The 2017–18
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 ...
season (known as the Liga BBVA Bancomer MX for sponsorship reasons) was the 71st professional season of the top-flight football league in
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 is split into two championships—the
Torneo Apertura and the
Torneo Clausura—each in an identical format and each contested by the same eighteen teams.
Teams, stadiums, and personnel
These are the eighteen teams that competed in the 2017-18 season.
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, ...
was relegated to the
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). ...
after accumulating the lowest coefficient last season, and were replaced by the
Ascenso MX Clausura 2017 champion
Lobos BUAP
Club de Fútbol Lobos de la Benemérita Universidad Autónoma de Puebla were a Mexican football club based in Puebla, Mexico. The club represented the Benemérita Universidad Autónoma de Puebla. The club's history goes back to the early 1930s ...
, who won promotion after defeating the
Ascenso MX Apertura 2016 champion
Dorados de Sinaloa
Dorados de Sinaloa, or Dorados, is a Mexican professional football club based on Culiacán, Sinaloa, Mexico.
History
Dorados de Sinaloa was founded on August 9, 2003. The Dorados was the youngest team to play on First Division de México, hav ...
in the
2016–17 Ascenso MX Promotion Final.
Stadiums and locations
Personnel and kits
Managerial changes
Torneo Apertura
The Apertura 2017 is the first championship of the season.
Regular season
The season began on 21 July 2017 and ended on 19 November 2017.
Standings
Positions by round
The table lists the positions of teams after each week of matches. In order to preserve chronological evolvements, any postponed matches are not included in the round at which they were originally scheduled, but added to the full round they were played immediately afterwards. For example, if a match is scheduled for matchday 13, but then postponed and played between days 16 and 17, it will be added to the standings for day 16.
Results
Regular Season statistics
Top goalscorers
Players sorted first by goals scored, then by last name.
Source
Liga MX
Top assists
Players sorted first by assists, then by last name.
Source
Soccerway
Hat-tricks
Clean sheets
Source
Fox Sports
Saves
Source
Fox Sports
Attendance
Per team
Highest and lowest
Source
Liga MX
Liguilla – Apertura
Bracket
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Teams are re-seeded each round.
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Team with more goals on aggregate after two matches advances.
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Away goals rule
The away goals rule is a method of tiebreaker, tiebreaking in association football and other sports when teams play each other twice, once at each team's home ground. Under the away goals rule, if the total goals scored by each team are equal, the ...
is applied in the quarterfinals and semifinals, but not the final.
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In the quarterfinals and semifinals, if the two teams are tied on aggregate and away goals, the higher seeded team advances.
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In the final, if the two teams are tied after both legs, the match goes to extra-time and, if necessary, a shootout.
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Both finalists qualify to the 2019 CONCACAF Champions League (champions as MEX1, runners-up as MEX3).
Quarterfinals
Semifinals
Finals
Torneo Clausura
The Clausura 2018 is the second championship of the season. The regular phase of the tournament began in January 2018.
Regular season
Standings
Positions by round
The table lists the positions of teams after each week of matches. In order to preserve chronological evolvements, any postponed matches are not included in the round at which they were originally scheduled, but added to the full round they were played immediately afterwards. For example, if a match is scheduled for matchday 13, but then postponed and played between days 16 and 17, it will be added to the standings for day 16.
Results
Regular Season statistics
Top goalscorers
Players sorted first by goals scored, then by last name.
Source
Liga MX
Top assists
Players sorted first by assists, then by last name.
Source
ESPNFC
Hat-tricks
4 Player scored four goals
Clean sheets
Source
Fox Sports
Saves
Source
Fox Sports
Attendance
Per team
Highest and lowest
Source
Liga MX
Liguilla – Clausura
Bracket
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Teams are re-seeded each round.
*
Team with more goals on aggregate after two matches advances.
*
Away goals rule
The away goals rule is a method of tiebreaker, tiebreaking in association football and other sports when teams play each other twice, once at each team's home ground. Under the away goals rule, if the total goals scored by each team are equal, the ...
is applied in the quarterfinals and semifinals, but not the final.
*
In the quarterfinals and semifinals, if the two teams are tied on aggregate and away goals, 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 shootout.
*
Both finalists qualify to the 2019 CONCACAF Champions League (champions as MEX2, runners-up as MEX4).
Quarterfinals
Semifinals
Finals
Relegation table
Aggregate table
The aggregate table (the sum of points of both the Apertura and Clausura tournaments) will be used to determine the participants of the
Apertura 2018 Copa MX
The Apertura 2018 Copa MX was the 80th staging of the Copa MX, the 52nd staging in the professional era and is the thirteenth tournament played since the 1996–97 edition.
The tournament started on 24 July 2018 and ended on 31 October 2018.
Th ...
. This table also displays teams that have qualified for the
2019 CONCACAF Champions League.
See also
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2017–18 Liga MX Femenil season
The 2017–18 Liga MX Femenil season was the inaugural season of the top-flight women's football league in Mexico. The season is contested by sixteen teams, being the counterpart women's teams of the men's league, Liga MX. Of the 18 Liga MX clubs, ...
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2017–18 Ascenso MX season
References
External links
Official website of Liga MX
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