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 | Fernando Ortiz | Henry Martín | Nike | AT&T, The Home Depot | |
Atlas | José Riestra | Benjamín Mora | Aldo Rocha | Charly | Caliente, Perdura, Uniclick | |
Atlético San Luis | Alberto Marrero | Javier Güémez | Sporelli | Canel's, BH Fitness, Cementos Moctezuma, Laboratorio TEQUIS | ||
Cruz Azul | Víctor Velázquez | Ricardo Ferretti | José de Jesús Corona | Joma | Cemento Cruz Azul | |
Guadalajara | Amaury Vergara | Veljko Paunović | Víctor Guzmán | Puma | Caliente | |
Juárez | Miguel Ángel Garza | Diego Mejía | Sporelli | Betcris | ||
León | Jesús Martínez Murguia | Nicolás Larcamón | Rodolfo Cota | Charly | Cementos Fortaleza, Office Depot, Roshfrans, Telcel | |
Mazatlán | Mauricio Lanz González | Néstor Vidrio | Pirma | Caliente, Paquetexpress, Banda el Recodo | ||
Monterrey | José Antonio Noriega[5] | Víctor Manuel Vucetich | Celso Ortiz | Puma | BBVA, Codere | |
Necaxa | Ernesto Tinajero Flores | Andrés Lillini | Fabricio Formiliano | Pirma | Rolcar, Playdoit, J.M. Romo | |
Pachuca | Armando Martínez Patiño | Guillermo Almada | Oscar Ustari | Charly | Cementos Fortaleza, Office Depot, Roshfrans, Telcel | |
Puebla | Manuel Jiménez García | Eduardo Arce | Antony Silva | Pirma | Caliente, Red Cola | |
Querétaro | Vacant | Mauro Gerk | Pablo Barrera | Charly | Pedigree Petfoods, Boing, Grupo Sayer, NOX Móvil, Petro Figue's, Tarro 33 | |
Santos Laguna | Dante Elizalde | Pablo Repetto | Carlos Acevedo | Charly | Soriana, Peñoles, Lala, Grupo SIMSA | |
Tijuana | Jorge Hank Inzunsa | Miguel Herrera | Lisandro López | Charly | Caliente | |
Toluca | Francisco Suinaga | Ignacio Ambríz | Claudio Baeza | Under Armour | Roshfrans | |
UANL | Mauricio Culebro | Robert Siboldi | Guido Pizarro | Adidas | Cemex, Bitso | |
UNAM | Antonio Mohamed | Nicolás Freire | 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 | Ricardo Ferretti | Mutual agreement | 5 May 2022 | Hernán Cristante | 26 May 2022 | Preseason | [6] [7] | |
Santos Laguna | Eduardo Fentanes (Interim) | Ratified as manager | 10 May 2022 | 10 May 2022 | [8] | |||
Cruz Azul | Juan Reynoso | Sacked | 19 May 2022 | Diego Aguirre | 30 May 2022 | [9] [10] | ||
Tijuana | Sebastián Méndez | Resigned | 25 May 2022 | Ricardo Valiño | 30 May 2022 | [11] [12] | ||
Querétaro | Hernán Cristante | Signed by Juárez | 26 May 2022 | Mauro Gerk | 30 May 2022 | [13] [14] | ||
América | Fernando Ortíz (Interim) | Ratified as manager | 27 May 2022 | 27 May 2022 | [15] | |||
León | Christian Martínez (Interim) | End of tenure as caretaker | 30 May 2022 | Renato Paiva | 30 May 2022 | [16] | ||
Guadalajara | Ricardo Cadena (Interim) | Ratified as manager | 31 May 2022 | 31 May 2022 | [17] | |||
Apertura changes | ||||||||
Cruz Azul | Diego Aguirre | Sacked | 21 August 2022 | Raúl Gutiérrez (Interim) | 22 August 2022 | 17th | [18] [19] | |
Pre–Clausura changes | ||||||||
Atlas | Diego Cocca | Resigned | 2 October 2022 | Benjamín Mora | 6 October 2022 | Preseason | [20] [21] | |
UNAM | Andrés Lillini | Mutual agreement | 4 October 2022 | Rafael Puente Jr. | 28 October 2022 | [22] [23] | ||
Necaxa | Jaime Lozano | Mutual agreement | 10 October 2022 | Andrés Lillini | 4 November 2022 | [24] [25] | ||
Guadalajara | Ricardo Cadena | Sacked | 16 October 2022 | Veljko Paunović | 31 October 2022 | [26] [27] | ||
UANL | Miguel Herrera | Sacked | 9 November 2022 | Diego Cocca | 16 November 2022 | [28] | ||
Puebla | Nicolás Larcamón | Resigned | 9 November 2022 | Eduardo Arce | 18 November 2022 | [29] [30] | ||
León | Renato Paiva | Resigned | 28 November 2022 | Nicolás Larcamón | 30 November 2022 | [31] [32] | ||
Cruz Azul | Raúl Gutiérrez (Interim) | Ratified as manager | 6 December 2022 | Raúl Gutiérrez | 6 December 2022 | [33] | ||
Clausura changes | ||||||||
Mazatlán | Gabriel Caballero | Resigned | 29 January 2023 | Christian Ramírez (Interim) | 29 January 2023 | 18th | ||
Tijuana | Ricardo Valiño | Sacked | 4 February 2023 | Cirilo Saucedo (Interim) | 7 February 2023 | 14th | [34] | |
Mazatlán | Christian Ramírez (Interim) | End of tenure as caretaker | 6 February 2023 | 6 February 2023 | 18th | [35] | ||
UANL | Diego Cocca | Sacked | 9 February 2023 | Marco Antonio Ruiz | 9 February 2023 | 3rd | [36] [37] | |
Tijuana | Cirilo Saucedo (Interim) | End of tenure as caretaker | 11 February 2023 | Miguel Herrera | 11 February 2023 | 11th | [38] | |
Cruz Azul | Raúl Gutiérrez | Sacked | 13 February 2023 | Joaquín Moreno (Interim) | 14 February 2023 | 17th | [39] | |
Joaquín Moreno (Interim) | End of tenure as caretaker | 22 February 2023 | Ricardo Ferretti | 22 February 2023 | 13th | [40] | ||
UNAM | Rafael Puente Jr. | Sacked | 19 March 2023 | Raúl Alpizar (Interim) | 21 March 2023 | 16th | [41] [42] | |
Raúl Alpizar (Interim) | End of tenure as caretaker | 3 April 2023 | Antonio Mohamed | 3 April 2023 | 17th | [43] | ||
Juárez | Hernán Cristante | Mutual agreement | 3 April 2023 | Diego Mejía | 4 April 2023 | 14th | [44] [45] | |
UANL | Marco Antonio Ruiz | Sacked | 9 April 2023 | Robert Siboldi | 10 April 2023 | 7th | [46] [47] | |
Santos Laguna | Eduardo Fentanes | 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 | Nicolás Ibáñez | Pachuca | align=center rowspan=1 | 11 |
align=center rowspan=1 | 2 | Henry Martín | América | align=center rowspan=1 | 10 |
align=center rowspan=4 | 3 | Martín Barragán | Puebla | align=center rowspan=4 | 8 |
Lucas Di Yorio | León | ||||
André-Pierre Gignac | 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 | Javier Correa | Santos Laguna | align=center rowspan=7 | 6 |
Juan Dinenno | UNAM | ||||
Gabriel Fernández | Juárez | ||||
Harold Preciado | Santos Laguna | ||||
Jonathan Rodríguez | América | ||||
Camilo Sanvezzo | Toluca | ||||
Leonardo Suárez | Santos Laguna |
Source: Liga MX
Rank | Player | Club | Clean sheets | Ref | |
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1 | Nahuel Guzmán | UANL | 8 | [50] | |
2 | Oscar Ustari | Pachuca | 7 | [51] | |
Miguel Jiménez | Guadalajara | .00 | [52] | ||
Guillermo Ochoa | América | .00 | [53] | ||
5 | Esteban Andrada | Monterrey | 6 | [54] | |
6 | Carlos Acevedo | Santos Laguna | 5 | [55] | |
Marcelo Barovero | Atlético San Luis | [56] | |||
8 | Alfredo Talavera | Juárez | 3 | [57] | |
Luis Cárdenas | Monterrey | [58] | |||
Camilo Vargas | Atlas | [59] | |||
Nicolás Vikonis | Mazatlán | 0 | [60] | ||
Luis Malagón | Necaxa | [61] | |||
Rodolfo Cota | León | [62] | |||
Jonathan Orozco | Tijuana | [63] | |||
Julio González | UNAM | 0 | [64] |
Player | For | Against | Result | Date | |
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Alfonso González | 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 | ||||||||
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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 | ||
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align=center rowspan=1 | 1 | Henry Martín | América | align=center rowspan=1 | 14 |
align=center rowspan=2 | 2 | Rogelio Funes Mori | Monterrey | align=center rowspan=2 | 12 |
Julián Quiñones | Atlas | ||||
align=center rowspan=2 | 4 | Juan Dinenno | UNAM | align=center rowspan=2 | 8 |
Carlos González | Toluca | ||||
align=center rowspan=3 | 6 | André-Pierre Gignac | UANL | align=center rowspan=3 | 7 |
Víctor Guzmán | Guadalajara | ||||
Harold Preciado | Santos Laguna | ||||
align=center rowspan=9 | 9 | Uriel Antuna | Cruz Azul | align=center rowspan=9 | 6 |
Maximiliano Araújo | Toluca | ||||
Javier Correa | Santos Laguna | ||||
Alfonso González | Monterrey | ||||
Javier López | Pachuca | ||||
Brian Lozano | Atlas | ||||
Guillermo Martínez | Puebla | ||||
Édgar Méndez | Necaxa | ||||
Diego Valdés | América |
Source: Liga MX
Rank | Player | Club | Clean sheets | |
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1 | Rodolfo Cota | León | 9 | |
2 | Nahuel Guzmán | UANL | 8 | |
3 | Esteban Andrada | Monterrey | 7 | |
4 | Marcelo Barovero | Atlético San Luis | 6 | |
José de Jesús Corona | Cruz Azul | |||
6 | Miguel Jiménez | Guadalajara | 5 | |
Tiago Volpi | Toluca | |||
Gil Alcalá | Querétaro | |||
9 | Oscar Ustari | Pachuca | 4 | |
José Antonio Rodríguez | Tijuana |
Player | For | Against | Result | Date | |
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Rogelio Funes Mori | Monterrey | Atlético San Luis | 3–1 (H) | 21 January 2023 | |
Henry Martín | América | Mazatlán | 6–0 (H) | 28 January 2023 | |
Rogelio Funes Mori | Monterrey | UNAM | 4–1 (H) | 29 April 2023 |
Source: Liga MX
Highest attended | Lowest attended | ||||||||
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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 | |
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Balón de Oro | Henry Martín[68] | América | |
Best Goalkeeper | Nahuel Guzmán | UANL | |
Best center-back | Víctor Guzmán | Monterrey | |
Best full-back | Kevin Álvarez | Pachuca | |
Best defensive midfielder | Luis Chávez | Pachuca | |
Best offensive midfielder | Diego Valdés | América | |
Best Forward | Henry Martín | América | |
Top Goalscorer of the Season | Henry Martín (27 goals) | América | |
Rookie of the Year | Emilio Lara | América | |
Manager of the Year | Guillermo Almada | Pachuca | |
Best Goal | André-Pierre Gignac | 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]