stringtranslate.com

2019–20 Liga MX season

The 2019–20 Liga MX season (known as the Liga BBVA MX for sponsorship reasons) was the 73rd professional season of the top-flight football league in Mexico. The season was divided into two championships—the Torneo Apertura and the Torneo Clausura—each in an identical format and each contested by the same nineteen teams. The Apertura tournament began on 19 July 2019.

On 15 March 2020, the Mexican Football Federation suspended the Clausura seasons of Liga MX, Ascenso MX and Liga MX Femenil indefinitely due to the coronavirus pandemic.[2]

On 22 May 2020, the season was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic affecting the country. While no official champion was crowned for that season officially, Cruz Azul and León were awarded the Clausura champions and runners-up positions ("MEX2" and "MEX4") respectively for purposes of filling the 2021 CONCACAF Champions League, as the first and second-placed teams of the regular season at the time of suspension.[3]

Teams, stadiums, and personnel

The following nineteen teams competed this season. Atlético San Luis was promoted from the Ascenso MX. Veracruz was to be relegated to the Ascenso MX initially after accumulating the lowest point coefficient last season, but instead they offered to pay MXN$120 million to remain in Liga MX. The team, however, was eventually disaffiliated by the FMF at the end of the Apertura 2019 tournament. Lobos BUAP's franchise in the first division was purchased by FC Juárez. Lobos BUAP will be able to participate in the Ascenso MX but will remain frozen for one year.[4]

Stadiums and locations

2019–20 Liga MX season is located in Mexico
Atl. San Luis
Guadalajara Atlas
Juárez
León
León
Mexico City
Mexico City
Monterrey UANL
Morelia
Necaxa
Pachuca
Puebla
Querétaro
Santos Laguna
Tijuana
Toluca
Mexico City teams América Cruz Azul UNAM
Mexico City teams
América
Cruz Azul
UNAM
class=notpageimage|
Locations of the 2019–20 Liga MX teams
2019–20 Liga MX season is located in Greater Mexico City
América Cruz Azul
UNAM
UNAM
class=notpageimage|
Greater Mexico City Liga MX football clubs

Personnel and kits

Managerial changes

Torneo Apertura

The Apertura 2019 season began on 19 July 2019 and ended on 15 December 2019. The defending champions were Tigres UANL, having won their seventh title.

Regular season

Standings

Source: Liga MX
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Number of goals scored; 4) Head-to-head results between tied teams; 5) Number of goals scored away; 6) Highest relegation coefficient; 7) Fair Play points
(C) Champions; (D) Disaffiliated
Notes:
  1. ^ The first 8 places in the table qualified for the Liguilla. The last ranked team in the relegation table could qualify for the Liguilla in the Apertura tournament.
  2. ^ Veracuz were disaffiliated by the Mexican Football Federation following various financial problems and incidents off the field. As a result, no club was relegated after the Clausura 2020. Relegation was originally intended to resume at the end of the 2020–21 season,[39] however it was suspended for at least five years after the Ascenso MX was folded.[40][41]

Positions by round

Source: Liga MX
Notes: † indicates team rested that round

Results

Teams played every other team once (either at home or away), with one team resting each round, completing a total of 19 rounds.

Source: Liga MX
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
Notes:
  1. ^ Match was suspended after fans invaded the pitch due to violent clashes in the stands.

Regular season statistics

Hat tricks

Attendance

Per team

Source: Liga MX
Notes:
Only regular season listed
1: Team played in Ascenso MX last season.

Highest and lowest

Source: Liga MX

  1. ^ a b c Round scheduled for midweek.
  2. ^ a b Estadio Alfonso Lastras was banned two matches after fans invaded the pitch due to violent clashes in the stands in Atlético San Luis' match against Querétaro. As a result, the fixtures at the stadium had to be played behind closed doors.[1]

Liguilla – Apertura

Bracket


Quarter-finals

Semi-finals

Finals

Torneo Clausura

The Clausura 2020 season began on 10 January 2020.

On 15 March 2020, the Mexican Football Federation suspended the Liga MX, Ascenso MX and Liga MX Femenil indefinitely due to the coronavirus pandemic.[2] On 22 May 2020, the Clausura 2020 was officially cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic affecting the country and no champion was crowned.[3] The two 2021 CONCACAF Champions League berths were given to the top two teams in the regular season at the time of suspension (1st place as MEX2, 2nd place as MEX4).

Regular season

Standings

Source: Liga MX
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Number of goals scored; 4) Head-to-head results between tied teams; 5) Number of goals scored away; 6) Highest relegation coefficient; 7) Fair Play points

Positions by Round

Source: Liga MX

Results

Teams were originally planned to play every other team once (either at home or away), completing a total of 17 rounds. Only 10 rounds were able to be completed before the league was suspended.

Source: Liga MX
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Regular season statistics

Hat tricks

Attendance

Per team

Source: Liga MX
Notes:
Only regular season listed

Highest and lowest

Source: Liga MX

  1. ^ Only the first two matches of Week 10 were played with fans in the stands. The league later decided to play the rest of the week's matches behind close doors due to the coronavirus pandemic.[42]

Relegation table

Last update: 15 March 2020
Rules for relegation: 1) Relegation coefficient; 2) Goal difference; 3) Number of goals scored; 4) Head-to-head results between tied teams; 5) Number of goals scored away; 6) Fair Play points
D = Disaffiliated .
Source: Liga MX

  1. ^
    2017–18 accumulated points are not counted towards their relegation coefficient.[43]: 16 [44]
  2. ^
    2017–18 and 2018–19 points were accumulated as Lobos BUAP.
  3. ^
    2017–18 and 2018–19 points are not counted towards their relegation coefficient.
  4. ^
    Veracuz were disaffiliated by the Mexican Football Federation following various financial problems and incidents off the field. As a result, no club will be relegated after the Clausura 2020. Relegation will resume at the end of the 2020–21 season.[39]
  5. ^
    Due to the club's disaffiliation, points and goals obtained in the matches played against Veracruz in the Apertura 2019 have been docked.[45]

Aggregate table

The aggregate table (the sum of points of both the Apertura and Clausura tournaments) would have been used to determine the participants of the 2020 Leagues Cup had that tournament not been cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Source: Liga MX
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Number of goals scored; 4) Head-to-head results between tied teams; 5) Number of goals scored away; 6) Highest relegation coefficient; 7) Fair Play points
(C) Champions; (D) Disaffiliated
Notes:
  1. ^ As Clausura 2nd place (MEX4)
  2. ^ As Apertura runners-up (MEX3)
  3. ^ As Clausura 1st place (MEX2)
  4. ^ As Apertura champions (MEX1)
  5. ^ Veracuz were disaffiliated by the Mexican Football Federation following various financial problems and incidents off the field. As a result, no club was relegated after the Clausura 2020. Relegation will resume at the end of the 2020–21 season.[39]

Notes

  1. ^ Estadio Alfonso Lastras was banned two matches after fans invaded the pitch due to violent clashes in the stands in Atlético San Luis' match against Querétaro. As a result, the fixtures at the stadium had to be played behind closed doors.[1]
  2. ^ Although appointed on 21 August 2019, Guede would not immediately take charge. Due to paperwork, his first match was delayed to 27 August 2019 vs Atlético San Luis.[9]
  3. ^ Although appointed on 18 November 2019, the period as coach began on 1 December 2019, after the end of Apertura 2019 regular season.
  4. ^ Although appointed on 30 January 2020, Puente would not immediately take charge. Due to fixture schedule, his first match was delayed to 6 February 2020 vs Monarcas Morelia.[37]

See also

References

  1. ^ a b "Lamentan aficionados no poder ver al América por veto al Alfonso Lastras". 29 October 2019.
  2. ^ a b "LIGA MX - Página Oficial de la Liga Mexicana del Fútbol Profesional".
  3. ^ a b "Liga MX cancels 2020 Clausura season due to coronavirus". ESPN. 22 May 2020. Retrieved 22 May 2020.
  4. ^ "FC Juarez buys Lobos BUAP, takes spot in Liga MX". June 11, 2019.
  5. ^ "Enrique Meza, nuevo director técnico de Veracruz". Milenio Diario (in Spanish). 4 June 2019. Retrieved 19 August 2019.
  6. ^ "Míchel ya firmó por dos años con Pumas". Goal (in Spanish). 16 May 2019. Retrieved 19 August 2019.
  7. ^ "CHELÍS ES CESADO COMO DIRECTOR TÉCNICO DEL PUEBLA". Diario Récord (in Spanish). 17 August 2019. Retrieved 19 August 2019.
  8. ^ "Cinco cosas que debes saber de la Jornada 6 del Apertura 2019". Diario Récord (in Spanish). 18 August 2019. Retrieved 4 September 2019.
  9. ^ "Pablo Guede no descarta repetir cábalas en Morelia como lo hizo en Colo Colo" (in Spanish). 21 August 2019. Retrieved 4 September 2019.
  10. ^ "Javier Torrente, cesado del banquillo de los Monarcas". ESPN (in Spanish). 18 August 2019. Retrieved 19 August 2019.
  11. ^ "¡Oficial! Morelia presentó a Pablo Guede como nuevo director técnico". mediotiempo.com/ (in Spanish). 21 August 2019. Retrieved 24 August 2019.
  12. ^ "¡Oficial! Juan Reynoso fue confirmado como director técnico del Puebla". mediotiempo.com/ (in Spanish). 23 August 2019. Retrieved 24 August 2019.
  13. ^ "Meza leaves Veracruz on 33-game winless run". ESPN. 28 August 2019. Retrieved 29 August 2019.
  14. ^ "José Luis González -China llegaría al banquillo del Veracruz". Esto (in Spanish). 28 August 2019. Retrieved 29 August 2019.
  15. ^ "PEDRO CAIXINHA DEJÓ DE SER ENTRENADOR DE CRUZ AZUL". Récord (in Spanish). 2 September 2019. Retrieved 2 September 2019.
  16. ^ "Alfonso Sosa deja la dirección técnica del San Luis". Milenio (in Spanish). 9 April 2019. Retrieved 4 September 2019.
  17. ^ "Presentan a Gustavo Matosas como nuevo DT del ADSL". El Sol de San Luis (in Spanish). Organización Editorial Mexicana. Retrieved 9 September 2019.
  18. ^ "Oficial: Enrique López Zarza fue presentado como nuevo DT del Veracruz". mediotiempo.com (in Spanish). 4 September 2019. Retrieved 4 September 2019.
  19. ^ Bucley, Thomas (6 September 2019). "Cruz Azul has new coach, front office in disarray". Viva Liga MX. Retrieved 9 September 2019.
  20. ^ "Chivas despide a Tomás Bot". El Informador (in Spanish). 26 September 2019. Retrieved 26 September 2019.
  21. ^ "Luis Fernando Tena, nuevo técnico de Chivas". El Informador (in Spanish). 26 September 2019. Retrieved 26 September 2019.
  22. ^ "Cae otro técnico". ESTO (in Spanish). Organización Editorial Mexicana. 30 September 2019. Retrieved 30 September 2019.
  23. ^ "Rayados pone a Pepe Treviño como interino". Fútbol Total (in Spanish). 1 October 2019. Retrieved 4 October 2019.
  24. ^ "Rayados confirmó a Antonio Mohamed como su nuevo DT". Goal (in Spanish). 10 October 2019. Retrieved 13 October 2019.
  25. ^ "Acusado de corrupción, el 'aburrido' Matosas es cesado del San Luis". Mediotiempo (in Spanish). 27 October 2019. Retrieved 27 October 2019.
  26. ^ "Comunicado Oficial Atlético de San Luis". Twitter @AtletideSanLuis (in Spanish). Retrieved 27 October 2019.
  27. ^ "Ricardo La Volpe es cesado del Toluca". Excélsior (in Spanish). 11 November 2019. Retrieved 17 November 2019.
  28. ^ Moreno, Marcos (18 November 2019). "Oficial: Chepo de la Torre es nuevo técnico del Toluca". Radio Fórmula (in Spanish). Retrieved 22 November 2019.
  29. ^ "Martín Palermo ha dejado de ser DT de Pachuca" [Martín Palermo is no longer the coach of Pachuca]. Mediotiempo (in Spanish). 24 November 2019. Retrieved 25 November 2019.
  30. ^ "Pachuca: Paulo Pezzolano es el nuevo DT de Tuzos para el Clausura 2020". Mediotiempo (in Spanish). 25 November 2019. Retrieved 26 November 2019.
  31. ^ "ÓSCAR PAREJA Y XOLOS DE TIJUANA TERMINARON RELACIÓN POR COMÚN ACUERDO". Récord (in Spanish). 25 November 2019. Retrieved 26 November 2019.
  32. ^ "OFICIAL: ¡Gustavo Quinteros es el nuevo DT de Xolos!". Fox Sports (in Spanish). 6 December 2019. Archived from the original on 7 December 2019. Retrieved 14 December 2019.
  33. ^ "El Necaxa se despide de Memo Vázquez y busca entrenador para el Clausura 2020". Marca Claro (in Spanish). 8 December 2019. Retrieved 14 December 2019.
  34. ^ "Necaxa oficializó a Alfonso Sosa como su nuevo técnico". Sport.es (in Spanish). 14 December 2019. Retrieved 14 December 2019.
  35. ^ "Guillermo Vázquez es el elegido para dirigir al Atlético de San Luis". Televisa Regional (in Spanish). 15 December 2019. Retrieved 15 December 2019.
  36. ^ "Comunicado Oficial: Leandro Cufré". Atlas FC (in Spanish). 29 January 2020. Retrieved 29 January 2020.
  37. ^ "Oficial: Rafael Puente Jr. toma el lugar de Leandro Cufré como técnico del Atlas" (in Spanish). 30 January 2020. Retrieved 30 January 2020.
  38. ^ "Bienvenido, Rafael Puente". Atlas F.C. (in Spanish). Retrieved 30 January 2020.
  39. ^ a b c "'Worst club' Veracruz gets Liga MX boot amid financial struggles". ESPN.com. 5 December 2019.
  40. ^ "Liga MX suspends pro/Rel for next five years". 17 April 2020.
  41. ^ "Ascenso MX da por terminado el C2020 por falta de recursos ante el coronavirus". mediotiempo.com. 13 April 2020.
  42. ^ "Liga MX announces games to be played behind closed doors". 14 March 2020.
  43. ^ "Reglamento de Competencia 2018-19" [Competition Regulation 2018-19] (PDF). ascensomx.net (in Spanish). Ascenso MX. 24 May 2018. Retrieved 29 July 2018.
  44. ^ "Por reglamento, Lobos inició el Apertura 2018 como recién ascendido" [By regulation, Lobos began the Apertura 2018 as a newly promoted team] (in Spanish). 23 July 2018. Retrieved 29 July 2018.
  45. ^ "LIGA MX - Página Oficial de la Liga Mexicana del Fútbol Profesional".

External links