The 2018–19 Liga Premier de México season is divided into two divisions named Serie A and Serie B. Liga Premier is the third-tier and fourth-tier football league of Mexico. The tournament began on 24 August 2018.
Serie A Changes from the previous season The league went on to play in a tournament per season, playing 30 games per club. Followed by the eliminatory phase between the eight best classified to determine the champion of each division.
32 teams will be participate in this season:
Murciélagos F.C. it was relegated from Ascenso MX. Twelve reserve teams of Liga MX clubs stopped participating in Serie A. Six teams participating in Serie B were invited to play in Serie A to compensate for the departure of Liga MX clubs reserve teams: Albinegros de Orizaba; Cimarrones de Sonora Premier; Cocodrilos de Tabasco; Correcaminos UAT Premier; Leones Negros UdeG Premier and Tuzos UAZ. Yalmakán F.C. was promoted from Serie B after a year to improve its infrastructure and was relocated from Puerto Morelos, Quintana Roo to Chetumal, Quintana Roo. Tlaxcala F.C. returns to Serie A after staying one year in Serie B while awaiting promotion to Ascenso MX, however, having failed to meet the requirements of Ascenso MX, the team returns to this category. Halcones de Morelos withdrew from the competition. Deportivo Tepic JAP was on one–year hiatus after having economic and administrative problems. Coras de Nayarit was created to replace Deportivo Tepic JAP. The team was created because Acatlán F.C., champion of the Third Division, moved from Acatlán de Juárez, Jalisco to Tepic, Nayarit. Because the team did not meet the league's sporting requirements in its original location. Loros UdeC and Tepatitlán de Morelos remains in Serie A after failing to meet the requirements to promote to Ascenso MX. As of February 2019, Pacific F.C. announced its relocation to Estadio Teodoro Mariscal in Mazatlán. For season second half, Dorados Fuerza UACH was renamed UACH F.C.
Stadiums and locations Group 1
ClubManagerCityStadiumCapacityAffiliateAlacranes de Durango Ricardo González Peyro Durango City, Durango Francisco Zarco 18,000 —Atlético Reynosa Alejandro Pérez Macías Reynosa, Tamaulipas Unidad Deportiva Solidaridad 20,000 —Cimarrones de Sonora Mario López Aguilar Hermosillo, Sonora Miguel Castro Servín 4,000 Cimarrones de SonoraCoras de Nayarit Manuel Naya Barba Tepic, Nayarit Nicolás Álvarez Ortega 12,271 —Gavilanes de Matamoros Jorge Alberto Urbina Matamoros, Tamaulipas El Hogar 22,000 —Guadalajara Ricardo Cadena Zapopan, Jalisco Verde Valle 800 GuadalajaraLoros UdeC Víctor Hugo Mora Colima City, Colima Olímpico Universitario de Colima 11,812 —Leones Negros Luis Felipe Peña Ameca, Jalisco Núcleo Deportivo y de E. Ameca 4,000 Leones Negros UdeGMonarcas Morelia Gastón Obledo Morelia, Michoacán Morelos practice field 1,000 Monarcas MoreliaMurciélagos Daniel Alcántar Los Mochis, Sinaloa Centenario 11,134 —Necaxa Jorge Martínez Merino Aguascalientes City, Aguascalientes Victoria 23,851 NecaxaPacific Adolfo García Mazatlán, Sinaloa Teodoro Mariscal 16,000 —Tecos Rodrigo Ruiz Zapopan, Jalisco Tres de Marzo 18,779 —Tepatitlán de Morelos Enrique López Zarza Tepatitlán, Jalisco Gregorio "Tepa" Gómez 12,500 —UACH Diego López Chihuahua City, Chihuahua Olímpico Universitario José Reyes Baeza 22,000 —UAT Raúl Alberto Pérez Ciudad Victoria, Tamaulipas Marte R. Gómez 10,520 Correcaminos UAT
Group 2
ClubManagerCityStadiumCapacityAffiliateAlbinegros de Orizaba Leoncio Huerta Boca del Río, Veracruz Luis "Pirata" Fuente 28,703 Tiburones Rojos de VeracruzAmérica Pedro Vega Tlalpan, Mexico City Instalaciones Club América 1,000 AméricaCocodrilos de Tabasco Adrián García Arias Villahermosa, Tabasco Olímpico de Villahermosa 12,000 —Cruz Azul Hidalgo Edgardo Fuentes Ciudad Cooperativa Cruz Azul, Hidalgo 10 de Diciembre 7,761 Cruz AzulInter Playa del Carmen Carlos Flores Espetia Playa del Carmen, Quintana Roo Unidad Deportiva Mario Villanueva Madrid 7,500 —Irapuato Carlos Bracamontes Irapuato, Guanajuato Sergio León Chávez 25,000 —Pioneros de Cancún Manuel Martínez Cancún, Quintana Roo Andrés Quintana Roo / Cancún 86 17,289 / 6,390 —Real Zamora Ulises Sánchez Zamora, Michoacán Zamora 7,200 —Reboceros de La Piedad Héctor Jair Real La Piedad, Michoacán Juan N. López 13,356 —Sporting Canamy Gerardo Durón Oaxtepec, Morelos Olímpico de Oaxtepec 9,000 —Tlaxcala Isidro Sánchez Macip Chiautempan, Tlaxcala Unidad Deportiva Próspero Cahuantzi 2,500 —Toluca José Rodríguez Valenzuela Metepec, State of Mexico Instalaciones de Metepec 1,000 TolucaTuxtla Ricardo Rayas Tuxtla Gutiérrez, Chiapas Víctor Manuel Reyna 29,001 —Tuzos UAZ Rubén Hernández Zacatecas City, Zacatecas Carlos Vega Villalba 20,068 —UNAM Carlos Humberto González Coyoacán, Mexico City La Cantera 2,000 UNAMYalmakán Omar Tisera Chetumal, Quintana Roo José López Portillo 6,600 —
Regular season Group 1 Standings
Results
Positions by round
Group 2 Standings
Results
Positions by round
Regular season statistics Scoring First goal of the season: Alan Medina for Toluca Premier against América Premier (24 August 2018)
Top goalscorers Players sorted first by goals scored, then by last name. Rank Player Club Goals1 Víctor MañónLoros UdeC232 Juan Carlos MartínezCoras de Nayarit193 Juan Carlos LópezTepatitlán15 Humberto GuzmánTepatitlán Bryan LozanoUNAM6 Josué BustosGavilanes de Matamoros14 Víctor ArgumedoTuzos UAZ8 Lenin EsquivelMonarcas Morelia13 Jesús HernándezTuzos UAZ10 Daniel DelgadilloGavilanes de Matamoros12 Source: Liga Premier
Hat-tricks and more goals Player For Against Result Date Round Reference Lenin EsquivelMoreliaCimarrones6–0 (H)25 August 20181 Gustavo GuillénSporting CanamyInter Playa3–2 (H)13 October 20188 Jonathan QuinteroLeones NegrosDurango5–0 (H)14 October 20188 Brandon ChávezTecosCimarrones0–4 (A)10 November 201812 Víctor MañónLoros UdeCTecos5–4 (H)1 December 201815 Luis ValdézDurangoMurciélagos3–2 (H)1 February 201919 Víctor ArgumedoTuzos UAZSporting Canamy5–0 (H)16 February 201921 Jorge AlmaguerLoros UdeCCimarrones11–0 (H)16 February 201921 Víctor MañónLoros UdeCCimarrones11–0 (H)16 February 201921 Juan Carlos MartínezCoras de NayaritTepatitlán4–2 (H)15 March 201925 José ChavezAlbinegros de OrizabaReal Zamora3-0 (H)16 March 201925 Jesús SilvaCimarrones de SonoraNecaxa3-4 (A)7 April 201928 Jesús HernándezTuzos UAZToluca4-1 (H)8 April 201928 (H) – Home; (A) – Away
Attendance Per team
Highest and lowest Highest attendance Lowest attendance Week Home Score Away Attendance Home Score Away Attendance 1 Gavilanes de Matamoros2–1Murciélagos F.C.4,500UNAM2–0Albinegros de Orizaba100 2 Atlético Reynosa0–1Pacific F.C.4,000Necaxa1–1Morelia503 Irapuato2–0Yalmakán8,000UACH3–1Coras de Nayarit1004 Pioneros de Cancún0–1Albinegros de Orizaba1,500Guadalajara0–0UACH50 5 Gavilanes de Matamoros4–3Leones Negros4,300Coras de Nayarit1–0Guadalajara06 Atlético Reynosa1–2Coras de Nayarit1,850Sporting Canamy1–1Tuzos UAZ507 Irapuato3–1Sporting Canamy4,500UNAM0–1Cruz Azul Hidalgo75 8 Gavilanes de Matamoros3–1UAT10,000Sporting Canamy3–2Inter Playa100 9 Atlético Reynosa1–2Murciélagos1,500Toluca2–2Cruz Azul Hidalgo50 10 Gavilanes de Matamoros0–0Alacranes de Durango3,000Morelia2–1Loros UdeC50 11 Atlético Reynosa1–1Necaxa2,000Albinegros de Orizaba0–4Sporting Canamy50 12 Irapuato1–1UNAM6,000Morelia2–3Coras de Nayarit50 13 Atlético Reynosa3–0Leones Negros1,000Toluca3–0Tuzos UAZ50 14 Gavilanes de Matamoros1–1Guadalajara12,500Tuzos UAZ1–0Pioneros de Cancún5015 Atlético Reynosa1–0Gavilanes de Matamoros4,000Toluca0–0Inter Playa50 16 Reboceros de La Piedad2–2Tuzos UAZ3,000Atlético Reynosa1–0UAT0 17 Irapuato2–1Reboceros de La Piedad8,000Morelia2–1Necaxa5018 Tlaxcala1–1América2,180Necaxa2–1Gavilanes50 19 Irapuato1–0Cruz Azul Hidalgo7,000Morelia1–1Leones Negros50 20 Reboceros de La Piedad1–1UNAM4,000Necaxa1–0Pacific50 21 Irapuato3–0Real Zamora8,000UNAM0–0Yalmakán50 22 Gavilanes de Matamoros3–0Tecos5,000Morelia5–1UAT50 23 Irapuato3–0Tuzos UAZ12,000América1–4Real Zamora100 24 Irapuato2–0Tuxtla10,000Morelia1–1Durango60 25 Atlético Reynosa3-0Cimarrones2,000Toluca2-0Cocodrilos de Tabasco2026 Irapuato5–0América16,000Necaxa1–1Atlético Reynosa50 27 Coras de Nayarit1–0Morelia3,800Toluca2–3Sporting Canamy5028 Irapuato4–1Orizaba15,000Cocodrilos de Tabasco1–3La Piedad5029 Reboceros de La Piedad1–2Real Zamora7,000Necaxa2–1Tecos50 30 Irapuato1–0Pioneros de Cancún18,000América2–0Orizaba50
Source:Liga Premier FMF (available in each game report)
Liguilla de Ascenso (Promotion Playoffs)
The four best teams of each group play two games against each other on a home-and-away basis. The higher seeded teams play on their home field during the second leg. The winner of each match up is determined by aggregate score. In the quarterfinals and semifinals, if the two teams are tied on aggregate 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 penalty shoot-out.
Quarter-finals The first legs will be played on 24 and 25 April, and the second legs will be played on 27 and 28 April 2019.
First leg
Second leg
Semi-finals The first legs were played on 1 and 2 May, and the second legs were played on 4 and 5 May 2019.
First leg
Second leg
Final The first leg was played on 8 May, and the second leg was played on 11 May 2019.
First leg
Second leg
Liguilla de Filiales (Reserve Teams Playoffs) The four best teams of reserve teams table play two games against each other on a home-and-away basis. The higher seeded teams play on their home field during the second leg. The winner of each match up is determined by aggregate score. In the semifinals, if the two teams are tied on aggregate 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 penalty shoot-out.
Semi-finals The first legs were played 25 April, and the second legs was played on 28 April 2019.
First leg
Second leg
Final The first leg was played on 2 May, and the second leg was played on 5 May 2019.
First leg
Second leg
Serie B Changes from the previous season The league went on to play in a tournament per season, playing 30 games per club. Followed by the eliminatory phase between the eight best classified to determine the champion of the division. The tournament will be played in a single group of 16 members.
Club Marina C.R. will participate in Serie B as Third Division runner-up. Chapulineros de Oaxaca, Deportivo Zitácuaro, Tecamachalco F.C. and FC Satélites will not participate in Serie B. Club Calor relocated from Gomez Palacio, Durango to Monclova, Coahuila. Due to force majeure, Inter San Miguel force to relocate from San Miguel de Allende, Guanajuato to San Luis Potosí and rename FC Potosino. Mineros de Zacatecas Premier relocated from Tlaltenango de Sánchez Román, Zacatecas to Zacatecas City.
Stadium and locations