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Liga MX
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top tier association football league of Mexico
Key facts
- Organising body
- Federación Mexicana de Fútbol (FMF)
- Founded
- 1943 ; 83 years ago ( 1943 ) , ( Professional era as Liga Mayor )
- Country
- Mexico
- Confederation
- CONCACAF
- Relegation to
- Liga de Expansión MX , (suspended)
- Domestic cup
- Campeón de Campeones
- International cup s
- Continental , CONCACAF Champions Cup , Subregional , Leagues Cup , Campeones Cup
- Current champions
- Cruz Azul , (10th title)
- Most championships
- América , (16 titles)
- Most appearances
- Óscar Pérez (745)
- Top scorer
- Evanivaldo Castro (312)
- Broadcaster s
- Domestic , Claro , ESPN , Fox , Televisa , TV Azteca , International , OneFootball (Selected matches in selected markets outside of Mexico)
- Website
- ligamx.net
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Subclass of
- national championship
- Country
- Mexico
- Headquarters
- Mexico
- Sport
- association football
- Official website
- ligamx.net
- Organizer
- Mexican Football Federation
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- sports league level
- 1
- topic's main category
- Category:Liga MX
- inception
- 1943-10-17
- season starts
- January
- different from
- Liga MX Femenil
- topic has template
- Template:Liga MX player
- number of participants
- 18
- number of matches played/races/starts
- 17
- social media followers
- 1210000
- edition number
- 108
- trophy awarded
- Copa MX
- arXiv classification
- Liga de Campeones
- statistical leader
- Club América
- original broadcaster
- OneFootball
- member of
- CONCACAF
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Encyclopedic overview
Liga MX, officially named Liga BBVA MX for sponsorship reasons, is a professional association football league in Mexico and the highest level of the Mexican football league system. Formerly named Liga Mayor (1943–1949) and Primera División de México (1949–2012). The league has 18 participating clubs. The season is divided into two short tournaments, according to FIFA world football calendar: Apertura (from July to December) and Clausura (from January to May). The champions of each tournament are decided by a final knockout phase, commonly known as liguilla. Since 2020, promotion and relegation has been suspended until the 2026–27 season.
The inaugural edition as a professional and national league was the 1943–44 season, with Asturias as the first champions in history. In all, 114 editions of the league have been held.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Liga MX” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.