2020–21 Liga de Balompié Mexicano season

The 2020–21 Liga de Balompié Mexicano season was the 1st professional season of the most important league of competitions organized by the Asociación Nacional del Balompié Mexicano, a Mexican football federation affiliated with CONIFA.^[1] The season began on 14 October 2020^[2] and finished on 31 January 2021. Chapulineros de Oaxaca was the champion.^[3]

Liga de Balompié Mexicano

Season	2020–21
Dates	14 October 2020 – 31 January 2021
Champions	Chapulineros de Oaxaca (1st title)
Matches played	79
Goals scored	175 (2.22 per match)
Biggest home win	Oaxaca 7–0 Leones Dorados (14 November 2020) Jaguares de Jalisco 7–0 Acaxees de Durango (15 November 2020)
Biggest away win	Leones Dorados 0–4 Jaguares de Jalisco (8 November 2020)
Highest scoring	Oaxaca 7–0 Leones Dorados (14 November 2020) Jaguares de Jalisco 7–0 Acaxees de Durango (15 November 2020)
2021 → Stats are from the regular season only

Teams

Stadiums and locations

 

 

Chapulineros

 

At. Veracruz

 

Furia Roja

 

CDMX

 

Jaguares

 

Leones

 

Morelos

 

Mexico City and Metro area teams
Industriales 
Neza 

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Liga de Balompié Mexicano Official Teams

Teams	City	Stadium	Capacity
Atlético Veracruz	Veracruz, Veracruz	Luis "Pirata" Fuente^[4]	28,703
Chapulineros de Oaxaca	San Jerónimo Tlacochahuaya, Oaxaca	Independiente MRCI	3,000
Furia Roja	Jesús María, Jalisco	Ramírez Nogales	1,500
Industriales Naucalpan	Naucalpan de Juárez, México	José Ortega Martínez	3,700
Jaguares de Jalisco	Tala, Jalisco	Centro Deportivo y Cultural 24 de Marzo	3,000
Leones Dorados	Teziutlán, Puebla^[5]	Municipal de Teziutlán	7,000
Morelos	Xochitepec, Morelos	Mariano Matamoros^[6]	16,000
Neza	Nezahualcóyotl, México	Neza 86	20,000

Personnel and kits

Team	Chairman	Head Coach	Kit manufacturer	Shirt sponsor(s)
Atlético Veracruz	Ana María Macías	Lucas Ayala	Keuka	Interjet
Chapulineros de Oaxaca	José María Ramírez	Omar Arellano		MRCI
Furia Roja	TBA	Andrés González		Casa Don Ramón
Industriales Naucalpan	Leonardo Ramos Mateos	Ricardo Carbajal		TBA
Jaguares de Jalisco	Roberto Báez	Juan Pablo García		TBA
Leones Dorados	Octavio Mozo	Antulio Padilla		TBA
Morelos	Mauricio Ruiz	Carlos Reinoso Jr.		TBA
Neza	Hugo Vázquez	José Julio César Huerta		TBA

Disaffiliated teams

Club	City	Stadium	Capacity
Acapulco^[note 1]	Acapulco, Guerrero	Unidad Deportiva Acapulco	13,000
Jalisco^[note 2]	Guadalajara, Jalisco	Tres de Marzo	18,779
Zacatepec^[note 3]	Zacatepec, Morelos	Agustín "Coruco" Díaz	24,313

On hiatus teams

On December 1, 2020, four franchises were placed on hiatus due to financial or administrative problems: Acaxees de Durango, Los Cabos, San José and Veracruzano Tiburón. These four clubs can rejoin in the following season as long as they manage to improve their financial situation.^[11]

On January 4, 2021, Atlético Capitalino abandoned the season due to problems derived from the COVID-19 pandemic that affect Mexico City.^[12]

Club	City	Stadium	Capacity
Acaxees de Durango	Durango, Durango	Francisco Zarco	18,000
Atlético Capitalino	Mexico City	Jesús Martínez "Palillo"	6,000
Los Cabos	Los Cabos, Baja California Sur	Yenekamú^[13]	7,000
San José	Yautepec, Morelos	Centro Deportivo Yautepec	3,000
Club Veracruzano de Fútbol Tiburón	Tlapacoyan, Veracruz	Los Héroes	5,000

Retired teams

On December 30, 2020, Halcones de Zapopan withdrew from the season due to financial problems, planning to come back next season as long as the league had adjustments in its structure and had better financial stability,^[14] however, on January 12, 2021 the team left the LBM due to lack of compliance with the league board and announced their goal of seeking to join another competition.^[15]

Club	City	Stadium	Capacity
Halcones de Zapopan	Zapopan, Jalisco	Tres de Marzo	18,779

Regular season

Standings

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Furia Roja	10	7	2	1	20	6	+14	23	Semi-finals
2	Jaguares de Jalisco	10	7	3	0	23	3	+20	22	Triangular stage
3	Oaxaca (C)	10	7	2	1	23	4	+19	22
4	Industriales Naucalpan	10	6	3	1	18	7	+11	21
5	Morelos	10	5	1	4	17	10	+7	16
6	Neza	8	4	3	1	15	10	+5	15
7	Atlético Veracruz	7	3	3	1	15	13	+2	12
8	Leones Dorados	9	4	0	5	12	22	−10	12
9	Zapopan	8	5	3	0	17	7	+10	18	Done for the season
10	Atlético Capitalino	9	4	2	3	12	10	+2	13
11	San José	6	0	0	6	1	13	−12	0
12	CVF Tiburón	5	0	0	5	0	10	−10	0
13	Los Cabos	5	0	0	5	1	11	−10	0
14	Durango	6	0	0	6	0	17	−17	0
15	Acapulco	4	0	0	4	0	8	−8	0
16	Atlético Jalisco	4	0	0	4	1	9	−8	0
17	Zacatepec	6	0	0	6	0	12	−12	0

Updated to match(es) played on 5 January 2021. Source: BeSoccer
(C) Champion

Positions by Round

	Semi-finals
	Triangular stage
	Triangular stage

Team ╲ Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9
Furia Roja^[a]	8	12	6	4	5	11	8	2	1
Jaguares	9	13	14	7	4	3	1	1	2
Oaxaca	10	8	2	1	1	1	2	3	3
Naucalpan^[b]	7	11†	13	9	11†	9	3	4	4
Zapopan	14	14	8	11†	10	5	5	5	5
Morelos^[c]^[d]	2	3	9	8	9	6	6	6	6
Neza^[e]	15	5	3	5	8†	8	7	7	7
Capitalino	5	7†	12	14	12	12	9	9	8
Veracruz^[f]	11†	10	5	3	3	10	4	8	9
Leones^[g]	17	17	17	17	15	14	10	10	10

Updated to match(es) played on 5 January 2021. Source: BeSoccer
Notes: † indicates team rested that round

1. Team with two pendant matches since Week 5
2. Team with a pendant match since Week 7
3. Team with an extra match between Weeks 1 and 17
4. Team with two pendant matches since Week 3
5. Team with a pendant match since Week 6
6. Team with a pendant match since Week 6
7. Team with two pendant matches since Week 7

Results

Home \ Away	ACA^[a]	ACX^[a]	ATC	ATJ^[a]	ATV	CHA	FUR	HZP	IND	JAJ	LED	LOB^[a]	LOS^[a]	MOR	NEZ	SJO^[a]	VFT^[a]
Acapulco^[a]	—	—	—	—	—	0–2	—	0–2	—	—	0–2	—	—	—	—	—	—
Acaxees^[a]	—	—	—	—	—	0–2	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0–2	—	—	—
Atlético Capitalino	2–0	—	—	—	—	1–0	—	—	1–4	—	—	—	2–0	1–2	—	—	2–0
Atlético Jalisco^[a]	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0–2	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Atlético Veracruz	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	3–3	—	2–0	—	—	3–1	—	—	—	2–0
Chapulineros	2–0	2–0	—	3–1	4–1	—	2–2	—	—	—	7–0	2–0	—	—	—	2–0	—
Furia Roja	—	—	—	2–0	—	—	—	—	—	0–2	5–0	2–0	—	—	3–1	2–0	2–0
Halcones Zapopan	2–0	—	2–1	—	—	—	—	—	1–1	—	—	2–0	2–0	2–0	—	—	—
Industriales Naucalpan	2–0	2–0	—	—	0–1	—	1–1	—	—	—	—	2–0	2–0	—	3–3	—	—
Jaguares Jalisco	—	7–0	0–0	2–0	2–2	0–0	—	—	—	—	—	2–0	—	—	—	2–0	—
Leones Dorados	—	2–0	—	2–0	—	—	—	—	—	0–4	—	—	—	—	0–1	2–0	2–0
Lobos Zacatepec^[a]	—	—	—	—	—	0–2	—	—	0–2	—	—	—	—	0–2	—	—	—
Los Cabos^[a]	—	—	0–2	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Morelos	—	2–0	—	—	3–3	—	0–1	—	0–1	1–2	5–0	2–0	—	—	—	2–0	—
Neza	—	2–0	2–2	—	—	—	—	2–2	—	—	—	2–0	—	—	—	2–0	—
San José^[a]	—	—	—	—	—	1–3	—	—	—	—	0–2	—	—	0–2	—	—	—
CVF Tiburón^[a]	—	—	—	—	0–2	—	0–2	—	—	—	0–2	—	—	—	—	—	—

Updated to match(es) played on 16 December 2020. Source: BeSoccer
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Notes

1. Due to the disaffiliation of the club, all matches were awarded to the rival by a score of 0–2

Liguilla

On January 5, 2021, the LBM announced the end of the regular season due to the small number of teams that continued to participate. It was determined that the best team of the season would qualify directly to the semifinals, while the teams placed between second and seventh place will have to play a so-called triangular preliminary round. The triangular and semifinal phases will be played as a single game, while the final will be played in two games.^[16]

Triangular

Team 1	Score	Team 2
Chapulineros de Oaxaca	1–0	Morelos
Jaguares de Jalisco	0–3	(awd.) Atlético Veracruz
Industriales Naucalpan	3–1	Neza

Chapulineros de Oaxaca v Morelos

16 January 2021	Chapulineros de Oaxaca	1–0	Morelos	San Jerónimo Tlacochahuaya
16:00	Hernández   42'	Report		Stadium: Estadio Independiente MRCI Attendance: 0

Jaguares de Jalisco v Atlético Veracruz

17 January 2021	Jaguares de Jalisco	0–3^[note 4]^[17]^[18]	Atlético Veracruz	Zapopan
12:00		Report		Stadium: Rancho Los Adobes Attendance: 0

Industriales Naucalpan v Neza

17 January 2021	Industriales Naucalpan	3–1	Neza	Naucalpan
12:00	Loroña   49'   60' (own) Marín   86'	Report	45'}	Stadium: Unknown Stadium Attendance: 0

Final stage

	Semi-finals					Final
	1	Furia Roja	1
	3	Chapulineros de Oaxaca	3
						3	Chapulineros de Oaxaca (p)	0	3	3 (4)
						7	Atlético Veracruz	2	1	3 (2)
	7	Atlético Veracruz	2
	4	Industriales Naucalpan	0

Semi-finals

Team 1	Score	Team 2
Furia Roja	1–3	Chapulineros de Oaxaca
Atlético Veracruz	2–0	Industriales Naucalpan

Atlético Veracruz v Industriales Naucalpan

24 January 2021	Atlético Veracruz	2–0	Industriales Naucalpan	Córdoba
12:00	López   23' Bermúdez   36'	Report		Stadium: Estadio Rafael Murillo Vidal Attendance: 0

Furia Roja v Chapulineros de Oaxaca

24 January 2021	Furia Roja	1–3	Chapulineros de Oaxaca	Jesús María
15:00	Pájaro   64'	Report	Lojero   10' Maya   54' Santillán   60'	Stadium: Estadio Ramírez Nogales Attendance: 0

Final

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Chapulineros de Oaxaca (pen.)	3–3 (4–2)	Atlético Veracruz	0–2	3–1

First leg

Atlético Veracruz v Chapulineros de Oaxaca

28 January 2021	Atlético Veracruz	2–0	Chapulineros de Oaxaca	Córdoba
13:00	Araiza   84' TBA   90' (own)	Report		Stadium: Estadio Rafael Murillo Vidal

Second leg

Chapulineros de Oaxaca v Atlético Veracruz

31 January 2021	Chapulineros de Oaxaca	3–1 (3–3 agg.) (4–2 p)	Atlético Veracruz	San Jerónimo Tlacochahuaya
15:45	Lojero   12' Arellano   32', 79'	Report	Esquivel   89'	Stadium: Estadio Independiente MRCI Attendance: 0 Referee: Roberto Ríos Jácome
	Penalties
	Omar Arellano   Martínez   García   Estala		Espericueta   Preciado

2020–21 winners
Chapulineros de Oaxaca 1st title

Regular season statistics

Top goalscorers

Players sorted first by goals scored, then by last name.

Rank	Player	Club	Goals
1	Julio César Atilano	San José	4
	Omar Rosas	San José
3	Carlos Peña	CVF Tiburón	3
	César Vallejo	Jaguares de Jalisco
5	Jahir Barraza	Jalisco	2
	Alejandro Castillo	Acapulco
	Víctor Lojero	Chapulineros de Oaxaca
	Luis Menes	Morelos
	Alfonso Nieto	Neza
	Aldair dos Santos	Morelos

Notes

1. The team started the season, however, on November 17, 2020, the team was disaffiliated by the LBM due to debts.^[7]
2. The team started the season as Atlético Jalisco, however, on October 30, 2020, the LBM took control of the club due to salary payment problems, the league looked for new owners so that the club could continue with another identity, however, a new administration was not obtained. On November 9, 2020, Atlético Jalisco was dissolved by the LBM.^[8][9]
3. The team started the season, however, on November 10, 2020, the team was disaffiliated by the LBM due to debts.^[10]
4. Atlético Veracruz refused to play the game because the match field did not comply with the sanitary measures required due to the COVID-19 pandemic. On January 19, 2021 the LBM awarded the game to Atlético Veracruz as a punishment to Jaguares de Jalisco for not complying with the stadium regulations.

See also

• Liga de Balompié Mexicano

References

1. "CONIFA Sanctions Liga de Balompié Mexicano, its First-Ever Professional League". CONIFA. 9 July 2020. Retrieved 1 October 2020.
2. "¡Todo listo! El calendario de las primeras dos fechas de la Liga de Balompié Mexicano". Mediotiempo.com (in Spanish). 28 September 2020. Retrieved 1 October 2020.
3. San Román, Diego (31 January 2021). "Chapulineros gana al Atlético Veracruz y es campeón de la Liga de Balompié". xeu deportes (in Spanish). Retrieved 1 February 2021.
4. García González, Josué Leonardo (6 July 2020). "LBM: Atlético Veracruz confirma al Luis Pirata Fuente como su estadio". Soy Fútbol (in Spanish). Retrieved 14 July 2020.
5. "Estadio de Teziutlán será sede del equipo Leones Dorados". e-consulta (in Spanish). 9 September 2020. Retrieved 10 September 2020.
6. . La Jornada Morelos (in Spanish). 28 July 2020. Archived from the original on 5 August 2020. Retrieved 29 July 2020.
7. Figueroa, Juan Manuel (17 November 2020). "¡Acapulco FC fue expulsado de la Liga de Balompié Mexicano!". Mediotiempo.com (in Spanish). Retrieved 18 November 2020.
8. "LBM anuncia: Atlético Jalisco no juega más ¡y sigue la pachanga!".
9. "Juega equipo "Sin Nombre" y sin escudo en la Liga de Balompié Mexicano" [Play team "Without name" and without shield in the Liga de Balompié Mexicano] (in Spanish). 31 October 2020. Retrieved 2 November 2020.
10. "Zacatepec is disaffiliated from the Liga de Balompié Mexicano; Salcido sends a message" [Play team "Without name" and without shield in the Liga de Balompié Mexicano] (in Spanish). 10 November 2020. Retrieved 11 November 2020.
11. "Liga de Balompié Mexicano Statement". Twitter @SomosBalompie (in Spanish). 1 December 2020. Retrieved 1 December 2020.
12. García González, Josué Leonardo (5 January 2021). "LBM: Atlético Capitalino anuncia su salida de la Liga de Balompié Mexicano". Soy Fútbol (in Spanish). Retrieved 6 January 2021.
13. "Arranca Los Cabos FC, el equipo de fútbol de primera división para Baja California Sur". BCS Noticias (in Spanish). 27 July 2020. Retrieved 5 September 2020.
14. "Halcones de Zapopan abandonan la LBM en lo que resta de la temporada". Milenio Diario (in Spanish). 30 December 2020. Retrieved 6 January 2021.
15. "Fútbol Halcones de Zapopan se va de la LBM y busca una nueva liga". Marca Claro (in Spanish). 13 January 2021. Retrieved 13 January 2021.
16. "Así se jugará la parte final del campeonato". Twitter: @SomosBalompie (in Spanish). 5 January 2021. Retrieved 6 January 2021.
17. Tapia, Alejandro (17 January 2021). "Atlético Veracruz no quiso jugar: Directiva de Jaguares de Jalisco". XEU Deportes (in Spanish). Retrieved 17 January 2021.
18. "LBM da por ganador al Atlético Veracruz tras polémica en Jalisco". XEU Deportes (in Spanish). 19 January 2021. Retrieved 20 January 2021.

External links

• Official website of LBM 2020-10-08 at the Wayback Machine