2022-23_Liga_MX_season

2022–23 Liga MX season

2022–23 Liga MX season

76th professional season of the top-flight football league in Mexico


The 2022–23 Liga MX season (known as the Liga BBVA MX for sponsorship reasons) was the 76th professional season of the top-flight football league in Mexico. The season was divided into two championships—the Apertura 2022 and the Clausura 2023—each in an identical format and each contested by the same eighteen teams. The winners of the two championships met in the 2023 Campeón de Campeones match.

Quick Facts Season, Champions ...

With the 2022 FIFA World Cup commencing on 20 November, the second leg of the Apertura 2022 final was played on 30 October.

Stadiums and locations

The Estadio Azteca will be closed from 2023 to 2025 due to renovations for the 2026 FIFA World Cup.[1][2] Although the project was anticipated to begin in January 2023, the renovations were postponed for the summer of 2023.[3][4]

Greater Mexico City Liga MX football clubs

Personnel and kits

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Managerial changes

More information Team, Outgoing manager ...
  1. Announced on 23 September 2022 during week 16.
  2. Announced on 10 February 2023 during week 6.
  3. Announced on 22 February 2023 before week 9.
  4. Announced on 27 March 2023 before week 13.

Torneo Apertura

The Apertura 2022 was the first tournament of the season. The tournament began on 1 July. The defending champions were Atlas.

Standings

More information Pos, Pld ...
Source: Liga MX
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Number of goals scored; 4) Head-to-head results between tied teams; 5) Number of goals scored away; 6) Highest relegation coefficient; 7) Fair Play points
(C) Champions

Positions by round

More information Team ╲ Round, América ...
Leader and qualification to Liguilla
Qualification to Liguilla
Qualification to Reclassification
Last place in table
Source: Liga MX

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.

Regular season statistics

Top goalscorers

Players sorted first by goals scored, then by last name.

More information Rank, Player ...

Source: Liga MX

Clean sheets

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Hat-tricks

More information Player, For ...

(H) – Home ; (A) – Away

Scoring

Discipline

Player
Team

Source: Liga MX

Attendance

Per team

More information Pos, Team ...

Source: Liga MX
Notes:
Only regular season listed.
Querétaro's stats are not included in the "League total" average attendance number.
1: As a result of the riot on 5 March 2022, Querétaro played all matches behind closed doors for one year. The ban began on 7 March 2022.

Highest and lowest

More information Highest attended, Lowest attended[a] ...

Source: Liga MX

  1. ^
    Does not include matches played behind closed doors.

Final phase – Apertura 2022

Reclassification

More information Team 1, Score ...
  • All matches were played in a single leg hosted by the higher seed.
  • If a match ended in a draw, it proceeded directly to a penalty shoot-out.

Bracket

Quarter-finals Semi-finals Final
               
2 Monterrey 0 3 3
7 Cruz Azul 0 0 0
2 Monterrey 2 0 2
4 Pachuca 5 1 6
4 Pachuca (s) 0 2 2
5 UANL 1 1 2
4 Pachuca 5 3 8
6 Toluca 1 1 2
1 América 6 5 11
8 Puebla 1 1 2
1 América 1 1 2
6 Toluca 2 1 3
3 Santos Laguna 3 1 4
6 Toluca 4 2 6
  • Teams were re-seeded each round.
  • The winners of the reclassification matches were seeded based on their regular season position.
  • The team with more goals on aggregate after two matches advanced.
  • If the two teams were tied on aggregate, the higher seeded team advanced (the away goals rule was not applied).
  • In the final, if the two teams were tied after both legs, they went to extra time and, if necessary, a penalty shoot-out.
  • Both finalists qualified for the 2024 CONCACAF Champions Cup.[67]

Quarter-finals

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Semi-finals

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Final

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More information Toluca, 1–5 ...
Attendance: 27,273
Referee: Marco Antonio Ortiz (Durango)

More information Pachuca, 3–1 ...
Attendance: 21,080
Referee: Adonai Escobedo (Aguascalientes)

Pachuca won 8–2 on aggregate.

Torneo Clausura

The Clausura tournament began on 6 January and ended on 28 May 2023.[68] The defending champions were Pachuca.

Standings

More information Pos, Pld ...
Source: Liga MX
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Number of goals scored; 4) Head-to-head results between tied teams; 5) Number of goals scored away; 6) Highest relegation coefficient; 7) Fair Play points
(C) Champions
Notes:
  1. The last place team in the coefficient table could not qualify for the final phase; the 13th place team qualified in their stead.

Positions by round

More information Team ╲ Round, Monterrey ...
Leader and qualification to Liguilla
Qualification to Liguilla
Qualification to Reclassification
Last place in table
Source: Liga MX

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.

Regular season statistics

Top goalscorers

Players sorted first by goals scored, then by last name.

More information Rank, Player ...

Source: Liga MX

More information Rank, Player ...

Scoring

Discipline

Player
Team

Source: Liga MX

Attendance

Per team

More information Pos, Team ...

Source: Liga MX
Notes:
Only regular season listed.
Querétaro's stats for the first four home matches (all played behind closed doors) are not included in the "League total" average attendance number.
1: As a result of the riot on 5 March 2022, Querétaro played all matches behind closed doors for one year. On 3 March 2023, the league announced that the ban would be lifted on 19 March 2023.[69]

Highest and lowest

More information Highest attended, Lowest attended[a] ...

Source: Liga MX

  1. ^
    Does not include matches played behind closed doors.

Final phase – Clausura 2023

Reclassification

More information Team 1, Score ...
  • All matches were played in a single leg hosted by the higher seed.
  • If a match ended in a draw, it proceeded directly to a penalty shoot-out.

Bracket

Quarter-finals Semi-finals Final
               
2 América 3 1 4
7 Atlético San Luis 1 2 3
2 América 1 1 2
3 Guadalajara 0 3 3
3 Guadalajara (s) 0 1 1
6 Atlas 1 0 1
3 Guadalajara 0 2 2
5 UANL (a.e.t.) 0 3 3
1 Monterrey 0 2 2
8 Santos Laguna 0 0 0
1 Monterrey 1 0 1
5 UANL 1 1 2
4 Toluca 1 3 4
5 UANL 4 1 5
  • Teams were re-seeded each round.
  • The winners of the reclassification matches were seeded based on their regular season position.
  • The team with more goals on aggregate after two matches advanced.
  • If the two teams were tied on aggregate, the higher seeded team advanced (the away goals rule was not applied).
  • In the final, if the two teams were tied after both legs, they went to extra time and, if necessary, a penalty shoot-out.
  • Both finalists qualified for the 2024 CONCACAF Champions Cup.[70]

Quarter-finals

More information Team 1, Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score ...

Semi-finals

More information Team 1, Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score ...

Final

More information Team 1, Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score ...
More information UANL, 0–0 ...

More information Guadalajara, 2–3 (a.e.t.) ...

UANL won 3–2 on aggregate.

Annual awards

More information Award, Winner ...

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 was used to establish the payment of fines that would be used for the development of the clubs of the silver circuit.[74]

Per Article 24 of the competition regulations, the payment of MXN$160 million was distributed among the last three positioned in the coefficient table as follows: MXN$80 million in the last place; MXN$47 million the penultimate; and MXN$33 million was paid by the sixteenth team in the table,[75] as of the 2021–22 season the remaining MXN$80 million was paid through the financial remnants generated by the Liga MX itself.[76] The team that finished last on the table started the following season with a coefficient of zero. If the last ranked team, which was Juárez, repeated as the last ranked team in the 2022–23 season coefficient table, they would be fined an additional MXN$20 million.

More information Pos, Team ...


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 had to pay fine indicated
Source: Liga MX

  1. ^
    2020–21 accumulated points are not counted towards their relegation coefficient.
  2. ^
    2020–21 and 2021–22 accumulated points are not counted towards their relegation coefficient.

Aggregate tables

CONCACAF Champions Cup

The league champions with more points at the end of the Apertura 2022 and Clausura 2023 seasons qualified directly to the 2024 CONCACAF Champions Cup round of 16. The league champions with fewer points at the end of the season qualified for the 2024 CONCACAF Champions Cup first round. In addition, the Apertura runners-up, Clausura runners-up, and the next two best ranked teams also qualified for the 2024 CONCACAF Champions Cup first round.

More information Pos, Team ...
Source: Liga MX
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Number of goals scored; 4) Head-to-head results between tied teams; 5) Number of goals scored away; 6) Highest relegation coefficient; 7) Fair Play points
(A) Apertura champion; (C) Clausura champion

Leagues Cup

The league champion with the highest aggregate points accumulated across the Clausura 2022 and Apertura 2022 seasons qualified directly to the 2023 Leagues Cup round of 32. Liga MX clubs ranked 2 to 16 in the aggregate table were put in the second position in each group, opposite the MLS Supporter's Shield table (for example, the best remaining team in the Supporter's Shield table not earning a bye was drawn against the lowest-best remaining team in the Liga MX 2022 aggregate table). The remaining 13 MLS clubs, along with the two remaining Liga MX clubs, were drawn into groups and divided geographically.[77]

More information Pos, Team ...
Source: Clausura Apertura
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Number of goals scored; 4) Head-to-head results between tied teams; 5) Number of goals scored away; 6) Highest relegation coefficient; 7) Fair Play points
(A) Apertura champion

See also


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