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The 2020–21 Liga de Expansión MX season is the first professional season of the second-tier football division in
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. The season is divided into two championships—the Torneo Apertura and the Torneo Clausura—each in an identical format and each contested by the same sixteen teams. The Apertura tournament started on 18 August 2020 and concluded on 20 December 2020. The Clausura tournament started on 12 January 2021 and will conclude in May 2021.


Changes from the previous season

The Liga de Expansión MX is a Mexican football league founded in 2020 as part of the
Mexican Football Federation The Mexican Football Federation (; abbreviated as Femexfut or FMF) is the governing body of association football in Mexico. It adm the Mexico national team, the Liga MX and all affiliated amateur sectors, and controls promoting, organizing, direc ...
's "Stabilization Project", which has the primary objective of rescuing the financially troubled teams from 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). ...
and prevent the disappearance of a second-tier league in Mexico, for which there will be no promotion and relegation during the following six years. The project also attempts for
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 ...
and former
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). ...
teams to consolidate stable projects with solid basis, sports-wise and administrative-wise, financially wise and in infrastructure. *
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was relocated from
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to
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. *
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was moved to
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and was renamed as
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. *
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 ...
was moved to
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and renamed as Cancún F.C. *
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and
Pumas Tabasco Pumas Tabasco is a Mexican professional football club based in Villahermosa. Founded in 2020, Pumas Tabasco is the official reserve team of Club Universidad Nacional and is part of the Liga de Expansión MX, the second professional football div ...
, entered to the league as
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 ...
affiliate teams. *
Tepatitlán F.C. Tepatitlán Fútbol Club, commonly known as Alteños de Tepatitlán, or just Tepa, is a Mexican football (soccer), football club based in Tepatitlán, Jalisco, Mexico. The club was founded in 1944, and currently plays in the Liga de Expansión MX. ...
and
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 ...
were accepted as an expansion teams.


Stadiums and Locations


Personnel and kits


Managerial changes


Guardianes 2020

The Guardianes 2020 season was the 1st season of
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 ...
. The regular season began on 18 August 2020 and ended on 20 December 2020. The tournament was renamed Torneo Guardianes 2020 (stylized as Guard1anes) in honour of the job healthcare workers have done during the COVID-19 pandemic in Mexico


Regular season


Standings


Positions by Round


Results

Each team plays once all other teams in 15 rounds regardless of it being a home or away match.


Regular Season statistics


Top goalscorers

Players sorted first by goals scored, then by last name. Sourc
Liga de Expansión MX


Hat-tricks

(H) – Home ; (A) – Away


Final phase


Reclassification


Bracket


Quarter-finals

;First leg ;Second leg


Semi-finals

;First leg ;Second leg


Final

;First leg ;Second leg


Guardianes 2021

The Clausura tournament will be named Guardianes 2021, in honor of the doctors and health professionals in the country who fight against COVID-19. The Clausura 2021 began on 12 January 2021.
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are the defending champions.


Regular season


Standings


Positions by Round


Results

Each team plays once all other teams in 15 rounds regardless of it being a home or away match.


Regular Season statistics


Top goalscorers

Players sorted first by goals scored, then by last name. Source
Liga de Expansión MX


Hat-tricks


Attendance


Highest and lowest

Source
Liga Expansión MX


Final phase


Reclassification


Bracket


Quarter-finals

;First leg ;Second leg


Semi-finals

;First leg ;Second leg


Final

;First leg ;Second leg


Campeón de Campeones Final

The Campeón de Campeones Final is a two-legged playoff between the winners of the Apertura and Clausura tournaments and the Liga de Expansión MX
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. The final would not be played if the same team wins both the Apertura and Clausura tournaments. The higher ranked team on the aggregate table for the 2020–21 season will play the second leg at home. The winner of the final will receive a prize of $MXN 5 million.


First Leg


Second Leg



Coefficient table

As of the 2020–21 season, the promotion and relegation between Liga MX and
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 ...
(formerly known as
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). ...
) was suspended, however, the coefficient table will be used to establish the payment of fines that will be used for the development of the clubs of the silver circuit. Per Article 24 of the competition regulations, the payment of $MXN3 million from Liga de Expansión clubs will be distributed among the last three positioned in the coefficient table as follows: Last place pays 1.5 million, the penultimate place pays 1 million, and the sixteenth place pays 500 thousand. If any affiliate club or new club from the Liga Premier is ranked in the bottom three at the end of the season, they are exempt from paying any fine and it will not be covered by any other club. Any club that does not pay their corresponding fine, for any reason, will be dissafiliated. The team that finishes last on the table will start the following season with a coefficient of zero. If the last ranked team repeats as the last ranked team in the 2021–22 season coefficient table, they will be fined an additional $MXN1 million.https://s3.amazonaws.com/lmxwebsite/docs/Reglamentos/Competencia/12_LIGA_EXPANSION_MX/1_LIGA_EXPANSION_MX_100820.pdf ''Last update: 15 April 2021''
Rules for fine payment: 1) Fine coefficient; 2) Goal difference; 3) Number of goals scored; 4) Head-to-head results between tied teams; 5) Number of goals scored away; 6) Fair Play points
F = Fined.
Z = Points reset.
Source
Liga de Expansión


Aggregate table

The Aggregate table is the general ranking for the 2020–21 season. This table is a sum of the Guardianes 2020 and Guardianes 2021 tournament standings. The aggregate table is used to determine seeding for the "Campeón de Campeones" Final.


References


See also

*
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 ...
*
2020–21 Liga MX Femenil season The 2020–21 Liga MX Femenil season was the fourth season of the premier women's football league in Mexico. The season began on 13 August 2020 and finished on 31 May 2021, albeit behind closed doors because of the COVID-19 pandemic. Teams, sta ...
* 2020–21 Liga Premier de México season


External links


Official website of Liga de Expansión MX
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