List of football clubs in Mexico explained

This is a list of football clubs in Mexico. Currently the governing body of football in Mexico is the Mexican Football Federation (FMF), which is in charge of its national teams and its leagues, with the highest one being the Liga MX. FMF was founded in 1927 and is a member of both FIFA and CONCACAF. The newly instituted Liga de Balompié Mexicano is unrecognized by FIFA, however, it is in CONIFA membership.[1]

Liga MX

2024–25 Liga MX teams

ClubHome cityStadiumCoefficient position
last season
First season in
top division
First season of
current spell in
top division
AméricaMexico CityEstadio Azteca1st1943–441943–44
AtlasGuadalajaraEstadio Jalisco11th1943–441979–80
Atlético San LuisSan Luis PotosíAlfonso Lastras13th2019–202019–20
Cruz AzulMexico CityEstadio Ciudad de los Deportes6th1964–651964–65
GuadalajaraGuadalajaraEstadio Akron7th1943–441943–44
JuárezCiudad JuárezBenito Juárez16th2019–202019–20
LeónLeónEstadio León4th1944–452012–13
MazatlánMazatlánEstadio de Mazatlán15th2020–212020–21
MonterreyMonterreyEstadio BBVA2nd1945–461960–61
NecaxaAguascalientesEstadio Victoria14th1951–522016–17
PachucaPachucaEstadio Hidalgo5th1967–681998–99
PueblaPueblaEstadio Cuauhtémoc10th1944–452007–08
Pumas UNAMMexico CityOlímpico Universitario12th1962–631962–63
QuerétaroQuerétaroEstadio Corregidora18th1990–912009–10
Santos LagunaTorreónEstadio Corona8th1988–891988–89
Tigres UANLSan Nicolás de los GarzaEstadio Universitario3rd1974–751997–98
TijuanaTijuanaEstadio Caliente17th2011–122011–12
TolucaTolucaNemesio Díez9th1953–541953–54

Liga de Expansión MX

2024–25 Liga de Expansión MX teams

ClubHome cityStadiumCoefficient position
last season
First season in
division
First season of
current spell in
division
Alebrijes de OaxacaOaxacaTecnológico de Oaxaca11th2020–212020–21
AtlanteMexico CityCiudad de los Deportes2nd2020–212020–21
Atlético La PazLa PazGuaycura15th2022–232022–23
Atlético MoreliaMoreliaEstadio Morelos3rd2020–212020–21
CancúnCancúnAndrés Quintana Roo14th2020–212020–21
CelayaCelayaMiguel Alemán Valdés1st2020–212020–21
Cimarrones de SonoraHermosilloHéroe de Nacozari4th2020–212020–21
Correcaminos UATCiudad VictoriaMarte R. Gómez17th2020–212020–21
Dorados de SinaloaCuliacánEstadio Banorte8th2020–212020–21
Leones Negros UdeGGuadalajaraEstadio Jalisco7th2020–212020–21
Mineros de ZacatecasZacatecasCarlos Vega Villalba8th2020–212020–21
TapatíoZapopanEstadio Akron5th2020–212020–21
TepatitlánTepatitlánGregorio "Tepa" Gómez6th2020–212020–21
TlaxcalaTlaxcalaEstadio Tlahuicole12th2020–212020–21
VenadosMéridaCarlos Iturralde10th2020–212020–21

Liga Premier

2024–25 Serie A de México teams

Group 1

ClubHome cityStadiumCoefficient position
last season
Founded
Alacranes de DurangoDurangoFrancisco Zarco16th in Liga de Expansión MX1997
CalorMonclovaNora Leticia Rocha1st in Serie B2001
ChihuahuaChihuahuaJosé Reyes Baeza3rd2022
Cimarrones de Sonora PremierHermosilloHéroe de Nacozari18th2015
ColimaColimaUniversitario de Colima17th2020
CorasPiedras NegrasSección 12322nd1959
Gavilanes de MatamorosMatamorosEl Hogar9th2011
Leones Negros UdeG PremierZapopanInstalaciones Club Deportivo UdeG28th2013
Los Cabos UnitedLos CabosDon Koll7th2022
MexicaliMexicaliCiudad Deportiva Mexicali32nd2021
Mineros de FresnilloFresnilloMinera Fresnillo25th2007
Orgullo ReynosaReynosaUnidad Deportiva SolidaridadNew Franchise2023
Real ApodacaApodacaCentenario del Ejército MexicanoNew Franchise2023
SaltilloSaltilloFrancisco I. Madero12th2019
TecosZapopanTres de Marzo13th1971
Tritones VallartaPuerto VallartaSan José del Valle5th2021
Tuzos UAZZacatecasCarlos Vega Villalba6th1990
Correcaminos UAT PremierCiudad VictoriaEugenio Alvizo Porras24th1995

Group 2

ClubHome cityStadiumCoefficient position
last season
Founded
Aguacateros de PeribánPeribánMunicipal de Peribán1st in Liga TDP - Group 112020
AragónMexico CityFrancisco Zarco1st in Liga TDP - Group 42016
Cafetaleros de ChiapasTuxtla GutiérrezVíctor Manuel Reyna4th2015
Deportiva VenadosTamanchéAlonso Diego Molina15th2014
EscorpionesZacatepecAgustín Coruco Díaz21st2021
Halcones de ZapopanZapotlanejoMiguel Hidalgo27th2020
Inter Playa del CarmenPlaya del CarmenMario Villanueva Madrid8th1999
Inter QuerétaroQuerétaroOlímpico de Querétaro30th2020
IrapuatoIrapuatoSergio León ChávezOn hiatus1911
La PiedadLa PiedadJuan N. López10th1951
Lobos ULMXCelayaMiguel Alemán Valdés20th2021
MontañesesOrizabaEstadio Socum11th2021
Petroleros de SalamancaSalamancaSección XXIV31st1958
Pioneros de CancúnCancúnAndrés Quitana Roo3rd in Serie B1984
Racing Porto PalmeirasBoca del RíoHugo SánchezNew Franchise2023
Sporting CanamyOaxtepecOlímpico de Oaxtepec19th2003
Tampico MaderoTampico and Ciudad MaderoEstadio Tamaulipas1st1982
YalmakánChetumalJosé López Portillo23rd2013

2024–25 Serie B de México teams

ClubHome cityStadiumCoefficient position
last season
Founded
Aguacateros CDUUruapanHermanos López Rayón16th in Serie A2018
Artesanos MetepecMetepecAlarcón Hisojo1st in Liga TDP – Group 62022
Atlético PachucaAtitalaquíaMunicipal de Atitalaquia6th in Liga TDP – Group 82021
Avispones de ChilpancingoChilpancingoPolideportivo Chilpancingo6th1988
AyenseAyotlánChino Rivas3rd in Liga TDP – Group 121988
Caja OblatosGuadalajaraUnidad Deportiva Cuauhtémoc6th in Liga TDP – Group 142019
CañonerosMilpa AltaEstadio Momoxco9th2012
CDMXochimilcoValentín González1st in Liga TDP – Group 52021
ChilangosMexico CityCiudad de los Deportes3rd in Liga TDP – Group 42018
CiervosChalco de Díaz CovarrubiasEstadio Arreola10th2008
DonguCuautitlánLos Pinos14th in Serie A2019
Huracanes IzcalliCuautitlán IzcalliHugo Sánchez Márquez8th2021
Poza RicaPoza RicaHeriberto Jara Corona1stin Liga TDP – Group 91950
SantiagoSantiagoEl Barrial1stin Liga TDP – Group 162017
ZitácuaroZitácuaroIgnacio López Rayón7th1995

Liga de Balompié Mexicano

2024 Liga de Balompié Mexicano teams

ClubHome cityStadiumPosition last season
Chapulineros de OaxacaSan Jerónimo TlacochahuayaIndependiente MRCI3rd
CóndorCuautinchánEl Cóndor2nd
EFIXXalapaInstalaciones Deportivas EFIX10th
HidalgoAtitalaquíaMunicipal de AtitalaquiaNew Franchise
Industriales NaucalpanNaucalpanAlberto Pérez Navarro6th
Inter IxtapalucaIxtapalucaLa Antorcha7th
Lobos MXTultitlán de Mariano EscobedoDeportivo Cartagena9th
KundaviRío Grande, OaxacaTBANew Franchise
Mezcaleros de OaxacaSan Jerónimo TlacochahuayaIndependiente MRCI5th
NezaCiudad NezahualcóyotlValle Verde de Ixtapaluca1st
Proyecto REDIztacalcoJesús Martínez "Palillo"8th
Toros MéxicoCuautitlánLos Pinos4th

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Quiénes somos. Balompié Mexicano. 31 January 2020.