Liga de Balompié Mexicano

Mexican football league

Football league

Liga de Balompié Mexicano

Founded| 29 January 2020; 5 years ago (2020-01-29)
Country| Mexico
Confederation| CONIFA
Number of clubs| 10
Current champions| Kundavi FC
(2024-A)
Most championships| Chapulineros de Oaxaca (5 titles)
Website| Official website
Current: 2024 season

Liga de Balompié Mexicano is a semi-professional football league in Mexico. It is the first division of the league system of the National Association of Mexican Football (ANBM in Spanish).

The league is an alternate to Liga MX, which is organized by the Mexican Football Federation (the only entity representing Mexico before FIFA), thus not recognized by FIFA. On 8 July 2020 the Liga de Balompié Mexicano became the first national league sanctioned by CONIFA.[1]

## History

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The Liga de Balompié Mexicano (Mexican Football League) was presented on 29 January 2020 with the aim of providing another development opportunity to football players who did not get a place in one of the teams in the main Mexican football leagues,[2] in addition to bringing professional football to locations that have not had sufficient presence of sports institutions or do not have adequate facilities to participate in Liga MX or Ascenso MX.[3]

On 22 February 2020 the first league team assembly was held.[4] On 8 July 2020 it was announced that the LBM would be the first league sanctioned by CONIFA.[5]

On 14 October 2020, the first official game of the LBM was played, in the match, San José F.C. defeated Morelos F.C. by score of 1–0. Omar Rosas scored the first goal in the history of the competition.[6]

## Competition format

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The league's teams will play one single table tournament per season. The top finisher of the league table will advance directly to the championship final, known as the Super Final at the end of the regular cycle. The clubs classified in the second, third, fourth and fifth positions will qualify to a final phase to determine the second championship finalist. Tiebreaker criteria in the semifinal stage are in the following order: Global score, away goals and general table. A tie score after regulation time in the championship final will be resolved by penalty shoot-out.[7]

Unike most football tournaments, two points are awarded for victory, zero for a draw. Teams have the right to enroll five foreign players, however, only three can participate on the field of play.[8]

Teams must meet infrastructure obligations in order to participate in the League, including stadiums with a minimum capacity of 5,000 spectators, along with keeping their facilities in good conditions.

## Teams

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Chapulineros

Mezcaleros

EFIX

Hidalgo

Inter PE

Kundavi

CDMX

Mexico City Metro area teams
Albiazul
Industriales
Neza
Toros México FC

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Liga de Balompié Mexicano Official Teams

Albiazul

Toros

Industriales

Neza

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Liga de Balompié Mexicano 2024 Official Teams (Greater Mexico City)

Teams  | City  | Stadium  | Capacity

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Official members of ANBM
Albiazul | Tultitlán, State of Mexico | Deportivo Cartagena  | 3,000
Chapulineros de Oaxaca | San Jerónimo Tlacochahuaya, Oaxaca | Independiente MRCI | 3,000
EFIX Soccer Club | Xalapa, Veracruz | Instalaciones Deportivas EFIX  | 500
Hidalgo | Atitalaquía, Hidalgo | Ciudad Deportiva 20 de Noviembre  | 1,000
Industriales Naucalpan | Huixquilucan, State of Mexico | Alberto Pérez Navarro | 3,000
Inter Puerto Escondido | Puerto Escondido, Oaxaca | Benito Juárez  | 1,000
Kundavi | Río Grande, Oaxaca | Inocente Santos Luna  | 1,000
Mezcaleros de Oaxaca | San Jerónimo Tlacochahuaya, Oaxaca | Independiente MRCI | 3,000
Neza | Chalco, State of Mexico | Arreola  | 3,217
Toros México FC | Álvaro Obregón, Mexico City | Deportivo Valentín Gómez Farías  | 500

### Champions

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Club  | Winners  | Winning seasons

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Chapulineros de Oaxaca | 5 | 2020–21, 2021, 2022, 2023-A, 2023-B
Kundavi FC | 1 | 2024 A

## References

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1. ^ "CONIFA Sanctions Liga de Balompié Mexicano, its First-Ever Professional League". Confederation of Independent Football Associations. Retrieved 7 July 2020.
2. ^ Pacheco, Enrique (30 January 2020). "ANBM Y LBM, ¿Qué es y de que se trata la Liga Balompié Mexicano?". Soy Fútbol. Retrieved 31 January 2020.
3. ^ "Quiénes somos". Balompié Mexicano. Retrieved 31 January 2020.
4. ^ "Comunicado Oficial". Somos Balompié. ANBM. Retrieved 23 February 2020.
5. ^ "CONIFA Sanctions Liga de Balompié Mexicano, Its First-Ever Professional League". CONIFA. Retrieved 7 July 2020.
6. ^ "San José vence a Morelos en el primer juego de la LBM". ESPN México (in Spanish). 14 October 2020. Retrieved 15 October 2020.
7. ^ "Liga Balompié Mexicano official Twitter profile" (in Spanish). Retrieved 18 February 2020.
8. ^ Mora, Julio. "Veracruz interesado en integrar la Liga de Balompié Mexicano". El Dictámen (in Spanish). Retrieved 18 February 2020.

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* National team
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Women|

* National team
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League system|

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* Liga MX
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Women|

* Liga MX Femenil
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Domestic cups|

| Men|

* Campeón de Campeones
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* Copa Promesas MX
* Copa MX (defunct)
* Supercopa MX (defunct)
* Pre Libertadores Cup (defunct)
* InterLiga (defunct)

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International|

* 1985 Ciudad de México Cup Tournament
* 1985 Azteca 2000 Tournament

Awards|

* Balón de Oro
* Top scorers

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