The Supercopa MX (English: Supercup MX ) was an annual Mexican super cup match, between the Copa MX champions of the Apertura and Clausura tournaments. Initially played in a two-legged and later with a single final match. It was launched in 2014 and lasted until 2019.
60-526: In June 2013, Liga MX president Decio De María announced the winners of Apertura and Clausura Copa MX will face each other and the winner will qualify to the following year's Copa Libertadores as "Mexico-3". On June 20, 2014, it was announced the two teams would face each other in a two legged home and away matches called Supercopa MX. The 2015 Supercopa MX was a single match at a neutral venue, Toyota Stadium in Frisco , Texas , United States , making Mexico
120-563: 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: 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
180-461: A highly debated one within the owners of the professional football clubs and the Femexfut. Of 33 clubs in the top two tiers, about a quarter of the teams are owned by three groups: Grupo Pachuca ( Pachuca , León ), Grupo Caliente ( Tijuana , Querétaro , Dorados de Sinaloa ) and Grupo Orlegi ( Santos Laguna , Atlas ). Of those groups that own more than one team, that ownership is usually split between
240-499: A rebranding, with the introduction of a new logo. On 20 August 2018, it was announced that Liga MX would begin testing the use of VAR technology. 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
300-532: 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
360-722: 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 León caused a television rights dispute with Televisa. Currently, Club León matches are broadcast in Mexico by Fox Sports and other online media sites, and in the United States by Univision (Telemundo from 2013–16). Telelatino and Fox Sports World formerly hold broadcasting rights in Canada. From 2019–20 until 2021–22, OneSoccer broadcast
420-539: Is the official governing body of association football in Mexico . It administers the men's and women's national teams with all its youth teams, the national teams of futsal and beach soccer , the Liga MX with all its professional divisions, all affiliated amateur sectors, and controls promoting, organizing, directing, expanding, and supervising competitive football in Mexico. The FMF was established on August 23, 1927 to replace
480-509: Is the top professional football division of the Mexican football league system . Formerly called Liga Mayor (1943–1949) and then Primera División de México (1949–2012), it has 18 clubs and the season is divided into two short tournaments, Apertura from July to December and Clausura from 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
540-686: Is to last until 2026. The league currently ranks first in CONCACAF's league ranking index. According to the IFFHS , 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 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
600-407: The 1999 FIFA Confederations Cup at home, after defeating Brazil 4-3 in the final. The honours of the senior national team consists of 16 official titles: 1 FIFA Confederations Cup , 12 CONCACAF Championship / Gold Cup , 1 CONCACAF Cup and 2 NAFC Championship . The first women's national team was originally established in 1963, but its first FIFA-recognized match was in 1991. Its first match
660-510: The NAFC Championship , winning both editions ( 1947 and 1949 ). After the merger of the NAFC and CCCF , Mexico was one of the founding members of CONCACAF in 1961, winning its first title in the new North American confederation in the 1965 CONCACAF Championship . Mexico is also the only non-UEFA or CONMEBOL member national team to win an official senior title organized by FIFA, winning
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#1732876532472720-413: The 2018–19 season , only six teams met the full requirements to be promoted to Liga MX, those teams being Atlético San Luis , Atlante , Celaya , Juárez , Sinaloa , and UdeG . On April 16, 2020, the Ascenso MX 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
780-589: The FIFA U-20 World Cup 17 times and were world runners-up in 1977 and third place in 2011 . The under-17 team has participated in the FIFA U-17 World Cup 15 times and were two-time world champions ( 2005 and 2011 ) and two-time world runners-up ( 2013 and 2019 ). The women's under-20 team has participated in the FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup 10 times, the best participations are reaching
840-611: The Federación Central de Fútbol and its first president was Humberto Garza Ramos. It is an affiliate member of FIFA since 1929 and one of the founding members of CONCACAF since 1961. Subject to policies, statutes, objectives and ideals of those international governing bodies. Its headquarters are located in Toluca , State of Mexico . In 1919, the Mexican amateur league was divided into two leagues (Liga Mexicana and Liga Nacional). Due to
900-604: The Liga Amateur de Veracruz , Liga Amateur de Puebla, Liga Occidental De Jalisco and the Liga Amateur del Bajío that had talented clubs. In 1922, after the foundation of the first football federation in Mexico, they created the Campeonato 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
960-567: The NFL and MLB . 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 . Liga MX ranks second in terms of television viewership in the United States, behind the English Premier League. América have won the league a record of 15 times, followed by Guadalajara with 12 titles, Toluca 10 titles and Cruz Azul 9 titles. In all, twenty-four teams have won
1020-689: 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, Voit has been the official match ball manufacturer. In 2014, the contract was extended for four years. The current managers in Liga MX are: [REDACTED] Media related to Liga MX at Wikimedia Commons Mexican Football Federation The Mexican Football Federation ( Spanish : Federación Mexicana de Fútbol Asociación, A.C. ), abbreviated as FMF
1080-447: 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, called Liguilla , 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
1140-490: The Liga MX during the 2024–25 season. 87,523 All Liga MX clubs have the right to sell their own broadcast rights . Televisa , TV Azteca , Imagen Televisión , Claro Sports, Fox Sports , and ESPN have broadcasting rights in México, 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
1200-410: The Liga MX trophy, and the runners-up is awarded a smaller version of the trophy. The start 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. Originally at the end of a season, after the Apertura and Clausura tournaments, one team is relegated to
1260-584: The Liga Mayor/Primera División/Liga MX title at least once. Prior to the Liga Mayor , there was no national football league in Mexico, and football competitions were held within relatively small geographical regions. The Liga Mexicana de Football Amateur Association , a local league consisting of teams near and around Mexico City , was the first amateur football league created in Mexico, and also other regional leagues were created, which were
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#17328765324721320-523: 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
1380-691: The Training Centre ( Centro de Capacitación , CECAP). The governing body of the Federation is the General Assembly that conforms with the participation of the Liga MX with 55% of the votes; Liga de Expansión MX with 5%; Liga Premier, with 18%; Liga TDP, with 13%, and the Amateur sector, with 9%. The executive and administrative body is the National Council, which comprises five members, one from each of
1440-752: The United States. After the Clausura 2017 season, Azteca América 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, Televisión Nacional de Chile (TVN) announced it would show Liga MX matches involving Chilean players in Chile. In October 2017, Fox Sports announced that it acquired
1500-506: The United States. The network also airs at least one home match of nine other clubs. Televisa also sublicenses one match per week to ESPN in Mexico and Central America. In Brazil, DAZN broadcast the league for two seasons 2019–20 and 2020–21. 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. On 16 August 2021, Eleven Sports announced it would broadcast
1560-591: The divisions mentioned, and are elected every four years. The first Mexican national team was established in 1923, its first match was that same year with a victory against Guatemala and its first international participation was in the 1928 Olympic Football Tournament in Amsterdam. The national team has participated in the FIFA World Cup 17 times, the first participation was in the first edition in Uruguay 1930 playing
1620-482: The expulsion of Tigres México shortly before the start of the season, Real España and España Veracruz withdrew in solidarity and founded their own league. The separation of the leagues took place in the 1920-21 season. After only two seasons, in 1922 under the president Ulises Garza Ramos, the two leagues were unified to found the Federación de Foot-ball Asociación and creating the Campeonato de Primera Fuerza which
1680-405: 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
1740-435: The first matches held outside the country's capital were played until the 1940–41 season. 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. The Federación Mexicana de Fútbol (FMF) announcement of
1800-615: The fourth nation (after Italy , France and Turkey ) and first North American nation to stage its Super Cup abroad. On May 20, 2019, it was announced that the Copa MX would be held once a year (July-April), and the Supercopa MX match was abolished. This article about a CONCACAF/North, Central American and Caribbean association football competition is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Liga MX Liga MX , officially known as Liga BBVA MX for sponsorship reasons,
1860-415: 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
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1920-633: The gold medal in the 2023 Pan American Games . The under-23 team/olympic team, is an intermediate category between the senior team and the youth teams. Implemented by FIFA since 1992 to participate in the Olympic Football Tournament to replace amateur teams. The under-23 team won the gold medal in the 2012 Olympic Football Tournament in London and bronze medal in the 2020 Olympic Football Tournament in Tokyo. The under-20 team has participated in
1980-407: The home Liga MX matches of C.D. Guadalajara for the 2021-22 season in more than 100 countries. Up until its rebranding in 2012, Liga MX did not have a title sponsor. In July 2013, league president Decio de María announced BBVA Bancomer as 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
2040-519: 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 1970 World Cup held in Mexico was the first World Cup televised on a grand scale. The season following the FIFA World Cup,
2100-466: The league for Canada viewers. 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
2160-516: The league that promotion and relegation would be suspended for six years. During the suspension, the Ascenso MX was replaced with the Liga de Expansión MX although 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. Each year, at least six teams from Liga MX qualify for the CONCACAF Champions Cup ,
2220-425: 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
2280-496: 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 on Fox Sports in the United States (via Fox Deportes ) and the rest of Latin America (including Mexico and excluding Brazil). On May 26, 2018, Fox Sports announced it acquired
2340-466: 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
2400-517: 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
2460-643: 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. Throughout the late 1950s and early 1960s, many small clubs faced economic difficulties which were attributed to
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2520-745: The new FIFA president Gianni Infantino was elected in the wake of the Garcia Report corruption scandal. In April 2017, the Federación, with Canada and the United States , announced a joint bid to host the World Cup. It was awarded on 13 June 2018; 134 votes versus the Morocco bid by the Royal Moroccan Football Federation with 65 votes. Mexico will host 10 matches, Canada 3 matches, and
2580-416: 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
2640-399: 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 the liguilla , 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
2700-461: The opening match against France . The best participations are reaching the quarter-finals (1970 and 1986) both as hosts. The first senior titles achieved by the national team were in the football tournament in the multi-sport event of the Central American and Caribbean Games , winning two gold medals ( 1935 and 1938 ). The first official senior titles achieved by the national team were in
2760-465: 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
2820-585: The president Humberto Garza Ramos, the general secretary Juan B. Orraca and the treasurer Manuel Alonso who registered and affiliated the FMF with FIFA in 1929. The first national championship endorsed and organized by the new FMF was held in the 1927-28 season still in the considered league's amateur era until 1942. The Federation has three operational centres: the Central Office, the High Performance Centre ( Centro de Alto Rendimiento , CAR) and
2880-429: 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
2940-531: The quarter-finals (2010, 2012 and 2022). The women's under-17 team has participated in the FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup 7 times and were world runners-up in 2018 . The Mexican football is composed of four men's professional divisions: The first professional women's league in the country was the Liga MX Femenil, the top level of women's football in Mexico. The issue of multi-team ownership has been
3000-540: 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
3060-533: The rights of C.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 the Fox Sports family of networks in English. As of the Apertura 2019 season, via a sublicense agreement with Univision, ESPN Deportes airs the majority of León, Necaxa, Pachuca, Querétaro, and UANL regular season home matches in
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#17328765324723120-440: 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). Prior to the start of the 2012–13 season , the organization Liga MX/Ascenso MX was created to replace the FMF as the organizing body of the competition. The league also announced
3180-433: The team that finished 11th in the tournament. From 1996 to 2002, the league followed a two short tournaments in the season, schedule with Invierno and Verano 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
3240-583: The technology. 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 the Apertura from July to December, followed by the Clausura 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
3300-547: The then current team ownership, and did not require the sale of teams in excess of the one team limitation. The issue reemerged in November 2013 when TV Azteca , owner of Monarcas Morelia, paid out 124 shareholders of Club Atlas US$ 50 million to acquire the club, which for years had been struggling financially. In September 2012, former Federación President Justino Compeán confirmed plans to bid. On 4 March 2016, Federación President Decio De Maria announced continued interest after
3360-542: 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. The following 18 clubs will compete in
3420-490: The top two tiers of the league and act as a form of player development. In May 2013, the Liga MX club owners approved banning a person or company from owning more than one team. The issue came to fore when rumor was that Carlos Slim , whose telecommunications company América Móvil owns a 30% stake in Grupo Pachuca, sought to acquire Guadalajara ; he would refute the speculation. The ban applied to future acquisitions, not
3480-410: The tournament lasted 17 weeks, with all teams playing each other once per tournament in a home and away series over both tournaments. The liguilla is 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
3540-638: Was in 1970 with a victory against Austria , although its first FIFA-recognized match was in the 1991 CONCACAF Women's Championship against USA . The women's national team has participated in the FIFA Women's World Cup 3 times, the first participation was in USA 1999 . The first senior titles achieved by the women's national team were in the football tournament in the Central American and Caribbean Games , winning three gold medals (2014, 2018 and 2023). They also won
3600-482: Was the highest level of Mexican football at that time. The following year it was renamed Federación Central de Fútbol due to its greater national influence, and it was its members who promoted the creation of Mexico's first national team. Finally in 1927 the current Federación Mexicana de Fútbol Asociación was reorganized and established. The Federation was renewed by the clubs: Club México , Real España , Necaxa , América , Asturias , Aurrerá and Germania , with
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