| Competition: | Tercera División Profesional |
| Season: | 2017–18 |
| Promoted: | Marina |
| League Topscorer: | José Ángel Espinoza (45 goals) |
| Prevseason: | 2016–17 |
| Nextseason: | 2018–19 |
| Dates: | 1 September 2017 – 10 June 2018 |
| Extra Information: | Stats are from the regular season only |
The 2017–18 Tercera División season is the fourth-tier football league of Mexico. The tournament began on 1 September 2017 and finished on 10 June 2018.
The Tercera División (Third Division) is divided into 13 groups. For the 2009/2010 season, the format of the tournament has been reorganized to a home and away format, which all teams will play in their respective group. The 13 groups consist of teams who are eligible to play in the liguilla de ascenso for one promotion spot, teams who are affiliated with teams in the Liga MX, Ascenso MX and Liga Premier, which are not eligible for promotion but will play that who the better filial team in an eight team filial playoff tournament for the entire season.
The league format allows participating franchises to rent their place to another team, so some clubs compete with a different name than the one registered with the FMF.
Group with 14 teams from Campeche, Chiapas, Quintana Roo, Tabasco and Yucatán.[1]
| Team | City | Home ground | Capacity | Affiliate | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Club Viany | 1,000 | – | |||
| La Muralla de Kin-Ha | 500 | — | |||
| 15,087 | Venados | ||||
| UNACAR Campus I | 1,000 | — | |||
| 5,000 | — | ||||
| 4,000 | — | ||||
| Unidad Deportiva Bicentenario | 1,000 | – | |||
| Francisco Márquez Segovia | 500 | — | |||
| Alonso Diego Molina | 2,500 | — | |||
| 12,000 | — | ||||
| Sergio Lira Gallardo | 600 | — | |||
| 7,500 | Inter Playa del Carmen | ||||
| 6,390 | Pioneros de Cancún | ||||
| Unidad Deportiva Colonia Pescadores | 1,200 | Yalmakán |
Group with 18 teams from Hidalgo, Puebla, San Luis Potosí, Tlaxcala and Veracruz.
| Team | City | Home ground | Capacity | Affiliate | Official Name | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Universitario UGM Orizaba | 1,500 | — | — | |||
| UGM Nogales | 1,500 | — | ||||
| Club Alpha Cancha 3 | 600 | — | — | |||
| Carlos Fayad | 1,000 | – | – | |||
| Morelos | 1,000 | — | — | |||
| Complejo Omega | 1,000 | — | — | |||
| UGM Nogales | 1,500 | — | — | |||
| Morelos | 1,000 | – | – | |||
| Club Alpha Cancha 3 | 600 | — | Club Puebla SAI | |||
| Ex Hacienda San José Maravillas | 500 | — | — | |||
| Complejo Deportivo Los Olivos | 1,000 | – | Limoneros de Futbol | |||
| 10,000 | — | — | ||||
| Rosario M. Torres | 1,000 | – | Real San Cosme | |||
| Unidad Deportiva Chachapa | 1,000 | — | — | |||
| Centro Estatal del Deporte Mario Vázquez Raña | 800 | — | ||||
| U.D. Santa Ana Nopalucan | 500 | — | — | |||
| Deportivo Solidaridad | 1,650 | — | — | |||
| Polideportivo La Huizachera | 1,000 | — | — |
Group with 16 teams from Chiapas, Oaxaca and Veracruz.
| Team | City | Home ground | Capacity | Affiliate | Official Name | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unidad Deportiva Hugo Sánchez | 2,500 | — | – | |||
| Brena Torres | 1,000 | — | – | |||
| Rafael Murillo Vidal | 3,800 | — | Santos Córdoba | |||
| 18,017 | – | |||||
| Ing. Guillermo Hernández Castro | 4,000 | — | – | |||
| Rafael Murillo Vidal | 3,800 | — | Colegio Once México | |||
| Cruz Azul | 1,000 | – | ||||
| Francisco Zabaleta Palacios | 3,000 | – | Futcenter | |||
| Unidad Deportiva Hugo Sánchez | 1,500 | — | – | |||
| Deportivo Ramos | 1,000 | – | Alacranes Rojos de Apatzingán | |||
| 20 de Noviembre | 1,000 | – | – | |||
| Heriberto Kehoe Vincent | 2,000 | — | – | |||
| Miguel Seoane Lavín | 1,000 | — | – | |||
| Unidad Deportiva Guiengola | 5,000 | — | Real Pueblo Nuevo | |||
| Microestadio ITO / Independiente MRCI | 1,000/ 3,000 | – | ||||
| Unidad Deportiva Centenario | 1,000 | – | – |
Group with 18 teams from Greater Mexico City.
| Team | City | Home ground | Capacity | Affiliate | Official Name | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Municipal Teotihuacán | 1,200 | – | – | |||
| 500 | – | – | ||||
| Deportivo Rosario Iglesias | 6,000 | – | – | |||
| Nuevo Territorio Azulgrana | 500 | – | ||||
| 3,500 | – | – | ||||
| Deportivo Francisco Zarco | 500 | – | ||||
| Unidad Deportiva La Antorcha | 2,300 | – | ||||
| 5,000 | Tulyehualco | |||||
| Cancha Nou Camp | 1,000 | Morelos Ecatepec | ||||
| Hugo Sánchez Portugal | 1,000 | – | – | |||
| Leandro Valle | 1,500 | – | – | |||
| 5,000 | – | – | ||||
| 500 | – | – | ||||
| Deportivo Plutarco Elías Calles | 2,500 | – | – | |||
| Deportivo La Laguna | 2,000 | – | ||||
| La Cantera | 2,000 | – | ||||
| Arreola | 2,500 | – | – | |||
| Deportivo Casa Popular | 1,000 | – | – |
Group with 17 teams from Mexico City and State of Mexico.
| Team | City | Home ground | Capacity | Affiliate | Official Name | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3,000 | – | |||||
| Unidad Deportiva Emilio Chuayffet | 1,000 | – | – | |||
| La Colmena | 1,000 | – | – | |||
| Unidad Deportiva Monte Alto | 1,000 | Toluca | Deportivo Vallesano FC | |||
| 300 | – | |||||
| Ignacio Pichardo Pagaza | 2,000 | – | – | |||
| San Isidro | 3,000 | – | – | |||
| Municipal de Ixtlahuaca | 1,000 | – | – | |||
| Unidad Deportiva Dionicio Cerón | 1,800 | – | – | |||
| Cancha Arqueros F.C. | 1,000 | – | – | |||
| Rubén Chávez Chávez | 2,000 | – | – | |||
| Deportivo San Pedro | 1,500 | – | – | |||
| Unidad Deportiva Alarcón Hisojo | 500 | – | – | |||
| 32,603 | – | |||||
| Deportivo Francisco I. Madero | 1,000 | – | Aztecas AMF Soccer | |||
| Deportivo Plutarco Elías Calles | 1,000 | – | – | |||
| Unidad Deportiva Tejupilco | 1,000 | – | – |
Group with 8 teams from Guerrero and Morelos.
| Team | City | Home ground | Capacity | Affiliate | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hugo Sánchez | 6,000 | – | |||
| Andrés Figueroa | 2,000 | – | |||
| 16,000 | – | ||||
| Chilpancingo | David Josué García Evangelista | 1,000 | – | ||
| Unidad Deportiva Iguala | 1,000 | – | |||
| Unidad Deportiva San Carlos | 1,000 | – | |||
| Real Victoria | 13,000 | – | |||
| General Emiliano Zapata | 1,000 | – |
Group with 16 teams from Hidalgo, Mexico City and Puebla.
| Team | City | Home ground | Capacity | Affiliate | Official Name | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Deportivo Cartagena | 500 | – | – | |||
| Nido Águila Huauchinango | 300 | – | – | |||
| Club Hidalguense | 600 | – | – | |||
| 5,000 | – | – | ||||
| 4,000 | – | – | ||||
| Deportivo Braulio Romero | 1,200 | – | – | |||
| Club Hidalguense | 600 | – | – | |||
| 12 de Mayo | 1,500 | – | – | |||
| Centro de Fútbol Pato Baeza | 1,000 | – | – | |||
| 5,000 | – | – | ||||
| Primero de Mayo | 2,500 | – | – | |||
| Unidad Deportiva Javier Rojo Gómez | 2,000 | – | – | |||
| Unidad Deportiva Silverio Pérez | 1,000 | – | – | |||
| Universidad del Fútbol | 1,000 | – | ||||
| San Carlos Tepexpan | 1,200 | – | – | |||
| Universidad del Fútbol | 1,000 | – |
Group with 19 teams from Guanajuato, Guerrero, Michoacán and Querétaro. San Juan del Río retired after the Week 19.
| Team | City | Home ground | Capacity | Affiliate | Official Name | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Complejo Deportivo Brígido Vargas | 1,000 | – | – | |||
| 22,000 | – | – | ||||
| Unidad Deportiva Sur | 1,000 | – | Real Halcones | |||
| Instituto Tecnológico Celaya | 1,000 | – | ||||
| Club Pacífico | 2,500 | – | – | |||
| Delfines de Abasolo | Municipal de Abasolo | 2,500 | – | – | ||
| Municipal Zacapu | 2,500 | – | Monarcas Zacapu | |||
| Unidad Deportiva Zihuatanejo | 1,000 | – | – | |||
| Unidad Deportiva Santa Catarina | 1,000 | – | – | |||
| 5,000 | – | – | ||||
| Parque Bicentenario | 1,000 | – | ||||
| Juanito Chávez | 1,500 | – | – | |||
| Peña Madridista Emilio Butragueño | 1,000 | – | – | |||
| 13,356 | – | |||||
| Unidad Deportiva Municipal | 1,500 | – | ||||
| El Molinito | 2,500 | – | – | |||
| Unidad Deportiva Norte | 1,000 | – | – | |||
| 5,000 | – | – | ||||
| Camémbaro | 1,000 | – | Jaral del Progreso F.C. |
Group with 20 teams from Aguascalientes, Guanajuato, Jalisco, San Luis Potosí and Zacatecas.
| Team | City | Home ground | Capacity | Affiliate | Official Name | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unidad Deportiva Independencia | 2,000 | – | – | |||
| Instituto Tecnológico de Ébano | 1,000 | – | – | |||
| CODE Las Joyas | 1,000 | – | – | |||
| Unidad Deportiva Ojuelos | 1,000 | – | – | |||
| Unidad Deportiva Ojocaliente | 1,000 | – | FC Zacatecas | |||
| Domingo Velázquez | 3,500 | – | – | |||
| Complejo Deportivo La Presa | 2,000 | – | ||||
| CODE Las Joyas | 1,000 | – | – | |||
| Unidad Deportiva Jerez | 1,000 | – | Lobos de Zihuatanejo | |||
| CODE Las Joyas | 1,000 | – | – | |||
| 6,000 | – | |||||
| Unidad Deportiva Guadalupe | 500 | – | ||||
| Centro Deportivo Ferrocarrilero Tres Centurias | 1,000 | – | – | |||
| Club Somnus | 2,000 | – | – | |||
| Centenario de la Constitución Mexicana | 2,000 | – | – | |||
| Centro Deportivo Ferrocarrilero Tres Centurias | 1,000 | – | Atlético La Mina | |||
| Pablo Herrera | 1,000 | – | – | |||
| Universitario Unidad Deportiva Norte | 5,000 | – | ||||
| JFV | 1,000 | – | ||||
| Club Empress | 500 | – | – |
Group with 20 teams from Colima and Jalisco. Nuevos Valores de Ocotlán have dissolved in December 2017.[2]
| Team | City | Home ground | Capacity | Affiliate | Official Name |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Club Juárez | 1,500 | – | – | ||
| Víctor Eduardo Sevilla Torres | 2,000 | – | – | ||
| Corredor Industrial | 1,200 | – | – | ||
| Unidad Deportiva Chapultepec | 1,500 | – | Fut-Car | ||
| Unidad Deportiva Mariano Otero | 3,000 | – | |||
| Tres de Marzo | 18,779 | – | |||
| Municipal Juan Rayo | 1,000 | – | |||
| Complejo Salcido | 1,000 | – | – | ||
| Verde Valle | 800 | – | |||
| La Primavera | 3,000 | – | |||
| Campo Uribe Valencia | 1,000 | – | Gallos Hidrocálidos de Aguascalientes | ||
| Municipal Benito Juárez | 1,500 | – | |||
| Club Hacienda Real | 1,000 | – | – | ||
| 12,000 | – | Deportivo Colegio Guanajuato | |||
| Gustavo Díaz Ordaz | 1,000 | – | – | ||
| Unidad Deportiva Cuauhtémoc | 1,000 | – | – | ||
| 12,500 | – | ||||
| Unidad Deportiva 24 de Enero | 2,000 | – | |||
| San Andrés | 2,500 | – | Atlético Cocula | ||
| Unidad Deportiva 5 de Mayo | 3,000 | – |
Group with 18 teams from Jalisco, Nayarit and Sinaloa.
| Team | City | Home ground | Capacity | Affiliate | Official Name | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Universitario UAS | 3,500 | – | – | |||
| Antonio Rosales | 1,000 | – | – | |||
| Perla Camaronera | 1,000 | – | – | |||
| Club Diablos Tesistán | 1,000 | – | Picudos F.C. | |||
| Municipal de Jocotepec | 2,000 | – | – | |||
| 9,000 | – | – | ||||
| Unidad Deportiva Sagarpa | 1,000 | – | ||||
| Deportivo Sindicato de Telefonistas | 1,000 | – | – | |||
| Club Juanacatlán | 500 | – | ||||
| Verde Valle | 800 | – | ||||
| Deportivo Tlajomulco | 1,000 | – | – | |||
| Municipal Santa Rosa | 3,500 | – | – | |||
| Club Deportivo Imperio | 1,000 | – | – | |||
| Club Sufacen Libramiento | 500 | – | – | |||
| 18,779 | – | |||||
| Universidad Cuauhtémoc | 500 | – | – | |||
| Club Vaqueros Ixtlán | 1,000 | – | – | |||
| Unidad Deportiva Landereñas | 500 | – | – |
Group with 18 teams from Coahuila, Nuevo León and Tamaulipas. Cinco Estrellas was dissafilliated in December 2017.[3]
| Team | City | Home ground | Capacity | Affiliate | Official Name | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sección 123 | 6,000 | – | – | |||
| Lázaro Cárdenas | 2,500 | – | – | |||
| 5,000 | – | – | ||||
| Pedro Salazar Maldonado | 3,000 | – | – | |||
| Alfonso Martínez Domínguez | 1,000 | – | – | |||
| Unidad Deportiva Tampico | 1,500 | – | – | |||
| Unidad Deportiva La Talaverna | 5,000 | – | – | |||
| Universitario Eugenio Alvizo Porras | 5,000 | – | ||||
| El Barrial | 570 | Atlético UEFA | ||||
| 22,000 | Ho Gar H Matamoros | |||||
| 7,000 | – | San Isidro Laguna F.C. | ||||
| Ciudad Deportiva Monterrey | 1,000 | – | – | |||
| Deportivo Bancario | 1,000 | – | Plateados de Cerro Azul | |||
| Manuel Cavazos Lerma | 1,000 | – | – | |||
| 7,000 | – | |||||
| Unidad Deportiva Oriente | 1,000 | – | – | |||
| La Cueva de Zuazua | 800 | – | ||||
| 1,000 | – | – |
Group with 13 teams from Chihuahua, Coahuila, Durango and Sonora.
| Team | City | Home ground | Capacity | Affiliate | Official Name | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ciudad Deportiva Chihuahua | 4,000 | – | – | |||
| 4,000 | – | |||||
| 20 de Noviembre | 2,500 | – | – | |||
| 18,000 | – | |||||
| Fidencio Hernández | 3,000 | – | – | |||
| Complejo Entrenamiento Bravo | 500 | – | ||||
| 20 de Noviembre | 2,500 | – | – | |||
| Municipal Guadalupe Victoria | 3,000 | – | FC Toros | |||
| 20 de Noviembre | 2,500 | – | – | |||
| Arturo Bravo Herrera | 3,000 | – | – | |||
| Cancha Aarón Gamal Aguirre Fimbres | 1,000 | – | ||||
| 22,000 | – | |||||
| Victoria | Unidad Deportiva Benito Juárez | 1,000 | – |
The Promotion Playoffs consisted of seven phases. Classify 64 teams, the number varies according to the number of teams in each group, being between three and six clubs per sector. The country will be divided into two zones: South Zone (Groups I to VII) and North Zone (Groups VIII to XIII). Eliminations were held according to the average obtained by each group, being ordered from best to worst by their percentage throughout the season.
| width=33 | P | width=150 | Team | width=33 | Pts | width=33 | G | width=60 | Pts/G | width=33 | GD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | align=left | 67 | 24 | 57 | |||||||
| 2 | align=left | 63 | 24 | 58 | |||||||
| 3 | align=left | 81 | 32 | 53 | |||||||
| 4 | align=left | 78 | 32 | 63 | |||||||
| 5 | align=left | 88 | 38 | 66 | |||||||
| 6 | align=left | 83 | 36 | 54 | |||||||
| 7 | align=left | 72 | 32 | 32 | |||||||
| 8 | align=left | 74 | 34 | 49 | |||||||
| 9 | align=left | 73 | 34 | 42 | |||||||
| 10 | align=left | 62 | 30 | 26 | |||||||
| 11 | align=left | 70 | 38 | 14 | |||||||
| 12 | align=left | 44 | 24 | 10 | |||||||
| 13 | align=left | 62 | 34 | 18 | |||||||
| 14 | align=left | 57 | 34 | 4 | |||||||
| 15 | align=left | 56 | 34 | 17 | |||||||
| 16 | align=left | 51 | 32 | 9 | |||||||
| 17 | align=left | 46 | 30 | 9 | |||||||
| 18 | align=left | 52 | 34 | 17 | |||||||
| 19 | align=left | 35 | 24 | 7 | |||||||
| 20 | align=left | 49 | 34 | 8 | |||||||
| 21 | align=left | 47 | 36 | –7 | |||||||
| 22 | align=left | 31 | 24 | –15 | |||||||
| 23 | align=left | 29 | 24 | –9 | |||||||
| 24 | align=left | 28 | 26 | –19 | |||||||
| 25 | align=left | 19 | 26 | –41 | |||||||
| 26 | align=left | 17 | 36 | –69 | |||||||
| 27 | align=left | 5 | 26 | –74 |
Players sorted first by goals scored, then by last name.
| Rank | Player | Club | Goals | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| align=center rowspan=1 | 1 |  José Ángel Espinoza | Cefor Canamy | align=center rowspan=1 | 45 | |
| align=center rowspan=1 | 2 | Esteban Torres | Albinegros de Orizaba | align=center rowspan=1 | 40 | |
| align=center rowspan=1 | 3 | Jorjan Pérez | Reales de Puebla | align=center rowspan=1 | 39 | |
| align=center rowspan=1 | 4 | Sergio Eduardo Rivera | Atlético San Francisco | align=center rowspan=1 | 37 | |
| align=center rowspan=1 | 5 | Eduardo López | CDU Uruapan | align=center rowspan=1 | 35 | |
| align=center rowspan=1 | 6 | Alan Delgado | Azules de la Sección 26 | align=center rowspan=1 | 32 | |
| align=center rowspan=1 | 7 | Diego Guadalupe Medina | Tepatitlán | align=center rowspan=1 | 31 | |
| align=center rowspan=1 | 8 | Carlos Antonio Casas | Mineros de Zacatecas | align=center rowspan=1 | 30 | |
| align=center rowspan=1 | 9 | Billy Uriel Espinosa | Sultanes de Tamazunchale | align=center rowspan=1 | 29 | |
| align=center rowspan=1 | 10 | Diego Raudel Padilla | Aves Blancas | align=center rowspan=1 | 28 |
Last updated on April 21, 2018.
Source: LigaTDP