Mexico 1937/38

Liga Mayor del Distrito Federal

Regular Season

All teams from Mexico City

Round 1
[Mar 20, 1938]
Parque Asturias
Atlante  1-1 América
  [José Leonardo Zamudio 60; Enrique Ostos 7]
España   4-3 Necaxa
  [Miguel Gual 16, 49, 63, Manuel Alonso 31; Horacio Casarín 20, 21, Luis Pérez 84]

Round 2
[Mar 27]
Parque España
Asturias 6-1 Marte
  [Efraín Ruiz 13, 2t, 2t, José Antonio Hütt 61, 64, Fernando García 85; William Headley 66]
España   4-6 América
  [José López Herranz 10, Manuel Alonso 15, Miguel Gual 36, Martí Ventolrá 75; Ibarra 44og, 
   Octavio Vial 58, 61, Luis de la Fuente 59, Jorge López Noriega 80, Enrique Ostos 85]

Round 3
[Apr 3]
Parque Asturias
Atlante  0-1 Asturias
  [Efraín Ruiz 63]
Necaxa   5-1 Marte
  [Pizano 35, Hilario López 51, 66, Ramírez 2t, Luis Pérez 77; William Headley]

Round 4
[Apr 10]
Parque Asturias
Atlante  1-3 Necaxa
  [Guillermo Ortega 43og; Luis Pérez 69, Horacio Casarín 74, Marcial Ortiz 80]
Asturias 5-0 América
  [Efraín Ruiz 32, 35, 41, 60, José Antonio Hütt 50]

Round 5
[Apr 17]
Parque España
España   7-1 Marte
  [Miguel Gual 3, 46, 50, José López Herranz 59, 67, Jorge Quesada 80, 89; Maury 55]
América  1-2 Necaxa
  [Octavio Vial 87; Luis Pérez 28, Hilario López 63]

Round 6
[Apr 24]
Parque Necaxa
Marte    2-4 Atlante
  [William Headley 25, 30; Gabriel Olivares 6, 64, Eduardo Romero 40, “Niño” Torres 58]
Asturias 2-0 España
  [Escandón II 61, Efraín Ruiz 69]

Round 7
[May 8]
Parque Asturias
Marte    1-0 América
  [Samuel 87]
España   5-2 Atlante
  [José López Herranz 9, Martí Ventolrá 25, 84, Miguel Gual 51, 74; José Leonardo Zamudio 15, 
   Gabriel Olivares 55]

Round 8
[May 15]
Parque España
América  2-1 Atlante
  [Luis de la Fuente 18, Francisco Argüelles 47; “Langacha” Martínez 59]
Asturias 0-1 Necaxa
  [Horacio Casarín 70]

Round 9
[May 22]
Parque Necaxa
Marte    2-5 Asturias
  [Maury 57, 58; José Antonio Hütt 22, 75, Félix de los Heros “Tache” 24, 63, Efraín Ruiz 89]
Necaxa   0-0 España

Round 10
[May 29]
Parque Asturias
América  3-1 España
  [Enrique Ostos 25, 28, Luis de la Fuente 87; César Ortiz 83]
Asturias 2-3 Atlante
  [José Antonio Hütt 58, Escandón II 59; Gabriel Olivares 53, José Leonardo Zamudio 70, 87]

Round 11
[Jun 5]
Parque España
Marte    4-0 Necaxa
  [William Headley 29, 77, Vertti 55, 63]
América  1-6 Asturias
  [Armando Frank 40; Félix de los Heros “Tache” 13, José Gutiérrez 16, 57, Efraín Ruiz 25, 
   Romero 37, José Antonio Hütt 79]

Round 12
[Jun 12]
Parque Necaxa
Marte    4-3 España
  [Ballesteros 11, William Headley 58, 69, Maury 78; Martí Ventolrá 19, 76, Manuel Alonso 48]
Necaxa   8-0 Atlante
  [Luis "Titi" García Cortina 3, 53, 68, Tomás Lozano 14, Horacio Casarín 35, 59, 86, 
   Vicente García 66]

Round 13
[Jun 19]
Parque Asturias
Atlante  3-6 Marte
  [Gabriel Olivares 2, José Leonardo Zamudio 62, Felipe Rosas 64; José Rodríguez 9, Maury 12, 43pen, 
   José “Peque” Sánchez 15, William Headley 51, Germán del Olmo 88]
Necaxa   3-1 América
  [Tomás Lozano 2, Luis Pérez 10, Horacio Casarín 48; Álvarez 23]

Round 14
[Jun 26]
Parque España
América  0-4 Marte
  [José “Peque” Sánchez 10, 47, William Headley 49, 53]
España   1-3 Asturias
  [Fernando García 51og; Efraín Ruiz 47, 2t, Félix de los Heros “Tache” 75]

Round 15
[Jul 3]
Parque Necaxa
Atlante  3-2 España
  [“Niño” Torres 20, Gabriel Olivares 52, José Leonardo Zamudio 2t; Miguel Gual 5pen, 
   Martí Ventolrá 72]
Necaxa   5-1 Asturias
  [Horacio Casarín 28, 35, 67, Vicente García 42, 73; Fernando García 14pen]


Final Table

Necaxa		10	7	1	2	30	13	17	15 (champion)
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Asturias	10	7	0	3	31	14	17	14
Marte		10	5	0	5	26	33	-7	10
España		10	3	1	6	27	27	 0	 7
América		10	3	1	6	15	28	-13	 7
Atlante		10	3	1	6	18	32	-14	 7


Top scorers:

1. Efraín Ruiz			Asturias	13 [Spain]
2. Horacio Casarín		Necaxa		11
   William Headley		Marte		11 [Uruguay]
4. José Antonio Hütt		Asturias	 7 [Costa Rica]
5. Leonardo "Chanclas" Zamudio	Atlante		 6
   Gabriel "Nacha" Olivares	Atlante		 6
   Martí Ventolrá		España		 6 [Spain]
   Maury			Marte		 6 


Copa México 1937-38 (Cup Tournament)

First Round
[Jul 10]
Parque Asturias
España   6-2 Marte
  [Manuel Alonso 53, Miguel Gual 2t, 2t, 2t, Steve Pedrol 2t, Martí Ventolrá 2t; Ballesteros 2t (pen), 
   Germán del Olmo 2t]
Asturias 4-3 Necaxa   [aet]
  [Félix de los Heros "Tache" 10, Escandón 35, 110, José Antonio Hütt 2t; Horacio Casarín 1t, 
   Tomás Lozano 30, Luis Pérez 65]
Bye: América, Atlante

Semifinals
[Jul 17]
Parque España
Atlante  1-3 América
  [Gabriel Olivares 2t; Luis de la Fuente 2t, Francisco Islas 2t (og), Octavio Vial 2t]
España   4-2 Asturias
  [Miguel Gual 28, Escandón 1t (og), Martí Ventolrá 2t, Jorge Quesada 86; Fernando García 2t (pen), 
   Efraín Ruiz 68]

Final
[Jul 24]
Parque Asturias
América  3-1 España
  [Octavio Vial 1t, Armando Frank 1t, Enrique Ostos 80; Miguel Gual 10]

Changes for the next season:

	Euzkadi (Basque Selection) entered



1936/37

1938/39

list of champions.

list of final tables.

list of divisional movements.

list of cup winners.

list of super cup winners.

list of topscorers.


About this document

With thanks to Federico Martínez

Sources: La Afición, El Nacional, Excélsior and La Prensa

Prepared and maintained by Erik Francisco Lugo, Joel González Romero and Martín Toscano for the Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation

Authors: Erik Francisco Lugo (eaglelugo@yahoo.com.mx), Joel González Romero (joelgr100@hotmail.com) and Martín Toscano (martinblue517@gmail.com)
Last updated: 26 Sep 2024

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