Serie A de México

Serie A
Founded1950
CountryMexico
Divisions2
Number of teams36 (groups of 12 teams)
Level on pyramid3
Promotion toLiga de Expansión MX
Relegation toSerie B
Current championsTampico Madero (4th Title)
(2023–24 Season)
TV partnersMegacable[1]
Televisa[2]
TVC Deportes[3]
WebsiteOfficial website
Current: 2024–25 Serie A de México season

The Serie A has 36 teams (5 Liga de Expansión MX Reserve Teams and 31 Serie A Teams) divided into three groups. For the 2024–25 season, it will be a return of a short tournament format (Apertura & Clausura) consisting of 11 group matches and 3 inter-group matches (14 total) played home & away and the liguilla. The top two teams from each group and the two best third places at the end of the season will play in the Liguilla for a spot to play for promotion to Liga de Expansión MX provided that their stadiums meet the requirements to ascend.

The Serie A was created in the second half of 2008, with the participation and approval of the owners of the teams of the Second and Third Division, being next to Serie B part of the Liga Premier.

As of the 2024–25 Season, Atlético Morelia, Celaya, Correcaminos UAT, Mineros de Zacatecas and U. de G. all from Liga de Expansión MX will join the Liga Premier to give young players professional experience. However, only Correcaminos UAT and Leones Negros UdeG will have a reserve team, while Celaya, Atlético Morelia and Mineros de Zacatecas will have an associated team that will have its own identity.

Teams for 2024–25 season

The member clubs of the Serie A for the 2024–25 season are listed as follows.[4]

Group 1

Stadium and locations

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Location of teams in the 2024–25 Serie A Group 1
Club Manager City Stadium Capacity Affiliate
Agricultores de Guasave Mexico Christian Patiño Guasave, Sinaloa Armando "Kory" Leyson 9,000 –
Alacranes de Durango Mexico Ricardo Rayas Durango City, Durango Francisco Zarco 18,000 –
Cimarrones de Sonora Mexico Valentín Arredondo Hermosillo, Sonora Héroe de Nacozari 18,747 –
Leones Negros UdeG Mexico Ricardo Jiménez Zapopan, Jalisco Instalaciones Club Deportivo U.de G. Cancha 3 3,000 Leones Negros UdeG
Los Cabos United Mexico Edson Alvarado Los Cabos, Baja California Sur Complejo Don Koll 3,500 –
Mexicali Mexico Omar Ramírez Mexicali, Baja California Ciudad Deportiva Mexicali 5,000 –
Mineros de Fresnillo Mexico Isaac Martínez Fresnillo, Zacatecas Unidad Deportiva Minera Fresnillo 6,000  Mineros de Zacatecas
Real Apodaca Mexico Omar Gómez Apodaca, Nuevo León Centenario del Ejército Mexicano 2,000 –
Tecos Mexico Jorge Hernández Zapopan, Jalisco Tres de Marzo 18,779 –
Tigres de Álica Mexico Hugo López (Interim) Tepic, Nayarit Nicolás Álvarez Ortega 12,495
Tritones Vallarta   Mexico Juan Pablo Alfaro   Bahía de Banderas, Nayarit   Ciudad del Deporte San José del Valle   4,000 –
Tuzos UAZ Mexico Rubén Hernández Zacatecas City, Zacatecas Carlos Vega Villalba 20,068 –

Group 2

Stadium and locations

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Location of teams in the 2024–25 Serie A Group 2
Club Manager City Stadium Capacity Affiliate
Aguacateros CDU Mexico Edgar Tolentino Uruapan, Michoacán Unidad Deportiva Hermanos López Rayón 6,000 Atlético Morelia
Aguacateros de Peribán Mexico Marco Angúlo Peribán, Michoacán Municipal de Peribán 3,000 –
Colima Mexico Sergio Bueno Colima City, Colima Colima 12,000 –
Gavilanes de Matamoros Mexico Raúl Salazar Matamoros, Tamaulipas El Hogar 22,000 –
Halcones Mexico Carlos Salcido Querétaro City, Querétaro Olímpico de Querétaro 4,600 –
Irapuato Mexico Víctor Medina Irapuato, Guanajuato Sergio León Chávez 25,000 –
La Piedad Mexico Arturo Espinoza (Interim) La Piedad, Michoacán Juan N. López 13,356 –
Lobos ULMX Mexico Rowan Vargas Celaya, Guanajuato Miguel Alemán Valdés 23,182 Celaya[5]
Petroleros de Salamanca Mexico Andrés Garza Salamanca, Guanajuato El Molinito 2,500 –
Sporting Canamy Mexico Francisco Tena Oaxtepec, Morelos Olímpico de Oaxtepec 9,000 –
UAT Mexico Jorge Dimas   Ciudad Victoria, Tamaulipas   Prof. Eugenio Alvizo Porras [a] 5,000  UAT
Zacatepec Mexico Miguel Gutiérrez Zacatepec, Morelos Agustín "Coruco" Díaz 24,313  –
  1. ^ The team also plays some matches at the Estadio Marte R. Gómez

Group 3

Stadium and locations

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Location of teams in the 2024–25 Serie A Group 3
Club Manager City Stadium Capacity Affiliate
Acatlán[a] Mexico José Casillas Arandas, Jalisco Unidad Deportiva Gustavo Díaz Ordaz 2,000 –
Atlético Aragón Mexico Juan Carlos Moreno Cuautitlán, State of Mexico Los Pinos 5,000 –
Chilpancingo Argentina Sebastián Lencina Chilpancingo, Guerrero General Vicente Guerrero 5,000 –
Deportiva Venados Mexico Alfredo García Salmones Tamanché, Yucatán Alonso Diego Molina 2,500 –
Faraones de Texcoco Mexico Francisco Cisneros Texcoco, State of Mexico Estadio Municipal Claudio Suárez 4,000 –
Inter Playa del Carmen Argentina Nicolás Burtovoy Playa del Carmen, Quintana Roo Unidad Deportiva Mario Villanueva Madrid 7,500 –
Jaguares Mexico Alfredo Durán Tuxtla Gutiérrez, Chiapas Víctor Manuel Reyna 29,001 –
Montañeses Mexico Víctor Hernández Orizaba, Veracruz Socum 7,000  –
Pioneros de Cancún Mexico Víctor Téllez Cancún, Quintana Roo Cancún 86 6,390 Cancún[6]
Racing de Veracruz Mexico Alejandro Pérez Boca del Río, Veracruz Unidad Deportiva Hugo Sánchez 1,200 –
Tapachula Soconusco Mexico Carlos Gómez Tapachula, Chiapas Olímpico de Tapachula 18,017 –
Zitácuaro Mexico Mario Alberto Trejo Zitácuaro, Michoacán Ignacio López Rayón 10,000 –
  1. ^ The team is alternatively named CEFOR Tepatitlán

On hiatus

Club Manager City Stadium Capacity Affiliate
Coras Mexico Elias Mdahuar Piedras Negras, Coahuila Sección 123 6,000 –
Reynosa  Mexico Édgar Barrón  Reynosa, Tamaulipas Unidad Deportiva Solidaridad  20,000  –
Yalmakán Vacant Chetumal, Quintana Roo José López Portillo 6,600 –

Offseason Changes

In–season changes

Apertura Tournament

  • After Week 5 Petroleros de Salamanca was moved to Estadio El Molinito, due to the fact that the club did not obtain permission to remain in the Estadio Sección XXIV, which had caused the team to play its first two home games at the facilities of the Mexican Football Federation, located in Toluca.[27]
  • Since Week 5 Acatlán F.C. was relocated to Arandas, Jalisco because the stadium registered by the team was damaged by heavy rains that occurred in the region where the club was located.[28]

References

  1. ^ includes Megasports
  2. ^ Includes Adrenalina Sports Network
  3. ^ includes TVC Deportes 2
  4. ^ "CONFIRMADO, SERIE A CON 3 GRUPOS". Liga Premier Magazine (in Spanish). 25 July 2024. Retrieved 25 July 2024.
  5. ^ "Lobos de la ULM firman convenio con Club Celaya FC; rescatan segunda división". Expresa TV (in Spanish). 12 March 2021. Retrieved 4 August 2021.
  6. ^ "Pioneros de Cancún pasan en comodato a dueños del Cancún FC". DRV Noticias (in Spanish). 29 June 2022. Retrieved 30 June 2022.
  7. ^ "¡AGUACATEROS CDU, CAMPEÓN!". Liga Premier Magazine (in Spanish). 12 May 2024. Retrieved 29 June 2024.
  8. ^ "Acatlán, el monarca de la zona B". Vive Siete (in Spanish). 28 May 2024. Retrieved 2 June 2024.
  9. ^ "Faraones, el campeón de la zona A que terminó invicto como local". Vive Siete (in Spanish). 27 May 2024. Retrieved 2 June 2024.
  10. ^ "Es oficial: Cimarrones de Sonora se convertirá en Jaguares de Chiapas". El Sol de Hermosillo (in Spanish). 17 June 2024. Retrieved 29 June 2024.
  11. ^ "Guasave ya tiene futbol profesional; llega Agricultores FC". Los Noticieristas (in Spanish). 21 May 2024. Retrieved 29 June 2024.
  12. ^ "Futbol profesional vuelve a Tapachula". Cuarto Poder (in Spanish). 21 June 2024. Retrieved 29 June 2024.
  13. ^ "Ya hay Jaguares FC y se le suma Tapachula Soconusco". El Momento Tabasco (in Spanish). 28 June 2024. Retrieved 29 June 2024.
  14. ^ "Jaguares de Chiapas regresa al futbol mexicano en la Liga de Expansión". Marca (in Spanish). 30 May 2024. Retrieved 29 June 2024.
  15. ^ a b "¡Se cancela todo! Jaguares de Chiapas y Alacranes de Durango, fuera de Liga de Expansión". Mediotiempo.com (in Spanish). 12 July 2024. Retrieved 12 July 2024.
  16. ^ "Racing de Veracruz new name". Racing de Veracruz on Facebook (in Spanish). 28 June 2024. Retrieved 29 June 2024.
  17. ^ "NUEVAS CARAS EN SERIE A". De3rapaarriba (in Spanish). 28 June 2024. Retrieved 29 June 2024.
  18. ^ "¡TIGRES DE ALICA PARTICIPARÁ EN LA SERIE A DE LA LIGA PREMIER!". La Talacha Deportiva MX (in Spanish). 28 June 2024. Retrieved 29 June 2024.
  19. ^ "NUEVAS CARAS EN SERIE B". De3rapaarriba (in Spanish). 28 June 2024. Retrieved 29 June 2024.
  20. ^ Durán, Víctor Hugo (29 June 2024). "Reynosa se queda sin fútbol profesional; club pierde opción de jugar en Liga Premier Mx". La Afición (in Spanish). Retrieved 29 June 2024.
  21. ^ "¡TORNEO ARRANCA EN SEPTIEMBRE!". Liga Premier Magazine (in Spanish). 29 June 2024. Retrieved 29 June 2024.
  22. ^ "Halcones F.C. new owner statement". Halcones F.C. (in Spanish). 2 July 2024. Retrieved 3 July 2024.
  23. ^ "Halcones FC relocation to Querétaro statement". Halcones FC (in Spanish). 4 July 2024. Retrieved 5 July 2024.
  24. ^ "¡OFICIAL! Tampico Madero regresa a la Liga de Expansión". XEU Deportes (in Spanish). 12 July 2024. Retrieved 12 July 2024.
  25. ^ "¿Regresan los Cañeros? Zacatepec anunció un nuevo cambio de nombre". Récord (in Spanish). 22 July 2024. Retrieved 23 July 2024.
  26. ^ "ZITÁCUARO DARÁ OTRA CARA EN SERIE A: ORIHUELA". Liga Premier Magazine (in Spanish). 25 July 2024. Retrieved 25 July 2024.
  27. ^ "Estadio "El Molinito" será nueva casa de los Petroleros de Salamanca C FC". El Sol de Salamanca (in Spanish). 4 October 2024. Retrieved 4 October 2024.
  28. ^ "COMUNICADO EJECUTIVO". Liga Premier FMF (in Spanish). 5 October 2024. Retrieved 6 October 2024.