The 2018–19
Liga MX
Liga MX, also known as Liga BBVA MX for sponsorship reasons, is a professional association football league in Mexico and the highest level of the Mexican football league system. Formerly known as Liga Mayor (1943–1949) and also as Primera Divis ...
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, officially the United Mexican States, is a country in North America. It is the northernmost country in Latin America, and borders the United States to the north, and Guatemala and Belize to the southeast; while having maritime boundar ...
. 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.
Clubs
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, also known as Ascenso BBVA MX for sponsorship reasons, was a professional association football league in Mexico and the second level of the Mexican football league system.
Formerly known as Primera División A de México (1994–2009 ...
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, who won promotion after defeating
Alebrijes de Oaxaca
Alebrijes de Oaxaca Fútbol Club is a Mexican professional Association football, football club based in Oaxaca, Oaxaca, Oaxaca, that plays in Liga de Expansión MX, the second level division of Mexican football league system, Mexican football. T ...
, 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
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., simply known as Santos Laguna or Santos, is a Mexican professional football club based in Torreón, Coahuila. The club competes in Liga MX, the top division of Mexican football.
Founded in 1983 as Club Santos I ...
, having won their sixth title.
Regular phase
League table
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
Top goalscorers
Players sorted first by goals scored, then by last name.
Source
Liga MX
Hat-tricks
4 Player scored four goals
Attendance
Highest and lowest
Source
Liga MX
Final phase
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 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 team that ...
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
The 2020 CONCACAF Champions League (officially the 2020 Scotiabank CONCACAF Champions League for sponsorship reasons) was the 12th edition of the CONCACAF Champions League under its current name, and overall the 55th edition of the premier footba ...
(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 record-breaking 13th league title the previous tournament.
Regular phase
League table
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
Top goalscorers
Players sorted first by goals scored, then by last name.
Source
Liga MX
Hat-tricks
Attendance
Per team
Highest and lowest
Source
Liga MX
Final phase
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 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 team that ...
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
The 2020 CONCACAF Champions League (officially the 2020 Scotiabank CONCACAF Champions League for sponsorship reasons) was the 12th edition of the CONCACAF Champions League under its current name, and overall the 55th edition of the premier footba ...
(champions as MEX2, runners-up as MEX4).
Quarterfinals
Semifinals
Finals
Relegation table
The points doesn't count negative points.
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
The 2019–20 Copa MX was the 82nd staging of the Copa MX, the 54th staging in the professional era and the fifteenth tournament played since the 1996–97 edition. The tournament started on 30 July 2019 and ended on 4 November 2020.
It marked ...
. This table also displays teams that qualified for the
2020 CONCACAF Champions League
The 2020 CONCACAF Champions League (officially the 2020 Scotiabank CONCACAF Champions League for sponsorship reasons) was the 12th edition of the CONCACAF Champions League under its current name, and overall the 55th edition of the premier footba ...
.
Notes
See also
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2018–19 Ascenso MX season
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2018–19 Liga MX Femenil season
References
External links
Official website of Liga MX
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