The 2018–19
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 72nd 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 was 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
The following eighteen teams competed this season.
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 ...
was initially 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 point coefficient last season, but instead they will continue to compete in the Liga MX after the
2017–18 Ascenso MX champion,
Cafetaleros de Tapachula
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 Asc ...
, who won promotion after defeating
Alebrijes de Oaxaca
Alebrijes de Oaxaca Fútbol Club is a Mexican football team based in the city of Oaxaca, state of Oaxaca. They play in the second tier of Mexican football league, Liga de Expansión MX. The team was created when the Tecamachalco franchise won ...
, was not certified to be promoted. Lobos BUAP paid
MXN$120 million to be disbursed to Cafetaleros de Tapachula and remain in Liga MX.
Stadiums and locations
Personnel and kits
Managerial changes
Torneo Apertura
Regular season
The Apertura 2018 was the first championship of the season. The regular season began on 20 July 2018 and ended on 25 November 2018.
The defending champions were
Santos Laguna
Club Santos Laguna S.A. de C.V. (), commonly known as Santos Laguna or Santos, is a Mexican professional football club that competes in the Liga MX. It is located in northern Mexico and represents the urban area of La Comarca Lagunera, made up o ...
, having won their sixth title.
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 were 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 was scheduled for matchday 13, but then postponed and played between days 16 and 17, it was 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
4 Player scored four goals
Attendance
Per team
Highest and lowest
Source
Liga MX
Liguilla – Apertura
Bracket
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Teams were re-seeded each round.
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Team with more goals on aggregate after two matches advanced.
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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 ...
was applied in the quarter-finals and semi-finals, but not the final.
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In the quarter-finals and semi-finals, if the two teams were tied on aggregate and away goals, the higher seeded team advanced.
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In the final, if the two teams were tied after both legs, the match went to extra time and, if necessary, a shoot-out.
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Both finalists qualified to the 2020 CONCACAF Champions League (champions as MEX1, runners-up as MEX3).
Quarter-finals
Semi-finals
Finals
Torneo Clausura
The Clausura 2019 was the second championship of the season. The tournament began on 4 January 2019 ended on 26 May 2019.
were the defending champions, having won their 13th league title the previous tournament.
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 were 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 was scheduled for matchday 13, but then postponed and played between days 16 and 17, it was 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
Attendance
Per team
Highest and lowest
Source
Liga MX
Liguilla – Clausura
Bracket
*
Teams were re-seeded each round.
*
Team with more goals on aggregate after two matches advanced.
*
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 ...
was applied in the quarter-finals and semi-finals, but not the final.
*
In the quarter-finals and semi-finals, if the two teams were tied on aggregate and away goals, the higher seeded team advanced.
*
In the final, if the two teams were tied after both legs, the match went to extra time and, if necessary, a shoot-out.
*
Both finalists qualified to the 2020 CONCACAF Champions League (champions as MEX2, runners-up as MEX4).
Quarter-finals
Semi-finals
Finals
Relegation table
Aggregate table
The aggregate table (the sum of points of both the Apertura and Clausura tournaments) was used to determine the participants of the
2019–20 Copa MX. This table also displays teams that qualified for the
2020 CONCACAF Champions League.
Notes
See also
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2018–19 Ascenso MX season
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2018–19 Liga MX Femenil season
The 2018–19 Liga MX Femenil season was the second season of the top-flight women's football league in Mexico. The season was contested by eighteen teams, all being the counterpart women's teams of the men's league clubs Liga MX. The season was ...
References
External links
Official website of Liga MX
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