2020–21_Liga_MX_season

Liga MX
Season	2020–21
Champions	Guardianes 2020:; León (8th title); Guardianes 2021:; Cruz Azul (9th title)
Champions League	León; UNAM; Cruz Azul; Santos Laguna
Matches played	306
Goals scored	753 (2.46 per match)
Top goalscorer	Guardianes 2020:; Jonathan Rodríguez; (12 goals); Guardianes 2021:; Alexis Canelo; (11 goals)
Biggest home win	Guardianes 2020:; América 4–0 Tijuana; (1 August 2020); Santos Laguna 4–0 Mazatlán; (8 November 2020); Guardianes 2021:; Puebla 4–0 Juárez; (12 February 2021)
Biggest away win	Guardianes 2020:; Atlético San Luis 0–5 Mazatlán; (29 October 2020); Guardianes 2021:; Juárez 1–6 Monterrey; (3 March 2021)
Highest scoring	Guardianes 2020:; Pachuca 4–3 Mazatlán; (24 August 2020); Guardianes 2021:; Toluca 4–4 Puebla; (21 March 2021)
Longest winning run	Guardianes 2020:; 7 matches; León; Guardianes 2021:; 12 matches; Cruz Azul
Longest unbeaten run	Guardianes 2020:; 14 matches; León; Guardianes 2021:; 15 matches; Cruz Azul
Longest winless run	Guardianes 2020:; 9 matches; Querétaro; Guardianes 2021:; 10 matches; Atlético San Luis
Longest losing run	Guardianes 2020:; 5 matches; Necaxa; Guardianes 2021:; 7 matches; Atlético San Luis
Highest attendance	Guardianes 2020:; 6,019; Mazatlán vs Monterrey; (25 October 2020); Guardianes 2021:; 12,778; Puebla vs UNAM; (23 April 2021)
Total attendance	Guardianes 2020:; 11,066; Guardianes 2021:; 312,571 (45 matches)
Average attendance	Guardianes 2020:; 614; Guardianes 2021:; 6,946
	← 2019–20 2021–22 → Stats are from the regular season only; Source: Liga MX

2020–21 Liga MX season

74th professional season of the top-flight football league in Mexico

The 2020–21 Liga MX season (known as the Liga BBVA MX for sponsorship reasons) was the 74th professional season of the top-flight football league in Mexico. The season was divided into two championships—the Torneo Guardianes 2020 and the Torneo Guardianes 2021—each in an identical format and each contested by the same eighteen teams. Both the Apertura 2020 and Clausura 2021 tournaments were renamed "Torneo Guardianes 2020" and "Torneo Guardianes 2021" (stylized as Guard1anes) to honor healthcare workers in the aftermath of the COVID-19 pandemic in Mexico.^[1]^[2] The Guardianes 2020 tournament began on 24 July 2020.^[3]

Quick Facts Season, Champions ...

The season saw the debut of Mazatlán F.C., replacing Monarcas Morelia, who were relocated to Mazatlán, Sinaloa to become the new Mazatlán franchise, despite backlash from supporters, former players, and the sports media across Mexico.^[4]^[5] The season saw an expanded playoff system. Twelve teams qualified to the Liguilla instead of eight.^[6]

Torneo Guardianes 2020

The Apertura tournament was named Guardianes 2020, in honour of the job healthcare workers have done during the COVID-19 pandemic in Mexico. The tournament began on 24 July 2020.

Results

Teams played every other team once (either at home or away), completing a total of 17 rounds.

More information Home \ Away, AMÉ ...

Source: Liga MX
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Final phase – Guardianes 2020

Torneo Guardianes 2021

The Clausura tournament was named Guardianes 2021, in honour of the job healthcare workers have done during the COVID-19 pandemic in Mexico.^[53] The tournament began on 7 January 2021.^[54]

Results

Teams played every other team once (either at home or away), completing a total of 17 rounds.

More information Home \ Away, AMÉ ...

Source: Liga MX
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
For upcoming matches, an "a" indicates there is an article about the rivalry between the two participants.

Attendance

Due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Mexico, the majority of matches in the beginning of the season were played behind closed doors.^[57] On 7 January 2021, Liga MX announced states that are green and yellow on the traffic light monitoring system have the authorization to allow fans in attendance at a reduced capacity.^[58] Mazatlán announced it would allow up to 7,575 fans in attendance (40% of stadium's capacity). On 12 January 2021, it was announced Necaxa would allow 30% capacity for their Week 2 match against Atlético San Luis.^[59] Due to a rise in cases in the state of Aguascalientes, Necaxa did not allow fans in attendance for their Week 5 and 7 matches but later allowed fans in Week 9.^[60]^[61]

On 1 March 2021, state authorities of Jalisco authorized the opening of Atlas and Guadalajara's stadiums at 30% capacity.^[62] On 2 March 2021, Liga MX announced stadiums can be up to 50% capacity; the announcement came after various states' status went to yellow on the traffic light monitoring system.^[63] That same day, the state authorities of Chihuahua authorized FC Juárez to have fans in attendance, also at 30% capacity.^[64] As the season progressed, León, Pachuca, and Santos Laguna, were authorized to open their stadiums by their local Governments.^[65]^[66]^[67]

Coefficient table

As of the 2020–21 season, the promotion and relegation between Liga MX and Liga de Expansión MX (formerly known as Ascenso MX) was suspended, however, the coefficient table will be used to establish the payment of fines that will be used for the development of the clubs of the silver circuit.^[68]

Per Article 24 of the competition regulations, the payment of $MXN240 million will be distributed among the last three positioned in the coefficient table as follows: 120 million in the last place; 70 million the penultimate; and 50 million will be paid by the sixteenth team in the table.^[69]

The team that finishes last on the table will start the following season with a coefficient of zero. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic suspending the Clausura 2020 season, the points obtained in the 2020–21 season between matches not held in the Clausura 2020, will now count as double for the 2020–21 coefficient.^[69]

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Rules for fine payment: 1) Fine coefficient; 2) Goal difference; 3) Number of goals scored; 4) Head-to-head results between tied teams; 5) Number of goals scored away; 6) Fair Play points
F = Team will have to pay fine indicated.
Source: Liga MX

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Includes the points obtained in the 2020–21 season against clubs they did not face in the Clausura 2020.
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2018–19 and 2019–20 points were accumulated as Monarcas Morelia.
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2018–19 points were accumulated as Lobos BUAP.

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[table_note_res_LIG0.016722577166149-53] The first four places in the table qualified for the Liguilla quarter-finals.

[table_note_res_REP0.016722577166149-54] Teams ranked 5th to 12th in the table qualified for Reclassification

[table_note_res_LIG0.36920373065826-59] The first four places in the table qualified for the Liguilla quarter-finals.

[table_hth_AME0.36920373065826-61] América was penalized for having an ineligible player on the bench in their Week 7 match against Atlas. América originally won the match 0–2 but were docked the 3 points obtained for the victory. Atlas were given a 3–0 victory and the 3 points docked from América.^[55]

[table_note_res_REP0.36920373065826-62] Teams ranked 5th to 12th in the table qualified for Reclassification

[cnote_a] 
Does not include matches played behind closed doors.

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Includes the points obtained in the 2020–21 season against clubs they did not face in the Clausura 2020.

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2018–19 and 2019–20 points were accumulated as Monarcas Morelia.

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2018–19 points were accumulated as Lobos BUAP.

[table_note_res_CCL10.058576374342002-77] As Guardianes 2021 champions (MEX2)

[table_hth_AME0.058576374342002-78] América was penalized for having an ineligible player on the bench in their Guardianes 2021 Week 7 match against Atlas. América originally won the match 0–2 but were docked the 3 points obtained for the victory. Atlas were given a 3–0 victory and the 3 points docked from América.^[55]

[table_note_res_CCL20.058576374342002-79] As Guardianes 2020 champions (MEX1)

[table_note_res_CCL30.058576374342002-80] As Guardianes 2021 runners-up (MEX4)

[table_note_res_CCL40.058576374342002-81] As Guardianes 2020 runners-up (MEX3)

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Although appointed on 11 August 2020, Cocca would not immediately take charge. Due to league schedule and the mandatory COVID-19 testing, his first match was delayed to 22 August 2020 vs Querétaro.^[16]

[ArmandoGlezCAZ-41] [N 2]
The team was eliminated from Liga MX; however, Cruz Azul had to play in the CONCACAF Champions League, and an interim manager was appointed to finish the tournament.

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Team	Location	Stadium	Capacity
América	Mexico City	Azteca	87,000
Atlas	Guadalajara, Jalisco	Jalisco	55,110
Atlético San Luis	San Luis Potosí, San Luis Potosí	Alfonso Lastras	25,709
Cruz Azul	Mexico City	Azteca	87,000
Guadalajara	Zapopan, Jalisco	Akron	45,364
Juárez	Ciudad Juárez, Chihuahua	Olímpico Benito Juárez	19,703
León	León, Guanajuato	León	31,297
Mazatlán	Mazatlán, Sinaloa	Mazatlán	25,000
Monterrey	Guadalupe, Nuevo León	BBVA	53,500
Necaxa	Aguascalientes, Aguascalientes	Victoria	23,851
Pachuca	Pachuca, Hidalgo	Hidalgo	27,512
Puebla	Puebla, Puebla	Cuauhtémoc	51,726
Querétaro	Querétaro, Querétaro	Corregidora	33,162
Santos Laguna	Torreón, Coahuila	Corona	29,237
Tijuana	Tijuana, Baja California	Caliente	27,333
Toluca	Toluca, State of Mexico	Nemesio Díez	31,000
UANL	San Nicolás de los Garza, Nuevo León	Universitario	41,886
UNAM	Mexico City	Olímpico Universitario	48,297

Team	Chairman	Head Coach	Captain	Kit manufacturer	Shirt sponsor(s)
América	Santiago Baños	Santiago Solari	Guillermo Ochoa	Nike	AT&T
Atlas	José Riestra	Diego Cocca	Aldo Rocha	Charly	Banco Azteca
Atlético San Luis	Alberto Marrero	Leonel Rocco	Camilo Mayada	Pirma	Canel's
Cruz Azul	Álvaro Dávila	Juan Reynoso	José de Jesús Corona	Joma	Cemento Cruz Azul
Guadalajara	Amaury Vergara	Víctor Manuel Vucetich	Jesús Molina	Puma	Caliente
Juárez	Guillermo Cantú	Alfonso Sosa	Darío Lezcano	Carrara	S-Mart
León	Jesús Martínez Murguia	Ignacio Ambríz	Luis Montes	Pirma	Cementos Fortaleza
Mazatlán	Mauricio Lanz González	Tomás Boy	Rodrigo Millar	Pirma	Caliente
Monterrey	Duilio Davino	Javier Aguirre	Dorlan Pabón	Puma	AT&T
Necaxa	Ernesto Tinajero Flores	Guillermo Vázquez	David Cabrera	Pirma	Rolcar
Pachuca	Armando Martínez Patiño	Paulo Pezzolano	Jorge Hernández	Charly	Cementos Fortaleza
Puebla	Manuel Jiménez García	Nicolás Larcamón	Javier Salas	Umbro	AT&T
Querétaro	Manuel Velarde	Héctor Altamirano	Gil Alcalá	Charly	Banco Multiva
Santos Laguna	Dante Elizalde	Guillermo Almada	Dória	Charly	Soriana
Tijuana	Jorge Hank Inzunsa	Robert Siboldi	Jonathan Orozco	Charly	Caliente
Toluca	Francisco Suinaga	Hernán Cristante	Rubens Sambueza	Under Armour	Banamex
UANL	Alejandro Rodríguez	Ricardo Ferretti	Guido Pizarro	Adidas	Cemex
UNAM	Leopoldo Silva Gutiérrez	Andrés Lillini	Juan Pablo Vigón	Nike	DHL Express

Team	Outgoing manager	Manner of departure	Date of vacancy	Replaced by	Date of appointment	Position in table	Ref.
Pre-Guardianes changes
Querétaro	Víctor Manuel Vucetich	Mutual agreement termination	2 June 2020	Alex Diego	23 June 2020	Preseason	^[7]^[8]
Tijuana	Gustavo Quinteros	Resigned	12 June 2020	Pablo Guede	19 June 2020		^[9]^[10]
UNAM	Míchel	Resigned	23 July 2020	Andrés Lillini (Interim)	23 July 2020		^[11]^[12]
Guardianes
Guadalajara	Luis Fernando Tena	Sacked	9 August 2020	Marcelo Michel Leaño (Interim)	9 August 2020	17th	^[13]^[14]
Atlas	Rafael Puente Jr.	Sacked	10 August 2020	Rubén Duarte (Interim)	10 August 2020	16th	^[15]
Atlas	Rubén Duarte (Interim)	End of tenure as caretaker	14 August 2020	Diego Cocca	11 August 2020^{[note 1]}^[17]	16th	^[18]
Guadalajara	Marcelo Michel Leaño (Interim)	End of tenure as caretaker	13 August 2020	Víctor Manuel Vucetich	13 August 2020	13th	^[19]
UNAM	Andrés Lillini (Interim)	Ratified as manager	17 August 2020	Andrés Lillini	17 August 2020	3rd	^[20]^[21]
Necaxa	Alfonso Sosa	Sacked	4 September 2020	José Guadalupe Cruz	6 September 2020	14th	^[22]^[23]
Toluca	José Manuel de la Torre	Sacked	28 September 2020	Carlos Adrián Morales (Interim)	28 September 2020	10th	^[24]^[25]
Mazatlán	Francisco Palencia	Sacked	3 October 2020	Tomás Boy	5 October 2020	17th	^[26]^[27]
Querétaro	Alex Diego	Sacked	26 October 2020	Héctor Altamirano	27 October 2020	17th	^[28]^[29]
Atlético San Luis	Guillermo Vázquez	Mutual agreement termination	30 October 2020	Luis Francisco García (Interim)	31 October 2020	18th	^[30]
Pre-Guardianes Clausura changes
Atlético San Luis	Luis Francisco García (Interim)	End of tenure as caretaker	23 November 2020	Leonel Rocco	23 November 2020	Preseason	^[31]
Monterrey	Antonio Mohamed	Mutual agreement termination	25 November 2020	Javier Aguirre	7 December 2020		^[32]^[33]
Toluca	Carlos Adrián Morales (Interim)	End of tenure as caretaker	25 November 2020	Hernán Cristante	1 December 2020		^[34]^[35]
Juárez	Gabriel Caballero	Sacked	26 November 2020	Luis Fernando Tena	28 November 2020		^[36]^[37]
Puebla	Juan Reynoso	Sacked	1 December 2020	Nicolás Larcamón	9 December 2020		^[38]^[39]
Cruz Azul	Robert Siboldi	Resigned	11 December 2020	Luis Armando González (Interim)	11 December 2020^{[note 2]}		^[40]^[41]
América	Miguel Herrera	Sacked	21 December 2020	Santiago Solari	29 December 2020		^[42]
Cruz Azul	Luis Armando González (Interim)	End of tenure as caretaker	7 January 2021	Juan Reynoso	7 January 2021		^[43]
Guardianes Clausura changes
Juárez	Luis Fernando Tena	Sacked	15 March 2021	Alfonso Sosa	17 March 2021	16th	^[44]^[45]
Necaxa	José Guadalupe Cruz	Sacked	16 March 2021	Guillermo Vázquez	18 March 2021	18th	^[46]
Tijuana	Pablo Guede	Mutual agreement	12 April 2021	Ildefonso Mendoza (Interim)	14 April 2021	11th	^[47]^[48]
Tijuana	Ildefonso Mendoza (Interim)	End of tenure as caretaker	19 April 2021	Robert Siboldi	19 April 2021	15th	^[49]^[50]

	Leader and qualification to Liguilla
	Qualification to Liguilla
	Qualification to Reclassification
	Last place in table

Player	For	Against	Result	Date
Víctor Dávila	Pachuca	Atlético San Luis	3–1	3 September 2020
Camilo Sanvezzo	Mazatlán	Atlético San Luis	5–0	29 October 2020

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	León (C)	17	12	4	1	27	14	+13	40	Qualification for the quarter-finals^{[lower-alpha 1]}
2	UNAM	17	8	8	1	29	17	+12	32
3	América	17	9	5	3	31	22	+9	32
4	Cruz Azul	17	9	2	6	23	16	+7	29
5	Monterrey	17	8	5	4	26	21	+5	29	Qualification for the Reclassification^{[lower-alpha 2]}
6	UANL	17	7	7	3	27	16	+11	28
7	Guadalajara	17	7	5	5	20	17	+3	26
8	Santos Laguna	17	7	4	6	24	20	+4	25
9	Pachuca	17	6	7	4	18	14	+4	25
10	Necaxa	17	7	3	7	16	20	−4	24
11	Toluca	17	6	3	8	23	28	−5	21
12	Puebla	17	6	2	9	22	25	−3	20
13	Juárez	17	4	7	6	16	19	−3	19
14	Mazatlán	17	4	4	9	24	31	−7	16
15	Tijuana	17	4	3	10	12	27	−15	15
16	Atlas	17	3	5	9	13	20	−7	14
17	Querétaro	17	3	4	10	23	28	−5	13
18	Atlético San Luis	17	3	2	12	16	35	−19	11

Team ╲ Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17
Team ╲ Round
León	10	7	10	6	3	3	2	1	4	3	2	1	1	1	1	1	1
UNAM	7	1	1	1	1	4	4	4	3	4	3	3	3	5	4	2	3
América	6	2	4	3	4	5	3	2	1	1	4	4	4	2	3	3	2
Cruz Azul	5	5	3	5	2	1	1	3	2	2	1	2	2	4	2	4	4
Monterrey	3	8	7	9	11	7	5	6	6	7	7	8	6	6	6	5	5
UANL	2	4	5	2	6	8	9	10	10	8	6	5	5	3	5	6	6
Guadalajara	11	15	17	13	10	12	10	8	7	6	8	7	8	7	9	8	7
Santos Laguna	16	9	8	14	14	16	11	13	14	16	12	14	9	9	8	9	8
Pachuca	13	14	9	12	9	6	7	5	5	5	5	6	7	8	7	7	9
Necaxa	18	18	18	16	16	9	12	15	18	18	18	17	16	11	11	10	10
Toluca	14	10	13	7	5	2	6	7	8	10	11	10	10	10	10	11	11
Puebla	1	3	2	4	8	11	8	11	11	12	9	9	11	12	13	13	12
Juárez	8	6	6	10	13	14	15	16	12	9	10	11	12	13	12	12	13
Mazatlán	17	16	11	15	15	18	16	17	16	14	15	15	17	16	16	14	14
Tijuana	4	11	12	17	17	13	14	12	13	15	16	16	13	14	14	15	15
Atlas	15	17	16	18	18	17	18	14	15	13	14	12	14	15	15	16	16
Querétaro	12	12	15	11	7	10	13	9	9	11	13	13	15	17	17	17	17
Atlético San Luis	9	13	14	8	12	15	17	18	17	17	17	18	18	18	18	18	18

Home \ Away	AMÉ	ATL	ASL	CAZ	GUA	JUÁ	LEÓ	MAZ	MON	NEC	PAC	PUE	QUE	SAN	TIJ	TOL	UNL	UNM
América	—	1–0	—	—	1–0	—	—	3–1	1–3	—	—	—	—	3–1	4–0	1–1	3–1	2–2
Atlas	—	—	—	1–0	—	—	—	1–1	—	0–1	0–1	0–1	1–0	—	—	1–2	—	1–2
Atlético San Luis	1–2	1–1	—	1–3	—	1–1	0–2	0–5	1–2	2–1	—	—	2–1	—	—	—	—	—
Cruz Azul	0–0	—	—	—	—	3–2	2–0	—	—	3–0	1–0	—	—	2–0	—	—	0–2	1–2
Guadalajara	—	3–2	2–1	0–2	—	—	0–0	2–1	3–1	—	0–0	0–1	1–1	—	—	—	—	—
Juárez	1–1	0–1	—	—	0–2	—	0–0	—	—	1–0	1–1	1–1	1–0	1–1	—	—	—	—
León	3–2	2–1	—	—	—	—	—	2–1	1–0	—	—	—	—	2–1	2–1	—	1–1	2–0
Mazatlán	—	—	—	2–3	—	3–2	—	—	1–2	—	—	1–4	—	—	1–0	2–1	1–1	0–0
Monterrey	—	1–1	—	1–0	—	2–1	—	—	—	1–1	—	3–1	—	2–2	—	3–1	0–2	—
Necaxa	1–1	—	—	—	1–2	—	0–2	1–0	—	—	—	0–1	—	2–1	2–0	3–2	0–3	—
Pachuca	1–2	—	3–1	—	—	—	0–1	4–3	1–1	0–1	—	—	1–0	—	—	0–0	—	1–1
Puebla	2–3	—	1–0	1–1	—	—	1–2	—	—	—	0–1	—	3–3	0–2	—	4–1	—	—
Querétaro	4–1	—	—	1–0	—	—	2–3	1–1	1–2	0–1	—	—	—	—	2–2	4–1	—	—
Santos Laguna	—	0–0	2–1	—	2–0	—	—	4–0	—	—	1–1	—	2–1	—	2–0	—	—	1–2
Tijuana	—	3–1	0–2	1–2	0–0	2–1	—	—	2–1	—	0–2	1–0	—	—	—	—	0–0	—
Toluca	—	—	3–2	2–0	1–0	0–1	2–2	—	—	—	—	—	—	1–2	2–0	—	3–2	—
UANL	—	3–0	3–0	—	1–3	1–1	—	—	—	—	1–1	2–1	3–0	2–0	—	—	—	1–1
UNAM	—	—	3–0	—	2–2	1–1	—	—	1–1	1–1	—	4–1	3–2	—	3–0	1–0	—	—

Rank	Player	Club	Goals
1	Jonathan Rodríguez	Cruz Azul	12
2	André-Pierre Gignac	UANL	11
3	Juan Ignacio Dinenno	UNAM	10
3	Darío Lezcano	Juárez	10
5	Camilo Sanvezzo	Mazatlán	8
6	Henry Martín	América	7
6	Ángel Mena	León	7
8	Alexis Canelo	Toluca	6
	Rogelio Funes Mori	Monterrey
	Nicolás López	UANL
	Santiago Ormeño	Puebla
	Hugo Silveira	Querétaro
	Federico Viñas	América

Team 1	Score	Team 2
Monterrey	2–2 (2–4 p)	Puebla
UANL	2–1	Toluca
Guadalajara	1–0	Necaxa
Santos Laguna	0–3	Pachuca

Quarter-finals					Semi-finals					Finals

1	León	1	2	3

8	Puebla	2	0	2
					1	León	1	1	2

					6	Guadalajara	1	0	1
3	América	0	1	1

6	Guadalajara	1	2	3
										1	León	1	2	3

										2	UNAM	1	0	1
2	UNAM	1	0	1

7	Pachuca	0	0	0
					2	UNAM (s)	0	4	4

					4	Cruz Azul	4	0	4
4	Cruz Azul	3	0	3

5	UANL	1	1	2

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Cruz Azul (C)	17	13	2	2	26	11	+15	41	Qualification for the quarter-finals^{[lower-alpha 1]}
2	América	17	12	2	3	26	14	+12	38^{[lower-alpha 2]}
3	Puebla	17	7	7	3	25	14	+11	28
4	Monterrey	17	8	4	5	22	13	+9	28
5	Santos Laguna	17	7	5	5	18	13	+5	26	Qualification for the Reclassification^{[lower-alpha 3]}
6	León	17	8	2	7	25	23	+2	26
7	Atlas	17	7	4	6	20	15	+5	25^{[lower-alpha 2]}
8	Pachuca	17	6	5	6	20	19	+1	23
9	Guadalajara	17	5	8	4	21	21	0	23
10	UANL	17	6	5	6	19	20	−1	23
11	Toluca	17	6	4	7	26	24	+2	22
12	Querétaro	17	6	3	8	19	25	−6	21
13	Mazatlán	17	6	3	8	19	26	−7	21
14	Tijuana	17	5	5	7	19	21	−2	20
15	UNAM	17	4	6	7	10	12	−2	18
16	Juárez	17	4	3	10	13	29	−16	15
17	Atlético San Luis	17	3	3	11	20	33	−13	12	Team is last place in the coefficient table.
18	Necaxa	17	2	5	10	14	29	−15	11

Rank	Player	Club	Goals
1	Alexis Canelo	Toluca	11
2	Nicolás Ibáñez	Atlético San Luis	10
3	Rogelio Funes Mori	Monterrey	9
	Santiago Ormeño	Puebla
	Jonathan Rodríguez	Cruz Azul
6	Fidel Martínez	Tijuana	8
6	Ángel Mena	León	8
8	Henry Martín	América	7
9	Víctor Dávila	León	6
	Michael Estrada	Toluca
	Nicolás López	UANL
	José Juan Macías	Guadalajara
	Ángel Sepúlveda	Querétaro

	Home match played behind closed doors
	Away match
	Highest attended match
	Lowest attended match
PPD	Match postponed

Team	Week																	Total Att	Avg.	Total Pld
Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	Total Att	Avg.	Total Pld
América																		0	0	0
Atlas													4,457	5,785		12,740		22,982	7,661	3
Atlético San Luis															5,175		5,448	10,623	5,312	2
Cruz Azul																		0	0	0
Guadalajara											10,141		4,704		4,806		11,076	30,727	7,682	4
Juárez									5,211		5,780		5,911	3,191				20,093	5,023	4
León											4,891		5,090		5,196		4,888	20,065	5,016	4
Mazatlán	7,049			6,527		6,378		7,267		9,543		10,159			8,785	9,337		65,045	8,130	8
Monterrey												10,167			9,279		9,767	29,213	9,737	3
Necaxa		3,726							4,948			4,153		8,099	4,726		6,127	31,779	5,297	6
Pachuca												5,801		5,325		6,533		17,659	5,886	3
Puebla																12,778		12,778	12,778	1
Querétaro																4,373		4,373	4,373	1
Santos Laguna										6,510		8,453			6,374		8,067	29,404	7,351	4
Tijuana																		0	0	0
Toluca																		0	0	0
UANL														5,605		12,225		17,830	8,915	2
UNAM																		0	0	0
Total	7,049	3,726	0	6,527	0	6,378	0	7,267	10,159	16,053	20,812	38,733	20,162	28,005	44,341	57,986	45,373	312,571	6,946	45

Pos	Team	'18 A Pts	'19 C Pts	'19 A Pts	'20 C Pts^[a]	'20 G Pts	'21 G Pts	Total Pts	Total Pld	Avg	GD	Fine
1	América	33	29	31	20 + 14	32	38	197	103	1.9126	+31	Fine avoided
2	Cruz Azul	36	30	23	23 + 12	29	41	194	103	1.8738	+33
3	León	18	41	33	21 + 8	40	26	187	103	1.8155	+39
4	UANL	29	37	32	17 + 11	28	23	177	103	1.7184	+25
5	Santos Laguna	30	22	37	18 + 11	25	26	169	103	1.6408	+24
6	Monterrey	30	30	27	6 + 8	29	28	158	103	1.5340	+11
7	UNAM	30	17	23	21 + 13	32	18	154	103	1.4951	+12
8	Pachuca	24	28	25	14 + 8	25	23	147	103	1.4272	+10
9	Guadalajara	20	18	25	16 + 9	26	23	137	103	1.3301	+5
10	Puebla	20	24	17	18 + 7	20	28	134	103	1.3010	–3
11	Toluca	26	25	17	10 + 7	21	22	128	103	1.2427	–15
12	Querétaro	26	11	31	14 + 10	13	21	126	103	1.2233	–1
13	Necaxa	14	29	31	11 + 3	24	11	123	103	1.1942	–8
14	Mazatlán^[b]	25	13	27	14 + 4	16	21	120	103	1.1650	–8
15	Tijuana	17	18	24	9 + 7	15	20	120	103	1.1650	–33
16	Juárez^[c] (F)	19	20	18	14 + 7	19	15	112	103	1.0874	–27	MX$50M
17	Atlas (F)	11	19	21	10 + 6	14	25	106	103	1.0291	–16	MX$70M
18	Atlético San Luis (F)	Ascenso MX		20	13 + 8	11	12	64	69	0.9275	–45	MX$120M

Highest attended					Lowest attended^[a]
Week	Home	Score	Away	Attendance	Home	Score	Away	Attendance
1	Mazatlán	3–2	Necaxa	7,049	N/A
2	Necaxa	1–0	Atlético San Luis	3,726	N/A
3	No matches with fans in attendance
4	Mazatlán	1–0	Pachuca	6,527	N/A
5	No matches with fans in attendance
6	Mazatlán	0–3	Atlético San Luis	6,378	N/A
7	No matches with fans in attendance
8	Mazatlán	3–0	Querétaro	7,267	N/A
9	Juárez	1–6	Monterrey	5,211	Necaxa	2–2	Pachuca	4,948
10	Mazatlán	1–1	Guadalajara	9,543	Santos Laguna	3–1	Necaxa	6,510
11	Guadalajara	0–3	América	10,141	Juárez	1–1	UNAM	5,780
12	Mazatlán	0–1	América	10,159	Necaxa	1–0	Juárez	4,153
13	Juárez	0–1	Cruz Azul	5,911	Atlas	1–0	Tijuana	4,457
14	Necaxa	0–1	UNAM	8,099	Juárez	2–1	Atlético San Luis	3,191
15	Monterrey	0–1	Pachuca	9,279	Necaxa	0–0	Querétaro	4,726
16	Puebla	0–0	UNAM	12,778	Querétaro	1–0	Juárez	4,373
17	Guadalajara	0–0	UANL	11,076	León	2–1	Querétaro	4,888

Team 1	Score	Team 2
Santos Laguna	5–0	Querétaro
León	2–2 (2–4 p)	Toluca
Atlas	1–0	UANL
Pachuca	4–2	Guadalajara

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Toluca	3–4	Cruz Azul	2–1	1–3
Pachuca	5–5 (a)	América	3–1	2–4
Atlas	1–1 (s)	Puebla	1–0	0–1
Santos Laguna	3–2	Monterrey	2–1	1–1

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Cruz Azul (C, X)	34	22	4	8	49	27	+22	70	Champions League^{[lower-alpha 1]}
2	América	34	21	7	6	57	36	+21	70^{[lower-alpha 2]}
3	León (C, A)	34	20	6	8	52	37	+15	66	Champions League and Leagues Cup^{[lower-alpha 3]}
4	Monterrey	34	16	9	9	48	34	+14	57
5	UANL	34	13	12	9	46	36	+10	51	Leagues Cup
6	Santos Laguna	34	14	9	11	42	33	+9	51	Champions League and Leagues Cup^{[lower-alpha 4]}
7	UNAM	34	12	14	8	39	29	+10	50	Champions League and Leagues Cup^{[lower-alpha 5]}
8	Guadalajara	34	12	13	9	41	38	+3	49
9	Puebla	34	13	9	12	47	39	+8	48
10	Pachuca	34	12	12	10	38	33	+5	48
11	Toluca	34	12	7	15	49	52	−3	43
12	Atlas	34	10	9	15	33	35	−2	39^{[lower-alpha 2]}
13	Mazatlán	34	10	7	17	43	57	−14	37
14	Tijuana	34	9	8	17	31	48	−17	35
15	Necaxa	34	9	8	17	30	49	−19	35
16	Querétaro	34	9	7	18	42	53	−11	34
17	Juárez	34	8	10	16	29	48	−19	34
18	Atlético San Luis	34	6	5	23	36	68	−32	23

2020–21_Liga_MX_season

Teams

Stadiums and locations

Personnel and kits

Managerial changes

Torneo Guardianes 2020

Standings

Positions by Round

Results

Regular season statistics

Top goalscorers

Hat tricks

Final phase – Guardianes 2020

Reclassification

Bracket

Quarter-finals

Semi-finals

Finals

Torneo Guardianes 2021

Standings

Positions by Round

Results

Regular season statistics

Top goalscorers

Hat tricks

Attendance

Per team

Highest and lowest

Final phase – Guardianes 2021

Reclassification

Bracket

Quarter-finals

Semi-finals

Finals

Coefficient table

Aggregate table

Notes

See also

References

External links

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