Campeón de Campeones () is an

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competition in

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and the domestic super cup between the

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champions of the ''Apertura'' and ''Clausura'' tournaments. It was initially a super cup match between the league and cup champions. Since 2018, the winners of the Campeón de Campeones have competed in the

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, facing the

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champions.

History

The beginning of the ''professional era'' of the Campeón de Campeones was established for the 1942-43 season, the first professional edition was held in 1943. Previously, an edition was played corresponding to the 1941-42 season, still in the considered ''Amateur era'' of Mexican Football. The trophy was presented by the president of Mexico at the time,

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. From 1942 to 1995 the tournament was contested between the

champions and the Copa MX champions. Traditionally the single match (with an exception in 1968 and 1988 when two matches were played) to determine the "super cup" winner was held at the end of the season at a stadium in Mexico City. If a team won the league and cup titles of the same year, they were awarded the title ''Campeonísimo'' with an automatic awarding of the Campeón de Campeones 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

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in 1995). After 1995 the league championship was split into two shorter seasons

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. Then in 1997, the FMF canceled the cup tournament. Due to these changes, the ''Campeón de Campeones'' was postponed. The competition resumed in the 2002-03 season; however, this time it was contested between the champions of Apertura and Clausura. The competition was held four times and was placed on hiatus again from 2007 to 2014. In 2012, an unofficial match was played between the Liga MX champions and the Ascenso MX champions, Leon beat

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2-0. In the 2013-14 season, the Liga MX stipulated that a Campeón de Campeones match should be contested between the champions of the Apertura 2013 and Copa MX Apertura 2013, but it was not officially disputed. The format was changed to a single match at a neutral site, which is in the United States and shared with the Supercopa MX match, and the team with the higher aggregate table points across both Apertura and Clausura tournaments is declared the designated “home” team. In 2015, the

restarted the Campeón de Campeones with the match between

and América, the match was played at a neutral venue ( Toyota Stadium in

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), that was the first edition of the competition that was played in the United States. Similarly to the traditional tournament, if a team wins both the Apertura and Clausura seasons, the team is automatically awarded the Campeón de Campeones trophy. This has occurred twice,

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in 2022 for winning the 2021 Apertura and the 2022 Clausura. Club América in 2024 for winning the 2023 Apertura and the 2024 Clausura.

Supercopa de la Liga MX

Starting in 2022, if the club won both Apertura and Clausura tournaments in the same Liga MX season, the ''Campeón de Campeones'' will be awarded automatically. However, due to the league commercial commitments, the club will be featured against previous holder of ''Campeón de Campeones'' in a competition called ''Supercopa de la Liga MX''.

Results

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RSSSF

Performances

;Notes: # Defunct clubs.

References

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