The Mexican Football Federation, abbreviated as FMF is the official governing body of association football in Mexico. It administers the men's and women's national teams with all its youth teams, the national teams of futsal and beach soccer, the Liga MX with all its professional divisions, all affiliated amateur sectors, and controls promoting, organizing, directing, expanding, and supervising competitive football in Mexico. The FMF was established on August 23, 1927 to replace the Federación Central de Fútbol and its first president was Humberto Garza Ramos. It is an affiliate member of FIFA since 1929 and one of the founding members of CONCACAF since 1961. Subject to policies, statutes, objectives and ideals of those international governing bodies. Its headquarters are located in Toluca, State of Mexico.
Liga Premier is the third level professional division of Mexican football. Formerly called Segunda División de México (1950–2017). It has 49 teams divided into two divisions. They compete from the fall to spring each season, promotion and relegation between each group, and promotion to Liga de Expansión MX and relegation to Liga TDP within the league system.
The Mexican football league system is organized by the Federación Mexicana de Fútbol (FMF), except for the Liga MX and the Liga de Expansión MX, which are organized independently; The league system consist of six professional divisions.
The Campeón de Campeones is an annual Mexican super cup match, between the Liga MX champions of the Apertura and Clausura tournaments. It was initially a super cup match between the league and cup champions. Since 2018, the winners of the Campeón de Campeones have competed in the Campeones Cup, facing the MLS champions.
Liga MX, officially known as Liga BBVA MX for sponsorship reasons, is the top professional football division of the Mexican football league system. Formerly called Liga Mayor (1943–1949) and then Primera División de México (1949–2012), it has 18 clubs and the season is divided into two short tournaments, Apertura from July to December and Clausura from January to May. The champions of each tournament is decided by a final phase called "liguilla". Since 2020, promotion and relegation has been suspended, which is to last until 2026.
The Copa MX, formerly called Copa México and Copa Corona MX, was the Mexican football cup tournament. The first season of the professional era was held in 1942–43. The cup tournament was not held in several years and currently the competition has been paused since the 2019–20 edition. It was the first tournament that included teams from different parts of Mexico and was considered a prestigious competition, especially during its earlier years of existence. The purpose of the competition was to determine a national cup champion, thus distinguishing it from the national league championship. Its format was different from the local leagues as well, as it employed direct elimination and culminated in a final match.
Ascenso MX, officially known as Ascenso BBVA MX for sponsorship reasons, was the second level football division of the Mexican football league system. Formerly called Primera División A de México (1994–2009) and then Liga de Ascenso (2009–2012). The champions of the competition was promoted to Liga MX, and the bottom team was relegated to Liga Premier.
Aldair Adulai Djaló Baldé, known as Aldair, is a professional footballer who plays as a winger for Macedonian First League club KF Gostivari. Born in Portugal, he plays for the Guinea-Bissau national team.
Aldair Sapalo Amaro Neto simply Aldair or Aldair Neto, is an Angolan footballer who plays as a forward.
Fútbol Club Juárez, commonly referred to as "Bravos de Juárez", is a Mexican football club based in the city of Ciudad Juárez, Chihuahua that currently competes in Liga MX.
Jesús Ricardo Angulo Uriarte, also known as Canelo, is a Mexican professional footballer who plays as a winger and midfielder for Liga MX club Toluca.
Liga MX Femenil, officially known as Liga BBVA MX Femenil for sponsorship reasons, is the highest division of women's football in Mexico. Supervised by the Mexican Football Federation, this professional league has 18 teams, each coinciding with a Liga MX club.
Edson Aldair García Martínez is a Mexican professional footballer who plays as a defender.
The Leagues Cup is an annual soccer competition between clubs from Major League Soccer, the main soccer league in the United States and Canada, and Liga MX, the main soccer league in Mexico. It is hosted in Canada and the United States. It began in July 2019 with four teams from both leagues participating. The first edition was a single-elimination tournament hosted in the United States with a final played in Whitney, Nevada, near Las Vegas, on September 18, 2019.
Héctor Aldair Salazar Tejada is a Peruvian professional footballer who plays as a defender for Peruvian Primera División club Ayacucho.
Liga de Expansión MX, officially known as Liga BBVA Expansión MX for sponsorship reasons, is the second level professional division of Mexican football. Founded in 2020 as part of the FMF's "Stabilization Project", which has the primary objective of rescuing the financially troubled teams from the Ascenso MX and prevent the disappearance of a second level league in Mexico. The project also attempts for Liga MX and former Ascenso MX teams to consolidate stable projects with strong administration, finances, and infrastructure.
Marco Aldair Rodríguez Iraola, is a Peruvian professional footballer who plays as a striker for Peruvian club Cienciano. Aldair came into fame after breaking the leg of Robert Rojas during a game for the Copa Libertadores tournament in Peru. Aldair, frustrated by his performance during the match, assaulted Robert Rojas knocking him to the ground, and kicking lower leg causing a fracture of the tibia. Aldair did not apologize to the injured player but instead opted to hurl insults while the player agonized on the ground.
Aldaír Caputa Ferreira is an Angolan professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Liga I club Botoșani.
Aldair, Aldair Nascimento dos Santos, was a Brazilian football defender
Aldair Neves Paulo Faustino, simply known as Aldair, is a Portuguese professional footballer who plays as a right-back for Bulgarian First League club Levski Sofia.
