Competition: | Liga MX |
Season: | 2022–23 |
Winners: | Apertura: Pachuca (7th title) Clausura: UANL (8th title) |
Continentalcup1: | Champions Cup |
Continentalcup1 Qualifiers: | Pachuca UANL Toluca Guadalajara Monterrey América |
Matches Footnote: | Apertura: 153 Clausura: 153 |
Total Goals Footnote: | Apertura: 420 (per match) Clausura: 432 (per match) |
League Topscorer: | Apertura: Nicolás Ibáñez (11 goals) Clausura: Henry Martín (14 goals) |
Biggest Home Win: | Apertura: América 7–0 Cruz Azul Clausura: América 6–0 Mazatlán |
Biggest Away Win: | Apertura: Necaxa 0–4 Guadalajara UNAM 1–5 Santos Laguna Clausura: Santos Laguna 0–5 Toluca |
Highest Scoring: | Apertura: Santos Laguna 4–3 Monterrey América 7–0 Cruz Azul Pachuca 6–1 Tijuana Clausura: Puebla 5–2 Tijuana |
Longest Wins: | Apertura: 9 matches América Clausura: 7 matches Monterrey |
Longest Unbeaten: | Apertura: 12 matches América Clausura: 12 matches Monterrey |
Longest Winless: | Apertura: 12 matches Puebla Clausura: 10 matches Atlas |
Longest Losses: | Apertura: 4 matches Cruz Azul León Clausura: 6 matches Mazatlán |
Highest Attendance: | Apertura: 65,461 América vs Guadalajara Clausura: 66,364 Cruz Azul vs América |
Lowest Attendance: | Apertura: 5,668 Pachuca vs Atlas Clausura: 8,819 Mazatlán vs Pachuca |
Attendance: | Apertura: 2,977,293 Clausura: 3,450,854 |
Average Attendance: | Apertura: 20,533 Clausura: 23,160 |
Prevseason: | 2021–22 |
Nextseason: | 2023–24 |
Extra Information: | Stats are from the regular season only Source: Liga MX |
The 2022–23 Liga MX season (known as the Liga BBVA MX for sponsorship reasons) was the 76th professional season of the top-flight football league in Mexico. The season was divided into two championships—the Apertura 2022 and the Clausura 2023—each in an identical format and each contested by the same eighteen teams. The winners of the two championships met in the 2023 Campeón de Campeones match.
With the 2022 FIFA World Cup commencing on 20 November, the second leg of the Apertura 2022 final was played on 30 October.
The Estadio Azteca will be closed from 2023 to 2025 due to renovations for the 2026 FIFA World Cup.[1] [2] Although the project was anticipated to begin in January 2023, the renovations were postponed for the summer of 2023.[3] [4]
Team | Chairman | Head Coach | Captain | Kit manufacturer | Shirt sponsor(s) (front) | |
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América | Santiago Baños | ![]() | ![]() | Nike | AT&T, The Home Depot | |
Atlas | José Riestra | ![]() | ![]() | Charly | Caliente, Perdura, Uniclick | |
Atlético San Luis | Alberto Marrero | ![]() | Sporelli | Canel's, BH Fitness, Cementos Moctezuma, Laboratorio TEQUIS | ||
Cruz Azul | Víctor Velázquez | ![]() | ![]() | Joma | Cemento Cruz Azul | |
Guadalajara | Amaury Vergara | ![]() | ![]() | Puma | Caliente | |
Juárez | Miguel Ángel Garza | ![]() | Sporelli | Betcris | ||
León | Jesús Martínez Murguia | ![]() | ![]() | Charly | Cementos Fortaleza, Office Depot, Roshfrans, Telcel | |
Mazatlán | Mauricio Lanz González | ![]() | Pirma | Caliente, Paquetexpress, Banda el Recodo | ||
Monterrey | José Antonio Noriega[5] | ![]() | Celso Ortiz | Puma | BBVA, Codere | |
Necaxa | Ernesto Tinajero Flores | ![]() | Fabricio Formiliano | Pirma | Rolcar, Playdoit, J.M. Romo | |
Pachuca | Armando Martínez Patiño | Guillermo Almada | ![]() | Charly | Cementos Fortaleza, Office Depot, Roshfrans, Telcel | |
Puebla | Manuel Jiménez García | ![]() | Antony Silva | Pirma | Caliente, Red Cola | |
Querétaro | Vacant | ![]() | ![]() | Charly | Pedigree Petfoods, Boing, Grupo Sayer, NOX Móvil, Petro Figue's, Tarro 33 | |
Santos Laguna | Dante Elizalde | Pablo Repetto | ![]() | Charly | Soriana, Peñoles, Lala, Grupo SIMSA | |
Tijuana | Jorge Hank Inzunsa | ![]() | ![]() | Charly | Caliente | |
Toluca | Francisco Suinaga | ![]() | Claudio Baeza | Under Armour | Roshfrans | |
UANL | Mauricio Culebro | Robert Siboldi | ![]() | Adidas | Cemex, Bitso | |
UNAM | ![]() | ![]() | Nike | DHL Express |
Team | Outgoing manager | Manner of departure | Date of vacancy | Replaced by | Date of appointment | Position in table | Ref. | |
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Pre-Apertura changes | ||||||||
Juárez | ![]() | Mutual agreement | 5 May 2022 | ![]() | 26 May 2022 | Preseason | [6] [7] | |
Santos Laguna | ![]() | Ratified as manager | 10 May 2022 | 10 May 2022 | [8] | |||
Cruz Azul | ![]() | Sacked | 19 May 2022 | Diego Aguirre | 30 May 2022 | [9] [10] | ||
Tijuana | ![]() | Resigned | 25 May 2022 | ![]() | 30 May 2022 | [11] [12] | ||
Querétaro | ![]() | Signed by Juárez | 26 May 2022 | ![]() | 30 May 2022 | [13] [14] | ||
América | ![]() | Ratified as manager | 27 May 2022 | 27 May 2022 | [15] | |||
León | ![]() | End of tenure as caretaker | 30 May 2022 | Renato Paiva | 30 May 2022 | [16] | ||
Guadalajara | ![]() | Ratified as manager | 31 May 2022 | 31 May 2022 | [17] | |||
Apertura changes | ||||||||
Cruz Azul | Diego Aguirre | Sacked | 21 August 2022 | ![]() | 22 August 2022 | 17th | [18] [19] | |
Pre–Clausura changes | ||||||||
Atlas | ![]() | Resigned | 2 October 2022 | ![]() | 6 October 2022 | Preseason | [20] [21] | |
UNAM | ![]() | Mutual agreement | 4 October 2022 | ![]() | 28 October 2022 | [22] [23] | ||
Necaxa | ![]() | Mutual agreement | 10 October 2022 | ![]() | 4 November 2022 | [24] [25] | ||
Guadalajara | ![]() | Sacked | 16 October 2022 | ![]() | 31 October 2022 | [26] [27] | ||
UANL | ![]() | Sacked | 9 November 2022 | ![]() | 16 November 2022 | [28] | ||
Puebla | ![]() | Resigned | 9 November 2022 | ![]() | 18 November 2022 | [29] [30] | ||
León | Renato Paiva | Resigned | 28 November 2022 | ![]() | 30 November 2022 | [31] [32] | ||
Cruz Azul | ![]() | Ratified as manager | 6 December 2022 | ![]() | 6 December 2022 | [33] | ||
Clausura changes | ||||||||
Mazatlán | ![]() | Resigned | 29 January 2023 | ![]() | 29 January 2023 | 18th | ||
Tijuana | ![]() | Sacked | 4 February 2023 | ![]() | 7 February 2023 | 14th | [34] | |
Mazatlán | ![]() | End of tenure as caretaker | 6 February 2023 | 6 February 2023 | 18th | [35] | ||
UANL | ![]() | Sacked | 9 February 2023 | ![]() | 9 February 2023 | 3rd | [36] [37] | |
Tijuana | ![]() | End of tenure as caretaker | 11 February 2023 | ![]() | 11 February 2023 | 11th | [38] | |
Cruz Azul | ![]() | Sacked | 13 February 2023 | ![]() | 14 February 2023 | 17th | [39] | |
![]() | End of tenure as caretaker | 22 February 2023 | ![]() | 22 February 2023 | 13th | [40] | ||
UNAM | ![]() | Sacked | 19 March 2023 | ![]() | 21 March 2023 | 16th | [41] [42] | |
![]() | End of tenure as caretaker | 3 April 2023 | ![]() | 3 April 2023 | 17th | [43] | ||
Juárez | ![]() | Mutual agreement | 3 April 2023 | ![]() | 4 April 2023 | 14th | [44] [45] | |
UANL | ![]() | Sacked | 9 April 2023 | Robert Siboldi | 10 April 2023 | 7th | [46] [47] | |
Santos Laguna | ![]() | Sacked | 24 April 2023 | Pablo Repetto | 24 April 2023 | 11th | [48] [49] |
The Apertura 2022 was the first tournament of the season. The tournament began on 1 July. The defending champions were Atlas.
Teams played every other team once (either at home or away), completing a total of 17 rounds.
Players sorted first by goals scored, then by last name.
Rank | Player | Club | Goals | ||
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align=center rowspan=1 | 1 | ![]() | Pachuca | align=center rowspan=1 | 11 |
align=center rowspan=1 | 2 | ![]() | América | align=center rowspan=1 | 10 |
align=center rowspan=4 | 3 | ![]() | Puebla | align=center rowspan=4 | 8 |
![]() | León | ||||
![]() | UANL | ||||
Abel Hernández | Atlético San Luis | ||||
align=center rowspan=2 | 7 | Facundo Batista | Necaxa | align=center rowspan=2 | 7 |
Jean Meneses | Toluca | ||||
align=center rowspan=7 | 9 | ![]() | Santos Laguna | align=center rowspan=7 | 6 |
![]() | UNAM | ||||
Gabriel Fernández | Juárez | ||||
![]() | Santos Laguna | ||||
Jonathan Rodríguez | América | ||||
![]() | Toluca | ||||
![]() | Santos Laguna |
Source: Liga MX
Rank | Player | Club | Clean sheets | Ref | |
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1 | ![]() | UANL | 8 | [50] | |
2 | ![]() | Pachuca | 7 | [51] | |
![]() | Guadalajara | .00 | [52] | ||
![]() | América | .00 | [53] | ||
5 | ![]() | Monterrey | 6 | [54] | |
6 | ![]() | Santos Laguna | 5 | [55] | |
![]() | Atlético San Luis | [56] | |||
8 | ![]() | Juárez | 3 | [57] | |
![]() | Monterrey | [58] | |||
![]() | Atlas | [59] | |||
Nicolás Vikonis | Mazatlán | 0 | [60] | ||
![]() | Necaxa | [61] | |||
![]() | León | [62] | |||
![]() | Tijuana | [63] | |||
![]() | UNAM | 0 | [64] |
Player | For | Against | Result | Date | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
![]() | Monterrey | León | 5–1 (H) | 6 August 2022 | |
Abel Hernández | Atlético San Luis | UNAM | 3–2 (H) | 18 August 2022 |
Source: Liga MX
Highest attended | Lowest attended | ||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Week | Home | Score | Away | Attendance | Home | Score | Away | Attendance | |
1 | UANL | 2–3 | Cruz Azul | 41,273 | Pachuca | 2–0 | Querétaro | 6,167 | |
2 | Monterrey | 3–2 | América | 41,342 | Mazatlán | 0–1 | UANL | 12,112 | |
3 | UANL | 1–0 | Tijuana | 40,583 | Pachuca | 1–1 | Mazatlán | 7,482 | |
4 | UANL | 2–0 | Atlas | 42,615 | Pachuca | 0–0 | UNAM | 8,305 | |
5 | Monterrey | 1–0 | Puebla | 35,893 | Necaxa | 2–0 | Pachuca | 11,828 | |
6 | UANL | 2–1 | Querétaro | 41,432 | Juárez | 1–1 | Toluca | 12,854 | |
7 | Monterrey | 5–1 | León | 37,154 | Atlético San Luis | 1–2 | Necaxa | 9,464 | |
8 | UNAM | 0–3 | América | 45,893 | Juárez | 2–1 | Pachuca | 9,733 | |
9 | Guadalajara | 1–4 | UANL | 30,064 | Santos Laguna | 2–1 | León | 10,164 | |
10 | Monterrey | 0–0 | UANL | 52,810 | Pachuca | 1–0 | León | 5,801 | |
11 | UANL | 0–0 | Necaxa | 40,103 | Santos Laguna | 4–1 | Atlético San Luis | 12,053 | |
12 | América | 2–1 | UANL | 45,384 | Pachuca | 2–0 | Santos Laguna | 6,592 | |
13 | UANL | 3–1 | Toluca | 37,638 | Santos Laguna | 3–1 | Necaxa | 7,979 | |
14 | UANL | 0–1 | León | 41,615 | Pachuca | 6–1 | Tijuana | 9,511 | |
15 | América | 2–1 | Guadalajara | 65,461 | Atlético San Luis | 1–2 | Pachuca | 9,094 | |
16 | Guadalajara | 1–0 | Monterrey | 34,279 | Pachuca | 3–1 | Atlas | 5,668 | |
17 | Puebla | 1–2 | América | 43,632 | Santos Laguna | 3–0 | Mazatlán | 14,461 |
Source: Liga MX
See main article: Apertura 2022 Liga MX final phase.
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The Clausura tournament began on 6 January and ended on 28 May 2023.[67] The defending champions were Pachuca.
Teams played every other team once (either at home or away), completing a total of 17 rounds.
Players sorted first by goals scored, then by last name.
Rank | Player | Club | Goals | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
align=center rowspan=1 | 1 | ![]() | América | align=center rowspan=1 | 14 |
align=center rowspan=2 | 2 | ![]() | Monterrey | align=center rowspan=2 | 12 |
![]() | Atlas | ||||
align=center rowspan=2 | 4 | ![]() | UNAM | align=center rowspan=2 | 8 |
Carlos González | Toluca | ||||
align=center rowspan=3 | 6 | ![]() | UANL | align=center rowspan=3 | 7 |
![]() | Guadalajara | ||||
![]() | Santos Laguna | ||||
align=center rowspan=9 | 9 | ![]() | Cruz Azul | align=center rowspan=9 | 6 |
Maximiliano Araújo | Toluca | ||||
![]() | Santos Laguna | ||||
![]() | Monterrey | ||||
![]() | Pachuca | ||||
Brian Lozano | Atlas | ||||
![]() | Puebla | ||||
![]() | Necaxa | ||||
Diego Valdés | América |
Source: Liga MX
Rank | Player | Club | Clean sheets | |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | ![]() | León | 9 | |
2 | ![]() | UANL | 8 | |
3 | ![]() | Monterrey | 7 | |
4 | ![]() | Atlético San Luis | 6 | |
![]() | Cruz Azul | |||
6 | ![]() | Guadalajara | 5 | |
![]() | Toluca | |||
![]() | Querétaro | |||
9 | ![]() | Pachuca | 4 | |
![]() | Tijuana |
Player | For | Against | Result | Date | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
![]() | Monterrey | Atlético San Luis | 3–1 (H) | 21 January 2023 | |
![]() | América | Mazatlán | 6–0 (H) | 28 January 2023 | |
![]() | Monterrey | UNAM | 4–1 (H) | 29 April 2023 |
Source: Liga MX
Highest attended | Lowest attended | ||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Week | Home | Score | Away | Attendance | Home | Score | Away | Attendance | |
1 | Monterrey | 0–1 | Guadalajara | 44,498 | Mazatlán | 1–2 | León | 10,005 | |
2 | UANL | 4–1 | Pachuca | 41,615 | Puebla | 2–0 | Querétaro | 10,613 | |
3 | Monterrey | 3–1 | Atlético San Luis | 40,162 | Mazatlán | 1–2 | Santos Laguna | 9,854 | |
4 | UANL | 0–0 | Atlético San Luis | 41,615 | Atlas | 2–2 | Santos Laguna | 14,073 | |
5 | Monterrey | 2–1 | Toluca | 48,788 | Necaxa | 1–1 | Tijuana | 12,225 | |
6 | UANL | 4–2 | UNAM | 41,615 | Puebla | 3–1 | Mazatlán | 10,290 | |
7 | Monterrey | 2–1 | Querétaro | 41,660 | Mazatlán | 2–3 | Pachuca | 8,819 | |
8 | Monterrey | 2–1 | Necaxa | 44,132 | Juárez | 0–0 | León | 10,229 | |
9 | UANL | 1–2 | Guadalajara | 41,615 | Mazatlán | 1–2 | UNAM | 9,970 | |
10 | América | 0–3 | Pachuca | 46,273 | UNAM | 2–4 | Puebla | 11,851 | |
11 | UANL | 0–2 | América | 41,615 | Juárez | 1–1 | Necaxa | 11,272 | |
12 | UANL | 0–1 | Monterrey | 41,615 | Mazatlán | 0–1 | Necaxa | 12,205 | |
13 | Monterrey | 4–0 | Tijuana | 40,103 | Juárez | 0–2 | Puebla | 12,138 | |
14 | América | 2–1 | Monterrey | 49,974 | UNAM | 3–1 | Atlético San Luis | 11,550 | |
15 | Cruz Azul | 1–3 | América | 66,364 | Mazatlán | 1–2 | Tijuana | 10,139 | |
16 | América | 1–1 | UNAM | 60,332 | Mazatlán | 0–2 | Monterrey | 11,440 | |
17 | Monterrey | 4–1 | UNAM | 45,915 | Puebla | 5–2 | Tijuana | 15,001 |
Source: Liga MX
See main article: Clausura 2023 Liga MX final phase.
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Award | Winner | Cluba | |
---|---|---|---|
Balón de Oro | ![]() | América | |
Best Goalkeeper | ![]() | UANL | |
Best center-back | ![]() | Monterrey | |
Best full-back | ![]() | Pachuca | |
Best defensive midfielder | ![]() | Pachuca | |
Best offensive midfielder | Diego Valdés | América | |
Best Forward | ![]() | América | |
Top Goalscorer of the Season | ![]() | América | |
Rookie of the Year | ![]() | América | |
Manager of the Year | Guillermo Almada | Pachuca | |
Best Goal | ![]() | UANL |
As of the 2020–21 season, the promotion and relegation between Liga MX and Liga de Expansión MX (formerly known as Ascenso MX) was suspended, however, the coefficient table was used to establish the payment of fines that would be used for the development of the clubs of the silver circuit.[69]
Per Article 24 of the competition regulations, the payment of MXN$160 million was distributed among the last three positioned in the coefficient table as follows: MXN$80 million in the last place; MXN$47 million the penultimate; and MXN$33 million was paid by the sixteenth team in the table,[70] as of the 2021–22 season the remaining MXN$80 million was paid through the financial remnants generated by the Liga MX itself.[71] The team that finished last on the table started the following season with a coefficient of zero. If the last ranked team, which was Juárez, repeated as the last ranked team in the 2022–23 season coefficient table, they would be fined an additional MXN$20 million.
width=28 | width=150 | Team | width=40 | width=40 | width=40 | width=40 | width=40 | width=40 | width=45 | width=45 | width=50 | width=45 | Fine | |||||||||||
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1 | América | 32 | 38 | 35 | 26 | 38 | 34 | 203 | 102 | +75 | align=center rowspan=15 | Safe from paying any fine | ||||||||||||
2 | Monterrey | 29 | 28 | 22 | 26 | 35 | 40 | 180 | 102 | +58 | ||||||||||||||
3 | UANL | 28 | 23 | 28 | 33 | 30 | 25 | 167 | 102 | +45 | ||||||||||||||
4 | León | 40 | 26 | 29 | 21 | 22 | 30 | 168 | 102 | +22 | ||||||||||||||
5 | Pachuca | 25 | 23 | 18 | 38 | 32 | 31 | 167 | 102 | +39 | ||||||||||||||
6 | Cruz Azul | 29 | 41 | 23 | 25 | 24 | 24 | 166 | 102 | +20 | ||||||||||||||
7 | Guadalajara | 26 | 23 | 22 | 26 | 22 | 34 | 153 | 102 | 000 | +19 | |||||||||||||
8 | Santos Laguna | 25 | 26 | 24 | 20 | 33 | 19 | 147 | 102 | +19 | ||||||||||||||
9 | Toluca | 21 | 22 | 24 | 19 | 27 | 32 | 142 | 102 | +1 | ||||||||||||||
10 | Puebla | 20 | 28 | 24 | 26 | 22 | 20 | 140 | 102 | +10 | ||||||||||||||
11 | Atlas | 14 | 25 | 29 | 27 | 13 | 21 | 129 | 102 | +9 | ||||||||||||||
12 | UNAM | 32 | 18 | 21 | 22 | 14 | 18 | 125 | 102 | –11 | ||||||||||||||
13 | Atlético San Luis | 0 | 0 | 20 | 23 | 18 | 19 | 80 | 68 | –18 | ||||||||||||||
14 | Necaxa | 24 | 11 | 20 | 23 | 19 | 14 | 111 | 102 | –40 | ||||||||||||||
16 | Juárez | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 15 | 34 | 34 | .0000 | –9 | |||||||||||||
15 | Mazatlán (F) | 16 | 21 | 20 | 21 | 17 | 7 | 102 | 102 | .0000 | –53 | MXN$33 million | ||||||||||||
17 | Tijuana (F) | 15 | 20 | 15 | 17 | 17 | 16 | 100 | 102 | –62 | MXN$47 million | |||||||||||||
18 | Querétaro (F) | 13 | 21 | 15 | 17 | 9 | 20 | 95 | 102 | –44 | MXN$80 million |
The league champions with more points at the end of the Apertura 2022 and Clausura 2023 seasons qualified directly to the 2024 CONCACAF Champions Cup round of 16. The league champions with fewer points at the end of the season qualified for the 2024 CONCACAF Champions Cup first round. In addition, the Apertura runners-up, Clausura runners-up, and the next two best ranked teams also qualified for the 2024 CONCACAF Champions Cup first round.
The league champion with the highest aggregate points accumulated across the Clausura 2022 and Apertura 2022 seasons qualified directly to the 2023 Leagues Cup round of 32. Liga MX clubs ranked 2 to 16 in the aggregate table were put in the second position in each group, opposite the MLS Supporter's Shield table (for example, the best remaining team in the Supporter's Shield table not earning a bye was drawn against the lowest-best remaining team in the Liga MX 2022 aggregate table). The remaining 13 MLS clubs, along with the two remaining Liga MX clubs, were drawn into groups and divided geographically.[72]