1988–89 Mexican Segunda División season

Segunda División de México
Season	1988–89
Champions	Potros Neza (1st Title)
Promoted	Pachuca; Nuevo León; Ecatepec
Relegated	Tapatío; Pioneros Cancún; FEG
Matches played	419
Goals scored	1,074 (2.56 per match)
Top goalscorer	Gastón Obledo; (19 goals)
	← 1987–88 1989–90 →

The 1988–89 Segunda División was the 40th season of the Mexican Segunda División. The season started on 2 September 1988 and concluded on 18 July 1989. It was won by Potros Neza.^[1]

Changes

Cobras was promoted to Primera División.^[2]
UAT was relegated from Primera División. However, the team board bought the Deportivo Neza franchise and remained in Primera División.^[3] The relegated UAT franchise was bought by Atlante, placed in Ciudad Nezahualcóyotl and renamed Potros Neza,^[4] this team was an Atlante reserves squad.^[5]
Santos Laguna was promoted to Primera División after bought the Ángeles de Puebla franchise.^[6]^[1] Querétaro taken the Santos Laguna spot in Segunda División.^[7]
Pachuca and Nuevo León were promoted from Segunda División B.^[7]
Ecatepec was promoted from Tercera División.^[7]
Oaxaca, Texcoco and Águila Progreso Industrial were relegated from Segunda División.^[7]
Apatzingán sold its franchise to Yucatán.^[8]

Teams

Tepic

Querétaro

León

FEG
Jalisco
Tapatío

SUOO

Chetumal

Petroleros

Ecatepec
Potros

Querétaro teams
Querétaro

UAQ

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1988–89 season Teams

Club	City	Stadium
Chetumal	Chetumal	Estadio José López Portillo
Ecatepec	Ecatepec de Morelos	Estadio Morelos
FEG	Guadalajara	Estadio Tecnológico UdeG
Jalisco	Guadalajara	Estadio Jalisco
La Piedad	La Piedad	Estadio Juan N. López
León	León	Estadio Nou Camp
Nuevo León	Monterrey	Estadio Tecnológico
Orizaba	Orizaba	Estadio Socum
Pachuca	Pachuca	Estadio Revolución Mexicana
Petroleros de Salina Cruz	Salina Cruz	Estadio Heriberto Kehoe Vincent
Pioneros Cancún	Cancún	Estadio Cancún 86
Potros Neza	Ciudad Nezahualcóyotl	Estadio Neza 86
Querétaro	Querétaro City	Estadio Corregidora
SUOO	Cuautitlán	Estadio Los Pinos
Tapatío	Guadalajara	Estadio Anacleto Macías
Tecomán	Tecomán	Estadio IAETAC
Tepic	Tepic	Estadio Nicolás Álvarez Ortega
UAQ	Querétaro City	Estadio Corregidora
Yucatán	Mérida	Estadio Carlos Iturralde
Zacatepec	Zacatepec	Estadio Agustín "Coruco" Díaz

Group stage

Group 1

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	La Piedad (Q)	38	18	12	8	49	31	+18	60	Qualified to Playoffs
2	UAQ (Q)	38	18	9	11	59	45	+14	59	Qualified to Playoffs
3	León	38	15	15	8	56	37	+19	56
4	Petroleros Salina Cruz	38	10	18	10	43	46	−3	43
5	FEG (R)	38	6	12	20	33	52	−19	28	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	Nuevo León (Q)	38	15	13	10	54	37	+17	53	Qualified to Playoffs
2	Jalisco (Q)	38	14	14	10	57	44	+13	53	Qualified to Playoffs
3	Chetumal	38	14	12	12	42	36	+6	48
4	Querétaro	38	13	11	14	52	58	−6	44
5	Tapatío	38	9	14	15	47	52	−5	40	Relegation Group

Source: RSSSF
(Q) Qualified for the phase indicated

Group 3

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Potros Neza (Q)	38	17	11	10	53	39	+14	56	Qualified to Playoffs
2	Yucatán (Q)	38	14	12	12	56	60	−4	51	Qualified to Playoffs
3	Pachuca	38	15	6	17	53	66	−13	47
4	Orizaba	38	12	12	14	44	50	−6	43
5	Tepic	38	10	14	14	48	63	−15	39	Relegation Group

Source: RSSSF
(Q) Qualified for the phase indicated

Group 4

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Zacatepec (Q)	38	18	8	12	57	38	+19	56	Qualified to Playoffs
2	SUOO (Q)	38	16	9	13	51	53	−2	51	Qualified to Playoffs
3	Tecomán	38	11	12	15	43	47	−4	43
4	Ecatepec	38	10	10	18	41	54	−13	35	Relegation Group
5	Pioneros Cancún	38	8	10	20	29	59	−30	33	Relegation Group

Source: RSSSF
(Q) Qualified for the phase indicated

Results

Home \ Away	CHE	ECA	FEG	JAL	LPD	LEO	NVL	ORI	PAC	PET	PIO	POT	QUE	SUO	TAP	TEC	TEP	UAQ	YUC	ZAC
Chetumal	—	1–1	0–0	1–1	1–0	2–0	0–3	0–0	6–0	1–0	4–0	0–0	1–0	1–3	0–0	5–1	4–0	1–0	1–0	2–1
Ecatepec	0–1	—	2–0	1–1	1–0	1–0	1–0	0–0	1–1	0–0	3–0	0–1	2–0	1–1	2–0	2–1	3–2	1–2	2–0	0–1
FEG	1–3	1–0	—	1–2	0–1	0–0	1–2	0–2	3–1	0–0	3–1	0–2	0–0	1–1	0–0	0–2	0–0	2–1	1–3	0–0
Jalisco	2–0	3–1	1–1	—	2–3	1–1	1–1	6–0	3–1	3–0	3–1	1–0	0–0	1–0	1–2	2–1	2–2	0–0	2–0	1–1
La Piedad	2–0	1–0	1–0	2–0	—	1–0	1–1	2–1	2–0	1–1	1–0	0–0	1–1	1–1	1–0	1–1	4–1	0–0	2–0	2–0
León	0–1	3–1	3–2	1–1	2–5	—	2–1	2–2	2–0	2–2	6–0	4–1	3–1	3–1	3–0	3–0	1–0	2–0	2–4	1–0
Nuevo León	2–0	6–2	1–0	3–1	4–1	0–0	—	0–1	5–2	2–1	2–0	0–0	2–1	1–2	0–0	2–1	3–0	2–3	1–1	1–0
Orizaba	1–0	2–0	1–0	1–0	1–2	1–1	2–1	—	1–2	4–1	0–1	4–1	2–2	1–0	1–1	0–0	2–2	1–2	2–4	1–1
Pachuca	1–1	3–1	4–0	2–0	0–3	0–1	1–1	2–1	—	1–4	2–0	1–0	4–2	5–2	2–0	2–1	1–0	2–0	3–4	0–0
Petroleros SC	2–2	1–0	2–1	1–1	2–2	2–1	1–1	4–0	3–2	—	1–0	1–1	0–1	1–1	1–1	0–0	0–0	0–2	2–2	2–2
Pioneros Cancún	2–0	0–0	0–4	1–3	0–0	1–1	0–0	0–0	2–0	4–2	—	2–2	3–1	0–1	1–0	0–2	3–1	1–1	1–1	0–1
Potros Neza	0–0	4–1	3–1	2–1	1–0	0–1	2–2	1–0	3–0	3–0	2–0	—	0–0	0–1	3–0	2–1	4–0	1–0	2–2	1–0
Querétaro	2–0	3–3	1–1	2–1	3–1	1–0	2–1	1–1	0–2	1–1	2–1	2–3	—	3–1	2–1	1–3	0–3	1–2	3–0	3–2
SUOO	2–0	2–1	1–2	1–4	3–2	0–0	3–0	0–3	1–1	1–1	0–1	1–0	3–0	—	3–2	2–4	2–2	2–1	0–1	2–1
Tapatío	1–1	1–1	3–2	1–1	1–0	0–0	1–1	2–0	0–1	0–1	3–0	1–1	1–3	0–0	—	2–3	4–2	2–2	5–0	0–1
Tecomán	0–0	2–1	3–2	1–2	2–0	1–1	0–1	0–0	2–0	0–1	0–0	1–1	1–1	1–2	0–2	—	3–1	1–1	1–2	0–0
Tepic	2–0	2–2	1–0	1–1	0–0	1–1	0–0	2–3	2–0	0–0	2–1	2–0	2–2	0–2	3–3	1–0	—	2–1	3–1	2–1
UAQ	0–0	4–2	3–2	3–1	0–0	1–1	2–1	1–0	4–2	2–1	2–0	5–2	4–1	0–1	1–3	1–1	4–1	—	1–2	2–0
Yucatán	3–2	3–1	0–0	1–1	0–0	1–1	0–0	2–1	2–2	0–1	2–2	1–2	0–2	4–1	3–2	2–0	2–2	0–1	—	3–1
Zacatepec	3–0	1–0	1–1	3–0	1–3	1–1	1–0	4–1	3–0	1–0	1–0	3–2	2–1	3–1	5–2	1–2	3–1	3–0	4–0	—

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	POT	LPD	JAL	SUO
1	Potros Neza (Q)	6	3	3	0	10	4	+6	11	Qualified to Final		2–2	2–0	1–0
2	La Piedad	6	3	3	0	8	4	+4	10		0–0		1–0	1–0
3	Jalisco	6	1	1	4	6	11	−5	4		1–1	1–3		1–2
4	SUOO	6	1	1	4	6	11	−5	4		1–4	1–1	2–3

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	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion	YUC	NVL	UAQ	ZAC
1	Yucatán (Q)	6	4	2	14	11	+3	12	Qualified to Final		1–3	6–1	4–0
2	Nuevo León	6	4	2	9	5	+4	11		0–1		2–1	0–1
3	UAQ	6	2	4	12	15	−3	6		6–0	1–3		0–3
4	Zacatepec	6	2	4	6	10	−4	6		1–2	0–1	1–3

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 8, 1989	Yucatán	0–1	Potros Neza	Mérida
		Report	Guillermo Cantú 5'	Stadium: Estadio Carlos Iturralde

July 15, 1989	Potros Neza	0–1	Yucatán	Mexico City
		Report	Alonso Diego 15'	Stadium: Estadio Azulgrana

July 18, 1989	Potros Neza	3–0	Yucatán	Guadalajara
	Ricardo Camacho 23' Pascual Ramírez 40' Luis Miguel Salvador 70'	Report		Stadium: Estadio Jalisco

Relegation Group

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion	ECA	TEP	TAP	PIO
1	Ecatepec	6	3	2	1	9	3	+6	9			1–0	1–0	5–0
2	Tepic	6	3	1	2	8	6	+2	8		1–0		1–0	1–2
3	Tapatío (R)	6	1	3	2	6	7	−1	5	Relegated	1–1	1–1		2–1
4	Pioneros Cancún (R)	6	1	2	3	8	15	−7	5	Relegated	1–1	2–4	2–2

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
(R) Relegated

References

^ ^a ^b Shabot, Eduardo (8 June 2019). "Los clubes de fútbol mexicanos que cambiaron de franquicia". 90min (in Spanish). Retrieved 27 September 2020.
^ Fong, Eric (1 May 2020). "Cobras, el primer equipo que fue idea original de Televisa". Mediotiempo.com (in Spanish). Retrieved 26 September 2020.
^ "Correcaminos 88-89". Naranja de Corazón (in Spanish). 21 May 2012. Retrieved 27 September 2020.
^ "Futbol en Ciudad Nezahualcóyotl". Apuntes de Rabona (in Spanish). 12 December 2018. Retrieved 27 September 2020.
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^ Vázquez, José Juan (16 November 2016). "¿Porqué surge Santos Laguna?". Milenio (in Spanish). Retrieved 27 September 2020.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d Lugo, Erick Francisco; Toscano, Martín. "Mexico 1987/1988". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. Retrieved 27 September 2020.
^ "El nacimiento de los Venados". Diario de Yucatán (in Spanish). 4 September 2020. Retrieved 27 September 2020.

[90min-1] Shabot, Eduardo (8 June 2019). "Los clubes de fútbol mexicanos que cambiaron de franquicia". 90min (in Spanish). Retrieved 27 September 2020.

[CobrasMT-2] Fong, Eric (1 May 2020). "Cobras, el primer equipo que fue idea original de Televisa". Mediotiempo.com (in Spanish). Retrieved 26 September 2020.

[3] "Correcaminos 88-89". Naranja de Corazón (in Spanish). 21 May 2012. Retrieved 27 September 2020.

[4] "Futbol en Ciudad Nezahualcóyotl". Apuntes de Rabona (in Spanish). 12 December 2018. Retrieved 27 September 2020.

[5] "Campeones de Ascenso que no jugaron en Primera". W Deportes (in Spanish). 13 May 2018. Retrieved 29 September 2020.

[6] Vázquez, José Juan (16 November 2016). "¿Porqué surge Santos Laguna?". Milenio (in Spanish). Retrieved 27 September 2020.

[RSSSFMEX88-7] Lugo, Erick Francisco; Toscano, Martín. "Mexico 1987/1988". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. Retrieved 27 September 2020.

[8] "El nacimiento de los Venados". Diario de Yucatán (in Spanish). 4 September 2020. Retrieved 27 September 2020.

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