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Liga de Expansión MX
Founded2020; 4 years ago (2020)
CountryMexico
ConfederationCONCACAF
Number of clubs15
Level on pyramid2
Current championsTapatío
(2nd title)
Most championshipsAtlante
(3 titles)
TV partnersClaro[1]
ESPN[2]
Fox Sports[3]
Hi Sports
Televisa[4]
TV Azteca[5]
TVC Deportes[6]
Websiteligabbvaexpansion.mx
Current: 2024–25 Liga de Expansión MX season

Liga de Expansión MX, officially known as Liga BBVA Expansión MX for sponsorship reasons, is the second level professional division of Mexican football. Founded in 2020 as part of the FMF's "Stabilization Project", which has the primary objective of rescuing the financially troubled teams from the Ascenso MX and prevent the disappearance of a second level league in Mexico.[7] The project also attempts for Liga MX and former Ascenso MX teams to consolidate stable projects with strong administration, finances, and infrastructure.

History

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On 20 February 2020, the presidents of the Liga MX clubs, the Ascenso MX clubs and the FMF executives had a meeting, in which different topics were discussed with the intent of strengthening the two main leagues in the country.[8]

On 26 June 2020, the league was officially presented, with the participation of 16 teams: Alebrijes de Oaxaca, Atlante, Atlético Morelia, Cancún, Celaya, Cimarrones de Sonora, Correcaminos UAT, Dorados de Sinaloa, Leones Negros UdeG, Mineros de Zacatecas, Tampico Madero, and Venados F.C. as Ascenso MX teams. Pumas Tabasco and Tapatío entered to the league as Liga MX affiliates.[9] Finally, on 17 July 2020, Tepatitlán and Tlaxcala were invited as Liga Premier expansion teams.[10]

On 22 May 2023, the Liga MX owners assembly approved a reform for the league that should have been carried out in 2024. This reform planned that the 18 member teams of the Liga MX should have had a U-23 team in the Liga de Expansión, which would have represented a merger between the Expansión MX and the Liga MX U–23.[11] However, in May 2024 the proposal was scrapped due to opposition from the owners of the Liga de Expansión teams, as they considered that the project represented a degradation of the participating clubs.[12]

Participating clubs

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Team City Stadium Capacity
Atlante Zacatepec, Morelos Agustín "Coruco" Díaz 24,313
Cancún Cancún, Quintana Roo Andrés Quintana Roo 18,844
Celaya Celaya, Guanajuato Miguel Alemán Valdés 23,182
Jaiba Brava Tampico and Ciudad Madero, Tamaulipas Tamaulipas 19,667
La Paz La Paz, Baja California Sur Guaycura 5,209
Morelia Morelia, Michoacán Morelos 35,000
Oaxaca Oaxaca City, Oaxaca Tecnológico de Oaxaca 14,598
Sinaloa Culiacán, Sinaloa Dorados 20,108
Tapatío Zapopan, Jalisco Akron 46,232
Tepatitlán Tepatitlán de Morelos, Jalisco Gregorio "Tepa" Gómez 8,085
Tlaxcala Tlaxcala City, Tlaxcala Tlahuicole 11,135
Venados Mérida, Yucatán Carlos Iturralde 15,087
UAT Ciudad Victoria, Tamaulipas Marte R. Gómez 10,520
UdeG Guadalajara, Jalisco Jalisco 55,020
Zacatecas Zacatecas City, Zacatecas Carlos Vega Villalba 20,068

On hiatus

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Team City Stadium Capacity
Sonora Hermosillo, Sonora Héroe de Nacozari 18,747

Champions and runners-up

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Club Titles Runners-up Winning editions
Atlante 3 2 Grita México 2021, Apertura 2022, Clausura 2024
Tapatío 2 0 Clausura 2023, Apertura 2024
Morelia 1 2 Clausura 2022
Tampico Madero 1 1 Guardianes 2020
Tepatitlán 1 0 Guardianes 2021
Cancún 1 0 Apertura 2023
Celaya 0 2
Sonora 0 1
UdeG 0 1

Campeón de Campeones de la Liga de Expansión MX

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Club Titles Runners-up Winning editions
Atlante 1 2 2021–22
Tepatitlán 1 0 2020–21
Tapatío 1 0 2022–23
Cancún 1 0 2023–24
Morelia 0 1
Tampico Madero 0 1

Managers

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The current managers in the Liga de Expansión MX are:

Nat. Name Team Appointed Time as manager
Mexico Alfonso Sosa UdeG 7 September 2021 3 years, 107 days
Mexico Luis Arce Cancún 1 June 2023 1 year, 205 days
Mexico Arturo Ortega Tapatío 15 June 2023 1 year, 191 days
Mexico Raúl Rico La Paz 10 December 2023 1 year, 13 days
Mexico Rigoberto Esparza Venados 16 May 2024 221 days
Uruguay Sebastián Abreu Sinaloa 30 May 2024 207 days
Uruguay Sergio Blanco Celaya 30 May 2024 207 days
Mexico Jair Real Tepatitlán 23 July 2024 153 days
Mexico Arturo Alvarado (Interim) Oaxaca 8 October 2024 76 days
Spain Nacho Castro Atlético Morelia 18 November 2024 35 days
Mexico Mario García Zacatecas 24 November 2024 29 days
Uruguay Héctor Hugo Eugui UAT 25 November 2024 28 days
Mexico Luis Orozco Tlaxcala 27 November 2024 26 days
Mexico Miguel Fuentes Atlante 3 December 2024 20 days
Mexico Marco Antonio Ruiz Jaiba Brava 3 December 2024 20 days

Top scorers

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Year Name Team Goals
Guardianes 2020 Mexico Alberto Alvarado Morín
Mexico Lizandro Echeverría
Mexico Guillermo Martínez
Paraguay Gustavo Ramírez
UAT
Atlante
Celaya
Morelia
7
Guardianes 2021 Mexico Julio Cruz Oaxaca 10
Apertura 2021 Colombia Raúl Zúñiga Sinaloa 12
Clausura 2022 Colombia David Angulo
Mexico Juan Machado
Mexico Óscar Villa
Tepatitlán
Raya2
Sonora
8
Apertura 2022 Mexico Diego Jiménez Sonora 12
Clausura 2023 Mexico Ricardo Marín Celaya 10
Apertura 2023 Mexico Luis Razo Zacatecas 10
Clausura 2024 Colombia José Rodriguez Cancún 9
Apertura 2024 Mexico Vladimir Moragrega Atlante 11

See also

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References

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  1. ^ includes Claro Sports
  2. ^ includes ESPN 2 and ESPN 3
  3. ^ includes Fox Sports 2
  4. ^ includes TUDN
  5. ^ Includes Azteca Digital
  6. ^ includes TVC Deportes 2
  7. ^ Enrique Martínez Villar (24 April 2020). "¡Se confirma! No habrá ascenso ni descenso en 6 años; aprueban Liga de Desarrollo". Mediotiempo. Retrieved 25 April 2020.
  8. ^ "Comunicado de la LIGA MX / ASCENSO MX y la FMF". LIGA MX. 20 April 2020. Retrieved 25 April 2020.
  9. ^ "Asamblea Ordinaria de Clubes del 26 de Junio del 2020". Liga BBVA MX (in Spanish). 26 June 2020. Retrieved 22 July 2020.
  10. ^ "Comunicado de la LIGA MX sobre la LIGA de Expansión". Liga BBVA MX (in Spanish). 17 July 2020. Retrieved 17 July 2020.
  11. ^ "Por unanimidad, la Asamblea de Clubes designa a Juan Carlos Rodríguez". ligamx.net (in Spanish). 22 May 2023. Retrieved 25 May 2023.
  12. ^ "Descartan fusión de la Liga de Expansión con la Sub-23". Mediotiempo.com (in Spanish). 22 May 2024. Retrieved 12 July 2024.
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