Liga BBVA Bancomer MX
FIFA Region
CONCACAF
Season
2021-2022
Location
Mexico
Abbreviation
MEX1

Summary

Liga MX (MEX1) is the top level of league style football competition in Mexico. The MEX1 season is split into two championships, the 2021-2022 Torneo Apertura and the Torneo Clausura. The MEX1 teams listed below qualify for the following non-league play:

  • 2022 CONCACAF Champions League (CNCFCL):
    • 2021-2022 Torneo Apertura Liguilla champion and runner-up
    • 2021-2022 Torneo Clausura Liguilla champion and runner-up

Leagues Pyramid - Mexico

Abbrev League # of Teams
MEX1 Liga MX 18
MEX2 Liga de Expansión MX 17
MEX3A Liga Premier Serie A 28
MEX3B Liga Premier Serie B 15
MEX4 Liga TDP 180+

Competition Structure

Season

# of Teams

Regular
22 Jul 2021 - 7 Nov 2021
Apertura - Playoffs
9 Nov 2021 - 13 Dec 2021
Clausura - Regular
6 Jan 2022 - 1 May 2022
Clausura - Playoffs
4 May 2022 - 30 May 2022
 18: MEX1 (18), MEX2 (0)

Season Format

Each MEX1 team plays Home-Away matches with the other 17 MEX1 teams once in the 2021-2022 Torneo Guard1anes (17 matches) and once in the 2022-2023 Torneo Clausura (17 matches) for a total of 34 league matches per team. Table ranking ties are broken by (1) goal difference, (2) goals scored, (3) head-to-head results between tied teams, (4) away goals scored, (5) highest relegation coefficient, then (6) Fairplay points.

Playoffs

At the end of each torneo, the top four teams advance to the La Liguilla (the playoffs) Quarterfinals, and the 5th through 12th place teams advance to the Reclasificación. In the Reclasificación, 5th place plays 12th place, 6th place plays 11th place, 7th place plays 10th place, and 8th place plays 9th place in a single match playoff at the higher seed's home venue. If a match is tied after regulation time, the teams advance to a best of 5 penalty shoot-out. The winners play in Home-Away highest aggregate score advances Quarterfinals. The four advancing teams play in a Home-Away highest aggregate score advances Semifinals. The two Semifinal winners advance to the Finals with the winner becoming the torneo champion. All Torneo Finalists advance to the 2022-2023 CNCFCL.

Relegation

At the end of the 2021-2022 Torneo Clausura, the results from the 2021-2022 Toreno Apertura, the 2021-2022 Torneo Clausura and the two previous seasons are used to build the 2021-2022 MEX1 Relegation Table. The MEX1 team with the lowest "points per match" ratio is relegated to the MEX2. The MEX2 champion is promoted to the 2022-2023 MEX1 Torneo Apertura.


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Clausura - Finals

DateHome Status RoadVenue
AggregateAtlas  32 Pachuca  
26.05.22Atlas 20 PachucaEstadio Jalisco
29.05.22Pachuca 21 AtlasEstadio Miguel Hidalgo

Clausura - Semifinals

DateHome Status RoadVenue
AggregateAtlas  54 UANL Tigres  
18.05.22Atlas 30 UANL TigresEstadio Jalisco
21.05.22UANL Tigres 42 AtlasEstadio Universitario (San Nicolás)
AggregateAmérica  14 Pachuca  
19.05.22América 11 PachucaEstadio Azteca
22.05.22Pachuca 30 AméricaEstadio Miguel Hidalgo

Clausura - Quarterfinals

DateHome Status RoadVenue
AggregateAtlético San Luis  45 Pachuca  
11.05.22Atlético San Luis 22 PachucaEstadio Alfonso Lastras Ramírez
14.05.22Pachuca 32 Atlético San LuisEstadio Miguel Hidalgo
AggregatePuebla  34 América  
11.05.22Puebla 11 AméricaEstadio Cuauhtémoc
14.05.22América 32 PueblaEstadio Azteca
AggregateCruz Azul  11 UANL Tigres  
12.05.22Cruz Azul 01 UANL TigresEstadio Azteca
15.05.22UANL Tigres 01 Cruz AzulEstadio Universitario (San Nicolás)
 UANL Tigres advances as higher seed (2 vs 8) 
AggregateGuadalajara  23 Atlas  
12.05.22Guadalajara 12 AtlasEstadio AKRON
15.05.22Atlas 11 GuadalajaraEstadio Jalisco

Clausura - Reclasificación

DateHome Status RoadVenue
Sat - 7 May 2022
 Cruz Azul 11 Club NecaxaEstadio Azteca
 Cruz Azul advances on PKs (3-1) 
 Monterrey 22 Atlético San LuisEstadio BBVA
 Atlético San Luis advances on PKs (3-1) 
Sun - 8 May 2022
 Puebla 22 MazatlánEstadio Cuauhtémoc
 Puebla advances on PKs (3-1) 
 Guadalajara 41 Pumas UNAMEstadio AKRON

Torneo Clausura

 LeagueHomeRoad
POSMPW - D - LPTSCPTSGFGAGDMPW - D - LPTSGFGAGDMPW - D - LPTSGFGAGD
1Pachuca 1712 -2-338-30151586 -2-020145996 -0-31816106
2UANL Tigres 1710 -3-433-30201085 -1-2161510595 -2-21715105
3Atlas 177 -6-427-2115683 -3-21287194 -3-2151385
4América 177 -5-526-2417783 -2-311129394 -3-2151284
5Puebla 177 -5-526-2519682 -5-111119295 -0-41514104
6Guadalajara 177 -5-526-2521494 -2-3141412283 -3-2121192
7Monterrey 177 -5-526-2117495 -3-118126682 -2-48911-2
8Cruz Azul 177 -4-625-2017394 -0-512910-183 -4-1131174
9Club Necaxa 177 -2-823-2121093 -0-69813-584 -2-2141385
10Atlético San Luis 177 -2-823-2122-194 -1-4131010083 -1-4101112-1
11Pumas UNAM 176 -4-722-2421384 -2-214147792 -2-581014-4
12Mazatlán 176 -3-821-2024-484 -2-214107392 -1-671017-7
13Club León 175 -6-621-1722-592 -4-3101013-383 -2-31179-2
14Santos Laguna 175 -5-720-2525083 -3-2121613392 -2-58912-3
15Toluca 175 -4-819-2136-1592 -2-581219-783 -2-311917-8
16Querétaro 173 -8-617-1821-393 -1-5101012-280 -7-1789-1
17Club Tijuana 174 -5-817-1426-1283 -4-113108291 -1-74418-14
18FC Juárez 173 -2-1211-1028-1891 -1-74715-882 -1-57313-10
Clausura - Quarterfinals
Clausura - Reclasificación

Apertura- Finals

DateHome Status RoadVenue
AggregateClub León  66 Atlas  
09.12.21Club León 32 AtlasEstadio León
12.12.21Atlas 43 Club LeónEstadio Jalisco
 Atlas wins on PKs (4-3) 

Apertura- Semifinals

DateHome Status RoadVenue
AggregateUANL Tigres  33 Club León  
01.12.21UANL Tigres 21 Club LeónEstadio Universitario (San Nicolás)
04.12.21Club León 21 UANL TigresEstadio León
 Club León advances as the higher seed (3 vs 4) 
AggregatePumas UNAM  11 Atlas  
02.12.21Pumas UNAM 01 AtlasEstadio Olímpico Universitario
05.12.21Atlas 01 Pumas UNAMEstadio Jalisco
 Atlas advances as the higher seed (2 vs 8) 

Apertura- Quarterfinals

DateHome Status RoadVenue
AggregatePumas UNAM  31 América  
24.11.21Pumas UNAM 00 AméricaEstadio Olímpico Universitario
27.11.21América 13 Pumas UNAMEstadio Azteca
AggregateMonterrey  11 Atlas  
24.11.21Monterrey 00 AtlasEstadio BBVA
27.11.21Atlas 11 MonterreyEstadio Jalisco
 Atlas advances as the higher seed (2 vs 7) 
AggregatePuebla  23 Club León  
25.11.21Puebla 21 Club LeónEstadio Cuauhtémoc
28.11.21Club León 20 PueblaEstadio León
AggregateSantos Laguna  22 UANL Tigres  
25.11.21Santos Laguna 21 UANL TigresEstadio Corona
28.11.21UANL Tigres 10 Santos LagunaEstadio Universitario (San Nicolás)

Apertura- Reclasificacón

DateHome Status RoadVenue
Sat - 20 Nov 2021
 Puebla 65 GuadalajaraEstadio Cuauhtémoc
Sun - 21 Nov 2021
 Toluca 12 Pumas UNAMEstadio Nemesio Díez
 Cruz Azul 14 MonterreyEstadio Azteca

Torneo Apertura

 LeagueHomeRoad
POSMPW - D - LPTSCPTSGFGAGDMPW - D - LPTSGFGAGDMPW - D - LPTSGFGAGD
1América 1710 -5-235-21101197 -2-0231321183 -3-212880
2Atlas 178 -5-429-21101194 -2-31485384 -3-1151358
3Club León 178 -5-429-2014683 -3-212116595 -2-217981
4UANL Tigres 177 -7-328-26141294 -5-0171551083 -2-3111192
5Santos Laguna 175 -9-324-2316792 -6-11297283 -3-2121495
6Toluca 176 -6-524-2222083 -4-113139493 -2-411913-4
7Puebla 176 -6-524-1616093 -3-31299083 -3-212770
8Cruz Azul 175 -8-423-2117483 -3-212117492 -5-21110100
9Monterrey 175 -7-522-1916384 -2-214104691 -5-38912-3
10Guadalajara 175 -7-522-1313083 -2-311910-192 -5-211431
11Pumas UNAM 175 -6-621-1723-694 -3-2151110181 -3-46613-7
12Atlético San Luis 174 -8-520-1923-481 -3-46815-793 -5-1141183
13Mazatlán 175 -5-720-1824-694 -3-2151312181 -2-55512-7
14Club Necaxa 176 -2-920-1622-684 -0-4121010092 -2-58612-6
15Pachuca 174 -6-718-1921-292 -5-211107382 -1-57914-5
16FC Juárez 174 -4-916-1425-1183 -2-311910-191 -2-65515-10
17Querétaro 173 -6-815-1119-883 -2-31187190 -4-54312-9
18Club Tijuana 173 -6-815-1627-1192 -4-310911-281 -2-55716-9
Apertura - Quarterfinals
Apertura - Reclasificación

Results

Sun - 1 May 2022
 Club León 44 TolucaEstadio León
 Atlético San Luis 13 Santos LagunaEstadio Alfonso Lastras Ramírez
 Pumas UNAM 20 PachucaEstadio Olímpico Universitario
Sat - 30 Apr 2022
 América 00 Cruz AzulEstadio Azteca
 Monterrey 20 Club TijuanaEstadio BBVA
 Atlas 11 UANL TigresEstadio Jalisco
 Querétaro 40 FC JuárezEstadio La Corregidora
Fri - 29 Apr 2022
 Mazatlán 21 PueblaEstadio de Mazatlán
 Club Necaxa 01 GuadalajaraEstadio Victoria
Sun - 24 Apr 2022
 Club Tijuana 22 QuerétaroEstadio Caliente
 Santos Laguna 11 Club LeónEstadio Corona
 Cruz Azul 01 Atlético San LuisEstadio Azteca
 Toluca 24 AtlasEstadio Nemesio Díez
Sat - 23 Apr 2022
 Guadalajara 31 Pumas UNAMEstadio AKRON
 UANL Tigres 02 AméricaEstadio Universitario (San Nicolás)
 Pachuca 30 MonterreyEstadio Miguel Hidalgo
Fri - 22 Apr 2022
 FC Juárez 02 MazatlánEstadio Olímpico Benito Juárez
 Puebla 01 Club NecaxaEstadio Cuauhtémoc
Thu - 21 Apr 2022
 Querétaro 01 Cruz AzulEstadio La Corregidora
Wed - 20 Apr 2022
 Monterrey 00 AtlasEstadio BBVA