The Mexican Football Federation is the governing body of association football in Mexico. It administers the Mexico national team, the Liga MX and all affiliated amateur sectors, and controls promoting, organizing, directing, expanding, and supervising competitive football in Mexico. It is a member of CONCACAF and FIFA, and is subject to policies, statutes, objectives and ideals of those international governing bodies. The Federation was established on 23 August 1927 under the inaugural president Humberto Garza Ramos. In 1929, FIFA affiliation was established; CONCACAF affiliation was established in 1961.
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.
Campeón de Campeones is an annual Mexican football competition established in 1942. It started as a Super Cup match between the Liga MX champions and the Copa MX winners. In its current form, since 2003, the winner of the Apertura season faces the winner of the Clausura season, for both Liga MX and Liga MX Femenil, respectively. The winners of the Campeón de Campeones qualify for the Campeones Cup, a North American competition, where they face the reigning champion of Major League Soccer.
Mexico's most popular sport is football. As of 2020, the top-tier leagues in Mexico are Liga MX for the men and the Liga MX Femenil for women.
Luis Arturo Montes Jiménez, also known as Chapito, is a Mexican professional footballer.
The Liga MX, officially known as the Liga BBVA MX for sponsorship reasons, is the top professional football division in Mexico. Formerly known as the Primera División de México, it is contested by 18 clubs and is divided into two tournaments – "Apertura" and "Clausura"– which typically run from July to December and January to May. The champion of each tournament is decided via a playoff ("Liguilla") system. Since 2020, promotion and relegation has been suspended, which is to last until 2026.
Ascenso MX was the second tier of professional football in Mexico of the Mexican football league system. The champion 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.
Isaác Brizuela Muñoz, also known as El Conejo, is a professional footballer who plays as a winger for Liga MX club Guadalajara. Born in the United States, he played for the Mexico national team.
Israel Sabdi Jiménez Nañez is a former Mexican professional footballer who last played as a defender for the Monterrey Flash of the Major Arena Soccer League. In traditional outdoor soccer, Jiménez primarily operated as a right-back. He is an Olympic gold medalist.
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.
Gerardo Daniel Arteaga Zamora is a Mexican professional footballer who plays as a left-back for Liga MX club Monterrey and the Mexico national 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:
Lucero Ximena Cuevas Flores is a Mexican footballer who plays as a striker.
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 National Women's Soccer League club Bay FC. Born in the United States, she represents Mexico at international level.
