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 teams18
Level on pyramid2
Current championsAtlante (2nd title)
(Apertura 2022)
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: 2022–23 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]

Clubs
Location of teams in the 2022–23 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
Durango Durango City, Durango Francisco Zarco 18,000
Oaxaca Oaxaca City, Oaxaca Tecnológico de Oaxaca 14,598
Pumas Tabasco Villahermosa, Tabasco Olímpico de Villahermosa 12,000
Raya2 Guadalupe, Nuevo León BBVA 53,500
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 Morelia11Clausura 2022
Tampico Madero11Guardianes 2020
Tepatitlán10Guardianes 2021
Celaya01
Sonora01

Campeón de Campeones
Club Winners Runner-Up Winning Seasons
Tepatitlán102020–21
Atlante102021–22
Tampico Madero01
Atlético Morelia01

Managers

The current managers in the Liga de Expansión MX are:

Nat. Name Team Appointed Time as manager
Mexico Héctor Jair Real Durango 26 April 2019 3 years, 337 days
Mexico Omar Alexis Moreno Zacatecas 1 July 2020 2 years, 271 days
Mexico Mario García Covalles Atlante 20 July 2020 2 years, 252 days
Mexico Rafael García Sinaloa 21 December 2020 2 years, 98 days
Mexico Alfonso Sosa U. de G. 7 September 2021 1 year, 203 days
Mexico Jorge Manrique Oaxaca 1 October 2021 1 year, 179 days
Mexico Jorge Villalpando Tlaxcala 25 March 2022 1 year, 4 days
Argentina Nicolás Sánchez Raya2 17 May 2022 316 days
Mexico Paco Ramírez Celaya 27 May 2022 306 days
Spain Iñigo Idiakez Cancún 1 June 2022 301 days
Mexico Gerardo Espinoza Tapatío 3 June 2022 299 days
Mexico Jaime Durán Atlético La Paz 6 June 2022 296 days
Mexico Roberto Hernández Sonora 15 June 2022 287 days
Mexico Edgar Solano UAT 6 November 2022 143 days
Mexico Israel Hernández Pumas Tabasco 12 November 2022 137 days
Argentina Bruno Marioni Venados 22 November 2022 127 days
Mexico Daniel Guzmán Tepatitlán 27 November 2022 122 days
Mexico Carlos Adrián Morales Atlético Morelia 27 February 2023 30 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

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.


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