The 2023–24 Liga MX season (known as the Liga BBVA MX for sponsorship reasons) was the 77th professional season of the top-flight football league in Mexico. The season was divided into two championships—the Apertura 2023 and the Clausura 2024—each in an identical format and each contested by the same eighteen teams.
Clubs A total of eighteen teams are participating in the 2023–24 edition of the Liga MX. All eighteen teams have participated in Liga MX since the 2020–21 season.
Moves The owner's assembly decided to adjust liguilla qualification, which was modified as of the Guardianes 2020 season. The number of teams directly qualifying to the quarter-finals was increased from four to six, while reducing the number of teams entering the reclassification round from eight to four, aligning it with the NBA's "play-in" round. The 9th place team hosts the 10th place team in an elimination game. The 7th hosts the 8th place team in the double-chance game, with the winner advancing as the 7-seed. The loser of this game then hosts the winner of the elimination game between the 9th and 10th place teams to determine the 8-seed.
Stadiums and locations Team Location Stadium CapacityAméricaMexico CityAzteca 87,523AtlasGuadalajara, JaliscoJalisco 55,020Atlético San LuisSan Luis Potosí, San Luis PotosíAlfonso Lastras 27,029Cruz AzulMexico CityEstadio Ciudad de los Deportes 33,000GuadalajaraZapopan, JaliscoAkron 46,232JuárezCiudad Juárez, ChihuahuaOlímpico Benito Juárez 19,703LeónLeón, GuanajuatoLeón 31,297MazatlánMazatlán, SinaloaEl Encanto 20,195MonterreyGuadalupe, Nuevo LeónBBVA 53,500NecaxaAguascalientes, AguascalientesVictoria 23,851PachucaPachuca, HidalgoHidalgo 25,922PueblaPuebla, PueblaCuauhtémoc 51,726QuerétaroQuerétaro, QuerétaroCorregidora 34,107Santos LagunaTorreón, CoahuilaCorona 29,101TijuanaTijuana, Baja CaliforniaCaliente 31,158TolucaToluca, State of MexicoNemesio Díez 27,273UANLSan Nicolás de los Garza, Nuevo LeónUniversitario 41,886UNAMMexico CityOlímpico Universitario 58,445
Stadium changes Cruz Azul (Clausura 2024)Estadio Ciudad de los Deportes Capacity: 33,000
Personnel and kits Team Chairman Head coach Captain Kit manufacturer Shirt sponsor(s) Front OtherAmérica Santiago Baños André Jardine Henry Martín Nike Caliente
Atlas José Riestra Beñat San José Aldo Rocha Charly Caliente, Urrea, Perdura
Atlético San Luis Jacobo Payán Espinosa Gustavo Leal Javier Güémez Sporelli Canel's, Daikin, Dalton, BHFitness, Laboratorio Tequis, Cementos Moctezuma
Cruz Azul Víctor Velázquez Martín Anselmi Ignacio Rivero Pirma Cemento Cruz Azul Guadalajara Amaury Vergara Fernando Gago Víctor Guzmán Puma Caliente
Juárez Andrés Fassi Maurício Barbieri Javier Salas Sporelli Betcris
León Jesús Martínez Murguia Jorge Bava William Tesillo Charly Cementos Fortaleza, Office Depot, Roshfrans, Telcel
Mazatlán Mauricio Lanz González Gilberto Adame (Interim) Jefferson Intriago Pirma Caliente, Paquetexpress, Banda el Recodo
Monterrey José Antonio Noriega Fernando Ortiz Héctor Moreno Puma BBVA, Codere, Roshfrans, VIDUSA
Necaxa Ernesto Tinajero Flores Eduardo Fentanes Alexis Peña Pirma Rolcar, Playdoit, J.M. Romo
Pachuca Armando Martínez Patiño Guillermo Almada Gustavo Cabral Charly Cementos Fortaleza, JAC, Roshfrans, Telcel
Puebla Manuel Jiménez García Andrés Carevic Diego de Buen Pirma Caliente
Querétaro Juan Olvera Mauro Gerk Kevin Escamilla Charly Pedigree Petfoods, Caliente, Sayer, NOX Móvil, Petro Figues
Santos Laguna Dante Elizalde Ignacio Ambriz Carlos Acevedo Charly Soriana, Peñoles, Lala, Grupo SIMSA
Tijuana Jorge Hank Inzunsa Miguel Herrera Christian Rivera Charly Caliente
Toluca Arturo Pérez Arredondo Renato Paiva Valber Huerta New Balance Roshfrans
UANL Mauricio Culebro Robert Siboldi Guido Pizarro Adidas Cemex, Bitso
UNAM Gustavo Lema Adrián Aldrete Nike DHL Express, Mifel
Managerial changes Team Outgoing manager Manner of departure Date of vacancy Replaced by Date of appointment Position in table Ref.Pre-Apertura changes Mazatlán Rubén Omar Romano Sacked 30 April 2023 Ismael Rescalvo 18 May 2023Pre-season Necaxa Andrés Lillini Mutual agreement 2 May 2023 Rafael Dudamel 16 May 2023 Juárez Diego Mejía (Interim) Ratified as manager 13 May 2023 Diego Mejía 13 May 2023 América Fernando Ortiz Mutual agreement 22 May 2023 André Jardine 16 June 2023 Monterrey Víctor Manuel Vucetich Sacked 27 May 2023 Fernando Ortiz 29 May 2023 Atlético de San Luis André Jardine Signed by América 16 June 2023 Gustavo Leal 20 June 2023 Apertura changes Cruz Azul Ricardo Ferretti Sacked 7 August 2023 Joaquín Moreno 7 August 2023 18th Puebla Eduardo Arce Sacked 23 August 2023 Ricardo Carbajal (Interim) 23 August 2023 17th Necaxa Rafael Dudamel Mutual agreement 28 August 2023 Luis Alberto Padilla (Interim) 28 August 2023 18th Luis Alberto Padilla (Interim) End of tenure as caretaker 5 September 2023 Eduardo Fentanes 5 September 2023 18th Puebla Ricardo Carbajal (Interim) Ratified as manager 7 September 2023 Ricardo Carbajal 7 September 2023 12th Toluca Ignacio Ambríz Mutual agreement 25 October 2023 Carlos María Morales (Interim) 26 October 2023 7th Atlas Benjamín Mora Sacked 30 October 2023 Omar Flores (Interim) 31 October 2023 13th Pre–Clausura changes Atlas Omar Flores (Interim) End of tenure as caretaker 24 November 2023 Beñat San José 24 November 2023Pre-season Cruz Azul Joaquín Moreno Sacked 29 November 2023 Martín Anselmi 20 December 2023 Toluca Carlos María Morales End of tenure as caretaker 4 December 2023 Renato Paiva 4 December 2023 UNAM Antonio Mohamed Resigned 12 December 2023 Gustavo Lema 12 December 2023 Guadalajara Veljko Paunović Resigned 15 December 2023 Fernando Gago 21 December 2023 León Nicolás Larcamón Signed by Cruzeiro 20 December 2023 Jorge Bava 21 December 2023 Clausura changes Juárez Diego Mejía Sacked 30 January 2024 Juan Antonio Torres (Interim) 2 February 2024 17th Juárez Juan Antonio Torres (Interim) End of tenure as caretakers 9 February 2024 Maurício Barbieri 9 February 2024 18th Santos Laguna Pablo Repetto Sacked 11 February 2024 Ignacio Ambríz 12 February 2024 15th Puebla Ricardo Carbajal Sacked 24 February 2024 Fernando Aristeguieta (Interim) 24 February 2024 17th Puebla Fernando Aristeguieta (Interim) End of tenure as caretaker 12 March 2024 Andrés Carevic 12 March 2024 17th Mazatlán Ismael Rescalvo Sacked 8 April 2024 Gilberto Adame (Interim) 8 April 2024 15th
Torneo Apertura The Apertura 2023 is the first tournament of the season and began on 30 June 2023. The defending champions are UANL. The season was paused in mid-July due to the 2023 Leagues Cup and was resumed on 18 August. On 8 July 2023, the match between Querétaro and América was postponed due to poor pitch condition.
Regular phase League table
Results Teams will play every other team once (either at home or away), completing a total of 17 rounds.
Individual statistics
Top goalscorers Players sorted first by goals scored, then by last name. Rank Player Club Goals1 Harold Preciado Santos Laguna112 Guillermo Martínez Puebla103 André-Pierre Gignac UANL9 Carlos González Tijuana Ángel Sepúlveda Cruz Azul/Querétaro6 Juan Brunetta Santos Laguna8 César Huerta UNAM8 Roberto Alvarado Guadalajara6 Juan Dinenno UNAM Vitinho Atlético de San Luis Rogelio Funes Mori Monterrey Avilés Hurtado Juárez Nicolás Ibáñez UANL Aké LobaMazatlán Julián Quiñones América Jonathan Rodríguez América Diego Valdés América Federico Viñas León Raúl Zúñiga Querétaro
Source: Liga MX
Top assists RankPlayerClubAssists1 Juan Brunetta Santos Laguna112 Josué ColmánMazatlán73 Brayan Angulo Puebla64 Julián Quiñones América55 Uriel Antuna Cruz Azul4 Pablo Barrera Querétaro André-Pierre Gignac UANL Rodrigo Huescas Cruz Azul Henry Martín América Maximiliano Meza Monterrey Luis Quiñones UANL Marcel Ruiz Toluca Juan Manuel Sanabria Atlético San Luis Richard Sánchez América Dieter Villalpando Atlético San Luis Source: Soccerway
Clean sheets RankPlayerClubCleansheets1 Luis MalagónAmérica6 Esteban AndradaMonterrey3 Julio GonzálezUNAM5 Tiago VolpiToluca Nahuel GuzmánUANL Miguel JiménezGuadalajara Camilo VargasAtlas8 Rodolfo CotaLeón4 Guillermo AllisonQuerétaro Hugo GonzálezMazatlán Carlos MorenoPachuca0 Source: FBRef
Hat-tricks Player For Against Result Date Round Ángel SepúlvedaCruz AzulNecaxa3–1 (A)4 October 202311 Guillermo MartínezPueblaLeón5–4 (H)3 November 202316 Raúl ZúñigaQuerétaroJuárez3–0 (A)5 November 202316 Érick SánchezPachucaTijuana3–2 (A)10 November 202317 (H) – Home; (A) – Away
Scoring First goal of the season: Leonardo Suárez for América against Juárez (30 June 2023) Last goal of the season: Federico Viñas for León against Juárez (12 November 2023)
Discipline
Player Most yellow cards: 7 Jesús Angulo (UANL) Gustavo Cabral (Pachuca) Juan Escobar (Cruz Azul) Sebastián Vegas (Monterrey)
Most red cards: 2 Luis Amarilla (Mazatlán) Javier Correa (Santos Laguna) Jair Díaz (Mazatlán) Omar Mendoza (Querétaro) Jean Meneses (Toluca)
Team Most yellow cards: 56 UNAM
Most red cards: 6 Mazatlán Toluca
Fewest yellow cards: 29 Tijuana
Fewest red cards: 0 Puebla UANL
Source: Liga MX
Attendance
Highest and lowest Highest attended Lowest attended Week Home Score Away Attendance Home Score Away Attendance 1 UANL 1–1 Puebla 41,615 Mazatlán 1–1 Pachuca 8,479 2 Monterrey 1–0 Atlas 38,156 Juárez 1–1 UANL 9,663 3 UANL 1–0 León 41,615 Pachuca 1–1 UNAM 9,3964 Monterrey 3–1 Tijuana 31,921 Querétaro 1–1 Pachuca 6,4865 Guadalajara 1–0 Tijuana 27,547 Mazatlán 1–0 Puebla 7,4296 Monterrey 1–2 Cruz Azul 42,313 Necaxa 0–1 Querétaro 7,2897 UANL 5–0 Querétaro 40,273 Puebla 3–0 Tijuana 7,700 8 América 4–0 Guadalajara 62,514 Pachuca 3–2 Santos Laguna 4,6739 UANL 3–0 Monterrey 41,615 Santos Laguna 2–5 Necaxa 10,03810 América 1–0 UNAM 62,707 Pachuca 1–1 Necaxa 8,19311 UANL 2–2 Toluca 37,117 Santos Laguna 2–1 Tijuana 7,03812 Guadalajara 4–1 Atlas 38,972 Santos Laguna 0–2 León 7,42913 UANL 2–1 Cruz Azul 41,615 Querétaro 1–0Tijuana 7,908 14 Monterrey 0–3 América 47,177 Pachuca 1–1 Puebla 7,87615 Monterrey 3–0 Necaxa 25,292 Atlas 0–2 Pachuca 9,089 16 América 3–0 Tijuana 46,046 Necaxa 4–0 Mazatlán 6,78917 UNAM 1–0 Guadalajara 46,823 Atlas 0–0 Necaxa 11,128
Source: Liga MX
Final phase
Play-in round The 9th place team hosts the 10th place team in an elimination game. The 7th hosts the 8th place team in the double-chance game, with the winner advancing as the 7-seed. The loser of this game then hosts the winner of the elimination game between the 9th and 10th place teams to determine the 8-seed.
Play-in matches
Bracket
Quarterfinals
Semifinals
Finals
Torneo Clausura The Clausura tournament began on 12 January 2024.
Regular phase League table
Results
Individual statistics
Top goalscorers Players sorted first by goals scored, then by last name. Rank Player Club Goals1 Uriel AntunaCruz Azul8 Diber CambindoNecaxa Salomón RondónPachuca Federico ViñasLeón5 Luis AmarillaMazatlán7 Juan BrunettaUANL Sergio Canales Monterrey8 Eduardo AguirreAtlas6 Víctor GuzmánGuadalajara Henry MartínAmérica Guillermo MartínezUNAM Jean MenesesToluca Julián QuiñonesAmérica Christian RiveraTijuana Brandon VazquezMonterrey Alexis VegaToluca
Source:Liga MX
Top assists RankPlayerClubAssists1 Oussama Idrissi Pachuca82 César Huerta UNAM73 Ricardo MonrealNecaxa64 Roberto Alvarado Guadalajara5 Pablo Barrera Querétaro Jean Meneses Toluca7 Efraín Álvarez Tijuana4 Juan BrunettaUANL Sergio Canales Monterrey Brian García Toluca Ozziel Herrera UANL Nicolás Ibáñez UANL Henry MartínAmérica Jorge Rodríguez Monterrey Carlos OrrantiaToluca Eduardo SalvioUNAM Juan Manuel Sanabria Atlético San Luis Érick SánchezPachuca Ángel Sepúlveda Cruz Azul Leonardo Suárez UNAM Alexis VegaToluca Source: Soccerway
Clean sheets