What is Liga De Expansion MX?

The Liga de Expansion Mexican, otherwise called Liga de Desarrollo, is a Mexican expert football association established in 2020 in North America, comprises seventeen clubs as a component of the Mexican Federation’s “Adjustment Project,” with the essential objective of safeguarding monetarily pained groups from the Ascenso MX. The idea of Liga de Expansión MX likewise tries to put together stable undertakings with solid administration, funds, and offices for Liga MX and past Ascenso MX clubs.

Mexican Liga De Expansion History Started From 2020

On February 20, 2020, the presidents of Liga MX clubs, Ascenso Mexican clubs, and Mexican Football Federation executives gathered to discuss a number of issues in order to improve the country’s two biggest championships. Alebrijes de Oaxaca, Atlante, Atletico Morelia, Cancn, Celaya, Cimarrones de Sonora, Correcaminos UAT, Dorados de Sinaloa, Leones Negros Udeg, Mineros de Zacatecas, Tampico Madero, Venados F.C., Venados F.C., Venados F.C., Venados F.C., Venados F.C., Ven in addition to the Ascenso MX teams

In addition, Pumas Tabasco and Tapato were Liga MX affiliates when they joined the league. Finally, Tepatitlan and Tlaxcala were invited as Liga Premier expansion teams on July 17, 2020. However, Monterrey will have its own squad in the Liga de Expansion MX, which will be known as Raya2. All of a sudden, Tepatitlan F.C. will be renamed Tepatitlan F.C. In addition, 2021 will be regarded as a full member of the Liga de Expansión MX. Replacing the status of the guest club with which it competed last season.

Liga De Expansion Season 2021-22

Coupled with the initial reports, the Irapuato promoting from the Liga Premier de MX in 2021. The Mexican Federation, on the other hand, announced the start of a qualifying process to determine which team will compete in La Liga Premier 3 on June 3, 2021. Because Irapuato still needs to meet certain requirements in order to compete in the Liga de Expansion MX. In addition, three Liga Premier clubs (Durango, Irapuato and Matamoros) were chosen as the subjects of an auditing procedure to determine the elevation title.

Furthermore, no team participating in the certification audit authorized the procedure on July 5, 2021, meaning that no club will be promoted from Liga Premier. As a result, there will be 17 clubs in the Liga de Expansión. This season, C.F. also has a new coach. The Clausura tournament, on the other hand, will commence in January 2022. In addition, the tournament system will be changed, with the top four teams being eliminated. To summarize, clubs ranked fifth through twelfth in the general table. Advance directly to the quarter-finals, while teams ranked fifth through twelfth will compete in a reclassification round.

Moreover, the Liga de Expansion Mexican season 2021–22 is Mexico’s second-tier football league’s second professional season. In the meantime, the season is currently divided into two titles. The Torneo Apertura comes firstly, followed by the Torneo Clausura. However, they all follow the same framework and feature the same seventeen clubs. In addition, the Apertura competition will begin in the summer of 2021.

Previous Qualification Tournaments

The previous Mexican Football League tournaments are listed here.

  • SuperLiga – (2007–2010)
  • InterLiga – (2004–2010)
  • CONCACAF Giants Cup – (2001)
  • Copa Libertadores – (1998–2015)
  • CONCACAF Cup Winners Cup – (1991–1998)
  • Copa Interamericana – (1968–1991)
  • Campeonato Centroamericano – (1959)

Liga De Expansion Mexican Teams

TeamCity/LocationStadiumCapacity
ZacatecasZacatecas City, ZacatecasCarlos Vega Villalba20,068
VenadosMerida, YucatanCarlos Iturralde15,087
U. de G.Guadalajara, JaliscoJalisco55,020
UATCiudad Victoria, TamaulipasMarte R. Gomez10,520
TlaxcalaTlaxcala City, TlaxcalaTlahuicole11,135
TepatitlanTepatitlan de Morelos, JaliscoGregorio “Tepa” Gomez8,085
TapatioZapopan, JaliscoAkron46,232
Tampico MaderoTampico/Ciudad Madero, TamaulipasTamaulipas19,668
SonoraHermosillo, SonoraHeroe de Nacozari18,747
SinaloaCuliacan, SinaloaDorados20,108
Raya2Guadalupe, Nuevo LeonBBVA53,500
OaxacaOaxaca City, OaxacaTecnológico de Oaxaca14,598
Pumas TabascoVillahermosa, TabascoOlímpico de Villahermosa12,000
CelayaCelaya, GuanajuatoMiguel Aleman Valdes23,182
CancunCancun, Quintana RooAndres Quintana Roo18,844
Atletico MoreliaMorelia, MichoacanMorelos35,000
AtlanteMexico CityCiudad de los Deportes33,000

Liga De Expansion MX Team Championship

1. Atlante

In the Grita Mexico 2021, 1st Runner-Up. Furthermore, following their relegation from Liga MX at the end of the 2013–14 season. Atlante now plays in the Liga de Expansion MX, Mexico’s secondly tier league.

2. Tampico Madero

Guardianes 2020 1st Runner-Up, the squad now competes in the Liga de Expansión MX, which is one of the league’s oldest divisions. In the meantime, in 1952–53, the team won their first and only Mexican Primera División championship. Finally, in 1960 and 1961, he won two Copa México trophies.

3. Tepatitlan

First Winning in the Guardianes 2021. Tepatitlan Ftbol Team, otherwise called Alteos de Tepatitlan or just Tepa, is a Tepatitlan-based Mexican football club. Additionally, the club was laid out in 1944 and is presently an individual from the Liga de Expansión MX.

4. Atletico Morelia

1st Runner-Up in the competition. In addition, on June 2, 2020, the squad won the Invierno 2000 championship in Mexico’s top-flight football league. Later, the Liga Expansion MX confirmed that Morelia will get an Atlético Morelia club.

Liga Mexican Format of the Competition

Tournaments held during the regular season

Besides, the Mexican Liga De Expansion has a solitary table of 17 groups that contend in two yearly competitions, with two heroes delegated each season. Also, the Apertura opening competition happens from July to December. Also followed by the Clausura shutting competition, which happens from January to May. This course of action is also, steady with other Latin American schedules. Furthermore, ultimately, with FIFA’s worldwide football schedule, which “opens” in July/August and “closes” in April/May the next year.

However, from 1996 to 2002, the league had a two-event structure. Therefore, winter tournament takes place in Invierno, and the summer event takes place in Verano. To conclude, the teams were first placed in the same group for each competition. In addition, the qualification process for the event lasted 17 weeks, with each team competing against one another. Meanwhile, each event will be played as a home-and-away series throughout both tournaments.

Liguilla or “Little League” Tournament

Furthermore, the tournament’s play-off phase is the Mexican Liguilla, or “small league.” This phase, in particular, begins with eight qualifying teams. Firstly, two-legged ties will be played, with the winner of the aggregate score progressing to the next round. The First Division trophy goes to the victorious team, while the runner-up gets a smaller counterpart. Despite the fact that traditionalists and modernists are at odds. Finally, in 1970, La Liguilla updated the league.

Assigning Team Division

Essentially, one group is relegated to the following lower division, Ascenso MX. Since the Apertura and Clausura competitions toward the finish of the period. Furthermore, also, one group from that division is advanced and takes the position left open by the appointing group. At present, therefore the apportioned is not entirely set in stone by working out focuses per game played. To conclude, which thinks about every one of the group’s games over the former three seasons. The Liguilla is granted to the group that completions toward the end of the Clausura rivalry firstly. What’s more, assuming a group wins the two competitions, it is elevated to a higher level right away.

Scotiabank CONCACAF Champions League

Four teams from Liga De Expansion MX are also qualified for the CONCACAF Champions League. To begin with, each year, North America’s highest club competition is held. In general, the Apertura and Clausura champions, as well as the Apertura and Clausura runners-up, qualify and are placed in Pot 3. However, Liga De Expansion has established a procedure to ensure that two teams qualify for the Apertura through the Apertura. Furthermore, if one or more clubs reach the finals of both tournaments, two teams qualify via the Clausura.