| Competition: | Liga MX |
| Season: | 2017–18 |
| Winners: | Apertura: UANL (6th title) Clausura: Santos Laguna (6th title) |
| Relegated: | None |
| Continentalcup1: | Champions League |
| Continentalcup1 Qualifiers: | UANL Monterrey Santos Laguna Toluca |
| Matches: | 306 |
| Total Goals: | 775 |
| Total Goals Footnote: | Apertura: 388 (per match) Clausura: 387 (per match) |
| League Topscorer: | Apertura: Mauro Boselli Avilés Hurtado (11 goals) Clausura: Djaniny (14 goals) |
| Biggest Home Win: | Apertura: UANL 5–0 Puebla Necaxa 5–0 BUAP Clausura: BUAP 5–0 Veracruz Cruz Azul 5–0 Pachuca |
| Biggest Away Win: | Apertura: Querétaro 0–4 BUAP Clausura: León 0–4 Necaxa Puebla 2–6 Pachuca |
| Highest Scoring: | Apertura: León 6–2 Veracruz Clausura: Puebla 2–6 Pachuca |
| Longest Wins: | Apertura: 5 matches León Monterrey Clausura: 9 matches Toluca |
| Longest Unbeaten: | Apertura: 11 matches Monterrey Clausura: 11 matches América |
| Longest Winless: | Apertura: 12 matches Querétaro Clausura: 8 matches BUAP Cruz Azul UNAM |
| Longest Losses: | Apertura: 5 matches Veracruz Clausura: 5 matches BUAP Puebla |
| Highest Attendance: | Apertura: 51,507 Monterrey vs América Clausura: 51,307 America vs Cruz Azul |
| Lowest Attendance: | Apertura: 4,651 BUAP vs Tijuana Clausura: 7,183 BUAP vs Atlas |
| Attendance: | Apertura: 3,571,757 Clausura: 3,881,277 Overall: 7,453,034 |
| Average Attendance: | Apertura: 23,345 Clausura: 25,368 |
| Prevseason: | 2016–17 |
| Nextseason: | 2018–19 |
| Extra Information: | Stats are from the regular season only Source: ESPN FC |
The 2017–18 Liga MX season (known as the Liga BBVA Bancomer MX for sponsorship reasons) was the 71st professional season of the top-flight football league in Mexico. The season is split into two championships—the Torneo Apertura and the Torneo Clausura—each in an identical format and each contested by the same eighteen teams.
These are the eighteen teams that competed in the 2017-18 season. Chiapas was relegated to the Ascenso MX after accumulating the lowest coefficient last season, and were replaced by the Ascenso MX Clausura 2017 champion Lobos BUAP, who won promotion after defeating the Ascenso MX Apertura 2016 champion Dorados de Sinaloa in the 2016–17 Ascenso MX Promotion Final.
| América | Atlas | BUAP | Cruz Azul | Guadalajara | León | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Estadio Azteca | Estadio Jalisco | Estadio Universitario BUAP | Estadio Azul | Estadio Akron | Estadio León | |
| Capacity: 87,000 | Capacity: 55,110 | Capacity: 19,283 | Capacity: 33,000 | Capacity: 45,364 | Capacity: 31,297 | |
| Monterrey | Morelia | Necaxa | Pachuca | Puebla | Querétaro | |
| Estadio BBVA Bancomer | Estadio Morelos | Estadio Victoria | Estadio Hidalgo | Estadio Cuauhtémoc | Estadio Corregidora | |
| Capacity: 51,348 | Capacity: 34,795 | Capacity: 23,851 | Capacity: 27,512 | Capacity: 51,726 | Capacity: 33,162 | |
| Santos Laguna | Tijuana | Toluca | UANL | UNAM | Veracruz | |
| Estadio Corona | Estadio Caliente | Estadio Nemesio Díez | Estadio Universitario | Estadio Olímpico Universitario | Estadio Luis "Pirata" Fuente | |
| Capacity: 29,237 | Capacity: 27,333 | Capacity: 31,000 | Capacity: 41,886 | Capacity: 48,297 | Capacity: 28,703 | |
| Team | Outgoing manager | Manner of departure | Date of vacancy | Replaced by | Date of appointment | Position in table | Ref. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pre-Apertura changes | ||||||||
| América |  Ricardo La Volpe | End of contract | May 7, 2017 |  Miguel Herrera | May 26, 2017 | Preseason | [1] | |
| Tijuana | Miguel Herrera | Mutual agreement | May 26, 2017 | Eduardo Coudet | May 26, 2017 | Preseason | [2] | |
| Apertura changes | ||||||||
| UNAM | Francisco Palencia | Sacked | August 23, 2017 | Sergio Egea (interim) | August 23, 2017 | 15th | [3] | |
| León | Javier Torrente | Sacked | August 26, 2017 | Rubén Ayala (Interim) | August 27, 2017 | 14th | [4] | |
| León | Rubén Ayala (Interim) | End of tenure as caretaker | August 27, 2017 | Gustavo Díaz | August 30, 2017 | 14th | [5] | |
| Santos Laguna | José Manuel de la Torre | Sacked | September 18, 2017 | Robert Siboldi (Interim) | September 18, 2017 | 15th | [6] | |
| Veracruz | Juan Antonio Luna | Sacked | September 23, 2017 | José Cardozo | September 23, 2017 | 11th | [7] | |
| Puebla | Rafael García | Sacked | September 26, 2017 | Ignacio Sánchez (Interim) | September 26, 2017 | 18th | [8] | |
| Puebla | Ignacio Sánchez (Interim) | End of tenure as caretaker | October 3, 2017 | Enrique Meza | October 3, 2017 | 17th | [9] | |
| UNAM | Sergio Egea (Interim) | Resigned | October 3, 2017 | David Patiño (Interim) | October 3, 2017 | 18th | [10] | |
| Querétaro | Jaime Lozano | Sacked | October 22, 2017 | Luis Fernando Tena | October 22, 2017 | 18th | [11] | |
| Tijuana | Eduardo Coudet | Mutual agreement | October 30, 2017 | Diego Torres Ortíz (Interim) | October 31, 2017 | 11th | [12] | |
| Pre-Clausura changes | ||||||||
| Veracruz | José Cardozo | Sacked | November 23, 2017 | Guillermo Vázquez | December 1, 2017 | Preseason | [13] | |
| Cruz Azul | Paco Jémez | Mutual agreement | November 27, 2017 | Pedro Caixinha | December 5, 2017 | Preseason | [14] | |
| Tijuana | Diego Torres Ortíz (Interim) | End of tenure as caretaker | December 7, 2017 | Diego Cocca | December 7, 2017 | Preseason | ||
| Clausura changes | ||||||||
| Atlas | José Guadalupe Cruz | Sacked | January 15, 2018 | Gerardo Espinoza (Interim) | January 15, 2018 | 17th | [15] | |
| Atlas | Gerardo Espinoza (Interim) | End of tenure as caretaker | January 25, 2018 | Rubén Omar Romano | January 25, 2018 | 17th | [16] | |
| Atlas | Rubén Omar Romano | Sacked | March 19, 2018 | Gerardo Espinoza (Interim) | March 19, 2018 | 18th | [17] | |
| BUAP | Rafael Puente Jr. | Sacked | April 2, 2018 | Daniel Alcántar (Interim) | April 2, 2018 | 18th | [18] | |
The Apertura 2017 is the first championship of the season.
The season began on 21 July 2017 and ended on 19 November 2017.
The table lists the positions of teams after each week of matches. In order to preserve chronological evolvements, any postponed matches are not included in the round at which they were originally scheduled, but added to the full round they were played immediately afterwards. For example, if a match is scheduled for matchday 13, but then postponed and played between days 16 and 17, it will be added to the standings for day 16.
Players sorted first by goals scored, then by last name.
| Rank | Player | Club | Goals | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| align=center rowspan=2 | 1 | Mauro Boselli | León | align=center rowspan=2 | 11 |
 Avilés Hurtado | Monterrey | ||||
| align=center rowspan=4 | 3 | Julio Furch | Santos Laguna | align=center rowspan=4 | 9 |
| Julián Quiñones | BUAP | ||||
 Raúl Ruidíaz | Morelia | ||||
 Enner Valencia | UANL | ||||
| align=center rowspan=4 | 7 | Víctor Guzmán | Pachuca | align=center rowspan=4 | 8 |
| Felipe Mora | Cruz Azul | ||||
 Camilo Sanvezzo | Querétaro | ||||
| Fernando Uribe | Toluca |
Source: Liga MX
| Player | For ! | Against | Result | Date | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Enner Valencia | UANL | Puebla | 5–0 | 22 July 2017 |
| Rank | Player | Club | width=85 | Clean sheets | width=40 | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| align=center rowspan=2 | 1 | Hugo González | Monterrey | align=center rowspan=2 | 8 | align=center rowspan=1 | |
| Marcelo Barovero | Necaxa | align=center rowspan=1 | |||||
| align=center rowspan=1 | 3 | Nahuel Guzmán | UANL | align=center rowspan=1 | 7 | align=center rowspan=1 | |
| align=center rowspan=1 | 4 | Sebastián Sosa | Morelia | align=center rowspan=1 | 6 | align=center rowspan=1 | .00 |
| align=center rowspan=4 | 5 | Moisés Muñoz | Puebla | align=center rowspan=4 | 4 | align=center rowspan=1 | |
| Agustín Marchesín | América | align=center rowspan=1 | |||||
| Luis Manuel García | Toluca | align=center rowspan=1 | |||||
| Alfredo Saldívar | UNAM | align=center rowspan=1 | |||||
| align=center rowspan=5 | 9 | Óscar Ustari | Atlas | align=center rowspan=5 | 3 | align=center rowspan=1 | |
| Gibrán Lajud | Tijuana | align=center rowspan=1 | |||||
| José de Jesús Corona | Cruz Azul | align=center rowspan=1 | |||||
 William Yarbrough | León | align=center rowspan=1 | |||||
| Tiago Volpi | Querétaro | align=center rowspan=1 |
Source: Fox Sports
| Rank | Player | Club | width=40 | Saves |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sebastián Sosa | Morelia | 75 | |
| 2 | Marcelo Barovero | Necaxa | 67 | |
| 2 | Rodolfo Cota | Guadalajara | 67 | |
| 4 | Tiago Volpi | Querétaro | 63 | |
| 5 | Nahuel Guzmán | UANL | 58 | |
| 5 | Agustín Marchesín | América | 58 | |
| 7 | Jonathan Orozco | Santos Laguna | 57 | |
| 8 | Alfredo Saldívar | UNAM | 55 | |
| 8 | Gibrán Lajud | Tijuana | 55 | |
| 10 | Luis Manuel García | Toluca | 54 | |
| 10 | William Yarbrough | León | 54 |
| Highest attendance | Lowest attendance | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Week | Home | Score | Away | Attendance | Home | Score | Away | Attendance | ||
| 1 | UANL | 5–0 | Puebla | 41,269 | BUAP | 2–2 | Santos Laguna | 5,815 | ||
| 2 | Monterrey | 1–0 | Veracruz | 46,130 | Puebla | 1–1 | Morelia | 12,067 | ||
| 3 | América | 2–1 | UNAM | 45,256 | BUAP | 3–2 | Pachuca | 8,764 | ||
| 4 | Atlas | 0–1 | América | 49,313 | Puebla | 1–1 | Tijuana | 8,124 | ||
| 5 | UANL | 2–0 | UNAM | 41,427 | Veracruz | 1–1 | Querétaro | 14,436 | ||
| 6 | Monterrey | 4–1 | Toluca | 46,496 | Puebla | 0–1 | León | 6,232 | ||
| 7 | UANL | 3–2 | BUAP | 41,329 | Toluca | 2–1 | Puebla | 12,584 | ||
| 8 | Monterrey | 1–0 | Necaxa | 50,721 | BUAP | 1–3 | Morelia | 12,623 | ||
| 9 | Monterrey | 2–1 | Atlas | 47,106 | Necaxa | 1–1 | Puebla | 8,456 | ||
| 10 | América | 2–1 | Guadalajara | 47,532 | BUAP | 1–2 | Tijuana | 4,651 | ||
| 11 | Monterrey | 1–1 | Santos Laguna | 42,953 | Puebla | 1–2 | Atlas | 5,127 | ||
| 12 | UANL | 1–0 | Guadalajara | 41,322 | BUAP | 0–3 | León | 9,464 | ||
| 13 | Monterrey | 2–0 | Pachuca | 46,888 | Puebla | 2–2 | Querétaro | 4,802 | ||
| 14 | UANL | 3–0 | Toluca | 41,405 | BUAP | 3–0 | Cruz Azul | 14,230 | ||
| 15 | Monterrey | 2–0 | América | 51,348 | Puebla | 3–0 | UNAM | 12,481 | ||
| 16 | UANL | 1–0 | Necaxa | 41,210 | BUAP | 2–1 | Monterrey | 8,334 | ||
| 17 | Monterrey | 2–0 | UANL | 51,127 | Necaxa | 1–2 | Morelia | 17,750 | ||
Source: Liga MX
See main article: Apertura 2017 Liga MX final phase.
The Clausura 2018 is the second championship of the season. The regular phase of the tournament began in January 2018.
The table lists the positions of teams after each week of matches. In order to preserve chronological evolvements, any postponed matches are not included in the round at which they were originally scheduled, but added to the full round they were played immediately afterwards. For example, if a match is scheduled for matchday 13, but then postponed and played between days 16 and 17, it will be added to the standings for day 16.
Players sorted first by goals scored, then by last name.
| Rank | Player | Club | Goals | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| align=center rowspan=1 | 1 |  Djaniny | Santos Laguna | align=center rowspan=1 | 14 |
| align=center rowspan=1 | 2 | Nicolás Castillo | UNAM | align=center rowspan=1 | 11 |
| align=center rowspan=5 | 3 | Mauro Boselli | León | align=center rowspan=5 | 9 |
 Lucas Cavallini | Puebla | ||||
| Carlos González | Necaxa | ||||
 André-Pierre Gignac | UANL | ||||
| Raúl Ruidíaz | Morelia | ||||
| align=center rowspan=2 | 8 | Milton Caraglio | Atlas | align=center rowspan=2 | 8 |
| Julián Quiñones | BUAP | ||||
| align=center rowspan=2 | 10 |  Keisuke Honda | Pachuca | align=center rowspan=2 | 7 |
| Sebastián Palacios | Pachuca | ||||
| Player | For ! | Against | Result | Date | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Djaniny | Santos Laguna | BUAP | 4–2 | 7 January 2018 | |
| Henry Martín | América | BUAP | 5–1 | 3 February 2018 | |
| Djaniny | Santos Laguna | León | 5–1 | 14 February 2018 | |
| Sebastián Palacios4 | Pachuca | Puebla | 6–2 | 6 April 2018 | |
| Raúl Ruidíaz | Morelia | León | 3–2 | 7 April 2018 | |
| Nicolas Castillo | UNAM | Puebla | 4–2 | 15 April 2018 |
4 Player scored four goals
| Rank | Player | Club | width=85 | Clean sheets | width=40 | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| align=center rowspan=1 | 1 | Gibrán Lajud | Tijuana | align=center rowspan=1 | 8 | align=center rowspan=1 | |
| align=center rowspan=1 | 2 | Agustín Marchesín | América | align=center rowspan=1 | 7 | align=center rowspan=1 | |
| align=center rowspan=3 | 3 | Alfredo Talavera | Toluca | align=center rowspan=3 | 6 | align=center rowspan=1 | 0 |
| Marcelo Barovero | Necaxa | align=center rowspan=1 | |||||
| Nahuel Guzmán | UANL | align=center rowspan=1 | |||||
| align=center rowspan=3 | 6 | José de Jesús Corona | Cruz Azul | align=center rowspan=3 | 5 | align=center rowspan=2 | |
| Tiago Volpi | Querétaro | ||||||
| Jonathan Orozco | Santos Laguna | align=center rowspan=1 | |||||
| align=center rowspan=1 | 9 | Alfonso Blanco | Pachuca | align=center rowspan=1 | 4 | align=center rowspan=1 | |
| align=center rowspan=5 | 10 | José Hernández | Atlas | align=center rowspan=5 | 3 | align=center rowspan=1 | 0 |
| Hugo González | Monterrey | align=center rowspan=1 | |||||
| Moisés Muñoz | Puebla | align=center rowspan=1 | |||||
| Sebastián Sosa | Morelia | align=center rowspan=1 | |||||
| William Yarbrough | León | align=center rowspan=1 |
Source: Fox Sports
| Rank | Player | Club | width=40 | Saves |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tiago Volpi | Querétaro | 82 | |
| 2 | Alfredo Saldívar | UNAM | 72 | |
| 3 | Sebastián Sosa | Morelia | 67 | |
| 4 | Gibrán Lajud | Tijuana | 66 | |
| 5 | Alfonso Blanco | Pachuca | 65 | |
| 6 | José de Jesús Corona | Cruz Azul | 56 | |
| 7 | William Yarbrough | León | 55 | |
| 8 | Rodolfo Cota | Guadalajara | 54 | |
| 9 | Nahuel Guzmán | UANL | 47 | |
| 10 | Marcelo Barovero | Necaxa | 46 | |
| 10 | Moisés Muñoz | Puebla | 46 |
Source: Fox Sports
| Highest attendance | Lowest attendance | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Week | Home | Score | Away | Attendance | Home | Score | Away | Attendance | ||
| 1 | Monterrey | 1–1 | Morelia | 42,948 | Necaxa | 0–0 | Veracruz | 12,535 | ||
| 2 | UANL | 2–1 | Santos Laguna | 41,396 | BUAP | 0–2 | Querétaro | 7,300 | ||
| 3 | UNAM | 0–0 | América | 45,980 | Puebla | 2–0 | Veracruz | 17,116 | ||
| 4 | UANL | 3–2 | Pachuca | 41,268 | Veracruz | 1–1 | Santos Laguna | 12,259 | ||
| 5 | Monterrey | 5–1 | León | 44,562 | América | 5–1 | BUAP | 18,282 | ||
| 6 | UANL | 1–1 | América | 41,478 | BUAP | 3–1 | Atlas | 7,183 | ||
| 7 | Monterrey | 2–2 | Cruz Azul | 40,197 | BUAP | 0–0 | UANL | 10,237 | ||
| 8 | UANL | 2–0 | Atlas | 41,185 | Cruz Azul | 1–1 | Puebla | 12,187 | ||
| 9 | UNAM | 1–1 | Guadalajara | 43,825 | Puebla | 1–1 | Necaxa | 17,717 | ||
| 10 | Guadalajara | 1–1 | América | 42,179 | Cruz Azul | 0–1 | Querétaro | 11,085 | ||
| 11 | UANL | 1–0 | Tijuana | 41,304 | Querétaro | 1–1 | Necaxa | 18,001 | ||
| 12 | Monterrey | 3–1 | Querétaro | 41,072 | León | 2–2 | BUAP | 13,175 | ||
| 13 | América | 2–1 | Cruz Azul | 51,307 | BUAP | 1–2 | Toluca | 10,826 | ||
| 14 | Monterrey | 2–1 | UNAM | 44,306 | Puebla | 2–6 | Pachuca | 13,646 | ||
| 15 | UANL | 2–2 | Cruz Azul | 41,228 | UNAM | 4–2 | Puebla | 17,800 | ||
| 16 | Atlas | 1–0 | Guadalajara | 46,565 | Querétaro | 0–0 | Pachuca | 16,446 | ||
| 17 | UANL | 2–2 | Monterrey | 41,615 | BUAP | 0–1 | Puebla | 10,876 | ||
Source: Liga MX
See main article: Clausura 2018 Liga MX championship stage.
The aggregate table (the sum of points of both the Apertura and Clausura tournaments) will be used to determine the participants of the Apertura 2018 Copa MX. This table also displays teams that have qualified for the 2019 CONCACAF Champions League.