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Liga MX
Season2020–21
Matches played37
Goals scored88 (2.38 per match)
Top goalscorerApertura:
Juan Ignacio Dinenno
(5 goals)
Biggest home winApertura:
América 4–0 Tijuana
(1 August 2020)
Biggest away winApertura:
Necaxa 0–3 UANL
(24 July 2020)
Mazatlán 1–4 Puebla
(27 July 2020)
Highest scoringApertura:
UNAM 3–2 Querétaro
(26 July 2020)
Mazatlán 1–4 Puebla
(27 July 2020)
Toluca 3–2 Atlético San Luis
(2 August 2020)

The 2020–21 Liga MX season is the 74th professional season of the top-flight football league in Mexico. The season is divided into two championships—the Torneo Guardianes and the Torneo Clausura—each in an identical format and each contested by the same eighteen teams. The Apertura 2020 season was renamed Torneo Guardianes 2020 (stylized as Guard1anes) to honor healthcare workers in the aftermath of the COVID-19 pandemic in Mexico.[1] The Guardianes tournament will begin on 23 July 2020.[2]

This season will see the debut of Mazatlán F.C., replacing Monarcas Morelia, who were relocated to Mazatlán, Sinaloa to become the new Mazatlán franchise, despite backlash from supporters, former players, and the sports media across Mexico.[3][4] This season will also see an expanded playoff system. Twelve teams will now qualify to the Liguilla instead of eight.[5]

Teams

Stadiums and locations

Team Location Stadium Capacity
América Mexico City Azteca 87,000
Atlas Guadalajara, Jalisco Jalisco 55,110
Atlético San Luis San Luis Potosí, San Luis Potosí Alfonso Lastras 25,709
Cruz Azul Mexico City Azteca 87,000
Guadalajara Zapopan, Jalisco Akron 45,364
Juárez Ciudad Juárez, Chihuahua Olímpico Benito Juárez 19,703
León León, Guanajuato Estadio León 31,297
Mazatlán Mazatlán, Sinaloa Mazatlán 25,000
Monterrey Guadalupe, Nuevo León BBVA 53,500
Necaxa Aguascalientes, Aguascalientes Victoria 23,851
Pachuca Pachuca, Hidalgo Hidalgo 27,512
Puebla Puebla, Puebla Cuauhtémoc 51,726
Querétaro Querétaro, Querétaro Corregidora 33,162
Santos Laguna Torreón, Coahuila Corona 29,237
Tijuana Tijuana, Baja California Caliente 27,333
Toluca Toluca, State of Mexico Estadio Nemesio Díez 31,000
UANL San Nicolás de los Garza, Nuevo León Universitario 41,886
UNAM Mexico City Estadio Olímpico Universitario 48,297
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Locations of the 2020–21 Liga MX teams
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Greater Mexico City Liga MX football clubs

Personnel and kits

Team Chairman Head Coach Captain Kit manufacturer Shirt sponsor(s)
América Santiago Baños Mexico Miguel Herrera Mexico Paul Aguilar Nike AT&T
Atlas Pedro Portilla Mexico Rubén Duarte (Interim) Charly Banco Azteca
Atlético San Luis Alberto Marrero Mexico Guillermo Vázquez Pirma Canel's
Cruz Azul Jaime Ordiales Uruguay Robert Siboldi Mexico José de Jesús Corona Joma Cemento Cruz Azul
Guadalajara Amaury Vergara Mexico Víctor Manuel Vucetich Mexico Jesús Molina Puma Caliente
Juárez Guillermo Cantú Mexico Gabriel Caballero Carrara S-Mart
León Jesús Martínez Murguia Mexico Ignacio Ambriz Mexico Luis Montes Pirma Cementos Fortaleza
Mazatlán Mauricio Lanz González Mexico Francisco Palencia Pirma Caliente
Monterrey Duilio Davino Argentina Antonio Mohamed Puma AT&T
Necaxa Ernesto Tinajero Flores Mexico Alfonso Sosa Pirma Rolcar
Pachuca Jesús Martínez Patiño Uruguay Paulo Pezzolano Mexico Jorge Hernández Charly Cementos Fortaleza
Puebla Manuel Jiménez García Peru Juan Reynoso Mexico Daniel Arreola Umbro AT&T
Querétaro Manuel Velarde Mexico Alex Diego Charly Banco Multiva
Santos Laguna Dante Elizalde Uruguay Guillermo Almada Charly Soriana
Tijuana Jorge Hank Inzunsa Argentina Pablo Guede Charly Caliente
Toluca Francisco Suinaga Mexico José Manuel de la Torre Under Armour Banamex
UANL Alejandro Rodríguez Brazil Ricardo Ferretti Argentina Guido Pizarro Adidas Cemex
UNAM Leopoldo Silva Gutiérrez Argentina Andrés Lillini (Interim) Mexico Andrés Iniestra Nike DHL Express

Managerial changes

Team Outgoing manager Manner of
departure 		Date of vacancy Replaced by Date of appointment Position
in table 		Ref.
Pre-Apertura changes
Querétaro Mexico Víctor Manuel Vucetich Mutual agreement termination 2 June 2020 Mexico Alex Diego 23 June 2020 Preseason [6][7]
Tijuana Bolivia Gustavo Quinteros Resigned 12 June 2020 Argentina Pablo Guede 19 June 2020 [8][9]
UNAM Spain Míchel Resigned 23 July 2020 Argentina Andrés Lillini (Interim) 23 July 2020 [10][11]
Apertura
Guadalajara  Mexico Luis Fernando Tena  Sacked 9 August 2020 Mexico Marcelo Michel Leaño (Interim) 9 August 2020 17th [12][13]
Atlas  Mexico Rafael Puente Jr. Sacked 10 August 2020  Mexico Rubén Duarte (Interim) 10 August 2020 16th [14]
Atlas Mexico Rubén Duarte (Interim) End of tenure as caretaker 14 August 2020 Argentina Diego Cocca 11 August 2020[note 1] 16th [16]
Guadalajara Mexico Marcelo Michel Leaño (Interim) End of tenure as caretaker 13 August 2020 Mexico Víctor Manuel Vucetich 13 August 2020 13th [17]

Torneo Guardianes

The 2020 Torneo Guardianes is the first tournament of the season. The tournament was renamed Torneo Guardianes 2020 (stylized as Guard1anes) in honor of the job healthcare workers have done during the COVID-19 pandemic in Mexico. The tournament began on July 24.

Standings

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 América 4 3 1 0 10 3 +7 10 Advance to Liguilla[a]
2 UANL 4 2 2 0 6 2 +4 8
3 UNAM 4 2 2 0 7 5 +2 8
4 Cruz Azul 4 2 1 1 5 2 +3 7
5 Puebla 5 2 1 2 7 5 +2 7 Advance to the Repechage[b]
6 Pachuca 5 2 1 2 4 4 0 7
7 León 4 2 1 1 2 2 0 7
8 Toluca 4 2 0 2 7 8 −1 6
9 Atlético San Luis 4 1 2 1 6 5 +1 5
10 Monterrey 4 1 2 1 6 5 +1 5
11 Juárez 4 1 2 1 3 4 −1 5
12 Querétaro 4 1 1 2 4 5 −1 4
13 Guadalajara 4 1 1 2 2 3 −1 4
14 Santos Laguna 4 1 1 2 5 7 −2 4
15 Mazatlán 4 1 1 2 4 7 −3 4
16 Necaxa 4 1 1 2 2 5 −3 4
17 Tijuana 4 1 1 2 3 7 −4 4
18 Atlas 4 0 1 3 4 8 −4 1
Updated to match(es) played on 14 August 2020. Source: Liga MX
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Number of goals scored; 4) Head-to-head results between tied teams; 5) Number of goals scored away; 6) Highest relegation coefficient; 7) Fair Play points
Notes:
  1. ^ The first four places in the table qualify for the Liguilla.
  2. ^ Teams ranked 5th to 12th in the table qualify for the liguilla play-offs.


Positions by Round

Leader and qualification to liguilla
Qualification to liguilla
Qualification to liguilla play-offs
Last place in table
Team ╲ Round1234567891011121314151617
América7111
UANL2452
UNAM6243
Puebla1324
Cruz Azul5535
León107106
Toluca1410137
Atlético San Luis913148
Monterrey3879
Juárez86610
Querétaro12121511
Pachuca1314912
Guadalajara11151713
Santos Laguna169814
Mazatlán17161115
Necaxa18181816
Tijuana4111217
Atlas15171618
Updated to match(es) played on 13 August 2020. Source: Liga MX

Results

Teams play every other team once (either at home or away), completing a total of 17 rounds.

Home \ Away AME ATL ASL CAZ GUA JUA LEO MAZ MON NEC PAC PUE QUE SAN TIJ TOL UNL UNM
América — — — — — — — — — 3–1 4–0
Atlas — — — — — — — — — 1–2 — 1–2
Atlético San Luis 1–1 — — 1–1 — — — — — — —
Cruz Azul — — — 2–0 — — — — 2–0 — —
Guadalajara — — — 0–0 — 0–1 — — — — —
Juárez — — 0–2 — — — 1–0 — — — —
León — — — — — 1–0 — — — — —
Mazatlán — — — — — — — — 1–4 — — 2–1
Monterrey — — — — — — — — 2–2 — 3–1 —
Necaxa 1–1 — — — — 1–0 — — — — 0–3 —
Pachuca 1–2 — — — — 0–1 — — 1–0 — — —
Puebla — 1–1 — — — — — 0–1 — — — —
Querétaro — — 1–0 — — 1–1 — — — — —
Santos Laguna — 2–0 — — — — — — — —
Tijuana — 3–1 0–2 — — — — — — — 0–0 —
Toluca — — 3–2 — — — — — — — —
UANL — — — — — — 1–1 2–1 — — —
UNAM — — — 1–1 — — 1–1 — 3–2 — — —
Updated to match(es) played on 14 August 2020. Source: Liga MX
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Regular season statistics

Coefficient table

As of the 2020–21 season, the promotion and relegation between Liga MX and Liga de Expansión MX (formerly known as Ascenso MX) was suspended, however, the coefficient table will be used to establish the payment of fines that will be used for the development of the clubs of the silver circuit.[18] Per Article 24 of the competition regulations, the payment of $MXN240 million will be distributed among the last three positioned in the coefficient table as follows: 120 million in the last place; 70 million the penultimate; and 50 million will be paid by the sixteenth team in the table.[19] The team that finishes last on the table will start the following season with a coefficient of zero. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic suspending the Clausura 2020 season, the points obtained in the 2020–21 season between matches not held in the Clausura 2020, will now count as double for the 2020–21 coefficient.[19]

Pos
 Team '18 A
Pts 		'19 C
Pts 		'19 A
Pts 		'20 C
Pts 		'20 A
Pts[e] 		'21 C
Pts 		Total
Pts 		Total
Pld 		Avg
 GD
 Fine
1 UANL 29 37 32 17 8 0 123 67 1.8358 +50
2 América 33 29 31 20 10 0 123 67 1.8358 +42
3 León 18 41 33 21 7 0 120 66 1.8182 +46
4 Cruz Azul 36 30 23 23 7 0 119 67 1.7761 +38
5 Santos Laguna 30 22 37 18 4 0 111 67 1.6567 +20
6 Monterrey 30 30 27 6 5 0 98 67 1.4627 +16
7 UNAM 30 17 23 21 8 0 99 68 1.4559 +7
8 Pachuca 24 28 25 14 7 0 98 68 1.4412 +19
9 Necaxa 14 29 31 11 1 0 89 67 1.3284 +6
10 Querétaro 26 11 31 14 4 0 86 67 1.2836 –11
11 Toluca 26 25 17 10 6 0 84 66 1.2727 –3
12 Mazatlán[a] 25 13 27 14 4 0 83 66 1.2576 –11
13 Puebla 20 24 17 18 7 0 86 69 1.2464 –19
14 Guadalajara 20 18 25 16 4 0 83 67 1.2388 –5
15 Atlético San Luis Ascenso MX 20 17 5 0 42 34 1.2353 –12
16 Tijuana 17 18 24 9 4 0 82 65 1.2615 –18 $MXN70 million
17 Juárez[b] 19 20 18 14 5 0 76 66 1.1515 –30 $MXN50 million
18 Atlas 11 19 21 10 1 0 62 68 0.9118 –43 $MXN120 million

Last update: 13 August 2020
Rules for fine payment: 1) Fine coefficient; 2) Goal difference; 3) Number of goals scored; 4) Head-to-head results between tied teams; 5) Number of goals scored away; 6) Fair Play points
Source: Liga MX

  1. ^
    2018–19 and 2019–20 points were accumulated as Monarcas Morelia.
  2. ^
    2018–19 points were accumulated as Lobos BUAP.

Notes

  1. ^ Although appointed on 11 August 2020, Cocca would not immediately take charge. Due to league schedule, his first match was delayed to 16 August 2020 vs Santos Laguna.[15]

See also

References

  1. ^ "LIGA MX - Página Oficial de la Liga Mexicana del Fútbol Profesional". www.ligamx.net.
  2. ^ "Liga MX. Calendario y fechas de apertura Guardianes 2020". www.milenio.com.
  3. ^ "Reacciones de periodistas tras la mudanza de Morelia". AS México. June 2, 2020.
  4. ^ "Se ratifican los cambios de sede, nombre y titular en Liga MX y Liga de Expansión". ESPNdeportes.com. July 8, 2020.
  5. ^ "Calendario Liga MX, Apertura 2020: Conoce aquí todos los partidos". AS México. July 22, 2020.
  6. ^ "Víctor Manuel Vucetich deja la dirección técnica del Querétaro". FOX Sports (in Spanish). 2 June 2020. Retrieved 25 June 2020.
  7. ^ Arellano, Marcos (23 June 2020). "Hacen oficial llegada de Alex Diego". Diario de Querétaro (in Spanish). Retrieved 25 June 2020.
  8. ^ "Xolos: Gustavo Quinteros dejó de ser director técnico de Tijuana". Récord (in Spanish). 12 June 2020. Retrieved 25 June 2020.
  9. ^ "OFICIAL: Pablo Guede es nuevo DT de Xolos". Fútbol Total (in Spanish). 19 June 2020. Retrieved 25 June 2020.
  10. ^ "Pumas: Míchel renunció a la dirección técnica de la UNAM". Diario Récord (in Spanish). 23 July 2020. Retrieved 23 July 2020.
  11. ^ Uzeta, Karla (23 July 2020). "Pumas: Andrés Lillini, nuevo director técnico interino de la UNAM". Diario Récord (in Spanish). Retrieved 24 July 2020.
  12. ^ Acosta, José (9 August 2020). "Chivas sacked Luis Fernando Tena". VAVEL. Retrieved 9 August 2020.
  13. ^ Olivarez, Alfredo (9 August 2020). "Marcelo Michel Leaño será el director técnico interino en Chivas". ESPN México (in Spanish). Retrieved 10 August 2020.
  14. ^ "Comunicado: Rafael Puente del Río deja de ser DT de Atlas FC". Atlas FC (in Spanish). Retrieved 10 August 2020.
  15. ^ "Diego Cocca será el nuevo técnico del Atlas" (in Spanish). 11 August 2020. Retrieved 11 August 2020.
  16. ^ "Diego Cocca es el nuevo estratega de La Academia". Atlas FC (in Spanish). 11 August 2020. Retrieved 11 August 2020.
  17. ^ "Chivas: Víctor Manuel Vucetich es oficialmente nuevo técnico del Guadalajara". Diario Récord (in Spanish). 13 August 2020. Retrieved 13 August 2020.
  18. ^ https://www.milenio.com/deportes/futbol/liga-mx-este-sera-el-castigo-para-ultimos-lugares-del-descenso
  19. ^ a b https://s3.amazonaws.com/lmxwebsite/docs/Reglamentos/Competencia/1_LIGA_MX/11_LIGA_MX_1_20190722101600.pdf

External links

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