2–2
Córdoba	2–1	1–0	1–0	2–0	—	2–0	1–0	0–1	3–1	0–0	5–2	2–0	1–1	1–0	0–1	1–1	1–1	3–2	2–1	1–2	1–1	1–0	0–0	4–2
Coyotes Neza	3–1	2–0	3–0	2–4	1–2	—	1–2	1–3	4–0	4–2	2–2	1–2	1–2	1–1	0–1	1–2	3–3	2–1	4–1	0–0	3–2	2–0	2–3	0–0
Cuautla	0–1	1–1	2–2	2–0	0–0	3–1	—	2–0	3–1	2–2	2–1	3–1	1–0	0–2	1–1	0–3	2–3	1–2	0–1	0–1	2–2	0–0	0–2	2–0
Estado de México	1–0	4–3	1–2	3–0	1–3	1–1	2–3	—	3–2	3–3	2–1	4–1	1–0	1–2	2–1	1–3	3–4	2–0	1–0	2–1	0–0	2–1	1–0	0–3
Irapuato	5–0	2–2	1–1	4–2	1–4	2–0	3–1	1–3	—	2–4	1–3	1–1	3–1	1–4	3–1	2–3	1–1	1–0	4–1	3–1	1–0	0–2	1–0	2–3
Jalisco	5–1	4–1	2–1	1–0	2–2	2–1	1–0	3–2	0–0	—	3–0	1–1	3–3	1–2	3–1	2–1	1–0	1–3	1–2	3–0	3–1	1–1	2–3	3–2
La Piedad	0–0	3–1	2–0	1–0	2–0	3–0	2–2	2–1	2–2	1–1	—	1–0	1–1	2–2	3–2	1–1	2–2	2–1	2–1	0–0	2–1	1–2	2–0	2–2
Lobos Tlaxcala	1–1	0–1	1–1	4–1	0–0	4–0	0–0	2–0	1–0	0–1	2–2	—	2–1	2–2	0–1	0–0	0–3	2–2	2–1	2–0	0–2	1–0	2–0	0–3
Nuevo Necaxa	2–1	3–2	2–0	1–1	4–1	1–0	2–3	0–2	0–2	4–0	2–2	2–1	—	2–1	3–1	1–1	0–0	3–1	1–1	1–1	5–2	0–0	3–1	1–0
Oaxtepec	3–1	2–0	9–0	4–2	3–2	1–0	2–2	1–1	1–0	0–0	2–0	1–0	1–1	—	3–0	1–0	2–0	0–0	3–3	2–0	3–1	2–2	3–0	2–0
Pachuca	1–1	2–0	4–0	3–0	0–2	1–0	2–2	1–1	4–3	1–1	3–1	1–1	1–0	1–3	—	1–0	2–3	0–2	1–1	4–0	0–0	0–0	2–0	3–0
Salamanca	3–1	4–2	2–2	1–1	1–1	2–0	1–1	2–0	3–2	0–0	3–1	2–0	3–2	3–2	2–1	—	2–1	0–0	4–1	2–1	1–1	0–1	0–2	2–1
SUOO	1–0	2–4	2–0	2–0	0–1	2–3	1–0	1–1	0–0	0–3	0–0	7–1	3–3	1–0	2–0	1–1	—	2–2	2–0	1–1	1–2	1–3	0–0	2–1
Tapatío	3–3	2–2	2–1	2–0	1–1	1–3	1–0	2–1	2–2	3–1	6–1	2–1	2–0	0–0	0–0	1–1	0–0	—	0–2	1–0	2–2	0–2	2–0	4–1
Tepic	4–0	3–0	1–1	1–0	1–0	2–0	2–1	3–1	1–0	1–1	1–1	3–0	1–0	1–6	1–1	5–2	4–0	1–3	—	1–0	1–1	4–1	0–0	1–0
Tuberos	1–1	1–1	1–0	5–1	0–2	2–2	0–2	2–0	0–1	0–3	2–2	1–1	2–2	2–0	2–0	2–4	1–0	1–0	2–1	—	1–1	0–2	0–0	0–3
Tulancingo	2–2	2–4	0–0	0–0	2–1	2–1	1–1	2–0	1–0	3–0	2–1	2–4	0–0	2–0	0–1	2–2	3–1	2–2	1–1	0–2	—	3–0	4–2	1–0
Unión de Curtidores	2–2	6–2	3–0	4–1	3–0	2–1	1–0	1–1	4–1	6–2	4–0	2–0	0–0	0–0	1–0	4–1	4–0	5–0	3–2	1–0	1–1	—	1–0	5–0
Veracruz	4–1	1–1	3–2	1–1	2–2	1–1	1–1	0–1	1–1	3–2	4–1	0–0	2–1	1–1	2–1	3–1	2–1	3–1	3–1	3–0	2–0	1–0	—	1–0
Zamora	0–3	2–0	1–1	0–0	2–1	2–1	2–0	1–4	2–1	0–3	1–0	4–1	2–0	2–2	1–1	0–0	2–4	2–2	0–1	2–2	3–0	0–1	2–0	—

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

Final stage

Group 1

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion	TEP	VER	TAP	SAL
1	Tepic (Q)	6	4	0	2	10	7	+3	9	Qualified to Final		1–0	2–0	1–0
2	Veracruz	6	3	0	3	13	12	+1	8		4–3		3–1	5–2
3	Tapatío	6	3	1	2	8	9	−1	7		2–1	2–1		1–1
4	Salamanca	6	1	1	4	8	11	−3	4		1–2	3–0	1–2

Source: RSSSF
Rules for classification: 1st points; 2nd head-to-head points; 3rd head-to-head goal difference; 4th head-to-head goals scored; 5th goal difference; 6th number of goals scored
(Q) Qualified for the phase indicated

Group 2

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion	OAX	UDC	COR	EDM
1	Oaxtepec (Q)	6	3	3	0	10	5	+5	11	Qualified to Final		3–1	1–1	2–1
2	Unión de Curtidores	6	2	2	2	11	9	+2	8		1–1		1–2	5–2
3	Córdoba	6	2	3	1	7	6	+1	8		0–0	1–1		2–0
4	Estado de México	6	1	0	5	7	15	−8	3		1–3	0–2	3–1

Source: RSSSF
Rules for classification: 1st points; 2nd head-to-head points; 3rd head-to-head goal difference; 4th head-to-head goals scored; 5th goal difference; 6th number of goals scored
(Q) Qualified for the phase indicated

Final

July 16, 1982

Tepic	0–1	Oaxtepec
	Report	Arnoldo Correa 88'

Estadio Nicolás Álvarez Ortega, Tepic

July 24, 1982

Oaxtepec	2–1	Tepic
Jorge Garrido 24' Ignacio Negrete 64'	Report	Marcelino Bernal 87'

Estadio Olímpico del Centro Vacacional IMSS, Oaxtepec

References

^ Zúñiga, Marco Polo (3 April 2019). "El vuelo fugaz de los Halcones de Oaxtepec". Marca Claro (in Spanish). Retrieved 22 September 2020.
^ Aguilar, Víctor Manuel (26 July 2016). "Hoy se cumplen 35 años de que Morelia subió a la primera división". La Voz de Michoacán (in Spanish). Retrieved 21 September 2020.
^ "Historia del Club Deportivo Unión de Curtidores" (in Spanish). Retrieved 22 September 2020.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g Lugo, Erick Francisco; Toscano, Martín. "Mexico 1980/1981". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. Retrieved 21 September 2020.

[1] Zúñiga, Marco Polo (3 April 2019). "El vuelo fugaz de los Halcones de Oaxtepec". Marca Claro (in Spanish). Retrieved 22 September 2020.

[2] Aguilar, Víctor Manuel (26 July 2016). "Hoy se cumplen 35 años de que Morelia subió a la primera división". La Voz de Michoacán (in Spanish). Retrieved 21 September 2020.

[3] "Historia del Club Deportivo Unión de Curtidores" (in Spanish). Retrieved 22 September 2020.

[RSSSFMEX81-4] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g Lugo, Erick Francisco; Toscano, Martín. "Mexico 1980/1981". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. Retrieved 21 September 2020.

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