The 2025–26 Liga TDP season is the fourth-tier football league of Mexico. The tournament began on 4 September 2025 and will finish on 29 May 2026.
Competition format The Tercera División (Third Division) is divided into 17 groups. Since the 2009–2010 season, the format of the tournament has been reorganized to a home and away format, which all teams will play in their respective group. The 17 groups consist of teams which are eligible to play in the liguilla de ascenso (promotion play–offs) for four promotion spots, teams who are affiliated with teams in the Liga MX, Liga de Expansión MX and Liga Premier and development teams, which are not eligible for promotion but will play that who the better team in a sixteen team reserves playoff tournament for the entire season.
The regulation awards three points for a win, one point for a tie and zero points for a loss, however, when a match ends tied, a penalty shoot-out is played to award a bonus point to the winning team of the penalty series.
The league format allows participating franchises to rent their place to another team, so some clubs compete with a different name than the one registered with the FMF.
For the 2025–26 season there will be four promotions to the Liga Premier. Two to Serie A and two to Serie B.
Group 1 Group with 12 teams from Campeche, Quintana Roo and Yucatán.
Teams Team City Home ground Capacity Affiliate Official Name Boston Cancún Cancún, Quintana Roo CEDAR Cancún 1,000 Cancún — Chetumal Chetumal, Quintana Roo José López Portillo 6,600 – – Corsarios de Campeche Campeche, Campeche Universitario de Campeche 4,000 — — Deportiva Venados Tamanché, Yucatán Alonso Diego Molina 2,500 Deportiva Venados — Deportivo CTM Búhos Puerto Morelos, Quintana Roo Unidad Deportiva Colonia Pescadores 1,200 – – Ejidatarios de Bonfil Alfredo V. Bonfil, Quintana Roo La Parcela 1,000 – – Guerreros Cozumel San Miguel de Cozumel, Quintana Roo Unidad Deportiva Bicentenario 1,000 – Los Ángeles Inter Playa del Carmen Playa del Carmen, Quintana Roo Unidad Deportiva Mario Villanueva Madrid 7,500 Inter Playa del Carmen — ISG Sport Ciudad del Carmen, Campeche Unidad Deportiva 20 de Noviembre 1,000 – – Itzaes Progreso, Yucatán 20 de Noviembre 3,000 Venados Progreso Mons Calpe Azucareros Javier Rojo Gómez, Quintana Roo Unidad Deportiva Azucareros 500 Mons Calpe – Pioneros Junior Cancún, Quintana Roo Cancún 86 6,390 Pioneros de Cancún —
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Group 2 Group with 16 teams from Chiapas, Oaxaca and Tabasco.
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Team City Home ground Capacity Affiliate Official name Academia Dragones Zimatlán de Álvarez, Oaxaca Polideportivo Ignacio Mejía 1,000 Alebrijes de Oaxaca – Alebrijes de Oaxaca Oaxaca City, Oaxaca Microestadio ITO 1,000 Alebrijes de Oaxaca – Antequera Oaxaca City, Oaxaca Deportivo Ramos 1,000 – – CEFOR Chiapas Tuxtla Gutiérrez, Chiapas Flor de Sospo 3,000 – – Chapulineros de Oaxaca San Jerónimo Tlacochahuaya, Oaxaca Independiente MRCI 6,000 Chapulineros de Oaxaca – Cruz Azul Lagunas Lagunas, Oaxaca Cruz Azul 2,000 Cruz Azul – Dragones de Oaxaca Oaxaca City, Oaxaca Parque Primavera 1,000 Dragones de Oaxaca – Felinos 48 Reforma, Chiapas Cancha Unidad y Compromiso 600 – – Huracanes de Arriaga Arriaga, Chiapas Unidad Deportiva Arriaga 1,000 – PRO CAMP Lechuzas UPGCH Tuxtla Gutiérrez, Chiapas Flor de Sospo 3,000 – – Napoli Tabasco Villahermosa, Tabasco Olímpico de Villahermosa 12,000 Artesanos Metepec Artesanos Bajos de Chila Pavones ADMC Tuxtla Gutiérrez, Chiapas ITESM Campus Chiapas 1,000 – – Pijijiapan Pijijiapan, Chiapas Unidad Deportiva Pijijiapan 1,000 – Iguanas Tapachula Soconusco Tapachula, Chiapas Olímpico de Tapachula 18,017 Tapachula Soconusco – Universidad del Sureste Comitán de Domínguez, Chiapas Centro de Formación UDS 500 — — Universidad Euroamericana Oaxaca City, Oaxaca Parque Primavera 1,000 – –
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Group 3 Group with 15 teams from Oaxaca and Veracruz.
Teams
Team City Home ground Capacity Affiliate Official Name Académicos UGM Orizaba, Veracruz Universitario UGM 1,500 — — Águila Azteca Chocamán, Veracruz El Mariscal 2,000 – – Atlético Boca del Río Veracruz City, Veracruz Instituto Tecnológico de Veracruz 1,000 – – Atlético Tibu Alvarado, Veracruz Unidad Deportiva Miguel Alemán 1,000 – – Azucareros de Tezonapa Tezonapa, Veracruz Unidad Deportiva Ernesto Jácome Pérez 1,000 – Guerreros de Puebla Caballeros de Córdoba Córdoba, Veracruz Rafael Murillo Vidal 3,800 — — Conejos de Tuxtepec Tuxtepec, Oaxaca Gustavo Pacheco Villaseñor 15,000 — — Córdoba Córdoba, Veracruz Rafael Murillo Vidal 3,800 — – Delfines de Coatzacoalcos Coatzacoalcos, Veracruz Rafael Hernández Ochoa 4,800 – – Delfines UGM Nogales, Veracruz UGM Nogales 1,500 — — Manta Rayas Tierra Blanca, Veracruz La Masía 1,000 – – Montañeses Potros Casino Español Córdoba, Veracruz Unidad Deportiva Casino Español 800 Montañeses Montañeses Performance Medellín de Bravo, Veracruz Campo San Sebastián 500 – – Racing de Veracruz Boca del Río, Veracruz Unidad Deportiva Hugo Sánchez 4,000 Racing de Veracruz – Sozca Lerdo de Tejada, Veracruz José Seoane Lavín 1,000 – –
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Group 4 Group with 11 teams from Puebla, Tamaulipas, Tlaxcala and Veracruz.
Teams
Team City Home ground Capacity Affiliate Official Name Cafeteros de Atlixco Atlixco, Puebla ATB 1,000 – – Delta Tehuacán, Puebla Polideportivo La Huizachera 1,000 — — Deportivo JEM Mazatecochco, Tlaxcala San José del Agua 1,000 – – Licántropos Cuautinchán, Puebla Campos El Cóndor 500 — — Ocelot Academy MX San Pedro Cholula, Puebla Cholula Soccer 500 – Tlapa Orgullo Surtam Altamira, Tamaulipas Altamira 9,581 – – Papantla Papantla, Veracruz Fénix Solidaridad 3,000 – Papanes de Papantla PDLA San Pedro Cholula, Puebla Unidad Deportiva San Pedro Cholula 1,000 – – Real Tlaxcala Nanacamilpa, Tlaxcala Unidad Deportiva José Brindis 5,000 – Atlético Tulancingo Reales de Puebla Amozoc, Puebla Unidad Deportiva Chachapa 1,000 — — Tehuacán Tehuacán, Puebla Polideportivo La Huizachera 1,000 — —
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Group 5 Group with 16 teams from Greater Mexico City.
Teams
Team City Home ground Capacity Affiliate Official name Álamos Venustiano Carranza, Mexico City Deportivo Plutarco Elías Calles 1,000 Guadalajara – Aragón Gustavo A. Madero, Mexico City Deportivo Francisco Zarco 1,000 – – Aztecas AMF Soccer Gustavo A. Madero, Mexico City Deportivo Francisco Zarco 1,000 – – Cañoneros Gustavo A. Madero, Mexico City Deportivo Francisco Zarco 1,000 – – Cefor Cuauhtémoc Blanco Gustavo A. Madero, Mexico City Deportivo Los Galeana 1,000 – – Cefor Mexiquense Ecatepec de Morelos, State of Mexico Revolución 30-30 1,000 – Atlético Mexicano CH Fútbol Club Iztacalco, Mexico City Jesús Martínez "Palillo" 6,000 – – Ecatepec Ecatepec de Morelos, State of Mexico Guadalupe Victoria 1,000 – – Formación Metropolitana Gustavo A. Madero, Mexico City Deportivo Francisco Zarco 1,000 – – FORMAFUTINTEGRAL Venustiano Carranza, Mexico City Deportivo Lázaro Cárdenas 2,000 – – Independiente Mexiquense Huehuetoca, State of Mexico 12 de Mayo 1,500 – – Oceanía Venustiano Carranza, Mexico City Deportivo Oceanía 1,000 – – Promodep Central Venustiano Carranza, Mexico City Deportivo Plutarco Elías Calles 1,000 – – Sangre de Campeón Tultitlán, State of Mexico Cancha Nou Camp 1,000 – – Unión Ecatepec, State of Mexico Titanium Soccer 500 – –
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Group 6 Group with 16 teams from Greater Mexico City and Hidalgo.
Teams
Team City Home ground Capacity Affiliate Official name Arietes Gustavo A. Madero, Mexico City Deportivo Francisco Zarco 1,000 – – Atlético Inter Capital Xochimilco, Mexico City Valentín González 2,500 – – CAR América Leyendas Magdalena Contreras, Mexico City Deportivo Casa Popular 1,000 – San José del Arenal CARSAF Venustiano Carranza, Mexico City Deportivo Lázaro Cárdenas 2,000 – – CILESI Xochimilco, Mexico City Valentín González 2,500 – – Coyotes Neza Venustiano Carranza, Mexico City Deportivo Oceanía 1,000 – Halcones Zúñiga Cuemanco Xochimilco, Mexico City Valentín González 2,500 – Atlético Pachuca Domínguez Osos Venustiano Carranza, Mexico City Deportivo Oceanía 1,000 – – Halcones de Rayón Gustavo A. Madero, Mexico City Deportivo Francisco Zarco 1,000 – – Héroes de Zaci CDMX Venustiano Carranza, Mexico City Deportivo Lázaro Cárdenas 2,000 Héroes de Zaci – Irapuato Olimpo Xochimilco, Mexico City San Isidro 1,200 Irapuato – Novillos Neza Iztacalco, Mexico City Jesús Martínez "Palillo" 6,000 – – Politécnico Venustiano Carranza, Mexico City Deportivo Leandro Valle 1,000 – – Santiago Tulantepec Pachuca, Hidalgo Club Hidalguense 1,000 – – Toros México Tultepec, State of Mexico Deportivo Centenario 1,000 – Ciervos Valle de Xico Venustiano Carranza, Mexico City Deportivo Lázaro Cárdenas 1,000 – –
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Group 7 Group with 14 teams from Hidalgo and State of Mexico.
Teams Team City Home ground Capacity Affiliate Official name Ajolotes Lerma Lerma, State of Mexico Unidad Deportiva Lerma 1,000 – – Around Soccer Tepeji, Hidalgo Tepeji 2,000 – – Artesanos Metepec Metepec, State of Mexico La Hortaliza 2,000 Artesanos Metepec – Astilleros Huixquilucan, State of Mexico Santos Degollado 1,000 – – CID Leones Negros Toluca Ixtlahuaca, State of Mexico Deportivo El Picoso 1,000 – Grupo Sherwood Cordobés Huixquilucan, State of Mexico Alberto Pérez Navarro 3,000 Cordobés – Dragones Toluca Toluca, State of Mexico Unidad Deportiva San Antonio Buenavista 1,000 Dragones Toluca – Estudiantes San Felipe del Progreso, State of Mexico Margarito Esquivel 1,000 – – Fuerza Mazahua Calimaya, State of Mexico Deportivo Calimaya 1,000 – – Hermanos Benítez Huixquilucan, State of Mexico Alberto Pérez Navarro 3,000 – – Leones Huixquilucan Huixquilucan, State of Mexico Alberto Pérez Navarro 3,000 – – Luma Sports Villa Cuauhtémoc, State of Mexico Centro Deportivo y Cultural Las Peñas 1,000 – – Deportivo Metepec Metepec, State of Mexico Jesús Lara 1,000 – – Orishas Tepeji Tepeji, Hidalgo Tepeji 2,000 – –
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Group 8 Group with 16 teams from Guerrero, Mexico City, Morelos and State of Mexico.
Teams
Team City Home ground Capacity Affiliate Official name Águilas UAGro Chilpancingo, Guerrero UAGro 2,000 – – Alebrijes CDMX Tlalpan, Mexico City Colegio México 500 Alebrijes de Oaxaca – Atlético Cuernavaca Cuernavaca, Morelos La Escuelita Xochitepec 1,000 – – Balam–Jaguares Venustiano Carranza, Mexico City Deportivo Lázaro Cárdenas 2,000 Jaguares – Cantera Coka Coyoacán, Mexico City Cancha 5 Sindicato Mexicano de Electricistas 500 – – Caudillos de Morelos Chiconcuac, Morelos Unidad Deportiva Chiconcuac 1,000 – – Iguala Iguala, Guerrero Unidad Deportiva Iguala 4,000 – – Marina Venustiano Carranza, Mexico City Deportivo Oceanía 1,000 – – TDP Mazatepec Mazatepec, Morelos Unidad Deportiva Mazatepec 1,000 – Lobos ITECA Mineros CDMX Milpa Alta, Mexico City Momoxco 3,500 Mineros de Zacatecas – Panteras Neza Nezahualcóyotl, State of Mexico Metropolitano de Neza 1,800 – Colegio Once México Real Morelos 27 Jiutepec, Morelos Moisés Galindo 1,000 – – Selva Cañera Zacatepec, Morelos Agustín Coruco Díaz 24,313 Zacatepec – Sporting Canamy Coyoacán, Mexico City Deportivo Huayamilpas 1,000 Sporting Canamy – Yautepec Yautepec, Morelos Campo Deportivo Yautepec 3,000 – – Zapata Xochitepec, Morelos Real del Puente 1,000 – –
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Group 9 Group with 16 teams from Hidalgo, Mexico City, State of Mexico and Querétaro. For the second half of the season, Atlético Huejutla underwent a change of operator and city, becoming managed by Inter de Querétaro F.C., instead of Real Tlanchinol, the team that had operated it during the first half of the tournament.
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