Association football league in Mexico
Football league
The
Liga MX
, officially known as the
Liga
BBVA
MX
for sponsorship reasons,
[6]
is the top professional
football
division in Mexico. Formerly known as the
Primera Division de Mexico
(Mexican First Division), it is contested by 18 clubs and is divided into two tournaments ? "
Apertura
" and "
Clausura
"? which typically run from July to December (the former) and January to May (the latter). The champion of each tournament is decided via a playoff ("
Liguilla
") system. Since 2020, promotion and relegation has been suspended, which is to last until 2026.
The league currently ranks first in CONCACAF's league ranking index.
[7]
According to the
IFFHS
, the Liga MX was ranked as the 10th strongest league in the first decade of the 21st century.
[8]
According to CONCACAF, the league ? with an average attendance of 25,557 during the
2014?15 season
? draws the largest crowds on average of any football league in the Americas and the third largest crowds of any professional sports league in North America, behind only the
National Football League
and
Major League Baseball
. It is also the fourth most attended football league in the world behind Germany's
Bundesliga
, England's
Premier League
and Spain's
La Liga
.
[9]
The Liga MX ranks second in terms of television viewership in the United States, behind the English Premier League.
[10]
Club America
have won the league a record of 15 times, followed by
Guadalajara
with 12 titles.
[11]
In all, twenty-four teams have won the Primera Division/Liga MX title at least once.
[11]
History
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Amateur era
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Prior to the
Liga Mayor
, there was no national football league in Mexico, and football competitions were held within relatively small geographical regions. The winners of the
Primera Fuerza
, a local league consisting of teams near and around
Mexico City
, was regarded as the then national competition although there were other regional leagues, such as in
Veracruz
, Liga Amateur de Puebla the
Jalisco
and the Liga Amateur del Bajio that had talented clubs. Many club owners were keen to remain amateur although they paid players under the table. The increasing interest in football would not thwart a unified professional football system in Mexico. The professional national league was established in 1943.
[12]
Professional era
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The
Federacion Mexicana de Futbol Asociacion
(F.M.F.) announcement of the nation's first professional league brought interest from many clubs to join. The F.M.F. announced that 10 clubs would form the Liga Mayor (Major League). The league was founded by six clubs from the
Primera Fuerza
of Mexico City, two clubs from the Liga Occidental, and two from the Liga Veracruzana.
Founding members
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- Primera Fuerza:
America
,
Asturias
,
Atlante
,
Veracruz
,
Necaxa
, and
Marte
.
- Liga Occidental de Jalisco:
Atlas
and
Guadalajara
.
- Liga Amateur de Veracruz:
ADO
and
Moctezuma
.
Reformation
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Throughout the late 1950s and early 1960s, many small clubs faced economic difficulties which were attributed to the lack of international competition by Mexico's clubs and an unrewarding league format. Consequently, teams from Mexico that placed high in the league standings could not afford to participate in the overarching continental competitions, such as the
Copa Libertadores
.
The Mexican league boom
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The
1970 World Cup
held in Mexico was the first World Cup televised on a grand scale. The season following the FIFA World Cup, the F.M.F. changed the league format and established a playoff phase to determine the national champion. This was done to regenerate interest and reward teams that placed fairly high in the standings.
The play-off, called the
Liguilla
, was played using various formats to determine the champion. The most common format was a straight knock-out between the top eight teams in the table. At other times the league was divided into groups with the top two in each group, often as well as the best 3rd placed teams, qualifying for the play-offs and in some seasons the play-offs themselves involved teams playing in groups with the group winners playing off for the title. The format was changed from season to season to accommodate international club commitments and the schedule of the Mexico national team.
The change in the rules affected teams that traditionally dominated the table, as talented teams that had not performed well in the regular season were able to perform successfully in the play-offs (Cruz Azul in the 1970s, America in the 1980s, and Toluca in the 2000s).
Liga MX
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Prior to the start of the
2012?13 season
, the organization Liga MX / Ascenso MX was created to replace the Mexican Football Federation as the organizing body of the competition. The league also announced a rebranding, with the introduction of a new logo.
[13]
On 20 August 2018, it was announced that Liga MX would begin testing the use of
video assistant referee
technology.
[14]
The initial test run will be conducted during under-20 matches played inside senior league stadiums, with live testing across senior Liga MX matches to take place during weeks 13 and 14 of the
Apertura tournament
. The league will, however, still need final approval from FIFA to fully implement the technology.
[15]
Competition format
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Regular season tournaments
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Liga MX uses a single table of 18 teams that play two annual tournaments (Apertura & Clausura) resulting in two champions per season. The season opens with the
apertura
tournament (opening tournament- running from July to December) followed by the
clausura
(closing ? running from January to May). This format matches other Latin American schedules and corresponds with FIFA's world footballing calendar, which "opens" in July/August and "closes" in April/May of the next year. The top 12 teams advance to the
liguilla
for each tournament, with the top 4 teams in the table at the end of the regular phase of the tournament qualifying directly to the liguilla, and the next 8 teams qualifying for the play-in round that determines the next 4 liguilla spots. If one team is in last place in the league's relegation table (see below), that team is replaced by the team that finished 13th in the tournament.
From 1996 to 2002, the league followed a two-tournament schedule with
invierno
(winter) and
verano
(summer) tournaments. From 2002 to 2011 the 18 teams were divided into three groups of six with the top two teams from each group and the two best third place teams qualified for the
liguilla
. The teams played in the same group for each tournament. The qualification phase of the tournament lasted 17 weeks, with all teams playing each other once per tournament in a home and away series over both tournaments.
Playoffs (
liguilla
)
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The
liguilla
(Spanish for "little league") is the play-off phase of the tournament. This phase starts with the qualifying round, with teams ranked 7?10 playing a single match hosted by the higher seed with the winner decided on the night. After this round, the two teams that have won the round, advance to the quarterfinals against the 2 best teams, while the 3 v. 6 and 4 v. 5 play in two more matchups, with the winner on aggregate score progressing. The Champion team is awarded the First division trophy, and the runner-up is awarded a smaller version of the trophy. The birth of
La liguilla
in 1970 modernized the league despite the disagreements between the traditionalists and the modernists. Clubs that were near bankruptcy were now better able to compete and generate profits.
Relegation
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Originally at the end of a season, after the
Apertura
and
Clausura
tournaments, one team is relegated to the next lower division,
Ascenso MX
, and one team from that division is promoted and takes the place left open by the relegated team. Currently, the relegated team is determined by computing the points-per-game-played ratio for each team, considering all the games played by the team during the last three seasons (six tournaments). The team with the lowest ratio is relegated; if the team that is in last place in the relegation table is among the 12 teams qualifying for the Liguilla at the end of the
Clausura
tournament, the 13th place team qualifies for the Liguilla instead. For teams recently promoted, only the games played since their promotion are considered (two or four tournaments). The team promoted from
Ascenso MX
is the winner of a two-leg match between the champions of the
Apertura
and
Clausura
tournaments of that division. If a team becomes the champion in both tournaments, it is automatically promoted.
Prior to the start of the 2017?18 season, the rules for relegation and promotion changed: if a team wins promotion but does not meet certain Liga MX requirements (e.g. stadium infrastructure and a youth team) the relegated Liga MX team of that season will be obligated to pay the prize money to the Ascenso MX team (
MXN$
120 million) for winning the promotion playoff, which should be utilized to fulfill necessary requirements for promotion within the next season, and remain in Ascenso MX,
[16]
and the relegated Liga MX team will remain in the first division. However, if the relegated Liga MX team cannot distribute the prize money to the promoted Ascenso MX team, both teams will lose their right to play in Liga MX and must play in Ascenso MX the following season.
[17]
As of the 2018?19 season, only six teams met the full requirements to be promoted to Liga MX, those teams being
Atletico San Luis
,
Atlante
,
Celaya
,
Juarez
,
Sinaloa
, and
UdeG
.
[18]
On April 16, 2020, the Ascenso MX, the 2nd division of the Mexican football league system, was folded due to the
2019?20 coronavirus pandemic
as well as the lack of financial resources. Liga MX President Enrique Bonilla later announced during a video meeting with the club owners of the league that promotion and relegation would be suspended for six years.
[19]
[20]
During the suspension, the Ascenso MX was replaced with the
Liga de Expansion MX
although no club from that league will be promoted to the Liga MX nor any Liga MX team that performs poorly will be relegated from the Liga MX for the time being.
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CONCACAF Champions Cup qualification
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Each year, at least six teams from Liga MX qualify for the
CONCACAF Champions Cup
, the premier North American club competition; Liga MX itself is guaranteed six spots while teams from the league can earn three more spots via the
Leagues Cup
with
MLS
for a maximum of nine spots. Generally, the Apertura and Clausura winners and runners-up, as well as the next best two teams in the aggregate table, qualify, with the higher ranking champion from the Apertura and Clausura tournaments earning a bye to the Round of 16. Liga MX would implement a formula for ensuring that the Apertura and Clausura had two qualifying teams should one or more teams reach the finals of both tournaments, devised when Liga MX sent 4 teams to North America's top club competition:
[22]
- If the same two teams qualified for the finals of both tournaments, those two teams will qualify along with the non-finalists with the best record in both the Apertura and Clausura.
- If the same team wins both the Apertura and the Clausura (facing two different teams in the finals of each tournament), then the berth reserved for the Clausura champions is passed to the Clausura runners-up and the berth reserved for the Clausura runners-up is passed to the non-finalists with the best record in the Clausura. This occurred most recently in the
2021?22 season
(
2023 CONCACAF Champions League
) when
Atlas
(
2021 Apertura
and
2022 Clausura
champions),
Pachuca
(2022 Clausura runners-up) and
Leon
(2021 Apertura runners-up) were placed in Pot 1, while
UANL
(non-finalists with the best record in the 2022 Clausura) were placed in Pot 2 (at the time, the pot placings were determined via the CONCACAF Club Index, which ranked the performance of certain
spots
within the last 5 years). As of the
2022?23 season
, the team that wins both the Apertura and Clausura also automatically qualifies for the Round of 16.
- If the Apertura runners-up win the Clausura (facing two different teams in the finals of each tournament), then the berth reserved for the Apertura runners-up is passed to the non-finalists with the best record in the Apertura. This occurred most recently in the
2011?12 season
(
2012?13 CONCACAF Champions League
) when
UANL
(
2011 Apertura
champions) and
Santos Laguna
(2011 Apertura runners-up and
2012 Clausura
champions) were placed in Pot A, while
Guadalajara
(non-finalists with the best record in the 2011 Apertura) and
Monterrey
(2012 Clausura runners-up) were placed in Pot B (at the time, the champions and runners-up were placed in different pots).
- If the Apertura champions are runners-up of the Clausura (facing two different teams in the finals of each tournament), then the berth reserved for the Clausura runners-up is passed to the non-finalists with the best record in the Clausura. This has not happened since Liga MX began using this qualification procedure.
With Liga MX sending a minimum of six teams to the Champions Cup (Again, Liga MX can send a maximum of nine teams if three Liga MX teams all hold the top three spots in Leagues Cup), these rules still generally apply, although if a team qualifies for the Champions Cup via Liga MX and the Leagues Cup, the spot is given to the next best team in the aggregate table. If a team is the highest ranked tournament champion and also wins the Leagues Cup for that same cycle, both the Apertura and Clausura champions qualify for the Round of 16.
Previous Qualification Tournaments
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Clubs and champions
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2023?24 season
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The following 18 clubs will compete in the Liga MX during the
2023?24
season.
Team
|
Position in
2023?24
|
First season in
top division
|
Seasons
in top
division
|
First season of
current spell in
top division
|
Consecutive
Seasons
in Liga MX
|
Top
division
titles
|
Last top
division title
|
America
|
1
|
1943?44
|
108
|
1943?44
|
108
|
15
|
Clausura 2024
|
Atlas
|
17
|
1943?44
|
105
|
1979?80
|
71
|
3
|
Clausura 2022
|
Atletico San Luis
|
12
|
2019?20
|
7
|
2019?20
|
7
|
0
|
-
|
Cruz Azul
|
8
|
1964?65
|
87
|
1964?65
|
87
|
9
|
Guardianes 2021
|
Guadalajara
|
4
|
1943?44
|
108
|
1943?44
|
108
|
12
|
Clausura 2017
|
Juarez
|
16
|
2019?20
|
7
|
2019?20
|
7
|
0
|
-
|
Leon
|
9
|
1944?45
|
84
|
2012?13
|
21
|
8
|
Guardianes 2020
|
Mazatlan
|
14
|
2020?21
|
5
|
2020?21
|
5
|
0
|
-
|
Monterrey
|
2
|
1945?46
|
93
|
1960?61
|
91
|
5
|
Apertura 2019
|
Necaxa
|
11
|
1951?52
|
78
|
2016?17
|
13
|
3
|
Invierno 1998
|
Pachuca
|
7
|
1967?68
|
59
|
1998?99
|
49
|
7
|
Apertura 2022
|
Puebla
|
18
|
1944?45
|
88
|
2007?08
|
31
|
2
|
1989?90
|
Queretaro
|
10
|
1990?91
|
37
|
2009?10
|
27
|
0
|
-
|
Santos Laguna
|
13
|
1988?89
|
61
|
1988?89
|
61
|
6
|
Clausura 2018
|
Tijuana
|
15
|
2011?12
|
23
|
2011?12
|
23
|
1
|
Apertura 2012
|
Toluca
|
6
|
1953?54
|
98
|
1953?54
|
98
|
10
|
Bicentenario 2010
|
UANL
|
3
|
1974?75
|
74
|
1997?98
|
51
|
8
|
Clausura 2023
|
UNAM
|
5
|
1962?63
|
89
|
1962?63
|
89
|
7
|
Clausura 2011
|
Champions
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Bold
indicates clubs currently playing in Liga MX.
Club
|
Winners
|
Runners-up
|
Winning years
|
America
|
15
|
10
|
1965?66
,
1970?71
,
1975?76
,
1983?84
,
1984?85
,
Prode '85
,
1987?88
,
1988?89
,
Verano 2002
,
Clausura 2005
,
Clausura 2013
,
Apertura 2014
,
Apertura 2018
,
Apertura 2023
,
Clausura 2024
|
Guadalajara
|
12
|
9
|
1956?57
,
1958?59
,
1959?60
,
1960?61
,
1961?62
,
1963?64
,
1964?65
,
1969?70
,
1986?87
,
Verano 1997
,
Apertura 2006
,
Clausura 2017
|
Toluca
|
10
|
8
|
1966?67
,
1967?68
,
1974?75
,
Verano 1998
,
Verano 1999
,
Verano 2000
,
Apertura 2002
,
Apertura 2005
,
Apertura 2008
,
Bicentenario 2010
|
Cruz Azul
|
9
|
12
|
1968?69
,
Mexico '70
,
1971?72
,
1972?73
,
1973?74
,
1978?79
,
1979?80
,
Invierno 1997
,
Guardianes 2021
|
Leon
|
8
|
7
|
1947?48
,
1948?49
,
1951?52
,
1955?56
,
1991?92
,
Apertura 2013
,
Clausura 2014
,
Guardianes 2020
|
UANL
|
8
|
6
|
1977?78
,
1981?82
,
Apertura 2011
,
Apertura 2015
,
Apertura 2016
,
Apertura 2017
,
Clausura 2019
,
Clausura 2023
|
UNAM
|
7
|
8
|
1976?77
,
1980?81
,
1990?91
,
Clausura 2004
,
Apertura 2004
,
Clausura 2009
,
Clausura 2011
|
Pachuca
|
7
|
3
|
Invierno 1999
,
Invierno 2001
,
Apertura 2003
,
Clausura 2006
,
Clausura 2007
,
Clausura 2016
,
Apertura 2022
|
Santos Laguna
|
6
|
5
|
Invierno 1996
,
Verano 2001
,
Clausura 2008
,
Clausura 2012
,
Clausura 2015
,
Clausura 2018
|
Monterrey
|
5
|
6
|
Mexico '86
,
Clausura 2003
,
Apertura 2009
,
Apertura 2010
,
Apertura 2019
|
Atlante
|
3
|
4
|
1946?47
,
1992?93
,
Apertura 2007
|
Necaxa
|
3
|
3
|
1994?95
,
1995?96
,
Invierno 1998
|
Atlas
|
3
|
3
|
1950?51
,
Apertura 2021
,
Clausura 2022
|
Puebla
|
2
|
2
|
1982?83
,
1989?90
|
Zacatepec
|
2
|
1
|
1954?55
,
1957?58
|
Veracruz
|
2
|
0
|
1945?46
,
1949?50
|
Oro
|
1
|
5
|
1962?63
|
Morelia
|
1
|
3
|
Invierno 2000
|
Tampico
|
1
|
2
|
1952?53
|
Tecos
|
1
|
1
|
1993?94
|
Real Espana
|
1
|
1
|
1944?45
|
Tijuana
|
1
|
0
|
Apertura 2012
|
Asturias
|
1
|
0
|
1943?44
|
Marte
|
1
|
0
|
1953?54
|
Stadiums and locations
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Location of the 2023?24 Liga MX teams
Location of the 2022?23 Liga MX teams in Greater Mexico City
Club
|
Location
|
Stadium
|
Capacity
|
Ref
|
America
|
Mexico City
|
Azteca
|
87,523
|
[23]
|
Atlas
|
Guadalajara
|
Jalisco
|
56,713
|
[24]
|
Atletico San Luis
|
San Luis Potosi City
|
Alfonso Lastras
|
25,111
|
|
Cruz Azul
|
Mexico City
|
Estadio Ciudad de los Deportes
|
33,000
|
[23]
|
Guadalajara
|
Zapopan
|
Akron
|
45,364
|
[25]
|
Juarez
|
Ciudad Juarez
|
Olimpico Benito Juarez
|
19,703
|
[26]
|
Leon
|
Leon
|
Leon
|
31,297
|
[27]
|
Mazatlan
|
Mazatlan
|
Mazatlan
|
25,000
|
[28]
|
Monterrey
|
Guadalupe
|
BBVA
|
53,500
|
[29]
|
Necaxa
|
Aguascalientes City
|
Victoria
|
25,500
|
[30]
|
Pachuca
|
Pachuca
|
Hidalgo
|
30,000
|
[31]
|
Puebla
|
Puebla City
|
Cuauhtemoc
|
51,726
|
[32]
|
Queretaro
|
Queretaro City
|
Corregidora
|
33,162
|
[33]
|
Santos Laguna
|
Torreon
|
Corona
|
30,000
|
[34]
|
Tijuana
|
Tijuana
|
Caliente
|
27,333
|
[35]
|
Toluca
|
Toluca
|
Nemesio Diez
|
30,000
|
[36]
|
UANL
|
San Nicolas de los Garza
|
Universitario
|
42,000
|
[37]
|
UNAM
|
Mexico City
|
Olimpico Universitario
|
72,000
|
[38]
[39]
|
Media coverage
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All First Division clubs have the right to sell their own
broadcast rights
.
Televisa
,
TV Azteca
,
Imagen Television
, Claro Sports,
Fox Sports
, and
ESPN
have broadcasting rights in Mexico, while
ESPN Deportes
,
Fox Deportes
,
Univision
, and
Telemundo
have the rights in the United States, with
FS1
/
FS2
airing select matches with English commentary.
In previous years, when a team was relegated, the team that was promoted could only negotiate with the company holding the television rights of the relegated team. This agreement was canceled by Liga MX in 2012 when the promotion of
Club Leon
caused a television rights dispute with Televisa.
[40]
Currently, Club Leon matches are broadcast in Mexico by
Fox Sports
and other online media sites, and in the United States by Univision (Telemundo from 2013?16).
[41]
Telelatino
and
Fox Sports World
formerly hold broadcasting rights in Canada. From 2019?20 until 2021?22,
OneSoccer
broadcast the league for Canada viewers.
[42]
[43]
Fox Sports
is the only network that holds rights to broadcast selected matches in United States and South America.
Additionally, Televisa-owned networks
Sky Sports
and
TUDN
hold exclusive broadcasting rights over selected matches throughout the regular season, although the majority of the most important ones are broadcast live on the national networks. The coverage also available for Central America viewers.
Most of the Saturday afternoon and evening matches broadcast by Televisa are shown primarily on
Gala TV
, though Saturday games played by Televisa's club America, are broadcast on Televisa's flagship network,
Canal de las Estrellas
. However, a
blackout
policy is usually applied in selected markets where affiliates are forced to air alternate programming during the matches, Sunday noon and afternoon games broadcast by Televisa are shown on
Canal de las Estrellas
. All of the games broadcast by TV Azteca on Saturday and Sunday are shown on
Azteca 13
; Friday's matches however are shown on
Azteca 7
. Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday (known in Mexico as
Fecha Doble
or
Double Date
) matches picked by the national networks are shown on
Canal 5
and
Azteca 7
and the rest of the matches air on
Sky Sports
and
TDN
.
A recent rule, in effect since 2011, requires teams to play the final game of every season on Sunday during
prime time
, regardless of whether the team used to play local games in another timeslot, in order to capture more television audience during the game. This also prevents most playoff collusion, where one or both teams already in the
liguilla
put in lesser effort to lose or draw, in order to draw a more favorable opponent.
For the Apertura 2016, and the majority of the Clausura 2017, Guadalajara home matches in Mexico were not shown on over-the-air television or cable and satellite operators. Instead, they were exclusively shown on an
internet streaming
service called
Chivas TV
. As of April 8, 2017, the matches are shown on both Televisa's
Televisa Deportes Network (TDN)
and
Chivas TV
.
On February 13, 2017, it was announced
Univision Deportes
would live stream 46 games in English on
Facebook
in the United States.
[44]
After the Clausura 2017 season,
Azteca America
sold the rights of the Atlas, Morelia, Tijuana, and Veracruz matches to Univision. The network then held the rights of 17 of the 18 clubs, only missing recently promoted
Lobos BUAP
. In September 2017, Univision began airing Lobos BUAP's home matches, thus holding the rights to all 18 Liga MX teams through the end of the Clausura 2018 season.
In July 2017,
Television Nacional de Chile (TVN)
announced it would show Liga MX matches involving Chilean players in Chile.
[45]
In October 2017,
Fox Sports
announced that it acquired the long-term exclusive Spanish-language rights to Tijuana and Santos Laguna home matches in the United States, Mexico, and the rest of Latin America starting in the Apertura 2018 and Apertura 2019 respectively, thus ending Univision's monopoly.
[46]
The matches air on
Fox Sports
in the United States (via
Fox Deportes
) and the rest of
Latin America
(including Mexico and excluding Brazil).
[46]
On May 26, 2018, Fox Sports announced it acquired the rights of
C.F. Monterrey
's home matches in the United States and Latin America.
[47]
The network announced the matches would be shown in the United States on Fox Deportes in Spanish as well as the
Fox Sports
family of networks in English.
[47]
As of the Apertura 2019 season, via a sublicense agreement with Univision,
ESPN Deportes
airs the majority of Leon, Necaxa, Pachuca, Queretaro, and UANL regular season home matches in the United States. The network also airs at least one home match of nine other clubs.
[48]
Televisa
also sublicenses one match per week to
ESPN
in Mexico and Central America.
[49]
In Brazil,
DAZN
broadcast the league for two seasons 2019?20 and 2020?21.
[50]
On 15 July, 2021,
OneFootball
announced it would broadcast between two and five live matches as part of a deal covering the 2021/22 Liga MX season in selected international markets.
[51]
On 16 August, 2021,
Eleven Sports
announced it would broadcast the home Liga MX matches of
C.D. Guadalajara
for the 2021-22 season in more than 100 countries.
[52]
Broadcast rights
[
edit
]
- ^
For the Apertura 2016 and the majority of the Clausura 2017, Guadalajara home matches in Mexico were not shown on over-the-air television or cable and satellite operators, instead they exclusively were shown on an
internet streaming
service called
Chivas TV
. As of April 8, 2017, the matches are shown on both Televisa's
TUDN
and
Chivas TV
.
- ^
Matches are shown on
Fox Deportes
in Spanish as well as the
Fox Sports
family of networks (
FS1
,
FS2
,
Fox Soccer Plus
) in English.
- ^
Select matches air exclusively on
Izzi
and a select number of matches air on TV Azteca and Televisa's
over-the-air
networks.
Up until its rebranding in 2012, the Liga MX did not have a title sponsor. In July 2013, league president Decio de Maria announced
BBVA Bancomer
as the official sponsor, with the goal of modernizing the league's image. De Maria also stated that the money generated from the sponsorship would be divided among the 18 clubs and to be invested in each club's youth teams.
[58]
On 18 September 2015, the sponsorship deal was extended until 2019.
[59]
On 18 June 2019, the league was renamed as Liga BBVA MX, adopting the new identity of the sponsor.
[60]
On 4 July 2019, the sponsorship contract with BBVA was renewed until 2021.
[61]
Since 1986,
Voit
has been the official match ball manufacturer. In 2014, the contract was extended for four years.
[62]
Managers
[
edit
]
The current managers in the Liga MX are:
Player records
[
edit
]
Most appearances
[
edit
]
Most goals
[
edit
]
Promotion and relegation
[
edit
]
Relegation and Promotion by Club
Club
|
Promotions
|
Relegations
|
Zacatepec
|
5 (1950?51, 1962?63, 1969?70, 1977?78, 1983?84)
|
5 (1961?62, 1965?66, 1976?77, 1982?83, 1984?85)
|
Queretaro
|
4 (Mexico '86, 1989?90, 2005?06, 2009?10)
|
3 (1993?94, 2006?07, 2012?13*)
|
Pachuca
|
4 (1966?67, 1991?92, 1995?96, 1997?98)
|
3 (1972?73, 1992?93, 1996?97)
|
Irapuato
|
4 (1953?54, 1984?85, 1999?00*, 2002?03)
|
2 (1971?72, 1990?91)
|
Atlas
|
3 (1954?55, 1971?72, 1978?79)
|
3 (1953?54, 1970?71, 1977?78)
|
San Luis
|
3 (1970?71, 2001?02, 2004?05)
|
2 (1973?74, 2002?03)
|
Puebla
|
3 (1969?70, 1998?99, 2006?07)
|
2 (1998?99, 2004?05)
|
Union de Curtidores
|
2 (1982?83, 1998?99*)
|
2 (1980?81, 1983?84)
|
Veracruz
|
2 (1963?64, 2001?02)
|
5 (1951?52, 1978?79, 1997?98, 2007?08, 2018?19)
|
Real Zamora
|
2 (1954?55, 1956?57)
|
2 (1955?56, 1959?60)
|
Tampico Madero
|
2 (1964?65, 1972?73)
|
2 (1966?67, 1974?75)
|
Atlante
|
2 (1976?77, 1990?91)
|
3 (1975?76, 1989?90, 2013?14)
|
Monterrey
|
2 (1955?56,1959?60)
|
1 (1956?57)
|
Morelia
|
2 (1956?57, 1980?81)
|
1 (1967?68)
|
UANL
|
2 (1973?74, 1996?97*)
|
1 (1995?96)
|
Leon
|
2 (1989?90, 2011?12)
|
2 (1986?87, 2001?02)
|
Sinaloa
|
2 (2003?04, 2014?15)
|
2 (2005?06, 2015?16)
|
La Piedad
|
2 (2000?01, 2012?13*)
|
?
|
Necaxa
|
2 (2009?10*, 2015?16)
|
2 (2008?09, 2010?11)
|
UAT
|
1 (1986?87)
|
1 (1994?95)
|
Atletico Potosino
|
1 (1974?75)
|
1 (1988?89)
|
Indios de Ciudad Juarez
|
1 (2007?08)
|
1 (2009?10)
|
Toros Neza
|
1 (1988?89)
|
1 (1999?00)
|
Tecos
|
1 (1974?75)
|
1 (2011?12)
|
Tijuana
|
1 (2010?11)
|
?
|
UdeG
|
1 (2013?14)
|
1 (2014?15)
|
BUAP
|
1 (2016?17)
|
1 (2017?18*)
|
Oro
|
?
|
1 (1979?80)
|
Chiapas
|
?
|
1 (2016?17)
|
Tapachula
|
1 (2017?18*)
|
?
|
Atletico San Luis
|
1 (2018?19*)
|
?
|
Notes:
See also
[
edit
]
References
[
edit
]
- ^
includes
Claro Sports
- ^
includes
ESPN 2
- ^
includes
Fox Sports 2
- ^
Includes
Canal 5
,
Nueve
,
Las Estrellas
,
Sky Mexico
,
TUDN
and
Izzi Telecom
- ^
includes
Azteca 7
and
Azteca Uno
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External links
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