Liga de Expansión MX
The Liga de Expansión MX, also known as Liga de Desarrollo (Liga BBVA Expansión MX for sponsorship reasons), is a Mexican semi-professional football league founded in 2020 as part of the Mexican Football Federation'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-tier league in Mexico, for which there will be no promotion and relegation during the following six seasons.[7] The project also attempts for Liga MX and former Ascenso MX teams to consolidate stable projects with strong administration, finances, and infrastructure.
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Founded | 2020 |
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Country | Mexico |
Confederation | CONCACAF |
Number of teams | 16 |
Level on pyramid | 2 |
Promotion to | Liga MX |
Relegation to | Liga Premier de México |
Domestic cup(s) | Copa MX |
Current champions | Tampico Madero (1st title) (Guardianes 2020) |
Most championships | Tampico Madero (1 title) |
TV partners | Claro[1] ESPN[2] Fox Sports[3] Televisa[4] TV Azteca[5] TVC Deportes[6] |
Website | LigaBBVAExpansion.mx |
Current: 2020–21 Liga de Expansión MX season |
History
On 20 February 2020, the presidents of the Liga MX clubs, the Ascenso MX clubs and Mexican Football Federation executives had a meeting, in which different topics were discussed with the intent of strengthening the two main leagues in the country.[8]
On 26 June 2020, the league was officially presented, with the participation of 16 teams: Alebrijes de Oaxaca, Atlante, Atlético Morelia, Cancún, Celaya, Cimarrones de Sonora, Correcaminos UAT, Dorados de Sinaloa, Leones Negros UdeG, Mineros de Zacatecas, Tampico Madero, and Venados F.C. as Ascenso MX teams. Pumas Tabasco and Tapatío entered to the league as Liga MX affiliates.[9] Finally, on 17 July 2020, Tepatitlán and Tlaxcala were invited as Liga Premier expansion teams.[10]
Clubs
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Team | City | Stadium | Capacity |
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Atlante | Mexico City | Ciudad de los Deportes | 33,000 |
Atlético Morelia | Morelia, Michoacán | Morelos | 35,000 |
Cancún | Cancún, Quintana Roo | Andrés Quintana Roo | 17,289 |
Celaya | Celaya, Guanajuato | Miguel Alemán Valdés | 23,182 |
Pumas Tabasco | Villahermosa, Tabasco | Olímpico de Villahermosa | 10,500 |
Oaxaca | Oaxaca City, Oaxaca | Tecnológico de Oaxaca | 14,598 |
Sinaloa | Culiacán, Sinaloa | Banorte | 20,108 |
Sonora | Hermosillo, Sonora | Héroe de Nacozari | 18,747 |
Tampico Madero | Tampico/Ciudad Madero, Tamaulipas | Tamaulipas | 19,667 |
Tapatío | Zapopan, Jalisco | Akron | 49,850 |
Tepatitlán | Tepatitlán de Morelos, Jalisco | Gregorio "Tepa" Gómez | 10,000 |
Tlaxcala | Tlaxcala City, Tlaxcala | Tlahuicole | 12,000 |
UAT | Ciudad Victoria, Tamaulipas | Marte R. Gómez | 10,520 |
U. de G. | Guadalajara, Jalisco | Jalisco | 55,020 |
Venados | Mérida, Yucatán | Carlos Iturralde | 15,087 |
Zacatecas | Zacatecas City, Zacatecas | Carlos Vega Villalba | 20,068 |
Champions
Club | Winners | Runner-Up | Winning Seasons |
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Tampico Madero | 1 | 0 | Guardianes 2020 |
Atlante | 0 | 1 |
Managers
The current managers in the Liga de Expansión MX are:
Nat. | Name | Team | Appointed | Time as manager |
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Paco Ramírez | Tepatitlán | 5 September 2019 | 1 year, 153 days |
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Jorge Dávalos | U. de G. | 29 October 2019 | 1 year, 99 days |
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Gerardo Espinoza | Tampico Madero | 27 November 2019 | 1 year, 70 days |
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Roberto Hernández | UAT | 28 November 2019 | 1 year, 69 days |
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Carlos Gutiérrez | Venados | 10 December 2019 | 1 year, 57 days |
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Ricardo Valiño | Atlético Morelia | 26 June 2020 | 224 days |
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Christian Giménez | Cancún | 30 June 2020 | 220 days |
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Israel Hernández | Celaya | 1 July 2020 | 219 days |
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Omar Alexis Moreno | Zacatecas | 1 July 2020 | 219 days |
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Gabriel Pereyra | Sonora | 3 July 2020 | 217 days |
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Oscar Fernando Torres | Oaxaca | 10 July 2020 | 210 days |
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Irving Rubirosa | Tlaxcala | 20 July 2020 | 200 days |
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Mario García Covalles | Atlante | 20 July 2020 | 200 days |
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Alberto Coyote | Tapatío | 12 August 2020 | 177 days |
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Rafael García | Sinaloa | 21 December 2020 | 46 days |
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Alejandro Pérez | Pumas Tabasco | 21 December 2020 | 46 days |
Top scorers
Year | Name | Team | Goals |
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Guardianes 2020 | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
UAT Atlante Celaya Atlético Morelia |
7 |
References
- includes Claro Sports
- includes ESPN 2 and ESPN 3
- includes Fox Sports 2
- includes TUDN
- Includes Azteca Digital
- includes TVC Deportes 2
- Enrique Martínez Villar (24 April 2020). "¡Se confirma! No habrá ascenso ni descenso en 6 años; aprueban Liga de Desarrollo". Mediotiempo. Retrieved 25 April 2020.
- "Comunicado de la LIGA MX / ASCENSO MX y la FMF". LIGA MX. 20 April 2020. Retrieved 25 April 2020.
- "Asamblea Ordinaria de Clubes del 26 de Junio del 2020". Liga BBVA MX (in Spanish). 26 June 2020. Retrieved 22 July 2020.
- "Comunicado de la LIGA MX sobre la LIGA de Expansión". Liga BBVA MX (in Spanish). 17 July 2020. Retrieved 17 July 2020.