The Primera División de México (Liga BBVA MX for sponsorship reasons with BBVA through its Mexican subsidiary BBVA México), is the top professional football division of the Mexican football league system. Administered by the Mexican Football Federation, the league comprises 18 clubs with plans to add 2 more teams. The season has two tournaments: Apertura, which starts in the summer, and Clausura, which starts in the winter. The first 4 teams in the table at the end of the regular phase of the tournament qualify to the liguilla ("mini-league", or "playoff"), while the next 8 teams qualify for another playoff that determines the next 4 liguilla spots.
The league is considered the strongest in North America, and among the strongest in all of the Americas. According to the International Federation of Football History and Statistics, the league currently ranks 20th worldwide and was ranked as the 10th strongest league in the first decade of the 21st century (2001–2010). According to CONCACAF, the league – with an average attendance of 25,557 during the 2014–15 season – draws the largest crowds on average of any football league in the Americas and the third largest crowds of any professional sports league in North America, behind only the National Football League and Major League Baseball, and ahead of the Canadian Football League. It is also the fourth most attended football league in the world behind Germany's Bundesliga, England's Premier League and Spain's La Liga. The Liga MX ranks second in terms of television viewership in the United States, behind the English Premier League.
Club América has won the league a record 13 times, followed by Guadalajara with 12 titles. In all, twenty-four teams have won the Primera División/Liga MX title at least once.
Clubs[]
as of the 2023-24 season
| Club | Location | Stadium | Mexican broadcast rights holder | U.S. broadcast rights holder |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| América | Mexico City (Tlalpan) | Estadio Azteca | Televisa, Vix | Univision, Vix |
| Atlas | Guadalajara, Jalisco | Estadio Jalisco | Televisa, TV Azteca, Izzi, Vix | |
| Atlético San Luis | San Luis Potosí City, San Luis Potosí | Estadio Alfonso Lastras | ESPN, Star+ | |
| Cruz Azul | Mexico City (Tlalpan) | Estadio Azteca | Televisa | |
| Guadalajara | Zapopan, Jalisco | Estadio Akron | Televisa, TV Azteca, Izzi, Chivas TV, Vix | Telemundo, Peacock |
| Juárez | Ciudad Juárez, Chihuahua | Estadio Olímpico Benito Juárez | Televisa, TV Azteca, Vix | Fox Deportes, FS1, FS2, Fox Soccer Plus |
| León | León, Guanajuato | Estadio León | Fox Sports, Claro, Vix, Fox Sports Premium | Univision, Vix |
| Mazatlán | Mazatlán, Sinaloa | Estadio de Mazatlán | Fox Sports, TV Azteca, Vix | |
| Monterrey | Guadalupe, Nuevo León | Estadio BBVA | Televisa, Vix | |
| Necaxa | Aguascalientes City, Aguascalientes | Estadio Victoria | ||
| Pachuca | Pachuca, Hidalgo | Estadio Hidalgo | Fox Sports, Claro, Fox Sports Premium, Vix | |
| Puebla | Puebla, Puebla | Estadio Cuauhtémoc | Fox Sports, TV Azteca, Vix | |
| Querétaro | Querétaro City, Querétaro | Estadio Corregidora | Fox Sports, Fox Sports Premium, Vix | |
| Santos Laguna | Torreón, Coahuila | Estadio Corona | Televisa, TV Azteca, Izzi, Vix | Fox Deportes, FS1, FS2, Fox Soccer Plus |
| Tijuana | Tijuana, Baja California | Estadio Caliente | Fox Sports, TV Azteca, Fox Sports Premium, Vix | Univision, Vix |
| Toluca | Toluca, State of Mexico | Estadio Nemesio Díez | Televisa, Vix | |
| UANL | San Nicolás de los Garza, Nuevo León | Estadio Universitario | ||
| UNAM | Mexico City (Coyoacán) | Estadio Olímpico Universitario |
Broadcasters[]
| Country | Broadcaster(s) |
|---|---|
| Mexico | |
| Mexico | Televisa, TV Azteca, Imagen Televisión, Claro Sports, Fox Sports, ESPN |
| International | |
| International | Eleven Sports |
| Americas | |
| Central America South America |
ESPN |
| Latin America | Fox Sports |
| Brazil | DAZN |
| Canada | OneSoccer |
| Chile | TVN |
| United States | ESPN Deportes, Fox Deportes, Univision, Telemundo, FS1, FS2 |