The 2019–20 Liga MX season (known as the Liga BBVA MX for sponsorship reasons) was the 73rd professional season of the top-flight football league in Mexico. The season was divided into two championships—the Torneo Apertura and the Torneo Clausura—each in an identical format and each contested by the same nineteen teams. The Apertura tournament began on 19 July 2019.
On 15 March 2020, the Mexican Football Federation suspended the Clausura seasons of Liga MX, Ascenso MX and Liga MX Femenil indefinitely due to the coronavirus pandemic.
On 22 May 2020, the season was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic affecting the country. While no official champion was crowned for that season officially, Cruz Azul and León were awarded the Clausura champions and runners-up positions ("MEX2" and "MEX4") respectively for purposes of filling the 2021 CONCACAF Champions League, as the first and second-placed teams of the regular season at the time of suspension.
Clubs The following nineteen teams competed this season. Atlético San Luis was promoted from the Ascenso MX. Veracruz was to be relegated to the Ascenso MX initially after accumulating the lowest point coefficient last season, but instead they offered to pay MXN$120 million to remain in Liga MX. The team, however, was eventually disaffiliated by the FMF at the end of the Apertura 2019 tournament. Lobos BUAP's franchise in the first division was purchased by FC Juárez. Lobos BUAP will be able to participate in the Ascenso MX but will remain frozen for one year.
Stadiums and locations América & Cruz Azul Atlas Atlético San Luis Guadalajara Juárez León Estadio Azteca Estadio Jalisco Estadio Alfonso Lastras Estadio Akron Olímpico Benito Juárez Estadio León Capacity: 87,000 Capacity: 55,110 Capacity: 25,709 Capacity: 45,364 Capacity: 19,703 Capacity: 31,297 Monterrey Morelia Necaxa Pachuca Puebla Querétaro Estadio BBVA Estadio Morelos Estadio Victoria Estadio Hidalgo Estadio Cuauhtémoc Estadio Corregidora Capacity: 53,500 Capacity: 34,795 Capacity: 23,851 Capacity: 27,512 Capacity: 51,726 Capacity: 33,162 Santos Laguna Tijuana Toluca UANL UNAM Estadio Corona Estadio Caliente Estadio Nemesio Díez Estadio Universitario Estadio Olímpico Universitario Capacity: 29,237 Capacity: 27,333 Capacity: 31,000 Capacity: 41,886 Capacity: 48,297
Personnel and kits Team Chairman Head coach Captain Kit manufacturer Shirt sponsor(s)América Santiago Baños Miguel Herrera Paul Aguilar Nike AT&TAtlas Pedro Portilla Rafael Puente Jr. Osvaldo Martínez Adidas MoPlayAtlético San Luis Alberto Marrero Guillermo Vázquez Mario Abrante Pirma Canel'sCruz Azul Guillermo Álvarez Cuevas Robert Siboldi José de Jesús Corona Joma Cemento Cruz AzulGuadalajara Amaury Vergara Luis Fernando Tena Jesús Molina Puma CalienteJuárezGuillermo Cantú Gabriel Caballero Jonathan Lacerda Carrara S-MartLeón Jesús Martínez Murguia Ignacio Ambriz Luis Montes Pirma Cementos FortalezaMonterrey Duilio Davino Antonio Mohamed José María Basanta Puma AT&TMorelia Mauricio Lanz González Pablo Guede Rodrigo Millar Pirma CalienteNecaxa Ernesto Tinajero Flores Alfonso Sosa Ventura Alvarado Charly RolcarPachuca Jesús Martínez Patiño Paulo Pezzolano Jorge Hernández Charly Cementos FortalezaPuebla Manuel Jiménez García Juan Reynoso Daniel Arreola Umbro AT&TQuerétaro Rodrigo Ares de Parga Víctor Manuel Vucetich Luis Romo Puma Banco MultivaSantos Laguna Dante Elizalde Guillermo Almada Jonathan Orozco Charly SorianaTijuana Jorge Hank Inzunsa Gustavo Quinteros Diego Rodríguez Charly CalienteToluca Francisco Suinaga José Manuel de la Torre Alfredo Talavera Under Armour CitibanamexUANL Miguel Ángel Garza Ricardo Ferretti Guido Pizarro Adidas CemexUNAM Leopoldo Silva Gutiérrez Míchel González David Cabrera Nike DHLVeracruzFidel Kuri Grajales Enrique López Zarza Carlos SalcidoCharlyWinpot Casino
Managerial changes Team Outgoing manager Manner of departure Date of vacancy Replaced by Date of appointment Position in table Ref.Pre-Apertura changesVeracruz José Luis González China (Interim) End of tenure as caretaker 3 June 2019 Enrique Meza 4 June 2019PreseasonUNAM Bruno Marioni Sacked 16 May 2019 Míchel González 16 May 2019AperturaPuebla José Luis Sánchez Solá Sacked 17 August 2019 Octavio Becerril (Interim) 17 August 2019 19thMorelia Javier Torrente Sacked 18 August 2019 Esteve Padilla (Interim) 18 August 2019 15thMorelia Esteve Padilla (Interim) End of tenure as caretaker 23 August 2019 Pablo Guede 21 August 2019 15thPuebla Octavio Becerril (Interim) End of tenure as caretaker 24 August 2019 Juan Reynoso 23 August 2019 18thVeracruz Enrique Meza Resigned 28 August 2019 José González (Interim) 29 August 2019 19th Cruz Azul Pedro Caixinha Mutual agreement 2 September 2019 Joaquín Moreno (Interim) 2 September 2019 11th Atlético San Luis Alfonso Sosa Sacked 4 September 2019 Gustavo Matosas 9 September 2019 10th Veracruz José González (Interim) End of tenure as caretaker 4 September 2019 Enrique López Zarza 4 September 2019 19th Cruz Azul Joaquín Moreno (Interim) End of tenure as caretaker 6 September 2019 Robert Siboldi 6 September 2019 11th Guadalajara Tomás Boy Sacked 26 September 2019 Luis Fernando Tena 26 September 2019 15th Monterrey Diego Alonso Sacked 30 September 2019 José Treviño (Interim) 1 October 2019 12thMonterrey José Treviño (Interim) End of tenure as caretaker 9 October 2019 Antonio Mohamed 9 October 2019 14th Atlético San Luis Gustavo Matosas Mutual agreement 27 October 2019 Luis García (Interim) 27 October 2019 14th Toluca Ricardo Lavolpe Sacked 11 November 2019 José Rodríguez Valenzuela José Manuel Cruzalta (Interim) 11 November 2019 17th Pre-Clausura changesToluca José Rodríguez Valenzuela José Manuel Cruzalta (Interim) End of tenure as caretaker 1 December 2019 José Manuel de la Torre 18 November 2019Preseason Pachuca Martín Palermo Mutual agreement 24 November 2019 Paulo Pezzolano 25 November 2019 Tijuana Oscar Pareja Mutual agreement 25 November 2019 Gustavo Quinteros 6 December 2019 Necaxa Guillermo Vázquez End of contract 8 December 2019 Alfonso Sosa 13 December 2019 Atlético San Luis Luis García (Interim) End of tenure as caretaker 15 December 2019 Guillermo Vázquez 15 December 2019Clausura changesAtlas Leandro CufréSacked 29 January 2020 Omar Flores (Interim) 29 January 2020 14thAtlas Omar Flores (Interim) End of tenure as caretaker 1 February 2020 Rafael Puente Jr. 30 January 2020 14th
Torneo Apertura The Apertura 2019 season began on 19 July 2019 and ended on 15 December 2019. The defending champions were Tigres UANL, having won their seventh title.
Regular phase League table
Positions by round
Results Teams played every other team once (either at home or away), with one team resting each round, completing a total of 19 rounds.
Individual statistics
Top goalscorers Players sorted first by goals scored, then by last name. Rank Player Club Goals 1 Alan Pulido Guadalajara 12 Mauro Quiroga Necaxa 3 Rogelio Funes Mori Monterrey 10 André-Pierre Gignac UANL 5 Julio Furch Santos Laguna 9 Nicolas Ibañez Atlético San Luis Brian Lozano Santos Laguna 8 Franco Jara Pachuca 8 José Juan Macías León Henry Martín América
Source: Liga MX
Top assists Players sorted first by assists, then by last name. Rank Player Club Assists 1 Miller Bolaños Tijuana 9 2 Brian Lozano Santos Laguna 6 Víctor Malcorra UNAM Roger Martínez América 5 Luis Ángel Mendoza Morelia 5 Kevin Mercado Necaxa Luis Montes León Fernando Navarro León Mauro Quiroga Necaxa Luis Reyes Atlético San Luis Rubens Sambueza Pachuca Yoshimar Yotún Cruz Azul
Source: Soccerway
Hat-tricks Player For Against Result Date André-Pierre GignacUANLNecaxa3–110 August 2019 Ismael SosaLeónNecaxa4–221 September 2019 Sebastián FerreiraMoreliaCruz Azul3–219 October 2019 Henry MartínAméricaVeracruz5–08 November 2019
Attendance
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Highest and lowest Highest attendance Lowest attendance Week Home Score Away Attendance Home Score Away Attendance 1 UANL 4–2 Morelia 41,580 Toluca 0–2 Querétaro 13,0152 Guadalajara 2–0 UANL 39,313 Veracruz 3–3 Pachuca 14,6203 Monterrey 3–2 León 37,058 Necaxa 7–0 Veracruz 12,8464 UANL 3–1 Necaxa 41,553 Cruz Azul 2–0 Juárez 12,4695 Monterrey 2–0 Toluca 39,783 Puebla 0–4 Pachuca 14,5246 UANL 1–1 América 41,589 Veracruz 1–2 Atlético San Luis 9,6707 Monterrey 2–0 UNAM 35,662 Veracruz 0–5 Querétaro 7,322 8 UANL 1–1 León 41,498 Necaxa 3–2 Tijuana 11,8619 América 1–1 UNAM 38,317 Puebla 1–3 Atlético San Luis 14,73510 Monterrey 3–2 Puebla 33,060 Necaxa 2–4 León 17,75711 UANL 0–1 Puebla 38,638 Cruz Azul 1–1 Monterrey 12,41212 América 4–1 Guadalajara 63,908 Veracruz 1–1 Toluca 8,69813 UANL 4–0 Santos Laguna 41,426 Toluca 1–1 Puebla 12,53314 Monterrey 1–1 Guadalajara 38,217 Veracruz 1–3 UANL 7,83815 UANL 0–2 Cruz Azul 41,886 Morelia 2–2 Santos Laguna 13,67416 UANL 1–0 Toluca 37,653 Atlético San Luis 0–1 América 017 Monterrey 1–1 Veracruz 30,635 Necaxa 1–2 Pachuca 11,86818 UANL 0–0 Pachuca 41,269 Atlético San Luis 0–2 Necaxa 019 Monterrey 2–0 Atlas 40,242 Cruz Azul 3–1 Atlético San Luis 7,176
Source: Liga MX
Final phase
Bracket
Teams were re-seeded each round. Team with more goals on aggregate after two matches advanced. Away goals rule was applied in the quarter-finals and semi-finals, but not the final. In the quarter-finals and semi-finals, if the two teams were tied on aggregate and away goals, the higher seeded team advanced. In the final, if the two teams were tied after both legs, the match went to extra time and, if necessary, a shoot-out. Both finalists qualified to the 2021 CONCACAF Champions League (champions as MEX1, runners-up as MEX3).
Quarterfinals
Semifinals
Finals
Torneo Clausura The Clausura 2020 season began on 10 January 2020.
On 15 March 2020, the Mexican Football Federation suspended the Liga MX, Ascenso MX and Liga MX Femenil indefinitely due to the coronavirus pandemic. On 22 May 2020, the Clausura 2020 was officially cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic affecting the country and no champion was crowned. The two 2021 CONCACAF Champions League berths were given to the top two teams in the regular season at the time of suspension (1st place as MEX2, 2nd place as MEX4).
Regular phase League table
Positions by round
Results Teams were originally planned to play every other team once (either at home or away), completing a total of 17 rounds. Only 10 rounds were able to be completed before the league was suspended.
Individual statistics
Top goalscorers Players sorted first by goals scored, then by last name. Rank Player Club Goals1 Jonathan RodríguezCruz Azul92 Leonardo FernándezToluca8 André-Pierre GignacUANL Ángel MenaLeón5 Franco JaraPachuca76 Darío LezcanoJuárez67 Nicolás IbáñezAtlético San Luis5 Ariel NahuelpánQuerétaro Mauro QuirogaNecaxa Aldo RochaMorelia Source: Liga MX
Top assists Players sorted first by assists, then by last name. Rank Player Club Assists1 Roberto AlvaradoCruz Azul5 Pablo BarreraUNAM3 Jefferson IntriagoJuárez 44 Fabián CastilloQuerétaro3 Elías HernándezCruz Azul Luis MontesLeón Richard SánchezAmérica 821 players2 Source: Soccerway
Hat tricks Player For Against Result Date André-Pierre GignacUANLUNAM3–029 February 2020
Attendance
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Highest and lowest