2021–22 Serie B de México season explained

Competition:	Serie B de México
Season:	2021–22
Winners:	Apertura: Aguacateros CDU (1st title) Clausura: Aguacateros CDU (2nd title)
Matches:	98
Total Goals:	367
League Topscorer:	Apertura: Bryan Mota (17 goals) Clausura: Juan Carlos Peña (14 goals)
Biggest Home Win:	Apertura: Aguacateros CDU 6–0 Huracanes Izcalli Clausura: Aguacateros CDU 8–0 Lobos Huerta
Biggest Away Win:	Apertura: Guerreros de Xico 0–6 Aguacateros CDU Ciervos 2–8 Aguacateros CDU Clausura: Guerreros de Xico 0–5 Alebrijes de Oaxaca
Highest Scoring:	Apertura: Ciervos 3–7 Cuautla Ciervos 2–8 Aguacateros CDU Clausura: Aguacateros CDU 8–0 Lobos Huerta Aguacateros CDU 7–1 Ciervos
Longest Wins:	Apertura:6 matches Alebrijes de Oaxaca Clausura:5 matches Aguacateros CDU
Longest Unbeaten:	Apertura:8 matches Alebrijes de Oaxaca Clausura:11 matches Alebrijes de Oaxaca
Longest Winless:	Apertura:14 matches Guerreros de Xico Clausura:12 matches Guerreros de Xico
Longest Losses:	Apertura:14 matches Guerreros de Xico Clausura:7 matches Guerreros de Xico
Highest Attendance:	Apertura: 600 Cuautla vs Alebrijes de Oaxaca Aguacateros CDU vs Alebrijes de Oaxaca Clausura: 500 Aguacateros CDU vs Guerreros de Xico Calor vs Alebrijes de Oaxaca
Lowest Attendance:	Apertura: 20 Guerreros de Xico vs Lobos Huerta 50 Huracanes Izcalli vs Calor
Attendance:	Apertura: 8,805 Clausura: 5,315
Average Attendance:	Apertura: 220 Clausura: 144
Prevseason:	2020–21
Nextseason:	2022–23
Extra Information:	Stats are from the regular season only

The 2021–22 Liga Premier de México season is part of the third-tier football league of Mexico. The tournament began on 18 September 2021.

Offseason changes

• Since 2021–22 season, the season will once again be divided into two tournaments: Apertura and Clausura.^[1]
• Calor returned from hiatus for 2021–22 season, after last season was on hiatus due to COVID-19.
• Aguacateros CDU returns to Serie B after an invite to participate in Serie A for the 2020–21 season when Serie B was suspended. Also Ciervos and Cuautla returns to Serie B.^[2]
• On July 30, 2021, Alebrijes de Oaxaca, Ángeles Morelos, Guerreros de Xico, Huracanes Izcalli and Lobos Huerta joined the league as expansion teams.
• On August 8, 2021, Aragón F.C. announced that it will not participate in the season for administrative reasons, the team had been announced as a new participant on July 30, 2021. ^[3]
• On September 10, 2021, Ángeles SUD F.C. Morelos was put on hiatus.

Teams

Club	Manager	City	Stadium	Capacity	Affiliate
				6,000	—
				14,598	Alebrijes de Oaxaca
			Unidad Deportiva Nora Leticia Rocha	5,000^[4]	—
			Arreola	3,217^[5]	—
				5,000	—
				6,000	—
				3,500	—
				3,500	—

Torneo Apertura

Regular Season statistics

Top goalscorers

Players sorted first by goals scored, then by last name.

Rank	Player	Club	Goals
align=center	1	Bryan Mota	Aguacateros CDU	align=center	17
align=center rowspan=1	2	Raúl Magallón	Calor	align=center rowspan=1	15
align=center rowspan=1	3	Julio Ibarra	Ciervos	align=center rowspan=1	9
align=center rowspan=3	4	Joel Robinson	Calor	align=center rowspan=3	8
Juan Carlos Peña	Aguacateros CDU
Daniel Rodríguez	Lobos Huerta
align=center rowspan=1	7	Suker Estrada	Cuautla	align=center rowspan=1	7
align=center rowspan=4	8	Juan David Flores	Cuautla	align=center rowspan=4	6
Daniel Guzmán	Alebrijes de Oaxaca
Osiel Herrera	Alebrijes de Oaxaca
Aldo Suárez	Cuautla

Source:Liga Premier FMF

Hat-tricks

Player	For	Against	Result	Date	Round	Reference
Bryan Mota	Aguacateros CDU	Guerreros de Xico	0 – 6 (A)	18 September 2021	1	https://ligapremier-fmf.mx/cedula.php?p=9736
Bryan Mota	Aguacateros CDU	Ciervos	4 – 0 (H)	9 October 2021	4	http://www.ligamx.net/cancha/informeArbitral/123532/eyJpZFRlbXBvcmFkYSI6IjcyIiwiaWRUb3JuZW8iOiIxIiwiaWREaXZpc2lvbiI6IjE1IiwiaWRDbHViTG9jYWwiOiIxMTYwNyIsImlkQ2x1YlZpc2l0YSI6IjExNTk1In0=
Raúl Magallón	Calor	Lobos Huerta	5 – 0 (H)	29 October 2021	8	http://www.ligamx.net/cancha/informeArbitral/123548/eyJpZFRlbXBvcmFkYSI6IjcyIiwiaWRUb3JuZW8iOiIxIiwiaWREaXZpc2lvbiI6IjE1IiwiaWRDbHViTG9jYWwiOiIxMTI1NiIsImlkQ2x1YlZpc2l0YSI6IjEyMzkzIn0=
Bryan Mota	Ciervos	Aguacateros CDU	2 – 8 (A)	13 November 2021	11	https://ligapremier-fmf.mx/cedula.php?p=9907
Francisco Flores	Ciervos	Aguacateros CDU	2 – 8 (A)	13 November 2021	11	https://ligapremier-fmf.mx/cedula.php?p=9907
Juan Carlos Peña	Aguacateros CDU	Alebrijes de Oaxaca	4 – 0 (H)	20 November 2021	12	https://ligapremier-fmf.mx/cedula.php?p=9923
Raúl Magallón	Calor	Guerreros de Xico	4 – 1 (A)	4 December 2021	14	https://ligapremier-fmf.mx/cedula.php?p=9947

(H) – Home ; (A) – Away

Attendance

Per team

	Home match played behind closed doors
	Away match
	Highest attended match
	Lowest attended match
	Match canceled
PPD	Match postponed

Team	Week
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		200		500		500		500		200		600		300			7
		50	30		100		100	50			200		50				7
		400		150	200		300	50		300			200				7
	0		25		50		250		50		50		50				6
	600					500			500		500	500		0			5
	100			30		100			30	20		50		50			7
		200		250			200	0		0		0	0				3
	0		0		0	100			0		0			0			1
Total	700	850	55	930	350	1200	850	600	580	520	750	1,150	300	0			43

Source: Liga Premier FMF

Highest and lowest

Highest attended					Lowest attended
Week	Home	Score	Away	Attendance	Home	Score	Away	Attendance
1	Cuautla	4–2	Alebrijes de Oaxaca	600	Guerreros de Xico	0–6	Aguacateros CDU	100
2	Calor	1–1	Cuautla	400	Alebrijes de Oaxaca	3–0	Ciervos	50
3	Alebrijes de Oaxaca	2–0	Huracanes Izcalli	30	Ciervos	0–3	Calor	25
4	Aguacateros CDU	4–0	Ciervos	500	Guerreros de Xico	0–3	Cuautla	30
5	Calor	4–1	Huracanes Izcalli	200	Ciervos	5–0	Guerreros de Xico	50
6	Aguacateros CDU	3–2	Calor	500	Guerreros de Xico	0–3	Alebrijes de Oaxaca	100
7	Calor	2–0	Guerreros de Xico	300	Alebrijes de Oaxaca	4–0	Lobos Huerta	100
8	Aguacateros CDU	5–0	Guerreros de Xico	500	Calor	5–0	Lobos Huerta	50
9	Cuautla	2–1	Calor	500	Guerreros de Xico	0–3	Huracanes Izcalli	30
10	Calor	4–0	Ciervos	300	Guerreros de Xico	1–4	Lobos Huerta	20
11	Cuautla	3–0	Guerreros de Xico	500	Ciervos	2–8	Aguacateros CDU	50
12	Aguacateros CDU	4–0	Alebrijes de Oaxaca	600	Guerreros de Xico	0–3	Ciervos	50
13	Calor	2–1	Aguacateros CDU	200	Ciervos	3–0	Lobos Huerta	50
14	Aguacateros CDU	6–0	Huracanes Izcalli	300	Guerreros de Xico	1–4	Calor	50

Source: Liga Premier FMF

Liguilla

The four best teams play two games against each other on a home-and-away basis. The higher seeded teams play on their home field during the second leg. The winner of each match up is determined by aggregate score. In the semifinals, if the two teams are tied on aggregate the higher seeded team advances. In the final, if the two teams are tied after both legs, the match goes to extra time and, if necessary, a penalty shoot-out.

Semi-final

The first leg was played on 10 December, and the second leg was played on 13 December 2021.

Second leg

Final

The first leg was played on 16 December, and the second leg was played on 19 December 2021.

Second leg

Torneo Clausura

The Torneo Clausura began on 14 January 2022.

Season changes

• On February 15, 2022 C.D. Cuautla was excluded from the competition for not paying the debts to the league and the football federation, so it does not take part in the Clausura 2022 tournament.^[6]

Positions by Round

NOTE: Weeks 2 and 3 of the tournament were postponed due to administrative issues and COVID-19, so in practice they were played like weeks 13 and 14 of the tournament.

Regular Season statistics

Top goalscorers

Players sorted first by goals scored, then by last name.

Rank	Player	Club	Goals
align=center rowspan=1	1	Juan Carlos Peña	Aguacateros CDU	align=center rowspan=1	14
align=center rowspan=1	2	Raymundo Mejía	Huracanes Izcalli	align=center rowspan=1	10
align=center rowspan=1	3	Eduardo Banda	Alebrijes de Oaxaca	align=center rowspan=1	9
align=center rowspan=3	4	Raúl Magallón	Calor	align=center rowspan=3	7
Daniel Rodríguez	Lobos Huerta
Eliseo Toledo	Alebrijes de Oaxaca
align=center rowspan=5	7	Eduardo Díaz	Calor	align=center rowspan=5	5
Francisco Flores	Aguacateros CDU
Bryan Mota	Aguacateros CDU
Dante Narváez	Huracanes Izcalli
Edgar Olvera	Lobos Huerta

Source:Liga Premier FMF

Hat-tricks

Player	For	Against	Result	Date	Round	Reference
Juan Carlos Peña	Aguacateros CDU	Lobos Huerta	8 – 0 (H)	12 March 2022	9	https://ligapremier-fmf.mx/cedula.php?p=10178
Juan Carlos Peña	Aguacateros CDU	Ciervos	7 – 1 (H)	26 March 2022	11	https://ligapremier-fmf.mx/cedula.php?p=10185
Raymundo Mejía	Huracanes Izcalli	Lobos Huerta	5 – 1 (H)	26 March 2022	11	https://ligapremier-fmf.mx/cedula.php?p=10187
Daniel Áxel Rodríguez	Lobos Huerta	Ciervos	5 – 0 (H)	8 April 2022	13	https://ligapremier-fmf.mx/cedula.php?p=10192

(H) – Home ; (A) – Away

Attendance

Highest and lowest

Highest attended					Lowest attended
Week	Home	Score	Away	Attendance	Home	Score	Away	Attendance
1	Aguacateros CDU	7–0	Guerreros de Xico	500	Huracanes Izcalli	3–1	Ciervos	50
2	Guerreros de Xico	0–4	Huracanes Izcalli	50	Lobos Huerta	1–2	Aguacateros CDU	50
3	Calor	3–0	Ciervos	300	Guerreros de Xico	0–1	Lobos Huerta	30
4	Ciervos	1–3	Aguacateros CDU	100	Alebrijes de Oaxaca	1–1	Calor	50
5	Aguacateros CDU	2–2	Alebrijes de Oaxaca	300	Huracanes Izcalli	1–1	Calor	50
6	Calor	1–2	Aguacateros CDU	200	Ciervos	2–1	Lobos Huerta	50
7	Aguacateros CDU	3–1	Huracanes Izcalli	300	Guerreros de Xico	0–3	Calor	50
8	Guerreros de Xico	0–3	Aguacateros CDU	100	Ciervos	1–2	Huracanes Izcalli	100
9	Aguacateros CDU	8–0	Lobos Huerta	450	Huracanes Izcalli	1–0	Guerreros de Xico	50
10	Alebrijes de Oaxaca	3–3	Huracanes Izcalli	50	N/A
11	Calor	1–2	Alebrijes de Oaxaca	500	Huracanes Izcalli	5–1	Lobos Huerta	50
12	Calor	5–0	Huracanes Izcalli	100	Alebrijes de Oaxaca	2–2	Aguacateros CDU	50
13	Aguacateros CDU	0–1	Calor	400	Lobos Huerta	5–0	Ciervos	25
14	Calor	2–0	Guerreros de Xico	200	Huracanes Izcalli	2–2	Aguacateros CDU	50

Source: Liga Premier FMF

Liguilla

The four best teams play two games against each other on a home-and-away basis. The higher seeded teams play on their home field during the second leg. The winner of each match up is determined by aggregate score. In the semifinals, if the two teams are tied on aggregate the higher seeded team advances. In the final, if the two teams are tied after both legs, the match goes to extra time and, if necessary, a penalty shoot-out.

Semi-finals

The first legs will be played on 29 and 30 April, and the second legs will be played on 6 and 7 May 2022.

Second leg

Final

The first leg were played on 14 May, and the second leg were played on 21 May 2022.

Second leg

Coefficient table

width=33	P	width=180	Team	width=33	Pts	width=33	G	width=60	Pts/G	width=33	GD
1	align=left		66	26		+69
2	align=left		60	26		+30
3	align=left		54	26		+38
4	align=left		41	26		–11
5	align=left		29	26		–26
6	align=left		24	26		–39
7	align=left		1	26		–82

Last updated: April 23, 2022
Source: Liga Premier FMF
P = Position; G = Games played; Pts = Points; Pts/G = Ratio of points to games played; GD = Goal difference

Promotion to Liga Premier – Serie A

As champion of the two tournaments of the season, Aguacateros CDU won the right to be promoted to Liga Premier – Serie A.

See also

• 2021–22 Liga MX season
• 2021–22 Liga de Expansión MX season
• 2021–22 Serie A de México season
• 2021–22 Liga TDP season

External links

• Official website of Liga Premier FMF

Notes and References

1. Web site: ¡REGRESAN LOS TORNEOS CORTOS! . Liga Premier Magazine . 1 August 2021 . es . 30 July 2021.
2. Web site: ¡REGRESO DE SERIE B DE 10! . Liga Premier Magazine . 1 August 2021 . es . 30 July 2021.
3. Web site: Comunicado Oficial . Club Atlético Aragón on Facebook . 11 August 2021 . es . 8 August 2021.
4. Web site: Club Calor . ligapremier-fmf.mx . 18 October 2021 . es.
5. Web site: Club de Ciervos FC . ligapremier-fmf.mx . 18 October 2021 . es.
6. Web site: García . Oscar . Arroceros Cuautla, excluidos del torneo Clausura 2022 . El Sol de Cuautla . 16 February 2022 . es . 15 February 2022.