1948–49 Mexican Primera División season

The season 1948/49, was the sixth season of the Mexican professional football league, which operated at that time still under the name Liga Mayor.

Special

With the Club León, who had already won the championship in the preseason, it was the first time a defending champion. At the end of the season, the Asociación Deportiva Orizabeña moved for financial reasons back from the league.

The runner-up the previous season, CD Oro, started with five wins and two draws in the league, but then built and landed at the end of the season only in twelfth place. He cashed his first defeat on November 21, 1948 just in the city derby against CD Guadalajara ( 1:3). The club Guadalajara put his hand an even better season start and began the season with seven wins and a draw before it 's first defeat against the third team from Guadalajara was on December 6, 1948: a 0-3 against the other city rivals Atlas.

Games with Most Goals

Most goals scored in the discharged on February 24, 1949 meeting between Marte and Asturias ( 9:3 ). Also double digits was the number of hits in España against Puebla ( 7:4 ) on July 17, 1949 and in years ending in each case with 8:2 encounters between Asturias and América on June 26, 1949 and between the runners- Atlas and the Master Leon (!) on 26 September 1948. Remarkably, in the latter game is the fact that Leon was already 2-0 ahead after just nine minutes. After it was 2-2 at the break, the Esmeraldas were virtually overrun in the second half of the Zorro.

Total years Table 1948/49,

Cross table for season 1948/49,

The cross table presents the results of all games this season dar. The name of the home team is listed in the left column, a three -character abbreviation for the visiting team on the top line.