Liga Premier is a professional

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league in

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and the third level of the

Mexican football league system The Mexican football league system is organized by the Federación Mexicana de Fútbol (FMF), except for Liga MX and Liga de Expansión MX, which are organized independently; The league system consist of six professional divisions (four men's le ...

. Formerly known as Segunda División de México (1950–2017). It has 52 participating clubs, divided into two divisions (

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and

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). They compete from the fall to spring each season, promotion and relegation between each group, and promotion to Liga de Expansión MX and relegation to Liga TDP within the league system.

History

The champions of the 1993–94 Segunda División season was the last to be promoted to the Primera División. In 1994–95 season, the FMF created the Primera División A (renamed

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in 2012) with 15 teams from the Segunda División, and all other teams remained in the league that continued to be called Segunda División but at the new third level of Mexican football. Each season has Segunda División teams divided into geographic zones with matches predominantly among the teams of that group. Each season had one tournament. In 2008, the FMF, with the approval of the chairmen of the clubs in the second and third levels, change the format of the league dividing the number of teams into two divisions, the ''Liga Premier'' and the ''Liga de Nuevos Talentos''. Each of the new leagues was divided into geographic groups. The winning club could earn promotion to Primera División A, renamed Liga de Ascenso in 2009, provided their stadium and financial stability met the licensing requirements of Liga de Ascenso. From 2011 and 2016, no teams were relegated to Liga Premier, although

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was to be relegated in 2013 but they dissolved before they could play in the lower league. Promotion still occurred during these years provided the club was licensed to participate. In June 2016, Ascenso MX announced they would resume relegating teams. Since that year only Loros UdeC in 2017 and Murciélagos in 2018 were relegated from the upper level. In 2020, the Ascenso MX was abolished and replaced by a new league that was called

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 ...

, two Liga Premier teams were invited to the new category:

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and

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, teams who had won their promotion in 2016 and 2018 but were rejected in the second level for not meeting the requirements to participate. Since that year, the requirements to be admitted to the second level have been tightened, so only one team,

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, could be promoted in 2022, although it only remained in the Liga de Expansión for one year. In 2024, another team achieved promotion to the Liga de Expansión,

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, although it also obtained its place in the second level division as a guest team and not as a full member.

Rebranding

In June 2017, Segunda División announced a rebranding of the league. Instead of being referred to as the Segunda División de México they would be called Liga Premier. The league would continue to have two groups/divisions, however these new divisions would be called

and

. Serie A which would have independent teams as well as the affiliate teams of the higher level leagues in Mexico,

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 ...

and

, while Serie B would only have independent teams. Promotion and relegation would be formalized between the leagues. Serie A would promote one club to Liga de Expansión MX. Additionally, one Serie B club could promote to Serie A and one club would be relegated from Serie A each year.. Promotion/relegation between the Serie A and Serie B is covered in Section M on pages 28-29 in Articles 61-63. Finally, and four clubs would be promoted from Liga TDP provided they meet the Serie requirements of Article 57.

Participating clubs

The Serie A has 38 teams divided into three geographical groups. The top 2 teams from each group and the two best third places at end of the tournament will qualify to the final phase, the two tournament champions will play in the ''Campeón de Campeones Liga Premier'' for promotion to

provided that the club meets the requirements for the stadium and financial stability. The Serie B has 14 teams in development, that cannot be promoted to the Liga de Expansión MX. Below are listed the member clubs of the Serie A for the 2025–26 season. Below are listed the member clubs of the Serie B for the 2025-26 season. Below are listed the teams that have announced their intentions to participate starting with the 2025–26 season, their entry into the league must be approved by the owners' meeting.

Performances

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