Liga MX facts for kids

Liga MX

Founded	17 October 1943
Country	México
Level on pyramid	1
Most championships	América and Guadalajara (11)

Liga MX, known as the Primera División de México before the 2012–13 season, is the top football league in México.

Like most football leagues in Latin America, Liga MX divides its season into two phases—Apertura and Clausura (Spanish for "opening" and "closing"), with different champions in each phase. The Apertura is held in the Northern Hemisphere fall (autumn), and the Clausura in spring.

2014–15 Clubs

Club	First season in top division	Number of seasons in top division	First season of current spell in top division	Number of seasons in Liga MX	Top division titles
América	1943–44	89	1943–44	89	11
Atlas	1943–44	86	1979–80	51	1
Chiapas	2002–03	22	2002–03	22	0
Cruz Azul	1964–65	68	1964–65	68	8
Guadalajara	1943–44	89	1943–44	89	11
León	1944–45	65	2012–13	2	6
Monterrey	1945–46	74	1960–61	72	4
Morelia	1957–58	61	1981–82	50	1
Pachuca	1967–68	40	1998–99	30	5
Puebla	1944–45	69	2007–08	12	6
Querétaro	1990–91	18	2009–10	8	0
Santos Laguna	1988–89	42	1988–89	42	4
Tijuana	2011–12	4	2011–12	4	1
Toluca	1953–54	79	1953–54	79	10
UANL	1974–75	55	1997–98	32	3
U. de G.	1974–75	17	2014–15	0	0
UNAM	1962–63	70	1962–63	70	7
Veracruz	1943–44	49	2013–14	1	2

Images for kids

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  Club Asturias in 1927.

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  Liga MX Trophy