Liga de Balompié Mexicano

Liga de Balompié Mexicano
Founded	29 January 2020; 4 years ago
Country	Mexico
Confederation	CONIFA
Number of teams	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 league sanctioned by CONIFA.^[1]

History

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

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

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
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