Mexico 1938/39

Liga Mayor del Distrito Federal

Regular Season

All the teams from Mexico City (except CD Euzkadi)

Before the start of the season the league approved the entrance of Basque Selection to the
tournament. Basque Selection competed as Club Deportivo Euzkadi.

Additional details on the matches of CD Euzkadi.

Round 1
[Nov 27]
Parque Necaxa
Euzkadi  3-2 América
  [Isidro Lángara 38, 60, 82; Octavio Vial 23, Jorge López Noriega 48]
España   2-4 Asturias
  [Miguel Gual 40, Alejandro García 61; Fernando García Frade 50, 52, 85, Julio Munlloch 68]

Round 2
[Dec 4]
Parque Asturias 
Marte    2-1 Necaxa
  [Julián Escandón 10, José “Peque” Sánchez 74; Tomás Lozano 70]
Atlante  1-7 Euzkadi
  [José Leonardo Zamudio 3; Isidro Lángara 8, 49, Enrique Larrinaga 30, 52, 65, Emilio Alonso 81, 85]

Round 3
[Dec 11]
Parque España 
Necaxa   4-1 Atlante 
  [Horacio Casarín 15, Luis Pérez 31, 75, Tomás Lozano 48; Manuel Grajeda 88]
América  0-1 Asturias*
  [José Antonio Hütt 65]
*Match abandoned at 88' with the score tied 1-1 when América walked off in protest to refereeing 
  decisions; match awarded to Asturias 1-0

Round 4
[Dec 18]
Parque Necaxa 
Euzkadi  7-1 Marte
  [Emilio Alonso 1, 68, Ángel Escandón 12og, José Manuel Urquiola 13, Luis Regueiro 16, 
   Isidro Lángara 28, 32; Julián Escandón 54]
España   7-2 América
  [Esteve Pedrol 18, Miguel Gual 21, 54, 62, Martí Ventolrá 60, 87, Alejandro García 63; 
   Arteaga 65, Luis García Cortina 75]

Round 5
[Jan 8]
Parque Asturias 
Necaxa   1-4 Asturias
  [Horacio Casarín 75; William Headley 25, Efraín Ruiz 48, 73, Fernando García Frade 76]
España   6-2 Atlante
  [Miguel Gual 38, 74, 78, 80, Jorge Quesada 48, Martí Ventolrá 2t; Manuel Grajeda 33, 
   José Leonardo Zamudio 47]

Round 6
[Jan 15]
Parque España 
Marte    1-3 Asturias
  [José “Peque” Sánchez 25pen; José Antonio Hütt 16, Efraín Ruiz 20, Julio Munlloch 58] 
Euzkadi  2-5 Necaxa
  [Luis Regueiro 2t, Isidro Lángara 2tpen; Horacio Casarín 14, 61pen, 70, Luis Pérez 20, 
   Vicente García 2t]

Round 7
[Jan 22]
Parque Necaxa 
Atlante  2-5 América
  [Gabriel Olivares 5, José Leonardo Zamudio 53pen; Jorge Sota 33, Puente 41, 
   Armando Frank 50pen, Octavio Vial 57, 87]
Marte    4-6 España
  [Leopoldo Escandón 37, 85, Ballesteros 43, Maury 67; Jorge Quesada 15, José López Herranz 17, 
   Luis de la Fuente 20, Miguel Gual 23, 61, Martí Ventolrá 72]

Round 8
[Jan 29]
Parque Asturias 
América  3-3 Necaxa
  [Puente 12, Octavio Vial 26, Jorge Sota 44; Horacio Casarín 20, Luis Pérez 65, Tomás Lozano 72]
Euzkadi  5-4 Asturias
  [Emilio Alonso 23, Isidro Lángara 34, Enrique Larrinaga 47, 61, 62; William Headley 36, 
   Fernando García Frade 51, Fernando "Gavilán" García 56pen, Efraín Ruiz 77]

Round 9
[Feb 5]
Parque Asturias 
Asturias 1-1 Atlante
  [Efraín Ruiz 50; José Gutiérrez 5]
Euzkadi  5-1 España
  [Martí Ventolrá 2t; Luis Regueiro 17, 35, Isidro Lángara 56, 59, 75]

Round 10
[Feb 12]
Parque Necaxa 
América  1-0 Marte
  [Enrique Ostos 64]
Necaxa   3-2 España
  [Horacio Casarín 14, 41, Tomás Lozano 72; Miguel Gual 63, Luis de la Fuente 79]

Round 11
[Feb 19]
Parque Asturias 
Marte    3-0 Atlante
  [Julián Escandón 21, 75, José Rodriguez 25]
América  2-1 Euzkadi
  [Octavio Vial 37, Enrique Ostos 70; Isidro Lángara 5]

Round 12
[Feb 26]
Parque España 
Asturias 3-1 España
  [William Headley 4, 29, Efraín Ruiz 70; Vicente Villar 1og]
Necaxa   5-1 Marte
  [Horacio Casarín 20, 85, Luis Pérez 34, Hilario López 87, Tomás Lozano 89; 
   José Rodriguez 75]

Round 13
[Mar 5]
Parque Necaxa 
Euzkadi  4-2 Atlante
  [Enrique Larrinaga 16, Luis Regueiro 38, 82, Isidro Lángara 44pen; 
   José Gutiérrez 6, Manuel Grajeda 88]
Asturias 3-2 América
  [Fernando "Gavilán" García 35pen, Efraín Ruiz 76, Julio Munlloch 85; Carlos Laviada 7og, 
   Luis García Cortina 68]

Round 14
[Mar 12]
Parque España
Atlante  1-4 Necaxa
  [Florentino Lupercio 16; Luis Pérez 18, 87, Horacio Casarín 58, 89]
Marte    3-2 Euzkadi
  [Manuel Alonso 13, Leopoldo Escandón 59, Santiago Bonilla 61; Luis Regueiro 44, 
   Isidro Lángara 74]

Round 15
[Mar 26]
Parque Asturias 
América  2-2 España
  [Luis García Cortina 9, 15; Martí Ventolrá 12, Miguel Gual 40]
Asturias 2-2 Necaxa*
  [Horacio Casarín 7, Baldomero Arce 29; Fernando García 52pen, Efraín Ruiz 63]
*After the match, in protest to refereeing decisions the Necaxa´s fans began to light fires in
the stands that eventually consume in fire almost the entire stadium.

Round 16
[Apr 16]
Parque España
Atlante  4-3 España
  [José Leonardo Zamudio 30, 31, 43, Manuel Grajeda 76; Martí Ventolrá 22, Miguel Gual 52, 
   Borbolla 85]
Asturias 4-2 Marte
  [Francisco Argüelles 9, 19, José Antonio Hütt 59, Romero 71; José Rodriguez 17, 
   Manuel Alonso 1t]

Round 17
[Apr 23]
Parque Necaxa 
América  4-2 Atlante
  [Luis García Cortina 8, 44, 51, 60; José Leonardo Zamudio 43, Gabriel Olivares 82]
Necaxa   2-3 Euzkadi
  [Hilario López 5, Tomás Lozano 44; Luis Regueiro 19, Emilio Alonso 47, Félix de los Heros 49]

Round 18
[Apr 30]
Parque Necaxa 
España   0-4 Marte
  [Manuel Alonso 27, 65, José "Peque" Sánchez 60, Maury 62]
Asturias 3-3 Euzkadi
  [Francisco Argüelles 30, Julio Munlloch 43, José Antonio Hütt 87; Isidro Lángara 27, 
   Emilio Alonso 47, José Iraragorri 50]

Round 19
[May 7]
Parque Necaxa 
Necaxa   0-6 América
  [Luis García Cortina 16, Octavio Vial 20, 54, 65, 73, Puente 81] 
España   7-2 Euzkadi
  [Miguel Gual 36, 40, 67, 2t, César Ortiz 56, 73, Jorge Quesada 81; Isidro Lángara 17, Guzmán 43]

Round 20
[May 14]
Parque España 
Atlante  4-0 Asturias
  [José Leonardo Zamudio 34, 37, 63, Manuel Grajeda 74]
Marte    2-2 América
  [Manuel Alonso 16, Ballesteros 59; Octavio Vial 13, 40]

Round 21
[May 21]
Parque España 
Atlante  2-1 Marte
  [Manuel Grajeda 59, Pedro González 80; Germán Del Olmo 8]
España   4-2 Necaxa
  [Miguel Gual 10, 76pen, 87, Jorge Quesada 35; Hilario López 42, Julio Lores 73]


FINAL TABLE

Asturias	12	7	3	2	32	24	17 (champion)
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Euzkadi		12	7	1	4	44	33	15
América		12	5	3	4	31	26	13
Necaxa		12	5	2	5	32	31	12
España		12	5	1	6	41	37	11
Marte		12	4	1	7	24	33	 9
Atlante		12	3	1	8	22	42	 7

Topscorers: 

Miguel Gual			España		20
Isidro Lángara			Euzkadi		17
Horacio Casarín			Necaxa		13
Octavio "Pulga" Vial		América		11
Leonardo "Chanclas" Zamudio	Atlante		10
Luis "Titi" García Cortina	América		 9
Efraín Ruiz			Asturias	 8
Luis Regueiro			Euzkadi		 8


Once finished the league CD Euzkadi dissolved.


Copa México 1938-39 (Cup Tournament)

First Round
[Aug 6]
Parque Necaxa 
Necaxa   5-3 Marte   [aet]
  [Julio Lores 1t, Luis Pérez 31 2et, Tomás Lozano 1et, 1et; Manuel Alonso 1t 1et, Maury 2t]
Asturias 7-0 América
  [Enrique Larrinaga 16, 43, 68, 75, 79, Tomás Ordóñez 58, Luis Regueiro 84]
Bye: Atlante, España

Semifinals
[Aug 13]
Parque Necaxa 
España   6-3 Atlante
  [Martín Cuburu 1t 1t, Félix de los Heros 1t 2t, Jorge Quesada 1t, Martí Ventolrá 2t; 
   Alberto Mendoza 22, José Gutiérrez 2t, José Leonardo Zamudio 2t]
Asturias 7-2 Necaxa
  [Luis Regueiro 11, Tomás Ordóñez 15, Julio Munlloch 28, 2t, Enrique Larrinaga 34, 39, 2t; 
   Hilario López 73, 75]

Final 
[Aug 20]
Parque Necaxa 
Asturias 4-1 España
  [Luis Regueiro 42, Moncada 44, 2t, Enrique Larrinaga 2t; Félix de los Heros 28]



1937/38

Additional details on the matches of CD Euzkadi.

1939/40

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

Sources: El Universal, Excelsior, El Nacional, La Prensa, La Afición

With thanks to: Joel González Romero and Federico Martínez.

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

Authors: Erik Francisco Lugo (eaglelugo@yahoo.com.mx) and Martín Toscano (martinblue517@gmail.com)
Last updated: 1 Nov 2024

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