Mexican football clubs in international competitions

Last updated January 10, 2025

This is a list of Mexican football clubs in international competitions. Mexican clubs have participated in international competitions since the 1959 Campeonato Centroamericano, which was the first official international competition for clubs from North, Central America and the Caribbean. The tournament was organized by the CCCF and NAFC, the two predecessor confederations of the current CONCACAF.

Mexican clubs also participated in South American competitions, Copa Libertadores (1998–2016), Copa Sudamericana (2005–2008), Copa Merconorte (2000 and 2001), and Recopa Sudamericana (2007). The first participations were in the 1998 Copa Libertadores. The best results in Copa Libertadores were Cruz Azul (2001), Guadalajara (2010), and Tigres UANL (2015) finishing runners-up. The best result in Copa Sudamericana were Pachuca winning the title in 2006.

Qualification for CONCACAF competitions

For the CONCACAF Champions Cup, up to nine Mexican football clubs are eligible for entry into the competition.^[1]

Liga MX (6):
- Champions and runners-up of the Apertura and Clausura tournaments
- Two highest-ranked clubs in the aggregate table points of the season, that have not already qualified
Leagues Cup (3):
- Champions, runners-up, and third place

If one or more Liga MX clubs were to qualify through multiple methods, then the next Liga MX club with the most aggregate table points would qualify in the remaining slot. If the Leagues Cup champion were to win the Apertura or Clausura, then both the Apertura and Clausura champions would qualify to the round of 16; should the Leagues Cup slot(s) have already qualified, then Liga MX would be awarded with one additional slot to be given to the next best non-qualified team in the aggregate table.^[2]

International honours

Worldwide competitions (FIFA)

Club	Titles	Runners-up	Third place	Winning editions	Runners-up editions	Third place editions
FIFA Club World Cup
UANL	0	1	0	–	2020	–
Monterrey	0	0	2	–	–	2012, 2019
Necaxa	0	0	1	–	–	2000
Pachuca	0	0	1	–	–	2017

Intercontinental competitions (FIFA)

Club	Titles	Runners-up	Winning editions	Runners-up editions
FIFA Intercontinental Cup
Pachuca	0	1	–	2024
FIFA Challenger Cup
Pachuca	1	0	2024	–
FIFA Derby of the Americas
Pachuca	1	0	2024	–

Intercontinental competitions (CONCACAF-CONMEBOL)

Club	Titles	Runners-up	Winning editions	Runners-up editions
Copa Interamericana (discontinued)
América	2	0	1978, 1991	–
UNAM	1	1	1981	1990
Toluca	0	1	–	1969
Cruz Azul	0	1	–	1972
Atlético Español	0	1	–	1976
Puebla	0	1	–	1992

Continental competitions (CONCACAF)

Club	Titles	Runners-up	Winning editions	Runners-up editions
CONCACAF Champions Cup/Champions League
América	7	1	1977, 1987, 1990, 1992, 2006, 2014-15, 2015-16	2021
Cruz Azul	6	2	1969, 1970, 1971, 1996, 1997, 2013-2014	2008-09, 2009-10
Pachuca	6	0	2002, 2007, 2008, 2009-10, 2016-17, 2024	–
Monterrey	5	0	2010-11, 2011-12, 2012-13, 2019, 2021	–
UNAM	3	2	1980, 1982, 1989	2005,2022
Toluca	2	3	1968, 2003	1998, 2006, 2013-14
Guadalajara	2	3	1962, 2018	1963, 1984, 2007
Atlante	2	1	1983, 2008-09	1994
UANL	1	3	2020	2015-16, 2016-17, 2019
León	1	1	2023	1993
Necaxa	1	1	1999	1996
Atlético Español	1	0	1975	–
UdeG	1	0	1978	–
Puebla	1	0	1991	–
Morelia	0	2	–	2002, 2003
Santos Laguna	0	2	–	2011-12, 2012-13
CONCACAF Cup Winners Cup (discontinued)
Necaxa	1	0	1994	–
Monterrey	1	0	1993	–
Tecos	1	0	1995	–
CONCACAF Giants Cup (discontinued)
Club América	1	0	2001	–

Continental competitions (CONMEBOL)

Club	Titles	Runners-up	Winning editions	Runners-up editions
CONMEBOL Libertadores
Cruz Azul	0	1	–	2001
Guadalajara	0	1	–	2010
UANL	0	1	–	2015
CONMEBOL Sudamericana
Pachuca	1	0	2006	–
UNAM	0	1	–	2005
América	0	1	–	2007
CONMEBOL Recopa
Pachuca	0	1	–	2007

Regional competitions (CCCF-NAFC)

Club	Titles	Runners-up	Winning editions	Runners-up editions
Campeonato Centroamericano
Guadalajara	0	1	–	1959

Regional competitions (MLS-Liga MX)

Club	Titles	Runners-up	Winning editions	Runners-up editions
Leagues Cup
Cruz Azul	1	0	2019	–
León	1	0	2021	–
UANL	0	1	–	2019
North American SuperLiga (discontinued)
Pachuca	1	0	2007	–
UANL	1	0	2009	–
Morelia	1	0	2010
Campeones Cup
UANL	2	0	2018, 2023	–
América	1	1	2024	2019
Cruz Azul	0	1	–	2021
Atlas	0	1	–	2022

International records

FIFA Club World Cup

Edition	Club	Progress	Results	Opponents
2000	Necaxa	3rd place	1–1 (4–3 p)	Real Madrid
2006	América	4th place	1–2	Al Ahly
2007	Pachuca	5th place (shared)	0–1	Étoile du Sahel
2008	Pachuca	4th place	0–1	Gamba Osaka
2009	Atlante	4th place	1–1 (3–4 p)	Pohang Steelers
2010	Pachuca	5th place	2–2 (4–2 p)	Al Wahda
2011	Monterrey	5th place	3–2	Espérance de Tunis
2012	Monterrey	3rd place	2–0	Al Ahly
2013	Monterrey	5th place	5–1	Al Ahly
2014	Cruz Azul	4th place	1–1 (2–4 p)	Auckland City
2015	América	5th place	2–1	Mazembe
2016	América	4th place	2–2 (3–4 p)	Atlético Nacional
2017	Pachuca	3rd place	4–1	Al Jazira Club
2018	Guadalajara	6th place	1–1 (5–6 p)	Espérance de Tunis
2019	Monterrey	3rd place	2–2 (4–3 p)	Al-Hilal
2020	UANL	Runners-up	0–1	Bayern Munich
2021	Monterrey	5th place	3–1	Al Jazira Club
2023	León	5th place (shared)	0–1	Urawa Red Diamonds
2025	León	Group stage
	Monterrey	Group stage
	Pachuca	Group stage

FIFA Intercontinental Cup

Edition	Club	Progress	Results	Opponents
2024	Pachuca	Runners-up	0–3	Real Madrid

FIFA Challenger Cup

Edition	Club	Progress	Results	Opponents
2024	Pachuca	Champions	0–0 (6–5 p)	Al Ahly

FIFA Derby of the Americas

Edition	Club	Progress	Results	Opponents
2024	Pachuca	Champions	3–0	Botafogo

Copa Interamericana (discontinued)

Edition	Club	Progress	Results	Opponents
1969	Toluca	Runners-up	2–1 1–2 0–3	Estudiantes de La Plata
1972	Cruz Azul	Runners-up	1–1 1–2	Nacional
1976	Atlético Español	Runners-up	2–2 0–0 (4–5 p)	Independiente
1978	América	Champions	1–0 0–3 2–1	Boca Juniors
1981	UNAM	Champions	3–1 1–3 2–1	Nacional
1990	UNAM	Runners-up	0–2 1–4	Atlético Nacional
1991	América	Champions	1–1 2–1	Olimpia
1992	Puebla	Runners-up	1–3 1–4	Colo-Colo

CONCACAF Champions Cup/Champions League

Edition	Club	Progress	Results	Opponents
1962	Guadalajara	Champions	5–0 1–0	Comunicaciones
1963	Guadalajara	Runners-up	w/o	Racing CH
1968	Toluca	Champions	Transvaal and Aurora disqualified
1969	Cruz Azul	Champions	1–0 0–0	Comunicaciones
1970	Cruz Azul	Champions	Saprissa and Transvaal withdrew
1971	Cruz Azul	Champions	5–1	Alajuelense
1975	Atlético Español	Champions	3–0 2–1	Transvaal
1977	América	Champions	1–0 1–1	Robinhood
1978	UdeG	Champions	The final series was canceled and the 3 qualified clubs were declared joint champions
1980	UNAM	Champions	Final round	UNAH Robinhood
1982	UNAM	Champions	0–0 3–2	Robinhood
1983	Atlante	Champions	1–1 5–0	Robinhood
1987	América	Champions	1–1 2–0	Defence Force
1989	UNAM	Champions	1–1 3–1	Pinar del Río
1990	América	Champions	2–2 6–0	Pinar del Río
1991	Puebla	Champions	3–1 1–1	Police
1992	América	Champions	1–0	Alajuelense
1993	León	Runners-up	Final round	Saprissa Municipal Robinhood
1994	Atlante	Runners-up	2–3	Cartaginés
1996	Cruz Azul	Champions	Final round	Comunicaciones Seattle Sounders
1996	Necaxa	Runners-up	Final round	Comunicaciones Seattle Sounders
1997	Cruz Azul	Champions	5–3	LA Galaxy
1998	Toluca	Runners-up	0–1	D.C. United
1999	Necaxa	Champions	2–1	Alajuelense
2002	Pachuca	Champions	1–0	Morelia
2002	Morelia	Runners-up	–
2003	Toluca	Champions	3–3 2–1	Morelia
2003	Morelia	Runners-up	–
2005	UNAM	Runners-up	0–2 2–1	Saprissa
2006	América	Champions	0–0 2–1	Toluca
2006	Toluca	Runners-up	–
2007	Pachuca	Champions	2–2 0–0 (7–6 p)	Guadalajara
2007	Guadalajara	Champions	–
2008	Pachuca	Champions	1–1 2–1	Saprissa
2008–09	Atlante	Champions	2–0 0–0	Cruz Azul
2008–09	Cruz Azul	Runners-up	–
2009–10	Pachuca	Champions	1–2 1–0 (a.g.)	Cruz Azul
2009–10	Cruz Azul	Runners-up	–
2010–11	Monterrey	Champions	2–2 1–0	Real Salt Lake
2011–12	Monterrey	Champions	2–0 1–2	Santos Laguna
2011–12	Santos Laguna	Runners-up	–
2012–13	Monterrey	Champions	0–0 4–2	Santos Laguna
2012–13	Santos Laguna	Runners-up	–
2013–14	Cruz Azul	Champions	0–0 1–1 (a.g.)	Toluca
2013–14	Toluca	Runners-up	–
2014–15	América	Champions	1–1 4–2	Montréal
2015-16	América	Champions	2–0 2–1	UANL
2015-16	UANL	Runners-up	–
2016–17	Pachuca	Champions	1–1 1–0	UANL
2016–17	UANL	Runners-up	–
2018	Guadalajara	Champions	2–1 1-2 (4–2 p)	Toronto
2019	Monterrey	Champions	1–0 1–1	UANL
2019	UANL	Runners-up	–
2020	UANL	Champions	2–1	Los Angeles FC
2021	Monterrey	Champions	1–0	América
2021	América	Runners-up	–
2022	UNAM	Runners-up	2–2 0–3	Seattle Sounders FC
2023	León	Champions	2–1 1–0	Los Angeles FC
2024	Pachuca	Champions	3–0	Columbus Crew

CONCACAF Cup Winners

Edition	Club	Progress	Results	Opponents
1993	Monterrey	Champions	Final Round	RCD España Luis Ángel Firpo Suchitepéquez
1994	Necaxa	Champions	3–0	Aurora
1995	Tecos	Champions	2–1	Luis Ángel Firpo

CONCACAF Giants Cup (discontinued)

Edition	Club	Progress	Results	Opponents
2001	América	Champions	2–0	D.C. United

Campeonato Centroamericano

Edition	Club	Progress	Results	Opponents
1959	Guadalajara	Runners-up	Round-robin	Olimpia Alajuelense FAS

Leagues Cup

Edition	Club	Progress	Results	Opponents
2019	Cruz Azul	Champions	2–1	UANL
2019	UANL	Runners-up	–
2021	León	Champions	3–2	Seattle Sounders FC

North American SuperLiga (discontinued)

Edition	Club	Progress	Results	Opponents
2007	Pachuca	Champions	1–1 (4–3 p)	LA Galaxy
2009	UANL	Champions	1–1 (4–3 p)	Chicago Fire
2010	Morelia	Champions	2–1	NE Revolution

Campeones Cup

Edition	Club	Progress	Results	Opponents
2018	UANL	Champions	3–1	Toronto
2019	América	Runers-up	2–3	Atlanta United
2021	Cruz Azul	Runners-up	0–2	Columbus Crew
2022	Atlas	Runners-up	0–2	New York City
2023	UANL	Champions	0–0 (4–2 p)	Los Angeles FC
2024	América	Champions	1–1 (5–4 p)	Columbus Crew

CONMEBOL Libertadores

Mexican clubs participated in the Copa Libertadores from 1998 to 2016.^[3]^[4]

Edition	Club	Progress	Results	Opponents
2001	Cruz Azul	Runners-up	0–1 1–0 (1–3 p)	Boca Juniors
2010	Guadalajara	Runners-up	1–2 2–3	Internacional
2015	UANL	Runners-up	0–0 0–3	River Plate

CONMEBOL Sudamericana

Mexican clubs participated in the Copa Sudamericana from 2005 to 2008.^[5]

Edition	Club	Progress	Results	Opponents
2005	UNAM	Runners-up	1–1 (3–4 p)	Boca Juniors
2006	Pachuca	Champions	1–1 2–1	Colo-Colo
2007	América	Runners-up	2–3 2–1 (a.g.)	Arsenal de Sarandí

CONMEBOL Recopa

Edition	Club	Progress	Results	Opponents
2007	Pachuca	Runners-up	2–1 0–4	Internacional

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References

↑ "Concacaf announces qualification criteria for Confederation's expanded Champions League starting in 2024". CONCACAF . June 30, 2022 [First published June 1, 2022]. Archived from the original on June 1, 2022. Retrieved November 13, 2022.
↑ "2024 Concacaf Champions Cup Regulations" (PDF). Concacaf. 25 October 2023. pp. 14–19. Archived (PDF) from the original on 26 October 2023. Retrieved 1 November 2023.
↑ "CONMEBOL: Las puertas de la Copa Libertadores seguirán abiertas a los clubes mexicanos". CONMEBOL.com. 18 November 2016. Archived from the original on 19 November 2016.
↑ "Mexico officially pulls out of Copa Libertadores". Goal.com. 18 November 2016. Archived from the original on 18 November 2016.
↑ "Concacaf". www.concacaf.com. Archived from the original on 4 July 2009. Retrieved 12 January 2022.

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[Concacaf_announces_qualification_criteria-1] "Concacaf announces qualification criteria for Confederation's expanded Champions League starting in 2024". CONCACAF . June 30, 2022 [First published June 1, 2022]. Archived from the original on June 1, 2022. Retrieved November 13, 2022.

[regulations-2] "2024 Concacaf Champions Cup Regulations" (PDF). Concacaf. 25 October 2023. pp. 14–19. Archived (PDF) from the original on 26 October 2023. Retrieved 1 November 2023.

[3] "CONMEBOL: Las puertas de la Copa Libertadores seguirán abiertas a los clubes mexicanos". CONMEBOL.com. 18 November 2016. Archived from the original on 19 November 2016.

[4] "Mexico officially pulls out of Copa Libertadores". Goal.com. 18 November 2016. Archived from the original on 18 November 2016.

[5] "Concacaf". www.concacaf.com. Archived from the original on 4 July 2009. Retrieved 12 January 2022.

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