Soccer in Mexico

In Mexico , soccer developed primarily in the capital and the neighboring states of Hidalgo, México, Morelos and Puebla. Also in the coastal state of Veracruz to the east of the capital and in the states of Guanajuato, Michoacán and - especially - Jalisco to the west. In this respect, the metropolitan area of the most successful Mexican soccer teams is concentrated in a radius of around 600 kilometers from the capital. In the north of the country - probably due to the geographical proximity to the USA - sports such as baseball and basketball have always been more popular than soccer . In this region only the cities of Monterrey (Nuevo León) and Torreón (Coahuila) with the clubs CF Monterrey, UANL Tigres and Santos Laguna were able to establish themselves as permanent players and record a total of 13 championship titles for themselves. The two peninsulas of Baja California in the far west and Yucatán in the far east of the country have traditionally been completely neglected football areas . However, since the former capital city club CF Atlante moved to Cancún (Quintana Roo) in spring 2007, the latter peninsula has also been home to a first division team, who even won a championship title straight away at their new place of work.

Probably the most famous fan of the Mexican national soccer team had traveled to Germany for both the Confederations Cup 2005 and the 2006 World Cup . He was seen several times on television and appeared on the cover of the magazine bienvenido , the official World Cup guide for the city of Göttingen , where the Mexican national team had moved into their quarters.

Football in the regions

Politically, Mexico consists of 31 states and the Federal District, making a total of 32 geographical areas. For the sake of simplicity, the Distrito Federal, the inner capital district, will be treated like a federal state in the following text. Because the focus of this article is the importance of football in the 32 geographical units of Mexico or, more specifically, the most successful clubs in the respective state.

At least one championship team came from 14 states (including the Federal District), and another 6 states were already represented by at least one team in the Primera División . Of the remaining 12 states, 11 have at least one second division team in the Primera División A founded in 1994/95 or its successor, Liga de Ascenso. Only Baja California Sur has never been represented by a team in the two top leagues.

Based on this, the article is divided into 4 sections. The first part deals with the 14 states that have produced one or more national champions. The second part deals with the other six states that have at least once been represented in the Primera División. The third part discusses the eleven states that were not yet represented in the top division, but at least already in the second-rate Primera División 'A' or today's Liga de Ascenso . Finally, the last part deals with the only state whose clubs have not yet made it beyond the third division.

The order in which the states are named within the respective category is determined by their success quotient, which is shown in the table below. In the first part, those who have produced more championship teams are considered more successful. In the event of a tie, the state that has more (current) first division teams takes the higher rank (status: including the 2015/16 season). In the second part, those who have been in the first division for a longer period are considered more successful (status: including the 2015/16 season). In category 3, the order is also determined by the years of league membership (status: including the 2015/16 season). With the same length of league membership, the state that is currently represented in the Liga de Ascenso or was last represented there receives the better ranking. Only between Nayarit and Sonora is there still a tie with regard to these criteria. In this case, it was taken into account in favor of Nayarit that the Deportivo Tepic was represented for more than 30 years in the then second-rate Segunda División , while Sonora did not have a single club in this league.

Within the states, the clubs are classified according to their importance for the respective state. The order in the first part is determined by the number of championship titles won. In the event of a tie - as in the second to fourth parts - the length of membership in the league decides. If the league has been in the league for the same length of time, the team that is currently still in the league is named first. If this is not the case, the order is determined based on the chronology of appearance in the relevant league.

Only the titles and years of league membership that it has achieved during the period when it was based in the relevant state are assigned to a club in the respective category. Accordingly, of the eight championship titles that Cruz Azul won, the first two will be slammed into Hidalgo and the other six to the Federal District. The same applies to Atlante: their titles from 1947 and 1993 are counted for the Federal District, the most recent success in December 2007 for Quintana Roo.

Ranking of the Mexican states based on their success quotient in football

States with first division teams at best

State	Teams	Championships
Mexico city	8th	32
Jalisco	6th	14th
Guanajuato	6th	7th
Morelos	5	3
Querétaro	5	0
México	4th	10
Tamaulipas	4th	1
Hidalgo	3	8th
Nuevo León	3	8th
Coahuila	3	5
Veracruz	3	2
Michoacan	3	1
Puebla	2	2
Chihuahua	2	0
San Luis Potosí	2	0
Baja California	1	1
Quintana Roo	1	1
Aguascalientes	1	0
Chiapas	1	0
Sinaloa	1	0

States with at best second division teams

State	Teams
Sonora	5
Colima	3
Oaxaca	3
Guerrero	2
Nayarit	2
Tabasco	2
Yucatan	2
Zacatecas	2
Campeche	1
Durango	1
Tlaxcala	1

State with third division teams at best

State	Teams
Baja California Sur	1

States with championship teams

Federal District

society	Seat	Playing times	title
America	Mexico city	since 1943/44	12
UNAM Pumas	Mexico city	since 1962/63	7th
Cruz Azul	Mexico city	since 1971/72	6th
Necaxa / Atl. Español	Mexico city	1950 / 51-02 / 03	3
Atlante	Mexico city	1943 / 44-75 / 76, 77 / 78-88 / 89, 91 / 92-01 / 02, 04 / 05-06 / 07	2
España	Mexico city	1943 / 44-49 / 50	1
Asturias	Mexico city	1943 / 44-49 / 50	1
Marte	Mexico city	1943 / 44-52 / 53	-

No state was represented with as many teams in the Primera División as the Distrito Federal. And no state can show clubs that are so keen to move. It all started in the spring of 1953 with Marte leaving Mexico City for Cuernavaca. Exactly 50 years later, Necaxa left the capital for Aguascalientes. Atlante left the capital several times: for the 1989/90 season in the direction of Querétaro, for the seasons 2002/03 and 2003/04 it went to Nezahualcóyotl and since 2007/08 the club has been based in Cancún. The only club that came to Mexico City was Cruz Azul in the spring of 1971.

Jalisco

society	Seat	Playing times	title
Deportivo Guadalajara	Guadalajara	since 1943/44	11
Atlas Guadalajara	Guadalajara	1943 / 44-53 / 54, 55 / 56-70 / 71, 72 / 73-77 / 78, since 79/80	1
Tecos	Zapopan	1975 / 76-11 / 12	1
Oro / Jalisco	Guadalajara	1944 / 45-79 / 80	1
Leones Negros	Guadalajara	1974 / 75-93 / 94, 2014/15	-
Nacional	Guadalajara	1961 / 62-64 / 65	-

With the Club Deportivo “Chivas” Guadalajara Jalisco hosts the long-time record champions of the Primera División. In addition, Chivas is the only club besides the current record champions Club América, its arch-rival, who has been a member of the Primera División since its inception. Chivas is also the most popular team in the country. The enormous popularity of the club is not based solely on its successes (and in the last four decades it has not surpassed four league titles), but primarily because of its consistent adherence to its guiding principle of only signing players born in Mexico .

Estado de México

society	Seat	Playing times	title
Deportivo Toluca	Toluca	since 1953/54	10
Deportivo Neza	Nezahualcóyotl	1978 / 79-87 / 88	-
Toros Neza	Nezahualcóyotl	1993 / 94-99 / 00	-
Atlante	Nezahualcóyotl	2002 / 03-03 / 04	-

The club Deportivo Toluca, based in the federal capital, is the undisputed sporting figurehead of its state with ten league titles. All other clubs were based in the satellite town of Nezahualcóyotl, east of Mexico City, but could not hold their own in the long term and did not win a single title. The CF Atlante played most of their home games here in the 2002/03 and 2003/04 seasons, but returned to Mexico City due to discrepancies with the city council. The Toros Neza had gone the opposite way in 1993/94. Because of problems with the stadium, they played the last 14 of their 19 home games in Pachuca and played there under the name Toros Hidalgo .

Nuevo León

society	Seat	Playing times	title
CF Monterrey	Monterrey	1945/46, 56/57, since 60/61	4th
UANL Tigres	San Nicolás	1974 / 75-95 / 96, since 97/98	4th
Nuevo León	Monterrey	1966 / 67-68 / 69	-

Hidalgo

society	Seat	Playing times	title
CF Pachuca	Pachuca	1967 / 68-72 / 73, 92/93, 96/97, since 98/99	6th
Cruz Azul	Jasso	1964 / 65-70 / 71	2
Toros Hidalgo	Pachuca	1993/94	-

The state's figurehead is the capital-based CF Pachuca with a total of six championship titles, all of which have been won in the past twenty years. However, the first representative of the state in the Primera División was the Club Deportivo Cruz Azul, which was founded by workers from the cement factory of the same name in the small town of Jasso and was transferred to Mexico City in 1971. The team from Toros Neza from Nezahualcóyotl in the state of México , who performed under the name Toros Hidalgo at this time, made a short guest appearance here .

Guanajuato

society	Seat	Playing times	title
Club León	Leon	1944 / 45-86 / 87, 90 / 91-01 / 02, since 12/13	7th
CD Irapuato	Irapuato	1954 / 55-71 / 72, 85 / 86-90 / 91, 00/01-Ape 01, 03/04	-
Unión de Curtidores	Leon	1974 / 75-80 / 81, 83/84	-
Atlético Celaya	Celaya	1995/96-Ape 02/03	-
San Sebastian	Leon	1945 / 46-50 / 51	-
Celaya FC	Celaya	1958 / 59-60 / 61	-

By far the most successful club in Guanajuato - and the only one that has won championship honors so far - is Club León. In the city of León there is a traditional rivalry with its neighbor Unión de Curtidores. The greatest rivalry beyond the city limits is cultivated with the Club Deportivo Irapuato.

Coahuila

society	Seat	Playing times	title
Santos Laguna	Torreón	since 1988/89	5
CF Laguna	Torreón	1968 / 69-77 / 78	-
CF Torreón	Torreón	1969 / 70-73 / 74	-

Morelos

society	Seat	Playing times	title
CD Zacatepec	Zacatepec	1951 / 52-61 / 62, 63 / 64-65 / 66, 70 / 71-76 / 77, 78 / 79-82 / 83, 84/85	2
Marte	Cuernavaca	1953 / 54-54 / 55	1
CD Cuautla	Cuautla	1955 / 56-58 / 59	-
CF Oaxtepec	Oaxtepec	1982 / 83-83 / 84	-
Colibries	Cuernavaca	Cla 2002/03	-

The most successful and traditional club of Morelos is the Club Deportivo Zacatepec, which today takes on the role of a branch team of the Club América from the capital. Another formerly large club was the former army sports club Marte, which came from the capital in 1953. In the first year after moving to the federal capital Cuernavaca, he won the championship title. Another year later, however, he was relegated and could never return to the first division.

Veracruz

society	Seat	Playing times	title
CD Veracruz	Veracruz	1943 / 44-51 / 52, 64 / 65-78 / 79, 89 / 90-97 / 98, Cla 01 / 02-07 / 08, since 13/14	2
Moctezuma	Orizaba	1943 / 44-49 / 50	-
ADO	Orizaba	1943 / 44-48 / 49	-

Due to its exposed position as the most important port city in the country at the time, football came to the city of Veracruz very early on. But also to Orizaba, where industrialization took hold early in Mexico and in 1901 one of the oldest football teams in the country was brought into being within the Orizaba Athletic Club, which had been founded three years earlier . With the creeping decline of industry, the city's football clubs also went downhill rapidly.

Puebla

society	Seat	Playing times	title
Puebla FC	Puebla	1944 / 45-55 / 56, 70 / 71-04 / 05, since 07/08	2
Ángeles de Puebla	Puebla	1984 / 85-87 / 88	-

Tamaulipas

society	Seat	Playing times	title
CD Tampico	Tampico	1945 / 46-57 / 58, 59 / 60-62 / 63, 77 / 78-81 / 82	1
Tampico-Madero	Tampico	1982 / 83-89 / 90, 94/95	-
UAT Correcaminos	Ciudad Victoria	1987 / 88-94 / 95	-
CF Madero	Ciudad Madero	1965 / 66-66 / 67, 73 / 74-74 / 75	-

The Tampico-Madero Fútbol Club completed the second half of the 1994/95 season in Querétaro and appeared there under the name TM Gallos Blancos.

Michoacan

society	Seat	Playing times	title
Monarcas Morelia	Morelia	1957 / 58-67 / 68, since 81/82	1
CD Zamora	Zamora	1955/56, 57 / 58-59 / 60	-
CF La Piedad	La Piedad	1952/53, 01/02	-

Baja California

society	Seat	Playing times	title
Xoloitzcuintles	Tijuana	since 2011/12	1

With Club Xoloitzcuintles de Caliente's promotion to the Primera División in summer 2011, Baja California is the 20th state to send a team to the Primera División and the club won the championship title in its second season in the top division.

Quintana Roo

society	Seat	Playing times	title
Atlante	Cancun	2007 / 08-13 / 14	1

Before Atlante moved here from the capital in the spring of 2007, the state, which was only emerging in football after the turn of the millennium, was only briefly in the Primera División through Inter Riviera Maya (2003/04) from Cancún and Águilas Riviera Maya (Apertura 2005) from Playa del Carmen ' A 'represented.

Other states with first division teams

San Luis Potosí

society	Seat	Playing times
Atlético Potosino	San Luis Potosí	1974 / 75-88 / 89
San Luis	San Luis Potosí	1971 / 72-73 / 74, 76/77, 02 / 03-03 / 04, 05 / 06-12 / 13

Actually only founded as a substructure for the then first division club San Luis, Atlético Potosino soon overtook its neighbors and played 15 years in a row in the football club, while Club San Luis can "only" look back on fourteen years of first division experience.

Querétaro

society	Seat	Playing times
Querétaro FC	Querétaro	1990 / 91-93 / 94, 02 / 03-03 / 04, 06/07, since 09/10
Atletas Campesinos	Querétaro	1980 / 81-81 / 82
Cobras Querétaro	Querétaro	1986/87
Atlante	Querétaro	1989/90
TM Gallos Blancos	Querétaro	Cla 94/95

Of the five first division clubs in the federal capital so far, three were only on a transit station here. The Cobras were shipped to Ciudad Juárez in the state of Chihuahua after just one year. The CF Atlante, who came here a few years later to find a new home, was never really accepted and, to top it all, got dismounted, so that after only one season he returned to Mexico City. The team of the former Tampico-Madero FC, who came from Tamaulipas and here renamed Gallos Blancos , did the same to Atlante and relegated as soon as they had arrived here. It also disappeared as quickly as it came.

Chiapas

society	Seat	Playing times
Jaguares	Tuxtla Gutiérrez	since 2002/03

Aguascalientes

society	Seat	Playing times
Necaxa	Aguascalientes	2003 / 04-08 / 09, 10/11

Before Necaxa came here from Mexico City in the spring of 2003, the state was represented in the Primera División 'A' for just a few seasons by the Gallos de Aguascalientes, founded in 1994 . The adventure ended abruptly in the spring of 2002 after the Chivas owner Jorge Vergara acquired their license and formed the Club Deportivo Tapatío , a farm team for his club from Guadalajara.

Chihuahua

society	Seat	Playing times
Cobras Cd. Juarez	Ciudad Juarez	1988 / 89-91 / 92
Indios Cd. Juarez	Ciudad Juarez	2008 / 09-09 / 10

The Cobras were founded in 1985 by the América owner Televisa to accommodate former players and young talents of Club América. Initially based in Querétaro, the club was transplanted to Ciudad Juárez in 1987 on the instructions of Televisa. The natives are not native to the city either. They were created before the 2005/06 season when Pachuca Junior , a farm team from CF Pachuca, was delegated here and changed its name.

Sinaloa

society	Seat	Playing times
Dorados	Culiacan	2004 / 05-05 / 06, 15/16

States that were previously only represented in the second division at best

Yucatan

The Mérida FC team are committed to victory; even if it doesn't always help, like here before the match against the Indios de Chihuahua (0: 1) on March 7, 2009.

society	Seat	Playing times
Atlético Yucatán	Merida	1994 / 95-00 / 01, 02/03
Venados FC	Merida	2003 / 04-04 / 05, since 08/09

In a regular ten-year rhythm, Atlético Yucatán reached the promotion finals to the Primera División in 1989 and 1999 and most recently Mérida FC (since 2015 Venados FC ) in summer 2009, but failed in all cases.

The CD Atlético Yucatán played in the old Segunda División when it was the second highest division in Mexican club football. At the end of the 1988/89 season, the Venados failed in the promotion final against Potros Neza, who had sold their first division license to CD Veracruz before the start of the new season. In 1994 Atlético was a founding member of the new Primera División 'A' and at the end of the 1998/99 season again reached the promotion finals, in which they were defeated this time against Club Unión de Curtidores, who also did not use their first division eligibility. When Atlético finally withdrew from the league after the 2002/03 season and announced its dissolution, the brothers Arturo and Mauricio Millet Reyes brought the team and license from Nacional Tijuana to Mérida and formed the Venados del Mérida Fútbol Club as the legitimate successor of the vanished Atlético Venados de Yucatán. The new club reached the promotion finals against Querétaro FC in 2009 and lost 4: 5 on penalties after a long battle (1: 2 and 1: 0).

Durango

society	Seat	Playing times
Club Alacranes	Durango	1999 / 00-10 / 11

The Club Alacranes de Durango , founded in 1958, is one of the oldest clubs in the Primera División 'A'. He is also one of the few clubs that have qualified for participation in the second Mexican soccer league through sporting means. In the 1998/99 season, the Alacranes (Scorpions) won both the Apertura and the Clausura of the third-class Segunda División, which meant that they could no longer take the promotion. Between 1999/00 and 2010/11 they were an integral part of the Primera 'A' and its successor Liga de Ascenso.

Zacatecas

society	Seat	Playing times
Real Sociedad	Zacatecas	1996 / 97-02 / 03
Mineros	Zacatecas	since 2014/15

Real Sociedad Deportiva de Zacatecas benefited from a league expansion in 1996 and was included in the Primera División 'A' together with Atlético Hidalgo for the 1996/97 season. After seven years of membership in the second division, the team was dissolved due to financial constraints at the end of the 2002/03 season and their license transferred to Altamira FC in the state of Tamaulipas. The Mineros have represented the state of Zacatecas in the second division since 2014/15.

Oaxaca

society	Seat	Playing times
Alebrijes de Oaxaca FC	Oaxaca	since 2013/14
Cruz Azul Oaxaca	Oaxaca	2003 / 04-05 / 06
CF Oaxaca	Oaxaca	2001 / 02-02 / 03

The most successful soccer team of this state so far in the tournaments of the second division was a farm team of the CD Cruz Azul. This occurred here between 2003/04 and 2005/06 under the name Cruz Azul Oaxaca , after Cruz Azul Hidalgo had changed its location. But in 2006 the team moved back to the original home of the club in Jasso and has been back under their previous name since then. But its predecessor in the league, the Club de Fútbol Oaxaca , was not really a native of the city. In order to be allowed to play in the Primera División 'A', the license of the Lobos BUAP from Puebla was acquired in 2001 and only two years later transferred to Tlaxcala. In 2013 the Alebrijes de Oaxaca FC was launched by various local politicians and entrepreneurs and given a license for the second division. In its first season, the team reached the cup final of the Clausura 2014, which was lost to the first division club UANL Tigres.

Colima

society	Seat	Playing times
Real de Colima	Colima	2006 / 07-08 / 09
Jaguares de Colima	Colima	1997 / 98-99 / 00
Huracanes de Colima	Colima	2004/05

In contrast to many other clubs that were only founded during the existence of the Primera 'A', which was introduced in 1994, the Club de Fútbol Jaguares de Colima, which was represented in the league between 1997/98 and 1999/00, was founded in 1976.

The Huracanes de Colima Fútbol Club , which appeared in the league only in the 2004/05 season , belonged to the media giant Televisa. Therefore, the club was powerless when its second division license was transferred to Águilas Riviera Maya in the state of Quintana Roo after just one year . Since the 2006/07 season, the state was represented by Real de Colima in the Primera 'A'. When this league was replaced by the Liga de Ascenso in the 2009/10 season, Colima is again without a second division team.

Guerrero

society	Seat	Playing times
Club Guerreros	Acapulco	1994 / 95-96 / 97
Potros Pegaso	Acapulco	2001 / 02-03 / 04

The Club Guerreros de Acapulco was created when the third division team Surianos de Iguala , who was also based in Guerrero , moved in 1986 . At the end of the 1989/90 season was the win of the third division championship and the associated promotion to the Segunda División, which was still second at the time. When the Primera División 'A' was newly introduced in 1994/95, the Club Guerreros de Acapulco was one of the founding members. At the end of the 1996/97 season, the club sold its license and has not been represented in the league since.

In the 2001/02 season, second division football came back to Acapulco. It was brought along by the old traditional club Marte from Cuernavaca in Morelos, which in the meantime functioned as the farm team of CF Atlante and was unrecognizable after the move under its new name Club Potros Pegaso de Acapulco . After three years in Acapulco, the franchise was transplanted to Nezahualcóyotl before the start of the 2004/05 season and now appeared under the name Atlante Neza .

See also: Soccer in Acapulco

Nayarit

society	Seat	Playing times
Deportivo Coras	Tepic	1994 / 95-95 / 96, since 14/15
Chivas Coras	Tepic	2005/06

Between the relegation of Coras de Deportivo Tepic at the end of the 1995/96 season and their return to the 2014/15 season, a team called Chivas Coras brought second division football to Tepic in the 2005/06 season . The team that emerged from the CD Tapatío farm team of CD Guadalajara, however, moved back to Guadalajara after just one season, where it performed again under its original name.

Sonora

society	Seat	Playing times
Guerreros	Hermosillo	2009/10 Ape 10
Pioneros	CD. Obregón	2004/05
Coyotes de Sonora	Hermosillo	2005/06
Cimarrones de Sonora	Hermosillo	2015/16
Gallos Blancos	Hermosillo	Ver 1996

Because the then first division club and later relegated Tampico-Madero FC moved to Querétaro during the 1994/95 season, where he stayed after his relegation to Primera División 'A', the team from the Universidad Autónoma de Querétaro , playing in the same league, moved briefly UAQ, during the 1995/96 season to Hermosillo to play there under the name Gallos Blancos de Hermosillo . Although the team finished the season as runner-up and thus narrowly missed promotion to the football club, the club withdrew from the league and disappeared. Guerreros FC was one of 17 founding members of the Liga de Ascenso , which was introduced in 2009/10, but withdrew from the league in winter 2010.

Tabasco

society	Seat	Playing times
Lagartos	Villahermosa	Cla 03-Cla 06
Caimanes	Villahermosa	1994/95
Guerreros	Villahermosa	Ape 06

The Club Caimanes de Tabasco was a founding member of the Primera División 'A', which was newly installed in the 1994/95 season, and at the end of the opening season the first sporting relegation from this league. Club Lagartos de Tabasco , which was launched in the winter of 2002/03 and took over the license and team from Orizaba, managed to stay in the league for a longer period of time . At the end of the 2005/06 season, the Lagartos sold their license, while a newly founded club called Guerreros de Tabasco represented the state in the second division, before transferring his license to the later first division club Tijuana Xoloitzcuintles only six months later .

Campeche

society	Seat	Playing times
Delfines del Carmen Fútbol	CD. del Carmen	2013/14

Tlaxcala

society	Seat	Playing times
Guerreros de Tlaxcala	Tlaxcala	2003/04

Before the Guerreros de Tlaxcala played in Primera División 'A' in 2003/04, the Club Deportivo Lobos de Tlaxcala brought second division football to the smallest Mexican state. The Lobos won the championship of the Tercera División in 1978/79 and played in the Segunda División for the three following seasons. Thus they had succeeded in a sporting way, which the Guerreros later had to buy dearly (by acquiring the license from CF Oaxaca).

State that was previously represented at best in the third division

Baja California Sur

society	Seat	Playing times
Delfines de Los Cabos	Cabo San Lucas	2007 / 08-10 / 11

Of all 32 states in Mexico (including the Federal District), professional football came here last. For the first time ever, the Delfines de Los Cabos Fútbol Club , located on the southern tip of the peninsula, a club from BCS applied to participate in the Segunda División for the 2007/08 season. The club initially played its home games in the Unidad Deportiva San José 78 sports complex in San José del Cabo, which only holds around 500 spectators . Since there was not only playing here, but also training, the natural grass soon resembled a field. In order to cope with the double burden of training and play, the club soon moved into a new domicile in neighboring Cabo San Lucas. The local sports facility Unidad Deportiva de Los Cangrejos has a more resilient artificial turf and can also accommodate around 2,500 visitors. The club had to sign some players from other regions of the country at the beginning of its professional career in order to be able to keep up in the league. However, he pursued the ambitious goal of soon forming a team consisting mainly of young talents who were born in Baja California Sur and who will emerge from their own offspring. After four years of membership in the third-class Segunda División, the adventure ended (initially?) With the withdrawal of the Delfines from the league.

Overview of all previous champions of Mexico

society	Ges.	PF	PD
America	16	4th	12
Club España	15th	14th	1
CD Guadalajara	11	-	11
Dep. Toluca	10	-	10
CF Pachuca	8-9 *	2-3 *	6th
Cruz Azul	8th	-	8th
Club León	7th	-	7th
Necaxa	7th	4th	3
UNAM Pumas	7th	-	7th
Reforma AC	6th	6th	-
Atlante	5	2	3
Santos Laguna	5	-	5
CF Monterrey	4th	-	4th
UANL Tigres	4th	-	4th
CF Asturias	3	2	1
Marte	3	2	1
CD Veracruz	2	-	2
CD Zacatepec	2	-	2
Puebla FC	2	-	2
Orizaba AC	1	1	-
Mexico Cricket Club	1	1	-
British Club	1	1	-
CF México	1	1	-
Atlas Guadalajara	1	-	1
CD Tampico	1	-	1
CD Oro	1	-	1
UAG Tecos	1	-	1
Morelia	1	-	1
Tijuana	1	-	1
FV Germania	0-1 *	0-1 *	-

Legend

Ges. = Number of all championship titles (Primera Fuerza and Primera División)
PF = number of titles won in the Primera Fuerza (1902/03 to 1942/43)
PD = number of titles won in the Primera División (since 1943/44)

(*) One title each for the CF Pachuca and the FV Germania are questionable, as according to some sources they only have an unofficial character, while they are considered by the Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation (RSSSF).

Status: including Clausura 2016 (obtained from CF Pachuca)

The clubs in international comparison

This section covers the performance of Mexican club teams in international tournaments. There is a separate article for the Mexican national team .

The CONCACAF competitions

The CONCACAF Champions' Cup was held for the first time in 1962 . The competition, called the CONCACAF Champions League since 2008/09 , has taken place 53 times so far (premature abandonment without determining a winner is not taken into account) and has already been won 34 times by Mexican teams. This corresponds to a success rate of more than 60% (as of: 2017/18 season). Since 2006 the tournament has been won exclusively by Mexican teams. Club America, based in the Mexican capital, is the record winner with seven titles.

Overview of the Mexican winners in the CONCACAF Champions' Cup:

team	title	Title wins
America	7th	1977, 1987, 1990, 1992, 2006, 2015, 2016
Cruz Azul	6th	1969, 1970, 1971, 1996, 1997, 2014
Pachuca	5	2002, 2007, 2008, 2010, 2017
Monterrey	4th	2011, 2012, 2013, 2019
UNAM cougars	3	1980, 1982, 1989
CD Guadalajara	2	1962, 2018
Toluca	2	1968, 2003
Atl. Español / Necaxa	2	1975, 1999
Atlante	2	1983, 2009
Puebla	1	1991
Leones Negros UDG (*)	1	1978

(*) In 1978 there was no overall winner, so there were three zone winners. The team from the Universidad de Guadalajara (UDG) won the North Zone.

The CONCACAF Cup Winners' Cup , which was held only four times between 1991 and 1995 and was won three times by Mexican teams: in 1993 by CF Monterrey, 1994 by Necaxa and 1995 by UAG Tecos, played a subordinate role .

In 2001, the CONCACAF Giants Cup was only held once and won by Club America.

Copa Interamericana

The Copa Interamericana was a competition in which the winners of the CONCACAF Champions' Cup (from North and Central America) and the Copa Libertadores (from South America) were supposed to face each other. Because the competition, which was held a total of 18 times between 1968 and 1998, was not taken seriously by the South American teams, the actual winners of the Copa Libertadores did not always appear and in a few years the competition fell into the water. Another typical feature of this competition was the delayed execution, which usually did not take place until the following year. Mexican teams qualified for participation eight times and won the trophy three times: America for 1977 and 1990, the UNAM Pumas for 1980. This makes Mexico the most successful country behind Argentina, whose teams have been successful seven times.

Below are all final results with Mexican participation:

year	date	Venue	pairing
1968	02/13/1969	Toluca	Toluca - Estudiantes LP 1: 2
	02/19/1969	La Plata	Estudiantes LP - Toluca 1-2
	02/21/1969	Montevideo	Estudiantes LP - Toluca 3-0
1971	07/15/1972	Mexico city	Cruz Azul 1-1 Nacional Montevideo
	07/11/1972	Montevideo	Nacional Montevideo - Cruz Azul 2-1
1975	08/26/1976	Caracas	CA Independiente - Atlético Español 2-2
	08/29/1976	Caracas	CA Independiente - Atlético Español 0: 0 (4: 2 n.e.)
1977	03/28/1978	Buenos Aires	Boca Juniors 3-0 America
	04/12/1978	Mexico city	America 1-0 Boca Juniors
	04/14/1978	Mexico city	América - Boca Juniors 2: 1 a.d.
1980	03/25/1981	Mexico city	UNAM Pumas - Nacional Montevideo 3-1
	04/28/1981	Montevideo	Nacional Montevideo - UNAM Pumas 3-1
	05/15/1981	los Angeles	UNAM Pumas - Nacional Montevideo 2-1
1989	July 25, 1990	Medellin	Atlético Nacional - UNAM Pumas 2-0
	08/01/1990	Mexico city	UNAM Pumas - Atlético Nacional 1: 4
1990	10/01/1991	Asunción	Olimpia Asunción - America 1-1
	10/12/1991	Mexico city	America 2-1 Olimpia Asunción
1991	09/09/1992	Puebla	Puebla - CSD Colo Colo 1: 4
	09/23/1992	Santiago de Chile	Colo Colo - Puebla 3-1

The FIFA Club World Cup

The FIFA Club World Cup was held for the first time in 2000 and has been held annually since 2005. A Mexican team can qualify for participation by winning the CONCACAF Champions' Cup; but not by winning the Copa Libertadores, because the best-placed team from South America qualifies in this competition. The following teams from Mexico have participated in the FIFA Club World Cup so far:

year	society	placement
2000	Necaxa	3rd place
2006	America	4th Place
2007	Pachuca	Quarter finals
2008	Pachuca	4th Place
2009	Atlante	4th Place
2010	Pachuca	5th place
2011	Monterrey	5th place
2012	Monterrey	3rd place
2013	Monterrey	5th place
2014	Cruz Azul	4th Place
2015	America	5th place
2016	America	4th Place
2017	Pachuca	3rd place
2018	Guadalajara	6th place
2019	Monterrey	3rd place

Copa Libertadores

Since 1998, Mexican teams have been allowed to take part in the traditional Copa Libertadores , which until then had only been played among South American teams . So far, 16 clubs from Mexico have qualified, and another failed in the qualifying round. The most frequent participant was the Club America, which was there seven times. The most successful teams were Cruz Azul, Guadalajara and the UANL Tigres with their finals in 2001, 2010 and 2015. In the competition of the year 2009 , the teams of CF Pachuca ( failed in the qualification against Universidad de Chile ) as well as Deportivo Guadalajara and Club San Luis took part who had finished their preliminary group with second place and thus qualified for the round of 16. There Guadalajara would have played against São Paulo FC and San Luis against Nacional Montevideo . Because CONMEBOL had deprived the Mexican teams of their home rights because of the so-called swine flu and there would only have been one game in South America, the Mexicans withdrew their teams from the tournament and also announced that they would no longer participate in the CONMEBOL tournaments in the future want to compete. Nevertheless, Mexican representatives have been taking part again since the 2010 Copa Libertadores . Guadalajara and San Luis were invited separately due to the events of the previous year and were automatically seeded for the round of 16, while Monterrey and Morelia qualified via the conventional mode. Due to the expansion of the schedule of the Copa Libertadores 2017 , the Mexican clubs decided not to participate.

Overview of the Mexican club teams and the round they have reached in the Copa Libertadores (1998-2016):

society	Participation	Round achieved / years
America	7th	Semi-finals 2000, 2002, 2008
		Quarterfinals 2007
		Round of 16 1998, 2004, 2011
CD Guadalajara	6th	Final 2010
		Semi-finals 2005, 2006
		Preliminary round 1998, 2008, 2012
UANL Tigres	4th	Final 2015
		Quarterfinals 2005
		Round of 16 2006
		2012 qualification
Monarcas Morelia	4th	Quarterfinals 2002
		Preliminary round 2010
		Qualification 2014, 2015
Cruz Azul	3	Final 2001
		Quarterfinals 2003
		Round of 16 2012
Atlas	3	Quarterfinals 2000, 2008
		Preliminary round 2015
UNAM Pumas	3	Quarterfinals 2016
		Round of 16 2003
		Preliminary round 2006
Toluca	3	Round of 16 2007, 2016
		Preliminary round 2013
Santos Laguna	2	Round of 16 2004, 2014
San Luis	2	Round of 16 2010
		Preliminary round 2011
Necaxa	2	Round of 16 2007
		Qualification 1999
Leon	2	Round of 16 2014
		2013 qualification
Pachuca	2	Round of 16 2005
		Qualification 2009
Monterrey	2	Preliminary round 1999, 2010
Jaguares	1	Quarterfinals 2011
Tijuana	1	Quarterfinals 2013
Puebla	1	Qualification 2016

Copa Sudamericana

In order to equip the second half of the year with an international tournament (the Copa Libertadores takes place between January and July), the Copa Sudamericana has been held every year since 2002 . Mexican teams have also been allowed to participate since 2005. In this competition they have so far been more successful than in the Copa Libertadores: Pachuca won the trophy in 2006. Furthermore, the UNAM Pumas (2005) and Club America (2007) each reached the finals once. The Mexicans have not taken part in this tournament since 2009 (see note above under Copa Libertadores ).

Overview of the Mexican club teams and the round they have reached in the Copa Sudamericana (2002–2008):

society	Participation	Round achieved / years
Pachuca	2	Winner 2006, round of 16 2007
America	2	Final 2007, quarter-final 2005
CD Guadalajara	2	Semi-finals 2008, quarter-finals 2007
UNAM Pumas	1	Final 2005
CD Toluca	1	Semi-finals 2006
Club San Luis	1	Round of 16 2008

Copa Merconorte

Before the introduction of the Copa Sudamericana, there was already an attempt to establish two co-existing tournaments under the names Copa Merconorte and Copa Mercosur , but these were discontinued after a few years. The Copa Merconorte was held four times between 1998 and 2001, and three Mexican club teams each took part in the last two tournaments. They achieved the following results:

society	Participation	Round achieved / years
CD Guadalajara	2	Semifinals 2000, preliminary round 2001
Necaxa	2	Semi-finals 2001, preliminary round 2000
Santos Laguna	1	Semi-finals 2001
Toluca	1	Preliminary round 2000

Individual evidence

The statistical data are mainly based on the information from http://www.rsssf.com/ and http://www.senorgol.nu./
The textual explanations of the federal states in parts 1 and 2 are usually taken from the articles published in the German-language wikipedia about the respective associations and any necessary references are stored there.
Unless otherwise stated, the textual information on the associations in Part 3 comes from the Wikipedia articles in Spanish or English.
The evidence of license transfers in Primera División 'A' was obtained from the website http://primeraa.mforos.com/198309/6318033-todos-los-cambios-de-nombre-y-sede-de-la-primera- a / taken.
The information in part 4 as well as the withdrawal of the Mexican teams from the CONMEBOL competitions are provided with a source reference.

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