List of football clubs in Mexico

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This is a list of football clubs in Mexico. Currently the governing body of football in Mexico is the Mexican Football Federation (FMF), which is in charge of its national teams and its leagues, with the highest one being the Liga MX. FMF was founded in 1927 and is a member of both FIFA and CONCACAF. The newly instituted Liga de Balompié Mexicano is unrecognized by FIFA, however, it is in CONIFA membership. [1]

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Liga MX

2023–24 Liga MX teams

ClubHome cityStadiumCoefficient position
last season
First season in
top division
First season of
current spell in
top division
América Mexico City Estadio Azteca 1st 1943–44 1943–44
Atlas Guadalajara Estadio Jalisco 11th 1943–44 1979–80
Atlético San Luis San Luis Potosí Alfonso Lastras 13th 2019–20 2019–20
Cruz Azul Mexico City Estadio Ciudad de los Deportes 6th 1964–65 1964–65
Guadalajara Guadalajara Estadio Akron 7th 1943–44 1943–44
Juárez Ciudad Juárez Benito Juárez 16th 2019–20 2019–20
León León Estadio León 4th 1944–45 2012–13
Mazatlán Mazatlán Estadio de Mazatlán 15th 2020–21 2020–21
Monterrey Monterrey Estadio BBVA 2nd 1945–46 1960–61
Necaxa Aguascalientes Estadio Victoria 14th 1951–52 2016–17
Pachuca Pachuca Estadio Hidalgo 5th 1967–68 1998–99
Puebla Puebla Estadio Cuauhtémoc 10th 1944–45 2007–08
Pumas UNAM Mexico City Olímpico Universitario 12th 1962–63 1962–63
Querétaro Querétaro Estadio Corregidora 18th 1990–91 2009–10
Santos Laguna Torreón Estadio Corona 8th 1988–89 1988–89
Tigres UANL San Nicolás de los Garza Estadio Universitario 3rd 1974–75 1997–98
Tijuana Tijuana Estadio Caliente 17th 2011–12 2011–12
Toluca Toluca Nemesio Díez 9th 1953–54 1953–54

Liga de Expansión MX

2023–24 Liga de Expansión MX teams

ClubHome cityStadiumCoefficient position
last season
First season in
division
First season of
current spell in
division
Alebrijes de Oaxaca Oaxaca Tecnológico de Oaxaca 11th 2020–21 2020–21
Atlante Mexico City Ciudad de los Deportes 2nd 2020–21 2020–21
Atlético La Paz La Paz Guaycura 15th 2022–23 2022–23
Atlético Morelia Morelia Estadio Morelos 3rd 2020–21 2020–21
Cancún Cancún Andrés Quintana Roo 14th 2020–21 2020–21
Celaya Celaya Miguel Alemán Valdés 1st 2020–21 2020–21
Cimarrones de Sonora Hermosillo Héroe de Nacozari 4th 2020–21 2020–21
Correcaminos UAT Ciudad Victoria Marte R. Gómez 17th 2020–21 2020–21
Dorados de Sinaloa Culiacán Estadio Banorte 8th 2020–21 2020–21
Leones Negros UdeG Guadalajara Estadio Jalisco 7th 2020–21 2020–21
Mineros de Zacatecas Zacatecas Carlos Vega Villalba 8th 2020–21 2020–21
Tapatío Zapopan Estadio Akron 5th 2020–21 2020–21
Tepatitlán Tepatitlán Gregorio "Tepa" Gómez 6th 2020–21 2020–21
Tlaxcala Tlaxcala Estadio Tlahuicole 12th 2020–21 2020–21
Venados Mérida Carlos Iturralde 10th 2020–21 2020–21

Liga Premier

2023–24 Serie A de México teams

Group 1

ClubHome cityStadiumCoefficient position
last season
Founded
Alacranes de Durango Durango Francisco Zarco 16th in Liga de Expansión MX 1997
Calor Monclova Nora Leticia Rocha1st in Serie B 2001
Chihuahua Chihuahua José Reyes Baeza 3rd2022
Cimarrones de Sonora Premier Hermosillo Héroe de Nacozari 18th2015
Colima Colima Universitario de Colima 17th2020
Coras Piedras Negras Sección 12322nd1959
Gavilanes de Matamoros Matamoros El Hogar 9th2011
Leones Negros UdeG Premier Zapopan Instalaciones Club Deportivo UdeG28th2013
Los Cabos United Los Cabos Don Koll7th2022
Mexicali Mexicali Ciudad Deportiva Mexicali32nd2021
Mineros de Fresnillo Fresnillo Minera Fresnillo 25th2007
Orgullo Reynosa Reynosa Unidad Deportiva Solidaridad New Franchise2023
Real Apodaca Apodaca Centenario del Ejército MexicanoNew Franchise2023
Saltillo Saltillo Francisco I. Madero 12th2019
Tecos Zapopan Tres de Marzo 13th1971
Tritones Vallarta Puerto Vallarta San José del Valle5th2021
Tuzos UAZ Zacatecas Carlos Vega Villalba 6th1990
Correcaminos UAT Premier Ciudad Victoria Eugenio Alvizo Porras24th1995

Group 2

ClubHome cityStadiumCoefficient position
last season
Founded
Aguacateros de Peribán Peribán Municipal de Peribán1st in Liga TDP - Group 11 2020
Aragón Mexico City Francisco Zarco1st in Liga TDP - Group 4 2016
Cafetaleros de Chiapas Tuxtla Gutiérrez Víctor Manuel Reyna 4th2015
Deportiva Venados TamanchéAlonso Diego Molina15th2014
Escorpiones Zacatepec Agustín Coruco Díaz 21st2021
Halcones de Zapopan Zapotlanejo Miguel Hidalgo27th2020
Inter Playa del Carmen Playa del Carmen Mario Villanueva Madrid 8th1999
Inter Querétaro Querétaro Olímpico de Querétaro 30th2020
Irapuato Irapuato Sergio León Chávez On hiatus1911
La Piedad La Piedad Juan N. López 10th1951
Lobos ULMX Celaya Miguel Alemán Valdés 20th2021
Montañeses Orizaba Estadio Socum 11th2021
Petroleros de Salamanca Salamanca Sección XXIV 31st1958
Pioneros de Cancún Cancún Andrés Quitana Roo 3rd in Serie B 1984
Racing Porto Palmeiras Boca del Río Hugo SánchezNew Franchise2023
Sporting Canamy Oaxtepec Olímpico de Oaxtepec 19th2003
Tampico Madero Tampico and Ciudad Madero Estadio Tamaulipas 1st1982
Yalmakán Chetumal José López Portillo 23rd2013

2023–24 Serie B de México teams

ClubHome cityStadiumCoefficient position
last season
Founded
Aguacateros CDU Uruapan Hermanos López Rayón 16th in Serie A 2018
Artesanos Metepec Metepec Alarcón Hisojo1st in Liga TDP – Group 6 2022
Atlético Pachuca Atitalaquía Municipal de Atitalaquia6th in Liga TDP – Group 8 2021
Avispones de Chilpancingo Chilpancingo Polideportivo Chilpancingo6th1988
Ayense Ayotlán Chino Rivas3rd in Liga TDP – Group 12 1988
Caja Oblatos Guadalajara Unidad Deportiva Cuauhtémoc6th in Liga TDP – Group 14 2019
Cañoneros Milpa Alta Estadio Momoxco 9th2012
CDM Xochimilco Valentín González 1st in Liga TDP – Group 5 2021
Chilangos Mexico City Ciudad de los Deportes 3rd in Liga TDP – Group 4 2018
Ciervos Chalco de Díaz Covarrubias Estadio Arreola10th2008
Dongu Cuautitlán Los Pinos 14th in Serie A 2019
Huracanes Izcalli Cuautitlán Izcalli Hugo Sánchez Márquez 8th2021
Poza Rica Poza Rica Heriberto Jara Corona1stin Liga TDP – Group 9 1950
Santiago Santiago El Barrial1stin Liga TDP – Group 16 2017
Zitácuaro Zitácuaro Ignacio López Rayón 7th1995

Liga TDP

Liga de Balompié Mexicano

2023 Liga de Balompié Mexicano teams

ClubHome cityStadiumPosition last season
Chapulineros de Oaxaca San Jerónimo Tlacochahuaya Independiente MRCI 3rd
Cóndor Cuautinchán El Cóndor2nd
EFIX Xalapa Instalaciones Deportivas EFIX10th
Hidalgo Atitalaquía Municipal de AtitalaquiaNew Franchise
Industriales Naucalpan Naucalpan Alberto Pérez Navarro 6th
Inter Ixtapaluca Ixtapaluca La Antorcha7th
Lobos MX Tultitlán de Mariano Escobedo Deportivo Cartagena9th
Kundavi Río Grande, Oaxaca TBA New Franchise
Mezcaleros de Oaxaca San Jerónimo Tlacochahuaya Independiente MRCI 5th
Neza Ciudad Nezahualcóyotl Valle Verde de Ixtapaluca1st
Proyecto RED Iztacalco Jesús Martínez "Palillo" 8th
Toros México Cuautitlán Los Pinos 4th

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References

  1. "Quiénes somos". Balompié Mexicano. Retrieved 31 January 2020.