Liga de Expansión MX

The Liga de Expansión MX, also known as Liga de Desarrollo, is a Mexican football league founded in 2020 as part of the Mexican Football Federation's "Stabilization Project", which has the primary objective of rescuing the financially troubled teams from the Ascenso MX and prevent the disappearance of a second-tier league in Mexico, for which there will be no promotion and relegation during the following six seasons.[1] The project also attempts for Liga MX and former Ascenso MX teams to consolidate stable projects with solid basis, sports-wise and administrative-wise, financially wise and in infrastructure.

Liga de Expansión MX
Founded2020 (2020)
CountryMexico
ConfederationCONCACAF
Number of teams17
Level on pyramid2
Promotion toLiga MX
Relegation toLiga Premier
Serie A
Domestic cup(s)Copa MX
SuperCopa MX
2020–21 Liga de Expansión MX season

History

On 20 February 2020, the presidents of the Liga MX clubs, the Ascenso MX clubs and Mexican Football Federation executives had a meeting, in which different topics were discussed with the intent of strengthening the two main leagues in the country.[2]

Participating teams
Team Procedence City Stadium Capacity
Alebrijes de Oaxaca Ascenso MX Oaxaca City, Oaxaca Tecnológico de Oaxaca 14,598
Atlante Ascenso MX Mexico City Azul 33,000
Atlético Morelia Ascenso MX Morelia, Michoacán Morelos 35,000
Atlético Reynosa* Liga Premier de México Reynosa, Tamaulipas Unidad Deportiva Solidaridad 20,000
Cancún Ascenso MX Cancún, Quintana Roo Andrés Quintana Roo 17,289
Celaya Ascenso MX Celaya, Guanajuato Miguel Alemán Valdés 23,182
Cimarrones de Sonora Ascenso MX Hermosillo, Sonora Héroe de Nacozari 18,747
Correcaminos UAT Ascenso MX Ciudad Victoria, Tamaulipas Marte R. Gómez 10,520
Dorados de Sinaloa Ascenso MX Culiacán, Sinaloa Banorte 20,108
Leones Negros UdeG Ascenso MX Guadalajara, Jalisco Jalisco 55,020
Mineros de Zacatecas Ascenso MX Zacatecas City, Zacatecas Carlos Vega Villalba 20,068
Pumas Tabasco Liga MX Affiliate Villahermosa, Tabasco Olímpico de Villahermosa 5,000
Tampico Madero Ascenso MX Tampico/Ciudad Madero, Tamaulipas Tamaulipas 19,667
Tapatío Liga MX Affiliate Zapopan, Jalisco Verde Valle 800
Tepatitlán Liga Premier de México Tepatitlán de Morelos, Jalisco Gregorio "Tepa" Gómez 10,000
Tlaxcala* Liga Premier de México Tlaxcala City, Tlaxcala Tlahuicole 12,000
Venados Ascenso MX Mérida, Yucatán Carlos Iturralde 15,087
  • (*) To be confirmed

References
  1. Enrique Martínez Villar (24 April 2020). "¡Se confirma! No habrá ascenso ni descenso en 6 años; aprueban Liga de Desarrollo". Mediotiempo. Retrieved 25 April 2020.
  2. "Comunicado de la LIGA MX / ASCENSO MX y la FMF". LIGA MX. 20 April 2020. Retrieved 25 April 2020.
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