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.
Juan de Dios Ibarra Corral is a Mexican former professional footballer who played as a goalkeeper.
The Mexico women's national football team represents Mexico in international women's football. The team is governed by the Mexican Football Federation and competes within CONCACAF, the Confederation of North, Central American and Caribbean Association Football. It has won three gold medals in the Central American and Caribbean Games and a gold medal in the Pan American Games, as well as a silver and bronze in the Women's World Cup prior to FIFA's recognition of the women's game. In addition to its senior team, Mexico also has U-20, U-17, and U-15 teams. The U-17 team reached the final of the 2018 FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup, and the U-15 cohort earned the bronze medal in the 2014 Youth Olympic Games.
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.
Luis Arturo Montes Jiménez, also known as Chapito, is a Mexican professional footballer.
Liga MX, officially known as the 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 Ascenso MX was the second level division of the Mexican football league system. The champions of the competition was promoted to Liga MX. The bottom team was relegated to Liga Premier. It was sponsored by BBVA through its Mexican subsidiary BBVA, and was officially known as Ascenso BBVA MX.
Luis Alfonso Rodríguez Alanís, commonly known as "Chaka Rodríguez", is a Mexican professional footballer who plays as a right-back for Liga MX club Pachuca.
José Javier Abella Fanjul is a Mexican professional footballer who plays as a right-back for Liga MX club Juárez.
Verónica Charlyn Corral Ang is a Mexican footballer who plays as a striker for Liga MX Femenil club CF Pachuca and the Mexico women's national team. She has previously played for Atlético Madrid in Spain, for Merilappi United in Finland and for the University of Louisville's college soccer team in the United States. She has also been a member of Mexico's U-20 team.
The Liga MX Femenil, officially known as the 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.
Club de Fútbol Pachuca Femenil, commonly known as Pachuca Femenil or simply Pachuca, is a Mexican professional women's football club based in Pachuca, Hidalgo, Mexico. The team competes in the Liga MX Femenil and has been the women's section of C.F. Pachuca since 2016. Estadio Hidalgo serves as the venue for the team home matches.
Corral is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:
Jonathan Alexander González Mendoza is a professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Liga MX club Juárez. Born in the United States, he represented the Mexico national team.
Lucero Ximena Cuevas Flores is a Mexican footballer who plays as a striker.
Arlett Tovar Gómez, known as Arlett Tovar, is a Mexican professional footballer who plays as a defender for Santos Laguna in the Liga MX Femenil, the first professional women's football (soccer) league in Mexico.
Anette Natalia Vázquez Mendoza, known as Anette Vázquez or her nickname, La Rata, is a Mexican professional football midfielder who currently plays for Guadalajara of the Liga MX Femenil, the first professional women's football league in Mexico. In 2017, she helped elevate Chivas to win the first professional women's football championship in the country in front of a record-setting 32,466 spectators. The team, with Vázquez as an important figure, won a league for a second time in the Torneo Clausura 2022. As of 2018 Vázquez also plays for the Mexico women's national under-20 football team and was selected for the 2022 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup, where she scored the only Mexican goal in the game against New Zealand.
Dania Nicole Pérez Jiménez is a Mexican professional football midfielder who currently plays for Monterrey of the Liga MX Femenil.
The Liga F Golden Boot also known as the Pichichi is an annual football award presented to the leading goalscorer in Spain's Liga F.
Scarlett Nefer Camberos Becerra is a professional footballer who plays as a forward for Liga MX Femenil side Club América. Born in the United States, she represents Mexico at the international level.
