Serie A de México

The Serie A has 33 teams (1 Liga MX Reserve Team, 3 Liga de Expansión MX Reserve Teams and 29 Serie A Teams) divided into two groups. For the 2022–23 season, it will be a return of two short tournaments consisting of 10 total matches played home & away and the liguilla. The top 2 teams & two 3rd-place teams from each group at the end of each Torneo 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.

Serie A

Founded	1950
Country	Mexico
Divisions	2
Number of teams	33 (groups of 11 teams)
Level on pyramid	3
Promotion to	Liga de Expansión MX
Relegation to	Serie B
Current champions	Tuzos UAZ (1st Title) (Apertura 2022 Season)
TV partners	Megacable^[1] Televisa^[2] TVC Deportes^[3]
Website	Official website
Current: 2022–23 Serie A de México season

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 2022–23 Season, Pachuca from Liga MX; Celaya, Correcaminos UAT, Mineros de Zacatecas, Cimarrones de Sonora and Leones Negros all from Liga de Expansión MX will join the Liga Premier to give young players professional experience. However, only Correcaminos UAT, Cimarrones de Sonora, Leones Negros UdeG and Pachuca will have a reserve team, while Celaya and Mineros de Zacatecas will have an associated team that will have its own identity.

Teams for 2022–23 season

The member clubs of the Serie A for the 2022–23 season are listed as follows.^[4]

Group 1

Stadium and locations

 

 

Tecos

 

Mexicali

 

Chihuahua

 

Coras

 

UdeG

 

Los Cabos

 

Fresnillo

 

UAZ

 

Cimarrones

 

Zapopan

 

Tritones

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Location of teams in the 2022–23 Serie A Group 1

Club	Manager	City	Stadium	Capacity	Affiliate
Chihuahua	Diego López	Chihuahua City, Chihuahua	Olímpico UACH	22,000	–
Cimarrones de Sonora	Paolo Serrato	Hermosillo, Sonora	Héroe de Nacozari	18,747	Cimarrones de Sonora
Coras	José Rizo	Tepic, Nayarit	Nicolás Álvarez Ortega^[a]	12,271	–
Halcones de Zapopan	Jesús Cota	Zapotlanejo, Jalisco	Miguel Hidalgo	1,700	–
Leones Negros UdeG	Ahuizotl Sánchez	Zapopan, Jalisco	Instalaciones Club Deportivo U.de G. Cancha 3	3,000	Leones Negros UdeG
Los Cabos United^[5]	Rodrigo Ruiz	Los Cabos, Baja California Sur	Complejo Don Koll	3,500	–
Mexicali^[6]	Enrique López Zarza	Mexicali, Baja California	Ciudad Deportiva Mexicali	5,000	–
Mineros de Fresnillo	Luis Ángel Muñoz	Fresnillo, Zacatecas	Unidad Deportiva Minera Fresnillo	6,000	Mineros de Zacatecas
Tecos	Jorge Hernández	Zapopan, Jalisco	Tres de Marzo	18,779	–
Tritones Vallarta	Hugo Norberto Castillo	Puerto Vallarta, Jalisco	Ciudad del Deporte San José del Valle^[7]	4,000	–
Tuzos UAZ	Rubén Hernández	Zacatecas City, Zacatecas	Carlos Vega Villalba	20,068	–

1. Although the club registered the Estadio Nicolás Álvarez Ortega as its official field, the team plays its matches at the Estadio Olímpico Santa Teresita.

Group 2

Stadium and locations

 

 

Inter

 

ACDU

 

Saltillo

 

Tampico Madero

 

Tulancingo

 

Catedráticos

 

UAT

 

La Piedad

 

Colima

 

Gavilanes

 

Lobos

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Location of teams in the 2022–23 Serie A Group 2

Club	Manager	City	Stadium	Capacity	Affiliate
Aguacateros CDU	José Roberto Muñoz	Uruapan, Michoacán	Unidad Deportiva Hermanos López Rayón	6,000	–
Catedráticos Elite	Juan Carlos Ascensio	Ameca, Jalisco	Núcleo Deportivo y de Espectáculos Ameca	7,000	–
Colima	Usiel Andrade	Colima City, Colima	Olímpico Universitario de Colima	11,812	–
Gavilanes de Matamoros	Julio García	Matamoros, Tamaulipas	El Hogar	22,000	–
Inter Querétaro	Hugo Serrano	Querétaro City, Querétaro	Olímpico de Querétaro	4,600	–
La Piedad	Enrique Pérez	La Piedad, Michoacán	Juan N. López	13,356	–
Lobos ULMX	Rowan Vargas	Celaya, Guanajuato	Miguel Alemán Valdés	23,182	Celaya^[8]
Saltillo	Jair García	Saltillo, Coahuila	Olímpico Francisco I. Madero	7,000	–
Tampico Madero^[9]	Gastón Obledo	Tampico and Ciudad Madero, Tamaulipas	Tamaulipas	19,667	–
Tulancingo^[10]	Luis Alfonso Lugo	Tulancingo, Hidalgo	Primero de Mayo	2,500	–
UAT	Gandhi Vega	Ciudad Victoria, Tamaulipas	Marte R. Gómez	10,520	UAT

Group 3

Stadium and locations

 

 

Arteaga

 

CDMX

 

Canamy

 

Inter Playa

 

Cafetaleros

 

Venados

 

Pachuca

 

Yalmakán

 

Escorpiones

 

Montañeses

 

Greater Mexico City teams
Dongu  
Leviatán  

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Location of teams in the 2022–23 Serie A Group 3

Club	Manager	City	Stadium	Capacity	Affiliate
Cafetaleros de Chiapas	Jesús Palacios	Tuxtla Gutiérrez, Chiapas	Víctor Manuel Reyna	29,001	–
Deportiva Venados	Arturo Espinoza	Tamanché, Yucatán	Alonso Diego Molina	2,500	–
Dongu	Marcos Fuentes	Cuautitlán, State of Mexico	Los Pinos	5,000	–
Escorpiones	Omar Ramírez	Cuernavaca, Morelos	Centenario	14,800	–
Inter Playa del Carmen	Carlos Bracamontes	Playa del Carmen, Quintana Roo	Unidad Deportiva Mario Villanueva Madrid	7,500	–
Leviatán	Carlos Valdez	Mexico City	Jesús Martínez "Palillo"	6,000	–
Montañeses	Víctor Hernández	Orizaba, Veracruz	Socum^[a]	7,000	–
Pachuca	Andrés Chitiva	Pachuca, Hidalgo	Hidalgo	30,000	Pachuca
Real de Arteaga^[11]	Rodrigo Andrade	Querétaro City, Querétaro	Olímpico de Querétaro	4,600	–
Sporting Canamy	Juan Carlos Rico	Oaxtepec, Morelos	Olímpico de Oaxtepec	9,000	–
Yalmakán	Juan Carlos Montiel	Chetumal, Quintana Roo	José López Portillo^[b]	6,600	–

1. Although the club registered the Estadio Socum as its official field, the team plays its matches at the Complejo Deportivo Orizaba Sur.
2. Although the club registered the Estadio José López Portillo as its official field, the team plays its matches at the Estadio 10 de Abril.

Offseason Changes

• On May 21, 2022 Aguacateros CDU was promoted from Serie B de México.^[12]
• On May 25, 2022 UACH F.C. franchise on hiatus was reactivated and renamed Chihuahua F.C.^[13]
• On May 28,2022 Deportiva Venados was promoted from Liga TDP.^[14]
• On June 14, 2022 Durango was accepted as a new member of the Liga de Expansión MX after passing the certification process to join the competition, Durango was the champion of the 2021–22 Serie A de México season.^[15]
• On June 22, 2022 the Atlético Reynosa franchise was reactivated, the team was relocated to Tampico and Ciudad Madero and renamed Tampico Madero.^[9]
• On July 1, 2022 Los Cabos United, Mexicali, Real de Arteaga and Tulancingo joined the league as expansion teams.^[4]
• On July 1, 2022 Pachuca Reserve Team was reactivated after a 4–years hiatus. ^[4]
• On July 1, 2022 Cañoneros and Mazorqueros were relocated at Serie B de México.^[16]
• On July 14, 2022 Liguilla de Filiales (reserve teams play-off) it was recovered after three years without playing. Six teams have this condition and are not eligible for promotion to Liga de Expansión MX: Cimarrones de Sonora, Leones Negros UdeG, Lobos ULMX, Mineros de Fresnillo, Pachuca and UAT. The best four teams with this condition will play the play-offs.^[17]

References

1. includes Megasports
2. Includes Adrenalina Sports Network
3. includes TVC Deportes 2
4. "¡HAY CLUBES DE ESTRENO!". Liga Premier Magazine (in Spanish). 2 July 2022. Retrieved 2 July 2022.
5. "Los Cabos United, el nuevo equipo profesional de futbol en BCS, con Jorge Campos como embajador". bcsnoticias (in Spanish). 26 January 2022. Retrieved 2 May 2022.
6. Mayoral, Ibrahim (23 February 2022). "Mexicali FC continuará proceso de registro". La Voz de la Frontera (in Spanish). Retrieved 2 May 2022.
7. "Tritones Vallarta Expectantes". Liga Premier Magazine. No. 1189. Liga Premier de México. 13 August 2021. Retrieved 13 August 2021.
8. "Lobos de la ULM firman convenio con Club Celaya FC; rescatan segunda división". Expresa TV (in Spanish). 12 March 2021. Retrieved 4 August 2021.
9. Durán, Víctor Hugo (22 June 2022). "Jaiba Brava del Tampico-Madero llegará a Liga Mx en 3 años: directiva". Milenio (in Spanish). Retrieved 22 June 2022.
10. "Club Deportivo Tulancingo: equipo de segunda división". El Sol de Tulancingo (in Spanish). 1 June 2022. Retrieved 17 June 2022.
11. "Real de Arteaga F.C." Retrieved 27 May 2022.
12. Guerra, Frida (2 July 2022). "Se corona Aguacateros de Uruapan por segunda vez". El Sol de Morelia (in Spanish). Retrieved 21 May 2022.
13. Castro–Lebrija, Raúl (26 May 2022). "Grupo Xoy ingresa al futbol profesional con el Chihuahua FC". revistafortuna.com.mx (in Spanish). Retrieved 27 May 2022.
14. "Deportiva Venados asciende en La Liga Premier A a Segunda División". Por esto (in Spanish). 2 July 2022. Retrieved 28 May 2022.
15. "¡Nuevo integrante! Alacranes de Durango será el equipo 18 en la Liga de Expansión". mediotiempo.com (in Spanish). 14 June 2022. Retrieved 15 June 2022.
16. "¡SERIE B CON NUEVOS INTEGRANTES!". Liga Premier Magazine (in Spanish). 2 July 2022. Retrieved 2 July 2022.
17. "¡HABRÁ LIGUILLA DE FILIALES!". Liga Premier Magazine (in Spanish). 15 July 2022. Retrieved 17 July 2022.