1955–56 Mexican Primera División season

Primera División de México
Season	1955-56
Champions	León (4th Title)
Relegated	Zamora
Matches played	183
Goals scored	574 (3.14 per match)
← 1954-55 1956–57 →

Statistics of Primera División de México in season 1955-56.

Overview

Atlas (Segunda División 1954-55 Champion), Zamora and Cuautla (second and third place in a promotional tournament in Segunda División) were promoted to Primera División, to increase the number of teams to 14 clubs.

The season was contested by 14 teams, and León won the championship.

Zamora was relegated to Segunda División.

League standings

Pos	Club	P	W	D	L	GF	GA	Pts	Result
1	León	26	15	7	4	50	24	37	Playoff
2	Oro	26	17	3	6	49	32	37	Playoff
3	Atlante	26	13	6	7	53	37	32
4	Toluca	26	11	9	6	49	31	31
5	Necaxa	26	12	7	7	44	35	31
6	Tampico	26	12	7	7	39	32	31
7	Zacatepec	26	11	5	10	40	36	27
8	América	26	10	4	12	51	47	24
9	Irapuato	26	8	6	12	35	43	22
10	Guadalajara	26	5	11	10	33	35	21
11	Cuautla	26	6	9	11	28	46	21
12	Atlas	26	8	4	14	41	54	20
13	Puebla	26	6	4	16	33	64	16
14	Zamora	26	2	10	14	23	51	14	Relegated

Championship Playoff

March 25, 1956

León	4-2	Oro
Mateo de la Tijera Marcos Aurelio

Estadio Olímpico Universitario, Mexico City

1955-56 winners:
León 4th Title

References

Mexico - List of final tables (RSSSF)

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