Liga Española de Fútbol (Mexico)
The Liga Española de Fútbol de México is an amateur football league in the metropolitan area of Mexico City and the most important alongside the Liga Interclubes de Fútbol Soccer Amateur, founded in 1948 . Its headquarters are at 178 Chapultepec Avenue, Colonia Roma , Delegación Cuauhtémoc , Mexico City.
structure
Although it is an organized league with official status, it is not a conventional substructure of professional or semi-profile players, as is common, for example, in European football league structures. The Liga Española de Fútbol de México is a leisure league whose teams can withdraw at any time at the end of the season and new teams are accepted at any time at the beginning of a season. Some teams only take part in the competition sporadically. The number of participants also varies considerably and climbed from the first official game year 1954 (12 teams) to the peak of 97 teams in 2002. In 2010, a total of 65 teams participated.
The large number of participating teams has long meant that within the league there are sometimes different groups and sometimes different divisions (with first and second league), so that not all participants can compete with each other. In contrast to other leagues at the fifth level (such as the top soccer league in Germany ), there is no opportunity for promotion to the fourth league in the case of the championship and the participants who see themselves as pure amateurs also do not strive for it.
history
The Liga Española de Fútbol de México was founded in 1954. The main initiators were the Spanish clubs España and Asturias , which had withdrawn from the Primera División , the professional league introduced in 1943/44, at the end of the 1949/50 season due to association disputes .
The 1954 opening tournament (Prólogo) was contested by six teams (Atlético Bembibre, Centro Vasco, CD Llanes, CD Ibero, Juventud Asturiana and Real Madrid) from the Spanish community of Mexico. At best, the names of these teams revealed something about the origin of (most) players or their ancestors in their home country, but less about their actual club membership. The first team of Club España came under the name Real Madrid, while the Asturians sent two teams called Juventud Asturiana (from 1964 Deportivo Asturiano) and Deportivo Llanes (after an Asturian coastal city ) into the race. Centro Vasco, a few years later as Athletic de Bilbao, was the association of the Basque community. Bembibre (after a small town in the Spanish province of León ) and Ibero (after the Iberian Peninsula ) withdrew after a few years.
In the beginning the Liga Española de Fútbol de México was a "private event" of the Spanish community in the metropolitan area of Mexico City. All the players were Spaniards or sons of Spanish families. Over time, the league opened up to players of all nations and grew significantly. A wide variety of teams are now involved: representatives from sports and community centers as well as those from companies and state institutions as well as amateur reserve teams from professional clubs.
A habit from the early days of the league has remained to this day: the appearance of the teams under various imaginary names that were adopted by domestic and foreign professional clubs (the aforementioned Real Madrid and Athletic de Bilbao as well as the one that has been uninterrupted since 1958 and therefore for the longest Valencia FC participating in the period are just three examples from a large number of such names, including a team called Bayern Munich at the 1999 cup tournament) or which suggests representing a certain nation. For example, there are teams with the name Turcos FC (since 1997) or Holanda (since 2008), in which no Turks or Dutch play, but only Mexicans.
In the recent past, old traditional clubs have switched to having their teams compete under the official club name. This was the case, for example, with Asturias (between 2004 and 2008) and is currently the case with the Reforma Athletic Club (since 2007).
Venues
General venues
Only a few teams have their own sports field, so there are some sports fields that serve as "home venues" for a number of teams.
The most popular sports facilities are Ajusco, Baeza, Los Sauces and San Martín. Further information can be found in the table below.
| place | sports ground | location | State | Location in or distance to Mexico City |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ajusco | Campo del Ajusco | Colonia San Miguel Ajusco, Delegación Tlalpan |
 Mexico city
|
in the south of Mexico City |
| Baeza | Campos Pato Baeza | Colonia San Bernardino, Texcoco |
 México
|
28 km east of Mexico City |
| Los sauces | Campo Los Sauces | Cuautitlán de Romero Rubio |
México
|
approx. 20 km north of Mexico City |
| San Martín | Campo Deportivo San Martín | Colonia San Martín Nezahualcoyotl, Texcoco |
México
|
28 km east of Mexico City |
Club's own sports fields
The traditional association Reforma Athletic Club (RAC), originally founded by the British, and the Club Deportivo Israelita (CDI), which belongs to the Jewish community , have their own football pitches . Both sports fields are located in Naucalpan de Juárez , which borders on Mexico City to the northwest , and is one of 125 municipalities in the state of México. The RAC generally plays its home games at the Campo Club Reforma and all clubs belonging to the Jewish community (usually recognizable by the prefix CDI) primarily use the Campo CDI Toreo or, as an alternative, the more distant Campo CDI Tepotzotlán . The team of the National School for Professional Studies (Escuela Nacional de Estudios Profesionales, ENEP for short) Acatlán UNAM also has its own sports field, which is also located in Naucalpan and not far east of the Campo Club Reforma.
| place | sports ground | location | State | Location in or distance to Mexico City |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Acatlan | Campo ENEP Acatlán UNAM 1 | Naucalpán de Juarez |
México
|
northwest of Mexico City |
| Club Reforma | Campo Club Reforma | Colonia San Juan Totoltepec, Naucalpán de Juárez |
México
|
northwest of Mexico City |
| CDI Toreo | Campo CDI Toreo | Naucalpán de Juárez (near Cuatro Caminos, the terminus of metro line 2 ) 2 |
México
|
north-western city limits |
| CDI Tepotzotlán | Campo CDI Tepotzotlán | Tepotzotlán |
México
|
115 km northeast of Mexico City. |
Notes :
- 1 : Sports field of an educational institution belonging to the UNAM
- 2 : the sports facility is named after the former bullring Toreo de Cuatro Caminos, which was demolished in 2008.
Overview of all title holders
Title holder in the 20th century
| season | master | Cup winners | Supercup |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1954 (introduction) | real Madrid | real Madrid | real Madrid |
| 1954 | real Madrid | real Madrid | real Madrid |
| 1955 | real Madrid | Deportivo Llanes | Deportivo Llanes |
| 1956 | Centro Vasco | FC Barcelona | Centro Vasco |
| 1957 | real Madrid | FC Barcelona | real Madrid |
| 1958 | real Madrid | real Madrid | real Madrid |
| 1959 | real Madrid | Deportivo Covadonga | real Madrid |
| 1960 | real Madrid | Deportivo Covadonga | real Madrid |
| 1961 | Valencia FC | real Madrid | real Madrid |
| 1962 | Real Celta | Real Celta | Real Celta |
| 1963 | Deportivo Llanes | real Madrid | real Madrid |
| 1964 | San Sebastian | real Madrid | real Madrid |
| 1965 | Valencia FC | Valencia FC | Valencia FC |
| 1966 | Deportivo Asturiano | Deportivo Asturiano | Deportivo Asturiano |
| 1967 | Valencia FC | Galicia FC | Galicia FC |
| 1968 | Real Celta | Real Celta | Real Celta |
| 1969 | Galicia FC | Galicia FC | Galicia FC |
| 1970 | Galicia FC | San Sebastian | San Sebastian |
| 1971 | Deportivo Santiago | Deportivo Santiago | Deportivo Santiago |
| 1972 | Valencia FC | San Sebastian | San Sebastian |
| 1973 | Deportivo Asturiano | Centro Gallego | Centro Gallego |
| 1974 | Deportivo Español | Deportivo Asturiano | Deportivo Español |
| 1975 | Galicia FC | FC Barcelona | Galicia FC |
| 1976 | Galicia FC | not carried out | not carried out |
| 1976/77 | Galicia FC | Athletic de Bilbao | Galicia FC |
| 1977/78 | Galicia FC | Valencia FC | Galicia FC |
| 1978/79 | Galicia FC | not carried out | not carried out |
| 1979/80 | Rayo Vallecano | Galicia FC | Galicia FC |
| 1980/81 | Galicia FC | not carried out | not carried out |
| 1981/82 | Galicia FC | Pumas UNAM | Galicia FC |
| 1982/83 | Galicia FC | Galicia FC | Galicia FC |
| 1983/84 | Galicia FC | San Sebastian | San Sebastian |
| 1984/85 | San Sebastian | Ejército Mexicano | Ejército Mexicano |
| 1985/86 | Real Gijón | San Sebastian | Real Gijón |
| 1986/87 | Ejército Mexicano | Rayo Vallecano | Ejército Mexicano |
| 1987/88 | San Martín | Rayo Vallecano | San Martín |
| 1988/89 | Guadalajara | Deportivo Llanes | Deportivo Llanes |
| 1989/90 | Deportivo Llanes | San Lorenzo | Deportivo Llanes |
| 1990/91 | Cantabria | Cantabria | Cantabria |
| 1991/92 | Cantabria | Real Gijón | Cantabria |
| 1992/93 | Cantabria | Seville | Cantabria |
| 1993/94 | Cantabria | Guadalajara | Guadalajara |
| 1994/95 | Athletic de Bilbao | Athletic de Bilbao | Athletic de Bilbao |
| 1995/96 | Cantabria | Guadalajara | Cantabria |
| 1996/97 | Athletic de Bilbao | Athletic de Bilbao | Athletic de Bilbao |
| 1997/98 | Athletic de Bilbao | Athletic de Bilbao | Athletic de Bilbao |
| 1998/99 | Athletic de Bilbao | Aeroglobal | Athletic de Bilbao |
Title holder in the 21st century
Since 2000, the championship has been held every six months, so that there is one master for the first half of the year (Apertura) and one for the second half of the year (Clausura). However, as usual, the cup winner is only determined once a year.
| year | Master Apertura | Master Clausura | Cup winners | Supercup |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000 | San Francisco | Athletic de Bilbao | Deportivo Español | Athletic de Bilbao |
| 2001 | Athletic de Bilbao | Celta FC | Celta FC | not carried out |
| 2002 | Athletic de Bilbao | Poli San Francisco | OBD | Poli San Francisco |
| 2003 | OBD | OBD | San Francisco | OBD |
| 2004 | OBD | OBD | OBD | OBD |
| 2005 | OBD | Leones Banamex | real Madrid | OBD |
| 2006 | CD Israelita | Leones Banamex | Terranova | CD Israelita |
| 2007 | Leones Banamex | Leones Banamex | Leones Banamex | Leones Banamex |
| 2008 | CD Israelita | Estrella's breathpa | Terranova | CD Israelita |
| 2009 | Poli San Francisco | Leones Banamex | Poli San Francisco | Poli San Francisco |
| 2010 | Investigadores PF | Leones Banamex |
The most common winning teams
The following tables list the most common winning teams in each tournament. If the number of titles won is the same, the team that has reached the corresponding number first is always named first. The abbreviation EÖT means "opening tournament", which was held in 1954 before the actual championship. The deadline is Apertura 2010 (summer 2010).
The most common masters
| rank | team | number | Title wins | Participation in league operations |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Galicia FC | 11 | 1969, 1970, 1975-1979, 1981-1984 | 1956-2007 |
| 2 | real Madrid | 7th | 1954 (EÖT), 1954, 1955, 1957–1960 | 1954–1985, 2000, 2005, 2010 |
| 2 | Athletic de Bilbao | 7th | 1995, 1997–1999, Cla 2000, Ape 2001, Ape 2002 | 1958-2003 |
| 4th | Cantabria | 5 | 1991-1994, 1996 | 1988 / 89-1995 / 96 |
| 4th | OBD | 5 | Ape 2003 – Ape 2005 | 2002-2006 |
| 4th | Leones Banamex | 5 | Cla 2005, Cla 2006 – Cla 2007, Cla 2009 | since 2003 |
The most common cup winners
| rank | team | number | Title wins | Participation in league operations |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | real Madrid | 7th | 1954 (EÖT), 1954, 1958, 1961, 1963, 1964, 2005 | 1954–1985, 2000, 2005, 2010 |
| 2 | Galicia FC | 4th | 1967, 1969, 1980, 1983 | 1956-2007 |
| 2 | Athletic de Bilbao | 4th | 1977, 1995, 1997, 1998 | 1958-2003 |
The most common Supercup winners
| rank | team | number | Title wins | Participation in league operations |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | real Madrid | 9 | 1954 (EÖT), 1954, 1957–1961, 1963, 1964 | 1954–1985, 2000, 2005, 2010 |
| 2 | Galicia FC | 8th | 1967, 1969, 1975, 1977, 1978, 1980, 1982, 1983 | 1956-2007 |
| 3 | Athletic de Bilbao | 5 | 1995, 1997-2000 | 1958-2003 |
See also
Web links
- Official Website (Spanish)
- Planos de los Campos (Spanish)