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Liga MX, officially known as Liga BBVA MX for sponsorship reasons, [6] is the top professional division of Mexican football.Formerly known as Liga Mayor (1943–1949) and then as Primera División de México (1949–2012).
In Mexico, football became a professional men's sport in 1943. Since then, Mexico's most successful men's club has been América, with sixteen titles in the top professional division. [3] The first women's professional football league in Mexico was established in 2016, the first season was in 2017–2018. It set new world records for ...
Mexico's most popular team sport is association football. Football is widely followed and practiced all over the country and it is considered the most popular sport in most states. It is believed that football was introduced in Mexico by English Cornish miners at the end of the 19th century. By 1902 a five-team league emerged with a strong ...
The 2024–25 Liga MX season (known as the Liga BBVA MX for sponsorship reasons) is the 78th professional season of the top-flight football league in Mexico.The season is to be divided into two championships—the Apertura 2024 and the Clausura 2025—each in an identical format and each contested by the same eighteen teams.
The women's top level in Mexico is the Liga MX Femenil started in September 2017. [5] The Liga TDP Femenil was started in October 2024, as the second women's professional league in Mexico. Another non-professional women's league organized in parallel is the Liga Mexicana de Fútbol Femenil organized by (LIMEFFE), was established in 2007.
In 1927, the first official governing football body in Mexico was founded. The 1928 Olympic Football Tournament was Mexico's first official international competition, where Mexico lost to Spain 1–7 in the round of 16. [8] Mexico participated in the inaugural 1930 FIFA World Cup in Uruguay, grouped with Argentina, Chile, and France.
Sep. 7—Rejoice, sports fans and New Mexicans! It doesn't any get better than this. As a lifelong sports junkie and New Mexico native, the first weekend of September is always circled on my calendar.
In Mexican football, the Big Four (Spanish: Los Cuatro Grandes) refers to a group of four clubs, Club América, Guadalajara (popularly known by their nickname Chivas), Cruz Azul and Pumas UNAM, which are considered by the local press to be the most popular and successful sides in the country. [1] [2]