2018–19 Liga MX season
Season | 2018–19 |
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Matches played | 108 |
Goals scored | 283 (2.62 per match) |
Top goalscorer |
Julio Furch André-Pierre Gignac (9 goals) |
Biggest home win |
Apertura: León 4–0 Querétaro (11 August 2018) UANL 4–0 Veracruz (22 August 2018) |
Biggest away win |
Apertura: Veracruz 0–4 León (28 September 2018) |
Highest scoring |
Apertura: UNAM 5–3 Necaxa (29 July 2018) |
Longest winning run |
Apertura: 3 matches América (twice) Cruz Azul Guadalajara Monterrey Querétaro Santos Laguna Tijuana Toluca UNAM |
Longest unbeaten run |
Apertura: 8 matches Cruz Azul |
Longest winless run |
Apertura: 10 matches Atlas |
Longest losing run |
Apertura: 6 matches Atlas |
Highest attendance |
Apertura: 69,486 América vs Guadalajara (30 September 2018) |
Lowest attendance |
Apertura: 5,845 BUAP vs Veracruz (29 July 2018) |
Total attendance | Apertura: 2,530,723 |
Average attendance | Apertura: 23,433 |
← 2017–18 2019–20 →
Stats are from the regular season onlySource: Liga MX |
The 2018–19 Liga MX season is the 72nd professional season of the top-flight football league in Mexico. The season is split into two championships—the Torneo Apertura and the Torneo Clausura—each in an identical format and each contested by the same eighteen teams.
Teams, stadiums, and personnel
The following eighteen teams are competing this season. Lobos BUAP was initially relegated to the Ascenso MX 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, was not certified to be promoted. Lobos BUAP paid MXN$120 million to be disbursed to Cafetaleros de Tapachula and remain in Liga MX.[1][2]
Stadiums and locations
América & Cruz Azul | Atlas | BUAP | Guadalajara | León | Monterrey |
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Estadio Azteca | Estadio Jalisco | Estadio Universitario BUAP | Estadio Akron | Estadio León | Estadio BBVA Bancomer |
Capacity: 87,000 | Capacity: 55,110 | Capacity: 19,283 | Capacity: 45,364 | Capacity: 31,297 | Capacity: 51,348 |
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Morelia | Necaxa | Pachuca | Puebla | Querétaro | Santos Laguna |
Estadio Morelos | Estadio Victoria | Estadio Hidalgo | Estadio Cuauhtémoc | Estadio Corregidora | Estadio Corona |
Capacity: 34,795 | Capacity: 23,851 | Capacity: 27,512 | Capacity: 51,726 | Capacity: 33,162 | Capacity: 29,237 |
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Tijuana | Toluca | UANL | UNAM | Veracruz | |
Estadio Caliente | Estadio Nemesio Díez | Estadio Universitario | Estadio Olímpico Universitario | Estadio Luis "Pirata" Fuente | |
Capacity: 27,333 | Capacity: 31,000 | Capacity: 41,886 | Capacity: 48,297 | Capacity: 28,703 | |
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Personnel and kits
Managerial changes
Team | Outgoing manager | Manner of departure |
Date of vacancy | Replaced by | Date of appointment | Position in table |
Ref. |
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Pre-Apertura changes | |||||||
Pachuca | ![]() |
End of contract | May 4, 2018 | ![]() |
June 11, 2018 | Preseason | [3][4] |
Querétaro | ![]() |
Mutual agreement | May 6, 2018 | ![]() |
May 7, 2018 | [5][6] | |
Monterrey | ![]() |
Mutual agreement | May 7, 2018 | ![]() |
May 18, 2018 | [7][8] | |
Necaxa | ![]() |
Mutual agreement | May 8, 2018 | ![]() |
May 11, 2018 | [9][10] | |
Lobos BUAP | ![]() |
End of tenure as caretaker | May 31, 2018 | ![]() |
June 1, 2018 | [11] | |
Guadalajara | ![]() |
Resigned | June 11, 2018 | ![]() |
June 12, 2018 | [12][13] | |
Apertura changes | |||||||
Santos Laguna | ![]() |
Resigned | August 8, 2018 | ![]() |
August 8, 2018 | 6th | [14][15] |
Veracruz | ![]() |
Resigned | August 14, 2018 | ![]() |
August 14, 2018 | 13th | [16] |
Veracruz | ![]() |
End of tenure as caretaker | [note 1] | ![]() |
August 15, 2018[note 1] | 13th | [19] |
Atlas | ![]() |
Sacked | September 3, 2018 | ![]() |
September 11, 2018 | 18th | [20][21] |
León | ![]() |
Sacked | September 17, 2018 | ![]() |
September 18, 2018 | 15th | [22][23] |
Torneo Apertura
Regular season
The Apertura 2018 is the first championship of the season. The regular season began on 20 July 2018 and is scheduled to end on 25 November 2018.[24] The defending champions are Santos Laguna, having won their sixth title.
Standings
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
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1 | Cruz Azul | 12 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 20 | 9 | +11 | 26 | Advance to Liguilla[lower-alpha 1] |
2 | América | 12 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 24 | 14 | +10 | 24 | |
3 | Santos Laguna | 12 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 22 | 13 | +9 | 24 | |
4 | UNAM | 12 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 22 | 13 | +9 | 22 | |
5 | Toluca | 12 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 21 | 16 | +5 | 22 | |
6 | Monterrey | 12 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 17 | 15 | +2 | 20 | |
7 | UANL | 12 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 18 | 12 | +6 | 18 | |
8 | Querétaro | 12 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 12 | 13 | −1 | 16 | |
9 | Morelia | 12 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 16 | 19 | −3 | 16 | |
10 | Tijuana | 12 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 10 | 14 | −4 | 16 | |
11 | Pachuca | 12 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 15 | 12 | +3 | 15 | |
12 | Guadalajara | 12 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 16 | 16 | 0 | 15 | |
13 | Puebla | 12 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 16 | 20 | −4 | 15 | |
14 | León | 12 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 15 | 17 | −2 | 13 | |
15 | Necaxa | 12 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 14 | 17 | −3 | 12 | |
16 | BUAP | 12 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 12 | 19 | −7 | 11 | Team is last in Relegation table |
17 | Veracruz | 12 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 9 | 25 | −16 | 9 | |
18 | Atlas | 12 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 4 | 19 | −15 | 5 |
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Number of goals scored; 4) Head-to-head results between tied teams; 5) Number of goals scored away; 6) Highest relegation coefficient; 7) Fair Play points
Notes:
- ↑ The first 8 places in the table qualify for the Liguilla. The last ranked team in the relegation table can qualify for the liguilla in the Apertura tournament.
Positions by round
The table lists the positions of teams after each week of matches. In order to preserve chronological evolvements, any postponed matches are 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 is scheduled for matchday 13, but then postponed and played between days 16 and 17, it will be added to the standings for day 16.
Leader and qualification to playoffs | |
Qualification to playoffs | |
Last place in table |
Results
Home \ Away[1] | AMÉ | ATL | BUP | CAZ | GUA | LEÓ | MON | MOR | NEC | PAC | PUE | QUE | SLA | TIJ | TOL | UNL | UNM | VER |
América | 3–0 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 2–1 | 2–2 | |||||||||||||
Atlas | 0–1 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 0–3 | ||||||||||||
BUAP | 0–2 | 0–0 | 1–2 | 3–1 | 2–0 | |||||||||||||
Cruz Azul | a | 2–0 | 3–0 | 2–1 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 4–1 | ||||||||||
Guadalajara | 0–1 | 1–0 | 1–3 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 1–2 | ||||||||||||
León | 2–0 | 0–1 | 0–2 | 1–2 | 4–0 | 1–2 | ||||||||||||
Monterrey | 2–4 | 2–2 | 2–1 | 3–0 | 1–0 | |||||||||||||
Morelia | 2–1 | 1–1 | 1–4 | 3–1 | 0–0 | |||||||||||||
Necaxa | 2–1 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 2–2 | 0–1 | 1–1 | ||||||||||||
Pachuca | 1–3 | 3–0 | 3–1 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 1–1 | ||||||||||||
Puebla | 2–3 | 2–0 | 2–2 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 1–2 | ||||||||||||
Querétaro | 1–1 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 0–2 | |||||||||||||
Santos Laguna | 3–1 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 2–0 | 3–1 | 1–1 | |||||||||||
Tijuana | 1–1 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 2–2 | |||||||||||
Toluca | 2–2 | 1–2 | 2–0 | 3–2 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 3–0 | |||||||||||
UANL | 2–3 | 3–1 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 4–0 | |||||||||||
UNAM | 4–2 | 5–3 | 0–0 | 2–2 | 0–1 | |||||||||||||
Veracruz | 0–2 | 0–4 | 2–2 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 2–3 | 0–2 |
Updated to games played on 7 October 2018.
Source: Liga MX
1 ^ The home team is listed in the left-hand column.
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
Regular Season statistics
Top goalscorersPlayers sorted first by goals scored, then by last name.
Source: Liga MX
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Top assistsPlayers sorted first by assists, then by last name.
Source: Soccerway
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Attendance
Per team
Pos | Team | Total | High | Low | Average | Change |
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1 | UANL | 289,494 | 41,615 | 40,874 | 41,356 | 0.0% |
2 | Monterrey | 193,094 | 42,288 | 32,597 | 38,619 | −9.9% |
3 | América | 181,755 | 69,486 | 24,003 | 36,351 | +32.6% |
4 | Cruz Azul | 234,972 | 55,571 | 18,541 | 33,567 | +83.5%1 |
5 | Atlas | 168,423 | 40,207 | 15,441 | 28,071 | −8.5% |
6 | Tijuana | 186,531 | 27,333 | 25,933 | 26,647 | +0.1% |
7 | Guadalajara | 159,563 | 37,412 | 18,210 | 26,594 | −17.1% |
8 | Santos Laguna | 162,728 | 28,460 | 20,854 | 23,247 | −0.8% |
9 | Pachuca | 138,279 | 27,512 | 17,730 | 23,047 | −4.3% |
10 | Querétaro | 99,298 | 26,390 | 15,046 | 19,860 | −12.3% |
11 | UNAM | 96,405 | 30,800 | 10,420 | 19,281 | −36.6% |
13 | Morelia | 93,384 | 20,757 | 14,584 | 18,677 | −13.1% |
13 | León | 108,666 | 25,175 | 12,356 | 18,111 | +6.7% |
14 | Toluca | 118,755 | 22,226 | 15,419 | 16,965 | −28.3% |
15 | Puebla | 90,797 | 23,234 | 9,550 | 15,133 | −23.1% |
16 | Necaxa | 90,232 | 22,578 | 8,389 | 15,039 | −23.6% |
17 | Veracruz | 70,868 | 16,981 | 7,523 | 10,124 | −52.3% |
18 | BUAP | 47,479 | 18,619 | 5,845 | 9,496 | −28.4% |
League total | 2,530,723 | 69,486 | 5,845 | 23,433 | −7.6% |
Updated to games played on 7 October 2018
Source: Liga MX
Notes:
Only regular season listed
1: Played in Estadio Azul last season.
Highest and lowest
Highest attendance | Lowest attendance | |||||||||
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Week | Home | Score | Away | Attendance | Home | Score | Away | Attendance | ||
1 | Cruz Azul | 3–0 | Puebla | 45,385 | Necaxa | 2–1 | América | 16,450 | ||
2 | UANL | 1–0 | Tijuana | 41,052 | BUAP | 2–0 | Veracruz | 5,845 | ||
3 | Cruz Azul | 1–0 | UANL | 55,571 | Veracruz | 2–2 | Morelia | 7,523 | ||
4 | UANL | 1–2 | Toluca | 41,379 | BUAP | 0–0 | Atlas | 7,346 | ||
5 | Monterrey | 1–0 | UNAM | 40,268 | Necaxa | 2–2 | Puebla | 8,389 | ||
6[lower-alpha 1] | UANL | 4–0 | Veracruz | 40,874 | BUAP | 1–2 | Monterrey | 7,836 | ||
7 | Monterrey | 2–2 | Morelia | 40,129 | Veracruz | 1–0 | Tijuana | 7,693 | ||
8 | UANL | 3–1 | Atlas | 41,363 | Puebla | 2–1 | Monterrey | 9,550 | ||
9 | Monterrey | 2–4 | Guadalajara | 37,812 | Veracruz | 2–3 | Toluca | 8,897 | ||
10 | UANL | 0–0 | Monterrey | 41,615 | Toluca | 3–2 | Necaxa | 15,705 | ||
11 | América | 1–1 | Guadalajara | 69,486 | Veracruz | 0–4 | León | 7,711 | ||
12 | UANL | 2–3 | América | 41,596 | Veracruz | 0–0 | Necaxa | 7,589 | ||
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Source: Liga MX
- ↑ Round scheduled for midweek.
Liguilla – Apertura
Bracket
- Teams are re-seeded each round.
- Team with more goals on aggregate after two matches advances.
- Away goals rule is applied in the quarterfinals and semifinals, but not the final.
- In the quarterfinals and semifinals, if the two teams are tied on aggregate and away goals, the higher seeded team advances.
- In the final, if the two teams are tied after both legs, the match goes to extra-time and, if necessary, a shootout.
- Both finalists qualify to the 2020 CONCACAF Champions League.
Quarterfinals
The first legs will be played on 28 and 29 November, and the second legs will be played on 1 and 2 December 2018.
Semifinals
The first legs will be played on 5 and 6 December, and the second legs will be played on 8 and 9 December 2018.
Finals
The first leg will be played on 13 December and the second leg will be played on 16 December 2018. If Guadalajara is qualified for the final, the matches will be played on 26 and 29 December 2018 due to their participation in the 2018 FIFA Club World Cup.
Torneo Clausura
The Clausura 2019 is the second championship of the season. The tournament will begin on 4 January 2019 and end on 26 May 2019.[24]
Relegation table
Pos |
Team | '16 A Pts |
'17 C Pts |
'17 A Pts |
'18 C Pts |
'18 A Pts |
'19 C Pts |
Total Pts |
Total Pld |
Avg |
GD |
Relegation |
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1 | Toluca | 24 | 27 | 29 | 36 | 22 | 0 | 138 | 80 | 1.7250 | +5 | |
2 | Monterrey | 25 | 27 | 37 | 29 | 20 | 0 | 138 | 80 | 1.7250 | +2 | |
3 | América | 28 | 24 | 30 | 29 | 24 | 0 | 135 | 80 | 1.6875 | +10 | |
4 | UANL | 30 | 25 | 32 | 28 | 18 | 0 | 133 | 80 | 1.6625 | +6 | |
5 | Tijuana | 33 | 31 | 21 | 25 | 16 | 0 | 126 | 80 | 1.5750 | –4 | |
6 | Cruz Azul | 19 | 21 | 27 | 22 | 26 | 0 | 115 | 80 | 1.4375 | +11 | |
7 | Santos Laguna | 16 | 26 | 18 | 29 | 24 | 0 | 113 | 80 | 1.4125 | +9 | |
8 | Morelia | 20 | 24 | 29 | 24 | 16 | 0 | 113 | 80 | 1.4125 | –3 | |
9 | Pachuca | 31 | 24 | 19 | 23 | 14 | 0 | 112 | 80 | 1.4000 | +1 | |
10 | León | 26 | 20 | 26 | 22 | 13 | 0 | 107 | 80 | 1.3375 | –2 | |
11 | Necaxa | 26 | 21 | 24 | 22 | 12 | 0 | 105 | 80 | 1.3125 | –3 | |
12 | UNAM | 27 | 18 | 13 | 24 | 22 | 0 | 104 | 80 | 1.3000 | +9 | |
13 | Guadalajara | 28 | 27 | 18 | 15 | 15 | 0 | 103 | 80 | 1.2875 | 0 | |
14 | Atlas | 19 | 26 | 25 | 18 | 5 | 0 | 93 | 80 | 1.1625 | –15 | |
15 | Puebla | 20 | 16 | 16 | 23 | 15 | 0 | 90 | 80 | 1.1250 | –4 | |
16 | Querétaro | 20 | 19 | 16 | 18 | 16 | 0 | 89 | 80 | 1.1125 | –1 | |
17 | Veracruz | 12 | 21 | 14 | 18 | 9 | 0 | 74 | 80 | 0.9250 | –16 | |
18 | BUAP | Ascenso MX | 0[a] | 0[a] | 11 | 0 | 11 | 12 | 0.9167 | –7 | Relegated to Ascenso MX |
Last update: 7 October 2018
Rules for relegation: 1) Relegation 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
R = Relegated.
Source: LigaMX
Notes
See also
References
- ↑ "Confirman permanencia de Lobos BUAP en la Liga Bancomer" [Lobos BUAP will remain in the Liga Bancomer] (in Spanish). 23 May 2018. Retrieved 18 June 2018.
- ↑ "Acuerdos de la Asamblea Ordinaria de la LIGA Bancomer MX" [Agreements of the ordinary general assembly of the LIGA Bancomer MX]. 23 May 2018. Retrieved 18 June 2018.
- ↑ "Diego Alonso oficialmente fuera de Pachuca" (in Spanish). 4 May 2018. Retrieved 19 June 2018.
- ↑ "Pako Ayestarán fue presentado como técnico de Pachuca" (in Spanish). 11 June 2018. Retrieved 19 June 2018.
- ↑ "Luis Fernando Tena es destituído de Querétaro" (in Spanish). 6 May 2018. Retrieved 19 June 2018.
- ↑ "De lobo a gallo; Rafa Puente Jr., nuevo DT de Querétaro" (in Spanish). 7 May 2018. Retrieved 19 June 2018.
- ↑ "Monterrey accepts Mohamed resignation". 7 May 2018. Retrieved 19 June 2018.
- ↑ "Diego Alonso es nuevo entrenador de Rayados de Monterrey" (in Spanish). 18 May 2018. Retrieved 19 June 2018.
- ↑ "Nacho Ambriz deja de ser técnico de Necaxa" (in Spanish). 7 May 2018. Retrieved 19 June 2018.
- ↑ "Necaxa announces 31-year-old Marcelo Michel Leano as new manager" (in Spanish). 12 May 2018. Retrieved 19 June 2018.
- ↑ "Francisco Palencia, nuevo técnico de Lobos BUAP" (in Spanish). 1 June 2018. Retrieved 19 June 2018.
- ↑ "Matías Almeyda se despide oficialmente de Chivas" (in Spanish). 11 June 2018. Retrieved 19 June 2018.
- ↑ "Cardozo replaces Almeyda as Chivas manager". 12 June 2018. Retrieved 19 June 2018.
- ↑ "Renuncia Cuerpo Técnico" (in Spanish). 8 August 2018. Retrieved 8 August 2018.
- ↑ "Robert Dante Siboldi renunció a Santos por conflicto 'de gravedad' con jugador" [Robert Dante Siboldi resigned from Santos due to a serious conflict with a player] (in Spanish). 8 August 2018. Retrieved 8 August 2018.
- ↑ "Veracruz acepta renuncia de Memo Vázquez previo a juego vs América" [Veracruz accepts the resignation of Memo Vázquez prior to the game vs América] (in Spanish). 14 August 2018. Retrieved 20 August 2018.
- ↑ "Juvenal Olmos: "Quiero que Veracruz salga del pantano"" [Juvenal Olmos: "I want Veracruz to leave the swamp"] (in Spaniish). 18 August 2018. Retrieved 21 August 2018.
- ↑ "Juvenal Olmos ya trabaja con los Tiburones Rojos y promete un "equipo competitivo"" [Juvenal Olmos is working with the Tiburones Rojos and promises a “competitive team”] (in Spanish). 20 August 2018. Retrieved 21 August 2018.
- ↑ "Juvenal Olmos es nuevo D.T. de los Tiburones Rojos de Veracruz" [Juvenal Olmos is the new coach of the Tiburones Rojos de Veracruz] (in Spanish). 15 August 2018. Retrieved 21 August 2018.
- ↑ "Gerardo Espinoza deja el banquillo del Atlas". El Informador (in Spanish). 3 September 2018. Retrieved 18 September 2018.
- ↑ "Ángel Guillermo Hoyos asume la dirección técnica del Atlas con la misión de salir del sótano". Proceso (in Spanish). 11 September 2018. Retrieved 18 September 2018.
- ↑ González, Jorge (18 September 2018). "Ignacio Ambriz es nuevo técnico del León". AS México (in Spanish). Retrieved 18 September 2018.
- ↑ "Gustavo Díaz fue cesado como técnico del León". Mediotiempo (in Spanish). 17 September 2018. Retrieved 18 September 2018.
- 1 2 "OFICIAL: El Apertura 2018 iniciará cinco días después de la final del Mundial Rusia 2018" (in Spanish). 23 May 2018. Retrieved 18 June 2018.
- ↑ "Reglamento de Competencia 2018-19" [Competition Regulation 2018-19] (PDF). ascensomx.net (in Spanish). Ascenso MX. 24 May 2018. Retrieved 29 July 2018.
- ↑ "Por reglamento, Lobos inició el Apertura 2018 como recién ascendido" [By regulation, Lobos began the Apertura 2018 as a newly promoted team] (in Spanish). 23 July 2018. Retrieved 29 July 2018.