The 2021–22 Liga MX season (known as the Liga BBVA MX for sponsorship reasons) was the 75th professional season of the top-flight football league in Mexico. The season was divided into two championships—the Apertura 2021 and the Clausura 2022—each in an identical format and each contested by the same eighteen teams.
On 5 March 2022, during a match between Queretaro and Atlas, a riot broke out in the stands at the Estadio Corregidora, resulting in 26 injuries.
Clubs Stadiums and locations Team Location Stadium CapacityAméricaMexico CityAzteca 87,000AtlasGuadalajara, JaliscoJalisco 55,110Atlético San LuisSan Luis Potosí, San Luis PotosíAlfonso Lastras 25,709Cruz AzulMexico CityAzteca 87,000GuadalajaraZapopan, JaliscoAkron 45,364JuárezCiudad Juárez, ChihuahuaOlímpico Benito Juárez 19,703LeónLeón, GuanajuatoLeón 31,297MazatlánMazatlán, SinaloaMazatlán 25,000MonterreyGuadalupe, Nuevo LeónBBVA 53,500NecaxaAguascalientes, AguascalientesVictoria 23,851PachucaPachuca, HidalgoHidalgo 27,512PueblaPuebla, PueblaCuauhtémoc 51,726QuerétaroQuerétaro, QuerétaroCorregidora 33,162Santos LagunaTorreón, CoahuilaCorona 29,237TijuanaTijuana, Baja CaliforniaCaliente 27,333TolucaToluca, State of MexicoNemesio Díez 31,000UANLSan Nicolás de los Garza, Nuevo LeónUniversitario 41,886UNAMMexico CityOlímpico Universitario 48,297
Stadium changes Querétaro (Clausura 2022 Week 11)Estadio Morelos Capacity: 34,795
Personnel and kits Team Chairman Head coach Captain Kit manufacturer Shirt sponsor(s)América Santiago Baños Fernando Ortiz (Interim) Guillermo Ochoa Nike AT&TAtlas José Riestra Diego Cocca Aldo Rocha Charly NoneAtlético San Luis Alberto Marrero André Jardine Javier Güémez Pirma Canel'sCruz Azul Jaime Ordiales Juan Reynoso José de Jesús Corona Joma Cemento Cruz AzulGuadalajara Amaury Vergara Ricardo Cadena Jesús Molina Puma CalienteJuárezMiguel Ángel Garza Ricardo Ferretti Maximiliano Olivera Sporelli S-MartLeón Jesús Martínez Murguia Christian Martínez (Interim) Luis Montes Charly Cementos FortalezaMazatlán Mauricio Lanz González Gabriel Caballero Nicolás Vikonis Pirma CalienteMonterrey Duilio Davino Víctor Manuel Vucetich Stefan Medina Puma CodereNecaxa Ernesto Tinajero Flores Jaime Lozano Fernando González Pirma RolcarPachuca Armando Martínez Patiño Guillermo Almada Oscar Ustari Charly Cementos FortalezaPuebla Manuel Jiménez García Nicolás Larcamón Javier Salas Umbro BazQuerétaro José Antonio Núñez Hernán Cristante Maximiliano Perg Charly PedigreeSantos Laguna Dante Elizalde Eduardo Fentanes (Interim) Carlos Acevedo Charly SorianaTijuana Jorge Hank Inzunsa Sebastián Méndez Jonathan Orozco Charly CalienteToluca Francisco Suinaga Ignacio Ambríz Alexis Canelo Under Armour RoshfransUANL Mauricio Culebro Miguel Herrera Nahuel Guzmán Adidas CemexUNAM Leopoldo Silva Gutiérrez Andrés Lillini Alfredo Talavera Nike DHL
Managerial changes
Team Outgoing manager Manner of departure Date of vacancy Replaced by Date of appointment Position in table Ref.Pre-Apertura changesAtlético San Luis Leonel RoccoSacked30 April 2021 Marcelo Méndez19 June 2021PreseasonMazatlán Tomás BoySacked3 May 2021 Beñat San José18 May 2021UANL Ricardo FerrettiEnd of Contract8 May 2021 Miguel Herrera20 May 2021León Ignacio AmbrizEnd of Contract9 May 2021 Ariel Holan11 May 2021Juárez Alfonso SosaSacked3 June 2021 Ricardo Ferretti3 June 2021Apertura changesQuerétaro Héctor AltamiranoSacked22 August 2021 Leonardo Ramos23 August 2021 16th Guadalajara Víctor Manuel VucetichSacked19 September 2021 Marcelo Michel Leaño (Interim)20 September 2021 9th Necaxa Guillermo VázquezSacked24 September 2021 Pablo Guede27 September 202115thTijuana Robert SiboldiSacked29 September 2021 Ignacio Palou (Interim)3 October 202118thTijuana Ignacio Palou (Interim)End of tenure as caretaker8 October 2021 Sebastián Méndez8 October 202118thGuadalajara Marcelo Michel Leaño (Interim)Ratified as manager3 November 2021 Marcelo Michel Leaño3 November 2021 12thPre-Clausura changesPachuca Paulo PezzolanoMutual agreement termination8 November 2021 Guillermo Almada2 December 2021PreseasonSantos Laguna Guillermo AlmadaMutual agreement termination29 November 2021 Pedro Caixinha1 December 2021Toluca Hernán CristanteSacked29 November 2021 Ignacio Ambríz1 December 2021Clausura changesAtlético San Luis Marcelo MéndezSacked 26 January 2022 Rafael Fernández (Interim)26 January 2022 18thAtlético San Luis Rafael Fernández (Interim)End of tenure as caretaker3 February 2022 André Jardine3 February 2022 18thNecaxa Pablo GuedeSacked 8 February 2022 Jaime Lozano9 February 2022 14thQuerétaro Leonardo RamosSacked 8 February 2022 Hernán Cristante9 February 2022 15thSantos Laguna Pedro CaixinhaSacked 24 February 2022 Eduardo Fentanes (Interim)24 February 2022 18thMonterrey Javier AguirreSacked 27 February 2022 Hugo Norberto Castillo (Interim)28 February 2022 16thAmérica Santiago SolariSacked2 March 2022 Fernando Ortiz (Interim)3 March 202217thMonterrey Hugo Norberto Castillo (Interim)End of tenure as caretaker 2 March 2022 Víctor Manuel Vucetich2 March 2022 15thMazatlán Beñat San JoséSacked2 March 2022 Christian Ramírez (Interim)3 March 2022 14thMazatlán Christian Ramírez (Interim)End of tenure as caretaker3 March 2022 Gabriel Caballero 14 March 2022 18thGuadalajara Marcelo Michel LeañoSacked14 April 2022 Ricardo Cadena (Interim)14 April 2022 14thLeón Ariel HolanResigned21 April 2022 Christian Martínez (Interim)21 April 202212th
Torneo Apertura The Grita México Apertura 2021 was the first tournament of the season. The tournament was renamed Torneo Grita México Apertura 2021 (stylized as Grita... México A21) with the intention of encouraging fans in the stands not to scream an offensive chant after a goal kick. The tournament began on 22 July. The defending champions were Cruz Azul.
Regular phase League table
Positions by round
Results Teams played every other team once (either at home or away), completing a total of 17 rounds.
Individual statistics First goal of the season: Juan Otero for Santos Laguna against Necaxa (23 July 2021) Last goal of the season: Diogo de Olivera for UNAM against Cruz Azul (7 November 2021)
Top goalscorers Players sorted first by goals scored, then by last name. Rank Player Club Goals1 Germán BerterameAtlético San Luis9 Nicolás LópezUANL3 Camilo SanvezzoMazatlán 84 Víctor DávilaLeón6 Julio FurchAtlas Alejandro ZendejasNecaxa7 Juan Ignacio DinennoUNAM5 Julián QuiñonesAtlas Christian TabóPuebla Diego ValdésSantos Laguna
Source: Liga MX
Hat-tricks Player For Against Result Date Germán Berterame Atlético San Luis Tijuana 4–1 (H)16 September 2021 Víctor Dávila León Necaxa3–0 (H)6 November 2021 Roberto Alvarado Cruz Azul UNAM3–4 (A)7 November 2021
Notes (H) – Home team(A) – Away team
Attendance Home match played behind closed doorsAway matchHighest attended match of the weekLowest attended match of the weekPPDMatch postponed
Team Week 1234567891011121314151617 América 9,590 8,567 11,655 14,637 42,862 27,571 16,918 32,675 25,654 190,129 21,125 9Atlas 7,859 13,637 7,239 5,568 8,832 9,902 9,604 10,299 10,421 83,361 9,262 9Atlético San Luis 6,917 4,128 3,909 3,038 9,545 16,373 9,309 7,690 60,909 7,614 8Cruz Azul 9,598 8,588 7,720 14,626 14,882 17,928 20,894 31,257 125,493 15,687 8Guadalajara 11,647 9,208 10,892 9,603 11,135 21,709 15,019 20,432 109,705 13,713 8Juárez 7,345 7,806 13,992 11,623 10,646 9,608 11,906 10,942 83,868 10,484 8León 8,863 9,663 9,239 12,719 10,078 9,675 12,333 11,240 83,810 10,484 8Mazatlán 4,675 6,543 7,733 5,477 7,902 5,880 8,120 9,107 12,830 68,267 7,585 9Monterrey 20,267 20,943 15,833 15,467 26,755 19,836 26,078 23,077 168,256 21,032 8Necaxa 9,153 13,187 9,242 8,983 11,020 7,251 8,723 10,809 78,368 9,796 8Pachuca 10,683 4,710 7,454 5,503 2,747 6,887 37,984 6,331 6Puebla 6,800 7,654 6,086 3,370 14,782 5,906 5,624 15,101 16,136 81,459 9,051 9Querétaro 10,221 10,031 5,190 5,704 6,812 8,471 10,595 13,254 70,278 8,785 8Santos Laguna 12,200 13,082 11,998 11,691 11,431 14,484 11,293 12,511 14,658 113,348 12,594 9Tijuana 4,333 5,333 3,333 3,333 6,333 7,333 10,333 10,333 6,333 56,997 6,333 9Toluca 8,540 7,091 9,566 10,297 6,833 6,585 10,090 11,210 70,212 8,777 8UANL 14,350 9,264 11,225 12,962 15,581 15,797 24,153 25,523 26,243 155,098 17,233 9UNAM 14,190 9,000 11,981 23,573 58,744 14,686 4Total 72,564 86,387 67,219 80,391 84,215 69,415 84,326 60,197 106,538 126,063 98,798 118,477 118,181 111,556 137,000 127,871 147,088 1,696,286 11,699 145
Source: Liga MX
Highest and lowest Highest attended Lowest attended Week Home Score Away Attendance Home Score Away Attendance 1 Monterrey 1–1 Puebla 20,267 Tijuana 1–2 UANL 4,3332 Monterrey 2–0 UNAM 20,943 Mazatlán 2–1 Pachuca 4,6753 UANL 1–1 Santos Laguna 14,350 Tijuana 0–2 Toluca 5,3334 Monterrey 3–1 Pachuca 15,833 Atlético San Luis 0–2 Necaxa 4,1285 Juárez 1–2 América 13,992 Tijuana 1–1 Puebla 3,3336 Monterrey 0–0 Guadalajara 15,467 Atlético San Luis 0–0 Cruz Azul 3,9097 Cruz Azul 1–1 Pachuca 14,626 Tijuana 2–2 Monterrey 3,3338 América 2–0 Mazatlán 14,637 Puebla 2–2 Atlético San Luis 3,3709 Monterrey 2–0 UANL 26,755 Atlético San Luis 4–1 Tijuana 3,03810 América 0–0 Guadalajara 42,862 Pachuca 1–0 Necaxa 4,71011 Monterrey 2–0 Toluca 19,836 Mazatlán 3–1 Juárez 5,88012 América 2–0 UNAM 27,571 Puebla 1–2 Pachuca 5,90613 Monterrey 0–1 León 26,078 Pachuca 1–1 Santos Laguna 5,50314 UANL 3–0 Pachuca 24,153 Puebla 2–0 Mazatlán 5,62415 América 1–0 UANL 32,675 Pachuca 1–1 Juárez 2,74716 Cruz Azul 2–1 América 31,257 Pachuca 1–1 UNAM 6,88717 UANL 3–0 Juárez 26,243 Tijuana 3–2 Pachuca 6,333
Source: Liga MX
Final phase
Reclassification
Bracket
Quarterfinals
Semifinals
Finals
Torneo Clausura The Grita México Clausura 2022 was the second tournament of the season. Like the Apertura 2021, the tournament was renamed Torneo Grita México Clausura 2022 (stylized as Grita... México C22) with the intention of encouraging fans in the stands not to scream an offensive chant after a goal kick. Atlas are the defending champions.
Regular phase League table
Positions by round
Results Teams played every other team once (either at home or away), completing a total of 17 rounds.
Individual statistics First goal of the season: Nicolás Ibáñez for Pachuca against Atlético San Luis (6 January 2022) Last goal of the season: Jaine Barreiro for León against Toluca (1 May 2022)
Top goalscorers Players sorted first by goals scored, then by last name. Rank Player Club Goals1 André-Pierre GignacUANL112 Rodrigo AguirreNecaxa9 Nicolás IbáñezPachuca4 Germán Berterame Atlético San Luis7 Leonardo FernándezToluca6 Fernando AristeguietaPuebla6 RogérioUNAM Víctor GuzmánPachuca Harold Preciado Santos Laguna Julián Quiñones Atlas
Source: Liga MX
Hat-tricks Player For Against Result Date Fernando Aristeguieta Puebla Cruz Azul3–1 (A)5 March 2022
Notes (H) – Home team(A) – Away team
Attendance
Highest and lowest Highest attended Lowest attended Week Home Score Away Attendance Home Score Away Attendance 1 Puebla 1–1 América 35,040 Atlético San Luis 0–2 Pachuca 6,8412 UANL 0–2 Puebla 14,829 Pachuca 2–1 Guadalajara 6,6923 América 0–2 Atlas 20,825 Atlético San Luis 0–1 Juárez 5,3974 Atlas 2–1 Santos Laguna 17,346 Juárez 1–3 Guadalajara 7,8015 Monterrey 3–0 Juárez 29,052 Atlético San Luis 0–1 Toluca 5,5746 América 1–3 Pachuca 27,858Juárez 0–0Santos Laguna 7,3557 UNAM 0–0 América 42,650 Pachuca 3–1 Mazatlán 6,8758 UANL 2–2 Cruz Azul 36,978 Mazatlán 0–0 Necaxa 9,4149 Monterrey 2–1 América 40,327 UNAM 1–1 Mazatlán 9,28910 Guadalajara 0–0 América 33,047 Atlético San Luis 2–1 Puebla 5,90411 UANL 2–0 Monterrey 41,473 Mazatlán 1–2 León 9,56612 UANL 2–1 Tijuana 37,691 Atlético San Luis 1–0 Mazatlán 5,80313 Monterrey 1–0 Santos Laguna 29,769 Atlético San Luis 2–0 León 6,10214 UANL 3–0 Toluca 36,658 Juárez 1–2 Pachuca 8,56815 América 2–0 León 36,210 Toluca 0–1 Juárez 9,21116 UANL 0–2 América 38,810 Juárez 0–2 Mazatlán 7,68817 América 0–0 Cruz Azul 52,630 Atlético San Luis 1–3 Santos Laguna 10,364
Source: Liga MX
Riot