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2025–26 Liga MX season

The 2025–26 Liga MX season is the 79th professional season of the top-flight football league in Mexico. The season is to be divided into two championships—the Apertura 2025 and the Clausura 2026 —each in an identical format and each contested by the same 18 teams.

Clubs
A total of 18 clubs will participate in the 2025–26 edition of the Liga MX. All have participated in Liga MX since the 2020–21 season. This is the final season for Mazatlan FC in the top tier as Atlante FC acquired their registration, therefore taking their place in the league starting from the 2026–27 season. Stadiums and locations Stadium changes Personnel and kits Managerial/coaching changes ==Torneo Apertura==
Torneo Apertura
The Apertura 2025 will be the first tournament of the season and will begin on 11 July 2025. The defending champions are Toluca. For the 2025 Leagues Cup, there will only be a one-weekend break for the group stage, which will be played between 29 July and 7 August. The rest of the competition will be played midweek, so there will be no month-long break as in previous seasons. Regular phase League table Results Clubs will play every other once (either home or away), completing a total of 17 rounds. Regular season statistics Top goalscorers Players sorted first by goals scored, then by last name. Source: fotmob Top assists Source: fotmob Clean sheets Source: fotmob Hat-tricks (H) – Home; (A) – Away Scoring First goal of the season:Gaddi Aguirre for Atlas against Puebla Last goal of the season:Bruno Amione for Santos Laguna against Pachuca Discipline ;Player • Most yellow cards: 8Rubén Duarte (UNAM) • Uroš Đurđević (Atlas) • Most red cards: 2Jesús Orozco (Cruz Azul) • Haret Ortega (Santos Laguna) ;Team • Most yellow cards: 50UNAM • Most red cards: 6PachuaSantos Laguna • Fewest yellow cards: 31Monterrey • Fewest red cards: 1AméricaJuárez Source: Liga MX Attendance {{fb a footer|s=|h=50910|l=6053|a=|pr=21548 Final phase Play-in round The 9th place team hosts the 10th place team in an elimination game. The 7th hosts the 8th place team in the double-chance game, with the winner advancing as the 7-seed. The loser of this game then hosts the winner of the elimination game between the 9th and 10th place teams to determine the 8-seed. Play-in matches No. 8 seed match Bracket Quarter-finals Semi-finals Finals ==Torneo Clausura==
Torneo Clausura
The Clausura tournament will begin on 9 January 2026. The defending champions are Toluca. Off–season changes Due to the need to make cuts in the schedule because of the 2026 FIFA World Cup, the play-in round will not be played for this tournament. On 8 January 2026, Cruz Azul left the Estadio Olímpico Universitario after UNAM announced that it would not renew the team's stadium rental contract. On the same day, Liga MX announced that the team will play at the Estadio Cuauhtémoc, Puebla during this tournament. Regular phase League table Results Clubs will play every other once (either home or away), completing a total of 17 rounds. Regular season statistics Top goalscorers Players sorted first by goals scored, then by last name. Source: Fotmob Top assists Source: Fotmob Clean sheets Hat-tricks Attendance {{fb a footer|s=|h=48853|l=6472|a=|pr=21519 Final phase Bracket Quarter-finals ==Coefficient table==
Coefficient table
As of the 2020–21 season, the promotion and relegation between Liga MX and Liga de Expansión MX (formerly known as Ascenso MX) was suspended, however, the coefficient table will be used to establish the payment of fines that will be used for the development of the clubs of the silver circuit. Per Article 24 of the competition regulations, the payment of $MXN160 million will be distributed among the last three positioned in the coefficient table as follows: 80 million in the last place; 47 million the penultimate; and 33 million will be paid by the sixteenth team in the table, as of the 2021–22 season the remaining $MXN80 million will be paid through the financial remnants generated by the Liga MX itself. The team that finishes last on the table will start the following season with a coefficient of zero. If the last ranked team, which was Mazatlán, repeats as the last ranked team in the 2025–26 season coefficient table, they will be fined an additional $MXN20 million. Rules for fine payment: 1) Fine 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 F = Team will have to pay fine indicated X = Team will have to pay fine, amount TBD Source: Liga MX ==Aggregate tables==
Aggregate tables
2025–26 aggregate table The 2025–26 aggregate table (the sum of points of both the Apertura 2025 and Clausura 2026 seasons) is used to determine the participants for the 2027 CONCACAF Champions Cup. The league champions with the most points in the 2025–26 aggregate table qualify directly for the 2027 CONCACAF Champions Cup round of 16, while the league champion with fewer points in the aggregate table qualify for the CONCACAF Champions Cup round one. In addition, both Apertura and Clausura runners-up and the next two best-ranked teams in the table also qualify for the CONCACAF Champions Cup round one. The 2025–26 season champion (first place in table) also receives US$1 million in prize money and recognition at the 2026 Balón de Oro. 2025 aggregate table The 2025 aggregate table (the sum of points of both the Clausura 2025 and Apertura 2025 seasons) is used to determine the seedings for the 2026 Leagues Cup. The clubs in "Tier one" host at least one match at home. The first ranked club hosts two matches while the second and third ranked clubs host one. Clubs ranked fourth through sixth, have benefits such as a neutral venue match or reduced travel. ==Awards==
Awards
Monthly awards Semiannual awards ==References==
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