The 2021–22 Liga MX season (known as the Liga BBVA MX for sponsorship reasons) was the 75th professional season of the top-flight football league in
Mexico
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. The season was divided into two championships—the
Apertura 2021 and the
Clausura 2022—each in an identical format and each contested by the same eighteen teams.
On 5 March 2022, during a match between
Queretaro and
Atlas
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, a
riot
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Riots typically involve destruction of property, public or private. The p ...
broke out in the stands at the
Estadio Corregidora
Estadio Corregidora is a stadium in Querétaro City, Mexico. Named for Mexican War of Independence heroine Josefa Ortiz de Domínguez ("La Corregidora"), it has a capacity of 33,162 and is located on the outskirts of the city of Querétaro, nort ...
, resulting in 26 injuries.
Clubs
Stadiums and locations
Stadium changes
Personnel and kits
Managerial changes
Torneo Apertura
The Grita México Apertura 2021 was the first tournament of the season. The tournament was renamed Torneo Grita México Apertura 2021 (stylized as Grita... México A21) with the intention of encouraging fans in the stands not to scream an offensive chant after a goal kick.
The tournament began on 22 July. The defending champions were
Cruz Azul
Club de Futbol Cruz Azul S.A. de C.V., commonly referred to as Cruz Azul, is a professional association football, football club based in Mexico City, Mexico. It competes in Liga MX, the top tier of Mexican football league system, Mexican footba ...
.
Regular phase
League table
Positions by round
Results
Teams played every other team once (either at home or away), completing a total of 17 rounds.
Individual statistics
*First goal of the season:
Juan Otero for Santos Laguna against Necaxa (23 July 2021)
*Last goal of the season:
Diogo de Olivera for UNAM against Cruz Azul (7 November 2021)
Top goalscorers
Players sorted first by goals scored, then by last name.
Source
Liga MX
Hat-tricks
;Notes
(H) – Home team
(A) – Away team
Attendance
Source
Liga MX
Highest and lowest
Source
Liga MX
Final phase
Reclassification
Bracket
Quarterfinals
Semifinals
Finals
Torneo Clausura
The Grita México Clausura 2022 was the second tournament of the season. Like the Apertura 2021, the tournament was renamed Torneo Grita México Clausura 2022 (stylized as Grita... México C22) with the intention of encouraging fans in the stands not to scream an offensive chant after a goal kick.
Atlas are the defending champions.
Regular phase
League table
Positions by round
Results
Teams played every other team once (either at home or away), completing a total of 17 rounds.
Individual statistics
*First goal of the season:
Nicolás Ibáñez for Pachuca against Atlético San Luis (6 January 2022)
*Last goal of the season:
Jaine Barreiro for León against Toluca (1 May 2022)
Top goalscorers
Players sorted first by goals scored, then by last name.
Source
Liga MX
Hat-tricks
;Notes
(H) – Home team
(A) – Away team
Attendance
Highest and lowest
Source
Liga MX
Riot
On 5 March 2022, during a Round 9 match between
Queretaro and
Atlas
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, a riot broke out in the stands at
Estadio Corregidora
Estadio Corregidora is a stadium in Querétaro City, Mexico. Named for Mexican War of Independence heroine Josefa Ortiz de Domínguez ("La Corregidora"), it has a capacity of 33,162 and is located on the outskirts of the city of Querétaro, nort ...
resulting in 26 injuries.
As a result, Liga MX President Mikel Arriola announced that all remaining league matches scheduled for that week were postponed. One
Liga de Expansión MX
Liga de Expansión MX, also known as Liga BBVA Expansión MX for sponsorship reasons, is a professional association football league in Mexico and the second level of the Mexican football league system. It was founded in 2020 as part of the Mexi ...
match and five
Liga MX Femenil
Liga MX Femenil, also known as Liga BBVA MX Femenil for sponsorship reasons, is a professional association football league and the highest level of women's football in Mexico. Supervised by the Mexican Football Federation, Federación Mexicana d ...
matches scheduled for that week were also postponed.
Final phase
Reclassification
Bracket
Quarterfinals
Semifinals
Finals
Awards
Coefficient table
As of the 2020–21 season, the promotion and relegation between Liga MX and
Liga de Expansión MX
Liga de Expansión MX, also known as Liga BBVA Expansión MX for sponsorship reasons, is a professional association football league in Mexico and the second level of the Mexican football league system. It was founded in 2020 as part of the Mexi ...
(formerly known as
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 ...
) 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
$MXN160 million will be distributed among the last three positioned in the coefficient table as follows: 80 million in the last place; 47 million the penultimate; and 33 million will be paid by the sixteenth team in the table,
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/ref> as of the 2021–22 season the remaining $MXN80 million will be paid through the financial remnants generated by the Liga MX itself. The team that finishes last on the table will start the following season with a coefficient of zero. If the last ranked team, which was Atlético San Luis, repeats as the last ranked team in the 2021–22 season coefficient table, they will be fined an additional $MXN20 million.
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 = Team will have to pay fine indicated
Source
Liga MX
Aggregate table
The aggregate table (the sum of points of both the Apertura 2021 and Clausura 2022 tournaments) was being used to determine the participants in the 2022 Leagues Cup. On 15 April 2022, it was announced the tournament was cancelled due to fixture congestion from the 2022 FIFA World Cup
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.
Number of clubs by state
Notes
See also
* 2021–22 Liga de Expansión MX season
* 2021–22 Liga MX Femenil season
*2021 MLS All-Star Game
The 2021 Major League Soccer All-Star Game was the 25th edition of the annual Major League Soccer All-Star Game, an exhibition soccer match in the United States. The game, featuring the MLS All-Stars taking on the Liga MX All-Stars, was played ...
References
External links
Official website of Liga MX
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Liga MX
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Liga MX seasons
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 ...