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 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.[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
Founded24 April 2020 (2020-04-24)
CountryMexico
ConfederationCONCACAF
Number of teams15
Level on pyramid2
Current championsTapatío (1st title)
(Clausura 2023)
Most championshipsAtlante
(2 titles)
TV partnersClaro[1]
ESPN[2]
Fox Sports[3]
Hi Sports
Televisa[4]
TV Azteca[5]
TVC Deportes[6]
WebsiteLigaBBVAExpansion.mx
Current: 2023–24 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]

On May 22, 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.[11]

Clubs
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
Atlante21Grita México 2021, Apertura 2022
Atlético Morelia12Clausura 2022
Tampico Madero11Guardianes 2020
Tapatío10Clausura 2023
Tepatitlán10Guardianes 2021
Celaya01
Sonora01

Campeón de Campeones
Club Winners Runner-Up Winning Seasons
Atlante112021–22
Tepatitlán102020–21
Tapatío102022–23
Tampico Madero01
Atlético Morelia01

Managers

The current managers in the Liga de Expansión MX are:

Nat. Name Team Appointed Time as manager
Mexico Mario García Covalles Atlante 20 July 2020 3 years, 97 days
Mexico Rafael García Sinaloa 21 December 2020 2 years, 308 days
Mexico Alfonso Sosa U. de G. 7 September 2021 2 years, 48 days
Mexico Jaime Durán Atlético La Paz 6 June 2022 1 year, 141 days
Mexico Roberto Hernández Sonora 15 June 2022 1 year, 132 days
Spain Nacho Castro Zacatecas 7 May 2023 171 days
Mexico Luis Arce Cancún 1 June 2023 146 days
Mexico Rafael Fernández Venados 9 June 2023 138 days
Mexico Arturo Ortega Tapatío 15 June 2023 132 days
Mexico Carlos Gutiérrez Oaxaca 15 June 2023 132 days
Mexico Enrique López Zarza Tepatitlán 20 June 2023 127 days
Argentina Cristian Paulucci Celaya 29 August 2023 57 days
Mexico Raúl Gutiérrez UAT 7 October 2023 18 days
Mexico Javier Contreras (Interim) Tlaxcala 10 October 2023 15 days
Mexico José Roberto Muñoz (Interim) Atlético Morelia 20 October 2023 5 days

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

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.
  11. "Por unanimidad, la Asamblea de Clubes designa a Juan Carlos Rodríguez". ligamx.net (in Spanish). 22 May 2023. Retrieved 25 May 2023.


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