1982–83 Mexican Segunda División season

Segunda División de México
Season	1982–83
Champions	Unión de Curtidores (1st Title)
Promoted	Poza Rica
Relegated	Tapatío; Cuautla
Matches played	388
Goals scored	1,042 (2.69 per match)
Top goalscorer	Miguel Ángel Jiménez; (27 goals)
	← 1981–82 1983–84 →

The 1982–83 Segunda División was the 34th season of the Mexican Segunda División. The season started on 21 August 1982 and concluded on 20 May 1983. It was won by Unión de Curtidores.^[1]

Changes[edit]

Oaxtepec was promoted to Primera División.^[2]
Tampico was relegated from Primera División.^[3]
Poza Rica was promoted from Tercera División.^[4]
Bachilleres, Irapuato, Lobos de Tlaxcala, Tuberos de Veracruz and Coyotes were relegated from Segunda División.^[4]
Brujas was bought by new owners, was relocated at Querétaro City and renamed as Club Querétaro.^[5]
Estado de México was renamed as Texcoco.^[4]
Tapatío returned to Guadalajara.^[4]

As of this season, the competition system was modified. The 20 teams were divided into two zones of 10 teams, which played each other four times during the regular season.

Teams[edit]

N. Necaxa

Colima

Córdoba

Texcoco

SUOO

1982–83 season Teams

Club	City	Stadium
Atlético Valladolid	Morelia	Estadio Venustiano Carranza
Colima	Colima City	Estadio Colima
Córdoba	Córdoba	Estadio Rafael Murillo Vidal
Cuautla	Cuautla	Estadio Isidro Gil Tapia
Jalisco	Guadalajara	Estadio Jalisco
La Piedad	La Piedad	Estadio Juan N. López
Nuevo Necaxa	Amecameca	Estadio Francisco Flores
Pachuca	Pachuca	Estadio Revolución Mexicana
Poza Rica	Poza Rica	Estadio Heriberto Jara Corona
Querétaro	Querétaro City	Estadio Municipal de Querétaro
Salamanca	Salamanca	Estadio El Molinito
SUOO	Cuautitlán	Estadio Los Pinos
Tampico	Tampico	Estadio Tamaulipas
Tapatío	Guadalajara	Casa Club Guadalajara
Tepic	Tepic	Estadio Nicolás Álvarez Ortega
Texcoco	Texcoco	Estadio Municipal de Texcoco
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

Western Zone[edit]

Group 1[edit]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Unión de Curtidores (Q)	36	19	9	8	62	43	+19	54	Qualified to Playoffs
2	Zamora (Q)	36	15	11	10	58	44	+14	50	Qualified to Playoffs
3	Tepic	36	13	10	13	49	47	+2	42
4	La Piedad	36	10	12	14	44	51	−7	37
5	Tapatío	36	8	14	14	42	57	−15	33	Relegated

Source: RSSSF
(Q) Qualified for the phase indicated

Group 2[edit]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Salamanca (Q)	36	16	7	13	62	54	+8	47	Qualified to Playoffs
2	Jalisco (Q)	36	13	11	12	44	42	+2	44	Qualified to Playoffs
3	Querétaro	36	11	9	16	45	52	−7	37
4	Colima	36	10	14	12	50	58	−8	37
5	Atlético Valladolid	36	11	11	14	43	51	−8	37

Source: RSSSF
(Q) Qualified for the phase indicated

Results[edit]

First leg

Home \ Away	ATV	COL	JAL	LPD	QUE	SAL	TAP	TEP	UDC	ZAM
Atlético Valladolid	—	2–0	2–3	2–2	2–0	1–0	0–0	0–0	2–2	1–0
Colima	3–2	—	1–1	2–2	2–1	1–5	3–2	3–5	1–1	1–1
Jalisco	2–0	2–1	—	0–0	2–0	1–5	2–2	1–3	0–2	0–1
La Piedad	1–0	1–1	1–2	—	3–1	3–1	5–0	2–0	1–4	1–0
Querétaro	1–2	3–0	2–1	5–1	—	3–1	1–0	3–1	0–0	2–0
Salamanca	4–0	0–1	3–3	1–0	2–1	—	3–1	3–0	1–0	1–1
Tapatío	1–2	0–0	2–1	0–3	1–1	1–2	—	2–0	3–3	0–2
Tepic	0–0	1–0	0–0	1–0	2–1	1–0	2–2	—	1–2	4–0
Unión de Curtidores	3–2	2–2	2–0	3–2	4–2	2–1	1–1	2–3	—	4–1
Zamora	3–0	4–1	0–1	5–2	0–0	1–1	7–3	2–0	3–4	—

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

Second leg

Home \ Away	ATV	COL	JAL	LPD	QUE	SAL	TAP	TEP	UDC	ZAM
Atlético Valladolid	—	0–0	2–0	2–0	2–3	1–4	1–0	3–2	1–0	1–2
Colima	3–2	—	2–4	1–1	1–1	2–0	0–0	4–2	0–0	3–4
Jalisco	3–1	1–2	—	2–0	2–0	3–0	1–1	1–0	1–1	0–0
La Piedad	0–0	3–3	0–1	—	1–1	1–0	0–0	1–1	2–1	0–0
Querétaro	1–0	1–0	0–0	3–1	—	0–1	1–2	0–2	1–1	3–3
Salamanca	2–2	1–4	4–3	3–1	1–1	—	1–1	2–5	3–1	1–0
Tapatío	2–2	1–2	0–0	2–1	1–0	3–0	—	1–0	3–1	2–3
Tepic	2–2	1–0	0–0	0–1	3–0	3–3	1–1	—	1–0	1–1
Unión de Curtidores	2–1	1–0	1–0	2–0	3–0	2–1	2–1	1–0	—	1–0
Zamora	0–0	0–0	1–0	1–1	4–2	0–1	3–0	3–1	2–1	—

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

Eastern Zone[edit]

Group 3[edit]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Nuevo Necaxa (Q)	36	17	10	9	50	40	+10	51	Qualified to Playoffs
2	Texcoco (Q)	36	17	7	12	50	41	+9	49	Qualified to Playoffs
3	Tampico	36	12	11	13	47	43	+4	44
4	SUOO	36	8	17	11	49	52	−3	36
5	Cuautla	36	10	10	16	43	63	−20	33	Relegated

Source: RSSSF
(Q) Qualified for the phase indicated

Group 4[edit]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Pachuca (Q)	36	16	10	10	52	41	+11	49	Qualified to Playoffs
2	Veracruz (Q)	36	15	11	10	51	42	+9	48	Qualified to Playoffs
3	Tulancingo	36	9	15	12	47	48	−1	37
4	Córdoba	36	8	14	14	44	49	−5	36
5	Poza Rica	36	9	13	14	43	57	−14	35

Source: RSSSF
(Q) Qualified for the phase indicated

Results[edit]

First leg

Home \ Away	COR	CUA	NEC	PAC	PZR	SUO	TAM	TEX	TUL	VER
Córdoba	—	4–0	3–1	0–0	2–2	3–3	0–0	0–1	1–1	0–2
Cuautla	1–0	—	1–1	2–1	3–2	1–4	2–2	2–0	2–2	1–1
Nuevo Necaxa	1–0	2–1	—	2–1	3–1	3–1	3–0	1–0	0–0	2–2
Pachuca	1–1	1–0	4–0	—	3–1	2–2	2–0	1–2	2–1	2–1
Poza Rica	1–1	1–0	1–0	2–2	—	2–0	1–1	1–2	2–2	1–0
SUOO	0–0	1–1	0–2	1–1	5–2	—	2–1	0–1	1–1	1–1
Tampico	1–0	3–0	1–2	0–2	3–1	1–1	—	2–0	2–0	1–1
Texcoco	4–2	2–0	1–1	3–0	1–0	1–2	2–0	—	3–1	1–0
Tulancingo	0–0	2–3	1–1	1–0	2–0	0–0	3–4	1–0	—	1–1
Veracruz	1–1	1–1	2–1	2–0	1–0	1–1	2–1	2–1	1–1	—

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

Second leg

Home \ Away	COR	CUA	NEC	PAC	PZR	SUO	TAM	TEX	TUL	VER
Córdoba	—	1–1	3–1	2–0	1–2	0–3	3–1	1–2	1–1	1–2
Cuautla	1–3	—	0–0	2–3	1–1	1–0	4–0	2–0	1–0	3–2
Nuevo Necaxa	1–1	4–0	—	1–0	1–1	1–0	0–0	3–0	1–0	2–1
Pachuca	1–0	4–2	1–2	—	0–0	2–2	1–1	2–0	2–1	2–1
Poza Rica	3–1	3–2	1–1	1–1	—	3–1	0–0	2–2	0–1	2–0
SUOO	2–3	1–1	1–0	1–3	1–1	—	2–1	0–1	2–2	1–1
Tampico	3–0	3–1	5–1	0–1	4–0	0–0	—	1–1	2–0	2–1
Texcoco	2–1	4–0	0–3	1–1	3–0	3–1	1–1	—	2–2	1–2
Tulancingo	1–1	2–0	4–2	1–2	2–1	3–4	1–0	2–2	—	4–0
Veracruz	2–3	2–0	2–0	2–1	4–1	2–2	2–0	1–0	2–0	—

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

Final stage[edit]

Group 1[edit]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion	UDC	NEC	JAL	VER
1	Unión de Curtidores (Q)	6	2	3	1	11	7	+4	9	Qualified to Final		1–1	3–1	3–0
2	Nuevo Necaxa	6	2	2	2	10	5	+5	8		1–1		3–0	5–0
3	Jalisco	6	3	0	3	6	9	−3	6		3–2	1–0		1–0
4	Veracruz	6	2	1	3	4	10	−6	6		1–1	2–0	1–0

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[edit]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion	ZAM	PAC	SAL	TEX
1	Zamora (Q)	6	5	0	1	12	8	+4	12	Qualified to Final		1–0	3–0	3–1
2	Pachuca	6	4	1	1	11	3	+8	12		5–1		2–0	2–0
3	Salamanca	6	1	1	4	6	10	−4	4		1–2	1–1		0–1
4	Texcoco	6	1	0	5	4	12	−8	2		1–2	0–1	1–4

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[edit]

May 14, 1983

Zamora	1–1	Unión de Curtidores
Serratos 57'	Report	Delgado 88'

Estadio Municipal de Zamora, Zamora

Attendance: 12,000

May 20, 1983

Unión de Curtidores	1–0	Zamora
García 63'	Report

Estadio La Martinica, León

Attendance: 17,000

References[edit]

^ "Historia del Club Deportivo Unión de Curtidores" (in Spanish). Retrieved 22 September 2020.
^ Zúñiga, Marco Polo (3 April 2019). "El vuelo fugaz de los Halcones de Oaxtepec". Marca Claro (in Spanish). Retrieved 22 September 2020.
^ "Tampico Madero, reconstruyendo la historia de la Jaiba Brava". LNF Network (in Spanish). 11 January 2017. Retrieved 22 September 2020.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d Lugo, Erick Francisco; Toscano, Martín. "Mexico 1981/1982". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. Retrieved 22 September 2020.
^ Mancilla, Alfonso (28 April 2013). "Querétaro, una 'plaza maldita'". ESPN México (in Spanish). Retrieved 22 September 2020.

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

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

[3] "Tampico Madero, reconstruyendo la historia de la Jaiba Brava". LNF Network (in Spanish). 11 January 2017. Retrieved 22 September 2020.

[RSSSFMEX82-4] Lugo, Erick Francisco; Toscano, Martín. "Mexico 1981/1982". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. Retrieved 22 September 2020.

[5] Mancilla, Alfonso (28 April 2013). "Querétaro, una 'plaza maldita'". ESPN México (in Spanish). Retrieved 22 September 2020.

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