| Competition: | Liga TDP |
| Season: | 2020–21 |
| Winners: | Fuertes de Fortín |
| Dates: | 25 September 2020 – July 2021 |
| Matches: | 2693 |
| Total Goals: | 8494 |
| League Topscorer: | Ricardo Alba (41 goals) |
| Prevseason: | 2019–20 |
| Nextseason: | 2021–22 |
| Extra Information: | Stats are from the regular season only |
The 2020–21 Liga TDP season is the fourth-tier football league of Mexico. The tournament began on 25 September 2020 and finished on 3 July 2021.
The Tercera División (Third Division) is divided into 14 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 14 groups consist of teams which are eligible to play in the liguilla de ascenso for two promotion spots, teams who are affiliated with teams in the Liga MX, Liga de Expansión MX and Liga Premier and development teams, which are not eligible for promotion but will play that who the better team in a sixteen 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.
Due to the suspension of the previous season, for the 2020–21 season there will be four promotions to the Liga Premier. Two to Serie A and two to Serie B.
Group with 12 teams from Campeche, Quintana Roo, Tabasco and Yucatán.[1] [2] Note: Delfines Márquez was announced as a participant for the season, but was excluded from the league after week 15 for failing to fulfill his obligations as an affiliated club. [3]
| Team | City | Home ground | Capacity | Affiliate | Official Name | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| La Muralla de Kin-Ha | 500 | — | — | |||
| CEDAR Cancún | 500 | — | ||||
| 15,087 | — | |||||
| 4,000 | — | — | ||||
| Alonso Diego Molina | 2,500 | — | — | |||
| 7,500 | — | |||||
| Unidad Deportiva Hunucmá | 1,000 | — | — | |||
| 12,000 | — | — | ||||
| 6,390 | — | |||||
| 20 de Noviembre | 3,000 | Venados[4] | — | |||
| Héctor Díaz de la Peña | 2,000 | — | — |
Group with 15 teams from Puebla and Veracruz.
| Team | City | Home ground | Capacity | Affiliate | Official Name | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Club Alpha Cancha 3 | 600 | — | — | |||
| Unidad Deportiva Hugo Sánchez | 2,500 | — | — | |||
| Rafael Murillo Vidal | 3,800 | — | — | |||
| UGM Nogales | 1,500 | — | — | |||
| Unidad Deportiva Eliezer Morales | 2,000 | — | — | |||
| Unidad Deportiva Mario Vázquez Raña | 800 | — | — | |||
| Unidad Deportiva San Juan Cuautlancingo | 500 | — | — | |||
| Fénix Solidaridad | 3,000 | — | — | |||
| 10,000 | — | — | ||||
| Unidad Deportiva Chachapa | 1,000 | — | — | |||
| Miguel Seoane Lavín | 1,000 | — | — | |||
| Polideportivo La Huizachera | 1,000 | — | — | |||
| Unidad Deportiva Los Cachorros | 1,000 | — | Toros Huatusco | |||
| Álvaro Lorenzo Fernández | 5,000 | — | — | |||
| Unidad Deportiva Mario Vázquez Raña | 800 | — | — |
Group with 10 teams from Chiapas and Oaxaca.[5]
| Team | City | Home ground | Capacity | Affiliate | Official Name | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 14,598 | – | |||||
| Brena Torres | 1,000 | — | – | |||
| Flor de Sospo | 3,000 | – | – | |||
| Cruz Azul | 2,000 | – | ||||
| Unidad Deportiva Santa María del Tule | 1,000 | – | – | |||
| Roberto Ortíz Solís | 2,000 | — | — | |||
| Flor de Sospo | 3,000 | – | – | |||
| General Manuel Cabrera Carrasquedo | 2,000 | – | – | |||
| Heriberto Kehoe Vincent | 2,000 | — | — | |||
| UNICACH | 1,000 | – | – |
Group with 20 teams from Mexico City and Greater Mexico City. Note: Promodep Central was enrolled in the season, but the team was retired after week 23.[6]
| Team | City | Home ground | Capacity | Affiliate | Official Name | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Deportivo Plutarco Elías Calles | 300 | – | – | |||
| Deportivo Francisco Zarco | 500 | Atlético San Juan de Aragón | ||||
| Canchas Titanium | 1,000 | – | – | |||
| Deportivo Francisco Zarco | 500 | – | – | |||
| 3,500 | – | – | ||||
| Deportivo Lázaro Cárdenas | 1,000 | – | – | |||
| Deportivo Benito Juárez | 1,000 | – | – | |||
| 5,000 | – | – | ||||
| San Isidro | 1,200 | – | – | |||
| Unidad Deportiva Luis Donaldo Colosio | 3,000 | – | – | |||
| Deportivo Tuzos Jorobas | 500 | – | – | |||
| Deportivo Plutarco Elías Calles | 300 | – | ||||
| Deportivo Plutarco Elías Calles | 300 | – | – | |||
| Venustiano Carranza, Mexico City | Deportivo Oceanía | 1,000 | – | – | ||
| Metropolitano | 4,000 | – | Valle de Xico F.C. | |||
| Deportivo Eduardo Molina | 500 | – | – | |||
| Deportivo Plutarco Elías Calles | 300 | – | – | |||
| Cancha Nou Camp | 1,000 | – | – | |||
| Deportivo Eduardo Molina | 500 | Novillos Neza |
Group with 14 teams from Mexico City and State of Mexico.
| Team | City | Home ground | Capacity | Affiliate | Official Name | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Arreola | 2,500 | – | – | |||
| 12 de Mayo | 1,500 | – | Deportivo Talpa | |||
| Jacinto Salinas "La Cabecilla" | 500 | – | – | |||
| San Isidro | 1,000 | – | – | |||
| Gustavo A. Vicencio | 2,000 | – | Originales Aguacateros | |||
| Francisco Flores | 3,000 | – | – | |||
| Unidad Deportiva Alarcón Hisojo | 1,500 | – | – | |||
| 500 | – | Halcones Zúñiga | ||||
| Unidad Deportiva Alfredo del Mazo | 1,000 | – | Grupo Sherwood | |||
| Unidad Deportiva San Antonio la Isla | 1,000 | – | CH Fútbol Club | |||
| JM "Grillo" Cruzalta | 3,000 | – | Fuerza Mazahua F.C. | |||
| Instalaciones de Metepec | 1,000 | – | ||||
| Municipal de Villa Guerrero | 1,500 | – | – | |||
| Deportivo Lázaro Cárdenas | 1,000 | – | – |
Group with 12 teams from Guerrero, Mexico City, Morelos, Puebla and State of Mexico.
| Team | City | Home ground | Capacity | Official name | Affiliate | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Deportivo Montesur | 1,000 | – | – | |||
| 13,000 | – | – | ||||
| Unidad Deportiva Chiconcuac | 1,000 | – | – | |||
| Unidad Deportiva Vidal Peralta | 1,000 | – | ||||
| Chilpancingo | David Josué García Evangelista | 2,000 | – | – | ||
| Campo La Era | 1,000 | – | – | |||
| Puebla City, Puebla | Centro Estatal del Deporte Mario Vázquez Raña | 800 | – | – | ||
| Unidad Deportiva Zihuatanejo | 1,000 | – | – | |||
| Unidad Deportiva Iguala | 4,000 | – | – | |||
| Unidad Deportiva La Perseverancia | 1,000 | – | – | |||
| Centro Deportivo Yautepec | 3,000 | – | ||||
| Centro Deportivo Yautepec | 3,000 | – | – |
Group with 16 teams from Hidalgo, Mexico City, Puebla, State of Mexico and Tlaxcala.
| Team | City | Home ground | Capacity | Affiliate | Official Name | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Deportivo Sierra Hermosa | 1,000 | – | – | |||
| Primero de Mayo | 2,500 | – | – | |||
| Nido Águila Huauchinango | 300 | – | – | |||
| Arreola | 2,500 | – | ||||
| Deportivo Cocotilán | 1,000 | – | ||||
| 4,000 | – | – | ||||
| Ing. Rubén Ramírez Ramírez | 1,000 | – | ||||
| Deportivo Espartaco | 1,000 | – | – | |||
| Unidad Deportiva Próspero Cahuantzi | 2,500 | – | – | |||
| Halcones Negros | Unidad Deportiva San José | 1,000 | – | – | ||
| Club Hidalguense | 600 | – | – | |||
| 12 de Mayo | 1,500 | – | – | |||
| Deportivo Marnap | 1,000 | – | – | |||
| Unidad Deportiva Silverio Pérez | 1,000 | – | – | |||
| Unidad Deportiva Javier Rojo Gómez | 2,000 | – | – | |||
| 3 de Noviembre | 1,000 | – | San José del Arenal | |||
| Universidad del Fútbol | 1,000 | – |
Group with 19 teams from Guanajuato, Jalisco, Michoacán and Querétaro. Note: Limsoccer F.C. was enrolled in the season, but was expelled after week 6 for failing to fulfill its obligations as an affiliate.[7]
| Team | City | Home ground | Capacity | Affiliate | Official Name | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Paricutín | 2,000 | – | – | |||
| Unidad Deportiva Reforma Lomas | 500 | – | – | |||
| Club Pacífico | 2,500 | – | – | |||
| Municipal de Degollado | 2,000 | – | ||||
| Delfines de Abasolo | Municipal de Abasolo | 2,500 | – | – | ||
| Complejo Deportivo INDEREQ | 1,000 | – | – | |||
| Unidad Deportiva Reforma Lomas | 500 | – | – | |||
| Municipal Zacapu | 2,000 | – | Monarcas Zacapu | |||
| Parque Bicentenario | 1,000 | Real Querétaro | ||||
| Unidad Deportiva La Cañada | 2,000 | Club Fundadores | ||||
| Unidad Deportiva Sur | 1,000 | – | Deportivo Soria | |||
| El Infiernillo | 1,000 | – | – | |||
| Parque Bicentenario | 1,000 | – | – | |||
| Universidad CEICKOR | 500 | – | – | |||
| Unidad Deportiva El Chamizal | 5,000 | – | – | |||
| Circuito Deportivo Brígido Vargas | 4,000 | – | – | |||
| Unidad Deportiva La Cañada | 2,000 | – | – | |||
| Unidad Deportiva Centenario | 1,000 | – | – |
Group with 13 teams from Aguascalientes, Durango, Guanajuato, Jalisco, Michoacán, San Luis Potosí and Zacatecas.
| Team | City | Home ground | Capacity | Affiliate | Official Name | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18,000 | – | |||||
| Canchas Furamo | 500 | – | Atlético Valladolid | |||
| CODE Las Joyas | 1,000 | – | – | |||
| CODE Las Joyas | 1,000 | – | – | |||
| Unidad Deportiva Enrique Fernández Martínez | 2,000 | – | Fut-Car | |||
| Unidad Deportiva de Purísima | 1,000 | – | Real Olmeca Sport | |||
| Ramón López Velarde | 2,000 | – | FC Zacatecas | |||
| 6,000 | – | |||||
| Universitario Deportiva Guadalupe | 1,000 | – | ||||
| Luis Guzmán | 2,000 | – | – | |||
| Club Somnus | 2,000 | – | Real Magarí | |||
| Centro Cultural y Deportivo Ciudad Valles | 1,000 | – | – | |||
| Universitario Unidad Deportiva Norte | 5,000 | – |
Group with 20 teams from Colima and Jalisco.
| Team | City | Home ground | Capacity | Affiliate | Official Name | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Miguel Hidalgo | 1,500 | – | – | |||
| Campos Elite | 1,000 | – | – | |||
| Víctor Sevilla | 4,000 | – | – | |||
| Corredor Industrial | 1,200 | – | – | |||
| Chino Rivas | 4,000 | – | – | |||
| Unidad Deportiva Mariano Otero | 3,000 | – | ||||
| Deportivo Sección 80 | 1,000 | – | Salamanca F.C. | |||
| Unidad Deportiva Etzatlán | 1,000 | – | – | |||
| Municipal Juan Rayo | 1,200 | – | – | |||
| Club Diablos Tesistán | 1,000 | – | – | |||
| Club Pumas Tesistán | 1,000 | – | – | |||
| Club Juanacatlán | 500 | – | – | |||
| Club Deportivo U. de G. | 3,000 | – | ||||
| Club Deportivo Imperio | 500 | – | – | |||
| Unidad Deportiva Revolución Mexicana | 3,000 | – | – | |||
| Club Vaqueros | 1,000 | – | – | |||
| Gustavo Díaz Ordaz | 4,000 | – | – | |||
| Colegio Once México | 3,000 | – | – | |||
| 8,085[8] | – | |||||
| San Andrés | 2,500 | – | Atlético Cocula |
Group with 17 teams from Jalisco, Nayarit and Sinaloa.
| Team | City | Home ground | Capacity | Affiliate | Official Name | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Club Vaqueros | 1,000 | – | – | |||
| Unidad Deportiva Acatic | 1,000 | – | ||||
| Unidad Deportiva Landereñas | 1,000 | – | – | |||
| 1,360 | – | – | ||||
| Morelos Tepehuaje | 1,000 | – | – | |||
| 4,000 | – | |||||
| Club Hacienda Real | 1,000 | – | – | |||
| Club Vaqueros Ixtlán | 1,000 | – | – | |||
| Centro Deportivo y Cultural 24 de Marzo | 3,000 | – | Volcanes de Colima | |||
| Juventud | 2,000 | – | ||||
| Unidad Deportiva Hugo Sánchez | 1,000 | – | – | |||
| Municipal Santa Rosa | 3,500 | – | ||||
| Municipal Agustín Flores Contreras | 3,000 | – | – | |||
| Municipal Benito Juárez | 1,500 | – | – | |||
| Cancha Pumitas | 1,000 | – | ||||
| 18,779 | – | |||||
| Unidad Deportiva AFEN | 2,000 | – | – |
Group with 8 teams from Coahuila, Nuevo León and Tamaulipas.
| Team | City | Home ground | Capacity | Affiliate | Official Name | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unidad Deportiva Benito Juárez | 5,000 | – | – | |||
| Alfonso Martínez Domínguez | 1,000 | – | – | |||
| FCD El Barrial | 570 | – | ||||
| Ciudad Deportiva Churubusco | 1,000 | – | – | |||
| Quinta Ximena | 1,000 | – | – | |||
| Clemente Salinas Netro | 1,000 | – | Bucaneros de Matamoros | |||
| Ciudad Deportiva Churubusco | 1,000 | – | Querétaro 3D Monterrey | |||
| 7,000 | – |
Group with 8 teams from Chihuahua and Sonora.
| Team | City | Home ground | Capacity | Affiliate | Official Name | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18,747 | – | |||||
| 20 de Noviembre | 2,500 | – | – | |||
| CEPROFFA | 1,000 | – | – | |||
| María Lourdes Leyva Mendoza | 1,000 | – | – | |||
| Unidad Deportiva Julio Alfonso | 3,000 | – | – | |||
| Unidad Deportiva Baldomero "Melo" Almada | 3,000 | – | – | |||
| 20 de Noviembre | 2,500 | – | – | |||
| 4,000 | – |
Group with 7 teams from Baja California. Although this group was officially announced by the League, no match was ever played between its members. The three places that belonged to this group in the play-offs were awarded to the three clubs with the best coefficient in the North Zone and who could not qualify through their own group.
| Team | City | Home ground | Capacity | Affiliate | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Parque Deportivo Necaxa | 1,000 | – | |||
| Unidad Deportiva CREA | 10,000 | – | |||
| Club Necaxa | 1,000 | – | |||
| Unidad Deportiva CREA | 10,000 | – | |||
| Unidad Deportiva CREA | 10,000 | – | |||
| Unidad Deportiva CREA | 10,000 | – | |||
| Andrés Luna | 2,000 | – |
The Promotion Play–offs will consist of seven phases. Classify 64 teams, the number varies according to the number of teams in each group, being between three and eight clubs per group. The country will be divided into two zones: South Zone (Groups I to VII) and North Zone (Groups VIII to XIII). Eliminations will be held according to the average obtained by each team, being ordered from best to worst by their percentage throughout the season.
As of this season, the names of the knockout stages were modified as follows: Round of 32, Round of 16, Quarter-finals, Semifinals, Zone Final and Final, this as a consequence of the division of the country into two zones, for so the teams only face clubs from the same region until the final series.
The first legs were played on 26 and 27 May, and the second legs were played on 29 and 30 May 2021.
The first legs were played on 2 and 3 June, and the second legs were played on 5 and 6 June 2021.
The first legs were played on 9 and 10 June, and the second legs were played on 12 and 13 June 2021.
The first legs were played on 16 June, and the second legs were played on 19 June 2021.
The first legs were played on 23 and 24 June, and the second legs were played on 26 and 27 June 2021.
The match was played on 3 July 2021.
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Each season a table is created among those teams that don't have the right to promote, because they are considered as reserve teams for teams that play in Liga MX, Liga de Expansión and Liga Premier or are independent teams that have requested not to participate for the Promotion due to the fact that they are footballers development projects. The ranking order is determined through the "quotient", which is obtained by dividing the points obtained between the disputed matches, being ordered from highest to lowest.
| width=33 | P | width=190 | Team | width=33 | Pts | width=33 | G | width=60 | Pts/G | width=33 | GD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | align=left | 82 | 32 | +59 | |||||||
| 2 | align=left | 74 | 32 | +50 | |||||||
| 3 | align=left | 55 | 24 | +31 | |||||||
| 4 | align=left | 40 | 20 | .00 | +6 | ||||||
| 5 | align=left | 62 | 32 | +30 | |||||||
| 6 | align=left | 52 | 28 | +11 | |||||||
| 7 | align=left | 50 | 28 | +23 | |||||||
| 8 | align=left | 45 | 27 | +5 | |||||||
| 9 | align=left | 51 | 32 | +4 | |||||||
| 10 | align=left | 57 | 38 | 0 | +3 | ||||||
| 11 | align=left | 30 | 20 | 0 | –4 | ||||||
| 12 | align=left | 29 | 20 | –2 | |||||||
| 13 | align=left | 46 | 32 | –11 | |||||||
| 14 | align=left | 36 | 28 | –11 | |||||||
| 15 | align=left | 34 | 28 | –17 | |||||||
| 16 | align=left | 38 | 32 | –8 | |||||||
| 17 | align=left | 38 | 32 | –30 | |||||||
| 18 | align=left | 34 | 32 | –19 | |||||||
| 19 | align=left | 25 | 24 | –18 | |||||||
| 20 | align=left | 23 | 26 | –32 | |||||||
| 21 | align=left | 22 | 26 | –27 | |||||||
| 22 | align=left | 27 | 32 | –28 | |||||||
| 23 | align=left | 18 | 26 | –53 | |||||||
| 24 | align=left | 13 | 26 | 0 | –69 | ||||||
| 25 | align=left | 14 | 34 | –70 | |||||||
| 26 | align=left | 7 | 32 | –76 |
The first legs were played on 26 May, and the second legs were played on 29 May 2021.
The first legs were played on 2 June, and the second legs were played on 5 June 2021.
The first legs were played on 9 and 10 June, and the second legs were played on 12 and 13 June 2021.
The first leg was played on 17 June, and the second leg was played on 20 June 2021.
Players sorted first by goals scored, then by last name.
| Rank | Player | Club | Goals | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| align=center rowspan=1 | 1 |  Ricardo Alba | Aragón | align=center rowspan=1 | 41 |
| align=center rowspan=1 | 2 | Enrique Ávalos | Chilangos | align=center rowspan=1 | 39 |
| align=center rowspan=1 | 3 | Daniel Axel Rodríguez | Azucareros de Tezonapa | align=center rowspan=1 | 30 |
| align=center rowspan=1 | 4 | Erick Carballo | Lechuzas UPGCH | align=center rowspan=1 | 28 |
| align=center rowspan=1 | 5 | Ehécatl Sigala | Deportivo Tala | align=center rowspan=1 | 26 |
| align=center rowspan=1 | 6 | Víctor Manuel Díaz | Cefor Chiapas | align=center rowspan=1 | 24 |
| align=center rowspan=2 | 7 | José Antonio Gachuz | MARNAP | align=center rowspan=2 | 23 |
| Luis Miguel Higareda | Gorilas de Juanacatlán | ||||
| align=center rowspan=3 | 9 | Maximiliano Flores | Álamos | align=center rowspan=3 | 22 |
| César Gutiérrez | Xalisco | ||||
| Daniel Valencia | Aguacateros de Peribán | ||||
Source:Liga TDP