2024–25 Liga MX season

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The 2024–25 Liga MX season (known as the Liga BBVA MX for sponsorship reasons) is the 78th professional season of the top-flight football league in Mexico. The season is to be divided into two championships—the Apertura 2024 and the Clausura 2025—each in an identical format and each contested by the same eighteen teams.

Liga MX
Season2024–25
Matches played101
Goals scored263 (2.6 per match)
Top goalscorerApertura:
Paulinho
(7 goals)
Biggest home winApertura:
Guadalajara 5–0 Juárez
(31 August 2024)
Biggest away winApertura:
Monterrey 0–4 Cruz Azul
(13 July 2024)
Highest scoringApertura:
Tijuana 4–2 Guadalajara
(12 July 2024)
Pachuca 2–4 Cruz Azul
(28 September 2024)
Longest winning runApertura:
3 matches
Atlas
Cruz Azul
Toluca
UNAM
Longest unbeaten runApertura:
8 matches
Toluca
Longest winless runApertura:
8 matches
Querétaro
Longest losing runApertura:
6 matches
Querétaro
Highest attendanceApertura: 45,957
Monterrey vs Cruz Azul
(13 July 2024)
Lowest attendanceApertura: 5,147
Puebla vs Juárez
(28 September 2024)
Total attendanceApertura: 1,956,649
Average attendanceApertura: 19,373
Stats are from the regular season only
Source: Liga MX

Teams

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A total of eighteen teams are participating in the 2024–25 edition of the Liga MX. All eighteen teams have participated in Liga MX since the 2020–21 season.

Changes

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América will change its venue due to the improvement works that will be carried out at the Estadio Azteca for the 2026 FIFA World Cup.[1] On July 4, 2024 América announced the Estadio Ciudad de los Deportes as their venue for the Apertura 2024 season.[2]

Stadiums and locations

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Team Location Stadium Capacity
América Mexico City Estadio Ciudad de los Deportes 33,000
Atlas Guadalajara, Jalisco Jalisco 55,020
Atlético San Luis San Luis Potosí, San Luis Potosí Alfonso Lastras 27,029
Cruz Azul Mexico City Estadio Ciudad de los Deportes 33,000
Guadalajara Zapopan, Jalisco Akron 46,232
Juárez Ciudad Juárez, Chihuahua Olímpico Benito Juárez 19,703
León León, Guanajuato León 31,297
Mazatlán Mazatlán, Sinaloa Mazatlán 20,195
Monterrey Guadalupe, Nuevo León BBVA 53,500
Necaxa Aguascalientes, Aguascalientes Victoria 23,851
Pachuca Pachuca, Hidalgo Hidalgo 25,922
Puebla Puebla, Puebla Cuauhtémoc 51,726
Querétaro Querétaro, Querétaro Corregidora 34,107
Santos Laguna Torreón, Coahuila Corona 29,101
Tijuana Tijuana, Baja California Caliente 31,158
Toluca Toluca, State of Mexico Nemesio Díez 27,273
UANL San Nicolás de los Garza, Nuevo León Universitario 41,886
UNAM Mexico City Olímpico Universitario 58,445
  1. ^
    The Estadio Azteca will be closed from 2024 to 2025 due to renovations for the 2026 FIFA World Cup.
Greater Mexico City Liga MX football clubs

Personnel and kits

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Team Chairman Head Coach Captain Kit manufacturer Shirt sponsor(s)
Front Other
América Santiago Baños   André Jardine   Henry Martín Nike Caliente
List
Atlas José Riestra   Beñat San José   Aldo Rocha Charly Caliente
List
    • Front: Urrea, Totalplay, Perdura
    • Back: Seguros Atlas, Dalton Corporación, Akron Grupo
    • Sleeves: Berel, Omnibus de México, Red Cola, Electrolit
    • Shorts: Agua Skarch, Hospital Country 2000, Chimex
    • Socks: Perdura
Atlético San Luis Jacobo Payán Espinosa   Domènec Torrent   Javier Güémez Sporelli Canel's
List
    • Front: Daikin, BHFitness, Nexen Tire, Laboratorio Tequis, Cementos Moctezuma
    • Back: Caliente, Potosí, Seguros El Potosí
    • Sleeves: Primera Plus, Red Cola, Mobil
    • Shorts: Libertad Soluciones de Vida, H-E-B, BRR Binasa, Caliente
    • Socks: Cementos Moctezuma
Cruz Azul Víctor Velázquez   Martín Anselmi   Ignacio Rivero Pirma Cemento Cruz Azul
List
    • Front: None
    • Back: Caliente, Cemix
    • Sleeves: None
    • Shorts: None
    • Socks: None
Guadalajara Amaury Vergara   Fernando Gago   Víctor Guzmán Puma Caliente
List
Juárez Andrés Fassi   Maurício Barbieri   Francisco Calvo Sporelli None
List
León Jesús Martínez Murguia Vacant   Andrés Guardado Charly Cementos Fortaleza
List
Mazatlán Mauricio Lanz González   Víctor Manuel Vucetich   Jefferson Intriago Pirma Caliente
List
Monterrey José Antonio Noriega[3]   Martín Demichelis   Héctor Moreno Puma Codere
List
Necaxa Ernesto Tinajero Flores   Eduardo Fentanes   Alexis Peña Pirma Rolcar
List
    • Front: Playdoit, J.M. Romo, Bionda, BrandMe
    • Back: Playdoit, Grupo San Cristóbal, Sisolar, Epa!
    • Sleeves: Mobil, ETN Turistar, Megacable
    • Shorts: Gas Noel, Carl's Jr., ETN Turistar, L'ANQGEL, Playdoit, Centro Médico La Salud
    • Socks: Perdura
Pachuca Armando Martínez Patiño   Guillermo Almada   Gustavo Cabral Charly Cementos Fortaleza
List
    • Front: Playdoit, JAC, Grupo Inmobiliario Crimsa, Telcel
    • Back: Office Depot, Pastes Kiko's, Playdoit
    • Sleeves: Berel, TUDN, Laboratorio Santa María
    • Shorts: Héroes por la Vida, Terrawind, Playdoit, Eurus Aviation, Broxel, Autobuses de Oriente
    • Socks: Pegazulejo Fortec
Puebla Manuel Jiménez García   José Manuel de la Torre   Diego de Buen Pirma Caliente
List
Querétaro Juan Olvera   Mauro Gerk   Kevin Escamilla Keuka Pedigree
List
    • Front: Caliente, Conspiradores de Querétaro, Petro Figue's, Caja Morelia Valladolid, Sayer
    • Back: Ciudad Maderas, Afirme, M&M's, H-E-B
    • Sleeves: Red Cola, Bohn, Harinera Monarca, Garmo Click
    • Shorts: Caliente, Hospital Angeles
    • Socks: Perdura
Santos Laguna Aleco Irarragorri Kalb   Ignacio Ambriz   Carlos Acevedo Charly Soriana
List
Tijuana Jorge Hank Inzunsa   Juan Carlos Osorio   Christian Rivera Charly Caliente
List
Toluca Arturo Pérez Arredondo   Renato Paiva   Alexis Vega New Balance Roshfrans
List
UANL Mauricio Culebro   Veljko Paunović   Guido Pizarro Adidas Cemex
List
UNAM Luis Raúl González   Gustavo Lema   Lisandro Magallán Nike DHL
List

Managerial changes

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Team Outgoing manager Manner of
departure
Date of vacancy Replaced by Date of appointment Position
in table
Ref.
Pre-Apertura changes
Atlético San Luis   Gustavo Leal Sacked 29 April 2024   Domènec Torrent 15 May 2024 Pre–season [4][5]
Tijuana   Miguel Herrera Sacked 1 May 2024   Juan Carlos Osorio 24 May 2024 [6][7]
Mazatlán   Gilberto Adame (Interim) End of tenure as caretaker 7 May 2024   Víctor Manuel Vucetich 7 May 2024 [8]
Puebla   Andrés Carevic Sacked 8 May 2024   José Manuel de la Torre 22 May 2024 [9][10]
UANL   Robert Siboldi Sacked 5 June 2024   Veljko Paunović 9 June 2024 [11][12]
Apertura changes
Monterrey   Fernando Ortiz Sacked 6 August 2024   Nicolás Sánchez (Interim) 6 August 2024 4th
Monterrey   Nicolás Sánchez (Interim) End of tenure as caretaker 18 August 2024   Martín Demichelis 18 August 2024 1st [13]

Torneo Apertura

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The Apertura 2024 is the first tournament of the season and began on 5 July 2024. The defending champions are América. The season was paused in mid-July due to the 2024 Leagues Cup and resumed on 23 August.

League table

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Cruz Azul (X) 12 10 1 1 28 9 +19 31 Qualification for the quarter–finals[a]
2 Toluca 12 7 4 1 23 11 +12 25
3 UANL 11 7 3 1 15 6 +9 24
4 Tijuana 12 7 2 3 19 18 +1 23
5 Monterrey 12 6 3 3 15 14 +1 21
6 Atlético San Luis 12 6 2 4 19 13 +6 20
7 UNAM 11 6 2 3 15 11 +4 20 Qualification for the play-in round[b]
8 Atlas 12 5 3 4 15 17 −2 18
9 Guadalajara 11 4 3 4 17 11 +6 15
10 América 11 4 2 5 13 13 0 14
11 Necaxa 12 3 4 5 14 13 +1 13
12 Puebla 13 3 2 8 15 22 −7 11
13 Juárez 11 3 1 7 14 23 −9 10
14 Mazatlán 12 1 6 5 8 13 −5 9
15 León 11 1 6 4 11 17 −6 9
16 Pachuca 11 2 3 6 11 19 −8 9
17 Querétaro 13 2 3 8 9 21 −12 9
18 Santos Laguna 11 2 2 7 9 19 −10 8
Updated to match(es) played on 18 October 2024. Source: Liga MX
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Number of goals scored; 4) Head-to-head results between tied teams; 5) Number of goals scored away; 6) Highest relegation coefficient; 7) Fair Play points
(X) Assured of at least the Play-in round, but may still qualify directly for the Quarter-finals
Notes:
  1. ^ The first six places in the table will qualify for the Liguilla quarter-finals and host the second leg.
  2. ^ Teams ranked 7th to 10th will qualify for the play-in round.

Results

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Teams will play every other team once (either at home or away), completing a total of 17 rounds.

Home \ Away AMÉ ATL ASL CAZ GUA JUÁ LEÓ MAZ MON NEC PAC PUE QUE SAN TIJ TOL UNL UNM
América 3–0 1–0 0–1 3–1 0–1
Atlas 0–0 2–0 0–1 1–0 1–1 2–1
Atlético San Luis 2–1 2–1 3–1 1–0 4–0 3–1 1–1
Cruz Azul 4–1 1–0 1–0 3–0 3–0 1–1
Guadalajara 2–3 5–0 2–0 2–0 1–1 0–0
Juárez 1–2 2–2 1–0 0–1 1–2
León 1–0 1–2 1–1 0–0 1–1
Mazatlán 2–2 0–0 3–0 1–1 2–2
Monterrey 0–4 3–2 2–1 1–2
Necaxa 3–0 0–1 4–1 1–2
Pachuca 2–0 2–4 0–1 2–2
Puebla 1–2 1–2 2–3 2–2 1–2 2–3 2–1 1–0
Querétaro 0–2 0–2 0–0 1–2 0–1 1–0
Santos Laguna 0–2 0–2 3–2 2–0 0–3 1–1
Tijuana 4–2 2–1 1–0 2–2 2–1 3–1
Toluca 4–1 2–1 3–2 3–0 4–0 1–1
UANL 1–0 1–0 1–1 2–2 1–0 1–0
UNAM 4–1 2–0 1–1 1–0 1–3
Updated to match(es) played on 18 October 2024. Source: Liga MX
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
For upcoming matches, an "a" indicates there is an article about the rivalry between the two participants.

Regular season statistics

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Scoring

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Discipline

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Player
  • Most red cards: 1
    • 23 players
Team

Source: Liga MX


Attendance

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Per team

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Pos Team Total High Low Average Change
1 Monterrey 209,201 45,957 36,441 41,840 −3.5%
2 UANL 229,968 41,615 26,270 38,328 −1.4%
3 Guadalajara 215,646 40,846 34,829 35,941 −1.0%
4 Toluca 149,564 27,273 22,646 24,927 −1.3%
5 Cruz Azul 143,204 25,862 15,206 23,867 −20.3%
6 Tijuana 131,298 29,333 18,333 21,883 +5.3%
7 León 104,165 21,585 13,279 17,361 −24.1%
8 Querétaro 85,427 28,891 7,844 17,085 +15.6%
9 UNAM 84,439 23,752 7,606 16,888 −33.7%
10 América 81,652 26,040 9,997 16,330 −61.3%1
11 Atlético San Luis 108,291 21,480 11,214 15,470 −10.0%
12 Necaxa 75,047 20,147 12,967 15,009 −14.5%
13 Atlas 65,956 17,319 10,038 13,191 −35.4%
14 Pachuca 63,415 18,262 9,635 12,683 −21.7%
15 Juárez 50,956 14,917 7,046 10,191 −12.9%
16 Santos Laguna 59,651 12,537 7,341 9,942 −40.1%
17 Mazatlán 41,619 9,147 7,773 8,324 −26.5%
18 Puebla 57,150 10,847 5,147 8,164 −53.3%
League total 1,956,649 45,957 5,147 19,373 −17.0%

Source: Liga MX
Notes:
Only regular season listed.
1: América will play their matches in another stadium due to Estadio Azteca renovation works.

Highest and lowest

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Highest attended Lowest attended[a]
Week Home Score Away Attendance Home Score Away Attendance
1 UANL 1–0 Necaxa 40,371 Juárez 2–2 Atlas 7,046
2 Monterrey 0–4 Cruz Azul 45,957 Mazatlán 2–2 Atlético San Luis 9,147
3 UANL 1–0 América 41,615 Puebla 2–2 León 7,883
4 Monterrey 2–1 Querétaro 39,932 Puebla 1–2 Atlas 10,847
5 UANL 1–1 Guadalajara 41,615 Mazatlán 3–0 Pachuca 9,095
6 Monterrey 1–2 Toluca 43,150 Mazatlán 1–1 Puebla 8,357
7 UANL 1–0 Atlético San Luis 40,263 Puebla 2–1 Querétaro 8,266
8 Monterrey 3–2 Juárez 36,441 Mazatlán 0–0 Necaxa 7,247
9 Monterrey 0–0 Mazatlán 43,721 Puebla 2–3 Pachuca 7,676
10 UANL 2–2 León 39,834 Puebla 2–3 Juárez 5,147
11 Guadalajara 2–3 Atlas 40,846 Santos Laguna 0–2 Juárez 7,341

Source: Liga MX

  1. ^
    Does not include matches played behind closed doors.

Torneo Clausura

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The Clausura tournament will begin in January 2025.

Coefficient table

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As of the 2020–21 season, the promotion and relegation between Liga MX and Liga de Expansión MX (formerly known as Ascenso MX) was suspended, however, the coefficient table will be used to establish the payment of fines that will be used for the development of the clubs of the silver circuit.[14]

Per Article 24 of the competition regulations, the payment of $MXN160 million will be distributed among the last three positioned in the coefficient table as follows: 80 million in the last place; 47 million the penultimate; and 33 million will be paid by the sixteenth team in the table,[15] as of the 2021–22 season the remaining $MXN80 million will be paid through the financial remnants generated by the Liga MX itself.[16] The team that finishes last on the table will start the following season with a coefficient of zero. If the last ranked team, which was Tijuana, repeats as the last ranked team in the 2024–25 season coefficient table, they will be fined an additional $MXN20 million.

Pos
Team '22 A
Pts
'23 C
Pts
'23 A
Pts
'24 C
Pts
'24 A
Pts
'25 C
Pts
Total
Pts
Total
Pld
Avg
GD
Fine
1 América 38 34 40 35 14 0 161 79 2.0380 +77
2 Monterrey 35 40 33 32 21 0 161 80 2.0125 +63
3 Tijuana [c] 0 0 0 0 20 0 20 11 1.8182 0
4 UANL 30 25 30 31 24 0 140 79 1.7722 +47
5 Toluca 27 32 21 32 22 0 134 79 1.6962 +49
6 Guadalajara 22 34 27 31 15 0 129 79 1.6329 +25
7 Cruz Azul 24 24 17 33 28 0 126 79 1.5949 +10
8 Pachuca 32 31 22 29 9 0 123 79 1.5570 +9
9 León 22 30 23 24 9 0 108 79 1.3671 –1
10 UNAM 14 18 28 27 20 0 107 79 1.3544 0
11 Santos Laguna 33 19 23 15 8 0 98 79 1.2405 –21
12 Atlético San Luis 18 19 23 16 20 0 96 80 1.2000 –13
13 Querétaro[b] 0 0 19 24 9 0 52 46 1.1304 –21
14 Necaxa 19 14 15 27 13 0 88 79 1.1139 –21
15 Puebla 22 20 25 5 11 0 83 79 1.0506 –33
16 Atlas 13 21 17 14 17 0 82 79 1.038 –31 MXN$33 million
17 Juárez 19 15 18 16 10 0 78 79 0.9873 –35 MXN$47 million
18 Mazatlán 17 7 22 16 8 0 70 79 0.8861 –31 MXN$80 million


Rules for fine payment: 1) Fine coefficient; 2) Goal difference; 3) Number of goals scored; 4) Head-to-head results between tied teams; 5) Number of goals scored away; 6) Fair Play points
F = Team will have to pay fine indicated
Source: Liga MX

  1. ^
    2022–23 accumulated points are not counted towards their relegation coefficient.
  2. ^
    2022–23 and 2023–24 accumulated points are not counted towards their relegation coefficient.

Aggregate tables

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2024 aggregate table

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The 2024 aggregate table (the sum of points of both the Clausura 2024 and Apertura 2024 seasons) is used to determine the seedings for the 2025 Leagues Cup.

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Cruz Azul 29 20 4 5 51 23 +28 64 Qualification for the 2025 Leagues Cup Round of 32
2 Toluca 29 16 9 4 61 34 +27 57
3 UANL 28 16 7 5 49 29 +20 55
4 Monterrey 29 15 8 6 47 33 +14 53
5 América 28 14 7 7 43 25 +18 49
6 UNAM 28 13 8 7 42 33 +9 47
7 Guadalajara 28 13 7 8 41 28 +13 46
8 Necaxa 29 10 10 9 44 42 +2 40
9 Pachuca 28 11 5 12 45 46 −1 38
10 Tijuana 29 9 10 10 40 48 −8 37
11 Atlético San Luis 29 11 3 15 44 48 −4 36
12 León 28 8 9 11 34 42 −8 33
13 Querétaro 30 8 9 13 31 42 −11 33
14 Atlas 29 8 8 13 36 48 −12 32
15 Juárez 28 7 5 16 33 49 −16 26
16 Mazatlán 29 5 10 14 29 45 −16 25
17 Santos Laguna 28 6 5 17 24 47 −23 23
18 Puebla 30 4 4 22 31 63 −32 16
Updated to match(es) played on 18 October 2024. Source: Liga MX
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Number of goals scored; 4) Head-to-head results between tied teams; 5) Number of goals scored away; 6) Highest relegation coefficient; 7) Fair Play points

2024–25 aggregate table

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The 2024–25 aggregate table (the sum of points of both the Apertura 2024 and Clausura 2025 seasons) is used to determine the participants for the 2026 CONCACAF Champions Cup. The league champions with more points at the end of the Apertura 2024 and Clausura 2025 seasons qualifies directly to the 2026 CONCACAF Champions Cup round of 16. The league champions with fewer points at the end of the season qualifies for the 2026 CONCACAF Champions Cup first round. In addition, the Apertura runners-up, Clausura runners-up, and the next two best ranked teams also qualify for the 2026 CONCACAF Champions Cup first round. The first place club also receives US$1 million in prize money and a recognition at the 2025 Balón de Oro.

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Cruz Azul 11 9 1 1 26 8 +18 28 Qualification for the CONCACAF Champions Cup Round One
2 UANL 11 7 3 1 15 6 +9 24
3 Toluca 10 6 3 1 21 10 +11 21
4 Monterrey 12 6 3 3 15 14 +1 21
5 Atlético San Luis 12 6 2 4 19 13 +6 20
6 Tijuana 11 6 2 3 17 17 0 20
7 UNAM 10 6 1 3 14 10 +4 19
8 Guadalajara 10 4 3 3 15 8 +7 15
9 Atlas 10 4 2 4 12 15 −3 14
10 Necaxa 11 3 4 4 13 11 +2 13
11 América 10 4 1 5 12 12 0 13
12 Puebla 12 3 2 7 14 20 −6 11
13 Juárez 11 3 1 7 14 23 −9 10
14 Pachuca 11 2 3 6 11 19 −8 9
15 Querétaro 12 2 3 7 9 20 −11 9
16 Mazatlán 11 1 5 5 8 13 −5 8
17 León 10 1 5 4 10 16 −6 8
18 Santos Laguna 11 2 2 7 9 19 −10 8
Updated to match(es) played on 5 October 2024. Source: Liga MX
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Number of goals scored; 4) Head-to-head results between tied teams; 5) Number of goals scored away; 6) Highest relegation coefficient; 7) Fair Play points

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