The 2021–22 Liga TDP season is the fourth-tier

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league of

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. The tournament began on 9 September 2021 and finished on 3 June 2022.

Competition format

The Tercera División (Third Division) is divided into 17 groups. For the 2009–2010 season, the format of the tournament has been reorganized to a home and away format, which all teams will play in their respective group. The 17 groups consist of teams which are eligible to play in the liguilla de ascenso for three promotion spots, teams who are affiliated with teams in the

Liga MX The Liga MX, officially known as the Liga BBVA MX for sponsorship reasons, is the top professional football division in Mexico, holding 2 tournaments per year. The league is considered the strongest in North America, and among the strongest in a ...

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 ...

and

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and development teams, which are not eligible for promotion but will play that who the better team in a sixteen team filial playoff tournament for the entire season. The league format allows participating franchises to rent their place to another team, so some clubs compete with a different name than the one registered with the FMF. For the 2021–22 season there will be three promotions to the Liga Premier. Two to Serie A and one to Serie B.

Group 1

Group with 12 teams from

Campeche Campeche (; yua, Kaampech ), officially the Free and Sovereign State of Campeche ( es, Estado Libre y Soberano de Campeche), is one of the 31 states which make up the 32 Federal Entities of Mexico. Located in southeast Mexico, it is bordered by ...

, Quintana Roo, Tabasco and Yucatán. NOTE:

Puerto Aventuras Puerto Aventuras () is a community located in Solidaridad Municipality, Quintana Roo, Mexico. It had a 2020 census population of 22,878 inhabitants, and is located at an elevation of above sea level. It is the second-largest community in Solid ...

(registered as Tulum) participated in the first half of the season, but withdrew from the league in January 2022 due to financial problems.

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Group 2

Group with 11 teams from

Chiapas Chiapas (; Tzotzil language, Tzotzil and Tzeltal language, Tzeltal: ''Chyapas'' ), officially the Free and Sovereign State of Chiapas ( es, Estado Libre y Soberano de Chiapas), is one of the states that make up the Political divisions of Mexico, ...

and Oaxaca.

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Group 3

Group with 15 teams from

Puebla Puebla ( en, colony, settlement), officially Free and Sovereign State of Puebla ( es, Estado Libre y Soberano de Puebla), is one of the 32 states which comprise the Federal Entities of Mexico. It is divided into 217 municipalities and its cap ...

San Luis Potosí San Luis Potosí (), officially the Free and Sovereign State of San Luis Potosí ( es, Estado Libre y Soberano de San Luis Potosí), is one of the 32 states which compose the Federal Entities of Mexico. It is divided in 58 municipalities and i ...

, Tlaxcala and Veracruz.

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Group 4

Group with 16 teams from Greater Mexico City.

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Group 5

Group with 15 teams from Greater Mexico City. NOTE: On October 28, 2021, Mayas Soccer F.C. was expelled from the League for not fulfilling its obligations as an affiliate.

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Group 6

Group with 12 teams from

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Group 7

Group with 13 teams from Guerrero, Mexico City

Morelos Morelos (), officially the Free and Sovereign State of Morelos ( es, Estado Libre y Soberano de Morelos), is one of the 32 states which comprise the Federal Entities of Mexico. It is divided into 36 municipalities and its capital city is Cuer ...

and

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Group 8

Group with 16 teams from Hidalgo, Mexico City and

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Group 9

Group with 15 teams from

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 ...

and

Querétaro Querétaro (), officially the Free and Sovereign State of Querétaro ( es, Estado Libre y Soberano de Querétaro, links=no; Otomi language, Otomi: ''Hyodi Ndämxei''), is one of the Political divisions of Mexico, 32 federal entities of Mexico. I ...

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Group 10

Group with 10 teams from

and

Michoacán Michoacán, formally Michoacán de Ocampo (; Purépecha: ), officially the Free and Sovereign State of Michoacán de Ocampo ( es, Estado Libre y Soberano de Michoacán de Ocampo), is one of the 32 states which comprise the Federal Entities of ...

. NOTE: Deportivo Yurécuaro was announced as a member of the group, however on September 29, 2021, the club withdrew from the league voluntarily.

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Group 11

Group with 10 teams from

Aguascalientes Aguascalientes (; ), officially the Free and Sovereign State of Aguascalientes ( es, Estado Libre y Soberano de Aguascalientes), is one of the 32 states which comprise the Political divisions of Mexico, Federal Entities of Mexico. At 22°N and ...

Durango Durango (), officially named Estado Libre y Soberano de Durango ( en, Free and Sovereign State of Durango; Tepehuán: ''Korian''; Nahuatl: ''Tepēhuahcān''), is one of the 31 states which make up the 32 Federal Entities of Mexico, situated in ...

Jalisco Jalisco (, , ; Nahuatl: Xalixco), officially the Free and Sovereign State of Jalisco ( es, Estado Libre y Soberano de Jalisco ; Nahuatl: Tlahtohcayotl Xalixco), is one of the 31 states which, along with Mexico City, comprise the 32 Federal En ...

and Zacatecas. NOTE: Atlético ECCA was announced as a team member of the group, however on September 29, 2021, it was expelled from the League for not fulfilling its obligations as an affiliate.

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Group 12

Group with 12 teams from

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Group 13

Group with 11 teams from

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Group 14

Group with 12 teams from

, Nayarit and

Sinaloa Sinaloa (), officially the Estado Libre y Soberano de Sinaloa ( en, Free and Sovereign State of Sinaloa), is one of the 31 states which, along with Mexico City, comprise the Administrative divisions of Mexico, Federal Entities of Mexico. It is d ...

. NOTE: Camaroneros de Escuinapa participated in the first half of the season, but withdrew from the league in February 2022 due to unknown reasons.

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Group 15

Group with 16 teams from

Coahuila Coahuila (), formally Coahuila de Zaragoza (), officially the Free and Sovereign State of Coahuila de Zaragoza ( es, Estado Libre y Soberano de Coahuila de Zaragoza), is one of the 32 states of Mexico. Coahuila borders the Mexican states of N ...

Nuevo León Nuevo León () is a state in the northeast region of Mexico. The state was named after the New Kingdom of León, an administrative territory from the Viceroyalty of New Spain, itself was named after the historic Spanish Kingdom of León. With a ...

and Tamaulipas. NOTE:

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participated in the first half of the season, but withdrew from the league in January 2022 due to financial problems.

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Group 16

Group with 11 teams from Baja California,

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and

Sonora Sonora (), officially Estado Libre y Soberano de Sonora ( en, Free and Sovereign State of Sonora), is one of the 31 states which, along with Mexico City, comprise the Administrative divisions of Mexico, Federal Entities of Mexico. The state is d ...

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Group 17

Group with 4 teams from Baja California.

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Promotion Play–offs

The Promotion Play–offs will consist of seven phases. Classify 64 teams, the number varies according to the number of teams in each group, being between three and eight clubs per group. The country will be divided into two zones: South Zone (Groups 1 to 8) and North Zone (Groups 9 to 17). Eliminations will be held according to the average obtained by each team, being ordered from best to worst by their percentage throughout the season. As of 2020–21 season, the names of the knockout stages were modified as follows: Round of 32, Round of 16, Quarter-finals, Semifinals, Zone Final and Final, this as a consequence of the division of the country into two zones, for so the teams only face clubs from the same region until the final series.

Round of 32

The first legs were played on 27 and 28 April, and the second legs were played on 30 April and 1 May 2022.

South Zone

North Zone

Round of 16

The first legs were played on 4 and 5 May, and the second legs will be played on 7 and 8 May 2022.

South Zone

North Zone

Final stage

Zone Quarter–finals

The first legs were played on 11 and 12 May, and the second legs were played on 14 and 15 May 2022.

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Zone Semi–finals

The first legs were played on 18 May, and the second legs were played on 21 May 2022.

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Zone Finals

The first legs will be played on 25 and 26 May, and the second legs will be played on 28 and 29 May 2022.

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National runner–ups play–off

The two losing clubs in the zone finals played a game to win a place in the

– Serie B. The match was played on 1 June 2022.

National Final

The two winning clubs from the zone finals played a match to determine the league champion. The match was played on 3 June 2022 in a neutral stadium.

Reserve and Development Teams

Each season a table is created among those teams that don't have the right to promote, because they are considered as reserve teams for teams that play in

, Liga de Expansión and

or are independent teams that have requested not to participate for the Promotion due to the fact that they are footballers development projects. The ranking order is determined through the "quotient", which is obtained by dividing the points obtained between the disputed matches, being ordered from highest to lowest.

Table

Last updated: April 23, 2022
Source
Liga TDP
br/>P = Position; G = Games played; Pts = Points; Pts/G = Ratio of points to games played; GD = Goal difference

Play–offs

Round of 16

The first legs were played on 27 and 28 April, and the second legs were played on 30 April and 1 May 2022.

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Quarter-finals

The first legs were played on 4 and 5 May, and the second legs were played on 7 and 8 May 2022.

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Semi-finals

The first legs were played on 11 and 12 May, and the second legs were played on 14 and 15 May 2022.

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Final

The first leg were played on 19 May, and the second leg were played on 22 May 2022.

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=Second leg

Regular Season statistics

Top goalscorers

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

References

External links

Official website of Liga TDP
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