Liga de Expansión MX

Liga de Expansión MX

Founded	24 April 2020 (2020-04-24)
Country	Mexico
Confederation	CONCACAF
Number of teams	15
Level on pyramid	2
Current champions	Cancún (1st title) (Apertura 2023)
Most championships	Atlante (2 titles)
TV partners	Claro ESPN Fox Sports Hi Sports Televisa TV Azteca TVC Deportes
Website	ligabbvaexpansion.mx
Current: 2023–24 Liga de Expansión MX season

The Liga de Expansión MX, also known as Liga de Desarrollo (Liga BBVA Expansión MX for sponsorship reasons), is a Mexican 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 for six years. The project also attempts for Liga MX and former Ascenso MX teams to consolidate stable projects with strong administration, finances, and infrastructure.

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.

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 Liga Premier expansion teams.

On 22 May 2023, the Liga MX owners assembly approved a reform for the league that will be carried out in 2024. As a consequence of this reform, all the member teams of Liga MX must have a team in the Liga de Expansión MX, which will be made up of Under-23 footballers, who will compete together with the teams that were already part of the category, the new league will replace to Liga MX U–20 and will be called Expansión Sub–23.

Clubs

Atlante

Atl. Morelia

Cancún

Celaya

Atl. La Paz

Oaxaca

Sinaloa

Sonora

Tapatío
UdeG

Tepatitlán

Tlaxcala

UAT

Venados

Zacatecas

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Location of teams in the 2023–24 Liga de Expansión MX

Team	City	Stadium	Capacity
Atlante	Mexico City	Ciudad de los Deportes	33,000
Atlético La Paz	La Paz, Baja California Sur	Guaycura	5,209
Atlético Morelia	Morelia, Michoacán	Morelos	35,000
Cancún	Cancún, Quintana Roo	Andrés Quintana Roo	18,844
Celaya	Celaya, Guanajuato	Miguel Alemán Valdés	23,182
Oaxaca	Oaxaca City, Oaxaca	Tecnológico de Oaxaca	14,598
Sinaloa	Culiacán, Sinaloa	Dorados	20,108
Sonora	Hermosillo, Sonora	Héroe de Nacozari	18,747
Tapatío	Zapopan, Jalisco	Akron	46,232
Tepatitlán	Tepatitlán de Morelos, Jalisco	Gregorio "Tepa" Gómez	8,085
Tlaxcala	Tlaxcala City, Tlaxcala	Tlahuicole	11,135
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
Atlante	2	2	Grita México 2021, Apertura 2022
Atlético Morelia	1	2	Clausura 2022
Tampico Madero	1	1	Guardianes 2020
Tapatío	1	0	Clausura 2023
Tepatitlán	1	0	Guardianes 2021
Cancún	1	0	Apertura 2023
Celaya	0	1
Sonora	0	1

Campeón de Campeones

Club	Winners	Runner-Up	Winning Seasons
Atlante	1	1	2021–22
Tepatitlán	1	0	2020–21
Tapatío	1	0	2022–23
Tampico Madero	0	1
Atlético Morelia	0	1

Managers

The current managers in the Liga de Expansión MX are:

Nat.	Name	Team	Appointed	Time as manager
	Rafael García	Sinaloa	21 December 2020	3 years, 119 days
	Alfonso Sosa	U. de G.	7 September 2021	2 years, 224 days
	Roberto Hernández	Sonora	15 June 2022	1 year, 308 days
	Nacho Castro	Zacatecas	7 May 2023	347 days
	Luis Arce	Cancún	1 June 2023	322 days
	Rafael Fernández	Venados	9 June 2023	314 days
	Arturo Ortega	Tapatío	15 June 2023	308 days
	Carlos Gutiérrez	Oaxaca	15 June 2023	308 days
	Cristian Paulucci	Celaya	29 August 2023	233 days
	Raúl Gutiérrez	UAT	7 October 2023	194 days
	Raúl Rico	Atlético La Paz	10 December 2023	130 days
	Daniel Alcántar	Atlante	20 December 2023	120 days
	Paco Ramírez	Tlaxcala	23 December 2023	117 days
	Fernando Pérez (Interim)	Tepatitlán	16 March 2024	33 days
	Mario García	Atlético Morelia	17 April 2024	1 day

Top scorers

Year	Name	Team	Goals
Guardianes 2020	Alberto Alvarado Morín Lizandro Echeverría Guillermo Martínez Gustavo Ramírez	UAT Atlante Celaya Atlético Morelia	7
Guardianes 2021	Julio Cruz	Oaxaca	10
Apertura 2021	Raúl Zúñiga	Sinaloa	12
Clausura 2022	David Angulo Juan Machado Óscar Villa	Tepatitlán Raya2 Sonora	8
Apertura 2022	Diego Jiménez	Sonora	12
Clausura 2023	Ricardo Marín	Celaya	10
Apertura 2023	Luis Razo	Zacatecas	10

External links

• Official website