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Copa México
The Copa México trophy.Founded 1907 Region Mexico Number of teams 69 Current champions Cruz Azul (1997) Most successful club Asturias (8 titles) The Copa México was a Mexican football cup competition that existed from 1907 to 1997. It consisted of both professional and amateur stages. It was the first official tournament that included teams from different parts of Mexico, and it was an important and prestigious tournament, especially during its earlier years of existence.
The original purpose of the competition was to determine a national champion, thus distinguishing it from the local league championship. Its format was different from the local leagues as well, as it employed direct elimination and culminated in a final that received much more fanfare than the local leagues. However, the goals of the Copa México were never realized due to a number of factors, including the distances and costs of travel, the timing of the tournament, and the enmity between regional leagues.
Despite early optimism about the Copa México, it lost its prestige over the years as it endured constant changes in format and even being placed on hiatus by the Mexican Football Federation, which occurred twice (the first between 1976 and 1988 and the second between 1992 and 1994). After the 1997 edition of the tournament, it was ended permanently.
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History
Copa Tower (1907–1919)
The Copa México began in 1907 with the donation of the trophy by Reginald Tower, who was at the time the English ambassador to Mexico. For this reason, it was originally called the Copa Tower. At first, the tournament only included clubs from Mexico City and the surrounding areas. Pachuca won the inaugural tournament, in 1908, by defeating Reforma AC in the final. In 1919, Real España won the cup for the third year straight and were allowed to keep the trophy permanently. In all, the Copa Tower was contested 11 times, with Real España winning it four times in all, the best performance of the period.
Copa Eliminatoria (1919–1932)
In 1920, the tournament took place for the first time with a new trophy, the Copa Eliminatoria. It was contested six times between the years 1920 and 1926. Asturias F.C. won it three times during this period (consecutively from 1922–1924), the highest total of any team during this period.
Copa México (1932–1997)
Amateur Period (1932–1943)
After the foundation of the Federación Mexicana de Fútbol in 1927, a new trophy, named the Copa México, was donated in 1932. Following a six-year hiatus, the cup was contested again during the 1932–33 season. This time, the competition also received official support of President Lázaro Cárdenas. The first Copa México was won by Necaxa in a tournament of historical importance due to the adoption of new rules. This marked the beginning of an 11-year period that is referred to in retrospect as the Amateur Period. Once again, Asturias F.C. dominated the championship, winning it a record 5 times during this period.
Professional Period (1943–1997)
In 1943 the Professional Period of the Copa México began, a period that would last until the competition's termination in 1997. At first, it was played among teams from the Liga Mayor, the present-day Primera Division de Mexico. In 1950, it was enlarged to also include the teams of the Segunda División de México. However, it was not held during the 1956–57, 1963–64, 1994–95, or 1995–96 seasons.
Year-by-year results
Copa Tower (1907–1919)
Year Champion Score Runner-up 1907–08 Pachuca AC 4–0 Reforma AC 1908–09 Reforma AC 3–2 México FC 1909–10 Reforma AC 3–1 Asturias 1910–11 British Club 2–1 España 1911–12 Pachuca AC 4–0 Reforma AC 1912–13 Was not played[1] 1913–14 México FC 3–0 Asturias 1914–15 Club España 4–2 Asturias 1915–16 Rovers FC 3–1 Club España 1916–17 Club España 5–1 México FC 1917–18 Club España 3–1 Pachuca AC 1918–19 Club España 3–0 Asturias Copa Eliminatoria (1919–1932)
Year Champion Score Runner-up 1919–20 Was not played[2] 1920–21 México FC 4–2 Pachuca 1921–22 Asturias 4–1 España 1922–23 Asturias 3–0 España 1923–24 Asturias 5–3 Reforma AC 1924–25 Necaxa 3–2 Asturias 1925–26 Necaxa 4–2 España 1926–32 Was not played Copa México (1932–1997)
Amateur Period (1932–1943)
Year Champion Score Runner-up 1932–33 Necaxa 3–1 Germania 1933–34 Asturias 4–1 América 1934–35 Was not played 1935–36 Necaxa 2–1 Asturias 1936–37 Asturias 5–3 América 1937–38 América 3–1 España 1938–39 Asturias 4–3 España 1939–40 Asturias 1–0 Necaxa 1940–41 Asturias 4–2 Necaxa 1941–42 Atlante 3–0 Asturias 1942–43 Moctezuma 3–1 América Professional Period (1943–1997)
Year Champion Score Runner-up Manager 1943-44 España 6–2 Atlante Rodolfo Muñoz 1944–45 Puebla 6–4 América Eduardo Morilla 1945-46 Atlas 5–4 Atlante Eduardo Valdatti 1946–47 Moctezuma 4–3 CD Oro Julio Kaiser 1947–48 Veracruz 3–1 Guadalajara Joaquin Urquiaga 1948–49 León 3–0 Atlante Jose Maria Casullo 1949–50 Atlas 3–1 Veracruz Eduardo Valdatti 1950–51 Atlante 1–0 Guadalajara Octavio Vial 1951–52 Atlante 2–0 Puebla Gregorio Blasco 1952–53 Puebla 4–1 León Isidro Langara 1953–54 América 1–1
(3–2)1Guadalajara Octavio Vial 1954–55 América 1–0 Guadalajara Octavio Vial 1955–56 Toluca 2–1 Irapuato Fernando Marcos 1956–57 Zacatepec 2–1 León Ignacio Trelles 1957–58 León 5–2 Zacatepec Antonio López Herranz 1958–59 Zacatepec 2–1 León Ignacio Trelles 1959–60 Necaxa 2–2
(10–9)1Tampico Donald Ross 1960–61 Tampico 1–0 Toluca Nicolas Palma 1961–62 Atlas 3–3
1–0Tampico Jose Carlos Bauer 1962–63 Guadalajara 2–1 Atlante Javier De la Torre 1963–64 América 1–1
(5–4)1Monterrey Alejandro Scopelli 1964–65 América 4–0 Morelia Alejandro Scopelli 1965–66 Necaxa 3–3
1–0León Miguel Marin* 1966–67 León 2–1 Guadalajara Luis Grill 1967–68 Atlas 2–1 Veracruz Javier Novello 1968–69 Cruz Azul 2–1 Monterrey Raúl Cardenas 1969–70 Guadalajara 3–2
2–1Torreón Javier De la Torre 1970–71 León 0–0
(10–9)1Zacatepec Antonio Carbajal 1971–72 León Group2 Puebla Antonio Carbajal 1973–74 América 2–1
1–1Cruz Azul Jose Antonio Roca 1974–75 U.N.A.M. Group2 U. de Guadalajara Arpad Fekete 1975–76 U.A.N.L. 2–0
1–2América Claudio Lostanau 1987–88 Puebla 0–0
1–13Cruz Azul Hugo Fernandez 1988–89 Toluca 2–0
1–1U. de Guadalajara Hector Sanabria 1989–90 Puebla F.C. 4–1
0–2U.A.N.L. Manuel Lapuente 1990–91 U de Guadalajara 1–0
0–0América Alberto Guerra 1991–92 Monterrey 4–2 Ciudad Juárez Miguel Mejia Baron 1994-95 Necaxa 2–0 Veracruz Manuel Lapuente 1995–96 U.A.N.L. 1–1
1–0Atlas Victor Manuel Vucetich 1996–97 Cruz Azul 2–0 Toros Neza Victor Manuel Vucetich 1: On penalties
2: Group Round (In 1971–72 the 4 teams were León, Puebla, Guadalajara, and Cruz Azul)
3: On away goalsChampions
Amateur Era Champions
CLUB CHAMPION Asturias 8 RC España 4 Necaxa 4 Pachuca 2 Reforma AC 2 México FC 2 British FC 1 Rovers FC 1 Club América 1 CF Atlante 1 Moctezuma 1 Professional Era Champions and Runners-up
CLUB CHAMPION RUNNER-UP León 5 4 Club América 5 3 Puebla FC 4 2 Atlas 4 1 Necaxa 3 0 Guadalajara 2 5 Atlante 2 4 Zacatepec 2 2 Cruz Azul 2 2 Toluca 2 1 Tigres U.A.N.L. 2 1 Veracruz 1 3 Tampico Madero 1 2 U. de Guadalajara 1 2 Monterrey 1 2 RC España 1 0 Moctezuma 1 0 Pumas U.N.A.M. 1 0 CD Oro 0 1 CD Irapuato 0 1 Morelia 0 1 Torreón 0 1 Cobras Ciudad Juárez 0 1 Toros Neza 0 1 Mexico - All-Time Table Cup Tournament
Includes all results since 1942-43 (first professional Cup Tournament) to 1996-97 Three points per victory since 1995
Posición Equipo JJ G E P GF GC DIF PTS 1 Guadalajara 217 98 47 72 385 296 89 253 2 América 209 92 55 62 348 294 54 244 3 León 181 84 34 63 308 263 45 206 4 Toluca 169 78 42 49 261 209 52 203 5 Atlas 184 70 39 75 307 307 0 186 6 Atlante 184 73 32 79 275 294 -19 182 7 Cruz Azul 124 61 28 35 192 142 50 162 8 Necaxa 146 60 34 52 244 219 25 161 9 Puebla 136 55 39 42 233 201 32 152 10 Monterrey 139 58 31 50 219 208 11 149 11 Zacatepec 120 46 29 45 185 175 10 125 12 Veracruz 126 50 21 55 205 206 -1 121 13 U.N.A.M. 111 38 29 44 157 161 -4 111 14 Irapuato 107 36 27 44 157 171 -14 102 15 Oro 114 37 27 50 184 203 -19 101 16 Tampico 81 32 21 28 143 146 -3 87 17 Morelia 93 31 19 43 118 151 -33 86 18 U.A.N.L. 64 22 20 21 100 95 5 77 19 U de G 56 29 16 11 92 57 35 74 20 U.A.G. 52 21 10 21 84 75 9 58 21 Laguna 40 15 8 17 48 66 -18 38 22 Pachuca 36 11 10 15 47 55 -8 35 23 Atlético Español 30 15 4 11 62 50 12 34 24 Marte 51 11 12 28 77 121 -44 35 25 Santos Laguna 38 11 12 15 44 54 -10 34 26 Cobras 29 11 6 12 30 37 -7 28 27 Jalisco 26 10 7 9 38 37 1 27 28 Toros Neza 15 9 1 5 22 15 7 26 29 San Luis 20 9 2 9 33 32 1 25 30 U.A.T. 35 11 7 17 40 52 -12 25 31 Moctezuma 21 10 2 9 46 49 -3 22 32 Potosino 24 7 8 9 27 36 -9 22 33 La Piedad 24 6 6 12 27 47 -20 22 34 España 19 10 1 8 55 41 14 21 35 Torreón 23 7 7 9 25 23 2 21 36 Cruz Azul Hidalgo 11 4 2 5 12 18 -6 14 37 Nacional 20 5 4 11 26 34 -8 14 38 Celaya 23 3 6 14 22 52 -30 14 39 Tampico Madero 13 6 1 6 20 19 1 13 40 Curtidores 14 4 5 5 20 24 -4 13 41 Nuevo León 18 4 5 9 21 30 -9 13 42 Tigrillos 7 2 2 3 7 10 -3 12 43 A.D.O. 15 6 0 9 24 35 -11 12 44 Asturias 17 6 0 11 40 50 -10 12 45 Ciudad Madero 23 2 7 14 20 54 -34 11 46 San Francisco 11 4 1 6 13 17 -4 10 47 Tijuana 9 3 1 5 7 12 -5 10 48 Poza Rica 6 4 1 1 11 8 3 9 49 Saltillo 8 3 0 5 8 10 -2 9 50 Querétaro 14 2 3 9 13 24 -11 7 51 Zamora 14 1 4 9 20 40 -20 6 52 Bachilleres 3 2 1 0 7 3 4 5 53 Cuautla 8 2 1 5 11 20 -9 5 54 Gallos Blancos 3 1 2 0 5 3 2 4 55 Acapulco 10 1 1 9 5 22 -17 3 56 Orizaba 4 1 1 2 5 4 1 3 57 Yucatán 4 1 1 2 3 5 -2 3 58 Angeles 4 1 1 2 6 9 -3 3 59 Hermosillo 7 0 1 6 7 19 -12 3 60 Xalapa 2 1 0 1 2 4 -2 2 61 Tabasco 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 62 Neza 2 0 1 1 3 4 -1 1 63 Cancún 2 0 1 1 0 1 -1 1 64 Texcoco 2 0 1 1 1 6 -5 1 65 Tepic 4 0 1 3 5 11 -6 1 66 U.A.Queretaro 1 0 0 1 1 2 -1 0 67 Aguascalientes 1 0 0 1 0 1 -1 0 68 Ciudad Victoria 2 0 0 2 0 3 -3 0 69 San Sebastian 6 0 0 6 7 21 -14 0 References
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