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.

Liga de Expansión MX
Founded2020 (2020)
CountryMexico
ConfederationCONCACAF
Number of teams16
Level on pyramid2
Promotion toLiga MX
Relegation toLiga Premier de México
Domestic cup(s)Copa MX
Current championsTampico Madero (1st title)
(Guardianes 2020)
Most championshipsTampico Madero
(1 title)
TV partnersClaro[1]
ESPN[2]
Fox Sports[3]
Televisa[4]
TV Azteca[5]
TVC Deportes[6]
WebsiteLigaBBVAExpansion.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
Location of teams in the 2020–21 Liga de Expansión MX
Team City Stadium Capacity
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
Tampico Madero10Guardianes 2020
Atlante01

Managers

The current managers in the Liga de Expansión MX are:

Nat. Name Team Appointed Time as manager
Paco Ramírez Tepatitlán 5 September 2019 1 year, 153 days
Jorge Dávalos U. de G. 29 October 2019 1 year, 99 days
Gerardo Espinoza Tampico Madero 27 November 2019 1 year, 70 days
Roberto Hernández UAT 28 November 2019 1 year, 69 days
Carlos Gutiérrez Venados 10 December 2019 1 year, 57 days
Ricardo Valiño Atlético Morelia 26 June 2020 224 days
Christian Giménez Cancún 30 June 2020 220 days
Israel Hernández Celaya 1 July 2020 219 days
Omar Alexis Moreno Zacatecas 1 July 2020 219 days
Gabriel Pereyra Sonora 3 July 2020 217 days
Oscar Fernando Torres Oaxaca 10 July 2020 210 days
Irving Rubirosa Tlaxcala 20 July 2020 200 days
Mario García Covalles Atlante 20 July 2020 200 days
Alberto Coyote Tapatío 12 August 2020 177 days
Rafael García Sinaloa 21 December 2020 46 days
Alejandro Pérez Pumas Tabasco 21 December 2020 46 days

Top scorers
Year Name Team Goals
Guardianes 2020 Alberto Alvarado Morín
Lizandro Echeverría
Guillermo Martínez
Gustavo Ramírez		 UAT
Atlante
Celaya
Atlético Morelia		 7

References
  1. includes Claro Sports
  2. includes ESPN 2 and ESPN 3
  3. includes Fox Sports 2
  4. includes TUDN
  5. Includes Azteca Digital
  6. includes TVC Deportes 2
  7. 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.
  8. "Comunicado de la LIGA MX / ASCENSO MX y la FMF". LIGA MX. 20 April 2020. Retrieved 25 April 2020.
  9. "Asamblea Ordinaria de Clubes del 26 de Junio del 2020". Liga BBVA MX (in Spanish). 26 June 2020. Retrieved 22 July 2020.
  10. "Comunicado de la LIGA MX sobre la LIGA de Expansión". Liga BBVA MX (in Spanish). 17 July 2020. Retrieved 17 July 2020.
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