Liga MX

Liga MX,officially known asLiga BBVA MXfor sponsorship reasons,is the top professionalfootballdivision of theMexican football league system.Formerly calledLiga Mayor(1943–1949) and thenPrimera División de México(1949–2012), it has 18 clubs and the season is divided into two short tournaments,Aperturafrom July to December andClausurafrom January to May. The champions of each tournament is decided by a final phase called"liguilla".Since 2020, promotion and relegation has been suspended, which is to last until 2026.

Liga MX

Organising body	Federación Mexicana de Fútbol(FMF)
Founded	1943(1943),asLiga Mayor
Country	Mexico
Confederation	CONCACAF
Number of teams	18
Level on pyramid	1
Relegationto	Liga de Expansión MX (Suspended)
Domestic cup(s)	Copa MX Campeón de Campeones
League cup(s)	Leagues Cup
International cup(s)	CONCACAF Champions Cup
Current champions	América(15th title)
Most championships	América (15 titles)
Most appearances	Óscar Pérez(745)
Top goalscorer	Evanivaldo Castro(312)
TV partners	Domestic Caliente TV Claro ESPN Fox Sports Televisa TV Azteca International OneFootball(Selected matches in selected markets outside of Mexico)
Website	www.ligamx.net
Current:Apertura 2024

The league currently ranks first in CONCACAF's league ranking index.According to theIFFHS,Liga MX was ranked as the 10th strongest league in the first decade of the 21st century.According to CONCACAF, the league – with an average attendance of 25,557 during the2014–15 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 theNFLandMLB.It is also the fourth most attended football league in the world behind Germany'sBundesliga,England'sPremier Leagueand Spain'sLa Liga.Liga MX ranks second in terms of television viewership in the United States, behind the English Premier League.

Américahave won the league a record of 15 times, followed byGuadalajarawith 12 titles,Toluca10 titles andCruz Azul9 titles.In all, twenty-four teams have won the Liga Mayor/Primera División/Liga MX title at least once.

History

Amateur era

Prior to theLiga Mayor,there was no national football league in Mexico, and football competitions were held within relatively small geographical regions. TheLiga Mexicana de Football Amateur Association,a local league consisting of teams near and aroundMexico City,was the first amateur football league created in Mexico, and also other regional leagues were created, which were theLiga Amateur de Veracruz,Liga Amateur de Puebla,Liga Occidental De Jaliscoand the Liga Amateur del Bajío that had talented clubs.

In 1922, after the foundation of the first football federation in Mexico, they created theCampeonato de Primera Fuerza,which was the first amateur league organized by a national football federation. It was held from 1922 to 1943, although most of the participating teams were from Mexico City and the first matches held outside the country's capital were played until the1940–41season.

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 the country. The first true national and professional league in Mexico was established in 1943.

Professional era

TheFederación Mexicana de Fútbol(FMF) announcement of the nation's first professional league brought interest from many clubs to join. The FMF announced that 10 clubs would form the Liga Mayor. The league was founded by six clubs from the Liga Mexicana de Football Amateur Association, two clubs from the Liga Occidental, and two from the Liga Veracruzana.

Founding members

ClubAsturiasin 1927.

• Liga Mexicana de Football Amateur Association:América,Asturias,Atlante,Veracruz Sporting,Necaxa,andMarte.
• Liga Occidental de Jalisco:AtlasandGuadalajara.
• Liga Amateur de Veracruz:ADOandMoctezuma.

Reformation

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 theCopa Libertadores.

The Mexican league boom

The1970 World Cupheld in Mexico was the first World Cup televised on a grand scale. The season following the FIFA World Cup, the FMF changed the league format and established a final phase to determine the national champion. This was done to regenerate interest and reward teams that placed fairly high in the standings.

The final phase, calledLiguilla,was played using various formats to determine the champions. 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 liguilla and in some seasons the playoff matches 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 final phase (Cruz Azul in the 1970s, América in the 1980s, and Toluca in the 2000s).

Liga MX

Prior to the start of the2012–13 season,the organization Liga MX/Ascenso MX was created to replace the FMF as the organizing body of the competition. The league also announced a rebranding, with the introduction of a new logo.

On 20 August 2018, it was announced that Liga MX would begin testing the use ofVARtechnology.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 theApertura tournament.The league will, however, still need final approval from FIFA to fully implement the technology.

Competition format

Regular phase tournaments

Liga MX Trophy

Liga MX uses a single table of 18 teams that play two short tournaments (Apertura and Clausura) resulting in two champions per season. The season opens with theAperturafrom July to December, followed by theClausurafrom 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 10 teams advance to the final phase for each tournament, with the top 6 teams in the table at the end of the regular phase of the tournament qualifying directly to theliguilla,and the next 4 teams qualifying for the play-in round that determines the next 2 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 11th in the tournament.

From 1996 to 2002, the league followed a two short tournaments in the season, schedule withInviernoandVeranotournaments. 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 theliguilla.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.

Final phase (liguilla)

Theliguillais the final phase of the tournament, consisting of 10 teams. This phase starts with the play-in round, with teams ranked 7-10 playing a single match hosted by the higher seed, the winning team between the 7th and 8th-placed advances to the quarterfinals and the losing team has another chance facing the winning team between the 9th and 10th-placed. The winner of that match advances to complete the 8 teams for the quarterfinals. After this round, the team that advanced between 7th and 8th-placed then faces the winners of the last play-in match then faces the best team in the regular phase, while the 3 vs 6 and 4 vs 5 play in two more matchups, with the winner on aggregate score progressing. The champions were awarded the Liga MX trophy, and the runners-up is awarded a smaller version of the trophy. The start ofLa liguillain 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

Originally at the end of a season, after theAperturaandClausuratournaments, 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 theClausuratournament, 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 fromAscenso MXis the winner of a two-leg match between the champions of theAperturaandClausuratournaments of that division. If a team becomes the champion in both tournaments, it is automatically promoted.

Prior to the start of the2017–18 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,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.

As of the2018–19 season,only six teams met the full requirements to be promoted to Liga MX, those teams beingAtlético San Luis,Atlante,Celaya,Juárez,Sinaloa,andUdeG.

On April 16, 2020, the Ascenso MX was folded due to the2019-20 coronavirus pandemicas 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.During the suspension, the Ascenso MX was replaced with theLiga de Expansión MXalthough no club from that league will be promoted to Liga MX nor any Liga MX team that performs poorly will be relegated from the Liga MX for the time being.

CONCACAF Champions Cup qualification

Each year, at least six teams from Liga MX qualify for theCONCACAF 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 theLeagues CupwithMLSfor 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:

• 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 the2021-22 season(2023 CONCACAF Champions League) whenAtlas(2021 Aperturaand2022 Clausurachampions),Pachuca(2022 Clausura runners-up) andLeón(2021 Apertura runners-up) were placed in Pot 1, whileTigres 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 certainspotswithin the last 5 years). As of the2022-23 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 the2011-12 season(2012–13 CONCACAF Champions League) whenUANL(2011 Aperturachampions) andSantos Laguna(2011 Apertura runners-up and2012 Clausurachampions) were placed in Pot A, whileGuadalajara(non-finalists with the best record in the 2011 Apertura) andMonterrey(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 (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 champions 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

• Campeonato Centroamericano(1959)
• Copa Interamericana(1968–1991)
• CONCACAF Cup Winners Cup(1991–1998)
• Copa Libertadores(1998–2015)
• Copa Merconorte(2000–2001)
• CONCACAF Giants Cup(2001)
• Copa Sudamericana(2005–2008)

Clubs

Main article:List of football clubs in Mexico

2024–25 season

The following 18 clubs will compete in the Liga MX during the2024–25season.

Club	Position in2023–24season	First season in Liga MX	Total seasons	First season of current spell in Liga MX	Consecutive seasons	Titles	Last title
América	1	1943–44	110	1943–44	110	15	Clausura 2024
Atlas	17	1943–44	107	1979–80	73	3	Clausura 2022
Atlético San Luis	12	2019–20	9	2019–20	9	0	–
Cruz Azul	8	1964–65	89	1964–65	89	9	Guardianes 2021
Guadalajara	4	1943–44	110	1943–44	110	12	Clausura 2017
Juárez	16	2019–20	9	2019–20	9	0	–
León	9	1944–45	86	2012–13	23	8	Guardianes 2020
Mazatlán	14	2020–21	7	2020–21	7	0	–
Monterrey	2	1945–46	95	1960–61	93	5	Apertura 2019
Necaxa	11	1951–52	80	2016–17	15	3	Invierno 1998
Pachuca	7	1967–68	61	1998–99	51	7	Apertura 2022
Puebla	18	1944–45	90	2007–08	33	2	1989–90
Querétaro	10	1990–91	39	2009–10	29	0	–
Santos Laguna	13	1988–89	63	1988–89	63	6	Clausura 2018
Tijuana	15	2011–12	25	2011–12	25	1	Apertura 2012
Toluca	6	1953–54	100	1953–54	100	10	Bicentenario 2010
UANL	3	1974–75	76	1997–98	53	8	Clausura 2023
UNAM	5	1962–63	91	1962–63	91	7	Clausura 2011

Champions

See also:List of Mexican football champions

Club	Champions	Runners-up	Winning editions
América	15	10	1965–66,1970–71,1975–76,1983–84,1984–85,PRODE 1985,1987–88,1988–89,Verano 2002,Clausura 2005,Clausura 2013,Apertura 2014,Apertura 2018,Apertura 2023,Clausura 2024
Guadalajara	12	10	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,México 1970,1971–72,1972–73,1973–74,1978–79,1979-80,Invierno 1997,Guardianes 2021
León	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	4	Invierno 1999,Invierno 2001,Apertura 2003,Clausura 2006,Clausura 2007,Clausura 2016,Apertura 2022
Santos Laguna	6	6	Invierno 1996,Verano 2001,Clausura 2008,Clausura 2012,Clausura 2015,Clausura 2018
Monterrey	5	6	México 1986,Clausura 2003,Apertura 2009,Apertura 2010,Apertura 2019
Atlante1	3	4	1946–47,1992-93,Apertura 2007
Atlas	3	3	1950–51,Apertura 2021,Clausura 2022
Necaxa	3	3	1994–95,1995–96,Invierno 1998
Puebla	2	2	1982–83,1989–90
Zacatepec2	2	1	1954–55,1957–58
Veracruz4	2	0	1945–46,1949–50
Oro3	1	5	1962–63
Morelia2	1	3	Invierno 2000
RC España4	1	1	1944–45
Tecos2	1	1	1993–94
Asturias4	1	0	1943–44
Tampico4	1	0	1952–53
Marte4	1	0	1953–54
Tijuana	1	0	Apertura 2012
UdeG2	0	3	—
Tampico Madero2	0	2	—
Atlético Español4	0	1	—
Celaya2	0	1	—
Toros Neza4	0	1	—
San Luis4	0	1	—
Querétaro	0	1	—

Notes

1. Clubs currently in theLiga de Expansión MX.
2. Clubs currently in theLiga Premier.
3. Clubs currently in theLiga TDP.
4. Defunct clubs.

Stadiums and locations

Atlético San Luis

Atlas
Guadalajara

Juárez

León

Mexico City

Monterrey
UANL

Mazatlán

Necaxa

Pachuca

Puebla

Querétaro

Santos Laguna

Tijuana

Toluca

Mexico City teams
América
Cruz Azul
UNAM

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Locations of the 2024–25 Liga MX teams

América
Cruz Azul

UNAM

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Location of the 2024–25 Liga MX teams in Greater Mexico City

Club	Location	Stadium	Capacity
América	Mexico City	Azteca	87,523
Atlas	Guadalajara	Jalisco	56,713
Atlético San Luis	San Luis Potosí City	Alfonso Lastras	25,111
Cruz Azul	Mexico City	Estadio Ciudad de los Deportes	33,000
Guadalajara	Zapopan	Akron	45,364
Juárez	Ciudad Juárez	Olímpico Benito Juárez	19,703
León	León	León	31,297
Mazatlán	Mazatlán	Mazatlán	25,000
Monterrey	Guadalupe	BBVA	53,500
Necaxa	Aguascalientes City	Victoria	25,500
Pachuca	Pachuca	Hidalgo	25,922
Puebla	Puebla City	Cuauhtémoc	51,726
Querétaro	Querétaro City	Corregidora	33,162
Santos Laguna	Torreón	Corona	30,000
Tijuana	Tijuana	Caliente	27,333
Toluca	Toluca	Nemesio Díez	30,000
UANL	San Nicolás de los Garza	Universitario	42,000
UNAM	Mexico City	Olímpico Universitario	72,000

Media coverage

All Liga MX clubs have the right to sell their ownbroadcast rights.Televisa,TV Azteca,Imagen Televisión,Claro Sports,Fox Sports,andESPNhave broadcasting rights in México, whileESPN Deportes,Fox Deportes,Univision,andTelemundohave the rights in the United States, withFS1/FS2airing 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 ofClub Leóncaused a television rights dispute with Televisa.Currently, Club León matches are broadcast in Mexico byFox Sportsand other online media sites, and in the United States by Univision (Telemundo from 2013–16).

TelelatinoandFox Sports Worldformerly hold broadcasting rights in Canada. From 2019–20 until 2021–22,OneSoccerbroadcast the league for Canada viewers.

Fox Sportsis the only network that holds rights to broadcast selected matches in United States and South America.

Additionally, Televisa-owned networksSky SportsandTUDNhold 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 onGala TV,though Saturday games played by Televisa's club America, are broadcast on Televisa's flagship network,Canal de las Estrellas.However, ablackoutpolicy 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 onCanal de las Estrellas.All of the games broadcast by TV Azteca on Saturday and Sunday are shown onAzteca 13;Friday's matches however are shown onAzteca 7.Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday (known in Mexico asFecha DobleorDouble Date) matches picked by the national networks are shown onCanal 5andAzteca 7and the rest of the matches air onSky SportsandTDN.

A recent rule, in effect since 2011, requires teams to play the final game of every season on Sunday duringprime 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 theliguillaput 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 aninternet streamingservice calledChivas TV.As of April 8, 2017, the matches are shown on both Televisa'sTelevisa Deportes Network (TDN)andChivas TV.

On February 13, 2017, it was announcedUnivision Deporteswould live stream 46 games in English onFacebookin the United States.

After the Clausura 2017 season,Azteca Américasold 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 promotedLobos 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,Televisión Nacional de Chile (TVN)announced it would show Liga MX matches involving Chilean players in Chile.

In October 2017,Fox Sportsannounced 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.The matches air onFox Sportsin the United States (viaFox Deportes) and the rest ofLatin America(including Mexico and excluding Brazil).

On May 26, 2018, Fox Sports announced it acquired the rights ofC.F. Monterrey's home matches in the United States and Latin America.The network announced the matches would be shown in the United States on Fox Deportes in Spanish as well as theFox Sportsfamily of networks in English.

As of the Apertura 2019 season, via a sublicense agreement with Univision,ESPN Deportesairs the majority of León, Necaxa, Pachuca, Querétaro, and UANL regular season home matches in the United States. The network also airs at least one home match of nine other clubs.Televisaalso sublicenses one match per week toESPNin Mexico and Central America.

In Brazil,DAZNbroadcast the league for two seasons 2019–20 and 2020–21.

On 15 July 2021,OneFootballannounced 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.

On 16 August 2021,Eleven Sportsannounced it would broadcast the home Liga MX matches ofC.D. Guadalajarafor the 2021-22 season in more than 100 countries.

Broadcast rights

Team	Television		Streaming
	Mexico	United States	Mexico	United States
América	Televisa	Univision	Vix
Atlas
Atlético San Luis	ESPN		Disney+	Vix
Cruz Azul	Televisa		Vix
Guadalajara	None	Telemundo	Chivas TV Prime Video	Peacock
Juárez	Fox Sports	Fox Sports	Fox Sports Premium Vix	Tubi Vix
León	Fox Sports	Univision	Fox Sports Premium Vix	Vix
Mazatlán	Fox Sports TV Azteca		Vix
Monterrey	Televisa
Necaxa
Pachuca	Fox Sports		Fox Sports Premium Vix	Vix
Puebla	Fox Sports TV Azteca		Vix
Querétaro	Caliente TV		Caliente TV	Vix
Santos Laguna	Televisa		Vix
Tijuana	Caliente TV		Caliente TV
Toluca	Televisa		Vix
UANL	TV Azteca	Estrella TV Fox Sports	Estrella TV
UNAM	Televisa	Univision	Vix	Vix

Sponsorship

BBVA Méxicois the league's current title sponsor after the 2019 rebranding of BBVA Bancomer.

Up until its rebranding in 2012, Liga MX did not have a title sponsor. In July 2013, league president Decio de María announcedBBVA Bancomeras the official sponsor, with the goal of modernizing the league's image. De María 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.On 18 September 2015, the sponsorship deal was extended until 2019.On 18 June 2019, the league was renamed as Liga BBVA MX, adopting the new identity of the sponsor.On 4 July 2019, the sponsorship contract with BBVA was renewed until 2021.

Since 1986,Voithas been the official match ball manufacturer. In 2014, the contract was extended for four years.

Managers

The current managers in Liga MX are:

Nat.	Name	Team	Appointed	Time as manager
	Guillermo Almada	Pachuca	2 December 2021	2 years, 360 days
	Mauro Gerk	Querétaro	30 May 2022	2 years, 180 days
	André Jardine	América	16 June 2023	1 year, 163 days
	Beñat San José	Atlas	24 November 2023	1 year, 2 days
	Renato Paiva	Toluca	1 December 2023	361 days
	Gustavo Lema	UNAM	12 December 2023	350 days
	Martín Anselmi	Cruz Azul	20 December 2023	342 days
	Víctor Manuel Vucetich	Mazatlán	7 May 2024	203 days
	Domènec Torrent	Atlético San Luis	15 May 2024	195 days
	Juan Carlos Osorio	Tijuana	24 May 2024	186 days
	Veljko Paunović	UANL	9 June 2024	170 days
	Martín Demichelis	Monterrey	12 August 2024	106 days
	Eduardo Berizzo	León	7 September 2024	80 days
	Salvador Valero(Interim)	Juárez	29 October 2024	28 days
	Fernando Ortiz	Santos Laguna	23 November 2024	3 days
	Nicolás Larcamón	Necaxa	26 November 2024	0 days
	Vacant	Puebla
	Vacant	Guadalajara

Player records

Most appearances

Rank	Player	Appearances
1	Óscar Pérez	741
2	Oswaldo Sánchez	725
3	Benjamín Galindo	700
4	Juan Pablo Rodríguez	685
5	Jesús Corona	674
6	Rodrigo Ruiz	638
7	Adolfo Ríos	635
8	Miguel España	631
9	Alfonso Sosa	610
10	Cristóbal Ortega	609
Italicsdenotes players still playing professional football. Bolddenotes players still playing in Liga MX.

Most goals

Rank	Nat	Name	Years	Goals	Apps	Ratio
1		Evanivaldo Castro	1974–1987	312	427	0.73
2		Carlos Hermosillo	1984–2001	294	534	0.55
3		Jared Borgetti	1994–2010	252	475	0.63
4		José Cardozo	1994–2005	249	332	0.75
5		Horacio Casarín	1936–1957	238	326	0.73
6		Osvaldo Castro	1971–1984	214	398	0.54
7		Luís Roberto Alves	1986–2003	209	577	0.36
8		Adalberto López	1942–1955	201	231	0.87
9		Carlos Eloir Perucci	1972–1984	199	398	0.5
10		Sergio Lira	1978–1996	191	564	0.34
Italicsdenotes players still playing professional football. Bolddenotes players still playing in the Liga MX.

Promotion and relegation

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)
Querétaro	4 (México 1986, 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)
Unión 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)
León	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)
Atlético Potosino	1 (1974–75)	1 (1988–89)
Indios CDJ	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)
Lobos BUAP	1 (2016–17)	1 (2017–18*)
Atlético San Luis	1 (2018–19*)	—
Tapachula	1 (2017–18*)	—
Oro	—	1 (1979–80)
Chiapas	—	1 (2016–17)

Notes

• 1976–77:Tampico MaderoboughtSan Luis's spot in first division.
• 1977–78:Deportivo NezaboughtLagunaand took its spot.
• 1981–82:Tampico MaderoboughtAtletas Campesinosand took over its spot.
• 1983–84:Ángeles de PueblaboughtOaxtepecand took over its spot.
• 1988–89:VeracruzboughtPotros Nezaand took over its spot.
• 1992–93: U.T. Neza changes its name toToros Neza.
• 1996–97:Tigres UANLgained automatic promotion as they won both tournaments.
• 1998–99:PueblaboughtUnión de Curtidoresand took over its spot.
• 1999–00:Irapuatogained automatic promotion as they won both tournaments.
• 2009–10:Necaxagained automatic promotion as they won both tournaments.
• 2012–13:Chiapasrelocated to Querétaro rebranding toQuerétaro.
• 2012–13:VeracruzboughtReboceros de La Piedad's spot in first division.
• 2017–18:Tapachulawon promotion to Liga MX, but were not certified to be promoted to Liga MX.
• 2018–19:Atlético San Luisgained automatic promotion as they won both tournaments.

See also

• Sport in Mexico
• Football in Mexico
• Mexican football league system
• Mexican Football Federation
• Liga de Expansión MX
• Ascenso MX
• Liga Premier
• Liga TDP
• Copa MX
• Campeón de Campeones
• Primera Fuerza
• Liga MX Femenil
• List of foreign Liga MX players

External links

Media related toLiga MXat Wikimedia Commons

• Official website(in Spanish)