Liga de Expansión MX, also known as Liga BBVA Expansión MX for sponsorship reasons, is a professional

association football Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a team sport played between two teams of 11 Football player, players who almost exclusively use their feet to propel a Ball (association football), ball around a rectangular f ...

league in

Mexico Mexico, officially the United Mexican States, is a country in North America. It is the northernmost country in Latin America, and borders the United States to the north, and Guatemala and Belize to the southeast; while having maritime boundar ...

and the second level of the

Mexican football league system The Mexican football league system is organized by the Federación Mexicana de Fútbol (FMF), except for Liga MX and Liga de Expansión MX, which are organized independently; The league system consist of six professional divisions (four men's le ...

. It was founded in 2020 as part of the FMF's "Stabilization Project", which has the primary objective of rescuing the financially troubled teams from the

Ascenso MX Ascenso MX, also known as Ascenso BBVA MX for sponsorship reasons, was a professional association football league in Mexico and the second level of the Mexican football league system. Formerly known as Primera División A de México (1994–2009 ...

and prevent the disappearance of a second level league in Mexico. The project also attempts for

Liga MX Liga MX, also known as Liga BBVA MX for sponsorship reasons, is a professional association football league in Mexico and the highest level of the Mexican football league system. Formerly known as Liga Mayor (1943–1949) and also as Primera Divis ...

and former Ascenso MX teams to consolidate stable projects with strong administration, finances, and infrastructure.

History

On 20 February 2020, the presidents of the

clubs, the

clubs and the FMF executives had a meeting, in which different topics were discussed with the intent of strengthening the two main leagues in the country. 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. Finally, on 17 July 2020, Tepatitlán and Tlaxcala were invited as

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expansion teams. On 22 May 2023, the Liga MX owners assembly approved a reform for the league that should have been carried out in 2024. This reform planned that the 18 member teams of the Liga MX should have had a U-23 team in the Liga de Expansión, which would have represented a merger between the Expansión MX and the Liga MX U–23. However, in May 2024 the proposal was scrapped due to opposition from the owners of the Liga de Expansión teams, as they considered that the project represented a degradation of the participating clubs.

Participating clubs

On hiatus

Performances

Campeón de Campeones de la Liga de Expansión MX

Managers

The current managers in the Liga de Expansión MX are:

Top goalscorers

References

External links

Official website
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