The 2017–18 Serie A de México season was split in two tournaments
Apertura
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and
Clausura
The ' and ' tournaments is a split season format for Spanish-speaking sports leagues. It is a relatively recent innovation for many Latin American football leagues in which the traditional association football season from August to May is div ...
.
Serie A
The Serie A (), also called Serie A TIM for national sponsorship with TIM, is a professional league competition for football clubs located at the top of the Italian football league system and the winner is awarded the Scudetto and the Coppa ...
is the third-tier
football
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league of
Mexico
Mexico (Spanish: México), officially the United Mexican States, is a country in the southern portion of North America. It is bordered to the north by the United States; to the south and west by the Pacific Ocean; to the southeast by Guatema ...
. The season was played between 11 August 2017 and 19 May 2018.
Torneo Apertura
Changes from the previous season
36 teams participated in this season:
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Cuervos de Ensenada
The Cuervos de Ensenada JAP Fútbol Club, commonly known as Cuervos de Ensenada, is a Mexican football club based in Ensenada, Baja California. The club was founded on 2016, and recently plays in the Liga Premier de Ascenso of Segunda Divisi ...
J.A.P. moved to
Tepic
Tepic () is the capital and largest city of the western Mexican state of Nayarit, as well as the seat of the Tepic Municipality.
Located in the central part of the state, it stands at an altitude of above sea level, on the banks of the Río Mo ...
and became
Deportivo Tepic J.A.P.
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Valle Verde F.C. moved to
Tuxtla Gutiérrez
Tuxtla Gutiérrez (, ) is the capital and the largest city of the Mexican southeastern state of Chiapas. It is the seat of the municipality of the same name, the most developed and populated in the state. A busy government, commercial and servi ...
and became
Tuxtla F.C.
Tuxtla F.C. was a football club from Tuxtla Gutiérrez, Mexico that was active from July 2017 to June 2019.
History
After local team Chiapas F.C. dissolved in July 2017, Jiquipilas Valle Verde F.C. moved from Jiquipilas to Tuxtla Gutiérrez a ...
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Murciélagos F.C. reserve team changed its name to
Pacific F.C. and plans to move to
Mazatlán
Mazatlán () is a city in the Mexican state of Sinaloa. The city serves as the municipal seat for the surrounding ''municipio'', known as the Mazatlán Municipality. It is located at on the Pacific coast, across from the southernmost tip of ...
on 2019.
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Sporting Canamy
Club Sporting Canamy is a Mexican football club that plays in the Liga Premier after their objective to promote from the Tercera División de México was a success in the 2014–15 season finished as runner-up. The club is based in Oaxtepec, More ...
moves from Mexico City to
Oaxtepec
Oaxtepec is a town within the municipality of Yautepec and the Cuautla metropolitan area in the eastern part of the Mexican state of Morelos. Its main industry is tourism, mostly aimed at the inhabitants of nearby Mexico City, and the town posses ...
.
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Chiapas F.C. Premier
Chiapas Fútbol Club Premier was a professional football team that played in the Mexican Football League. They played in the Segunda División de Mexico (Mexico's Second Division). Chiapas Fútbol Club Premier is affiliated with Chiapas F.C. who p ...
disappears and
Lobos BUAP Premier took its place.
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Reynosa F.C.
Reynosa () is a border city in the northern part of the state of Tamaulipas, in Mexico. It is also the municipal seat of Reynosa Municipality.
The city is located on the southern bank of the Rio Grande in the international Reynosa–McAllen Metr ...
changed its name to
Atlético Reynosa
The Atlético Reynosa Fútbol Club, is a Mexican football club based in the city of Reynosa, Tamaulipas, Mexico. The club was founded on 2012 as ''Reynosa Fútbol Club'', in 2017 was rebranded. Between 2012 and 2020 the team played at Serie A of L ...
.
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Atlético Cuernavaca
The Alético Cuernavaca, is a Mexican football club based in Cuernavaca. The club was founded in 2007, and currently plays in the Tercera División de México
The Liga TDP is Mexico's fourth tier in the Mexican League System. The Liga TDP ...
changed its name to
Halcones de Morelos
The Halcones de Morelos Fútbol Club, commonly known as Halcones, was a Mexican football club based in Cuernavaca
Cuernavaca (; nci-IPA, Cuauhnāhuac, kʷawˈnaːwak "near the woods", ) is the capital and largest city of the state of Morel ...
.
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Tecos F.C.
Tecos Fútbol Club (often referred to by its nickname "Tecos") is a Mexican professional football club associated with the Universidad Autónoma de Guadalajara AC. It plays its home games in the '' Estadio 3 de Marzo'' (March 3 Stadium, named fo ...
was promoted from
Tercera División
Tercera División ( en, Third Division) was the fourth tier of the Spanish football league system. Founded in 1929, it was below the ''Primera División'' (also known as La Liga), the ''Segunda División'', and the semi-professional ''Segunda Di ...
.
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Loros UdeC
Club de Fútbol Loros de la Universidad de Colima was Mexican football club that lastly played in the Ascenso MX, the second tier division of Mexican football. The club was based in Colima, Mexico.
The team was participating in the Ascenso MX dur ...
was relegated from
Ascenso MX
Ascenso MX was the second tier of professional football in Mexico of the Mexican football league system. The champion of the competition was promoted to Liga MX (top-flight tier). The bottom team was relegated to Liga Premier (the third tier). ...
.
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Gavilanes de Matamoros
The Gavilanes de Matamoros Fútbol Club, commonly known as Gavilanes, is a Mexican football club based in Matamoros, Tamaulipas. The club was founded on 2011, and currently plays in the Serie A of Liga Premier.
History
The team was founded in ...
was admitted as an expansion team.
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Santos de Soledad and
Real Cuautitlán dissolved.
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FC Politécnico
The Fútbol Club Politécnico, commonly known as Poli, is a Mexican football club based in Mexico City. The club was founded in 2013, and currently plays in Group IV of Liga TDP.
History First Team
On September 4, 1954, the Second Division o ...
was relegated to Tercera División.
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Atlético Estado de México eliminated its main team, maintaining the reserve team in Tercera División.
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Tlaxcala F.C.
Tlaxcala Fútbol Club, commonly known as Coyotes de Tlaxcala, is a Mexican football (soccer), football club based in Tlaxcala. The club was founded in 2014, and currently plays in the second tier, Liga de Expansión MX. Tlaxcala won automatic pro ...
did not play this season having won its promotion to Ascenso MX, waiting to meet the requirements of the category.
Stadiums and Locations
Group 1
Group 2
Regular season
Group 1
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Group 2
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=Results
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Regular Season statistics
Scoring
*First goal of the season: Omar Salgado (Tigres UANL Premier)
Top goalscorers
Players sorted first by goals scored, then by last name.
Source
Liga Premier
Attendance
Per team
Highest and lowest
Sourc
Liga Premier FMF(available in each game report)
Liguilla de Ascenso (Promotion Playoffs)
The four best teams of each group play two games against each other on a home-and-away basis. The higher seeded teams play on their home field during the second leg. The winner of each match up is determined by
aggregate score
There are a number of formats used in various levels of competition in sports and games to determine an overall champion. Some of the most common are the ''single elimination'', the ''best-of-'' series, the ''total points series'' more commonly kn ...
. In the quarterfinals and semifinals, if the two teams are tied on aggregate the higher seeded team advances. In the final, if the two teams are tied after both legs, the match goes to extra time and, if necessary, a
penalty shoot-out
The penalty shootout is a method of determining a winner in sports matches that would have otherwise been drawn or tied. The rules for penalty shootouts vary between sports and even different competitions; however, the usual form is similar to pen ...
.
Quarter-finals
The first legs was played on 29 and 30 November 2017, and the second legs was played on 2 and 3 December 2017.
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=Second leg
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Semi-finals
The first legs was played on 6 and 7 December 2017, and the second legs was played on 9 and 10 December 2017.
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=Second leg
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Final
The first leg was played on 13 December 2017, and the second leg was played on 16 December 2017.
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=Second leg
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Liguilla de Filiales (Reserve Teams Playoffs)
Torneo Clausura
Regular season
Group 1
=Standings
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=Results
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Group 2
=Standings
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=Results
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Regular Season statistics
Scoring
*First goal of the season: Omar Salgado (Tigres UANL Premier)
Top goalscorers
Players sorted first by goals scored, then by last name.
Source
Liga Premier
Attendance
Per team
Highest and lowest
Sourc
Liga Premier FMF(available in each game report)
Liguilla de Ascenso (Promotion Playoffs)
The four best teams of each group play two games against each other on a home-and-away basis. The higher seeded teams play on their home field during the second leg. The winner of each match up is determined by
aggregate score
There are a number of formats used in various levels of competition in sports and games to determine an overall champion. Some of the most common are the ''single elimination'', the ''best-of-'' series, the ''total points series'' more commonly kn ...
. In the quarterfinals and semifinals, if the two teams are tied on aggregate the higher seeded team advances. In the final, if the two teams are tied after both legs, the match goes to extra time and, if necessary, a
penalty shoot-out
The penalty shootout is a method of determining a winner in sports matches that would have otherwise been drawn or tied. The rules for penalty shootouts vary between sports and even different competitions; however, the usual form is similar to pen ...
.
Quarter-finals
The first legs was played on 25 and 26 April 2018, and the second legs was played on 28 and 29 April 2018.
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=Second leg
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Semi-finals
The first legs was played on 2 May 2018, and the second legs was played on 5 May 2018.
=First leg
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=Second leg
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Final
The first leg was played on 9 May 2018, and the second leg was played on 12 May 2018.
=First leg
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=Second leg
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Liguilla de Filiales (Reserve Teams Playoffs)
Relegation Table
Last updated: 22 April 2018
Source
Liga Premier FMF
br/>P = Position; G = Games played; Pts = Points; Pts/G = Ratio of points to games played
Promotion Final
The Promotion Final is a series of matches played by the champions of the tournaments Apertura and Clausura, the game is played to determine the winning team of the promotion to Ascenso MX.
The first leg was played on 16 May 2018, and the second leg was played on 19 May 2018.
First leg
Second leg
See also
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2017–18 Liga MX season
The 2017–18 Liga MX season (known as the Liga BBVA Bancomer MX for sponsorship reasons) was the 71st professional season of the top-flight football league in Mexico. The season is split into two championships—the Torneo Apertura and the T ...
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2017–18 Ascenso MX season
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2017–18 Serie B de México season
References
External links
Official website of Liga PremierMagazine page
{{2017–18 in Mexican football
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