Balón de Oro, also referred to as ''Mexican Golden Ball'' ( es, link=no, Balón de Oro del fútbol mexicano), is an annual Mexican awards ceremony by the

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to the best

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players, head coaches, and referees of the Liga MX each season. Until 1997, it was an annual award, afterwards the prize was rewarded at the end of the football season. Since 1996/97 the single championship was split into two single-round tournaments, giving birth to the current Apertura and Clausura arrangement, and Balón de Oro is followed them. In 2001/02 no awards were handed out as the officials forgot about organising an election. The ceremony entered a 4-year hiatus following the 2012 Clausura until the

2015–16 Liga MX season The 2015–16 Liga MX season (known as the Liga BBVA Bancomer MX for sponsorship reasons) was the 69th professional season of the top-flight football league in Mexico. The season was split into two championships—the Torneo Apertura and the T ...

. The Mexican Best Footballer ( es, link=no, Balón de Oro al mejor jugador, that literally translates to ''Golden Ball to the Best Football Player'') is a half-yearly award given by the

as one of the Balón de Oro Awards.

Winners

By player

By country

By club

References

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