2023 Liga de Balompié Mexicano season explained

Competition:	Liga de Balompié Mexicano
Season:	2023
Winners:	2023-A: Chapulineros de Oaxaca (4th title) 2023–B: Chapulineros de Oaxaca (5th title)
Promoted:	Toros México
Matches:	80
Total Goals:	302
League Topscorer:	2023-A: Víctor Lojero (18 goals) 2023–B: Víctor Lojero (10 goals)
Biggest Home Win:	2023-A: Chapulineros de Oaxaca 11–0 EFIX Soccer Club 2023-B: Chapulineros de Oaxaca 18–1 EFIX Soccer Club
Biggest Away Win:	2023-A: Lobos MX 0–5 Neza 2023-B: EFIX Soccer Club 0–4 Chapulineros de Oaxaca
Highest Scoring:	2023-A: Chapulineros de Oaxaca 11–0 EFIX Soccer Club 2023-B: Chapulineros de Oaxaca 18–1 EFIX Soccer Club
Longest Wins:	2023-A: 5 matches Cóndor FC Neza 2023–B: 7 matches Chapulineros de Oaxaca
Longest Unbeaten:	2023-A: 7 matches Neza 2023–B: 7 matches Chapulineros de Oaxaca Neza
Longest Winless:	2023-A: 8 matches EFIX Soccer Club 2023–B: 7 matches Hidalgo
Longest Losses:	2023-A: 8 matches EFIX Soccer Club 2023–B: 2 matches EFIX Soccer Club Hidalgo Inter Amecameca
Prevseason:	2022
Nextseason:	2024
Dates:	10 February 2023 – 25 November 2023
Extra Information:	Stats are from the regular season only

The 2023 Liga de Balompié Mexicano season was composed of the 4th and 5th professional seasons of the most important league of competitions organized by the Asociación Nacional del Balompié Mexicano, a Mexican football federation affiliated with CONIFA.^[1] The season began on 10 February 2023^[2] and finished on 25 November 2023.^[3]

This is the first time that two tournaments have been held per season, abandoning the annual tournament format that had been held since the league's founding in 2020.

Offseason changes

• 10 teams participated in the league.^[4]
• Cóndor FC, EFIX Soccer Club and RED entered the league as expansion teams.
• Halcones de Querétaro withdrew from the LBM due to financial problems, but the reserve team remained in the Segunda División del Balompié Mexicano.^[5]
• Toros México was promoted from the Segunda División del Balompié Mexicano.^[6]
• The format of the league changed, now the ten participating teams were divided into two groups taking the geographical location as division criteria. The two group winners qualify directly for the semifinals, while the second and third place advance to the reclassification stage.^[7]

2023–B season changes

• 12 teams will participate in the league.
• From 2023–B season two teams joined the league as expansion franchises: Hidalgo F.C. and Kundavi F.C.
• Inter Ixtapaluca was relocated to Amecameca and renamed Inter Amecameca.
• Lobos MX was renamed Lobos CARH.

Teams

!Teams!City!Stadium!Capacity

Official members of ANBM
Chapulineros de Oaxaca	San Jerónimo Tlacochahuaya, Oaxaca	Independiente MRCI	3,000
Cóndor FC	Cuautinchán, Puebla	El Cóndor	500
EFIX Soccer Club	Xalapa, Veracruz	Instalaciones Deportivas EFIX	TBA
Industriales Naucalpan	Tlalnepantla, State of Mexico	Deportivo Barrientos	1,000
Inter Amecameca	Amecameca, State of Mexico	Francisco Flores	2,000
Lobos CARH	Chalco, State of Mexico	Arreola	3,000
Mezcaleros de Oaxaca	San Jerónimo Tlacochahuaya, Oaxaca	Independiente MRCI	3,000
	Iztacalco, Mexico City	Jesús Martínez "Palillo"	6,000
RED	Iztacalco, Mexico City	Jesús Martínez "Palillo"	6,000
Toros México FC	Álvaro Obregón, Mexico City	Deportivo Valentín Gómez Farías	500

2023–B season new teams

!Teams!City!Stadium!Capacity

Hidalgo	Atitalaquía, Hidalgo	Municipal de Atitalaquia	3,000
Kundavi	Río Grande, Oaxaca	Inocente Santos Luna	1,000

2023–A tournament

Group 1

Results

Group 2

Results

Regular Season statistics

Top goalscorers

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

Rank	Player	Club	Goals
align=center rowspan=1	1	Víctor Lojero	Chapulineros de Oaxaca	align=center rowspan=1	18
align=center rowspan=1	2	Vicente Morales	Neza	align=center rowspan=1	8
align=center rowspan=1	3	Alfonso Nieto	Neza	align=center rowspan=1	7
align=center rowspan=3	4	Gilberto Castillo	RED	align=center rowspan=3	5
Jorge Padilla	Cóndor FC
Donys Rodríguez	Cóndor FC
align=center rowspan=1	7	Hugo Amaro	Inter Ixtapaluca	align=center rowspan=1	4
align=center rowspan=4	8	Omar Arellano	Chapulineros de Oaxaca	align=center rowspan=4	3
Yoset Gerónimo	Neza
Gustavo Hernández	Inter Ixtapaluca
Luis Páez	Neza

Source:[]

Hat-tricks

Player	For	Against	Result	Date	Round	Reference
Donys Rodríguez	Cóndor FC	EFIX Sóccer Club	9 – 0 (H)	12 February 2023	1	https://twitter.com/SomosBalompie/status/1624869464742449152/photo/1
Víctor Lojero	Chapulineros de Oaxaca	Inter Ixtapaluca	10 – 0 (H)	18 February 2023	2	https://twitter.com/SomosBalompie/status/1627100105034678274
Víctor Lojero	Chapulineros de Oaxaca	EFIX Soccer Club	11 – 0 (H)	4 March 2023	4	https://www.facebook.com/SomosBalompie/posts/pfbid02pVwD2VqPM6qwa3gXTJjfvfTakjQWRS1hokncdYEqL7T2dxEuLY9MyMM3pucLbtnNl

(H) – Home ; (A) – Away

Play–offs

Final stage

Semi-finals

The first legs were played on 5 and 6 May, and the second legs will be played on 12 and 14 May 2023.

First leg

Second leg

Final

First leg

Second leg

2023–B tournament

Group 1

Results

Group 2

Results

Play–offs

Final stage

Semi–finals

First leg

Second leg

Final

First leg

Second leg

See also

• Liga de Balompié Mexicano

External links

• Official website of LBM

Notes and References

1. Web site: CONIFA Sanctions Liga de Balompié Mexicano, its First-Ever Professional League. CONIFA. 1 October 2020.
2. Web site: Calendario Torneo 2023A - LBM . Liga de Balompié Mexicano . 10 February 2023.
3. Web site: Calendario Torneo 2023 B - LBM . Liga de Balompié Mexicano . 3 August 2023.
4. Web site: García Reyes . Leobardo . Confirman diez clubes para la temporada de la Liga de Balompié Mexicano . El Imparcial de Oaxaca . 12 February 2023 . es . 14 January 2023.
5. Web site: Comunicado Oficial Halcones de Querétaro . Halcones de Querétaro on Facebook . 12 February 2023 . es . 4 January 2023.
6. Web site: González . Francisco . Halcones campeones de 2a División . Diario de Querétaro . 12 February 2023 . es . 29 November 2022.
7. Web site: Calendario LBM 2023 . LBM on Twitter . 12 February 2023 . es . 27 January 2023.