The 2024–25 Liga MX season (known as the Liga BBVA MX for sponsorship reasons) was the 78th professional season of the top-flight football league in

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. The season is to be divided into two championships—the Apertura 2024 and the Clausura 2025—each in an identical format and each contested by the same eighteen teams.

Clubs

A total of eighteen clubs participated in the 2024–25 edition of the Liga MX. All have participated in Liga MX since the 2020–21 season.

Moves

América will change its venue due to works at the

Estadio Azteca Estadio Azteca () (officially known as Estadio Banorte for sponsorship reasons) is a football stadium located in Coyoacán, Mexico City. It is the official home of football team Club América, as well as the Mexico national team. The stadium ...

for the

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. On July 4, 2024 América announced the

Estadio Ciudad de los Deportes Estadio Ciudad de los Deportes (English: Sports City Stadium) is a 34,253-seat multi-purpose stadium located in Ciudad de los Deportes, Mexico City. The facility is used for association football matches and for American football as well. The Taz ...

as their venue for the Apertura 2024 season.

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 ...

changed its venue due logistical issues at the

. On January 8, 2025, Cruz Azul announced the

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as their venue for the Clausura 2025 season.

Stadiums and locations

Stadium changes

Personnel and kits

Managerial/coaching changes

Torneo Apertura

The Apertura 2024 is the first tournament of the season and began on 5 July 2024. The defending champions are América. The season was paused in mid-July due to the

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and resumed on 23 August.

Regular phase

League table

Results

Clubs will play every other once (either home or away), completing a total of 17 rounds.

Regular season statistics

Top goalscorers

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

Top assists

Source
Soccerway
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Clean sheets

Source
FBRef

Hat-tricks

(H) – Home; (A) – Away

Scoring

* First goal of the season: *

Lucas Cavallini Lucas Daniel Cavallini (born December 28, 1992) is a Canadian professional soccer player who plays as a forward for Liga MX club Puebla and the Canada national team. Early life Cavallini was born in Canada to an Argentine father and an Itali ...

for

Puebla Puebla, officially the Free and Sovereign State of Puebla, is one of the 31 states that, along with Mexico City, comprise the Federal Entities of Mexico. It is divided into 217 municipalities and its capital is Puebla City. Part of east-centr ...

against

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 ...

*Last goal of the season: * Carlos González for

Tijuana Tijuana is the most populous city of the Mexican state of Baja California, located on the northwestern Pacific Coast of Mexico. Tijuana is the municipal seat of the Tijuana Municipality, the hub of the Tijuana metropolitan area and the most popu ...

against

Discipline

;Player * Most yellow cards: 7 ** Marcel Ruiz (Toluca) * Most red cards: 1 **''35 players'' ;Team * Most yellow cards: 49 **

* Most red cards: 6 **

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* Fewest yellow cards: 27 **

* Fewest red cards: 0 **

Atlético San Luis Club Atlético de San Luis is a Mexican professional football club based in San Luis Potosí. It competes in the Liga MX, the top division of Mexican football. Founded in 2013, replacing the defunct club of the city ( San Luis FC) after its re ...

Guadalajara Guadalajara ( ; ) is the capital and the most populous city in the western Mexican List of states of Mexico, state of Jalisco, as well as the most densely populated municipality in Jalisco. According to the 2020 census, the city has a population ...

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Source
Liga MX
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Attendance

Highest and lowest

Source
Liga MX

Final phase

Play-in round

The 9th place team hosts the 10th place team in an elimination game. The 7th hosts the 8th place team in the double-chance game, with the winner advancing as the 7-seed. The loser of this game then hosts the winner of the elimination game between the 9th and 10th place teams to determine the 8-seed.

=Play-in matches

Bracket

Quarterfinals

Semifinals

Finals

Torneo Clausura

The Clausura tournament began on 10 January 2025.

Regular phase

League table

Results

Clubs will play every other once (either home or away), completing a total of 17 rounds.

Regular season statistics

Top goalscorers

Players sorted first by goals scored, then by last name. Source
Soccerway

Top assists

Players sorted first by number of assists, then by last name. Source
Soccerway

Clean sheets

Source
MedioTiempo

Hat-tricks

(H) – Home; (A) – Away

Scoring

* First goal of the season: * Antonio Álvarez for América against

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* Last goal of the season: * Adonis Preciado for

against Juárez

Discipline

;Player * Most yellow cards: 8 ** Mateo Chávez (Guadalajara) ** Lucas Merolla (Mazatlán) * Most red cards: 2 ** Brayan Angulo (Puebla) ** Bryan González (Pachuca) ;Team * Most yellow cards: 60 **

* Most red cards: 6 **

* Fewest yellow cards: 22 ** América **

* Fewest red cards: 0 **

Toluca Toluca , officially Toluca de Lerdo , is the States of Mexico, state capital of the State of Mexico as well as the seat of the Municipality of Toluca. Toluca has a population of 910,608 as of the 2020 census. The city forms the core of the Grea ...

Source
Liga MX
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Attendance

Highest and lowest

Source
Liga MX

Final phase

Play-in round

=Play-in matches

No. 8 seed match

Bracket

Quarter-finals

Semi-finals

Finals

Coefficient table

As of the 2020–21 season, the promotion and relegation between Liga MX and

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(formerly known as

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) 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,Liga BBVA
Liga MX 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 Tijuana, repeats as the last ranked team in the 2024–25 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 tables

2024–25 aggregate table

The 2024–25 aggregate table (the sum of points of both the Apertura 2024 and Clausura 2025 seasons) is used to determine the participants for the

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. The league champions with the most points in the 2024–25 aggregate table qualify directly for the 2026 CONCACAF Champions Cup round of 16, while the league champion with fewer points in the aggregate table qualify for the CONCACAF Champions Cup round one. In addition, both Apertura and Clausura runners-up and the next two best-ranked teams in the table also qualify for the CONCACAF Champions Cup round one. The 2024–25 season champion (first place in table) also receives

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1 million in prize money and recognition at the 2025 Balón de Oro.

2024 aggregate table

The 2024 aggregate table (the sum of points of both the Clausura 2024 and Apertura 2024 seasons) is used to determine the seedings for the

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Awards

Apertura Best XI

The following players were included in the Apertura's Best XI.https://www.marca.com/mx/futbol/liga-mx/2024/12/18/67621906e2704ef2498b45a4.html

References

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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 ...