Liga MX

Liga MX
Country	Mexico
Confederation	CONCACAF
Founded	17 October 1943 (1943-10-17)
Divisions	All
Number of teams	18
Promotion to	All
Relegation to	Ascenso MX
Levels on pyramid	1
Domestic cup(s)	Copa MX SuperCopa MX Campeón de Campeones
CONCACAF cup(s)	CONCACAF Champions League Leagues Cup Campeones Cup
Current champions	Pachuca (7th title) (Apertura 2022)
Most successful club	América (13 titles)
TV	Sky ESPN Televisa Tv Azteca TVC deportes
Website	Official website
2023–24

The Liga MX is the top level of the Mexican football league system. Currently sponsored by BBVA through its Mexican subsidiary BBVA Bancomer, it is officially known as Liga BBVA Bancomer.

Each season, the league holds two tournaments: the Apertura, which starts in the summer, and the Clausura, which starts in the winter. As of 2017, the league comprises 18 clubs, with one being relegated every year (two tournaments) based upon its league performances over the previous three years. The first 8 teams in the table at the end of the regular phase of the tournament qualify to the liguilla ("mini-league", or "playoff"). Up until July 2011, the league was divided into 3 groups. The group formatting was removed in favor of a single-table format.

The league is considered the strongest in North America, and among the strongest in all of Latin America. According to the International Federation of Football History and Statistics, the league currently ranks 20th worldwide and was ranked as the 10th strongest league in the first decade of the 21st century (2001–2010). 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, and ahead of the Canadian Football League. 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.

Of the 56 teams to have competed in the league, América has won the title 13 times, followed by Guadalajara (12), Toluca (10), Cruz Azul (8), León and Pumas UNAM (7), and Pachuca, Tigres UANL, and Santos Laguna (6). The current league champions are América, who won the Apertura 2018 tournament.

Teams

2022–23 season

The following 18 clubs will compete in the Liga MX during the 2022–23 season.

Team	Position in 2021–22	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
América	2	1943–44	108	1943–44	108	13	Apertura 2018
Atlas	3	1943–44	105	1979–80	71	3	Clausura 2022
Atlético San Luis	12	2019–20	7	2019–20	7	0	-
Cruz Azul	7	1964–65	87	1964–65	87	9	Guardianes 2021
Guadalajara	9	1943–44	108	1943–44	108	12	Clausura 2017
Juárez	18	2019–20	7	2019–20	7	0	-
León	6	1944–45	84	2012–13	21	8	Guardianes 2020
Mazatlán	15	2020–21	5	2020–21	5	0	-
Monterrey	8	1945–46	93	1960–61	91	5	Apertura 2019
Necaxa	13	1951–52	78	2016–17	13	3	Invierno 1998
Pachuca	4	1967–68	59	1998–99	49	7	Apertura 2022
Puebla	5	1944–45	88	2007–08	31	2	1989–90
Querétaro	16	1990–91	37	2009–10	27	0	-
Santos Laguna	6	1988–89	61	1988–89	61	6	Clausura 2018
Tijuana	10	2011–12	23	2011–12	23	1	Apertura 2012
Toluca	14	1953–54	98	1953–54	98	10	Bicentenario 2010
UANL	1	1974–75	74	1997–98	51	7	Clausura 2019
UNAM	11	1962–63	89	1962–63	89	7	Clausura 2011

External links

• Official website (Spanish)
• MEDIOTIEMPO.COM
• Mexico - List of Champions, RSSSF.com (English)

Football in Mexico

League competitions The MFF Cup competitions Liga MX Mexico Copa MX Ascenso MX (U-20) (U-17) Supercopa MX Segunda División List of clubs Campeón de Campeones Tercera División List of stadiums InterLiga (defunct) List of leagues