2024–25 Liga de Expansión MX season

The 2nd professional season of the second football league in Mexico
Football league season
Liga de Expansión MX
Season2024–25
Matches played12
Goals scored29 (2.42 per match)
Top goalscorerApertura 2024:
Andrés Ávila
Daniel Flores
Edson Rivera
(10 goals)
Biggest home winApertura 2024:
Zacatecas 3–0 Oaxaca
(2 August 2024)
Biggest away winApertura 2024:
Atlético Morelia 1–4 Tapatío
(2 August 2024)
Highest scoringApertura 2024:
Atlético Morelia 1–4 Tapatío
(2 August 2024)
Tlaxcala 3–2 UAT
(3 August 2024)
Longest winning runApertura 2024:
2 matches
Zacatecas
Longest unbeaten runApertura 2024:
2 matches
Zacatecas
Tapatío
Atlético La Paz
UdeG
Venados
Jaiba Brava
Longest winless runApertura 2024:
2 matches
Venados
Jaiba Brava
Tepatitlán
Atlético Morelia
Sinaloa
Longest losing runApertura 2024:
2 matches
Sinaloa
Highest attendanceApertura 2024:
11,780
Jaiba Brava vs Atlético Morelia
(26 July 2024)
Lowest attendanceApertura 2024:
1,260
Tlaxcala vs UAT
(3 August 2024)
Total attendanceApertura 2024:
49,776
Average attendanceApertura 2024:
4,148
2025–26 →
Stats are from the regular season only

The 2024–25 Liga de Expansión MX season is the fifth professional season of the second-tier football division in Mexico. The season is divided into two championships—the Torneo Apertura and the Torneo Clausura—each in an identical format. The Apertura tournament will begin on 25 July 2024. The Clausura tournament will begin in January 2025.

Changes from the previous season

The Liga de Expansión MX is a Mexican football league founded in 2020 as part of the Mexican Football Federation's "Stabilization Project", which has the primary objective of rescuing the financially troubled teams from the Ascenso MX and prevent the disappearance of a second-tier league in Mexico, for which there will be no promotion and relegation during the following six years.[1] The project also attempts for Liga MX and former Ascenso MX teams to consolidate stable projects with solid basis, sports-wise and administrative-wise, financially wise and in infrastructure.

  • The owner's assembly decided to adjust liguilla qualification, which was modified as of the Apertura 2023 season. The number of teams directly qualifying to the quarter-finals was increased from six to eight, eliminating the play-in system that had been established in the Apertura 2023 tournament.[2]
  • The 2023–24 Serie A champions Tampico Madero was certified for promotion to the Liga de Expansión MX. However, the team will participate as a guest team and not as a full member of the league.[3] After being promoted, the team was renamed Club Jaiba Brava.[4]
  • On June 18, 2024, Cimarrones de Sonora sold the franchise to businessmen from Chiapas, who formed a team called Jaguares F.C.[5] However, the new team had to be approved by the owner's assembly. On July 12, the vote was held, the project was not approved by the partners, so the franchise was put on hiatus for the 2024–25 season.[2]

Stadiums and Locations

Team City Stadium Capacity
Atlante Mexico City Ciudad de los Deportes 33,000
Atlético La Paz La Paz, Baja California Sur Guaycura 5,209
Atlético Morelia Morelia, Michoacán Morelos 35,000
Cancún Cancún, Quintana Roo Andrés Quintana Roo 18,844
Celaya Celaya, Guanajuato Miguel Alemán Valdés 23,182
Jaiba Brava Tampico and Ciudad Madero Tamaulipas 19,667
Oaxaca Oaxaca City, Oaxaca Tecnológico de Oaxaca 14,598
Sinaloa Culiacán, Sinaloa Dorados 20,108
Sonora Hermosillo, Sonora Héroe de Nacozari 18,747
Tapatío Zapopan, Jalisco Akron 49,850
Tepatitlán Tepatitlán de Morelos, Jalisco Gregorio "Tepa" Gómez 8,085
Tlaxcala Tlaxcala City, Tlaxcala Tlahuicole 9,462
UAT Ciudad Victoria, Tamaulipas Marte R. Gómez 10,520
U. de G. Guadalajara, Jalisco Jalisco 55,020
Venados Mérida, Yucatán Carlos Iturralde 15,087
Zacatecas Zacatecas City, Zacatecas Carlos Vega Villalba 20,068


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Location of teams in the 2024–25 Liga de Expansión MX season

Personnel and kits

Team Chairman Head Coach Captain Kit manufacturer Shirt sponsor(s) front
Atlante Jorge Santillana Mexico Daniel Alcántar Mexico Humberto Hernández Joma Caliente
Atlético La Paz Samuel Hernández Mexico Raúl Rico Mexico Kristian Álvarez In–house Baja Ferries
Atlético Morelia José Luis Higuera Mexico Mario García Mexico Raúl Torres Keuka Akron, ArcelorMittal, Harinera Monarca, Calidra, Cemex Tolteca, Michoacán, Morelia Brilla, Biocup, Electrolit, Autovías
Cancún Jeff Luhnow Mexico Luis Arce Mexico Benjamín Galindo Jr. Adidas Cancún
Celaya Carlos Benavides Escardó Uruguay Sergio Blanco Mexico Leobardo López Keuka ICEMéxico, TV4, Mariscos Chava
Jaiba Brava Álvaro de la Torre Mexico Gastón Obledo Mexico Benjamín Muñoz Pirma Nexum, GDL Transportes, Grupo Velas, Holding Industrial, Mega, Bricer Logistics, Grúas Arias
Oaxaca Juan Carlos Jones Mexico Carlos Gutiérrez Mexico Octavio Paz Svedda Baby Sky, Optixala, Solux, G+, Oaxaca Rosa, PlayCell, Fiestamas App, San Francisco Laboratorios
Sinaloa José Antonio Núñez Uruguay Sebastián Abreu Mexico Oswaldo León Charly Coppel, Caliente, SuKarne
Tapatío Amaury Vergara Mexico Arturo Ortega Mexico Juan Aguayo Puma
Tepatitlán Vacant Mexico Héctor Jair Real Mexico Carlos Villanueva López Sporelli Pacífica
Tlaxcala Rafael Torre Mendoza Mexico Paco Ramírez Mexico Gerardo Ruíz Keuka Tlaxcala, Pronto, Providencia
UAT David Ashdruval Martínez Mexico Francisco Cortéz Mexico Iván Pineda Sliver Sport
U. de G. José Alberto Castellanos Gutiérrez Mexico Alfonso Sosa Mexico Arturo Ledesma Sporelli Electrolit
Venados Rodolfo Rosas Cantillo Mexico Rigoberto Esparza Mexico Alfonso Luna Joma Yucatán, Nus-káh
Zacatecas Eduardo López Muñoz Spain Nacho Castro Mexico José Plascencia Spiro Fresnillo plc, Mifel, Vazlo, Mobil

Managerial changes

Team Outgoing manager Manner of departure Date of vacancy Replaced by Date of appointment Position
in table 		Ref.
Pre-Apertura changes
Atlético Morelia Argentina Norberto Scoponi Sacked 16 April 2024 Mexico Mario García 17 April 2024 Pre–season [6][7]
Venados Mexico Rafael Fernández Mutual agreement 4 May 2024 Mexico Rigoberto Esparza 16 May 2024 [8][9]
UAT Mexico Raúl Gutiérrez Sacked 19 May 2024 Mexico Francisco Cortéz 22 May 2024 [10][11]
Sinaloa Mexico Rafael García 26 May 2024 Uruguay Sebastián Abreu 30 May 2024 [12][13]
Celaya Argentina Cristian Paulucci 27 May 2024 Uruguay Sergio Blanco 30 May 2024 [14][15]
Tepatitlán Mexico Fernando Pérez (Interim) End of tenure as caretaker 23 July 2024 Mexico Héctor Jair Real 23 July 2024 [16]

Apertura 2024

The defending champions are Atlante. The regular tournament will begin on 25 July and will end on 3 November.

Regular season

Standings

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Tapatío 3 2 1 0 7 2 +5 7 Qualification to the quarter-finals[a]
2 Zacatecas 2 2 0 0 4 0 +4 6
3 UdeG 2 1 1 0 2 1 +1 4
4 Atlético La Paz 3 1 1 1 5 7 −2 4
5 UAT 2 1 0 1 7 4 +3 3
6 Cancún 1 1 0 0 2 0 +2 3
7 Venados 3 0 3 0 2 2 0 3
8 Tlaxcala 2 1 0 1 3 4 −1 3
9 Jaiba Brava 3 0 2 1 1 3 −2 2
10 Atlante 1 0 1 0 2 2 0 1
11 Celaya 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 1
12 Tepatitlán 2 0 1 1 1 3 −2 1
13 Atlético Morelia 2 0 1 1 2 5 −3 1
14 Sinaloa 2 0 0 2 0 2 −2 0
15 Oaxaca 1 0 0 1 0 3 −3 0
Updated to match(es) played on 9 August 2024. Source: Liga de Expansión MX
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Number of goals scored; 4) Number of goals scored away; 5) Head-to-head results between tied teams; 6) Highest relegation coefficient; 7) Fair Play points
Notes:
  1. ^ The Teams ranked from 1st to 8th place qualify to the Liguilla quarter-finals.

Positions by Round

Updated to match(es) played on 3 August 2024. Source: Liga de Expansión MX
Notes: † indicates team rested that round

Results

Each team plays once all other teams in 15 rounds regardless of it being a home or away match.

Home \ Away ATL ATM CAN CEL JAB LAP OAX SIN TAP TEP TLA UAT UDG VEN ZAS
Atlante — — — — — — — —
Atlético Morelia — — — — — — 1–4 — —
Cancún — — — — — — 2–0 — —
Celaya — — — — — — —
Jaiba Brava — 1–1 — — — — — — —
La Paz 2–2 — — — — — — — —
Oaxaca — — — — — — — —
Sinaloa — — — — — — 0–1 — —
Tapatío — — 2–0 — — — — — 0–0 —
Tepatitlán — — — — — — — —
Tlaxcala — — — — 0–2 — — — 3–2 —
UAT — — 5–1 — — — — — —
U. de G. — — — — — 1–1 — — —
Venados — 1–1 — — — — 1–1 — — —
Zacatecas — — — — 3–0 1–0 — — — —
Updated to match(es) played on 9 August 2024. Source: Liga de Expansión MX
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Regular Season statistics

Top goalscorers

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

Rank Player Club Goals
1 Mexico Andrés Ávila Zacatecas 2
United States Daniel Flores Tapatío
Mexico Edson Rivera La Paz
4 23 players 1

Source: Liga de Expansión MX


Hat-tricks

Player For Against Result Date Round

(H) – Home ; (A) – Away

  • First goal of the season:
    Mexico Brandon Rodríguez for Tepatitlán against Venados (26 July 2024)
  • Last goal of the season:

Discipline

Team

  • Most yellow cards: 9
  • Most red cards: 1
  • Fewest yellow cards: 0
    • 2 teams
  • Fewest red cards: 0
    • 14 teams

Source Liga de Expansión MX

Attendance

Per team

Pos Team Total High Low Average Change
1 Jaiba Brava 18,908 11,780 7,128 9,454 +87.9%1
2 Atlético Morelia 5,292 5,292 5,292 5,292 −27.3%†
3 La Paz 5,153 5,153 5,153 5,153 +42.8%†
4 UdeG 4,138 4,138 4,138 4,138 +46.5%†
5 Sinaloa 4,133 4,133 4,133 4,133 +93.3%†
6 Venados 5,459 3,448 2,011 2,730 −51.1%†
7 UAT 2,211 2,211 2,211 2,211 −2.3%†
8 Zacatecas 3,838 2,008 1,830 1,919 −2.2%†
9 Cancún 1,880 1,880 1,880 1,880 −51.9%†
10 Tlaxcala 2,986 1,726 1,260 1,493 −18.7%†
11 Tapatío 690 690 690 690 +30.7%†
12 Oaxaca 0 0 0 NA†
13 Celaya 0 0 0 NA†
14 Atlante 0 0 0 NA†
15 Tepatitlán 0 0 0 NA†
League total 54,688 11,780 690 3,646 +28.3%†

Source: Liga Expansión MX
Notes:
Only regular season listed
1: Jaiba Brava played Liga Premier last season.

Highest and lowest

Highest attended Lowest attended[a]
Week Home Score Away Attendance Home Score Away Attendance
1 Jaiba Brava 1–1 Atlético Morelia 11,780 Tlaxcala 0–2 Atlético La Paz 1,726
2 Jaiba Brava 0–0 Venados 7,128 Tlaxcala 3–2 UAT 1,260

Source: Liga de Expansión MX

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

Clausura 2025

The Clausura tournament will begin in January 2025.

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.[17] As of the 2023–24 season, the bottom three ranked Liga de Expansión MX teams will not pay a fine. The last ranked team can not qualify for the Clausura 2024 liguilla.

As of matches played 9 August 2024
Pos
 Team '22 A
Pts 		'23 C
Pts 		'23 A
Pts 		'24 C
Pts 		'24 A
Pts 		'25 C
Pts 		Total
Pts 		Total
Pld 		Avg
 GD
1 Atlante 34 30 25 25 1 0 115 63 1.8254 +51
2 Celaya 38 37 17 22 1 0 115 63 1.8254 +34
3 UdeG 31 21 27 29 4 0 112 64 1.7500 +43
4 Venados 25 22 21 32 3 0 103 65 1.5846 +18
5 Tapatío[a] 22 31 14 22 7 0 96 65 1.4769 +18
6 Zacatecas 23 17 24 19 6 0 89 64 1.3906 +2
7 Atlético Morelia 26 30 21 10 1 0 88 64 1.3750 +4
8 Cancún 14 19 28 22 3 0 86 63 1.3651 +3
9 Atlético La Paz 17 21 20 22 4 0 84 65 1.2923 –21
10 UAT 19 22 20 16 3 0 80 64 1.2500 –1
11 Tepatitlán 21 25 23 8 1 0 78 64 1.2188 –11
12 Oaxaca 20 22 13 19 0 0 74 63 1.1746 –19
13 Tlaxcala[b] 19 23 6 13 3 0 64 64 1.0000 –44
14 Sinaloa 27 9 12 11 0 0 59 64 0.9219 –56
15 Jaiba Brava[b] 0 0 0 0 2 0 2 3 0.6667 –2


Tiebreakers: 1) 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
Source: Liga de Expansión

  1. ^ Liga MX affiliated team.
  2. ^ a b Liga Premier invited team.

Aggregate table

The Aggregate table is a sum of the Apertura 2024 and Clausura 2025 tournament standings. The aggregate table is used to determine seeding for the "Campeón de Campeones" Final.

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Tapatío 3 2 1 0 7 2 +5 7
2 Zacatecas 2 2 0 0 4 0 +4 6
3 U. de G. 2 1 1 0 2 1 +1 4
4 Atlético La Paz 3 1 1 1 5 7 −2 4
5 UAT 2 1 0 1 7 4 +3 3
6 Cancún 1 1 0 0 2 0 +2 3
7 Venados 3 0 3 0 2 2 0 3
8 Tlaxcala 2 1 0 1 3 4 −1 3
9 Jaiba Brava 3 0 2 1 1 3 −2 2 Team is last in the coefficient table.
10 Atlante 1 0 1 0 2 2 0 1
11 Celaya 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 1
12 Tepatitlán 2 0 1 1 1 3 −2 1
13 Atlético Morelia 2 0 1 1 2 5 −3 1
14 Sinaloa 2 0 0 2 0 2 −2 0
15 Oaxaca 1 0 0 1 0 3 −3 0
Updated to match(es) played on 9 August 2024. Source: Liga Expansión 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

References

  1. ^ Enrique Martínez Villar (24 April 2020). "¡Se confirma! No habrá ascenso ni descenso en 6 años; aprueban Liga de Desarrollo". Mediotiempo. Retrieved 25 April 2020.
  2. ^ a b "Se celebró la Asamblea ordinaria de socios de la Liga BBVA Expansión". Liga BBVA Expansión MX (in Spanish). 12 July 2024. Retrieved 13 July 2024.
  3. ^ "¡OFICIAL! Tampico Madero regresa a la Liga de Expansión". XEU Deportes (in Spanish). 12 July 2024. Retrieved 12 July 2024.
  4. ^ "Club Jaiba Brava". Liga BBVA Expansión MX (in Spanish). Retrieved 4 August 2024.
  5. ^ "Es oficial: Cimarrones de Sonora se convertirá en Jaguares de Chiapas". El Sol de Hermosillo (in Spanish). 17 June 2024. Retrieved 29 June 2024.
  6. ^ "Norberto Scoponi deja al Atlético Morelia". El Sol de Zamora (in Spanish). 16 April 2024. Retrieved 13 July 2024.
  7. ^ "Mario García se presenta con Morelia con la primera división en mente". SMRTV (in Spanish). 18 April 2024. Retrieved 13 July 2024.
  8. ^ "Venados termina relación laboral con Rafael Fernández Loperena, director técnico del equipo". La Jornada Maya (in Spanish). 4 May 2024. Retrieved 13 July 2024.
  9. ^ "El Auxiliar de los Venados será ahora su Director Técnico". Península Deportiva (in Spanish). 17 May 2024. Retrieved 13 July 2024.
  10. ^ "Correcaminos de la UAT despide a Raúl "El Potro" Gutiérrez como su director técnico". La Afición (in Spanish). 19 May 2024. Retrieved 13 July 2024.
  11. ^ "Correcaminos UAT elige a Francisco Cortez como su nuevo director técnico". La Afición (in Spanish). 22 May 2024. Retrieved 13 July 2024.
  12. ^ "Dorados de Sinaloa anuncia salida de 'Chiquis' García de la dirección técnica". Récord (in Spanish). 26 May 2024. Retrieved 13 July 2024.
  13. ^ "Sebastián Abreu regresa a México para dirigir a Dorados de Sinaloa". TUDN (in Spanish). 29 May 2024. Retrieved 13 July 2024.
  14. ^ "Se hizo oficial la destitución de Cristian Paulucci". El Sol del Bajío (in Spanish). 27 May 2024. Retrieved 13 July 2024.
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