Mexican Primera División

Primera División

Countries	Mexico
Confederation	CONCACAF
Founded	1943
Divisions	4
Number of teams	18
Levels on pyramid	1
Relegation to	Liga de Ascenso
Domestic cup(s)	Copa México (Defunct)
International cup(s)	CONCACAF Champions League, Copa Libertadores
Current champions	UNAM (2011 Clausura)
Most championships	Guadalajara (11 titles)
TV partners	Televisa TV Azteca Sky Sports Mexico ESPN Mexico Univision Telemundo Fox Deportes ESPN Deportes Azteca America TeleFutura Telelatino
Website	femexfut.org.mx
2011-12 season

The Primera División Profesional (Professional First Division), known simply as the Primera División, is the top level of the Mexican football league system and is administered by the Mexican Football Federation. It was established in 1943 and as of 2011 has 18 clubs. Up to June 2011, it was divided into three groups competing for league titles. However, in July 2011, groups were removed. Each season the league holds two tournaments, the Apertura in the winter and the Clausura in the summer. The league is currently ranked number 12 in the world and number 10 in the last decade (2001–2010) by the IFFHS.^[1][2]

History

Amateur era

Logo of Liga Mayor in 1943

Prior to the Liga Mayor, there was no national football league in Mexico, and football competitions were held within relatively small geographical regions. The winners of the Primera Fuerza, a local league consisting of teams near and around Mexican Federal District, was considered the national competition. There were other regional leagues such as the Liga Veracruzana, Liga Occidental of Jalisco and Liga del Bajío that also had notable clubs. Many club owners were not keen on the idea of establishing a professional league, despite paying players under the table. With the increasing demand of football, there was a sense of urgency to unite all the local amateur leagues in Mexico to progress as a football nation. The professional national league was finally established in 1943.^[3]

Professional era

When the F.M.F. announced the formation of the nation's first professional league, many clubs petitioned to join the newly formed league. The F.M.F. announced that ten clubs would form the Liga Mayor (Major League). The first members of the league were founded by six clubs of the Primera Fuerza of Mexico City, two clubs from the Liga Occidental and two members from the Liga Veracruzana.

Founding members

Primera Fuerza: América, Asturias, Atlante, Real España, and CD Marte.

Liga Occidental De Jalisco: Atlas and Guadalajara.

Liga Amateur de Veracruz : Orizaba, Veracruz Sporting Club and Moctezuma.

Reformation

Throughout the late 1950s and early 1960s, many small clubs faced economic difficulties which were attributed to the lack of international competition by Mexican clubs and an unrewarding league format. As a result of the difficulties suffered by smaller teams, financially affluent Deportivo Guadalajara was able to capture 8 championships within a relatively short time span. Mexican clubs that placed high in the league standings could not afford to participate in prestigious international tournaments such as the Copa Libertadores as did many South American and European clubs.

The Mexican League boom

The 1970 World Cup held in Mexico was the first World Cup televised on a grand scale. The season following the FIFA World Cup, the F.M.F. changed the league format and established a playoff phase to determine the national champion. This was done to regenerate interest and reward teams that placed fairly high in the standings.

Season

Regular season tournaments

In 1996, the league decided to split the season into two championships. This measure was done to generate additional revenues to finance the F.M.F.'s lower divisions. The league holds two tournaments per year, originally called invierno (winter) and verano (summer), now changed to apertura (opening - running from August to December) and clausura (closing - running from January to May). The change was done to correspond with FIFA's world footballing calendar, which "opens" in July/August and "closes" in April/May of the next year. So throughout the footballing world, the action lasts about ten months. In Europe, where tournaments are played as one single championship throughout the year, there is only one champion per year. In the case of Mexico, Argentina and other countries in South America, a new champion is crowned about every five months, or two per year.

Every season, The 18 teams are split into three groups of six, either group one, group two, or group three. They remain in their respective groups throughout the two tournaments played that season. The qualification phase of the tournament lasts 17 weeks, as all teams play each other once per tournament in a home and home series over both tournaments. The qualifying teams reach the liguilla phase of the respective tournament. As of June 7, 2011 the League has decided to do away with the 3 groups and allow the top 8 to directly qualify to the "Liguilla" phase of the tournament, thus eliminating the 'Repechage' match when a 4th place team from one group had more points than the third place team from a different group, along with that, they also changed who the qualifiers from the Apertura would be for the 2012 Edition of the Copa Libertadores, which would be the top 3 team who are not qualified for the Concacaf champions league or Conca-champions as the tournament is called.

La Liguilla (The Playoffs)

La liguilla is the playoff phase of the tournament. This phase starts with eight qualifying teams and is played in the "tie" format in two-leg aggregate-score, similar to the quarterfinals and semifinals of the UEFA Champions League. The first six qualifying teams are the two best clubs from each of the three groups. The best two clubs on the General Classification Table who are not among the top two in their respective group round up the eight qualifiers. The Elimination bracket goes from an 8 team quarterfinal, to a 4 team semifinal, and a final. The Champion team is awarded the First division trophy, and the runner up is awarded a smaller version of the trophy as well. Each player receives a medal respective to their team's placement. The birth of la liguilla in 1970, modernized the league despite the disagreements between the traditionalists and the modernists. Clubs that were near bankruptcy were now better able to compete and generate profits.

Relegation

At the end of a season, after the Apertura and Clausura tournaments, one team is relegated to the next lower division, Liga de Ascenso, and one team from that division is promoted and takes the place left open by the relegated team. Currently, the relegated team is determined by computing the points-per-game-played ratio for each team, considering all the games played by the team during the last two seasons (four tournaments). The team with the lowest ratio is relegated. For teams recently promoted, only the games played since their promotion are considered (two or four tournaments). The team promoted from Liga de Ascenso is the winner of a two-leg match between the champions of the Apertura and Clausura tournaments of that division. If a team becomes the champion in both tournaments, it is automatically promoted.

Current teams

Currently Promoted To (The Primera Division)

Club Tijuana

Currently Relegated From (The Primera Division)

Necaxa

Currently Promoted To (Liga de Ascenso)

Club Celaya

Primera División
Name	Manager	City	Stadium	Capacity	First Season In First Division	First Season of Current Spell In 1st Division	Nickname
America	Miguel Herrera	Mexico D.F	Azteca	114,000	1943–44	1943–44	Las Águilas (The Eagles)
Atlante	TBA	Cancún, Quintana Roo	Andrés Quintana Roo	20,000	1943–44	1991–92	Los Potros de Hierro (The Iron Colts)
Atlas	Juan Carlos Chávez	Guadalajara, Jalisco	Jalisco	60,713	1943–44	1979-80	Los Zorros (The Foxes)
Guadalajara	Fernando Quirarte	Guadalajara, Jalisco	Omnilife	49,850	1943–44	1943–44	Las Chivas (The Goats), El Rebaño Sagrado (The Sacred Herd)
Cruz Azul	Enrique Meza	Mexico, D.F.	Azul	35,161	1964–65	1964–65	La Máquina Azul (The Blue Machine)
Jaguares de Chiapas	José Guadalupe Cruz	Tuxtla Gutiérrez, Chiapas	Víctor Manuel Reyna	25,222	2002–03	2002–03	Los Jaguares (The Jaguars)
Morelia	Tomás Boy	Morelia, Michoacán	Morelos	41,056	1957–58	1981–82	Monarcas (Monarchs)
Monterrey	Víctor Manuel Vucetich	Monterrey, Nuevo León	Tecnológico	32,662	1945–46	1960–61	Los Rayados (The Striped Ones)
Pachuca	Efraín Flores	Pachuca, Hidalgo	Hidalgo	25,000	1967–68	1998–99	Los Tuzos (The Gophers)
Puebla	Sergio Bueno	Puebla, Puebla	Cuauhtémoc	48,648	1944-45	2007–08	Los Camoteros (The Sweet Potato Growers), La Franja (The Sash)
Querétaro	José Saturnino Cardozo	Querétaro, Querétaro	Corregidora	34,130	1990–91	2009–10	Los Gallos Blancos (The White Roosters)
San Luis	Ignacio Ambriz	San Luis, San Luis Potosí	Alfonso Lastras	28,000	1971–72	2005-06	Los Gladiadores (The Gladiators)
Santos Laguna	Benjamin Galindo	Torreón, Coahuila	Corona	30,000	1988–89	1988–89	Los Guerreros (The Warriors), Los Santos (The Saints)
Tijuana	Antonio Mohamed	Tijuana, Baja California	Estadio Caliente	33,340	2011-12	2011-12	Xoloitzcuintles, Los Perros Aztecas (The Aztec Dogs)
Toluca	Héctor Hugo Eugui	Toluca, Mexico	Nemesio Díez	27,000	1953–54	1953–54	Los Diablos Rojos (Red Devils)
Estudiantes Tecos	Raul Arias	Zapopan, Jalisco	3 de Marzo	23,000	1975–76	1975–76	Los Estudiantes (The Students), Los Tecolotes (The Owls)
Tigres de la UANL	Ricardo Ferretti	San Nicolás, Nuevo León	Universitario	45,000	1974–75	1997–98	Los Tigres (The Tigers)
Pumas U.N.A.M	Guillermo Vázquez	Mexico, D.F.	Olímpico Universitario	68,954	1962–63	1962–63	Los Pumas (The Cougars)

Uniform Kit and sponsorship

Each team must have a kit of 3 distinct uniforms; local, visitor, and an optional alternate, as well as assigning the goalkeeper a distinct kit in any number of variations from that of the field players.^[4]

Uniform

The basic mandatory uniform for a player will be: 1. Game jersey, shorts, socks, shinguards and footwear. If using pants and / or thermal shirt, they must be the same color as the shorts or sleeve. As an exception to the above, if the supplier of uniforms for a club not provide thermal shirts the same color, then any color may be used if it is not confused with the color of opposing club, and the same color is used uniformly by all the players of the same club. 2. Goalkeeper: Each goalkeeper wears colors that distinguish him from other players, the referee and assistant referee. 3. Players are prohibited from using belts, hats, wristbands, shorts and / or thermal shirt commercial advertising not authorized by the Club. 4. Security: Players will not use or carry objects that are dangerous to themselves or other players (including any kind of jewelry).^[5]

Number

Players are to use a number of two (sometimes 3) consecutive digits on the back of the game shirt, and front of the shorts.^[6]

Sponsors

Clubs may carry commercial advertising on their uniforms, provided that the colors of the Club, player number, the official emblem of the Club and the FMF can be clearly identified.^[7]

Team	Kit manufacturer	Since/From	Primary sponsor	Second sponsor/s
América	Nike	Since 2001-02	Bimbo	Coca Cola/Powerade
Atlante	Garcis	Since 2010-11	Cancún	Riviera Maya/Autobuses de Oriente/OfficeMax
Atlas	Atletica	Since 2006-07	Lubricantes Akron	Coca-Cola/Corona/Aeroméxico
Guadalajara	Adidas	From 2011-12	Bimbo	Toyota/Pepsi
Cruz Azul	Umbro	Since 2002-03	Cemento Cruz Azul	Telcel/Powerade
Jaguares	Atletica	Since 2002-03	Banco Azteca	Farmacias del Ahorro/Coca Cola/Sol
Morelia	Atletica	Since 1997-98	Roshfrans	Elektra/Sol/Cinépolis
Monterrey	Nike	Since 2007-08	Bimbo	Carta Blanca/Bancomer/Kir
Pachuca	Nike	Since 2010-11	Gamesa	Office Depot/Pepsi/Michelin
Puebla	Kappa	Since 2010-11	Volkswagen	Corona/Elektra/Clemente Jacques
Querétaro	Marval	From 2011-12	Kellogg's	Coca Cola/Cablecom/Libertad Servicios y Prestámos
San Luis	Atlética	Since 2010-11	Caja Popular Mexicana	Telcel/Cemento Moctezuma/Banorte
Santos Laguna	Puma	Since 2010-11	Soriana	Corona/Grupo Peñoles/Lala
Tijuana	Nike	From 2011-12	Caliente	Tecate/Nissan/Carl's Jr.
Toluca	Under Armour	Since 2010-11	Banamex	Corona/Coca Cola
Estudiantes Tecos	Under Armour	Since 2009-10	Isla Navidad	Guadalajara 2011
Tigres UANL	Adidas	Since 2006-07	Cemex	Carta Blanca/Coca Cola/The Home Depot
Pumas UNAM	Puma	Since 2009-10	Banamex	Herbalife/Telcel/Blockbuster Inc.

Television

In Theory, all of the First Division club have the right to sell their own broadcast rights. What this means in practice is that the league is effectively divided between teams broadcast on Televisa, TV Azteca and ESPN Dos (ESPN Dos only broadcast Cruz Azul and Santos local games) in México and Azteca America, TeleFutura Telemundo & Univision in United States and Telelatino and Fox Sports World hold broadcasting rights in Canada; Fox Sports is the only network that holds rights to broadcast selected matches in United States and South America.

Additionally, Televisa-owned networks Sky Sports and TDN hold exclusive broadcasting rights over selected matches throughout the regular season, although the majority of the most important ones are broadcasted live on the national networks.

Most of the Saturday afternoon and evening matches broadcasted by Televisa are shown primarily on Galavision (though there's rare ocasions where a Saturday game is played on Televisa's flagship network, Canal de las Estrellas), However, a blackout policy is usually applied, so Galavision affiliates are forced to air alternative programming during the matches. Sunday noon and afternoon games broadcasted by Televisa are shown on Canal de las Estrellas. All of the games broacasted by TV Azteca on Saturday and Sunday are shown on Azteca 13, Friday's matches however are shown on Azteca 7. The Wednesday and Thursday matches picked by the national newtorks are shown on Canal 5 and Azteca 7 and the rest of the matches air on Sky Sports and TDN.

Primera División – League System Champions (1943–1970)

1967-68 trophy awarded by Deportivo Toluca

Season	Champion	Coach	Runner-up
1943–1944	Asturias	Ernest Pauler	Real Club España
1944–1945	Real Club España	Rodolfo Muñoz	Puebla
1945–1946	Veracruz	Enrique Palomini	Atlante
1946–1947	Atlante	Luis Grocz	León
1947–1948	León	José Maria Casullo	Oro
1948–1949	León	José Maria Casullo	Atlas
1949–1950	Veracruz	Juan Luque de Serrallonga	Atlante
1950–1951	Atlas	Eduardo Valdatti	Atlante
1951–1952	León	Antonio López Herranz	Guadalajara
1952–1953	Tampico Madero	Joaquín Urquiaga	Zacatepec
1953–1954	Marte	Ignacio Trelles	Oro
1954–1955	Zacatepec	Ignacio Trelles	Guadalajara
1955–1956	León	Antonio López Herranz	Oro
1956–1957	Guadalajara	Donald Ross	Toluca
1957–1958	Zacatepec	Ignacio Trelles	Toluca
1958–1959	Guadalajara	Arpad Fekete	León
1959–1960	Guadalajara	Arpad Fekete	América
1960–1961	Guadalajara	Javier de la Torre	Oro
1961–1962	Guadalajara	Javier de la Torre	América
1962–1963	Oro	Arpad Fekete	Guadalajara
1963–1964	Guadalajara	Javier de la Torre	América
1964–1965	Guadalajara	Javier de la Torre	Oro
1965–1966	América	Alejandro Scopelli	Atlas
1966–1967	Toluca	Ignacio Trelles	América
1967–1968	Toluca	Ignacio Trelles	UNAM
1968–1969	Cruz Azul	Raúl Cárdenas	Guadalajara
1969–1970	Guadalajara	Javier de la Torre	Cruz Azul
México '70	Cruz Azul	Raúl Cárdenas	Guadalajara

Primera División – Liguilla System Champions (1970–1996)

Season	Champion	Coach	Runner-up	Reg Season most points*
1970–1971	América	José Antonio Roca	Toluca	América (44 pts)
1971–1972	Cruz Azul	Raúl Cárdenas	América	Cruz Azul (51 pts)
1972–1973	Cruz Azul	Raúl Cárdenas	León	Cruz Azul (46 pts)
1973–1974	Cruz Azul	Raúl Cárdenas	Atlético Español	Cruz Azul (49 pts)
1974–1975	Toluca	Ricardo de León	León	León (51 pts)
1975–1976	América	Raúl Cárdenas	Universidad de Guadalajara	América (53 pts)
1976-1977	UNAM	Jorge Marik	Universidad de Guadalajara	UNAM (50 pts)**
1977–1978	Tigres UANL	Carlos Miloc	UNAM	América (51 pts)
1978–1979	Cruz Azul	Ignacio Trellez	UNAM	Cruz Azul (51 pts)
1979–1980	Cruz Azul	Ignacio Trellez	Tigres UANL	América (57 pts)
1980–1981	Pumas UNAM	Bora Milutinovic	Cruz Azul	Estudiantes Tecos (51 pts)
1981–1982	Tigres UANL	Carlos Miloc	Atlante	Atlante (53 pts)
1982–1983	Puebla	Manuel Lapuente	Guadalajara	América (61 pts)
1983–1984	América	Carlos Reinoso	Guadalajara	América (51 pts)
1984–1985	América	Miguel Ángel López	UNAM	UNAM (55 pts)
PRODE 85	América	Miguel Ángel López	Tampico Madero
Mexico 86	Monterrey	Francisco Avilán	Tampico Madero
1986–1987	Guadalajara	Alberto Guerra	Cruz Azul	Guadalajara (55 pts)
1987–1988	América	Jorge Vieira	UNAM	América (55 pts)
1988–1989	América	Jorge Vieira	Cruz Azul	Puebla (53 pts)
1989–1990	Puebla	Manuel Lapuente	Universidad de Guadalajara	América (48 pts)
1990–1991	UNAM	Miguel Mejía Barón	América	UNAM (55 pts)
1991–1992	León	Víctor Manuel Vucetich	Puebla	Atlante (50 pts)
1992–1993	Atlante	Ricardo La Volpe	Monterrey	Necaxa (54 pts)
1993–1994	Tecos UAG	Víctor Manuel Vucetich	Santos Laguna	Estudiantes Tecos (51 pts)
1994–1995	Necaxa	Manuel Lapuente	Cruz Azul	Guadalajara (52 pts)
1995–1996	Necaxa	Manuel Lapuente	Atlético Celaya	Cruz Azul (56 pts)

• *Not official/recognized title
• **Decided on goal difference

Primera División – Short Tournament Champions (1996–present)

Trophies awarded to the champion and runner up since 2008.

Season	Champion	Coach	Runner-up	Reg Season full year*
Invierno 1996	Santos Laguna	Alfredo Tena	Necaxa
Verano 1997	Guadalajara	Ricardo Ferretti	Toros Neza	Atlante (66 pts)
Invierno 1997	Cruz Azul	Luis Fernando Tena	León
Verano 1998	Toluca	Enrique Meza	Necaxa	Cruz Azul (61 pts)
Invierno 1998	Necaxa	Raúl Arias	Guadalajara
Verano 1999	Toluca	Enrique Meza	Atlas	Toluca (75 pts)
Invierno 1999	Pachuca	Javier Aguirre	Cruz Azul
Verano 2000	Toluca	Enrique Meza	Santos Laguna	Toluca (72 pts)
Invierno 2000	Morelia	Luis Fernando Tena	Toluca
Verano 2001	Santos Laguna	Fernando Quirarte	Pachuca	Cruz Azul (55 pts)
Invierno 2001	Pachuca	Alfredo Tena	Tigres UANL
Verano 2002	América	Manuel Lapuente	Necaxa	Toluca (67 pts)
Apertura 2002	Toluca	Alberto Jorge	Morelia
Clausura 2003	Monterrey	Daniel Passarella	Morelia	Toluca (74 pts)
Apertura 2003	Pachuca	Víctor Manuel Vucetich	Tigres UANL
Clausura 2004	UNAM	Hugo Sánchez	Guadalajara	UNAM (79 pts)
Apertura 2004	UNAM	Hugo Sánchez	Monterrey
Clausura 2005	América	Mario Carrillo	Tecos UAG	Morelia (57 pts)
Apertura 2005	Toluca	Américo Gallego	Monterrey
Clausura 2006	Pachuca	José Luis Trejo	San Luis	Cruz Azul (60 pts)
Apertura 2006	Guadalajara	José Manuel de la Torre	Deportivo Toluca
Clausura 2007	Pachuca	Enrique Meza	América	Pachuca (65 pts)
Apertura 2007	Atlante	José Guadalupe Cruz	UNAM
Clausura 2008	Santos Laguna	Daniel Guzmán	Cruz Azul	Santos Laguna (69 pts)
Apertura 2008	Toluca	Jose Manuel de la Torre	Cruz Azul
Clausura 2009	UNAM	Ricardo Ferretti	Pachuca	Toluca (63 pts)
Apertura 2009	Monterrey	Víctor Manuel Vucetich	Cruz Azul
Bicentenario 2010	Toluca	Jose Manuel de la Torre	Santos Laguna	Monterrey (66 pts)
Apertura 2010	Monterrey	Víctor Manuel Vucetich	Santos Laguna
Clausura 2011	UNAM	Guillermo Vázquez	Morelia	Cruz Azul (65 pts)

• *Not official/recognized title

Titles by club

Team	Nº of titles	Years/Tournaments Won
Guadalajara	11	1956-57, 1958-59, 1959-60, 1960-61, 1961-62, 1963-64, 1964-65, 1969-70, 1986-87, Verano 1997, Apertura 2006
América	10	1965-66, 1970-71, 1975-76, 1983-84, 1984-85, PRODE 85, 1987-88, 1988-89, Verano 2002, Clausura 2005
Toluca	10	1966-67, 1967-68, 1974-75, Verano 1998, Verano 1999, Verano 2000, Apertura 2002, Apertura 2005, Apertura 2008, Bicentenario 2010
Cruz Azul	8	1968-69, Mexico 70, 1971-72, 1972-73, 1973-74, 1978-79, 1979-80, Invierno 1997
UNAM	7	1976-77, 1980-81, 1990-91, Clausura 2004, Apertura 2004, Clausura 2009, Clausura 2011
León	5	1947-48, 1948-49, 1951-52, 1955-56, 1991-92
Pachuca	5	Invierno 1999, Invierno 2001, Apertura 2003, Clausura 2006, Clausura 2007
Monterrey	4	Mexico 86, Clausura 2003, Apertura 2009, Apertura 2010
Necaxa	3	1994-95, 1995-96, Invierno 1998
Atlante	3	1946-47, 1992-93, Apertura 2007
Santos Laguna	3	Invierno 1996, Verano 2001, Clausura 2008
Veracruz	2	1945-46, 1949-50
Zacatepec	2	1954-55, 1957-58
Tigres UANL	2	1977-78, 1981-82
Puebla	2	1982-83, 1989-90
Morelia	1	Invierno 2000
Real Club España	1	1944-45
Atlas	1	1950-51
Tampico Madero	1	1952-53
Marte	1	1953-54
Oro	1	1962-63
Estudiantes UAG	1	1993-94
Asturias	1	1943-44

Promotion and Relegation

Relegation and Promotion by Club Club Promotions Relegations Zacatepec 5 (1950-51, 1962-63, 1969-70, 1977-78, 1983-84) 5 (1961-62, 1965-66, 1976-77, 1982-83, 1984-85) C.F. Pachuca 4 (1966-67, 1991-92, 1995-96, 1997-98) 3 (1972-73, 1992-93, 1996-97) Querétaro F.C. 4 (México 86,1989-90,2005-06,2009-10) 2 (1993-94,2006-07) Irapuato FC 4 (1953-54, 1984-85, 1999-2000*, 2002-03) 2 (1971-72, 1990-91) Club Atlas 3 (1954-55, 1971-72, 1978-79) 3 (1953-54, 1970-71, 1977-78) San Luis F.C. 3 (1970-71, 1975-76, 2001-02) 3 (1973-/74,1988-89,2002-03) Veracruz 2 (1963-64, 2001-02) 4 (1951-52, 1978-79, 1997-98, 2007-08) C.D Zamora 2 (1954-55, 1956-57) 2 (1955-56, 1959-60) Tampico F.C. 2 (1964-65, 1972-73) 2 (1966-67, 1974-75) Atlante F.C. 2 (1976-77, 1990-91) 2 (1975-76, 1989-90) U.D Curtidores 3 (1982-83, 1998-99*) 2 (1980-81, 1983-84) C.F. Monterrey 3 (1955-56,1959-60) 1 (1956-57) Morelia 2 (1956-57, 1980-81) 1 (1967-68) Tigres UANL 2 (1973-74, 1996-97) 1 (1995-96) Club León 1 (1989-90) 2 (1986-87,2001-02) Correcaminos UAT 1 (1986-87) 1 (1994-95) Ciudad Juárez 1 (2007-08) 1 (2009-10) Puebla FC 3 (1969-70,1998-99,2006-07) 2 (1998-99, 2004-05) Toros Neza 1 (1988-89) 1 (1999-2000) Oro 1(1979/80) C.F. La Piedad 1 (Ver 2001*) 1 (---) Tecos 1 (1974-75)

Notes

• 1976-77: Tampico F.C. bought San Luis F.C. spot in first division
• 1977-78: Deportivo Neza is bought Club de Fútbol Laguna and took its spot.
• 1981-82: Tampico F.C bought Atletas Campesinos and took over its spot
• 1983-84: Ángeles de Puebla bought Oaxtepec and took over its spot
• 1988-89: Veracruz boughtNeza and took over its spot
• 1992-93: U.T. Neza changes its name to Toros Neza
• Ver. 99: Puebla FC bought U.D Curtidores and took over its spot

Champions

List of Mexican football champions

See also

• Primera Fuerza
• Liga de Ascenso
• Segunda División Profesional
• Tercera División de México
• Campeón de Campeones
• Copa México
• Football in Mexico
• Mexican Football Federation

References

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External links

• Map of all Mexican clubs
• Official League Website (Spanish)
• MedioTiempo Website (Spanish)
• Mexican League Top Goalscorers, Season by Season (Spanish)