Tercera División (Mexico)

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The Mexican Tercera Division is formerly the third highest and now the fourth highest division in Mexican club football . Originally founded as a league with 16 teams in which everyone played against everyone, it already consists of a total of 240 teams in the 2009/10 season, which are largely divided into 15 groups according to regional criteria. The groups are not consistently made up of 16 teams, which would be mathematically possible, but the number of participants fluctuates between 12 and 18.

History of the Tercera División mexicana

The Tercera División was founded in 1967 with 16 founding members as the nationwide third division of Mexican club football. The opening season started on July 9, 1967 with the following matches:

The first champion and promoted to the Segunda División was the CD Zapata , which, however, was relegated after two second division seasons and returned to the Tercera División.

The Tercera División (German Third League) was a third-class league for only 15 years up to and including the 1981/82 season. It lost this status with the introduction of the new Segunda División 'B' from the 1982/83 season. The new league was henceforth the "substructure" of the Segunda División and was thus de facto the new third division, so that the Tercera División has only been the fourth highest division in Mexican club football since then. This status did not change twelve years later when the Segunda División 'B' was discontinued at the end of the 1993/94 season. Because at the same time a new "substructure" was created at the beginning of the 1994/95 season, this time called Primera División 'A' and henceforth assumed the role of the new second division. This made the Segunda División third class and the Tercera División remained fourth class.

Up to and including the 1991/92 season, the Tercera División was a unit for 25 years, as only one master was determined who was also eligible for promotion. At the beginning of the 1992/93 season, branch teams of first division clubs (Equipos Sucursales) were integrated, which may play, but are not eligible for promotion. While the best teams eligible for promotion play championship and promotion within the conventional Torneo Ascenso , the new branch teams determine their champions at the same time in a separate tournament, the Torneo Sucursales . At the beginning of the 1994/95 season, an overall champion ( Campeón de Campeones ) was also played in the six consecutive seasons between the masters of the two separate tournaments ; comparable to the Supercup known in Europe , which is usually determined between champions and cup winners. This title could only be won twice by the Master of Torneo Ascenso, but four times by the Master of Torneo Sucursales. The only team to win this title twice (1996 and 1997) was the Club América branch team .

For the temporarily last time an overall champion was determined in the 2001/02 season for both tournaments (Ascenso and Sucursales), but in 2008/09 they returned to this procedure. In the seven intervening seasons, the championship was divided into two halves based on the example of higher leagues and a master of the Apertura (first half of the season) and one of the Clausura (second half of the season) were determined. Both champions of Torneo Ascenso were eligible for promotion, in previous years (as in 2008/09) they were champions and runner-up for the season as a whole.

The master

Including the completed 2008/09 season, the Tercera División has existed for 42 years. In these, the Torneo Ascenso and 24 times the Torneo Sucursales were held 49 times. In addition to these tournaments, a third tournament was held in some seasons: three times the Torneo Promocional Pacífico in 2004 and 2005 and twice the Torneo Promocional del Estado de Chihuahua in the 2006/07 season.

Only teams from the named regions took part in the last two special tournaments. The winner of the first Torneo Pacífico was the team of Diablos de Hermosillo (Clausura 2004) and in the two following seasons the representation of Búhos de Hermosillo (Apertura 2004 and Clausura 2005). The Torneo de Chihuahua, which was held twice in the 2006/07 season, was won both times by the Gallos de Pelea de Canal 5 .

While there were only three different champions in the only five special tournaments held in northwest Mexico (because two teams each won twice), the 49 champions of Torneo Ascenso are divided between almost as many teams. The only team that could win this tournament twice is the former Deportivo and later Atlético Cihuatlán (1998/99 and Clausura 2007). Possibly. this also applies to the team (s) from Tecoman who won the tournament in the 1982/83 seasons ( Tecoman FC ) and the Clausura 2004 ( Atlético Tecoman ), but unfortunately this cannot be researched due to the current sources whether these are two different clubs or a renamed club. The "double winner" CF Soccer Manzanillo is not considered here because the Clausura 2006 was won by his first team and the Clausura 2008 by his "B" selection.

In contrast, the previous 24 champions of Torneo Sucursales ( renamed Torneo Filiales since the 2004/05 season ) are divided into a total of 13 teams or ten original clubs . The most frequent winners were the junior teams of Club América, who won a total of six titles: initially América Coapa was successful in 1996 and 1997, when they won the "Supercup" both times (see above). Then the team named América "C" won the championship four times (Apertura 2003, Clausura 2004, Apertura 2006 and Apertura 2007). The second most successful professional club was Necaxa , whose reserve team Necaxa "C" was also successful four times (1998/99, Clausura 2003, Clausura 2007 and Clausura 2007). They are followed by the reserve teams from Chivas Guadalajara and UANL Tigres with three titles each, ahead of the UAG Tecos and Monarcas Morelia branch teams with two championships each. The branch teams from CF Monterrey , CD Cruz Azul , CF Atlas and UAT Correcaminos were each successful once .

List of previous champions in Torneo Ascenso and Torneo Sucursales

Note: between 1994/95 and 1999/00 the team marked with the addition "(CC)" won the title Campeón de Campeones .

Playtime Campeón de Ascenso Campeón de Sucursales / Filiales
1967/68 CD Zapata x
1968/69 Mastines de Naucalpan x
1969/70 Club San Luis x
1970/71 Lobos de Querétaro x
1971/72 Orizaba FC x
1972/73 UAG Tecos x
1973/74 Celaya FC x
1974/75 UAEM x
1975/76 TAMSA x
1976/77 Osos Grises de Toluca x
1977/78 CD Zamora x
1978/79 Lobos de Tlaxcala x
1979/80 CF Oaxtepec x
1980/81 Azucareros de Córdoba x
1981/82 Petroleros de Poza Rica x
1982/83 Tecomán FC x
1983/84 CD San ​​Mateo Atenco x
1984/85 Búfalos de Curtidores x
1985/86 Progreso de Cocula x
1986/87 Águila de Progreso Industrial x
1987/88 Ecatepec FC x
1988/89 Ayense Club x
1989/90 Brujos de Zitlaltepec x
1990/91 Linces de Celaya x
1991/92 Atlético San Francisco x
1992/93 CD Colimense CF Monterrey "B"
1993/94 Tigrillos de la UANL CD Guadalajara "B"
1994/95 Monterrey FAAC Cruz Azul México (CC)
1995/96 Deportivo Zitácuaro America Coapa (CC)
1996/97 CF Cuautitlán America Coapa (CC)
1997/98 Cachorros de Sayula (CC) Académicos
1998/99 Deportivo Cihuatlán Necaxa "B" (CC)
1999/00 Guadalajara "B" (CC) Atlético Morelia "C"
2000/01 Pumas Naucalpan Tigres, SD
Invierno 2001 Académicos Estudiantes Tecos
Verano 2002 Alacranes de Apatzingán UAT Correcaminos "C"
Apertura 2002 Deportivo Tepic Tigres SD
Clausura 2003 Inter Playa del Carmen Necaxa "C"
Apertura 2003 Jersy Nay Ixcuintla America "C"
Clausura 2004 Atlético Tecomán America "C"
Apertura 2004 CD Autlán "B" Tigres, SD
Clausura 2005 Atlético Cuauhtémoc Guadalajara "C"
Apertura 2005 Dep. Tecamachalco "B" Guadalajara "C"
Clausura 2006 Soccer Manzanillo "B" Estudiantes Tecos
Apertura 2006 Búhos de Hermosillo America "C"
Clausura 2007 Atlético Cihuatlán Necaxa "C"
Apertura 2007 Atlético Comonfort America "C"
Clausura 2008 Soccer Manzanillo "B" Necaxa "C"
2008/2009 Heroes de Caborca Monarca's Morelia "C"
2009/2010 Patriotas de Cordoba Guadalajara "C"
2010/2011 Vaqueros de Ixtlán "B" Santos Casino
2011/2012 Real Cuautitlán Guadalajara "C"
2012/2013 Poblado Miguel Inglés Estudiantes Tecos
2013/2014 Pachuca "C" Poblado Miguel Inglés
2014/2015 CD Uruapan Zacatecas "C"
2015/2016 Leones Negros UdeG "B" Zacatecas "C"
2016/2017 Tecos FC Guadalajara "C"
2017/2018 Acatlán FC UNAM Pumas "C"

Classification of groups in the 2009/10 season

The list below gives an overview of the regional division of the 15 groups of the Tercera División. It should be noted that in rare cases the headquarters of a club deviate from its venue. Since the official website of the Tercera División always states the club's headquarters (and not the venue), in some cases there may be supposedly larger regional deviations. Groups XI and XV each contain a club with headquarters in the Federal District, but their venues may differ from the club headquarters. The table below does not mention the 240 clubs, which are mostly little known in Mexico (they are included in the article on Wikipedia, see button on the left), but only the abbreviations of the states whose clubs are represented in the respective group. The number of clubs from the respective state that play in the respective group is given in brackets.

group Number of teams States
I. 16 Camp. (3), Chis. (1), Oax. (1), QR (6), Tab. (2), Ver. (1), Yuc. (2)
II 18th Oax. (1), Pue. (1), Tab. (1), Tamps. (1), ver. (14)
III 16 Large (2), Mex. (1), Mor. (6), Oax. (3), Pue. (2), Tlax. (2)
IV 18th DF (6), Mex. (12)
V 18th DF (5), Hgo. (5), Mex. (6), Pue. (2)
VI 18th DF (9), Mex. (5), Pue. (2), ver. (2)
VII 18th DF (4), Mex. (13), me. (1)
VIII 13 Gto. (3), Gro. (2), me. (4), Qro. (4)
IX 18th Ags. (2), Gto. (13), me. (2), Zac. (1)
X 15th Col. (3), Jal. (12)
XI 16 DF (1), Jal. (13), me. (1), Nay. (1)
XII 18th NL (8), SLP (2), Tamps. (8th)
XIII 13 BC (4), BCS (1), Sin. (4), son. (4)
XIV 13 Chih. (12), Coah. (1)
XV 12 Ags. (2), Coah. (1), DF (1), Dgo. (7), SLP (1)

Former first division team in the Tercera División

The following former first division teams play in the Tercera División in the 2009/10 season (only the first teams of a club are recorded; branch, reserve and junior teams are not taken into account):

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Historia de la Tercera División Profesional (Spanish; PDF file)