''Campeón de Campeones'' ( es, Champion of Champions) is an annual Mexican football competition established in 1942. In its current form, the winner of the Apertura season faces the winner of the Clausura season, for both

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and

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, respectively. The winners of the of Campeón de Campeones (Liga MX) qualify for the Campeones Cup, where they face the reigning

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History

Traditional tournament

The tournament was established in 1942. The trophy was presented by the president of Mexico at the time,

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. From 1942 until 1995 the tournament was contested between the champion of the Primera and the winner of the Mexican Cup. Traditionally the single match (with an exception in 1968 and 1988 when two matches were played) to determine the "super champion" was held at the end of the season at a stadium in Mexico City. If a team won both the league championship and the cup that year, they were awarded the title ''Campeonísimo'' with an automatic awarding of the trophy. To date this has only occurred on five occasions ( León in 1949,

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in 1969,

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in 1970,

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in 1990, and Necaxa in 1995).

New era

After 1995 the league championship was split into two shorter seasons

Apertura and Clausura The ' and ' tournaments is a split season format for Spanish-speaking sports leagues. It is a relatively recent innovation for many Latin American football leagues in which the traditional association football season from August to May is div ...

. Then in 1997, the

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canceled the Mexican Cup. Due to these changes, the ''Campeón de Campeones'' tournament was postponed. The competition resumed in the 2002-03 season; however, this time it was contested between the champions of Apertura and Clausura of the season. The tournament was held four times and was placed on hiatus again from 2007 to 2011. In 2012, the rebranded

restarted the tournament once again. There was a friendly match between the champions of

(first division) and

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(second division). In 2013-14 season, the Liga MX stipulated that a Campeón de Campeones match could be contested between the champions of the Apertura 2013 and Copa MX Apertura 2013. The format was changed to a single match at a neutral site, which has been in the United States and shared with the

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since 2015. Since 2018, the winner of the Campeón de Campeones will then compete against the

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winner in the Campeones Cup. Similarly to the original traditional tournament, if a team wins both the Apertura and Clausura seasons, the team is automatically awarded the Campeón de Campeones title. This has occurred only once since 2022, when

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was awarded the trophy automatically for winning both the 2021 Apertura season and the 2022 Clausura season.

Liga MX Femenil Campeón de Campeones

On May 24, 2021, the Liga MX Owners Assembly made official the creation of the Campeón de Campeones for

. Tigres Femenil won the first edition automatically by winning the league title of both Guardianes 2020 and Guardianes 2021 tournaments. Unlike the men's Campeón de Campeones, the women's version is played as a two-legged series.

Supercopa de la Liga MX

Due to

winning both the Apertura 2021 and Clausura 2022, they were automatically awarded the 2022 Campeón de Campeones title. On 9 June 2022, it was announced Atlas would face defending Campeón de Campeones champions

in a new cup called ''Supercopa de la Liga MX''. This cup will happen only when a club is champion of both the Apertura and Clausura seasons in the same Mexican football year (e.g., Atlas).

Winners by year

Liga MX

Source
Mexico - List of Super Cup Winners
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Liga MX Femenil

Source
Milenio
br>''Campeón de Campeones'' winner is in bold

Supercopa de la Liga MX

Winners by club

Footnotes

External links

Mexico - List of Super Cup Winners
{{DEFAULTSORT:Campeon De Campeones Football competitions in Mexico

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History

Traditional tournament

New era

Liga MX Femenil Campeón de Campeones

Supercopa de la Liga MX

Winners by year

Liga MX

Liga MX Femenil

Supercopa de la Liga MX

Winners by club

Footnotes

See also

External links