Liga BBVA Bancomer MX
FIFA Region
CONCACAF
Season
2025-2026
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 2025-2026 Torneo Apertura and the Torneo Clausura. The MEX1 teams listed below qualify for the following non-league play:

The 2025-2026 MEX1 Aggregate Table combines points from "all" 2024 Torneo Apertura and 2025 Torneo Clausura (Regular season) matches to rank teams by points. 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.

Leagues Pyramid - Mexico

Abbrev League # of Teams
MEX1 Liga MX 18
MEX2 Liga de Expansión MX 16
MEX3 Liga Premier 49
MEX4 Liga TDP 200+

Competition Structure

Season

# of Teams

Regular
11 Jul 2025 - 9 Nov 2025
Apertura - Playoffs
12 Nov 2025 - 17 Dec 2025
Clausura - Regular
8 Jan 2026 - 28 Apr 2026
Clausura - Playoffs
1 May 2026 - 25 May 2026
 18: MEX1 (18)

Season Format

Each MEX1 team plays Home-Away matches with the other 17 MEX1 teams once in the 2025 Torneo Apertura (17 matches) and once in the 2026 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 2026 CNCFCL.

Relegation

As of the 2020-2021 MEX1 season, promotion/relegation with the MEX2 was suspended. Instead, teams paid fines (used for the development of MEX2 teams) based on their position in the 2025-2026 MEX1 Coefficient Table.


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Torneo Apertura

 LeagueHomeRoad
POSMPW - D - LPTSCPTSGFGAGDMPW - D - LPTSGFGAGDMPW - D - LPTSGFGAGD
1Cruz Azul 97 -2-023-1910954 -1-013115643 -1-010853
2Monterrey 97 -1-122-2011943 -1-010115654 -0-112963
3Toluca 96 -1-219-22111142 -1-17107354 -0-1121248
4América 95 -3-118-1810843 -0-1973452 -3-091174
5Club Tijuana 94 -4-116-1910953 -2-011134941 -2-15660
6UANL Tigres 94 -4-116-179842 -1-1793652 -3-09862
7Pumas UNAM 93 -4-213-1210251 -3-1655042 -1-17752
8Pachuca 94 -1-413-1110152 -0-3645-142 -1-17752
9FC Juárez 93 -3-312-1011-142 -1-1744051 -2-2567-1
10Club León 93 -2-411-814-652 -1-2765141 -1-2429-7
11Club Necaxa 92 -3-49-814-652 -2-1864240 -1-31210-8
12Guadalajara 92 -2-58-1116-551 -1-34610-441 -1-2456-1
13Santos Laguna 82 -1-57-1113-242 -0-2665140 -1-3158-3
14Atlético San Luis 82 -1-57-1114-340 -1-3137-442 -0-26871
15Mazatlán 91 -4-47-1015-551 -3-16810-240 -1-3125-3
16Atlas 91 -4-47-1522-740 -2-22712-551 -2-25810-2
17Querétaro 92 -1-67-916-741 -1-2468-251 -0-4338-5
18Puebla 91 -1-74-722-1541 -0-3359-450 -1-41213-11
Apertura - Quarterfinals
Apertura - Reclasificación

Fixtures

Sun - 21 Sep 2025
Tue - 23 Sep 2025
 Puebla   PachucaEstadio Cuauhtémoc
 Guadalajara   Club NecaxaEstadio AKRON
 FC Juárez   Pumas UNAMEstadio Olímpico Benito Juárez
 Club León   MazatlánEstadio León
Wed - 24 Sep 2025
 Cruz Azul   QuerétaroEstadio Olímpico Universitario
 UANL Tigres   AtlasEstadio Universitario (San Nicolás)
 Toluca   MonterreyEstadio Nemesio Díez
 Atlético San Luis   AméricaEstadio Alfonso Lastras Ramírez
 Santos Laguna   Club TijuanaEstadio Corona
Fri - 26 Sep 2025
 FC Juárez   Club LeónEstadio Olímpico Benito Juárez
 Puebla   GuadalajaraEstadio Cuauhtémoc
Sat - 27 Sep 2025
 Atlas   Club NecaxaEstadio Jalisco
 Pachuca   Atlético San LuisEstadio Miguel Hidalgo
 Monterrey   Santos LagunaEstadio BBVA
 América   Pumas UNAMEstadio Azteca
Sun - 28 Sep 2025
 Querétaro   UANL TigresEstadio Corregidora
 Toluca   MazatlánEstadio Nemesio Díez
 Club Tijuana   Cruz AzulEstadio Caliente
Fri - 3 Oct 2025
 Club Necaxa   PachucaEstadio Victoria

Results

Sat - 20 Sep 2025
 Monterrey 22 AméricaEstadio BBVA
 Guadalajara 03 TolucaEstadio AKRON
 Pumas UNAM 11 UANL TigresEstadio Olímpico Universitario
 Pachuca 02 QuerétaroEstadio Miguel Hidalgo
Fri - 19 Sep 2025
 Club Tijuana 50 Club LeónEstadio Caliente
 Mazatlán 11 AtlasEstadio El Encanto
 Club Necaxa 10 PueblaEstadio Victoria
 Cruz Azul 32 FC JuárezEstadio Olímpico Universitario
Wed - 17 Sep 2025
 Guadalajara 00 UANL TigresEstadio AKRON
Sun - 14 Sep 2025
 Atlético San Luis 11 Club TijuanaEstadio Alfonso Lastras Ramírez
 Querétaro 01 MonterreyEstadio Corregidora
Sat - 13 Sep 2025
 América 12 GuadalajaraEstadio Azteca
 Toluca 31 PueblaEstadio Nemesio Díez
 UANL Tigres 00 Club LeónEstadio Universitario (San Nicolás)
 Atlas 22 Santos LagunaEstadio Jalisco
 Pachuca 01 Cruz AzulEstadio Miguel Hidalgo
Fri - 12 Sep 2025
 Mazatlán 14 Pumas UNAMEstadio El Encanto
 Club Necaxa 11 FC JuárezEstadio Victoria
Sun - 31 Aug 2025
 Club Tijuana 30 Club NecaxaEstadio Caliente
 Pumas UNAM 10 AtlasEstadio Olímpico Universitario