2020–21 Liga Premier De México Season
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The 2020–21 Liga Premier de México season is the third-tier
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league of
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. The tournament began on 18 September 2020 and finished on 16 May 2021.


Changes from the previous season

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UNAM The National Autonomous University of Mexico ( es, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, UNAM) is a public research university in Mexico. It is consistently ranked as one of the best universities in Latin America, where it's also the bigges ...
Premier has discontinued their participation in Serie A to participate in the new
Liga de Expansión MX The Liga de Expansión MX, also known as Liga de Desarrollo (Liga BBVA Expansión MX for sponsorship reasons), is a Mexican football league founded in 2020 as part of the Mexican Football Federation's "Stabilization Project", which has the prima ...
. *
Atlético Bahía The Atlético Bahía Club de Fútbol was a football team that played in the Liga Premier de México, Liga Premier – Serie A de México, Serie A, the club had its ground in San José del Valle, Bahía de Banderas#Municipality, Bahía de Band ...
, Atlético Reynosa,
Atlético San Francisco Atlético San Francisco, (simply known as Brujos) is a Mexican professional Association football, football club. The club plays in the Serie B de México and is based in San Francisco del Rincón, Guanajuato, México. It was established in 1966 an ...
, Calor, Coras de Nayarit,
Correcaminos UAT Premier Club de Fútbol Correcaminos de la Universidad Autónoma de Tamaulipas Premier is a professional football team that plays in the Mexican Football League. They are playing in the Liga Premier Serie A. Club de Fútbol Correcaminos de la Universida ...
, Deportivo Nuevo Chimalhuacán,
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, Murciélagos, Sporting Canamy,
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and Yalmakán were put on hiatus for the 2020–21 season due to financial issues due to COVID-19. *
Cafetaleros de Chiapas Premier The Club Cafetaleros de Chiapas Premier was a team that played in the Liga Premier in Tapachula, Chiapas, Mexico and was the official reserve team for Cafetaleros de Chiapas. History In May 2019, Cafetaleros moved from Tapachula to Tuxtla Gutié ...
renamed to
Cafetaleros de Chiapas Club de Fútbol Cafetaleros de Chiapas is a Mexican football club based in the city of Tuxtla Gutiérrez, Chiapas currently competing in Liga Premier de México, the third tier of Mexican football. Between 2015 and 2020, the team played at Asce ...
, will stay in Chiapas and will become their Primary Team after their Ascenso MX Team moved to Cancun. *
Tepatitlán Tepatitlán de Morelos is a city and municipality founded in 1530, in the central Mexican state of Jalisco. It is located in the area known as Los Altos de Jalisco (the 'Highlands of Jalisco'), about 70 km east of state capital Guadalajara, ...
and
Tlaxcala Tlaxcala (; , ; from nah, Tlaxcallān ), officially the Free and Sovereign State of Tlaxcala ( es, Estado Libre y Soberano de Tlaxcala), is one of the 32 states which comprise the Federal Entities of Mexico. It is divided into 60 municipaliti ...
have been certified and promoted to the
Liga de Expansión MX The Liga de Expansión MX, also known as Liga de Desarrollo (Liga BBVA Expansión MX for sponsorship reasons), is a Mexican football league founded in 2020 as part of the Mexican Football Federation's "Stabilization Project", which has the prima ...
, while Atlético Reynosa did not get certified due to stadium issues. * Colima F.C. and
Mazorqueros F.C. Mazorqueros F.C. was a Mexican football club that played in the Liga Premier de México. The club was based in Ciudad Guzmán, Jalisco. History In 1985 a club named ''Mazorqueros'' was founded in Ciudad Guzmán, Jalisco, the team participated in ...
joins in Serie A as expansion teams. * Aguacateros CDU, Ciervos, Cuautla, Dongu and
Zitácuaro Zitácuaro, officially known as Heroica Zitácuaro, is a city in the Mexican state of Michoacán. The city is the administrative centre for the surrounding municipality of the same name, which lies at the extreme eastern side of Michoacán and bor ...
joins in Serie A as expansion teams from Serie B. *
Real Zamora Club Deportivo Real Zamora was a Mexican football club that played in the Liga Premier - Serie A, however, from 2019 to 2020 season, the club is on hiatus because the club is in a process to improve its facilities and aspire to a promotion to the ...
returns from hiatus but they were relocated and renamed as Azores de Hidalgo. * Héroes de Zací tried to join in Serie A after being approved after a one-year hold due to stadium requirements were not met. However, to meet the requirements, the team was relocated to
Acámbaro Acámbaro is a city and municipality in the southeastern corner of the Mexican state of Guanajuato, on the banks of the Lerma River, and the oldest of the 46 municipalities of Guanajuato. Acámbaro was originally a Purépecha settlement which was ...
,
Guanajuato Guanajuato (), officially the Free and Sovereign State of Guanajuato ( es, Estado Libre y Soberano de Guanajuato), is one of the 32 states that make up the Federal Entities of Mexico. It is divided into 46 municipalities and its capital city i ...
, in addition, the franchise was rented to another administration other than the owners. However, the team was subsequently not approved to participate in the season. * Atlético Irapuato was renamed as
C.D. Irapuato Club Deportivo Irapuato is a professional football club, based in Irapuato, Guanajuato, Mexico. They are currently playing in the Serie A in the Liga Premier. Irapuato has mostly played in the Promotion League of Mexico (formerly Primera Divisi ...
due to changes in club ownership. *
Chapulineros de Oaxaca Chapulineros de Oaxaca is a Mexican football team nicknamed ''Los chapulineros'' (Grasshoppers). The club was founded in 1983 and is based in the state of Oaxaca where it plays its home matches at the Estadio Independiente MRCI. The club has play ...
will decline their Liga Premier participation for 2020–21 season to participate in the
Liga de Balompié Mexicano Liga de Balompié Mexicano is one of the professional football leagues in Mexico. It is the first division of the league system of the National Association of Mexican Football (ANBM in Spanish). The league is an alternate to Liga MX, which is o ...
after one year return from hiatus. *
Deportivo CAFESSA Tlajomulco The Deportivo CAFESSA, commonly known as CAFESSA or CAFESSA Tlajomulco, is a Mexican football club based in Guadalajara. The club was founded in 2015, and currently plays in the Liga TDP. Previously, the club maintained another Liga TDP team a ...
, Dorados de Sinaloa Premier,
Mineros de Zacatecas Premier The Club Deportivo Mineros de Zacatecas Premier played in the Liga Premier in Zacatecas City, Zacatecas, Mexico and were the official reserve team for Mineros de Zacatecas Club Deportivo Mineros de Zacatecas is a Mexican football club from Z ...
and Real Canamy Tlayacapan have dissolved. * On January 23, 2021 Azores de Hidalgo was relocated and renamed as Inter de Querétaro, however, officially the team continued to be registered as Azores de Hidalgo for the rest of the season.


Group 1


Stadiums and locations


Standings


Positions by Round


Results


Group 2


Stadium and locations


Standings


Positions by Round


Results


Regular Season statistics


Top goalscorers

Players sorted first by goals scored, then by last name. Sourc
Liga Premier FMF


Hat-tricks

(H) – Home; (A) – Away


Coefficient table

Last updated: April 11, 2021
Source
Liga Premier FMF
br/>P = Position; G = Games played; Pts = Points; Pts/G = Ratio of points to games played; GD = Goal difference


Attendance


Highest and lowest

Source
Liga Premier FMF


Liguilla

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
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.


Quarter-finals

The first legs were played on 17 and 18 April, and the second legs were played on 23 and 24 April 2021. ''All times are UTC−5''


First leg


Second leg


Semi-finals

The first legs were played on 29 April, and the second legs were played on 2 May 2021. ''All times are UTC−5''


First leg


Second leg


Final

The first leg was played on 9 May, and the second leg was played on 16 May 2021. ''All times are UTC−5''


First leg


Second leg


See also

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2020–21 Liga MX season 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 T ...
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2020–21 Liga de Expansión MX season The 2020–21 Liga de Expansión MX season is the first 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 forma ...
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2020–21 Liga TDP season The 2020–21 Liga TDP season is the fourth-tier football 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 S ...


References


External links


Official website of Liga Premier FMF
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