Summary
Liga MX (MEX1) is the top level of league style football competition in Mexico. The MEX1 season is split into two championships, the 2022-2023 Torneo Apertura and the Torneo Clausura. The MEX1 teams listed below qualify for the following non-league play:
- 2024 CONCACAF Champions League (CNCFCL):
- 1st-6th place 2022-2023 MEX1 Aggregate Table teams
The 2022-2023 MEX1 Aggregate Table combines points from "all" 2022-2023 MEX1 Torneo Apertura and Torneo Clausura (Regular season) matches to rank teams points.
Leagues Pyramid - Mexico
| Abbrev | League | # of Teams |
|---|---|---|
| MEX1 | Liga MX | 18 |
| MEX2 | Liga de Expansión MX | 18 |
| MEX3 | Liga Premier | 37 |
| MEX4 | Liga TDP | 200+ |
Competition Structure
Season | # of Teams | ||
| Regular 1 Jul 2022 - 2 Oct 2022 Apertura - Playoffs 5 Oct 2022 - 1 Nov 2022 | Clausura - Regular 6 Jan 2023 - 30 Apr 2023 Clausura - Playoffs 3 May 2023 - 30 May 2023 | 18: MEX1 (18) | |
Season Format
Each MEX1 team plays Home-Away matches with the other 17 MEX1 teams once in the 2022-2023 Torneo Apertura (17 matches) and once in the 2023-2024 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) Fair Play 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 2024 CNCFCL.
Relegation
As of the 2020-2021 MEX1 season, promotion/relegation with the MEX2 was suspended.
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Campeón de Campeones
| Date | Home | Status | Road | Venue | ||||
Clausura - Finals
| Date | Home | Status | Road | Venue | ||||
| Aggregate | UANL Tigres | 32 | Guadalajara |
| 25.05.23 |  | 00 | Guadalajara | Estadio Universitario (San Nicolás) |
| 28.05.23 | | 23 | UANL Tigres | Estadio AKRON |
Clausura - Semifinals
| Date | Home | Status | Road | Venue | ||||
| Aggregate | UANL Tigres | 21 | Monterrey |
| 17.05.23 | | 11 | Monterrey | Estadio Universitario (San Nicolás) |
| 20.05.23 | | 01 | UANL Tigres | Estadio BBVA |
| Aggregate | Guadalajara | 32 | América |
| 18.05.23 | | 01 | América | Estadio AKRON |
| 21.05.23 | | 13 | Guadalajara | Estadio Azteca |
Clausura - Quarterfinals
| Date | Home | Status | Road | Venue | ||||
| Aggregate | Santos Laguna | 02 | Monterrey |
| 10.05.23 |  | 00 | Monterrey | Estadio Corona |
| 13.05.23 | | 20 | Santos Laguna | Estadio BBVA |
| Aggregate | Atlético San Luis | 34 | América |
| 10.05.23 |  | 13 | América | Estadio Alfonso Lastras Ramírez |
| 13.05.23 | | 12 | Atlético San Luis | Estadio Azteca |
| Aggregate | Atlas | 11 | Guadalajara |
| 11.05.23 |  | 10 | Guadalajara | Estadio Jalisco |
| 14.05.23 | | 10 | Atlas | Estadio AKRON |
| Aggregate | UANL Tigres | 54 | Toluca |
| 11.05.23 | | 41 | Toluca | Estadio Universitario (San Nicolás) |
| 14.05.23 | | 31 | UANL Tigres | Estadio Nemesio Díez |
Clausura - Reclasificación
| Date | Home | Status | Road | Venue | ||||
 | 24 | Santos Laguna | Estadio Miguel Hidalgo |
 | 13 | Atlético San Luis | Estadio León |
| 10 | Puebla | Estadio Universitario (San Nicolás) |
Torneo Clausura
| League | Home | Road | ||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| POS | MP | W - D - L | PTS | CPTS | GF | GA | GD | MP | W - D - L | PTS | GF | GA | GD | MP | W - D - L | PTS | GF | GA | GD | |
| 1 | Monterrey | 17 | 13 -1-3 | 40 | - | 35 | 14 | 21 | 9 | 7 -0-2 | 21 | 21 | 7 | 14 | 8 | 6 -1-1 | 19 | 14 | 7 | 7 |
| 2 | América | 17 | 9 -7-1 | 34 | - | 36 | 21 | 15 | 9 | 4 -4-1 | 16 | 17 | 11 | 6 | 8 | 5 -3-0 | 18 | 19 | 10 | 9 |
| 3 | Guadalajara | 17 | 10 -4-3 | 34 | - | 28 | 18 | 10 | 8 | 5 -1-2 | 16 | 15 | 10 | 5 | 9 | 5 -3-1 | 18 | 13 | 8 | 5 |
| 4 | Toluca | 17 | 9 -5-3 | 32 | - | 34 | 19 | 15 | 8 | 5 -3-0 | 18 | 18 | 7 | 11 | 9 | 4 -2-3 | 14 | 16 | 12 | 4 |
| 5 | Pachuca | 17 | 10 -1-6 | 31 | - | 32 | 24 | 8 | 8 | 4 -1-3 | 13 | 16 | 11 | 5 | 9 | 6 -0-3 | 18 | 16 | 13 | 3 |
| 6 | Club León | 17 | 8 -6-3 | 30 | - | 23 | 13 | 10 | 9 | 5 -2-2 | 17 | 14 | 6 | 8 | 8 | 3 -4-1 | 13 | 9 | 7 | 2 |
| 7 | UANL Tigres | 17 | 7 -4-6 | 25 | - | 20 | 17 | 3 | 9 | 3 -2-4 | 11 | 11 | 10 | 1 | 8 | 4 -2-2 | 14 | 9 | 7 | 2 |
| 8 | Cruz Azul | 17 | 7 -3-7 | 24 | - | 21 | 22 | -1 | 8 | 5 -0-3 | 15 | 10 | 9 | 1 | 9 | 2 -3-4 | 9 | 11 | 13 | -2 |
| 9 | Atlas | 17 | 4 -9-4 | 21 | - | 27 | 22 | 5 | 9 | 2 -4-3 | 10 | 13 | 13 | 0 | 8 | 2 -5-1 | 11 | 14 | 9 | 5 |
| 10 | Querétaro | 17 | 4 -8-5 | 20 | - | 16 | 21 | -5 | 9 | 2 -5-2 | 11 | 10 | 12 | -2 | 8 | 2 -3-3 | 9 | 6 | 9 | -3 |
| 11 | Puebla | 17 | 6 -2-9 | 20 | - | 26 | 32 | -6 | 8 | 4 -0-4 | 12 | 14 | 14 | 0 | 9 | 2 -2-5 | 8 | 12 | 18 | -6 |
| 12 | Atlético San Luis | 17 | 5 -4-8 | 19 | - | 16 | 21 | -5 | 8 | 4 -3-1 | 15 | 10 | 5 | 5 | 9 | 1 -1-7 | 4 | 6 | 16 | -10 |
| 13 | Santos Laguna | 17 | 5 -4-8 | 19 | - | 23 | 37 | -14 | 8 | 3 -1-4 | 10 | 12 | 20 | -8 | 9 | 2 -3-4 | 9 | 11 | 17 | -6 |
| 14 | Pumas UNAM | 17 | 5 -3-9 | 18 | - | 24 | 32 | -8 | 8 | 4 -1-3 | 13 | 17 | 14 | 3 | 9 | 1 -2-6 | 5 | 7 | 18 | -11 |
| 15 | Club Tijuana | 17 | 3 -7-7 | 16 | - | 19 | 29 | -10 | 9 | 2 -6-1 | 12 | 10 | 8 | 2 | 8 | 1 -1-6 | 4 | 9 | 21 | -12 |
| 16 | FC Juárez | 17 | 3 -6-8 | 15 | - | 17 | 25 | -8 | 8 | 2 -3-3 | 9 | 9 | 8 | 1 | 9 | 1 -3-5 | 6 | 8 | 17 | -9 |
| 17 | Club Necaxa | 17 | 3 -5-9 | 14 | - | 16 | 24 | -8 | 9 | 2 -4-3 | 10 | 10 | 11 | -1 | 8 | 1 -1-6 | 4 | 6 | 13 | -7 |
| 18 | Mazatlán | 17 | 2 -1-14 | 7 | - | 19 | 41 | -22 | 9 | 1 -0-8 | 3 | 11 | 18 | -7 | 8 | 1 -1-6 | 4 | 8 | 23 | -15 |
Clausura - Quarterfinals Clausura - Reclasificación | ||||||||||||||||||||
Apertura- Finals
| Date | Home | Status | Road | Venue | ||||
| Aggregate | Toluca | 28 | Pachuca |
Apertura- Semifinals
| Date | Home | Status | Road | Venue | ||||
| Aggregate | Toluca | 32 | América |
| Aggregate | Pachuca | 62 | Monterrey |
Apertura- Quarterfinals
| Date | Home | Status | Road | Venue | ||||
| Aggregate | Puebla | 211 | América |
| Aggregate | Cruz Azul | 03 | Monterrey |
| Aggregate | Toluca | 64 | Santos Laguna |
| 13.10.22 | | 43 | Santos Laguna | Estadio Nemesio Díez |
| 16.10.22 | | 12 | Toluca | Estadio Corona |
| Aggregate | UANL Tigres | 22 | Pachuca |
| 13.10.22 | | 10 | Pachuca | Estadio Universitario (San Nicolás) |
| 16.10.22 | | 21 | UANL Tigres | Estadio Miguel Hidalgo |
Apertura- Reclasificacón
| Date | Home | Status | Road | Venue | ||||
| 20 | Club Necaxa | Estadio Universitario (San Nicolás) |
| 11 | Guadalajara | Estadio Cuauhtémoc | |||
| Puebla advances on PKs (5-4) | ||||||
Torneo Apertura
| League | Home | Road | ||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| POS | MP | W - D - L | PTS | CPTS | GF | GA | GD | MP | W - D - L | PTS | GF | GA | GD | MP | W - D - L | PTS | GF | GA | GD | |
| 1 | América | 17 | 12 -2-3 | 38 | - | 38 | 17 | 21 | 8 | 6 -2-0 | 20 | 20 | 6 | 14 | 9 | 6 -0-3 | 18 | 18 | 11 | 7 |
| 2 | Monterrey | 17 | 10 -5-2 | 35 | - | 29 | 13 | 16 | 8 | 5 -3-0 | 18 | 14 | 5 | 9 | 9 | 5 -2-2 | 17 | 15 | 8 | 7 |
| 3 | Santos Laguna | 17 | 10 -3-4 | 33 | - | 38 | 21 | 17 | 9 | 8 -1-0 | 25 | 24 | 7 | 17 | 8 | 2 -2-4 | 8 | 14 | 14 | 0 |
| 4 | Pachuca | 17 | 9 -5-3 | 32 | - | 28 | 15 | 13 | 9 | 6 -2-1 | 20 | 17 | 6 | 11 | 8 | 3 -3-2 | 12 | 11 | 9 | 2 |
| 5 | UANL Tigres | 17 | 9 -3-5 | 30 | - | 24 | 14 | 10 | 8 | 5 -1-2 | 16 | 12 | 6 | 6 | 9 | 4 -2-3 | 14 | 12 | 8 | 4 |
| 6 | Toluca | 17 | 7 -6-4 | 27 | - | 27 | 23 | 4 | 9 | 4 -4-1 | 16 | 17 | 13 | 4 | 8 | 3 -2-3 | 11 | 10 | 10 | 0 |
| 7 | Cruz Azul | 17 | 7 -3-7 | 24 | - | 26 | 34 | -8 | 9 | 5 -1-3 | 16 | 15 | 12 | 3 | 8 | 2 -2-4 | 8 | 11 | 22 | -11 |
| 8 | Puebla | 17 | 4 -10-3 | 22 | - | 25 | 23 | 2 | 9 | 3 -5-1 | 14 | 13 | 11 | 2 | 8 | 1 -5-2 | 8 | 12 | 12 | 0 |
| 9 | Guadalajara | 17 | 5 -7-5 | 22 | - | 19 | 17 | 2 | 9 | 3 -4-2 | 13 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 8 | 2 -3-3 | 9 | 12 | 10 | 2 |
| 10 | Club León | 17 | 6 -4-7 | 22 | - | 25 | 29 | -4 | 8 | 4 -2-2 | 14 | 16 | 14 | 2 | 9 | 2 -2-5 | 8 | 9 | 15 | -6 |
| 11 | FC Juárez | 17 | 4 -7-6 | 19 | - | 17 | 18 | -1 | 9 | 2 -5-2 | 11 | 11 | 10 | 1 | 8 | 2 -2-4 | 8 | 6 | 8 | -2 |
| 12 | Club Necaxa | 17 | 5 -4-8 | 19 | - | 19 | 26 | -7 | 8 | 3 -1-4 | 10 | 11 | 15 | -4 | 9 | 2 -3-4 | 9 | 8 | 11 | -3 |
| 13 | Atlético San Luis | 17 | 4 -6-7 | 18 | - | 15 | 23 | -8 | 9 | 2 -2-5 | 8 | 7 | 12 | -5 | 8 | 2 -4-2 | 10 | 8 | 11 | -3 |
| 14 | Mazatlán | 17 | 3 -8-6 | 17 | - | 17 | 24 | -7 | 8 | 2 -3-3 | 9 | 9 | 12 | -3 | 9 | 1 -5-3 | 8 | 8 | 12 | -4 |
| 15 | Club Tijuana | 17 | 4 -5-8 | 17 | - | 18 | 30 | -12 | 8 | 2 -2-4 | 8 | 9 | 13 | -4 | 9 | 2 -3-4 | 9 | 9 | 17 | -8 |
| 16 | Pumas UNAM | 17 | 2 -8-7 | 14 | - | 21 | 31 | -10 | 9 | 2 -4-3 | 10 | 11 | 15 | -4 | 8 | 0 -4-4 | 4 | 10 | 16 | -6 |
| 17 | Atlas | 17 | 3 -4-10 | 13 | - | 16 | 27 | -11 | 8 | 3 -2-3 | 11 | 10 | 10 | 0 | 9 | 0 -2-7 | 2 | 6 | 17 | -11 |
| 18 | Querétaro | 17 | 1 -6-10 | 9 | - | 18 | 35 | -17 | 8 | 1 -4-3 | 7 | 10 | 13 | -3 | 9 | 0 -2-7 | 2 | 8 | 22 | -14 |
Apertura - Quarterfinals Apertura - Reclasificación | ||||||||||||||||||||
Results
| 30 | UANL Tigres | Estadio León |
| 30 | Club Necaxa | Estadio Nemesio Díez |
 | 32 | Santos Laguna | Estadio Azteca |
| 41 | Mazatlán | Estadio AKRON |
| 41 | Pumas UNAM | Estadio BBVA |
| 00 | Atlas | Estadio Alfonso Lastras Ramírez |
| 52 | Club Tijuana | Estadio Cuauhtémoc |
| 02 | Querétaro | Estadio Corona |
| 11 | Pumas UNAM | Estadio Azteca |
| 21 | Cruz Azul | Estadio AKRON |
| 21 | Atlético San Luis | Estadio Miguel Hidalgo |
| 00 | Club León | Estadio Caliente |
| 13 | Atlas | Estadio Victoria |
| 10 | Puebla | Estadio Universitario (San Nicolás) |
| 12 | Santos Laguna | Estadio BBVA |