Liga de Balompié Mexicano

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

Liga de Balompié Mexicano
Founded29 January 2020 (2020-01-29)
CountryMexico
ConfederationCONIFA
Current championsOaxaca
WebsiteOfficial website
Current: 2022 season

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 July 8, 2020 the Liga de Balompié Mexicano became the first league sanctioned by CONIFA.[1]

History

The Liga de Balompié Mexicano (Mexican Football League) was presented on January 29, 2020 with the aim of providing another development opportunity to soccer 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 February 22, 2020 the first league team assembly was held.[4] On July 8, 2020 it was announced that the LBM would be the first league sanctioned by CONIFA.[5]

On October 14, 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

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
Liga de Balompié Mexicano Official Teams
Teams City Stadium Capacity
Official members of ANBM
Atlético Capitalino Texcoco, State of Mexico Municipal Claudio Suárez 4,000
Chapulineros de Oaxaca San Jerónimo Tlacochahuaya, Oaxaca Independiente MRCI 3,000
Furia Roja Jesús María, Jalisco Ramírez Nogales 600
Halcones de Querétaro Cadereyta, Querétaro Unidad Deportiva Cadereyta 1,100
Industriales Naucalpan Naucalpan de Juárez, México Jesús Martínez "Palillo" 6,000
Inter de Amecameca Amecameca, State of Mexico Francisco Flores 3,000
Mezcaleros de Oaxaca San Jerónimo Tlacochahuaya, Oaxaca Independiente MRCI 3,000
Neza Ciudad Nezahualcóyotl, México Neza 86 20,000

Champions
Club Winners Winning seasons
Oaxaca22020–21, 2021

References
  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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